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zackypooh·1/21/2015, 11:01:44 PM·2 votes·2,529 views

I am tired of being that guy, the one who fails and feeds. The one who is always in the wrong place at the wrong time and never the right place at the right time. I am sick of finding every Teemo shroom, and walking into every thresh hook. I need help. I am tired of letting my team down, and most importantly my friends down, when they need me the most I fail.

little bit about league and I I have been playing league over 3 years now. I have mained support for about a year and a half, I only played support because one of my friends mained adc, but when I needed him most he vanished. I have been trying other lanes since about October now. I play with other friends now but often and let them down. I am not that bad at mechanics, and admit I don't always feed. All my friends are gold so when we play normals the other team is a little out of my league (hehehe) and I struggle to make the right decision and just cant keep up. I end up playing jung the most but i prefer any lane to jungle. When I play normals by my self i fin about 75% if the time but I am not always doing well, and my normal match ups are at a pretty low skill lvl, and kinda boring.

I struggle most with cs, being in the right place, always being in the wrong place and knowing what to do at what points in the game.

Can some one give me some training? be my master Jiraiya to my Naruto? My master Yi to my wukong? My batman to my robin? Obi-Wan Kenobi to my Luke?

8 Comments

RiotRiot Sweet1/22/2015, 4:14:30 AM4 votes

Hey Zackypooh,

Sounds like you're really trying to improve so I'll share what I can!

When I first started playing League before Riot, I watched a lot of LCS (pro Esports for League). I paid attention to not just the flashy plays but what the players were doing, how they played during lane phase and what they did as a team. It helped me improve as a player a lot. There are also small things you can do to help improve: Pick a champion and play them a lot, whatever role you like. When you get comfortable with a specific champ you start to push them harder and learn their limits — you'll know how to counter other champs with your champ. Mastering one you can master two and so forth. Building your champ pool each time.

CS is tricky but there is always custom games. Create a custom game with bots and just focus on CS'ing, make your goal to not miss any and graduate slowly from beginner bots to intermediate to real players. CS is a habit you can form through repetitive play just have to dedicate a little time to getting used to it.

Good luck friend!

llamasx1/22/2015, 1:03:29 AM2 votes

No, but by the sounds of it, you have a few problems.

You don't know how to play from behind - you die once or twice and then start feeding even when you're trying to play safe
You have a hard time figuring out what enemies are doing / low overall map awareness

1 is tricky. 2 you just have to pay more attention to the map, tell people to ward, and play more / learn from your mistakes. Teemos always place shrooms in similar spots so you just sweep before going in, or expect that you'll walk into shrooms. If you give a thresh an easy hook, he'll take it, so set up an easy hook for him and at the last second turn and he'll miss. 2 enemies missing as you approach to gank? Ward behind yourself and don't go deep. See 2 enemies tanking another lane? Your lane is safe to go aggressive on. See that ominous dark patch on the map (~75% of it if you don't have wards) that you're walking into when 3 enemies are missing? Don't go there without expecting someone around every corner.

Just make each game a learning experience. When you're in the wrong place at the wrong time, it's not always coincidence. Ask why you were in that spot to begin with, and why the enemies were in that spot.

Cs is just mindless practice after you watch a video on how to cs under tower. Positioning is all about experience and learning from mistakes. If your opponents are bad, then see how hard you can stomp them and carry your team. Learn to CS in these games, pay extra attention to your positioning in the games, and if your opponent does get ahead of you, learn how to cs without dying.

zackypooh1/22/2015, 4:40:57 AM2 votes

Thank you all very much, who knows you might see me in gold one day? I'll keep pushing my self, and continue to read all your advice.

zackypooh1/25/2015, 7:42:19 PM1 votes

Well TBH I was kidding about teemo shroms kinda, it was just an example. I was thinking allot of my problem may be a lack of communication and I think I will try to get more communication within teams.

zackypooh1/22/2015, 12:13:16 AM

any 1?