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Tips to Climbing the Solo Queue Ladder (12 Game Losing Streak, Need Help)

Groglife·5/13/2015, 10:00:52 PM·1 votes·1,757 views

Hello Everyone,

I'm an average player, who's had consistent bad luck in ranked lately, and I'm really just looking for some way to climb out of silver elo, because as of right now, I'm ready to give up. I haven't done poorly in any of my past games, done my job fairly well, (not saying I don't make mistakes, but holy s$#@, look at what I'm about to show you).

Here are the teams results in my past 5 games:

  • 16/16/7 azir, 4/14/2 jax, 3/6/8 draven, 7/17 riven (jungle) (Riven trolled, azir was toxic to everyone, really poor type of player to have on the team, jax had a really rough game, and took a lot of abuse, so he never recovered).
  • 3/12/9 nautilus, 5/11/5 yasuo, 5/9/3 ezreal, 4/5/6 sejuani (never recieved a gank, but that really doesn't matter to me, ganks playing as a top laner in this elo are a godsend, so you learn to deal without. Bot lane was trolling and dc'd at the end of the game)
  • 5/13/7 rek'sai, 7/10/10 kennen, 12/14/6 vayne, 17/6/13 cho'gath (great player, good decision making, but the team consistantly made poor calls and got caught out without warding)
  • 3/12/9 aatrox, 6/13/7 syndra, 6/7/3 olaf, 8/9/6 kalista (aatrox was a troll, just went jungle, decided to feed every lane and then left the game around 15 minutes in)
  • 1/9/15 nautilus, 2/7/15 maokai, 9/8/8 darius. 1/7/5 draven (bot lane struggled hard, got caught out in every team fight, darius refused to build tank, maokai dc'd at the end of the game)

I honestly could keep going, but I'll sound like a broken record if I do, and it won't help the argument at all. But this is the same scenario that's been happening in every game, even the ones I win. Not to mention I'm only getting around 14lp per game now, and losing about 23lp, so progress is nearly impossible, even if my performance in the games I lose is good.

I always see in these forums that if you are better than these people, or this elo than you should be able to carry yourself out. But that to me seems like a flat out lie and a half. If your team is consistently struggling in every game you have, whether it be trolls (which will happen, I know this, everyone gets it, not just my team, but the other team as well), afk'ers, or unskilled players, how is it mentally and physically possible to single-handedly carry yourself out?

One of the main things I've consistently done in these games is to try to bring confidence to my team, whether it be through consistent pings, warding, congratulating them on their 1v1 kills/outplays, etc. When I play support, I always do my job at making my adc's life easier in laning phase in order for them to carry the game late (I know that I don't have to be the one to carry me through, as long as I can get someone else fed to do it for me). When I play jungle, I always ward, gank lanes in need, and ones who are easily taken advantage of. When I play top, I always teleport to other lanes in order to have dragon control, as well as help bot lane/middle lane maintain a steady lead. When I play mid, I always go bot lane to gank, and ward in order to see ganks before they happen. My performance in these games during laning phase are always high, whether it be I don't die (which happens more often than not) and getting high amounts of cs and kills (cs is something everyone can improve on, so that I don't need to hear about).

Now, what really happens:

Whenever I gank lanes, it always seems like they're never prepared, or have zero awareness of the map itself. If I tp in, their general excuse is, "Oh, I didn't see you coming," even when I ping, or tell them to place that very same ward, or write in chat, "I'm coming bot now." That's not even what's upsetting to me though, it;s the 4th or 5th time they don't see me coming in, or when they hard engage after I leave the lane, and end up dying anyway, as if having 3 people there versus just the one or two is worse, which generally leads to a free dragon for the other team.

If I do well in lane, or in the early stages of the game, so "every" game, (and I put that in quotations, because I don't do perfect in every game, that would be ridiculous. Everyone makes mistakes, myself included) I always try to help out the struggling lanes, and in doing so, it generally leads to me dying quite a bit, and my teammates not going in with me, or more often than not, watching me from a safe distance to see if I actually accomplish something, even though they always have high amounts of mana and health. (I never tp or gank a lane when they clearly won't be able to go in with me. I'm not an idiot.)

So, before I give up on ranked in general, and before I rant on more about this elo: what can I do? Seriously, I'm at my breaking point. I try to breaks from the game, but when I come back it's always the same deal. When I play with a team of friends, we win practically every game, and we play against much higher elo's than the ones we're in (e.g. diamond/plat leveled players). But as soon as I go on to play by myself, it seems like I'm always pinned with players of much less skill-level, maturity, and awareness, like I'm babysitting little toddlers who just blatantly don't know any better.

6 Comments

Commit Sudoku5/13/2015, 10:13:19 PM2 votes

Statistically there is a greater chance for the enemy team to have more trolls than yours so you can't use that as a part of your argument there is only 4 people on your team that could be a troll and 5 on the enemy because you know you are not a troll. So more often than not they will be on the enemy team. Sometimes you are unlucky but if you play enough that sort of thing starts to even out.

Just because you play with and against higher elo players doesn't mean you can compete with them I have a friend who is level 20 that plays against Plat and Diamond players too. Your higher elo friends will try to put you into a postition where it is difficult to do poorly. The comprehension of what is actually happening may be lost to you it could be your teamwork and communication that is winning you games against that elo. That doesn't exist in solo queue you need to learn how to consistently put yourself in a better position than you enemies without the full knowledge and support of knowing what your allies will do. You need to worry about your own skill not theirs. And if only if you are able to reach a win rate above 50% can you climb out of any elo.

Knowing how to react to a bad hand makes and breaks good players and great players. If you are contemplating just giving up you don't really want it. So quit now and don't complain about it or actually do something about it words from the community isn't going to drastically change your gameplay. You need to be the driving force that makes a change in your games if you don't think there is anything you can do better you are lying to yourself.

Note: Damn I feel like that last paragraph sounds pretty damn good.

Jyoi5/14/2015, 3:04:48 AM2 votes

Heya. First of all, I feel your pain. S3 I was stuck in Bronze for a long time. Over 100 games, which is a long time for me because I hate ranked and try not to play it any more than I have to. (I mostly play for the pretty border and rank rewards, lol.) I ended S3 Gold 4 or 3 (can't remember) and S4 Diamond 5. I'm not going to lie -- I got really lucky. Beat my Plat 1 promos literally a day before season ended.

From my limited experience, I will say that rank is all ups and downs. My worst losing streak is about 8 games myself... Sometimes it is your team, sometimes there is nothing you could have done, OR you realize too late that you missed your chance to turn things around. It is beneficial to take breaks. Sometimes I will feel so frustrated with League that I don't even try in my games but keep queueing up anyway, but this makes no sense. A few days later I'll feel upbeat again and get a 10 win streak. It's just a cycle.

I am sorry if that sounds like I'm berating you. I am genuinely trying to be nice. :) To be helpful though, I would advise to duo if you do not do that already. Even duoing with reliable/competent people 50% of the time is better than trying to carry the burden yourself all of the time. Also, keep in mind that you and your enemy team are both roughly the same MMR. You will likely make the same kinds of/number of mistakes. Try to punish them for their mistakes because chances are, they wont know how to do it to you. For example, if you see their jungler ganking top or saw him die, try to get another objective: dragon or even gank mid or bot. Basically, be opportunistic.

Anyway you sound like a competent and passionate player, so it is my belief that you have it in you to overcome this. Most important (and hardest advise) I can impart is to not play when on tilt if you can't avoid tilting altogether. A clear mind and a calm heart can really do wonders to your own morale and decision making skills.

AFK Farming Bot5/14/2015, 5:02:09 PM1 votes

I was stuck in bronze 5 with -3 lp for oh about 2 months during season 4. I'm now silver 3 on this account and gold on others. The easiest way to climb is just to pick a champion you like and play like 50 games on them in ranked and your winrate will improve drastically because you will know the champion inside and out and will then be able to focus on objective control and making plays.