I have been playing a lot of League recently and I feel like my skills are slipping. Don't judge me for my Bronze V. I'm not going to blame it on my teams in ranked. I 100% take responsibility for not being able to carry my teams in Ranked. It's just that I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.
So tell me, what am I doing wrong and what can I do to fix it. I also feel like I need a new role. Preferably not support. Please help me.
Hey Zenost,
Some advice from a Gold/Plat player who's worked his way up from bronze. At the end of the day it always comes back to the basics, and by basics I don't mean mechanics. I use to watch the pro players on stream and think "If i can learn to perfectly attack-cancel on vayne, I can be the next doublelift." This is actually a trap. The only reason the challenger players can do what they do is becuase they've already mastered the following:
Practice your CSing. Remember that killing two waves of minions is roughly equal to a kill. A lot of players around you elo have no clue how to farm, and as a result, if you can simply outfarm them you'll find yourself at a huge advantage 20-30 mins in. Also,farming is generally saver than dueling. Even if you duel someone out of lane, chances are that you'll take damage and have to leave lane too... so you dont actually get an advantage. If you CS and wait for your jungler, and dont lose life, you can come back with lots of items very soon. Protip: go into a custom game and practice getting all the CS in a lane. If you can't do it without an opponent, there's no way you'll be able to do it with one. For reference, challenger players get at least 80cs every 10 minutes.
Practice map awareness. If you get ganked by a jungler it means that either 1) You didnt have vision around your lane or 2) you had vision but didn't pay attention to your mini map. At the end of the day its better to over-ward and ensure that you can farm safely than to under-ward and die in lane early.
Practice decision making. If you die, you were out of position. If your enemy laner kills one of your lanes, you are partially responsible. When something like this happens, you should think "what could I have done differently?" and learn from it. Protip: If you don't know where the enemy jungler is, assume he's ganking you, unless you have the vision to prove he's not. On the flip side, always know where your jungler is and ask for him if you think the two of you can get a kill in lane
Pay attention to your opponent's level/items as well as your own. If you're behind in levels, and the leblanc you're laning against is about to hit 6, back off. In the same way, if your opponent comes back to lane with a Bloodthirster and you only have a BF sword, you can't trade, so dont let them try to.
USE THE IGNORE BUTTON. If someone is typing at you in such a way that is not constructive, hit tab and ignore them. If you get into a fight with them, or read what they say, its not adding to your effectiveness. If anything, its taking your mind off of what you need to do to win.
Hope that helps!
If you don't mind reading, I am currently working on a collection of in-depth guides here on the CB. Here is the first, if you feel those areas are already covered, the next few are linked at the bottom. Only have 4 out so far, trying to grind em out weekly.
