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NightWolfXVI·4/20/2015, 2:34:16 AM·1 votes·817 views

So I'm back once again to ask for some advice and stuff and such and what not. So what I am seeking advice on is how to improve myself as a player in ranked. Long story short I'm in bronze 5 once again and would like to at least make it to silver 5 before the end of the season. I'm not aiming for anything higher then that because 1 my computer is shit and I'm lucky to get 30 fps and 2 my internet is shit.

So I'll start by saying I don't main any role. I play all of them cause in bronze 5 people are always bitching and auto locking so its just easier to be flexible. So my roles go as follows: top being strongest, then support, then mid, then its a toss up between adc and jungle. My laning phase for everything besides jungle is all fairly strong. I know how to last hit and manipulate minion aggro. I understand how to zone and deny CS. I ward and don't over commit for kills I can't get (usually anyways). I almost always alert my team when my laning opponent leaves lane at any time and so on and so forth. My problems don't really start until around 15 to 20 minutes into the game.

I have a ton of trouble with the mid game and securing objectives. I know wards play an important part in the mid game and when I'm support I try to push up and get deep wards to be aware of enemy movements but the wards never seem to spot anyone. When I'm top or mid and take my tower I try to rotate and help my teammates take their tower but somehow we usually end up getting killed in a 3v2 fight that we should die in or something stupid like that. It just seems like once I reach the point of mid game something always goes wrong. Also my team never ever ever groups for anything. and idk this is part bitching (yes I know I deserve to be in bronze 5, not saying I don't just saying I wish some people would realize its a team game) But I seriously want to get better and climb out of bronze, cause I've done it before back in season 3 but now bronze just seems a lot worse since then.

As far as champions I like to play, for support its almost always Annie. I like her ability to make picks and secure kills by herself. For top lane its usually tanky support champions like Maokai or Lulu and the occasional Vlad or Swain. For mid lane its usually Vlad or Zed, although my Zed isn't all that great. For ADC its usually Sivir or Graves since they seem to be the meta right now and for jungle its Nunu because I'm not comfortable on Sejuani or Gragas. Also on a note of champions I have Hecarim but I'm a bit intimidated to try him cause every time I do I usually do bad.

Anyways, any advice will be greatly appreciated. And sorry this is so long and random. just tried to throw out enough information so I could get some advice that will be useful to me.

7 Comments

Sona Ping4/20/2015, 3:19:22 AM2 votes

It's rather hard to give advice because there is so little available to comment on, but I'll do my best.

"So I'll start by saying I don't main any role. " That's fine, you're doing good by being able to understand and play any role. And "maining" is overrated, it's one of those things that is said to be the "correct answer" so it's just parroted. Just because some guy "mains LeBlanc", that doesn't mean he knows anything, about LeBlanc or even the game.

"For ADC its usually Sivir or Graves since they seem to be the meta right now " Don't pay attention to what is "meta". What is popular in the latest LCS game or what not is irrelevant because neither of us are playing there, you see? Being able to play a champion well, knowing what they do is more important than what champion currently fits well into the champion pool of an environment you don't play in. It's far more important to find an AD character you like to play and learn them.

The game changing, OP tips for you to improve your gameplay so that you can be a Superstar Leaguer, climbing them ranks are:

  1. Stop playing League and work at a job until you can upgrade your computer parts. It's entirely unreasonable to expect anyone to play a game well on a computer that cannot even run the game to any acceptable standard.
tseihei4/20/2015, 3:36:20 AM1 votes

The easiest way I have been able to improve is to see things like this : Every time I use flash I have made a mistake somewhere along the line

As far as the computer, there may be hope. I have literally gotten to plat on a computer I capped the fps at 24 and never got that high. Although helping you with your computer may be better placed in other forums, there are some basic things that could be done. Following the things on this page may help your performance improve. https://support.riotgames.com/hc/en-us/articles/201761974-Bug-Splat-and-Game-Crashes#section-windows

BigIdea4/20/2015, 7:11:44 PM1 votes

i'll have an easier time giving advice if i can watch you play. let me know if you want me to spectate some ranked games.

CrazyHollow4/20/2015, 7:35:59 PM1 votes

My tips:

  1. If your lane opponent backs/roams push the lane and either, a. take turret, b. roam, c. deep ward and back for item advantage.

  2. LOOK AT MINI MAP! if your warding then the reason you aren't seeing people is probably cause your not looking at your mini map until its too late.

  3. If you don't see the enemy they are probably on their way to kill you, always assume this.

  4. Deep wards are only useful if you have map control. If you don't, that means they are probably already in your jungle so you need to ward on your side.

  5. If your team won't group then push your lane as far as you can without dyeing. Warding helps. If you cant push far just make sure it is always pushed toward the enemy base and go farm the jungle or wait till you see the enemy and make decisions from that.

best of luck