I worked hard to get into Silver.

Ternt·Jun 4, 2015·1 votes·765 views

And now that I am playing here, I keep losing promo's into Silver 4. I continue to get teammates who feed worse than games I played in middle Bronze tiers. How did I struggle to get into Silver, yet play consistently almost every single game, and these kids are somehow here also? It makes me wonder if some people just had it super easy getting into Silver or they just got carried or lucky promo games. But for those who are stuck in Bronze; Silver isn't much better. Lost my third promo to Silver 4 last night, and although the 2nd game was a train wreck, the 3rd game should have not been a loss. With ADC's focusing a full health Renekton over a half health Diana, then saying "Renekton was closer". So don't think that Silver is the promised land.

13 Comments

SweetTomatoSoupJun 4, 20152 votes

I play in high gold and low plat tier(account is gold 2) and you see a huge mix of players. Some players i play against/with are completely clueless to enemy movements via the mini map as well as lack basic micro ability. Other players I play with/against belong in diamond+(in my opinion). There is a lot of luck involved in ranked and you're best bet is always to try and get your team focused on working together.

With ADC's focusing a full health Renekton over a half health Diana, then saying "Renekton was closer".

As an adc main, sometimes you're only option is to focus the tanks/mages/assasins that are dive bombing you. A single cc on you can mean the end of your role in that team fight. Aka reksai knockup, into cho Q, into a thresh hook = you one dead mofo.

When i first started playing league i started in bronze 1. The way i improved was focusing on my players position in relation to enemy champs as well as my own teammates(speaking from an adc standpoint), constantly checking minimap as well as trying to predict where a jungler will be. Watch educational streams such as nightblu3 and others, they can help a lot.

TerntJun 4, 20151 votes

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I play in high gold and low plat tier(account is gold 2) and you see a huge mix of players. Some players i play against/with are completely clueless to enemy movements via the mini map as well as lack basic micro ability. Other players I play with/against belong in diamond+(in my opinion). There is a lot of luck involved in ranked and you're best bet is always to try and get your team focused on working together.

As an adc main, sometimes you're only option is to focus the tanks/mages/assasins that are dive bombing you. A single cc on you can mean the end of your role in that team fight. Aka reksai knockup, into cho Q, into a thresh hook = you one dead mofo.

When i first started playing league i started in bronze 1. The way i improved was focusing on my players position in relation to enemy champs as well as my own teammates(speaking from an adc standpoint), constantly checking minimap as well as trying to predict where a jungler will be. Watch educational streams such as nightblu3 and others, they can help a lot.

Yeh, but the Diana wasn't out of range. That's the thing. I had her cc'd, and instead of switching targets, the Diana managed to get away still.

EL HAMSTEROJun 4, 20151 votes

your title says silver 5 but your mmr is 1000 and you are still playing mostly with bronzes.

IndianHippieJun 4, 20151 votes

how do u check mmr?

EL HAMSTEROJun 4, 20151 votes

http://euw.op.gg/summoner/userName=IndianHippie++++

click 'check mmr'

TerntJun 4, 20151 votes

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your title says silver 5 but your mmr is 1000 and you are still playing mostly with bronzes.

Ah, I duo with a buddy who's Bronze 1. So I guess that makes sense. My MMR is still 1150+ when I check it though.

Commit SudokuJun 4, 20151 votes

failed my silver 2 -> 1 promos 8 times last season doesn't mean I suck or my teammates do sometimes you dont win when you need to its not a big deal it never got me down and I am plat now.

ZoratuJun 4, 20151 votes

I just looked at your ranked stats on lolking and it looks like you are pretty good at rek sai and gragas but your cs numbers are kinda low even if you mostly play jungle so late/midgame you want to try to just clear jungle camps whenever you can and that alone will probably make you win more. And stop playing elise unless you get better at her. If you really want to rise to silver 4 look at all of your champs that have over 50% winrate and spam them. Here is your lolking: http://www.lolking.net/summoner/na/61820372#profile

TerntJun 4, 20151 votes

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I just looked at your ranked stats on lolking and it looks like you are pretty good at rek sai and gragas but your cs numbers are kinda low even if you mostly play jungle so late/midgame you want to try to just clear jungle camps whenever you can and that alone will probably make you win more. And stop playing elise unless you get better at her. If you really want to rise to silver 4 look at all of your champs that have over 50% winrate and spam them. Here is your lolking: http://www.lolking.net/summoner/na/61820372#profile

I do cs in jungle all game usually. I just don't ever really take lane farm away from the laners. And I am spamming the same champs, it's just boring sometimes. I mean, I've lost a total of 16 games of 56 on Rek'Sai, and 5 in the last 7 days alone. Which means for the past month I lost 11, then I get to Silver and lose 5 in less than 7 days. I realize losses are inevitable, but it just doesn't make sense. I've even had people blame me for them losing lanes, like they didn't go 1/9 on Cho'Gath vs. a LeBlanc. Most of the kills I get on Rek'Sai or Gragas are solo kills, which is why I have such high kill participation in most games on Rek'Sai and Gragas. But you don't play a champ at 5.5/1 or 4/1 and multiple others over 3/1 on accident. At a certain point it's not even about the mechanics, it's about the fact my Lucian ADC has an average 1.2/1 KDA after 30 games, and doesn't realize that he just doesn't know how to play that champ. Because before you focus on warding or csing or positioning, you gotta know how to play the champ efficiently. You can know how to do a lot of stuff, but if you cannot translate what you study or read into gameplay, then what's the point. The reason why people climb is because they have the talent, but need the knowledge to grow. These kids might KNOW the game, but can't PLAY the game.