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"No Matter What I Do I Cannot Seem to Get Better"

FierceSTEAK·6/8/2015, 7:22:15 AM·13 votes·6,997 views

A lot of people struggle to improve their performance in the game. I will point out a few reasons you aren't improving and a few tips to help you boost your performance drastically within a few days, if not a few games.

Reasons You Are Not Good

Apathy/Lack of Motivation

If you really wanted to get better at this game, you would try very hard. You want to carry, you want to dominate, you want to win the game pre 30 mins, but you don't try hard enough; or maybe you don't want it badly enough.

Negative Attitude

If you stay negative/salty/tilted, you will NOT be better. You will start to play worse and worse, and you will just play the same no matter how much you play this game.

Not a Team Player

Are you one of those hero wanna-be's that ends up making some of the dumbest plays in the history of league of legends? Or even if you don't, if you like to solo and neglect your teammates, you won't win games.

What Should I Do?

Spectating High Elo Players

When I used to be in bronze, that helped me get out of bronze supeeeer fast. You don't have to watch streamers (although I did) because you can just watch the games on your league client homepage.

Having Positive Mentality

If you don't know what it is to have a positive mentality, go work out. Lift weights, sprint, jump, exercise and figure out what it means to stay positive in times of plateus, pain, struggle, soreness, and etc..

On the other hand, if you do know about positive mentality, be positive and even when you are losing, stay positive. Almost every losing game can be win-able if you try hard enough and maintain that positive mentality.

Playing With High Elo Players

This only applies to those who have higher elo friends that they can play with. Play with them, and even if you lose badly, don't be embarrassed or depressed and try to learn from them. You would want to to this right after watching high elo players play.

In Closing

Feel free to add things that you guys have experienced to be true. And as always Have Fun and Good Luck :D

24 Comments

Chaos Open6/8/2015, 2:48:05 PM5 votes

What I've learned is that losing against a high elo player will teach you a lot more than winning against a low elo player. Winning against low elo players teaches you bad habits.

Rabid Husky6/8/2015, 9:17:04 AM4 votes

i personally find making a build plan helps me with a new champ immensely i look up whats been working and experiment in bots then after a game or 2 i try norms 3 times if i win my lane atleast then i know im competent and can use em if not then i shrug it off now as for over all git gud here my own tips

1 ward river 100% of the time if its gone grab a ward

2 if someones mia hug tower you dont know if they backed

3 if your getting camped ping and try to stay alive

4 only over extend if you have vision of the enemy junger

5 dont be that guy who loses lane then blames jungler

HyKobushi6/8/2015, 8:15:54 AM4 votes

I don't think "not wanting it enough" really defines how often people win or improve. I find myself doing my best when I'm with four friends in ranked fives doing fun picks (like when we do something like "an element in every lane" [I learned janna top can totally 1v1 a chogath! If the chogath is bronze... and lagging probably...]} and overall just playing better those games with warding and csing. As much as I would agree that motivation is helpful for improvement, I think it's more important to remember that this is a game.

We play games to have fun.

Having fun when you play (mute people if you have to, sing "Let it Go" on a stream when you have a bad turret dive and give a smile) I think is the most important part to improving foremost.

Just my two cents.

FierceSTEAK6/8/2015, 7:35:24 AM3 votes

Both the reasons and the tips are VERY general and simple. I like the KISS (keep it simple stupid) and I like to make my posts simple and easy to read.

There is a lot more to getting better and why you aren't good, so as I said in closing feel free to add more of your own.

Thanks guys :D

Ramuhdo6/8/2015, 10:33:06 AM3 votes

Help, Champion X is completely kicking my butt every time! Solution: Play champion X next time they are free or if you have IP/RP to spare. You will learn how they work, what their cooldowns are, that the opponent is also applying some skill in beating you and what completely wrecks you. It'll also help you become a better player! (Unless you play Katarina. Screw Katarina.)

Borbland6/8/2015, 2:41:12 PM3 votes

I personnaly think the "Watch High Elo" isnt that good.

It turns people to sheeps and narrow their vision of the game, since they play very few champions at LCS. You may learn some tactics, but most of the times those are really hard to accomplish tactics with low impact. (Banana juke for example)

People wont try new things anymore, and that's not healthy for the game.

Playing with High Elo players though isnt too bad, since they can adapt to you and tell you want you're doing wrong.

Chrony6/8/2015, 4:20:00 PM2 votes

Alright guys I'm gonna let you in on my secret that will have you constantly improving.. Step 1. go down to Walmart and buy a bag of your favorite candy...I chose receese cups. Step 2. set that shit right next to your gaming station Step 3. If you win a game eat one if you lose do 10 push ups. Step 4. ???? Step 5. Profit

Positive and negative reinforcement work wonders even if your conscious of it....and that is how I keep climbing even if it's only bit by bit

ZergReap6/8/2015, 3:20:22 PM1 votes

Another great post like one you made a bit ago. Except like I predicted you have climbed steadily since then. :P

TBakes6/8/2015, 4:17:36 PM1 votes

Coming from someone who just got promoted to Bronze IV recently, I think players at my level undervalue several aspects of the game:

  • *Vision
  • *Objectives
  • *Assists
  • *Farm

Too many abandon lanes or waste time chasing for kills when there are far more valuable ways to spend their time. These are things that I consistently try to remind myself to focus if a kill is not guaranteed. However, I think a lot of times it is more important to support what the majority of the team is doing instead of just doing your own thing. For example, if you have two teammates who keep running through unwarded jungle it might be better to roam with them even though you know your team should be doing other things.

I agree with the OP that having a positive attitude and supporting your team, even when you are behind, is essential to being successful in ranked. The second your teammates (and YOU) throw in the towel there is no way to win because you have already lost. In my experience in Bronze, if you can defend long enough for the death timers to get high, it won't matter how far ahead the enemy team is: a single mistake on the enemy team could result in a comeback.

Also, (I know this topic has been hammered into our brains at this point) but try to focus on what YOU can do better for your team. If a lane is losing hard, maybe send the support and/or jungle to help. Maybe you need to lane swap. Maybe you need to group. If you lose a game, figure out what you can do better in the future: vision, farm, objectives, assists. Kills are not everything. Look at your deaths; what caused them? Look at your assists; are you helping your teammates get kills too. How many turrets did your team take? How many dragons and barons? How was your CS compared to the enemy laner? How many wards did you place? Were they effective? How much time did you waste chasing, roaming, being indecisive, etc. when you could have been farming, ganking, warding, etc.?These are things I try to ask myself at the end of the game.

I'm not sure how others feel about this, but I always try to play a few non-ranked games before going into ranked. ARAM, Normals, whatever I can just to practice mechanics for a while and see how I'm feeling that day. Sometimes I play a few games and notice something is off, so I just don't play ranked. Sometimes I space my ranked games out. But I think it's important to make sure your head is on straight before a new ranked match so that you can make clear decisions and not have any excuses at the end of the match (lagging, feeding, afk).

Sorry for the rant, but I hope this is helpful. I'm always trying to get better, so hopefully my recent promotion will just be the beginning of the climb ;)

AyRe CoNteMpT6/8/2015, 8:22:01 AM1 votes

so basically you are saying: dont suck as a person, so you dont suck in game.

easy

Colgate Gator6/8/2015, 11:03:08 PM1 votes

Good guidelines!

A much more simple version to well, win more games is to just learn to last hit properly and don't take unnecesary risks, it generally helps if even you aren't dominating your lane, you come out even.

And please don't wander off in the enemy jungle without vision.

SurrealJC6/8/2015, 11:11:16 PM1 votes

Chicken Soup for the LoL Watch the pros and tutorials. Experience outweighs observation and experimentation. Play op champs. Or learn what makes each champ op.
Avoid op pokes and spell combinations. Know when the enemy can cast op spell combinations and when they can't. Know cooldowns of all spells, passives, items, abilities. Play defensively at ANY disadvantage. Play offensively when equal or ahead. Know enemy spell ranges and look at your hp to know how much damage they are doing with a spell. Know how to dodge each champions types of poke. Try to kill someone when they waste their ult near you. Farm the jungle. Know jungle camp timings of you and your enemy. Ward and know where enemy wards are. Watch the tab screen or mini map so you know where everyone might be at all times.
Evasive maneuvers, constantly! (Always maximize your actions per second and spam buffer attacks and spells faster than they appear to fire.) Trust your instincts.
Don't expect people to follow you. Do your best to protect people who are out of position. Don't be afraid to watch an ally die alone as you escape.

TheXtractor6/9/2015, 10:34:16 AM1 votes

Having Positive Mentality

That is like the #1 reason why people are bad at league, because they let negative thoughts and emotions dictate the game.