How do I go about queuing for ranked?

JBubbs·Feb 10, 2015·1 votes·969 views

I typically only played ranked games because I get extremely frustrated by players in normal games. But, if I am on a 2 or more loss streak in soloQ, I find that I just get one horrible team after another or I will get 2 or 3 AFKs in a row. Is it better to do a few ranked, then a few normal to balance out the RNG?

Please share your thoughts and/or methods

8 Comments

Chaos OpenFeb 10, 20152 votes

Losing a ranked game isn't as horrible as people think it is. If you're getting to be a better player then you will climb elo, but you don't make it from B5 to challenger overnight. You may have to play hundreds of games to get to silver, but once you get there, you'll be a solid silver player who doesn't have to worry about dropping to bronze due to a few bad games.

Problem is people aren't willing to put in the time and energy to become a better player and want to shortcut the process, for example: getting to silver on an OP champ even though they are only a bronze player when it comes to teamwork, map awareness, warding, CSing, etc.

Nova SkyeFeb 10, 20151 votes

I have the opposite problem. I don't pick OP champs (ADC main, and I don't play Vayne or Tristana), but I learned to play league with a team of guys. My team work is way higher than the Bronze 5 rank I'm stuck at, but that's about all I got to my name.

Syn ZykanFeb 10, 20151 votes

If I am on a bad streak in normals I will not play ranked. I just accept it isn't my day and go do something else. I will usually only play ranked if I have a few really good normals, and keep playing ranked until I get a super frustrating game that would put me on tilt. I have slightly over a 50% winrate in ranked right now, so I am pretty happy with that system even if it means I am climbing slower than I could be.

JBubbsFeb 10, 20152 votes

So your advice then would be to start every day with a couple of normals and just see how that's going before I even touch ranked?

Syn ZykanFeb 10, 20151 votes

That's what I do. Simply because I have days where I feel like I would do great, but once I am in game i realize I am really just off that day. Plus it gives me some time to "warm up". I also know some people that don't even play normals anymore and just play ranked games all day though.

Every person is different, you should find out over time what kind of routine you like and be able to go with that.

JBubbsFeb 10, 20151 votes

Thank you, your input is greatly appreciated.

AwesomeChadFeb 10, 20151 votes

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I typically only played ranked games because I get extremely frustrated by players in normal games. But, if I am on a 2 or more loss streak in soloQ, I find that I just get one horrible team after another or I will get 2 or 3 AFKs in a row. Is it better to do a few ranked, then a few normal to balance out the RNG?

Please share your thoughts and/or methods

Here are a couple tips i recommend for playing ranked:

If u lose 2-3 games in a row, take a break. (especially for ranked since u possibly might tilt)
If you're winning alot of games in ranked, just keep playing (you might be on a lucky roll)
If you feel like you're not playing well that day, take a break from ranked. If you can't depend on yourself to do well and carry the game, then its completely up to RNG to match you with teammates that can carry you which is unlikely unless ur really lucky.

RawrfulFeb 10, 20151 votes

I always play at least one normal game before ranked as both a warmup and to get a feel for how my psychology is doing at the moment. If I'm not feeling it, I just play some Teambuilder games on whatever champion/role I am working on improving and actively practice, not caring too much about win/loss. If I'm feeling good, I give ranked a go. If I feel myself slipping, I stop playing ranked and go back to Teambuilder.

It ends up meaning I play way less ranked than I would like, but I feel I play more consistently well this way.