What can I improve in?

Jexen·Oct 15, 2014·1 votes·811 views

Hey, I've been playing League of Legends for years and i consider myself an advanced player capable of succeeding in the more complicated aspects of the game. I'm still in Silver II however, and have been for a while. I'm basically just looking for some advice on what I can do better. I know I'm good at csing, map awareness, and champion mechanics. I'm thinking it's my poor judgement for fights? or maybe I am playing too many champions and should narrow it down to a few for each role (which i have been trying recently). If anyone could take a look at my account and my stats and tell me what I can improve in, that would be greatly appreciated. Also, I'm asking this cause on sites like LoLking and LoLDB my assumed "MMR" isn't where i want it to be, or where I think it should be based on my skill. Please help, Thanks :).

15 Comments

12talesOct 15, 20142 votes

Just glancing at your op.gg, you should work on building situationally. In every single Zed game I can see, you've gone Ghostblade Hydra LW Mobos Hexdrinker, even against teams that are almost entirely AD. Sometimes, you're going to want defensive boots, or Black Cleaver, or BotRK (actually, you should pretty much always build BotRK on Zed over Hydra).

Actually, I'd suggest just cutting back on purhcasing Hydra altogether, now that I'm scrolling down your match history.

But yeah, itemization is probably the easiest way you could improve, given what limited information I can get without actually watching you play.

2000boxesOct 15, 20141 votes

Just glancing at your op.gg, you should work on building situationally. In every single Zed game I can see, you've gone Ghostblade Hydra LW Mobos Hexdrinker, even against teams that are almost entirely AD. Sometimes, you're going to want defensive boots, or Black Cleaver, or BotRK (actually, you should pretty much always build BotRK on Zed over Hydra).

Actually, I'd suggest just cutting back on purhcasing Hydra altogether, now that I'm scrolling down your match history.

But yeah, itemization is probably the easiest way you could improve, given what limited information I can get without actually watching you play.

i didnt look at his lolking but after i found out about what he was building on my favorite champion i cried a little

JexenOct 15, 20141 votes

Thankyou, could you teach me about itemization, i know all the items, but just some tips and tricks. Also i will try botrk again. I got hydra from Hai zed guide, and he said he preferred it over botrk. I tried it and i really liked the active in my burst, as well as the easy wave clear. What are the pros of botrk? Thanks again :)

2000boxesOct 15, 20141 votes

this may shock you but the players in high elo have the ability to play at most 3 champions per role with mid and top lane being the exception to that rule and the players like me that can play like 5 champions or more per role are in bronze dont believe me? watch the spectate live matches it is mostly thresh and leona support lucian and tristana adc lee sin and elise jungle mid and top lane are usually random champs that can work well in that role

EwokSoldierOct 15, 20141 votes

not true I'm Plat 2 own every champ and can play more than 5 champs per role =)

StOrmysLIVEOct 15, 20142 votes

I'm also plat and can play more than 5 Champs per role.

EwokSoldierOct 15, 20141 votes

See one more person ^ =)

I think he maybe meant that those "spectate high elo" games he only sees meta champs but still I see unmeta picks frquent as well.

But yea high elo usually has a larger champ pool. (champ pool does not mean you own the champs and know their spells, it means you actually are proficient at the champ)

EwokSoldierOct 15, 20141 votes

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NovemberrRoseOct 15, 20141 votes

diamond, defeinitely cannot play that many characters lol

TehomCDOct 15, 20141 votes

Glancing at na.op.gg, I noticed a trend in your games - you have a losing record on assassins with a very low KDA, while a winning record on tanks and tankier fighters, with a very good record on Malphite. To me, this suggests that you initiate a lot whenever you see an opening, and it tends to work out on strong initiators like Malphite, but you're just suiciding a lot on champs like Lee Sin or Zed by trying to go for a pick when it's a bad idea. I'd recommend either sticking to tank initiators and play like you currently do, since it seems to work out just fine on them, or play assassins like Zed but be far more conservative with when you go in - regard any death when you go for a pick as a big mistake, even if you trade kills.

JexenOct 15, 20141 votes

Thanks for your feedback. You are right about my playstyle, but i still want to play assassins and ap casters. Heres a few champs I'm looking to improve if you could help me by suggesting the proper playstyle and mindset for each: Zed, lee sin, fizz, leblanc, orianna, syndra, talon, kha zix, yasuo, and ahri.

TehomCDOct 15, 20142 votes

Thanks for your feedback. You are right about my playstyle, but i still want to play assassins and ap casters. Heres a few champs I'm looking to improve if you could help me by suggesting the proper playstyle and mindset for each: Zed, lee sin, fizz, leblanc, orianna, syndra, talon, kha zix, yasuo, and ahri.

The difference in playing tank initiators with high burst and assassins is mostly timing. With a tank, you're going in when you see a vulnerable target when your team is close enough to capitalize on it, and hopefully either killing someone or knocking them so low that they're now out of the fight, while you absorb most of the enemy team's CC abilities in their attempts to save whoever you went on. As an assassin, it's pretty crucial that you not go in when you can be locked up and killed. So what you need to do is pay attention to abilities that are being used, and everyone's positioning - if they blow their stuns on someone else, that's your cue. If a carry gets too far away from people who can stun you when you go on him and you can 100 to 0 him with a full combo, go for it. If their support is stunlocked by your frontline and won't be able to stop you from comboing a carry, also great. You should also try to pay attention to summoner spells if you can, specifically things like whether their carries have flash up, and weigh that accordingly - you don't want to go in if they'll just blow flash while you have a pretty high probability of dying.

The need to avoid CC as an assassin is also why flanking attacks are so strong - if you can come at a carry from an angle in which you don't have to pass through anyone who can CC you, you have a much better chance of instantly killing him then getting out before they can respond. Trying to flank splits you up from your team so this can put your team at the risk of them being initiated on while the entire enemy team moves away from you, and you're stuck in the situation of trying to run up to them while your team dies, but it's still a tactic you should try to master.

SummonerSquidOct 15, 20141 votes

Before playing aggressive in lane, look for the enemy jungler. Start deep warding so that you can see the jungler while they're moving between camps.

Consider gold instead of CS, KDA, and objectives. Seek to maximize the gold difference.

JexenOct 15, 20141 votes

I think i get what you mean, could be more specific though? :P

SummonerSquidOct 16, 20141 votes

I think i get what you mean, could be more specific though? :P

One of the things that discouraged me in lower ranks was seeing my team had fewer kills. Now I realize that being down 5 kills and being up 4 dragons means you're in the lead.

Dragon is worth about 2 or 3 kills gold wise, and every 18 or so CS is worth a kill. Having 3 kills and being down 50 CS means you don't have as much a lead as you think. That's what I mean.

When it comes down to it it's all about what stats you have, and you get those stats with gold and experience.