Stuck and need opinions

Captain InZan0·Jun 26, 2015·1 votes·888 views

Captain InZan0 - North America - Summoners - League of Legends

Hey guys so this is my second season of ranked play. Last season I was placed b5 and worked my way up to s3. I thought I was learning the game and improving but this season has seemed to prove otherwise. I was placed b4 and climbed extremely quickly to b2 and ever since it is one never ending loop of getting all the way to series for silver and falling right back down. I have played a lot of champions in ranked mainly due to experimenting in ranked 3s. When it comes to ranked solo I shoot for mid. That is where I am most comfortable and where I enjoy playing the most. I can play any role if need be. When playing mid I tend to migrate to the same pool of 5 or so champions: ahri, lux, yasuo, zed, orianna. Based on my stats am I playing these characters badly? Am I not farming well, too many deaths, what do you see? It seems as if I have hit a brick wall and can't get past it which is weird to me seeing as I seemed to improve so much last season. Now I can't even get back to where I ended and I don't know why.

3 Comments

SeveriJun 26, 20151 votes

Hey Captain InZan0,

In general, most bronze league and lower silver league players are okay at micro management (controlling their champions, last hitting, and harassing/avoiding harassment. However, to get to that next level of being a gold ranked player, most players need to improve their macro level play. For example, map awareness, vision wards, dragon control. I have learned most of that through watching lots of online videos like this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dkz7qbLM6RI

I hope this helps. Message me if you have any other thoughts or questions.

Captain InZan0Jun 26, 20151 votes

Severi thanks for the reply. I will have to check out that video and more. I am sure there is some degree of bias in this but I feel as if I try to manage my games on a macro scale as well. I always try to keep a pink on the field as well as buy a ward when I back. As far as drag/baron I try to keep people aware of the timers and ward around these objectives when they are coming up. There is obviously something I am doing wrong though. As I mentioned I am just thrown off by the fact that I seemed to improve last season and it's like I have gotten worse this season.

SeveriJun 27, 20151 votes

There are other things to consider as well Captain InZano. The metagame has shifted away from assassins and more towards tanks. If your champions are mostly assassins, a worsening in your rank might be due to lots of people playing more tanks and less squishy heroes.