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Alright, my friend. Here's some advice from a lowly Silver 4 scrub. I'll tell you the things that I did in my ranked games to help me get out of Bronze in Season 5.
1.) **Pick a Champion and role combination you're comfortable with and stick to it. **
There are a LOT of Champions in League of Legends, and if you try to learn them all at once while simultaneously trying to climb the ranked ladder, it's going to be a very long and arduous journey for you. Different Champions have different build paths, different ability combos to use in combat, and different power spikes at varying stages of the game. If you focus on learning just 1-2 Champions, all this information will be much easier to retain and put into practice in-game, increasing your chances of success.
2.) Do not be afraid to go off-meta, even if your teammates threaten to report you or call you a troll for it.
I remember all the times I got flamed for picking Quinn top or mid during my road to Silver. According to them, Quinn was a bot-lane ADC and taking her anywhere else was an act of trolling. However, this was the Champion that got me out of Bronze. I picked her consistently not only because I had fun with her, but because I had a better understanding of her than any other Champion, and I could play her in many roles, as well as help my team out with her if they were far behind. Unfortunately, not everyone in LoL is going to see things your way, but this doesn't mean you shouldn't play the Champions you're most comfortable with.
3.) Establish vision in your or others' lanes.
If you're a Jungler or Support, it's important to help your team establish vision throughout the map. Buy a Pink Ward and place it somewhere that you know will help your allies spot incoming danger, but also in a spot that is unlikely to be checked by enemies. Do the same for yourself if you're in lane and you want to stay safe from ganks. Of course, vision will only be useful if you watch your mini-map, which leads me to my fourth point...
4.) Keep a constant eye on your mini-map.
This is so important. Map awareness is a key aspect to becoming better at League of Legends. It will help you spot incoming ganks in your lanes, as well as in other lanes if you're observant. So, if you see the enemy Jungler headed to bot lane and you're top, let your teammates know by pinging them -- sometimes, it can save their lives!
5.) If you earn a kill, capitalize on it!
Let's say you're a mid laner and you just scored a kill on your opponent. Guess what, this means you have a short period of time where you can push the minion wave in your lane without retaliation! If you push your minion wave into the enemy's tower while they're gone, this means they'll be missing out on gold that they otherwise would have earned from your minions, because their tower will be killing them instead! Also, pushing gives you an opportunity to poke at their turret a bit and weaken it to eventually bring it down later on in the game.
Of course, if you kill your enemy laner and get away with it with only a sliver of HP, then I don't recommend staying to push, because their Jungler could just as easily show up and kill you for it. Assess the situation and act accordingly. This leads me to my next suggestion...
6.) Always try to be several steps ahead of your opponent.
As mentioned before, you need to think before you act in LoL. Ok, so you just got a kill. Now what? Are you going to push the wave and start attacking the enemy turret, or are you just going to recall to your base? What are the risks you take by doing the former over the latter? Will getting a particular kill help you win the game, or will it endanger you needlessly? A kill gives you gold, sure, but will this one in particular that you're looking to earn help you take an objective such as a tower or inhibitor, or will it just cause a stand-still because you're at risk of dying to other enemies?
These are the things you need to consider before making your next move. Of course, the examples I listed are more oriented towards the macro game, or the "big picture." Being several steps ahead of your opponent is important for the micro game too (i.e., If I engage as Shyvana with my ult here, Ashe could stun me with her ult, in which case I'll do X. Otherwise, I'll do Y.) And so on.
7.) Learn from others and practice.
While it's important to learn how to play the game and your favorite Champions by watching others do it (i.e. LCS streams, YouTube guides, live observation, etc.), you'll never get better by just watching. You need to practice in-game as well. Yes, this means that sometimes, you will lose. But that is just part of the game; no one can win them all, and if you work hard at improving, eventually you'll find yourself in a much better position than Bronze 4.
Unfortunately I can't offer you much help in the ways of learning to play Shyvana or Wukong, because I've never played them before. Also, I know that certain teams can be frustrating to play with, but there's very little you can do about the people you end up with -- you're the only player you have control over in League, so just try to focus on improving your own play and how you can carry teams who are lacking in some way.
GLHF, and I hope this helps :)
its actually not as hard as you think. when i look at the picture you post (kda's aside, your max cs is 56/10. Thats not good enough. you have games in there that are in the 30/10 cs range. you need to consistantly hit minimum 60, better 70. Practice that in custom games man. just queue with one intermediate bot and try to get minimum 80/10. do that every once on a while with your mains and cs'ing becomes an automated process, which leaves you free to pay attention when to harass.
looking at your opgg, you are playing too large a championpool. stick to your best champions. in bronze, championskill beats counterpick every single time.
next thing is your average deaths. I have exactly your problem. i die too much. anything over 5 average is too high. its not just that you cant cs when you are dead. your team is 4v5, your opponent gets free farm and the opportunity to gank the other lanes. when it is possible for you to die, play safe and back up. bring your death average below 5 per game and cs better and you will climb within a week.
last, ward more. get the blue trinket at level 9 so you dont have to facecheck and use them when off cd. blue wards also have another advantage. they indirectly zone by vision threat. if your enemy finds and destroys one, he knows you saw him. so he knows he is not safe.
good luck
ps: i forgot the most important advice.
STOP THE "MY TEAM" mentality !!! the question should always be: what could i have done better. After every loss you should reassess which mistakes you made had the most impact on your game. Don't worry about your team. They are out of your sphere of influence and therefore unimportant. Focus on personal improvement. MAKE LIBERAL USE OF THE MUTE BUTTON!!!
cheers
I feel you. I started 14/0/6 on Shyvana one game and ended 14/6/6 because my team was utterly useless and the enemy figured out, "ok kill shyvana and we win"...so they all grouped as 5 the entire game and manhunted me the entire game. I couldn't split push or teamfight or anything. Bronze is a nightmare. Oh ya, my team had 20 total kills (my 14 kills + my 6 assists).
for laning: improve your CS. Like... alot. for jungle: Try tank junglers, your death counters say you go in deep alot... play Volibear or so...