How do I overcome Confidence issues in ranked?

tieger05·Jul 31, 2017·1 votes·463 views

I'm a one-trick diana, Half a million Mastery Points, Mid Silver (starting over from bronze on this acc)

my issue is that I have rlly bad confidence in ranked, and it's ruining me in games. I know how to play diana, in fact, here are my recent stats in norms:

29/5/8 - (9.2 cs/min) 18/1/3 - (7.1 cs/min) 15/3/3 - (8.2 cs/min) 13/2/13 - (7.2 cs/min)

88% Diana winrate in norms 29% Diana winrate in ranked (lol pls)

All 4 games were won (using diana). The problem is, when I get into ranked, all of that just sinks away because im playing it way too safe. I realise enemy mistakes a lot more often in norms than in ranked becuse im just too focused on playing it safe in bronze. I end up not starting a snowball and potentially falling behind, especially when I know I probably could have. how do I stop my fear of ranked games?

2 Comments

RalanrJul 31, 20171 votes

I suffer a similar problem. I find ranked incredibly stressful. I think it's because I can't let go of this one fact: It is ok to lose.

I'm not going to win every game and some days will be worse than others. Losing is natural and I shouldn't let that discourage me.

So don't be afraid to lose. Play to improve.

AchiIlesJul 31, 20171 votes

Exactly what Ralanr said. Don't play ranked to win, play ranked to improve yourself. If your team feeds and you lose, look at it like "what could I have done to win this game" after so many losses eventually you will start winning evening unfavorable games. You'll climb in no time :)