Much needed tips for getting out of silver V? :D

Depressive Boi·Oct 19, 2014·2 votes·641 views

So, on October 1st I managed to myself out of my bronze by myself without a duo, it only took two days after I got on my track break, since my school is a year round school. But, two weeks later I am still stuck in silver V. I generally do fine in my games, I don't feed, flame, I do my best and ward. But for some reason I just can't get out of silver V. Even today, 3 games in a row provided with a break my team would constantly just fight with each other instead of focusing on the game, and my mind just snapped, I was angry but I never said anything bad, but I was emotionally hurt to the point where I cried. So I am wondering if there are some champions or some golden rules that I'm probably not using. I play vi, fizz, and morgana most of the time. Your tips are all appreciated and thank you for reading this and feedback :D.

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Quacker2Oct 19, 20141 votes

From my experience (silver 1/2 support main here), silver 5 is identical to bronze I. There are some things you need to keep in mind. First some mental things: @You will NOT win every game..just deal with it @No matter how bad your team is doing don't flame (this one is easier said than done) @If your teammates bicker nonstop just mute them...it'll keep you from seeing what they say. @Compliment good things your teammates do (as a support I get a good vibe with my adc for complimenting his kills or zoning or even cs) Now for some in-game tips: @Always ward with what gold you can spare. Having a ward is (in my opinion) more useful than 2 pots 9 times out of 10. @Tell your teammates to help with warding. If everyone buys a pink on your team it doesn't cost too much and relieves some stress on the support. Even if it is at your own side of the jungle it still can save your team from an ambush. I usually tell my team: "If everyone buys one pink ward, we will basically double our vision" They listen to this quote <---- every time because its true! @Always ping if you see an enemy gank or foresee one coming. They might be distracted with cs and not see the enemy on the map. Just dont ping excessively or it may annoy them. @call MIAS!! @A lot of my ranked games are lost when we are ahead because we don't take advantage of a successful skirmish and we stall the match giving them time to come back. If you ace the enemy team DON'T recall or farm jungle creeps unless you have no choice. Take turrets, inhibs, dragon, or baron. Keep your lead! @Another reason I lose many ranked games because we lose focus on what we need to do in teamfights. Unless you are a major initiator, your major job becomes peeling for the ADC or APC. As long as they are kept alive (and aren't way behind) you should win every fight. If your ADC is kogmaw KogMaw and they have an akali Akali , keep them off him at ALL COSTS!

There's a lot more tips but these were at the top of my head. Hope it helps :D

Depressive BoiOct 19, 20141 votes

Thanks I'll keep all those tips in mind :3

AbodyHUN666Oct 19, 20141 votes

I might add that whenever your team is grouping somewhere ask yourself what are you trying to fight for? Don't try to force the start of a teamfight at enemy inhibitor turret just because your team is ahead a bit, sometimes you can take other lanes turrets almost uncontested. Also learn to control minion waves. When the minions meet if your side has more minions they will kill the enemy wave faster, so they will start pushing by themselves. You can use this to contest an objective in an other side of the map as the enemy will have to send someone to defend ot they might lose a turret. You can even trigger this self push by killing the caster and siege minions in a wave then leaving them alone. Pay attention to enemy waves pushing towards you, it's better to send someone to farm it quickly before the enemy can force you into a 4v5. Many people mistake defending a turret to "farming minions" even in gold.

Depressive BoiOct 21, 20142 votes

Thank you for the tip, this one really helped and seems like it could be game changing :D . Also do you have any roles/champions so suggest playing?

AbodyHUN666Oct 21, 20141 votes

You should focus on getting 2 or 3 main roles with a few favorite champs and play them over and over in ranked. Soon you will learn their damage and feel their cooldowns and land impossible max range skillshots saving you or a teammate from death.