I like that your trying to be a better player and aren't playing the blame game that almost everyone plays. I hate people who blame others. That is the first step to improving. I was in silver 5 a few weeks ago and just climbed out to gold over 50ish games (as a mid main (primarily veigar)). I'm not claiming to be the best or even good but i am someone who was at your elo and learned, got better and climbed fast. I will leave some key points that summarize my climb and i hope one or two of them will be of some help.
- Practice individual mechanics: When learning veigar i would not only practice in regular games, but would also do quite a few custom matches where i would isolate a mechanic and focus on it. The mechanics i practiced were lane freezing, farming in lane, farming under tower, quick combos, and stuns on champions (including flash stuns). so for farming under tower i would let a bot push to my tower and i would try to get at much cs from the wave under the tower with q and autos. eventually i started planing ahead and got more use to how much damage the tower did and developed better minion prep for this type of farming. I would do similar things for the other mechanics.
2)Analyze your games: after each game make a short list of what you could have done better (win or loss). If its something that can be practiced like landing a stun then work on it for 10-15 min before moving on to the next game. If its something like you died to ganks ask yourself things like if i kept an ability could i have used it to escape? could i have used my wards more effectively to spot the gank? did i use the vision i had(if you see the jungler somewhere else you have a certain amount of time to be aggressive)? did the enemy lanner show signs of the gank that i ignored (agression/baiting/change in playstyle)?
3)Be friendly and stay positive: Its obvious that you should never be toxic or rage at people as that makes them worse. Your post has already proven your not toxic. Go one step further. Whenever i back i try to say something like "we got this guys!" or "that was a nice _____ ______" to someone. If you compliment people and make the team feel like they can win not only will they play better but you can also start giving them advice without them getting mad. no one listens to "dont fucking chase singed into a 1v5 you piece of shit moron" they will listen to pings from the guy that's fed and was nice to them even though their feeding. Also if two others fight try to defuse the tension since if two people fight its a 3v5 since there typing and not playing. if you cant calm someone down just mute them. dont let them distract you. Sometimes i get people who try to blame their mistakes on me and i find its easier to say "my bad ill do better" than argue. It lets them keep their fragile ego so they can get back to playing.
4)adaptive builds: have different variants of your build for different situations. i rarley build a zhonyas on veigar out of preference but when vs zed it becomes a core item. have a pool of items that work with your champion and pick them situationally. getting CC'd and dying? see if QSS is viable for the champ your playing! once the enemy team had a ADC that was hyper carying (he WAS the ENTIRE team) for them and no one could deal with him. I got a TM on veigar in this case and it helped me survive for a few seconds so i could get my combo off and snipe him.
5)map awarness: simple pay attention to where everyone is and try to get a feel for how long it takes them to get to you or another place. Ping mia's and let them know if its top or bot if you see where there going. either follow the roam or push and try to make them pay in cs for the roam.
6)keep track of CD's keep a mental note of your enemies abilities cds if they have things down you can win trades easier.
7)get in your enemies head: always ask your self what would i be doing if i was my lane opponent. how does the champ play and what do they want to do to you. try to predict their behavior to better dodge or react to them.
- dont be easy to read: if im veigar and i know i can get a kill with my next combo and am waiting for my cds ill often act as though i'm just farming and playing defensive instead of chasing while waiting for the stun. This creates false security for them. A great example of this is thresh throwing his lantern like he is going to pull in the jungler when the jg isnt there. (this can get the enemy to second guess their aggression)
9)communicate to your team: watch the map and ping your allies. just be certain of your pings as a good back ping saves a life while a bad back ping costs a kill.
10)play aram: aram makes you play each champion at least once. if you've tried a champion its easier to play against them. you can also just do this in customs but that's less fun.
11)dont tilt. if your angry or not mentally 100% don't play ranked
12)Have fun. Its a game if your not having fun your doing it wrong. I feel that people who have fun also play better.
13)dont duo. its mathematically stacked against you(it gives your whole team harder people). dont do it!
