How to get out of Bronze? (Halp)

DeadlyQuestion·Jul 3, 2015·3 votes·645 views

Yay a clone thread.

What tips do you have for eventually getting out of Bronze? I feel my skills are at about average.. I'm not the best, but I mean come on, a friend of mine is in silver III and just learned that last hitting minions was the goal of early laning phase.

My point isn't "I BELONG IN SILVER!", I just find it upsetting Im stuck in Bronze V. it isn't very often that I'm being pummeled by an athlete slaughtering bronzies, I can generally hold my own in any lane, provide necessary support like lane swaps or ganking as a laner, my jungle game isn't too shabby either. It just kills me when every lane feeds and that always seems to be the team I'm in, so what can I do differently to maybe underdog myself out of Bronze by the end of the year?

8 Comments

GrashnimJul 3, 20152 votes

I found the best way to carry myself out of bronze was to play a meta tank and preferably in the jungle. In the jungle, you should be able to help 2 lanes win or get the person who can carry fed. Also, being tanky, you can control team fights well and zone people. Alternatively, I played a lot of support, vision control wins low elo games, helping get your ADC fed and again - control the team fights. On top of that, some of the current supports are beast and can destroy people ( Nautilus ).

Probably choose 2 or 3 champions and perfect their game play, that should allow you to carry. Ultimately, it's important to remain calm as well, realize that losing 1 game isn't the end of your rise to power. It's just a few LP, you can make it up in the next game. Remain focused, evaluate what you did well, what you did wrong, how you could have improved it and attempt to do that the next game.

There are a ton of videos on youtube of players, better than myself for sure, who give you tips and hints on how to improve. If you really feel you're above what you're currently ranked, try to find a duo and see if they do well or have suggestions.

A lot of people in this game, sadly, don't take advice. They think they're elite, don't be that person.

DeadlyQuestionJul 3, 20151 votes

First of all, thank you for your well thought-out post, it doesn't go unappreciated. I will use your tips to the best of my ability and will search for a competent duo.

Secondly, naw, I'm pretty self-aware. I don't think I'm elite, and I don't have that "I deserve to be in silver/gold/diamond!" mentality, just it's frustrating that I'm still in Bronze V and I feel I play better as a teammate, strategist, solo laner, etc as my personal friends who are in Silver V, III, and II, and I can't even maintain getting into Bronze IV.

Actually I think I'm fine with being at Bronze V, whats frustrating is watching my team make mistakes like running into the enemy jungle alone and without any vision of the enemy, or ignoring a clear chance to take two mid towers after an ace and running down to get dragon... And all the while the enemy team seems to have this S.A.S. crack squad of LCS hopefuls making amazing plays. I'm aware it might just be me remembering the bad times, but I started in Silver IV at the beginning of the season and I'm in Bronze V now. There have been a lot of bad times. Maybe I deserve to be in Bronze V, but then I feel I wouldn't be having clear insights as to what's the better play to be making (going for tower instead of dragon, for example).

Just a bit of frustration. I try to keep a positive attitude, but some games I realize that it's over at the third minute because of how the team is treating each other. You hope for the best in those points but it rarely shines in your favor.

ChaosThiefJul 3, 20152 votes

It's easy, and all you need is one step!

Step 1: You don't

GOOD LUCK

WyvernEggJul 3, 20151 votes

Git Gud

Demonsolder21Jul 3, 20151 votes

Git gud!

http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/744/952/c65.jpg

Also the higher you go up the more toxic it gets. There is no such thing as elo heaven.

GrashnimJul 3, 20152 votes

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Git gud!

http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/744/952/c65.jpg

Also the higher you go up the more toxic it gets. There is no such thing as elo heaven.

Sadly, I will disagree with you there. Granted, people can be toxic at any level. I've played from bronze to gold and played with Plat players now as well (can't attest to higher). However, I noticed bronze people tend to rage the most.

Another side suggestion is learn how to jungle on Amumu / Fiddlesticks . They have insanely high win rates, control team fights, can help ace teams, etc... As for people who make you want to cry, I just report them for any number of reasons and hope they get sorted out. I also add them to my ignore list so I can keep track of bad players and know what I'm getting into when a match starts. Help the winners win, hope the losers don't hurt you too much.

Demonsolder21Jul 3, 20151 votes

Thanks for the advice.

The GG JanitorJul 3, 20151 votes

If ur trying to climb, I would focus on getting good at 2 two roles, from what u posted, it seems like your at the rank u belong since ur not carrying every game but ur not feeding either. Because ur not significantly better than the people in ur games, there is no way for u to climb until u actually improved, and it's better to just focuse on getting good in a few roles than being able to play all of them. That's just my two cents anyways, gl on ur yolo que games.