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Stuck in Hell.

Dragnamous·10/19/2015, 10:53:08 PM·2 votes·494 views

I'm having the worst possible experience trying to climb the ranked ladder. This is so gut-wrenchingly infuriating that I don't even want to play League anymore. I'm only Silver IV, though I'm fairly certain I have the skill to be at least Gold. My ranked winrate is painfully low, though I'd go so far to say that a third of my losses are just due to trolls, afk's, or plain unskilled teammates, the kind that absolutely should not be playing ranked. The worst part is, I've actually been promoted to Silver 3 I think four times in the past few months. And EVERY SINGLE TIME I get promoted, I suddenly go on a losing streak, nonstop until I'm demoted again. I don't think I've ever won a game in Silver 3 because of this. All I want is to get to Gold, just to get Victorious Sivir. This is so incredibly stressful, and it doesn't help tacking this onto all my other problems. I just want to hit Gold... And if I ever do, I'm not touching ranked again.

4 Comments

Environmentalist10/19/2015, 10:59:44 PM2 votes

Man I hear you. 90% of the people who play ranked just shouldn't ever play ranked.

Daen10/19/2015, 11:16:41 PM2 votes

I have the skill to be at least Gold

So, overall, from looking at your match history I'm not noticing play that's consistently a full tier above where you are currently. You have some occasional games that are particularly good (7/2/14, 13/5/8, etc.), and you generally win these games which indicates to me one of two things:

  • You are able to carry when ahead
  • You are able to take advantage of getting carried

These are useful skills to have, but there are just as many games where your KDA is very low (1/7/8, 1/5/2, etc.). It seems as though you are able to win in good circumstances but not able to turn bad circumstances around, and I expect that's where the issue is. You also have some games with really questionable summoner spells, e.g. a Malphite game on 10/6/2015 where you went Exhaust/Clarity.

A relatively significant part of ascending the ladder with the current system is being able to consistently carry your team. I think this is a pretty dumb way to judge player skill, personally, but that's neither here nor there. What I'm trying to say, basically, is that I think you can get to Gold but you're going to have to work at it.

Baunjo10/19/2015, 11:04:07 PM1 votes

If you can't get out of " hell " you belong there. Plain and simple man.