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I can't take it anymore..

LolLeRsKaTeS·1/24/2017, 11:08:43 AM·5 votes·1,226 views

Ok folks, first and foremost: i'm writing this from a second account i started, just to avoid the usual "but you don't have 6 million cs, so you shouldn't even talk" comments. Letme start off by saying, i was starting ranked matches after 700 normals on my main account, that mainly because i do respect the aspect of bringing my "own bag of goodies" to a match and be a valuable asset to my team. I'd not bother playing ranked if i knew i have absolutely no clue what cs is, and how to counter some common picks in my lane and at least react to a champion with a proper build, or at least TRY TO..When i started i read many frustrated player comments on how reckless people were , and just downright bad..and back then i wanted to make sure that i am not one of those players.

So fast forward..I started ranked last season, before it ended, got placed in bronze 2, climbed to silver 4, so far so good. Then this season started and i lost all placement matches except for two..the matches were horrendous, i can't even describe it..it was a pure nightmare. So i thought , well okay, thats just placements..do the same thing again that you did last season..So i was eventually placed in bronze 3. My goodness am i exhausted and shocked..the level of ignorance and downright catastrophic decision making i see in ranked is without description. Actually i go as far as to say, it's worse than normals..I am playing non stop, trying to make a difference and place wards, spot enemies, call incoming ganks, destroy wards, call for reasonable playing and safe playing, and i get flamed for it , i'm told to shut the fuck up because im just a "stupid bronze kid", take this example: Me and a twitch on the bottom lane, me as braum. Since Vayne was there i told him to stay safe and wait it out till the gank rolls in, just as youd think it's safe to do in a ranked match, but wrong i was! Mister "uber" twitch decides to attack full force in the middle of a wave of minions and engage vayne, it happened so fast i couldnt even react..So i rush to his aid try to save him, surprise! he doesn't even walk my way..he just KEEPS attacking while it's clear he would die, instead upon almost dying he PULLS ALL HIS SUMMONER spells..heals , but gets destroyed by minions and a vayne which is half health..and letme not forget, to mention it: before dying he pops a flash, so his utterly stupid and shocking feed looks as heroic as possible. But not enough, after doing just that he tells me to wake the fuck up and follow him! It was clear as daylight that me and him didn't stand a chance in the early game..and why on earth would such a totally overblown aggression do anything? Thats just one example of many..I could go on with picks like Warwick ADC, or veigar jungle just ruining the matches for the sake of it..i have so many traumatic memories i can't even recall them all..But now letme ask..

**HOW on earth am i supposed to climb and get out of this hell with anything other than pure random luck? How? **

Just when i get lucky and win some in a row because my team actually communicates and THINKS before running headfirst into a amumu and kennen ultimate and then cries around how terrible everybody is, i actually end up in exactly such teams and lose all i worked hard for again..as soon as i earn something it's lost because of AFK'ers, trolls, TERRIBLE players that chase a zed through half the map because he's low on health, just to get picked up by the enemy jungler, tilted individuals that before the match even start write random gibberish because their brains are terribly overloaded with all the losses and the sheer unbelievable hell that bronze ranked is..Every individual with half a brain i approach and ask to play with me together and climb, by training together and coordinating, thankfully refuses saying it's just their smurf account and they don't accept anybody here because they wanna stomp bronze noobs and have some fun. I just don't know what to do anymore and my motivation to play ranked is ZERO..it destroys all the fun if such toxic, retarded and self overestimating players ruin it for those that really try..I just wonder WHY some players even bother playing ranked..Probably watched too many videos of FAKER and try to emulate what he does.

Now again, i surely do mistakes too! But i am willing to think and avoid them at least if i consciously can, lets say not walk into a unwarded territory, or not try to engage into a 1v1 when im 0:2 behind, Not go and scout bushes alone if the team is losing and none of the enemies is dead..etc etc..it's not fucking rocket science..yet it seems so most of the time..

Anyway i just wanted to write this frustration off my soul, so that it resides somewhere with like minded and cursed summoners like me..Have a good day folks!summoner 4

17 Comments

Who is Taliyah1/24/2017, 11:36:13 AM3 votes

Just keep playing. You will win more games than you lose if you're playing good by yourself. Bad games happen, people get matched with people that are meant to lose that particular game. You cannot win every game and sometimes you just have bad luck. Imagine you win a game, the usual case would be that you lose the next, because everyone should have more or less a 50% winrate. If you get matched with 3 people that won their last game, it would mean that it is likely that they lose the next game, it is just your "luck" to get matched with them at that point. Obviously, it's just theory. It does also heavily depend on your own skill how fast you climb, if you play just average, you will climb slow, but you will climb.

If you know the game very well and play much better than the people in your current elo, you will climb much faster. Obviously there are games that you just can't win, but depending on how well you play, you will win more games.

People do make mistakes. Especially in bronze, people often fail at something, they overestimate themself and underestimate the enemy. They don't know what to, when to do. There are many tips to get better, if it's past the 25th minute and your team is all topside and one or even 2 enemies are botside, force baron. If you won a teamfight in the 30th minute and 4 of you live on, rush baron, regroup and siege.

I wouldn't recommend playing support in lower elo. Yes, support can also carry, but it does heavily depend on your adc, because utility alone can't carry as well as pure power. Play something like jungle or midlane if you want much impact in lower elo.

If you play jungle, try to mirror the map in your mind. Whereever you are, the enemy might be at the opposite side of the map. If you are botside and start red buff, the enemy most likely started blue buff. If you are at your blue buff then at around minute 3:00 - 3:20, the enemy is most likely at their red buff. The enemy jungler usually ganks top or midlane at around 3:30 +/- a bit depending on clear speed. You can put a ward into the river bush near midlane and ping danger to top/mid or even bot if any of your lane pushes too far in while you don't know where your enemy jungler is. You as a jungler have much more responsibility than just ganking. You have to know where your enemy jungler is and countergank and give information to your laners, that they don't get carelessly ganked. Focus on the bottom side of the map around minute 8:00 - 13:00. The enemy team is likely to take the dragon when they spot you on the topside.

As a midlaner, be aware that you're likely to get ganked between 3:00 - 5:00 do not overextend if your jungler is not nearby and you don't know where the enemy jungler is. Focus on farming in early game instead of trading. You can poke your enemy laner once in a while if you have save to hit skills, but don't overdo it or you pay the bill. Depending on the champ you play, do what your champ is best at at level 6. If you're good at roaming, go gank bot or toplane as soon as you reach 6. If you play an assassin like leblanc, fizz, zed whatever, try to engage on the enemy laner and get a kill. Useful would be to ask your jungler for a gank when you hit level 6.

That are a few quick tipps I can give you. Also as stated above, just play the game, if you're good, you will climb in a while, just keep playing and don't tilt. You're the main factor for your climb, you get lucky with teams or unlucky too, but it is your own skill that matters most, not your teams.

Weathered1/24/2017, 11:56:10 AM2 votes

I really don't have advice. I don't normally posts on these types of threads because all I can do is empathize. Bronze 1 is all I've experienced (last season's reset), and it was fine for me. Maybe I got lucky, maybe I did something different, but I encountered no toxicity/horrendous players (perhaps two ganes) all the way up to silver 1. Low gold was honestly worse than bronze for me.

Kei1431/24/2017, 2:18:54 PM2 votes

As a support main, you have the ability to dictate the pace of the lane. you determine how much harass the enemy gets, you dictate how much vision your team and the enemy team has, you can also coordinate ganks and roams into the jg.

If you don't like your adc, roam and influence other lanes. Just make sure you roam back and influence the bot lane and help relief pressure.

DarkDeamonDragon1/24/2017, 3:16:53 PM2 votes

I'm trying to climb out of bronze as a support myself and it's not easy. Started in B4 now at B2. You mentioned playing Braum support in your example, and, as much as I love playing Braum, him and other supports with little waveclear and CC are not in the meta right now with the quick snowballing I've been seeing. Recently I've been playing supports that can transition into carries should the need arise. Lux, Zyra, Morg, Vel'Koz, Brand, and Annie come to mind. Tanks that can abuse Courage of the Colossus like Naut and Leona are also strong imo. Make sure you're using the gold generation items to their fullest and if your ADC is trying to make a bonehead play ping them off. Mute them if they get too ragey. Keep warding up the map and ping whenever you see an enemy.

Good luck with your climb!

S0kaX1/24/2017, 11:32:41 AM2 votes

Comments about how simple it is to climb the ladder if you do X are coming.

SirTeemoMushroom1/24/2017, 11:53:58 AM2 votes

well, listen if u are in bronze div. play 300 games. if you don't get out of bronze just quit. that's what i would do

LA Hai Wang1/26/2017, 6:01:37 AM1 votes

Hi there! I was got placed in bronze 4 (the deepest of hell) when i first started playing ranked season 6, and i climbed out of it now im Gold. Im not a challenger player saying bronze is bad because i am pro, ive BEEN stuck there. But recently i visited bronze 5 on my friend's account, i carried so hard we ended at 14 minutes they couldnt even surrender xD. The point of this is to give you hope that even just after a year of playing, you will become significantly more different from bronze players. A tip for climbing is to be a champion that can impact the game. This is what motivated me when i was Bronze: if my ADC always feed, I WILL ADC! Playing support in bronze basically is saying you accept the skills of your teammates and hopes for them to carry you--- NO WAY IN HELL xD. Even Faker cant promise to win a game in bronze if he played full support item Janna you feel me? I recommend switch roles to a impacting lane OR play carry type supports: Brand, VelKoz, Zyra, etc. Remember i ended a game at 14 mins in bronze and I'm currently only 1 tier above it xD. BEST OF LUCK FOR YOU CARRY THE BRONZIES

SrbLud1/24/2017, 11:19:26 AM1 votes

HOW on earth am i supposed to climb and get out of this hell with anything other than pure random luck? How?

Think of the macro game and don't engage in chat fight circlejerks.

I got from b2 to s1 placements in 12 matches by just following that. Of course your mechanics play a story there too but that's a different conversation.

Touch My Box1/24/2017, 11:40:19 AM1 votes

You just pick Lee sin and freelo your way to plat.

Zherron Vorse1/25/2017, 12:47:22 AM1 votes

Love my Bronze Teemo Support. lol

We don't try to lose but we don't try to win either... We just want as many people as mad as possible. ♥

Therìcal1/24/2017, 11:12:15 AM1 votes

You can do it. Don't play support.