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I really do feel bad for people in Bronze 5.

Barkley·12/10/2017, 6:45:10 AM·4 votes·2,205 views

I've got a buddy of mine who just came back to league, and he's a decent player. Not good, not great, but definitely not bad. He doesn't feed, he knows how to apply pressure to the map, he knows how to play around objectives, he understands champs and what they do. He's got all the basics down, and probably all the intermediate stuff too. Some advanced stuff here and there.

I'm gold 5 and I feel totally comfortable playing with him. I'm never like "ugh.... god.... this bronze kid..."

Sure I gotta tell him what to do sometimes, and sure, he makes some dumb mistakes sometimes - but his play is consistently average... even good more than its consistently bad.

He did his placements last week, and last time he played he was silver 4. But he hasn't played in like 3 seasons or some shit, so now he's bronze 5.

Omg... I've spectated some of his games... Some of the mind-numbing, head shaking, facepalm shit that happens in those games is just... wow.

And the disconnects... I swear he has a disconnected player on one team or the other in every 3rd or 4th game. And the trolls, MY GOD the trolls... People just running into towers all game. People following the jungler around stealing all the jungler's farm. Its insane.

I was bronze 5 for a LONG time. Like the first 2 years I played. (Started S1, started ranked S2) And I don't remember it being THAT bad. As a matter of fact, I KNOW it wasn't that bad.

I dunno man. I feel for bronze 5 kids. I bet a lot of them don't actually deserve to be there, but there well and truly is such a thing as Elo Hell, and bronze 5 is definitely Elo Hell. Good goddamn luck getting out of that shit hole.

Sincerely, good luck. Keep at it. Learn from your mistakes, practice practice practice. Watch pros, watch videos, read articles, hone your skills. You can do it.

I have a pretty high degree of faith that my buddy won't be there very long, he tends to carry a lot of his games, but jesus.... it is painful to watch.

14 Comments

LordPin3appl312/10/2017, 2:21:10 PM3 votes

Actually believe it or not Plat is elo hell. Way worse than bronze.

xelaker12/11/2017, 10:00:18 PM2 votes

if you get stuck in bronze 5 you deserve it...

proliarides12/10/2017, 11:19:31 AM1 votes

I dont know how its possible to be so bad to get placed in bronze V. I started in season 2 when I was 13-14 years old and played ranked in the old elo system and didnt win a single game because I sucked hard and still got placed in 1100 elo and I just lost 2 more games after placements and dropped to 1060 elo. I only had 12 games though and didnt play ranked again until season 3. New ranked system and I went on placements with bronze mmr from old elo and got placed in Bronze 1. Got out of it and skipped rank from silver 4 to silver 2 instantly but I thought I was bad for gold and didnt continue. Seriously I will show you my champs and scores to see that I really didnt know anything and still couldnt get lower than bronze 1.

2/4/2 74 cs Darius 5/6/1 24 cs Xin zhao 1/12/23 42 cs Zilean 2/4/4 19 cs Singed 4/6/14 52 cs Amumu 4.5/8/6 77.5 cs Gangplank ( average of 2 games ) 1.5/4/5.5 38 cs Ezreal ( average of 2 games ) 2/5/3 18 cs Fiora 3/4.5/3.5 34 cs Kha Zix ( average of 2 games )

This is how I used to play back in season 2 and was 1060 elo which is way above current bronze xD I even got the bronze icon which I dont think you get if you are under 1000 elo because the system thought you were so bad to be considered bronze. Current bronze V is 800 mmr I think.

General Esdeath 12/10/2017, 7:32:10 AM1 votes

I played through bronze (b2 at the start of one of the seasons) and most people weren't that bad, just had bad PC/internet. But holy shit when you hit silver, the ego these people get while sucking at the game. Gold is a lot better, more modest and willing to learn, but at g2/g1 I noticed that salty ego again. I don't want to play much in plat, but I want to hit P5 this season.

Best Vi Earth12/12/2017, 2:45:27 PM1 votes

i play with my bronze friends all the time and im constantly banging my head on the wall. its the worst

Pandemic Punch12/10/2017, 11:28:24 AM1 votes

I have never been in Bronze V but I have been in Bronze for a short period. I suppose it is possible to have decent mechanics but have no clue about how to manipulate the map.

hi ìm groot12/10/2017, 7:37:15 AM1 votes

Its a different game down there, just have to remember that you have no team. I got placed in bronze 5 my second season and its the only time I have ever been a lee sin main and it was a blast. When you're up against people like Kadeem it isnt that unreasonable to get good enough to 1v5 there.