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The problem with people having a bad game...

Teriyaki Bukkake·9/24/2017, 4:02:37 AM·1 votes·431 views

When people do really badly in lane and go, say for example 0/6/0, they always blame it on other people: there is always some magical way that it's someone elses fault, whether it be the jungler not camping their lane, or the mid laner not roaming, or no pressure being applied etc.

There needs to be a way to get across to lower elo players that NOT DYING is more important in most cases than getting kills, because by far, personally, the biggest problem I have experienced with my ranked games in the last 5 days or so is that every low ranked top laner or mid laner doesn't understand that they only make the game harder by playing aggressively and pushing up due to them then being easy gank targets, and making it a lot harder for team mates to gank FOR them.

And with there always being another reason for them playing so poorly, they never learn from their experience, and they just keep on going doing the same thing.

First of all:

  • What do you do when a laner of yours "feeds/has a bad game" Second of all:
  • Why isn't death prevention one of the more important aspects of lower elo? And thirdly: What do you do if a player in a lane cannot play their champ/ isnt too good? Do you just go elsewhere and help other lanes?

Ty <3

5 Comments

Silent Gravity9/24/2017, 4:39:24 AM2 votes

Death prevention IS one of the more important aspects of lower elo. When that is mastered, you rank up. That leaves the people who don't understand it...in lower elo.

If you're the JG, it's very useful to focus on the winning lanes, most of the time.

Bothkinds9/24/2017, 6:06:43 AM2 votes

One of the big things I do when someone is having a hard time in lane is I see if a swap can assist them. Sometimes after 1-2 deaths they will get camped and turret dove repeatedly. (Mao/elise/ekko/kled/zed) Those champs that can basicly turn the turret off and shift it. Sometimes - rarely - but sometimes a certain jng/mid/top combination can make your turret an insanely dangerous place and a laneswap / countergank camp are the only things that can get you back in the match.

hi ìm groot9/24/2017, 6:21:14 AM2 votes

Answering your questions from the point of view of a jungler.

  • If someones lane is going entirely one sidedly, dont let it drag you down with it. At a point that it is obviously lost, focus your stronger lanes and hopefully by the time the lane thats really ahead roams, you are at least able to hold them with the lead you gave your stronger lane. And stall out till your squashed player can scale to the point of relevancy in a team fight. In low elos even if someone is snowballing on the opponent they will often stay in their lanes and continue to blow all of their resources putting someone who is already worth little to their team further behind, which is actually good for you compared to if they were to take their summoners and their ults and use them to shut down another lane.
  • At lower elos people have no idea what the threat ranges of champions are. It use to troll tf out of me that someone would act surprised the opponents would flash CC them at 30+ minute, and pretend there was no way they could have positioned themselves outside of the range for them to do that while traveling alone. Getting caught out is kind of 90% of what makes people stay silver and below.
  • It is actually extremely important as a jungler to recognize players skill levels at a glance to determine what your win conditions are. There are some people playing ADC that all the knights vows, lockets, and peels in the world will not make useful, for them you just have to find an alternative means to win, or sometime just got to bite the bullet and accept defeat because it can be rough.
EL HAMSTERO9/24/2017, 5:52:46 PM1 votes

try playing something off-meta. it doesnt matter if they are top lane and you are support. if their lane goes badly its going to be your fault somehow