Does Time Increase Elo?

Warhawk373·Sep 29, 2016·1 votes·457 views

For example, have most players that are gold and higher been playing for longer than one season? I have only been lvl 30 for one season and my ranked experience has been terrible. Got to silver 3 out of provisional and now I'm silver 4 with 0 LP, I think I'm on like a 20 loss streak or something. I play mainly supp so obviously I can't get mad because I don't have as much control over the match as a yasuo mid would or something like that. But still, I thought if I'm a good support that I would still climb elo but I have been dropping a bunch. Now I just don't play ranked. Do you think I should just play ranked and if I drop to bronze 5 then so be it? I feel like achieving a high elo is kind of a goal that league players should strive to but at the same time I just have NOT had fun in ranked.

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EndlessSorcererSep 29, 20161 votes

Skill and knowledge comes with experience.

Personally, I didn't bother playing ranked games until after playing for a couple seasons. While I may have missed out on rewards for S4 (RIP Victorious Morgana), I didn't want to bother until I was confident enough in my gameplay.

If you don't think you are doing well, I would recommend practicing in normal games until next season. They are far less stressful than ranked games and it is much easier to experiment in them.

Warhawk373Sep 29, 20161 votes

That's what I've been doing and I always do really well in normals, maybe occasionally I have a bad game or just get matched up against a really good player but overall I would say that I do really good, am I just supposed to play until I can win 100% of normals games? (not trying to sound mean or anything, I'm really wondering because I rarely see anyone ranked higher than gold playing normals, maybe they always win so they only play ranked now?)

EndlessSorcererSep 29, 20161 votes

You'll never win 100% of normal games. As you continue winning games, your MMR will rise and you will be matched with and against stronger opponents.

Generally, I would recommend you wait until you the following conditions are fulfilled before diving heavily into ranked:

you have a solid pool of champions you are comfortable with (know their builds, their matchups, their purpose throughout the game, etc)
know how most champions play (kit, builds, powerspikes, weaknesses, matchups)
Know the role and responsibilities of each major role (top, mid, jungle, ADC, support)
Know basic laning mechanics (i.e. trading, last-hitting, controlling the minion wave, counterbuilding, tower diving)

While it might sound daunting, it is all something which you will pick up as you play and learn about the game. You don't have to know everything about everyone, but knowing even the vague concepts for each will be a massive help.

Mig89Sep 29, 20161 votes

I agree with this. Find a role or two youre most comfortable and having a few champs in each with different playstyles will help you counter pick. For example, if you play support, know how to play a tank and utility support. If you stick to a role or two you really want to focus on learning how your abilities will synergize with other champs. This next bit of advice does not work for everyone but its something i firmly believe in. If you get tilted, KEEP PLAYING, as long as you dont start flaming teammates. Especially in normals. Everyone has a bad streak here or there, Just focus on what you did wrong and try to correct it. When you start playing consistently then youll go into a game knowing 1/5 of your teammates is good. Its rare to have 5/5 people on your team playing great but you usually only need 2 or 3/5 to win in lower ELOs. I took this advice and it got me to gold which isnt saying much but im happy for my first ranked season

EndlessSorcererSep 29, 20161 votes

If you get tilted, KEEP PLAYING, as long as you dont start flaming teammates.

Personally, I would disagree with this. While I am never one to rage at teammates, my attitude and gameplay tends to suffer when I am tilted which leads me to perform worse.

If I find myself getting tilted, I tend to cut my losses and stop playing for at least a couple hours. I'll take some time to talk with friends, read a book, browse forums, watch videos or play other (non-competitive) games.

Even after I am untilted, I will generally stick to normal games for the remainder of the day. It is a good chance to practice and unwind in a more casual environment.