So close yet so far away.

Mentalle·5/17/2015, 4:49:39 PM·4 votes·721 views

3 ranked games left till i am done with my placements and honestly i am terrified. I am not an amazing player, but i don't make too many stupid mistakes which the majority of teams seem to love doing. that's the reason i am 3 and 4 and horrified of attempting to finish my last 3 matches. because i know if i do good ill get a decent rank but if i lose them its almost a guarantee ill be in bronze 3 or 4. Therefore i beg if there is anyone out there of helping make sure these games aren't total flops for me and wouldn't mind doing with me i would really appreciate it.

5 Comments

Prismghost5/17/2015, 5:13:16 PM2 votes

You should be terrified you have everything to lose and rito loves hearing people weep, oddly enough sometimes you get to promos with no problems then get idiot teams in promos. I would help but I'm not at home atm

A Small Dog5/17/2015, 5:27:19 PM2 votes

I know your feeling, I did that a couple weeks ago. I went 4-6 but played relatively well in most of my games. Stuck with champs I was comfortable with, played safe and warded like no tomorrow. (I heard rumor that placing wards is like free MMR and shows you're not stupid to whatever program Riot uses to check skill level)

Granted I'm not amazing either but by playing my best, safe and smart I managed to land myself in Silver 5, hopefully forever dodging that infamous rumored "Bronze Hell". So that would be my only advice, play comfortable and safe, if you're losing lane play safe and just farm, hug that tower like it's a teddy bear, if you're top or jungle and your team has no tank, for the love of Cthulhu build tank and only like one item for damage. At least you die less often than everyone else who went full ham while they're 0/7/1 with 70 CS at 25 minutes.

Keevalroy5/17/2015, 7:50:38 PM2 votes

Don't worry about where you're placed because if you're good enough, you can carry yourself out of the elo you're put in. As hard to believe as it sounds, that's what you might have to do - solo carry and have 4 other people hold on for the ride.

My first time playing ranked I was afraid too because I wasn't doing well in my placements and ended up in Bronze 2 or 3. It was disheartening because I thought I deserved to be higher, and couldn't figure out why I wasn't climbing out. I thought it was my teammates being bad, but I eventually noticed it was because of my picks, my playstyle, my CS'ing ability, and my sense of awareness. I needed to be a better player and practice more in normals before coming back to ranked.

The practice helped, but if it still isn't enough like it wasn't enough for me, it might be the case where you need to find your champion. Not a main, not a favorite, you need to find your champion, the one who mirrors your playstyle and can get you great results. Back in season 3 stuck in Bronze, mine was Twitch when he was OP as hell. I never knew how strong he was because everyone picked Draven, but quickly realized when I started playing him that he was _also _ insane when he gets ahead.

Twitch got me out of Bronze and into mid-Silver where my winrate went down to 66.7% (yes, it went down) once people figured out what pink wards were. Because you haven't played a lot of games, you might not have found your champion yet. Go into some more normals and try different champions and different roles to see what you can find as a match.

warwiller5/17/2015, 4:52:04 PM1 votes

I would if I was in NA server :P I only make mistakes that make sense :P

Mentalle5/17/2015, 5:53:04 PM1 votes

lol i just need a good duo partner