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J0ckyKing·8/15/2019, 3:05:07 PM·3 votes·3,055 views

I've decided to climb to at least Gold III from Bronze IV this season. In less than a week I managed to get to Silver I with an average winrate of over 60%+..

Important things: Only solo q (no duos or coaching or anything like that, except a few videos on YouTube);

Never flamed or cussed someone out no matter how much we lost or how much someone played badly (had a 0/12 Ashe as our teams ADC at one point.. didn't say a word except to farm up and play safer, wait for ganks etc..);

Always encouraged my teammates that we can win no matter how hard we were losing (was the most honored most of the time);

Always led them to great strategies which worked heavily in our favor (trading Baron for Dragon, trading 2 Kills for them for 2 turrets for us, contesting, stealing and then winning a teamfight over Elder Dragon and Baron (both done multiple times);

Closing out games under 25 mins on several occasions;

Invading the enemy jungle at lvl 1, gettin 4 kills as a team and clearing their red side (as Jhin ADC)

Finally, I've lost a few games here and there and dropped my winrate to around 55%+ which is still good in my opinion.

Then, 2 days ago, I got to 99 LP Silver I and I said: "Ok, 1 more win for the Gold promos, you can do this. Win or lose, I'll play just this game and go to sleep." Went into the game, won my botlane as Jhin ADC with a truly great Nami support. I saw our map: 2 turrets missing top on our side, 1 missing mid, 6/0 AP Bruiser Malphite (more like AP Tank Assassin if you ask me) vs our Teemo with, idk his score correctly, it wasn't bad but he had extremly low amount of cs for 15 mins (so did I but at least I knew my cs was horrible and at least I was fed enough to zone out from wherever only by casting my ult (not even firing the shots)). We were losing pretty badly but I still encouraged my team. We lost and the malph was around 25+ kills and had under 10 deaths.. I was furious because it clearly wasn't my fault, I even gave Teemo some tips but he wouldn't listen.

Woke up the next day, lost only 1 and I had to win 3 GAMES!! in return to get to 98 LP.. Again I said 1 more win and we lost.. we played badly collectively so I cant single someone out, even me. I was at around 80 LP then. I needed 3 wins again to get to 100 LP. I rolled a loss and 2 wins.. O.K. NOT A SINGLE F*****G PROBLEM. Shut down the computer and went outside.

Finally today's events. I won the 3 games needed to get me from 71 LP to 100.. Or so I thought. Not to mention I worsened dramatically since the first 99 LP peak.. You could even put the blame solely on me in a few games.... and it finally happened again.. 99 LP.

Why don't you just give the 1 LP Riot? I know thats not exactly how MMR and LP works but still?! What's the problem, give the man a chance to hit Gold once in his lifetime...

Instead of 1 win came 3 or 4, or even 5 straight losses with HORRENDOUS teammates. In one game they had our mid inhib destroyed because our Vayne literally inted Jinx but didn't understand that she was inting.. Ganked a few lanes while I still had a chance in the early game. The Tryndamere is pushing and pinging that he wants a gank. I said that I can't really dive pre 6 as Sejuani and I recommended that he doesn't push so I can gank. He said: "Delusional jungler".. I thought: "Whatever..". When I finally ganked him he just stood under tower and farmed while I was 1v1ing their Riven with all my might. I also pinged that I was coming before I came, in vain it seems to me now.. I went back and saw Vayne's K/D/A. Horrific. They already were at our inhib so I just gave up and FFed at 15. They didnt surrender until 30 mins.. ahh I was furious.

So now that I've vented enough in this post and finally said my things.. What the fuck should I do now? Keep on fighting or surrender and stay in Silver.. I cant even carry as a fed Jhin because 2 other are feeding them..

And now I finally feel free and obligated to say Fuck that "it's not teammates, it's you" talk. I cringe at how my teammates are sometimes playing and I cry because of their decision making (not actually crying). How is it even possible to get matched up with such bad players when I can point almost every single mistake they do and every mistake I realize on them? Taking a rift herald and/or drake or taking 2 plates on mid turret?? Seems like a pretty fucking hard decision for my teammates so because of them we don't get fucking either...

And now I'm sitting at Silver I, 12 LP. What should I do?

8 Comments

Lord Nimagist8/15/2019, 3:20:21 PM3 votes

I feel your pain. I've had a similar goal for this year and have gotten stuck at S2 after a strong early climb.

My recommendation is to take a break. Right now you're clearly frustrated (reasonably so) and that's going to negatively impact your performance. Take some time to either play non ranked games or something other than League entirely. Allow your motivation and drive to climb come back and full force and give it another go. There's still time to make it to gold this season even if you were to take a few weeks off.

We'll never be able to control who we get on our team. We'll get good teammates and bad ones. Sometimes they'll win us the game and sometimes they'll lose it for us. The only thing we can control is our own performance, and sometimes that means giving ourselves a mental breather.

Eybdoog8/15/2019, 3:35:46 PM3 votes

Stop playing Game is broken. Not enough people playing. There are probably smurfs in the majority of your games that are ruining matchmaking

Dukues8/15/2019, 7:28:04 PM1 votes

I would take a break from climbing for a few days until you feel refreshed. The 1 lp thing is really fucked not going to lie. It seems weird you wouldn't just get into promos with your high win rate I would think you would be getting a lot more lp per win compared to a loss. So that does seem strange.

Idk I think you are good enough to hit gold that's for sure, you just need to string the games together. I just hit plat yesterday after chilling in gold 1 for a couple weeks. I couldn't get more than a 2 win streak together and I was gaining 18 lp per win and losing 17. But then yesterday Idk I got lucky and played decent and went on a 6 game win streak at got plat. Feels good not going to lie but took awhile to put together a win streak. I am really surprised I 3-0 my promos.... usually promos fucking suck when trying to hit the next tier.

My general rule is I only play ranked if I feel like I am sound enough mind to play well. And if I lose like 2-3 in a row I stop for a long period usually the day. I been having more success when I wake up so I guess it depends on your schedule. I been taking Wednesdays off this summer from work and try to play a couple in the morning and see how it goes. Yesterday I started with a win and just used that momentum to keep going.

Not going to lie silver / low gold rank/mmr whatever fucking sucks to play through. It legit gives me a headache at how bad your teammates can be sometimes. But... sadly that is part of ranking up.

So yea... take a few days relax chill out do some other shit. Come back when you feeling refreshed and focus on each game and try to play your best. Take a small break between games even if it just to stretch to try and keep a fresh mind. Next thing you know would will hit that win streak and get gold.

AlterMordred8/15/2019, 8:05:24 PM1 votes

Your an Adc main, ik for a fact playing adc in low elo is hell tbh :/ unless your extremely good at kiting your gonna find it hard to climb because your team mates arent at a level where they know how to peel for you (normally).

Id say spam Aram/normals to untilt a bit and your best option tbh is try to find a duo top/mid to make sure two lanes are winning

Another tip is, dont flame your team mates, im a bit of a hypocrite on this one but you really cant control your team mates, focus on yourself. I find myself actively doing better when I mute all chat, if I die early I tilt less cause I dont get flamed and I dont type as much leading to better performance

Last of all is generally try to improve yourself, im not saying your bad but brush up your kiting skills, make sure your getting all the CS possible, read some matchups (i.e, jhin vs draven you wanna play safe as Draven can 3 shot you, vs Vayne go aggressive etc), look what jungler the enemy has and where they started (i.e, Jarvan will gank very early whereas Evelynn is unlikely to gank pre 6, so you can play aggressive when the enemy has an evelynn whereas safeplay is to be preferred vs j4 if you dont know where he is on the map etc)

Goodluck

Shahamut8/15/2019, 8:17:09 PM1 votes

chill out, keep playing. Focus only on how you could have done better. Don't look at what you did well. Don't look at your team at all (unless its to thank them for a carry XD)

Focus on taking winning lane HARDER than last time if winning lane is something you do often. If you are often ahead in your lane, look to deep ward and pressure turret early so you can get out of lane and influence more of the map.

I mean, there are lots of micro tips to give, you can get them from me, a pro, a coach, or pretty well anyone. I think you know the things you need to do, you have simply lost some focus due to frustration.

Keep you chin up bro. If I can climb from silver 3 to plat 2 playing Skarner in top lane [currently in a funk and back at plat 4 :/ ] then you can def make it to gold 3. I believe in you bud :)