Getting out of Elo Hell (Guide)

LegacyDAP·Apr 10, 2015·6 votes·807 views

I don't know how good of a guide this will be, but I'm looking to help other players who don't seem to understand that getting a bunch of kills will not help you in winning the game unless you put the advantage to good use. This is all personal experience, if this does not work for you I'm sorry.

TL;DR Pick TEAM champions Help EVERYONE in laning Don't act like you ALREADY lost when you just started Dodge games if you KNOW they will be bad Improve on YOUR OWN playing, and not how others play Take BREAKS when losing, and on tilt

Picking: Always, and I mean always pick a champion that fits with the teams play style, and I know that is probably hard for people who have their mains, and all that good stuff, but it won't help if you're all squishy, and they're all off-tank bruisers. That's simply a comp that will not end out in your favor. The best champions (or the champions I used) to get out of elo hell, and the ones that fit with every comp were Maokai, and Malphite. They have hard CC, and good tanking. I went 19/3 W/L with Mao, and 11/1 W/L with Malphite.

Laning: Please, please, please do not be the person who think CS is for trash players, and kills are worth way more gold than CS. I've seen this so many times from Silver and Bronze, but they go like 4/0 in lane, but they only have 20 CS at 10 minutes, and don't be the person who just sits there CSing. I used to do this, and I do not recommend it. We lost every fight, because I wasn't in a team fight, and the other lanes snowballed, and instead of stopping the other laners from getting fed, and helping team mates. I focused on my own selfish needs, and I've lost more games like that, than I have won.

Mentality: If you don't think you can win, you probably can't. You can't be negative if bot goes 0/4. Also you can't let them be negative, or have any of your team be negative towards them. Cheer them up, and help them win lane. I can't tell you how many times I've seen somebody go 0/5 in laning, and be 10/6 end game. Just because I told them "Don't worry about it. I'll TP bot soon, and we can get a free double." And complimented them after we did get the double.

Dodging: Can't tell you how many times this has saved me. Losing 3 LP is better than losing 20 LP. If you think your team is going to be toxic, or feed, or say something like this "Mid or Feed I am a plat smurf, and I main Leblanc" just dodge, do not lose LP, because you think you can win. It's almost like going for CS in League. If you think they can kill you if you go for it, then it's sometimes better to lose a couple of cs than it is giving the enemy 300 gold.

Mid/End Game: Always, always, always try to end as fast as you can, and think of the best choice you can make in the current situation. If you see that enemy jungler is top, and your bot just got a double kill, then Dragon is indeed a great idea. If you lost a team fight always think. What is the enemy doing? Can I make an even trade if they get baron? Could I possibly split bot, and get a turret or two while they get baron? Just think of all the possible choices you are able to find where the pros out-weigh the cons.

Mechanics: This is something you will have to develop over time. If you aren't mechanically good at League then you might want to practice with one champion, and get really good at that champion. Know its ins and outs. Be able to learn how to kill a jungler, and the enemy laner when they gank you. Not all champions can do this, but I was able to 1v4 as Yasuo, and I learned him for a good bit, and I got really good, and one a lot of games with him. Anyways, if you don't know how to play the champion learn it, in-fact learn all champions so you'll be able to know their ins and outs too.

Play-time: Take breaks. Just do it. It will help you so much. Even when I go on giant winning streaks I take them. One day I played 2 games of Maokai, and take a break, wait for 2 hours, and play another 2 games. I ended up winning the next 12 games as Maokai. I never was toxic, because I wasn't overwhelmed in a rapid fury of awful team mates. If you lose a game, you will most likely be angry if you lose another, and it will only want to make you play more games, so you can finally win one. So be sure to take breaks.

I want to thank all of you who read this guide whether you found this helpful or not, I'm not the best League player, but I do know how to improve. I thank you all again, and wish you all good luck in your ranked, or normal games!

9 Comments

SmknWdlApr 10, 20152 votes

Better tip

/mute all

lol no it's really just about being extremely nice and positive

LegacyDAPApr 10, 20152 votes

It helps a lot. If you treat a team mate badly vs. treating them with positive feedback I've been able to clearly see how they improve in game much more when you use positive feedback. Sometimes it's even best not to point out their mistakes and correct them, because most people can point out what they do wrong. The only time I'd say to tell somebody what they did wrong, is if they keep doing it over and over. If that's the case they most likely don't know what they're doing wrong.

SmknWdlApr 10, 20152 votes

Yeah once i was playing a game and we either had a troll or a noob going sion support (he claimed it was his first time playing) he gave up first blood and such and i could tell the team was on the brink of flaming at the 10 minute mark. I was just really nice and positive with everyone (i was adc so there wasn't an adc to flame at him for feeding) and he ended up carrying and getting me fed.

HavelDaRockApr 11, 20152 votes

You didn't mention it, but talking a lot about your intentions beforehand is really helpful.

I notice in games where people ping more and say "lets do x, or focus y" the whole team does better.

Also try to train yourself to watch your map well.

Just assume the people on your team will never mia (kinda mean) and you need to be on the ball. It's a really good thing to practice because it gets you even further away from that awful tunnel vision mindset.

LegacyDAPApr 11, 20151 votes

Yeah I didn't mention a lot of things, if I put all my knowledge into this it would take an entire day, but all tips are welcome in the comments.

Worst Mid EverApr 10, 20151 votes

better tip

shyvana top with tp and smite, keep wave pushed and take the entire topside enemy jungle then yours off spawn, get cinderhulk + botrk then stack hp, brb unkillable 1v5er even with no kills and easy 300cs at 20 minutes every game

LegacyDAPApr 10, 20151 votes

Lol. Thanks for tip. I'll keep it in mind.

PalPlaysApr 10, 20151 votes

{quoted} Play-time: Take breaks. Just do it. It will help you so much. Even when I go on giant winning streaks I take them. One day I played 2 games of Maokai, and take a break, wait for 2 hours, and play another 2 games. I ended up winning the next 12 games as Maokai. I never was toxic, because I wasn't overwhelmed in a rapid fury of awful team mates. If you lose a game, you will most likely be angry if you lose another, and it will only want to make you play more games, so you can finally win one. So be sure to take breaks. I can not believe how effective breaks are. Thank you so much!

LegacyDAPApr 10, 20151 votes

No problem. I realized it's extremely effective, and it helps even if people don't realize it. Literally anything helps. Just don't do anything that might make you go on tilt, or anything League related.