So I pushed my self hard over the last month or so and worked up to Silver II (nearly at promos to Silver I) and within 2 days I lose it all and drop to Silver IV. I'm disheartened.
I understand how the ranked system works and all. But honestly I am just out of my mind over this.
I need help with ranked, at least to get myself back to where I was. I main support, but I feel that I can't carry the team as a support.
i added you.... come come little fishy :) lets play some bot lane :)
You said you know how the ranked system works but a lot of people aren't aware of the elo pendulum. For a number of games, up to around 40 max, then you will be placed with lower ranked people. Hence why it is easy to suddenly shoot up or down in rankings. Winning games vs higher ranking enemies and not losing to lower ranking enemies is the key to permanently raising you average ranking.
Going about this is quite difficult though. On the bright side good support mains have a tendency to break free of bronze and silver.
So a couple pointers, stay focused and follow the fed ones. If there is that 3/0 draven who is grouping mid with 2 others, try and get everyone to join in. Remember it is better to have your whole team working towards a decent goal than to have some people split off to do better goals.
Playing "go in" supports is very effective at lower elos. Just hitting that talisman button in the middle of your team is often enough to start that full team headlong charge. Is head on charging the best idea? Usually no, but if your whole team is doing it then your team is coordinated and that is good.
Learn to shotcall and prompt your jgler to help out laners that are getting frustrated, or even go yourself!
As a support your real job is to get everyone happy and working together.
I already posted on your other one but on a more serious note you may consider playing a greedy support such as lux,brand,annie,fiddle, morg,xereth in that order. These supports have the ability to carry the game if your teammates arent capable (and still have supportive qualities). The fact is if you are playing a support that buffs/heals or tanks for their team mates you either need to have good team mates or be in a group with your team to communicate effectively.
A good example of this is Sona. You can heal speed up buff and stun their entire team but if your team does not capitalize on these things that you do you will lose. Now brand on the other hand can just w e the entire team then q the person closest to him to stun them, then ult that person and annihilate their entire team in 2 seconds.
Play bard support like me :) im s2 almost in s1 promos, carried myself from s4..but hopefully I don't have as bad of luck as u do
