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Should I just give up on playing ranked?

EugeneSims·2/19/2016, 12:42:19 AM·3 votes·630 views

I main top and some games are alright and some games are horrible.

I don't think I'm good enough to carry and I'm very mediocre or even poor when I play. Sometimes I have good decision making but, while I can see where I've improved, it just doesn't seem to be happening fast enough for me to be able to climb. I go on losing streaks or I either win one, lose one, rinse and repeat. It's becoming very demotivated. It took me a month to get out of Bronze IV and I'm currently Bronze II and most likely going to get demoted if I keep losing.

Should I just stop playing?

I want to improve but the problem is, ranked is very stressful and it demotivates me beyond belief. Some games feel stompy as Hell (for one of the sides) and they drain a lot of my energy because they take too long.

I used to think I could reach Silver (any division) and while that seems like a mediocre goal, it was to show myself that I was capable but nowadays, I feel like I'm going to be stuck in Bronze no matter what I do. Some games I do very well and try to coach the team but they won't listen, some games I do alright and other games I just can't do anything after dying and it puts me on tilt.

It's hard to be motivated and ranked just drains me of everything positive when I lose.

It's a matter of...should I continue in hopes of improving and actually climbing? Or just entering queue and constantly winning, losing, never going anywhere and feeling that I'm just a horrible player even though I've played for two years (a bit more).

I've tried solo queue, I've tried premades...I don't seem to be getting anywhere with either.

Am I just really bad at this game? Probably...

6 Comments

Mandaari2/19/2016, 1:33:21 AM3 votes

Usually I find it's an issue with learning how to learn. Playing a boatload of games doesn't help much if you don't know both how to realize what mistakes you're making and how to fix them.

  • Try looking up guides (Phylol has some really good videos) or watching informative streams (Scarra talks to viewers a lot during his streams).
  • Record your own games and watch them later, ESPECIALLY the ones you don't want to watch.
  • Look at gold graphs and look at where the game turned around. What happened at that point? What could you have done to prevent it?
  • Find out what champions you're having a hard time against. Ask how to deal with those champions specifically. Play a few games as that champion to learn their weaknesses.
  • Always ask yourself what the best thing you and your team could be doing at any given moment. If you're not doing it then start doing it.
  • Enter games with an idea of how you want the game to play out. What is your team good at? What is your team bad at? What is their team good at? What is their team bad at? Do the thing you're good at and force your opponents to do what they're bad at.
  • Be conscious of your picks in champion select. Don't pick an easily-countered champion before you see what you're up against. Don't pick a high damage carry when you really need peel or engage.

Maybe most importantly: don't just go through the motions. Look at the why of everything. Don't just build blue Ezreal because you heard it was good. Understand what makes it good. Go deeper than that and look why the meta is the way it is. Why do top laners oftentimes take teleport? What makes exhaust good in certain match ups and bad in others? Why did bot lane become the duo lane? Why is ___ good this patch, but not last patch?

RookPusher2/19/2016, 12:45:16 AM1 votes

Being bad at the game, and ranked being a good idea are separate things. Here's the conundrum - if you're a considerate player, you'll try new roles/champs in Normal. If you're inconsiderate, you only go ranked.

ADC's running away J4s champs getting deathcaps People chasing kills and not pushing objectives

There's no incentive to Normal, or barrier to Ranked.

Snow Tea2/19/2016, 12:58:55 AM1 votes

You can't stop improving. Find a way to get better and fast.

MKG OperaVanJava2/19/2016, 1:03:08 AM1 votes

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I want to improve but the problem is, ranked is very stressful and it demotivates me beyond belief. Some games feel stompy as Hell (for one of the sides) and they drain a lot of my energy because they take too long.

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If you set your expectation high/ win every game . Yes its~_~, ranked is very stressful .

For me , I waiting the pure solo queue up(wish A.S.A.P). Dynamic queue was good but ......øõÒﾞ=4ﾒ 5獨

From my experience. In ranked don't expect random player to listen what you saying, even for good things -- like remind the support to buy sighstone first , drop the ward 0/3 at good spot , minimalize getting ganked.. etc .

Rarely working.

I feel like I'm going to be stuck in Bronze no matter what I do. Some games I do very well and try to coach the team but they won't listen, some games I do alright and other games I just can't do anything after dying and it puts me on tilt.

watch some good streamer. learn and practice and practice and practice. "practice make it perfect" heavy carry champion might work - i suggest Riven ~ Fiora ~ hard carry ( practice alot in normal game ~ maximize the champion potential agaist counter etc) . keep farm and push , win - snowballing the lane. ward more. keep pushing top. Focus use summoner 12 for important objective like dragon. If fail (team not listening) , focus on turret ~ dragging all enemy to you, and pray your team understand the game- push another lane . not always working (>_<)

Its take time to get out from each one tier/division, just enjoy your game and play your best EugeneSims . Good luck , wish you luck . having good teammates. And keep learning like i do.

Like always . PS : messy Grammar . [zombie-nunu-bummed]

ABlueQuaker2/19/2016, 2:51:44 AM1 votes

{quoted} Am I just really bad at this game?

.

Probably...

I have 2 smurfs that I have usually only played once a month to keep stop decay. Recently, however, my lower elo friends have been asking me to smurf with them to help them climb. One of the accounts was Silver III, and the other was Bronze III. Since the start of the season I've reached Gold IV and Silver V respectively.

A player will climb if he/she is at a skill level higher than what their rank indicates. It's a matter of time and patience. If you're winrate is 60-70% you are better than your rank. 50-60% means you're where you should be, but there's no reason that why you can't keep improving and climbing.

The whole system works in such a way that you end up where you should be at which point you can actually improve.