I just can't win at ranked anymore.

GIJose65·Oct 22, 2014·1 votes·3,544 views

I just got demoted to silver 2 and now I want to rip my laptop in half.

what should i do now? should i give up on reaching gold?

15 Comments

VenompawOct 22, 20143 votes

stop trying to follow the meta,. play something you can do well as that most people hate, then your win rate climb but you get a few matches that you WILL lose cause your team doesn't want to win.

Doing the above I went from gold 4 to plat 4. and I never imagined I'd reach platinum.

Vidious OneOct 22, 20142 votes

While this is great advice, it has a drawback.

I ignored the meta. I played to my personal strengths and style. Which happens to be tanky junglers. So I play lots of Maokai and Nautilus jungle. My ganks are great. I have 4 wards out almost 100% of the game. I counter gank. I counter jungle, I shove lanes when my laners back. I split and join the team when my top doesn't know how.

But because my personal strength as a team player is to be the tanky initiator, I can't carry the game. I have several games where my 11-12 KDA is a result of high assist scores. But the people on my team in charge of doing damage are usually afk, behind, or just plain scared to fight. I peel when necessary. I focus the squishies.

But you just simply can't get past Silver 1 unless you play the damage champs. It's so sad.

Maybe someone can teach me different. :p

VenompawOct 22, 20141 votes

While this is great advice, it has a drawback.

I ignored the meta. I played to my personal strengths and style. Which happens to be tanky junglers. So I play lots of Maokai and Nautilus jungle. My ganks are great. I have 4 wards out almost 100% of the game. I counter gank. I counter jungle, I shove lanes when my laners back. I split and join the team when my top doesn't know how.

But because my personal strength as a team player is to be the tanky initiator, I can't carry the game. I have several games where my 11-12 KDA is a result of high assist scores. But the people on my team in charge of doing damage are usually afk, behind, or just plain scared to fight. I peel when necessary. I focus the squishies.

But you just simply can't get past Silver 1 unless you play the damage champs. It's so sad.

Maybe someone can teach me different. :p

I dislike tanky junglers especially, 1- your clear time is slower, 2 - you're less useful than damage dealing junglers.

there's no point in going PAST last to be killed. You want to have enough damage items to make a difference, and also the first to be killed. You are likely "too" tanky and by that I mean, I'm focusing you last anyway cause you just don't die... get some useful items instead. Being alive forever as a tank =/= being useful.

NorpserOct 22, 20142 votes

I know how you feel. I got placed in silver 3 (last year silver 5) and basically won my way to silver 1. For some reason I just couldn't win my promos no matter what happened. It was degrading when I hit the worse losing streak of my life (like 15 games) and dropped to silver 2. Eventually I dropped back down to silver 3. I was super pissed and frustrated at everything. Being so close to gold and then losing it all and now I'm working my way back up.

Best thing I would suggest is to take a break from the game for a while. Maybe play some bot games or Aram to get your confidence back and just not think about ranked. Then when you do go back, take it slowly. Maybe 1 game a day before moving onto more games.

As much as it sucks, you still have tons of time to reach gold. Getting worked up is only going to make you play worse and you will only have bad experiences.

Good luck!

Vidious OneOct 22, 20141 votes

This is exactly what happened to me..... I feel like I wrote this. Even though I didn't. Elo hell is real now. Before I was just bad. But I learned so much in the last 4 months and now I'm just stuck with all the salty queue players.

GIJose65Oct 22, 20142 votes

im just going to play normals for now.

i made a thread similar to this and people said that my major weakness is CS.

time to work on that.

MerxamersOct 22, 20141 votes

im just going to play normals for now.

i made a thread similar to this and people said that my major weakness is CS.

time to work on that.

good plan. I've found that i do best when i stick to a couple champions; support thresh and jungle panth carried me to silver 1. For full disclosure, i am kinda stuck right now lol

VenompawOct 22, 20141 votes

im just going to play normals for now.

i made a thread similar to this and people said that my major weakness is CS.

time to work on that.

good plan. I've found that i do best when i stick to a couple champions; support thresh and jungle panth carried me to silver 1. For full disclosure, i am kinda stuck right now lol

you might want to try support panth instead (should make people dodge and be reasonably functional).

MerxamersOct 22, 20141 votes

im just going to play normals for now.

i made a thread similar to this and people said that my major weakness is CS.

time to work on that.

good plan. I've found that i do best when i stick to a couple champions; support thresh and jungle panth carried me to silver 1. For full disclosure, i am kinda stuck right now lol

you might want to try support panth instead (should make people dodge and be reasonably functional).

The few times support pantheon works for me it is glorious. Most of the time i end up losing and am useless the rest of the game lol, bc the lane mate doesn't commit to the plan.

Lumus AvatarOct 22, 20141 votes

Deep breaths. remember it's just a game. take a walk, clear the mind. Maybe get some food, watch a TV show. Then try another game. And be light-hearted about it. maybe start with a normal.

StOrmysLIVEOct 23, 20141 votes

For my promos to both gold and plat it took me multiple tries ( 3x gold 7xplat) judy because of afks and feeds. The only way i passed my promos was singlehandedly carrying my team of 5s and 4s.

If you realize you are a tanky initiator but your team doesn't do enough damage, why don't you build more damage to compensate? A tanks role is to Rahe damage yes, but if Noone attacks you because you are indestructible, your pebble throwing isn't going to be enough to take the aggro back to you to protect your team. If you fail a team fight, while you are dead you need to be specific about how you want future teamfight ( i.e. I will only lock on on target x, alright throws charm and q but no engage until this happens, support focus on doing this, etc etc)

ZargOct 22, 20141 votes

Ripping your laptop in half sounds like a good solution

VenompawOct 22, 20141 votes

The few times support pantheon works for me it is glorious. Most of the time i end up losing and am useless the rest of the game lol, bc the lane mate doesn't commit to the plan.

anyhow to climb the easiest way is to find something you can do well, that most people hate. Then generally when games do start (finally) you can win.

As for me, I'm going bot lane karthus preferably solo. Soon to hit plat 3.

FHMarshyOct 23, 20141 votes

I played shaco from silver 4 to gold 2 :) give him a try.

shadowdude123Nov 1, 20141 votes

I know exactly how you feel. I literally decided to start taking ranked more seriously,and a month ago went from silver II to gold IV in one week. Luck? Nah. I carried. Now being in Gold III, I feel like this is the place you need to step up your game.HARD. So, when I see people do dumb things even when I'm fed and I'm trying to get them to listen, but they still do it, I follow Skipper's advice from the Penguins of Madgascar,"Just smile and wave boys, smile and wave." Relax is basically what I'm trying to tell you. There dumb, so the game is a lost, look at whatever mistakes you've done and try to get creative with how you play. Bait a Leona grab? Good. Now you know how to do it.