a little advice from the higher ups please

nolukjustskil·May 11, 2015·1 votes·860 views

so i started playing this game about middle of last season, i believe i am a good player, not the best somewhere around high silver-low gold. only problem is i can not get out of bronze! its just having 1 or 2 bad players on the team loses the game and in bronze thats a good possibility, and because of those bad players my MMR is suffering and making it worse on me. im running about a 50% win rate right now, as support with trolls. example i would play janna, 10ish min into the game i would be 1-0-6 and fed the adc, only problem is they have a LB thats 5-0 and roaming, in the next 10 min i go from 1-0-6 to 1-5-6 all to the fed LB that was mid and didnt have anything to do with bot lane. Anywho what im asking is do you guys have any tips to get me through this and into where i believe i should be?

8 Comments

RaemnantMay 11, 20151 votes

I think most people would say that if you wana get out of bronze, don't play support. Unless youre playing a support that can easily carry a game, such as an initiator, or, if youre janna, someone on your team gets SUPER fed and you need to keep them alive. If youre dealing with a roamer, just keep an eye on the enemy mid laner yourself and MIA ping FOR them if you have to. I've gotten into the habbit of dropping a pink ward FOR my mid laner in the small bush near them for their own protection. Wards save lives

nolukjustskilMay 11, 20151 votes

yea i ward a lot and it sucks that i cant play supp to get myself out of bronze. thanks for the heads up

RaemnantMay 11, 20152 votes

No problem. If you really have to play support though, I highly recommend playing Sona. If you play her right, you can easily deny your enemy carry any sort of CS or exp, and your damage going into the enemy team is insane. Grabbing item 3098 and some wards instead of rushing a item 2049 will make your poke hurt like a truck. I have a 70% winrate with Sona in both ranked and normals, so I know firsthand how amazing it is

nolukjustskilMay 11, 20151 votes

yea i love playing sona, she pokes so hard lol, i stopped playing her because shes not that good vs tanks and well this new meta is a tank meta so yeah.... but ill go back to her when needed

RaemnantMay 11, 20151 votes

Yea she doesn't shine so well vs tanks, but the thing to know is that while we call it the "Tank Meta", not everyone is going to be playing tanks. Also, because of my past experience playing these tanky champs, I generally tell my ADC something like "If alistar goes in on you, ignore him and jump right on the Draven" Until the tanks get their items and levels, their Cooldowns are too high early game. Once a CC tank has blown their abilities, they're just meat sacks. I have gotten my ADC soooo many kills by purposely being hooked, zenithed, pulled, etc, and slapping their carries right in the face with empowered Q auto and exhaust immediately as my ADC jumps in on them

EinhenjarSiaxMay 11, 20151 votes

Well im hoping i can give some insight but im only Plat 1 (Plat is not god-like).

In brutal honesty, you might not be as good as you think you are. This is just a theory but it might feel like you go into lane and get some kills, but League is a complex game. Since you're around silver/bronze i can say with comfort: You're making a lot of mistakes, most of them are what you're not doing. Most of them are small things but over 20 minutes it adds up.
If your MMR is lower then that should help you because you're better against worse opponents. Just pointing that out.
a 50% win rate isnt that bad. My question is how many games are you playing. If you want gold then it's gonna take more than a few games.
Carrying as a support is really hard. Janna especially. If you're playing Janna and you feed your carry, it's up to him now. If you spend 10 minutes getting him kills and he cant put on the backpack, then there is nothing you can do.
Have you tried other roles?
if you want to talk to me some more, i'm willing to talk and play some games if you want or whatever. or spectate your games or WHATEVER. IGN is EinhenjarSiax spam me until i answer

nolukjustskilMay 12, 20151 votes

ill respond to some of your post #1. i might not be as good as i think, that is possible. but i have spent time studying the game, playing many game, talking about the game to others, ect... so i believe compared to other bronze/silver players i have more knowledge. #3. so far this ranked season ive played 150ish games. i would play more but dropping in rank sucks so i just play normals, or aram. #4. yea i know its hard to carry as a support, only a handful can do it, but u still need the backing of your team. #5. yes i can play just about any role, but i think my best is support, worst is top thank you for your reply

Leeroy JenkenzMay 11, 20151 votes

If you fed your carry then keep him alive. Ride him like a backpack. After spoon feeding your adc, spoon feed your entire team. The best way to do this is warding. Buy a sightstone asap, buy pinks, and take a sweeping lens every time you get your sightstone. Do not die unless you're taking 4-5 people with you. In lane play aggressively, play your behind/with your minions, and if they make a mistake punish it. Sometimes in bronze you get stuck in a loop of terribleness, however if you're playing your best and NOT DYING you'll make it out of there.

Bronze hell does exist. That's why you have to **Kill Them All **to get out.