Need more advice for ranked.

LoL Ergo Urgot·Feb 15, 2015·1 votes·608 views

http://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/1731418488/213569815?tab=overview

This is a link to my match history for a game I just played. I just not sure if it is worth it. I feel like I am the only one on my team who is even trying. It's got to the point where I don't even get mad when my teammates do poorly. I just accept it as common place.

The enemy Mordekaiser did so poorly cause I lanned against him and shut him down. It almost feels like the Mordekaiser and I should have been switched. Why does match making put me on a team of weaker players while the Mordekaiser gets carried. It happens so much. It even depressed me to the point I started loosing ranked games and playing terribly. Do I have bad MMR and that's why I get stuck on these teams or are the rito gods angry with me. Am I just another try hard who should stop playing ranked?

Edit: I am not here to rant. I am here to ask what should I do (if anything), how should I interpret this. Should I make another account to get higher MMR? Any advice from more experienced players would be helpful.

14 Comments

HowldoomFeb 15, 20152 votes

Looks like your other lanes were at a disadvantage in that game (Ashe vs Caitlyn, Fizz vs Ahri)

My suggestion on the matter: Spend less time in Ranked Draft, and more time in Normals. You've already chained in ten ranked matches today, and lost six.

If you lose at least twice in a row, then it would help to take a break every so often. Get in those deep breaths, close your eyes, listen to whatever music puts you into a state of deep enlightenment, watch favorite shows, shower, eat, talk or text to friends and family... And take as much time as you want with those things. It could be for an hour, it could be for a couple days, YOU make the call.

Then go through normals, find those champs with whom you click, and play them until you get that inner sense of what to do with them. I do it with Vi, you can do it with Urgot if you know how to utilize him. Find comfort with at least one champion for each of the five positions in the meta (at most, two mains plus a fallback, or very forgiving and easy champion, per position). THEN go into Ranked at your own pace. And focus on how well you play, and less on how your team does. If there's a risk of flaming, or you don't want to get to that point of depression, I strongly suggest the Mute option via the Scoreboard.

One more thing: You're Silver 4. I finished at the bottom of Bronze 4 last season because of losing streaks, and will likely be there when I finish my placements. So you're at least better than one person here. Best of luck :P

LoL Ergo UrgotFeb 16, 20151 votes

Thank you. Sometimes I just want to hurry up in the rank system and just go go go. I will implement some break times.

The Loli BullyFeb 15, 20151 votes

Don't play Urgot, Yorick and Skarner?

LoL Ergo UrgotFeb 16, 20151 votes

Yeah Yorick is a mistake, I can never win game with him (I do like his character though). I disagree with the Urgot bit though. Chimalpopica made it to diamond two maining topgot and ap tryndamere

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUGXEntZee8

And i have won games with Skarner, but the games I do win with are the ones where my teammates actually exhibit some kind of self-awareness.

hh the thinkerFeb 15, 20151 votes

from what i heard from one of the pro players basically: urgot is good 1v1, but isn't good in a team setting.

you basically are asking to win lane, lose game if you are forced to play vs more than one person, unless you are a much better player.

The ChinFeb 15, 20151 votes

You need to set up a shrine and make sacrifices to the elo gods every full moon, on the night of winter and summer solstice, and you need to pray to them before you start queuing up.

They will bless you with better matchmaking and +5% crit chance.

LoL Ergo UrgotFeb 16, 20151 votes

Should I sacrifice unopened rp codes? Seems legit.

The ChinFeb 16, 20151 votes

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Should I sacrifice unopened rp codes? Seems legit.

it's the only way to climb

ccseancc143Feb 16, 20151 votes

I play Talon and i have carried myself from bronze 3 to silver 2 so far and I'm still climbing. Eventually you will reach a point where your players on your team are competent enough where you don't have to carry them. For example. Bronze was easy to carry sicne everyone is bad and even when teh toerh team is fed they dont know how to close a game out. Silver 5-3 kids feed like crazy and its really hard to carry there. Kids are dumb enough to feed really hard but, not bad enough that they don't know to force objectives. Silver 2 is when i started playing with kids who actually knew how to play their roles properly and the burden of carrying is almost non-existent for me. You have to really just do your part and your team with do theirs.

LoL Ergo UrgotFeb 16, 20151 votes

I hear you, but if I may ask, why did my enemy team seem to get stronger players overall on my team. Why does it seem like I am always playing against a full team of stronger players compared to the ones I was given?

ccseancc143Feb 16, 20151 votes

A majority of the time it's not that the enemy had stronger players mechanically wise is that someone on the other team took the captain role and lead their team. Without communication a team will have 5 players with 5 different ideas on how to win a game. I realized the higher I went the more people communicated with each other. If your team isn't talking dont stop talking untill someone starts to talk. Eventually someone will talk and if not they will just listen to your calls. I guarantee you that if you start talking in the pregame lobby and say "we need alot of communication and wards to win" you will win many more games and your team will coordinate alot better. You basically need to force your team to communicate. Carrying in the lower elos isn't about your mechanical skill, its more dependent on if you can lead your team to victory through shot calling at least thats what I found it to be. Also complementing your teammates are also a good thing to do, but be wary alot of bronze and silver kids will get over confident and try to show off and throw games. 4 Key phases I use alotto help me win are...

We need alot of communication and wards to win
We are ahead lets group
We are ahead we don't need kills we need objectives to win. The other team running away wont get them fed.
(insert champion name), you need to stay alive, we need your damage so please focus on not dying over getting kills you are too important to die.

The reason a majority of kids are in silver ins't there mechanical skill but, there mental awareness so you have to be there for them. YOU need to ping off bad fights, bad engages and bad pushes and YOU ultimately need to call good baron calls/dragons, tower pushes and ganks. Also alot of times junglers in lower elos are very bad at seeing openings in ganks and so you need to keep an eye on other lanes and see how they are doing and direct your jungler there. Like "focus on top right now, hes getting bullied really hard" or alot of times I just make my jungler focus on my lane because i can set up ganks for him and help him and me get fed. Also I roam alot to help unburden the junglers role as the primary ganker. Map pressence is a really scary thing in lower elos. They don't ward as much so having the other team thinking "Talon might be in that bush right now, im not gonna engage my laner" is so powerful its unbelievable.

Overall carrying in lower elos isnt about getting so fed you can 1v5 but, more towards can you lead a bunch of kids to victory through your shot calling. Also side note winning your own lane a mandatory. All your shotcalling wont mean anything if your team doesn't believe you are a valuable asset to the team.

Iv been following this and I have been climbing steadily, of course you wills till lose once in awhile but, you will see a dramatic increase in your winning. Also try to get a Leona on your team. She is op in the lower elos. Her ability to win botlane sing handily is really good to help getting your adc fed. I also sask in the pregame if anybody mains adc and can play caitlyn since her siege is really good early and forcing objectives like towers.

Also Ahri and Aklali should always be perma banned.

Ahri is just broken

Akali is still strong in lower elos

KillnYallFeb 16, 20151 votes

I would tell you that you need to play more OP champs. And roam a lot and ward in all the main ganking lanes

LoL Ergo UrgotFeb 16, 20151 votes

I will adhere to the latter two. As far as the op one, nah not my style. Game would cease to be fun at that point :p

HeroSaitamaFeb 16, 20151 votes

http://www.lolking.net/summoner/na/50891013#ranked-stats ok these are your stats for this ranked season. Your 3-0 on jinx,3-1 velkoz then lets look at your worst 3-8 on viktor, 6-5 urgot, 0-5 braum.

First you to know what your good at what champs can u spam to do well. Season 4 viktor got reworked hes kinda meh. In lower elo you have to depend less on your team and take matters in to your own hands. The best you can do is play split pushers like tryndamere and master yi. You should learn from voyboy or wingsofdeath how to trade efficiently what runes and masterys they use for trynd. I don't know about yi but find someone who is good at him. Its all about pushing turrets ignoring the team unless your fed then you can have impact on other lanes if your behind then stay in your lane.