losing game rut in need oh help

mycatbeatboxes·Mar 25, 2015·1 votes·945 views

My fiancee finished his provisionals last week and got silver 5. now even when he plays normals he does not nearly as good as he used to. he was good, not plat good yet or anything crazy, but he always did very well for only have known about league a few months. i let him play a pvp game on my lvl 15 account ( dont worry just one) and he was not doing well then either. i love him and knowthat he really loves lol but hes so frustrated right now. how can i help him? has anyone gone through this and come out the other side? hes about to be dropped to Bronze 1 if he doesnt figure stuff out:( helpppppppppppppp! only positive help please! thqanks as always!

9 Comments

hh the thinkerMar 25, 20152 votes

tell him to take a break (sometimes, this is all a person needs). after the break, play a few games for fun. if those go badly, then he needs practice and to improve. if he plays ranked, he should have about 50% win rate, unless he's climbing or falling, which it still will go to 50% about after enough time.

best of luck.

mycatbeatboxesMar 25, 20151 votes

yeah I totally agree about the break thing. People always say fresh eyes are better! thanks so much for the advice!

hh the thinkerMar 25, 20151 votes

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yeah I totally agree about the break thing. People always say fresh eyes are better! thanks so much for the advice!

glad to have helped

ChexMexMar 25, 20151 votes

Essentially how this game works is : You learn and improve--> You start to crush --> Your MMR(Match making rating) increases --> In turn you receive better opponents --> You start to get crushed --> You learn and improve --> You start to crush and rinse and repeat all the way to challenger :O

mycatbeatboxesMar 25, 20151 votes

i love this, its sets it up perfect, thank you!!

xNamelessMar 25, 20151 votes

This is definitely true. I'm in the middle of a "get crushed" period myself :) and I know intellectually that it's because I'm getting paired with better opponents, but when you're in the trenches, it sucks!

I am pretty introspective, so this may not work with you and your boo, but it helps me to remember that League of Legends is a game I play for fun. Winning is fun - but so is getting better, and I know that I'm constantly getting better. Every year I'm slowly creeping up in the ranks, and I can see it in my mental play, too.

Also, as was stated above, think about the game in the long run - you may be in a losing streak now (like I am), but as my match history shows, I have a pretty even win/loss rate. A die thrown a thousand times may hit ten 1's in a row, but over the thousand tosses, it will remain statistically even.

-xN

Miku Lv99Mar 25, 20151 votes

The trick is to play in a lot of ways just one step ahead of the other players in your game. Sure in things that don't require teammates to help you do them you can go crazy doing the best you can with. But others just try to bring down to their level.

JiberamuMar 25, 20151 votes

i can help over curse voice on things that can help him improve

FlahertyMar 25, 20151 votes

Have him take a break from Normals or Ranked and just do some games against Bots for the easy wins. Having just a few wins, even if it's just bots, always helps me feel better when I'm on a losing streak.