I'm doing something wrong, but I don't know what.

Weathered·Feb 24, 2016·1 votes·464 views

I won't be that guy who complains about not climbing, or that he is in ELO hell. Obviously I'm not playing well enough to climb, thats the fact. I'm in silver 4 and teetering back and forth at around 60 LP. I rewatch some of my games with replay.gg, but I honestly can't tell what I should do different. I understand vision, objectives, map awareness, etc, and I feel like (and have been complemented on) I have the mechanics.

I just honestly am not sure what I'm doing wrong. It's less frustration and more confusion. Maybe I just have to play enough and get enough experience for it to click, but I feel like I go through a mental checklist after every game when I'm sitting in after game screen to make sure I played right.

Can anyone either look at my replay.gg (Here ) or have a game with me? Leave a msg on my account and I can get back to you to play.

11 Comments

VesperNadalFeb 24, 20162 votes

Did you try working the shaft?

Just kidding. Perhaps it's your objective prioritizing that needs work. Or your itemizations in certain matchups. I have not checked your history so I am just recommending generic stuff.

alasarcherFeb 24, 20161 votes

Your last ranked Gragas vs Jax. At minute 2:30 i noticed your first mistake. Jax E and u E into him instead of E away when he jumps on you. He stunned u and he got first blood. 2nd colossal mistake, you started building Rod of Ages into Abyssal with Sorc shoes. Why? You have Warwick, Tristana and Viktor as huge damage dealers. Your build HAD to be: item 3025 item 3110 item 3068 item 3143 item 3111 item 3742

Game before that vs Jhin, u flashed in for a kill with 12 minions there. Sure u got kill , but u died immediately, giving kill. So you gave away your life, flash and 2 minion waves, for a kill. Not worth at all. Of course as soon as u came back to lane u died as he had his flash, he was in base with more gold so he had better item and he started snowballing from there. For no reason at all, you could have easily farmed under your turret, but u were too greedy for a kill. And even tho u saw u started feeding, instead of building pure tank u went Rod of Ages again. No logic man. U had huge lead and u had won game, but at minute 31 u got caught and they got an ace, costing your entire team a game. At that moment u had item 3027 item 3089 . Those items make no sense. Why would u build Deathcap? Thats 4th or 5th item, not 2nd item. And even 4th or 5th u shouldnt build it on Gragas.

WeatheredFeb 24, 20161 votes

What was going through my head:

First game --> I almost always build a ROA top lane because often other lanes are doing poorly, and many people underestimate Gragas' ability to catch squishies with a good combo. I guess I should've adapted. Also, I built abyssal because of Lux, the magic damage from Shyv's devourer, and the magic damage from Jax's guinsoos and AP runes.

Second game --> I had recently had a game as damage Gragas and did well, so I guess I was in the moment and didn't think large scale.

So, I need to A) Plan ahead of lane decisions based on minion wave and gold difference B) Adapt build to the lane opponent as a first priority, then finish build in regards to the rest of the lanes and how fed they might be.

Thank you btw for watching them. If you happen to get around to a jungle game, let me know. I main jungle and was trying out top lane Gragas ^.^

alasarcherFeb 24, 20161 votes

I actually think u are doing pretty well with jungle Gragas. Your builds are mostly fine, scores are decent and all. But i do have one remark, i see you arent getting sweeper to deny opponent vision, u should think about it.

WeatheredFeb 24, 20161 votes

That's a relief. I guess its just because I don't lane often and have to get used to it. Normally I don't buy sweeper because in low ELO I've found that giving vision is usually more important than taking, but then again with the bad state of yellow trink and good state of red, its probably better to sweep.

alasarcherFeb 24, 20161 votes

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That's a relief. I guess its just because I don't lane often and have to get used to it. Normally I don't buy sweeper because in low ELO I've found that giving vision is usually more important than taking, but then again with the bad state of yellow trink and good state of red, its probably better to sweep.

Well, if u want superior vision control, u can build ruby sightstone, it gives u decent hp and warding power, combine it with sweeper, and u can gain huge vision control and deny enemies vision. I know people think only support should buy it, but trust me even jungler benefits alot from it, especially utility jungler like Gragas.

http://pre08.deviantart.net/c4ca/th/pre/i/2015/262/6/d/buy_some_vision__climb_a_division_by_utopicat-d9a5x5z.png

BladeSteelFeb 24, 20161 votes

One thing is gragas isn't really that strong right now. That could be a factor, or might not be. also always work on csing when you're in lane. in a "perfect" game you would want about 8-10 cs per min. so in a 30 min game you want to try to get as close to 300 as possible. if you can reach that level, you will have a lot of gold. If you really want to climb you could try a stronger jungler or top laner. People might underestimate gragas, but at the same time, he isn't the best choice. If you really like him then keep playing him, but you may want to try someone else. Sometimes if you don't climb its because you aren't playing the strongest champion for that time.

WeatheredFeb 24, 20161 votes

I tend to play Gragas more simply because of his kit. I feel awkward or sluggish if the champion I'm playing isnt able to weave spells, buffer, etc. For example, I also really like play Kha'Zix because of his EQW buffering, but I don't like playing Graves because of his stop time between animations.

BladeSteelFeb 24, 20161 votes

Amumu is really powerful right now, and to me he cah weave spells fairly well. You could give him a try, but beware if you do try him and do well people will say "you're not good you're playing an easy champion" or something similar to that. But if you climb using it, its worth it imo.

WeatheredFeb 25, 20161 votes

He's a backup for me ;)