How to work your way up in ranked as a support?

iBubbles·Mar 27, 2015·1 votes·504 views

I main support, and even though i did great in almost all my preliminary games i got put into bronze V? How does working your way up work? Is it based off of kill death ratio? If so, I obviously don't get much kills.

8 Comments

GroundRuleDoubleMar 27, 20152 votes

Ranks and LP gain and lost are only based on W/L and your opponent's hidden MMR compared to yours.

If you played ranked last season, you were probably placed a few levels lower than where you ended last year. The system is made for you to climb, so they may place you a little lower than you should actually be at.

iBubblesMar 28, 20151 votes

So in this case, even if i do freaking amazing but my team loses it still brings me down? Or someone can do terrible but their team wins so they go up?

GroundRuleDoubleMar 28, 20153 votes

The idea behind it is that if you're doing great, your team will win. I know there are some exceptions, but if you have a perfect game, generally your team will win. This means that (I'll use me as an example) if I'm mid (since I play mid a lot), it's not just about winning a lane. It's about using the advantage from winning my lane to help the other lanes. If I just spend all the time in the mid lane and don't leave, I'm padding my stats, but not helping my team win. So yes, there are times when you play great but all 4 of your teammates are terrible. It happens. But more times than not, if you are playing great and use that advantage as you go into the mid game to help teammates and team fights, you'll win.

iBubblesMar 31, 20151 votes

okay, i guess that makes sense. thank you for clearing that up for me (:

Eye of ImplexMar 27, 20151 votes

SukishooMar 31, 20151 votes

The initial placements are all based on the MMR of the teams you are fighting. Then of course after that, the matches just matter on who wins/loses.

For a support main, I say things like Janna Leona Soraka Sona are all fairly great ones that can help a team out massively. I for one went from B5 to BII with Janna in season 3 (2013). So it's possible, but does take a lot of work to get into the flow.