ELO Helll: yes it does exist

Quil Evrything·Nov 18, 2014·1 votes·866 views

Before playing a lot of ranked games, I read all the "ELO Hell doesnt exist, it's you" stuff. And.. it made sense to me.

Then through a sequence of events...one of which being a jerk I unfortunately duo-queued with, who deliberately threw it to derank me... I have now entered.. the E.H. zone. And I believe.

People say, "oh, if you're good, you should be able to carry the game".

To which I say: Carry this: http://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/1635911864/214322917

not 1. not 2. but 3 people, going with 16 deaths.

Not because the other team was great...but because these people were idiots who insisted at throwing themselves at the opposite team and dying.

I've had a lot of individually good games. Even that one, I went 10/7/4. Was a lot better before I died a couple times in last-ditch defense stuff. I played well. Gave good advice. Even bought a pink ward. Doesnt matter when teammates are insistant on dying 6 times in the first 10 minutes

In bronze, it really seems a matter of "the team that wins, is the team that does not happen to get the total idiots". IE: It's all about random placement luck, not your skill. To be able to carry out yourself, seems like you would have to be basically a gold level player already.

My ranked KDA is now 2.2 according to na.op.gg. Yet, after an awesome winning streak of 6 games in a row or something.. I've now had an overall losing streak that has put me even lower. Very few of those games, have I myself done poorly.

4 Comments

Sozan5Nov 18, 20142 votes

I don't think you really get it.

Nobody said that you can carry every single game, but that if you are actually better than the rest than you will win majority of games, thus climbing up. I also love how you mentioned the game when you went 10/7 and lost and you didn't mention the one when you went 5/11 and won. Or the ones where you went 0/5, 3/10, 0/9 etc.

I don't get why do you bring up your KDA though... You don't need to have a high KDA to climb higher and your KDA is pretty average to be honest.

Quil EvrythingNov 18, 20141 votes

Sorry about not being more explicit about the KDA. I dont mean to imply "KDA = win". I just bring it up to show that I'm not a complete idiot who thinks they should be winning, even though they're a champion feeder :)

And related to your quote: my point is that, I think on average, I am as good or better than the average player.. However, that doesnt matter, because to climb out from the elo hell, I think it's not enough to be better. You either have to be lucky, or you have to be REALLY REALLY better (ie: an entire tier higher) in skill

In normals, I usually get matched with people higher than my current rank. (except when I do premades with friends that are low rank!) That suggests that my actual skill, is higher than my rank level.

DJ Hatsune MikuNov 18, 20141 votes

100% win rate is virtually impossible for more than a handful of games. You will lose some. Maybe 5-10% are unwinnable, but otherwise they're at least partially on you. Exceptions don't make the rule. You might not get diamond in a week, but you will probably get it in a few months, you dig?