How I got to Gold 4 from Silver 3 in 3 days (my experience)

IcyBubble·11/4/2014, 11:41:56 PM·4 votes·2,095 views

i intend to create this thread to help others who wish to climb higher in the ranked ladder and become better players overall.

My background

  • Season 4 was the first year I played League of Legends and as a new player to a new game I did not know a lot about it. (even tough I thought I did :p)
  • I started out in Bronze 4 and I was stuck in bronze for a long long long time and I did deserve to be in it because I was just not that good.

What I did in Bronze

  • I literally played every champion I owned in Ranked. I played Ranked like it was normal and I apologize if I dragged anyone down in the process. I did not find a role I was good at and I was experimenting.
  • I played to have fun instead of to win.
  • i just wanted to wreck someone in lane and be happy and didn't care about the outcome.
  • I did not understand the concept of Farming.
  • I often would dive to get 1 kill and give out 1 kill + 4 assist for the enemy.
  • My mechanics was very very bad and I mostly played Master Yi and often thought I could 1v5 the entire team and would try to do it with every chance I got.
  • I eventually mained Wukong Jungle and got really really good with him and I finally made it out of Bronze with Wukong.

What I did in Silver

  • I started to understand the importance of map awareness and vision control and the importance of calling MIA.
  • I started to understand and utilize certain team compositions to have good team fights.
  • I started to understand the importance of CS and that I had to get good with it.
  • I started to understand lane pressure and why Inhibitors are very important.
  • I was still unwilling to spend my Gold on wards when Im not supporting because All I wanted was to have items for myself.
  • I would Chase someone with low health into their jungle with no vision and resulting in a kill + 4 assist for the enemy team.
  • I still went for Kills over Objectives about 80% of the time. and did not care about dragon at all.
  • As a jungle I learned that early jungle pressure on each lane is very important. Just show yourself at lvl 2 or 3 would make the enemy play more passive.
  • I learned every role and was able to fill each role in every game but jungle was still the only role i was good at.

How I got to Gold in 3 days.

  • I bought a gaming Monitor. {makes a huge difference}
  • Instead of filling roles I would call out Mid and Jungle every game and limited it to Swain and Wukong Only. ( the reason behind this is because if im good at certain role then why risk of letting someone who is average to play it just because they don't want to support)
  • I started to take charge in a game regardless of what role im playing by calling MIAs for others and calling for objectives such as dragon or baron for the team. basically I became a leader.
  • I STARTED TO BUY PINK WARDS. ( I have yet lost a game when we had 3+ pink wards)
  • I started to buy Wards as a jungle and would at least have good vision in our own jungle.
  • I started to counter jungle with wards.
  • i learned that getting an objective is always better than getting kills because Towers do not respwn but players do.
  • I changed my name to "NO GRP NO OBJ GG" just to remind my teammates that the key to winning is about taking objectives and working as a team.
  • i Learned that If you are countered in a lane or if you are behind Just stay at tower and farm safely.
  • I limited my death to less than 5 per game. because the less I die the less gold my enemy gets.
  • I had a duo partner who understands the same concept and we both made it to Gold from Silver.
  • When someone is doing badly, instead of saying "wow stop feeding you noob" I would say "hey just play safe and farm at tower and we will help you when they overextend."
  • I watched a lot streams by Challenger people and paid close attention on how they play the game.

These are just some of the things I did and changed I am currently aiming to hit plat V in a week and if you have any other advice please share.

2 Comments

5xk8bWHDJL11/6/2014, 12:37:18 AM1 votes

Wow this'll help a lot. As a bronze 4 MonkeyKing last season climbing to try and reach Gold Yasuo this season (currently stuck in silver 2), I plan to apply (or continue to apply) the habits you changed (what made you Silver -> Gold). I have been warding more every game (even when I play Wu/Kha jungle), playing less aggressively and less "blind", trying to remain positive not only in attitude but KDA (not dying too much), and so far I have been winning more games. I do get a lot of bad teams (whom are very toxic and go on tilt) and its been hard to deal with them and the AFKers but I am trying my best to not argue with them (mute button OP).

Gna add this to my favorites, GL on Plat.

Dankified11/6/2014, 1:31:58 AM1 votes

You said Plat V in a week, I hope you know Season 4 ends on the 11th!