Need Advice from High Plat and Diamond Support mains on how they got out of Gold :)

NXL Fórsaken·7/24/2016, 7:26:28 PM·1 votes·434 views

Just looking for some strats or tips on how you did it. If the tips could be a little more specific than "Ward" and "Don't Die" etc. that would be helpful. Thanks! [slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

8 Comments

Muted Summoner7/24/2016, 7:28:18 PM1 votes

carry lanes with champs like Alistar let them know you are roaming.

I am Madlife7/24/2016, 7:43:53 PM1 votes

It's about being a lot better than their bot lane, and being able to carry your adc. It wont happen every game, but if you are a lot better than the ppl in your elo, you will climb. If not, and only slightly better, it's pretty difficult. I played a lot of thresh to carry myself, as I knew my champion very well, I had lots of ways to spoonfeed my adc, even though sometimes they wouldn't click on my lantern, but all in all, after roaming, good ward placements, and enough spoon feeding kills, I got out of gold, and eventually to where I am now, in diamond.

Muted Summoner7/24/2016, 7:46:18 PM1 votes

usually on the 1st back. ping mid your coming and flank the enemy mid. Sometimes you can knock them up then knock them towards your mid tower. Blitzcrank and thresh is all about landing pulls/hooks. Works best if your mid laner also has some form of cc. Leona can work to but you got to be quick with her as well as your mid laner. Morgana can work too with decent move speed. 1 bind and cc with your mid laner normally guarantees kill while also canceling cc of the enemy.

NXL Fórsaken7/24/2016, 7:50:54 PM1 votes

Ah, ok thanks!

Florida Gators7/24/2016, 8:52:19 PM1 votes

Rush sightstone and get down wards that help the mid laner and jungler, not just your bot lane. Also, if you are unsure about an engage during late game, let others engage.

Blue Collar Bear7/24/2016, 9:45:36 PM1 votes

Learn how to make a retaliation trade.

When one of the laners attempt an all in, don't run. Begin an all in on the opposing teammate. Force them to run. Usually, especially in lower divisions, the person chasing your teammate will pull off to attack you. If they continue to chase your adc, you can collapse. Either outcome is favorable. Learning to identify when you can make this trade is also important. You need to be at >75% health. Otherwise, you attempt to make this trade, and it turns out your adc dies to the all in. Identifying match ups is also important, since this trade is less/more favorable depending on the lane.

Here is where I learned this.