5 Tips to Low elo players

Now I know a lot of people here are gonna be elitist and probably look me up. Go right ahead. I finished S4 gold 3. I was gold 1 for most of season 4 and sadly fell in the scramble to hit plat. My fault though because I was forcing myself to play when I shouldn't have. Right there is a prime example of my 1st Tip, no excuses, that was on me. An now because of the hard hit to my MMR I started off at silver 4 and even fell to 5. Yet I am going to be following my own advice here and hopefully hit my own goal of plat this season.

Now one last question I know people are going to ask. "How can a gold player even bother to think he can help people if he's not high tier?" or "why should I listen to a mere Gold player?". Yeah I know I am not the best. My own reaction times are limited, my ping is 102-120, I play on a 4 year old laptop which tops out at 45-55 FPS. However I have been modding for Cloud 9 on twitch for years, I am always listening, not just watching, for advice and suggestions for lower tier players. With this I feel I can at least help those seeking it, with the knowledge I have accumulated. Now lets get into it for those who have decided to actually hear me out. I will BOLD each section, so if you do not wish to read a mass wall of text, find a section you think and can admit you lack in or can improve in.

1st off Excuses, blaming, or Rage, If you want to play and have a better win ratio in Ranked you need to stop making excuses.

So we all have seen these people right?

"I can't climb because noobs/trolls/feeders/scrubs/afkers/ect."

That is the 1st step to climbing. You need to understand not everyone is playing at 100%, people have bad games. You need to realize you are not the best, if you were, you would be rank 1 challenger, and even then they are not the best because it's changing so frequently. When trying to call plays if you are that type, there may be someone who disagrees. Instead of arguing express your reasoning and ask for theirs. If you have time to call out plays you have a little time to discuss others and try to come to an agreement.

2nd WARDING, an I see this one so much by player stats of those blaming their team, WARDS.... warding is not just for supports. Hey you have 125g? Buy 1 green and a potion and go back to lane, don't just let that sit there, and say "I'ma save up for my big item", you can't save up if you die to a gank you never saw coming! The players that tend to ward the least are top laners. I myself being a top laner, ward way more than the average top laner. On my 1st back I almost always try to save up for my 1st item or the components at least, and for a green ward as well as a pink ward. You would be surprised how much a 4-6 min pink ward helps your team.

I prefer to place it on the corner river brush near mid on Baron side for my mid laner if I start Blue side, or in the middle river brush near mid if I start Red. That pink from what I have seen, usually last 6-8 minutes. Some cases even 20+ even mid gold levels. It does a huge favor to your mid lane allowing them to only have to cover one side. Sure you might lose out on 10-15 secs of lane time but it helps you and your mid lane to see where junglers or roams are happening. Other lanes can do this too with early pinks. Seriously early pinks tend to help the most.

Mid laners, pink defensively. Place a pink by your raptors brush closest to the river on either side of the map, Or pink the curving corner of the river on baron side if you are blue, or the corner curve river side on drag if red side.

Bot lane, try to place an aggressive pink near their red if you start red, or if you start blue, take the time to stroll up river and place one in the little patch of grass near mid lane on dragon side or defensively in your tri.

Junglers, I suggest almost always placing pinks anywhere I suggested for other lanes to help cover for them. Agressive pinks can help too but are of better use mid to late game.

3rd Champions and the "Meta", Don't always force yourself to play by the "meta". A lot if not most Meta champs are high skill cap. Even if you are decent with them (you can not say you have mastered them at bronze - silver, hell not even gold) people playing champs they are comfortable with will most likely play better than you will till your champ naturally scales if it even does, by then you'll probably be to far behind to make use of it. Now If you want suggestions, ill go by who I mod for suggest because they each say the same thing about these champions. "They are easier to learn and still do the job of higher tier champs very well". So, some good champs to start off as are as followed.

Mid lane, Ahri, ziggs, lisandra, Gragas, morgana. All these have good wave clear and team fight potential without being really hard to be good at.

Junglers, Nocturne, Rek'sai, cho'Gath, Amumu, Vi, Jarven IV, All these champs have good clear speed, initiation, and can do moderate dmg and take damage as well for safer team fights, dives, or ganks. An again, are relatively easy to learn.

Top lane, Garen, renekton, shyvanna, Jarven IV, Mao'kai, again, all very simple, but all can do decent dmg, and tank dmg. Most are decent pushers and tower takers too.

ADC, Jinx, Graves, Tristana, Lucian, now with the exception of lucian, these are all pretty damn easy to learn. However these champs specifically do not require comps or certain requirements to build around. Remember, as an ADC, you want to hit who you can, as safely as you can. An as Sneaky says, IT IS NOT YOUR JOB TO FOCUS CARRIES IF YOU CAN NOT REACH THEM. So do not let anyone tell you otherwise, you hit the best target you can as safely as possible.

Support, Braum, Nami, Lulu, Leona, Alistar, Morgana. Support to most peoples disagreement, Probably requires the most skill. Maybe not in champion game play, but in in decisions and awareness. You are the least active role in lane phase, but the most active in mid to late game. These champions are fairly easy to play and have beneficial kits all around. Be it stat boasting, healing, tankiness, or engage and disengage. However most importantly for lower tier players, survivability. Yes, survivability is generally the most important as unnecessary fights or conflicts are most common at lower tiers.

4th Attitude, this is a pretty straight forward one. If you are having an off day or moment, or w/e that wont allow you to play over 75% your potential... don't play ranked. Instead, try to have fun... go play normals, dominion, or my personal pick me up ARAM. Get yourself in a positive note. Say who cares who wins or lose. Play funky builds, champions that would "suck" by the "meta". Just do what it takes to have fun. Just.. please.. don't try to make other players miserable for your own sake/amusement. Just let them know you are playing for fun but you will do your best regardless.

{{summoner:2}} 5th LEARNING If you lose, try not to over think things, rage, or blame. Take a moment and just think about YOUR game play. Figure out what you could have done differently. Should you have provided more vision? Should you have been with the team more? Could you have helped with objectives more? Did you itemize correctly? Could you have played someone else to better fit your team? No matter the game, win or lose you can always improve in some areas or ways. You are your biggest critique and your best source of learning. Study guides, learn tricks, item composition, figure out which champs you LIKE to play are best with certain champs or team comps. It is no more time wasted, than playing the game itself.

Thank you for putting up with this noobs advice. It's all pretty simple or basic, but hey, that is what this game comes down to really is the Basics. I really hope this small guide can help some players. Especially those who can look past their own egos to think "hmm, he's right.. I could change/improve this or that.". With this, I wish you all luck in Season 5 :)