Boards›Player Behavior

Climbing in Solo Que

TehRealTimShady·6/20/2018, 4:34:29 AM·1 votes·2,427 views

So I was Silver 4 last season and have been climbing out of bronze because of the hard reset but I have been having a problem with climbing some games. Now I do not claim to know everything about the game but I have been playing for a couple of years now and I feel I may have some more knowledge than some of my teammates. My problem is when I say something I believe should be done the team does not cooperate so it is very hard to strategize. I realize that since it is solo que no one is going to trust the other person but it is hard to get your point across that that you are right about something without sounding angry in text. For example things like "we need to baron now" when another teammate is split pushing or "stop fighting we are behind." usually makes people say things like "omg you're tilting me" when they're literally doing the same thing to me by going in the jungle and feeding a kill to award an easy baron because of no smite. Things like these happen and they still want you to get reported after the game for verbal abuse even though you are literally just calling plays. Basically my point is that it is extremely hard to climb in solo que because of this and it can be very frustrating. New people need to be taught how to play exactly not figure it out for themselves. If they want to do that it is fine but they should keep it in a normal game. That is all.

11 Comments

SKAbba6/20/2018, 3:50:01 PM4 votes

Maybe try wording your calls as suggestions instead of commands. Also throw in some positivity flare. "good fight. maybe we can baron off that" Complimenting specific players can make them more willing to listen to your calls because you're making them feel valued. "nice pick swain. drag?"

It's all in how you word what you want to do. Your examples sound like barking and no one likes to be barked at. Establishing a leadership voice that notices, involves, and rewards his teammates is how you're going to win over your allies.

Three things that are easy to do and help me a lot:

I find the good player(s) on my team and say things like "Let's carry these scrubs, Syndra" or "Yo Graves. Let's just win" and i focus calls around myself and that player
When you have that difficult teammate that is raging/tilted, tell them that YOU need THEM. You cannot win without them. Doesn't work all the time, but it's true and takes one second to say.
My favorite one is when you have that top laner that lost lane and is so tilted they just afk push top, refusing to group even though the rest of the team is kinda winning.. You got your other teammates with you, listening to you, cooperating.. You know those games. Are you ready?... Go top.

thefourtysn6/20/2018, 5:57:28 AM1 votes

I was in the same situation just like you bud, but with hard work and dedication you can easily 1v5 carry a game. I did this by being the dominant male of the game (Leader) and I usually played carry champions (Yi, Jax, Aatrox, etc..) Over the past league games I've notice I've gotten a lot more toxic because I take the game serious. I usually don't tilt at my teammates, but I do tilt for my poor performance in game (If I ever do play bad). Just practice/ Watch YouTube/ Coach/ or do whatever that will improve your skill level. Make (THE CALLS) and enforce them onto your teammates. This is normal for low elo.

Best Vi Earth6/20/2018, 2:13:30 PM1 votes

what is your role and off role?

Empress Red6/21/2018, 12:38:50 PM1 votes

This is really hard in general because a lot of Bronze-Silver players don't realize how little they usually know and feel insulted if you suggest things. The thing about these elos, though, is that you can hard carry if you refine yourself enough, and generally, that's more productive than getting people to cooperate. As mean and insulting as it may sound, try treating your team like AI or NPCs and working around them.