Stuck in plat 5. Need some tips for climbing out please!

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LOOOOOOOL. There is no difference its all your perception.

I went from plat 5 to 2, then back to 3, then to 1, then back to 2.

When I figured out how to control minions, I shot up to plat 3 immediately, because I was consistently dominating lane on diana, just because your average plat 5 mid laner didn't play around minion harras and understand that I could out-sustain them if I took crystalline flask, and I traded a q each time they used an ability on me + a w or two. I mean hard shoving pressure to where they'd back with really low cs before 6. Literally 4/5 games, which put me on a win spree straight to plat 3.

The second I hit plat 3, this became impossible. Rarely, against some lesser skilled laners, I could apply some pressure, but never to the extent of pushing anyone out. The general became me going even in lane, then winning either off a roam bot, a solokill or just the team fight superiority of my champions. After a small bit I got to plat 2.

I lost 3 in a row, without getting immediately demoted, won 1, then loss 2 and got demoted from that. The difference was that in lane, I couldn't even think about pressuring, because suddenly, people didn't immediately run into the minion to get hit by my easy q's. Suddenly, people started positioning so that I could only shoot my q's from inefficient spots. My ability to hit my only crucial skillshot in lane was severely diminished, and I lost lane alot because of it. I was shitting every teamfight, because ADCs were actually paying attention to the counter-engage potential from my q. When I got demoted back to plat 3, everything went back to normal plat 3 skill, and I easily climed back up to plat 2.

When I got back to plat 2, I kept having 1 win followed by 1 loss for about 8 or so games. Almost all of the wins were me getting hard carried after just feeding from over aggression, losing lane and map misteps. Eventually, after getting kept in plat 2 by my teammates, I eventually got used to the increased capitalization of positional, being more efficient with my diana q's, and playing teamfights effectively. After that I started climbing cause diana teamfight broken and hit plat 1. This is where all the x-diamond players live.

What I learned from my 3 - 4 games that i had before falling out was, apparently hitting your q on diana in plat 1 isn't allowed, and that I seemed to never be able to be in the right place at the right time. When I fell to plat 2 elo, everything went back to normal.

So yeah, I have significant reason to believe Plat 5 isn't the equivalent of Diamond 5, as most people experience. Plat 5 - 4 is actually pretty shit in comparison to plat2+. The only thing that maybe doesn't change between plat 5 and diamond 5 is everyone's idea of what to do as a team. It's all just group group, contest, contest, even if you're behind with waveclear, splitpush potential and the enemy has no siege. Your whole perception argument can just as easily be applied to your claims.