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Ranked gameplay. HELP

Ramen N00dlez·1/22/2020, 4:13:53 AM·1 votes·1,640 views

I'm gonna get the facts out in front:

  1. I'm currently sitting bronze 1. I know for certain I'm a better player than that. And I'm not just saying that out of blind arrogance.

  2. Most of my games will consist of me playing one of the three roles: jungle, support, or bot. I've been sticking with bot cause I feel I have the best chance at carrying games. Although my best role is probably support.

  3. I've never really played ranked games or have had any real urge to do so. I wanted to give it a chance this season. I've played a few games in the past but basically enough to do placements and quit.

  4. I've played the game for 7 years. I have like 5k+ games played. I have a pretty good understanding of what I'm doing and what all the champs do.

  5. I'm currently sitting chat banned cause I finally lost my cool (with bad team mates, I know that sounds arrogant but w/e) after losing multiple consecutive games. I should have taken a break far sooner than when I did.

So now for the "ranting" part. During my normal match made games I feel I play with golds and plats. People that have a well rounded knowledge of the game and how to play. Theres always a few question marks with that statement but it stands generally true. I generally have a pretty good experience in normal matchmade games when it comes to player skill.

Now with the ranked gameplay. I get it, I'm currently sitting in bronze. I feel the matchmaking is just bad. Period. There always seems to be a few players on either team that have no business playing ranked yet and should really just practice more in normal games before directly impacting and (generally) ruining the chances of me winning. All while there are other players just straight stomping the game. As of lately, it seems I'm on the short end of that stick. If teams were actually evenly matched, I wouldn't be posting this.

I'd really appreciate any helpful tips. I'm not trying to get to high diamond or challenger. I know I'm not that good. But if I narrow my champ pool I know I can achieve platinum. I'm well aware I don't play perfectly and try to identify mistakes and reflect what I could have done better after every game. But the grind through low elo is killing me. I get so frustrated with other players that are obviously new (not trying to be rude, they deserve to play too) and refuse to play the game as the 5 man team game it's intended to be and just totally ignoring any kind of basic communication. How do I deal with this?

Much love. Please help. :)

8 Comments

Lazypeon1001/22/2020, 6:34:56 PM2 votes

The main thing to remember the only constant in your games is you. Yeah, sometimes teammates might end up playing poorly and you lose because of it. But that also happens on the enemy side. It should happen more often to the enemy than your team because you're the constant on your team and not throwing

The first step to improving is taking responsibility. You won't get better or rank up more easily until you take a step back and try to actively look for your mistakes. Did you do a good job with wave management? What was your positioning like against their team? Do you make adjustments on your build based on enemy team comp? Were you consistently landing skill shots? Were you pressing too hard for kills when you shouldn't have been, or were you being the opposite and too passive? Are you consistently taking objectives in your games to work towards closing out the game and pushing your lead?

These are questions that any player trying to advance should ask themselves. Blaming your teammates and faulting bad teams for your rating will only make you feel better, but it will not help you climb nor improve. In the long run, bad teams do not keep you stuck in a particular rating.

I would also recommend taking breaks. I usually take a break after about two losses in a row. Although I'm not worried ahout raging in game (I'm normally pretty chill and don't say much of anything) I do still get frustrated. Taking a break can help stop me from spiraling down making bad choice after bad choice. The other reason is because sometimes, I simply do not recognize that I am making mistakes in the moment. Taking that break not only gives me a breather, but some time for self reflection about what I could do differently.

Wish you luck in your games.

ŚtrongMental1/22/2020, 4:23:48 AM1 votes
  1. i read everything up to "more in normal games before directly impacting and (generally) ruining the chances of me winning"
  • IE: "Me winning" At that very moment, you lost EVERY amount of momentum you had before and beyond the statement.

That said, ranked play is really about mimicking, up until you can reach plat1//diamond+ - thats where you really begin to think for yourself on builds.

  1. [I may receive a lot of flack for this, but find someone you like, for whatever lane you play, mimic their movement, ask yourself why are they doing X, and Y. Mimic builds, Mimic matchups, etc. everything is about repetition, and sometimes, this puts you into autopilot mode (and that mode can last for MONTHS) its a real pain...

  2. Always try to learn something new. Wave management (yes, you're bot lane, this maybe harder than normal, especially at your ELO, but still possible)

  3. Learn csing so it becomes natural, and less about actually hitting the mark.

  4. limit your champ pool to 1, or 2 champions per role, you will get autofilled, it happens to everyone. there are ways to avoid it, but you'll still be autofilled.

  5. stop worrying about shit teammates and focus on yourself. YOU in a loss, even when you're 20/0/12 could of done SOMETHING, ANYTHING, differently to win the game (Best example of this is proxy and//or splitting - which isn't necessarily viable bot lane, but doable at a very low ELO)

These things all stack, work on it

EDIT: From one of your recent matches - https://blitz.gg/lol/match/na1/Ramen%20N00dlez/3272277245 Edit 2: In case the above link doesn't work correctly like it didn't for me on the refresh - https://imgur.com/a/O8x2Zgx check out the good, and the bad. Focus on improving the bad... and realizing WHY they are bad... not just "doing this because X, Y, Z"

(Also: minimap awareness, its a MUST. and it will strain your eyes if you aren't used to it, get a smaller monitor in such a case)