How do I stop getting worse? : /

Niyumi·8/18/2015, 3:44:54 AM·1 votes·510 views

So, I've been playing for a little over a month now, and I've tried lots of champions, found a few I liked, and got "good" at them. However, lately I've been noticing a trend; the longer I play the game, and the more time I get in practicing a champion, the worse I get.

The other day, I bought Ekko, and on my very first match I was 13/8 or something like that. My second match, I was 17/2 by the end. After that, I never went positive again. This trend is the same for all the champs I buy / play. Every so often, I'll have an incredible match where I go 15+/<5, but they're far and few between. Mechanically, I'm sound (or so I believe), and I can pick up how to play a champion fairly easily, but the end result is always just kind of poor.

Basically, I was just wondering if anyone could give me an idea of why I'm just steadily getting worse at the game, and why I would do so much better when playing a champion for the first few matches and then just get worse with each match. : /

Any tips on improving are welcome. ^^

5 Comments

disregardable8/18/2015, 3:55:32 AM2 votes

Let me throw in some context to answer this. Your games of League of Legends are matched games, that is you are matched with other players. The players that you're picked to be matched with are not random. There's actually a system in place that rates you, as a player, and tries to match you with players of a similar rating. It's called your Matchmaking Rating (MMR).

As you play more of this game, you're naturally improving. As you improve and win more, your MMR will increase, and you'll be matched with better players. Some players that aren't as good will let you get away with more poor plays, but better ones will not. You then need to look at what you're doing wrong and fix it. Once you do that, you'll win some more, your MMR will increase, and you'll have to do it all over again. :P

Unlucky Number78/18/2015, 4:32:58 AM1 votes

if you're using team builder then it's because team builder uses matchmaking adjustments when you're using a new character in a new role. so whenever you try a new champion in team builder then you're up against other people who are just as inexperience as you are. as you win more games team builder stops matching you up with these "new" players and more with people who are already comfortable with playing their champions and who probably already know how to deal with your champion. so it's not that you're getting worse with your champions, it's that your up against better players.

also as you play your matchmaking adjustment or MMR changes depending on how often you win, so if you keep winning you'll eventually fight against players who are not only better then you are, but also better at the champion that you are using. From experience they know where that particular champion is strong, and they also know where that champion is weak because they too have been crushed by that champions weakness, and since they know they won't hesitate to exploit it. If you do get carried through these games you'll only face better summoners.

also STOP FOCUSING ON KDA!!! that is not the be all end all measuring stick for how well you play a champion.

like most video games we summoners have a skill tree. they are divided into basics skills (skills that apply to all champions), and champion skills(skills related to a specific champion)

the basic skills are -reaction time(self explanatory), -last hitting (ability to get gold off minions without retaliation) -champion knowledge (knowledge of what each champion can do), -danger sense (admiral akbar's trap alarm), -vision control (tied in with danger sense, this is your frequency of placed wards, knowledge of where the best ward placements are, and any ability related to the minimap) -skillshots(your ability to land skillshots and dodge them)

all champion skills are unique to their specific champions but these skills all champions have in their unique ways.

-champion comboes(the most banal of the champion skills. being good at these is probably what most people think constitutes to being a "master" at that champion. while important this only makes up a tenth of how good you are with a champion but is the easiest to grasp) -champion damage output (exact knowledge of how much damage your champion can do in what instance. it also includes the knowledge of how much damage your opponent can do to you in that same instance. at high mastery levels a summoner can instantly know he can kill an opposing champion at 75% hp and does it. It's basically amounts to a voice that at seemingly random intervals shouts KILLL HIM!! and then the next instance the enemy laner is dead with no oposition in sight) -champion matchups (this can only be taught through experience, this is how your champion does vs other champions that they have to lane against. It also includes knowledge of what what to build agains what champions. most adcs will rush IE regardless of the opositon but for top laners the choice of first item can make a huge difference in who wins the lane. ie buying ninja tabi vs riven/pantheon) -zone control(this is knowledge of where you are safe relative to other champions, and where you can exert control of other champions zones, it's also your ability to harass without getting counter harassed. for example a fighter does not want to be 550 units away from a marksmen. the marksmen can hit you without you hitting him. the fighter wanst to be 200 units away from the marksmen where you can both hit each other but your attacks hurt the marksmen more. this sounds simple but with five other enemies to consider and your own allies to protect you/be protected by you it's can get very confusing)

hope that helps. and feel free to point out any skills i missed.

Malaborath8/18/2015, 7:51:49 AM1 votes

Rethink how you're playing. when i started playing i literally ONLY played easy op champs, and i dominated with them. i would average about 30/5 with jax pre 30. Play your first main and if that doesnt help, TAKE A BREAK. Clear your mind. If you're on a losing streak a break is immenent. play some Tera or CS:GO. whatever you have to get your mind off league. Even going to the gym. My skill worsened and i got demoted twice because i went on tilt too easy but watch videos like "the power of speech" (a league video on how not to be toxic) and that improved my ability to handle the community. If all else fails, Play bots. if you really are scared play with bots or someone that is a lower teir than you and dominate the lower teirs, focusing on what mistakes you make and how to improve. I watch LOL guides bye Jeremy's Curios ALL the time and they really help man. Hope i helped.