I've been trying for a while. I've been using everyone's tips - don't be toxic, use champions you're good with, focus cs, be smart with bans. No matter what I seem to do, I lose almost all of my ranked games. I desperately want to get into Silver and maybe even Gold, but I don't know how, can anyone give me some tips or help me out a little?
Rustling Bush2 votesif your losing all your ranked games then your clearly not doing any of the things you mentioned above, also get into the habit of warding when ever your trinket is up. their no secret or tips really that aren't common knowledge, just play and continue to get better.
Quil Evrything2 votesi pointed out to the OP specifically where he wasnt doing it. However, I want to point out to YOU, that a person can be really doing all those things, and still lose games a lot. Up to a point, it is a problem with the individual's skill. past that point, it's luck of who you get put on your team :-/
Rustling Bush1 votesi'm not denying that alot of luck goes into matchmaking, but you should be able to make some progress if you belong higher tier than you are now, i meant to edit but my game was starting.
Quil Evrything1 votesyou should be able to make some progress if you belong higher tier than you are now
It's a nice pretty theory that most people like to tell themselves. But below a certain ELO, it's a lie.
Also, there is a hidden assumption in "belong". Some people like to recursively define "belong" as essentially, "if you cant claw your way up there, you dont belong there".
However, if you put objective numbers and criteria on, lets say, "belonging to silver".. you can find that someone who fits all those criteria, still cannot climb up from bronze to there.
proof of this:
I have 2 accounts. One I started years ago. One is new.
on the old one, I'm stuck in bronze 5.
on the new one, while I havent finished my promos yet... in normal draft mode, I consistently get matched with silvers. (and I may get placed directly into silver5 or something when I finish my placements. We shall see)
I have a good kda, reasonable cs, and know how to get objectives. I have good map awareness, AND WARD. So, my new account clearly demonstrates that I belong in silver.
Yet if you only look at my old account, your theories would claim I belong in bronze 5. because I cant get out by myself.
So, your theories are wrong. in bronze 5, there are only a few things that will get you out:
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proof of (ELO hell):
I have 2 accounts. One I started years ago. One is new.
on the old one, I'm stuck in bronze 5.
on the new one, while I havent finished my promos yet... in normal draft mode, I consistently get matched with silvers. (and I may get placed directly into silver5 or something when I finish my placements. We shall see)
annnd.. I finished my placements.
SILVER 2.
but my other account still stuck in b5.
so, yeh. ELO hell is a thing.
EL HAMSTERO1 votesit looks like you are just not ready for ranked yet. most people dont play ranked at all. even bronze 4s are better than most people in normals.
when i was on my first account and wasnt having any fun - i was stuck in bronze 2. i just quit playing that account and made a new one. i leveled that account up to 15 and made another new one. when i had about 12 accounts to level 10-15 i went back to my main account. suddenly bronze 2 was easy. i advanced to silver 5 in a weekend.
in other words you probably just need more practice. stay away from ranked for a while. play what is fun.
Rico Nasty1 votesI spend most of my games playing normals. But thanks for the advice, I will lay off ranked for a night or two
Quil Evrything1 votesLooked at your ranked record. You're dying A LOT. so that means, you THINK you are doing the tips, "use champions you're good with". But if you're dying that much, you are not good with them, sad to say.
work on having only 5 or less deaths per game, every game.
Rico Nasty1 votesThank you I will play safer during the laning phase.
C9 Scott Free 1 votesFollow all the tips and get lucky. Only sheep don't admit to that second part being important though
Daen1 votesSo, three things:
Rico Nasty1 votesThanks!
OhBoyItsaMegaman1 votesYou really need to work on farming. In your match history for both ranked and normals, your cs in the non-jungle non-support games really isn't high enough. In ranked, this might be because you're playing against people who are better than you, so they outplay you in lane and you just can't farm safely. But in normals, your MMR should be pretty accurate. So this means you have very low cs even against players who are at your skill level.
Open up a custom game with no bots and try to get 80+ farm by 10:00. If you can't do that without an opponent harassing you, you should restart and keep practicing in customs. Learning how to farm will give you a nonsensically huge advantage over players at the bottom of Bronze.
When supporting, don't upgrade to Ruby Sightstone until the very end of the game when you have nothing else to buy. Get the red trinket immediately once you get Sightstone, and get boots right after that. You shouldn't ever have a game without boots, on any champion.
Rico Nasty1 votesOkay thank you
OhBoyItsaMegaman1 votesIn addition to this advice, I have a little more. I saw that one of your games has a recorded replay on op.gg so I watched it. As Karma support, you stand way, way too far back in the lane. Like, I see you throw a Q, then walk a good 700 range behind your ADC and just chill there for about 10 seconds. When you move so far back that the enemy can barely even see you, you're telling them "you guys have a 2v1 lane for right now, do whatever you want to my adc." If you don't want to be close enough for the enemy to harm you, stand just outside of their range so that you can dip back into combat at a moment's notice. You should be using your autoattacks to harass whenever you can do so safely, especially because it triggers Karma's passive.
If you have three minutes to spare, watch this video.
If you have an hour to spare, watch all of this video.
Rico Nasty1 votesThanks for info! :)
Triger1 votesone of the best things that worked for me was playing easier champions. I picked 
and he worked really well for me.
some videos that might help with this :P
Rico Nasty1 votesthanks!
Catastrop1 votes"You play like the biggest bitch possible." XD god I love Sky.
Spicy Rice1 votesObjectives man. Learn to keep all lanes pushing, and how to avoid wasting time by seiging 1 lane with your team. If everyone is mid, go top and push that.
If you have to choose between chasing that one person left or taking an objective, take that shit.
Rico Nasty1 votesThat's what I do each game, but it seems as if my team doesn't know that.