I've been trapped in between silver 2-3 and keep getting people that seem like they've either never played ranked or seem like they don't care at all. Obviously there are going to be afks and trolls but that's besides it seems like im playing with someone who is almost new to the game. Anyone have any ideas on ways to be able to actually climb with this whole flawed ranked pairing system? thanks
Key is to learn objective importance and when you can do certain objectives. Anyone can win lane in silver, it's the people who know how to take turrets, inhibitors, baron, and end games that end up climbing faster than the others.
Duo with someone who has good map awareness and objective control, don't rage and communicate. Don't expect people to follow you, follow them instead. Win your matchup every game and more importantly help your teammates win their matchups.
My experience so far in Silver is that in many cases people are worse than bronze 1-2, but there's a reason for it. I think there's a lot of noobs or new accounts who place into Silver but are going to drop to bronze. I looked at my bracket after I made Silver 3 and I was the only person with #wins over 20. In my league right now me and one other guy have #wins over 100 and everyone else is under 12. What this tells me is that we're getting matched with people fresh out of their placement matches, so yes = they are essentially new. How do you climb out? Carry harder. This is why I jungle. I try to help as many people snowball as I can, and take objectives independently of anyone else. Find a champ that you're really good with and play that champ as often as you can. Also, it's unlikely you'll be able to carry as support at Silver, so pick a different role. ADC or APC can carry harder than anyone else, so if you're good at those roles it's likely you can snowball the game more easily.
Final tip is: don't be toxic. Don't ask "WHY" or say statements like "THIS top lane..." or "feeders." If you want your teammates to play well, being negative doesn't help. Nobody wants to be called out for their mistakes, so don't do it.
