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Cant get to gold, stressed out?

SHSL Support··1 votes·1,638 views

Ive played Lol since ziggs came out. I dont know when that was. Since then ive struggled and learned and tried my best, maining support so nobody else has to, constantly trying to get to gold. I just cant.

For years ive never been able to get to gold. Silver? Fine. Silver 1? Fine. Gold 5? Nope, never.

Its not even about the skin, or the icons, its just having the border, saying “I accomplished something that some people havent!” Its not even a great devision, its just like silver, abeit a little better.

Ive lost constantly, and i dont even want to try anymore. All i wanted is the border. Some little accomplishment to show im a bit better, or at least average. Im stuck with 24 lp, and im sure solo q would bring it lower if i tried. Even duoing doesnt help, my teammate could do good, 3 other people, or 2 other people feed, and our game is over because 14/2 riven, 20/3 xayah or 18/6 warwick will just wreck our faces.

Im just venting, i know its not really a question. I just dont understand how its this hard? Is it smurfs? I dont get how, if i build all the correct items, use my abilities correctly and save teammates, heal them, ext, leads to a loss.

I dont want to say i deserve gold, its a title you need to earn, but i feel like im just getting a huge middle finger this last month of playing. Sure i win some, but to get in gold promos twice, and lose both times, one being 2 wins and losses, is just unbelievable to me.

Im struggling to not give up, but i just know i wont get gold this season. I want to, but there isnt any way for me to get there without either being carried or boosted. Times ticking away, and i just want the same border as all my friends, just so i dont look like the noob every time, so i can at least show i know what im doing.

10 Comments

The Cream Reaper1 votes

I got to gold with Teemo, Bard and Fiddle. there's still a bit of time left. keep trying!

archerno11 votes

For the love of god Stop Playing Lux Support

Cant u see that u have 33% winrate as Lux support? Fucking hell, you do great with Nami. Great with Leona. Good with Janna. Yet u pick Lux so much making game 4v5 for your team. Whyy? Do u have a bloody elementalist skin for her so u pick her this much? Cmon man...4th year of LOL ranked and you still believe picking Lux support is good idea?

Fegone1 votes

I was in the exact same boat, I had Silver 1 for the last 3 years straight. I lost count of how many times i lost promos to gold in the last few years it just didn't happen. I was carrying with Singed one season, another with Diana, another with Talon, but the second I hit these Gold promo, my team mates were replaced with cats jumping around on keyboards and the enemy team was replaced with Samsung Galaxy.

It was insane.

Until a few weeks ago, when I decided: OK, one last approach, let's try carrying as support. I picked up Lux support. Went full AP Lux every time (except for sightstone) and carried my games, went to Gold promo, and in the all deciding game went Lux support again, ended with a score like 20-2 and was finally placed in Gold5. Long way. It can be done.

Hexs Fortune1 votes

Support is the easiest path to gold.

Save your team from a tilt-laden auto-fill Directly influence the most important lane Have the most power in the vision game Guaranteed role every time

RookPusher1 votes

And what happens if your ADC is a mouth breather?

RookPusher1 votes

You had me up until "that some people haven't." If you're self-worth is dependent on others not having something, you need to do some self-reflection.

Telephone Booth1 votes

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You had me up until "that some people haven't." If you're self-worth is dependent on others not having something, you need to do some self-reflection.

I think he kind of just meant thatswhat makes it an accomplishment. Like, why is silver nothing special? Because most players are silver. Why arent you happy to get bronze? Because bronze is where below average players are. Gold? Thats where you have to be above average because MOST players dont get gold. Its what makes it special. Its not about self worth lol, its a fucking video game. Its about accomplishing something on your free time. Its not like he thinks its as important as an olympic athlete getting gold. Its not like he has no sense of worth if he doesnt get gold. He just wants to accomplish something most people dont in a video game. Not a big deal man lol. Dont take it so serious talking about "self worth" and reflection lol. Try to stay in context here.

Zombie Gerbil1 votes

I used to main support. That helped me be more aware of what's going on with minimap. I then went Mid to understand how to roam and be able to gank and try to carry. After that, I started jungling, which is, in my opinion, the hardest role. I got to gold on all three roles each season.

Out of the three, I find being a support, not a AP Carry support, but an actual support is the easiest to gold. I find carrying your team to carry in kills is the easiest to set objectives. Getting kills, get dragons, get bot tower and rotate. And if your adc can't carry, then you can focus on supporting the mage in teamfights.

Düff McWhalen1 votes

Necro'ing cause I happened to find this. I've thus far deleted the game from my computer for now cause I'm just not climbing. Every game there is some hard tilt. Wins aren't rewarding, and losses are so bad there's no way to come back unless everyone on the solo que team works together super tight (not happening). I came back to this game in 2018 after a 2-3 year break expecting that after some practice and getting better, I'd finally improve from Silver 2-1 and reach Gold.

It's just not happening... no matter what I specialize in, no matter how hard I try to last hit, no matter how much I /mute all and am not toxic. Nothing gets better. I just want that Gold. Just one year of my life, and I can't improve my gameplay and I don't know what else to do other than admit that I'm only as innately good as a Silver player, or the average person. It shouldn't make me feel so worthless, but it does.

Edit: I started in season 2, ranked through Season 3-5, and then quit full stop until mid season 8, where I played Normals for months just practicing, win or lose. I climbed right up to Silver 1 in preseason 9, and am now demoralized and hard stuck in bronze 1- SIlver 4 at the start of season 9.

Telephone Booth1 votes

I gave up a while ago. Same exact problem. It takes away your drive when you can go 34/5 one game, and then just get stomped going 1/5 the very next game in the same elo. And then you start to think about how big an impact you really have on winning. So many wins where i felt like i wasnt even needed, and so many losses where i felt like no matter how well i played it was a loss no matter what. It really kills your motivation... like does it even matter how well I do? So I didnt really make a conscious decision to stop trying, it just slowly happened over the years. Now i only play the game casually with friends on the weekend.

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