I cannot win versus bronze midlaners as a plat 5

l Main Renekton·6/30/2015, 2:56:07 PM·1 votes·1,109 views

I've made it to plat 5 with amazing support mechanics and that alone. I can't even beat bronze midlaners because I've never really had to play mid. Can someone tell me some key points to keep in mind? I can outfarm the opponent no problem but mechanically I am incapable of understanding how lanes work, when to harass, and just the general mechanics of the lane.

Can someone teach me how to do any of this? I'm tired of being laughed at by bronze players who can beat me in lane and say I bought my account when I got there from primarily supporting.

10 Comments

canpan146/30/2015, 3:27:30 PM2 votes

Fellow support main. You have to go back to the basics. Pick up a mid champion you like/feel comfortable with and spam them in normals until you can use your abilities correctly without a second though (which I assume you can do on supports). Also realize that you are responsible for a huge amount of damage on your team. Be prepared to have to make plays and also be very careful to position and not die at key times. On support it is nbd a lot of the time when you die. But if you position badly/die in mid you may have dropped your teams damage output by half.

s LessThanThree6/30/2015, 3:36:17 PM2 votes

Freezing lane in the midlane is generally not recommended, at least in my experience. I play Zed and Viktor mostly, with both I push lane hard past level 6 with the intention of Zed roaming bot lane or Viktor getting wolves and chickens for more cs. Pushing lane at the same time also makes your opponent either take minion damage from freezing the minions with his body, or lose some cs from tower killing minions if they arent good at farming under tower. Warding river is critical, as the jungler usually focuses mid with ganks, and is almost always available to gank mid if hes MIA in the enemy jungle.

FHMarshy6/30/2015, 3:01:53 PM1 votes

It's really hard to believe you cant beat bronze, to be very honest. If you said you can't beat high silver or low gold, ya that I can see, but bronze....?

Can you CS well? Do you ward? Do you know how to freeze lane?

If you know all the above, then unless the bronze player you played against were smurfing, i think you should win no problem. If the answers to my above questions are no, then I sincerely don't know how you made plat.

Yaksha6/30/2015, 3:01:59 PM1 votes

Trade around cooldowns and when the enemy wants to cs Manage your resources properly

Kind of hard to answer without seeing how you play If it's as bad as you say, just focus on farming Maybe pick less demanding champs?

KirynDawn6/30/2015, 3:12:22 PM1 votes

I'm exactly like you except I can mid very well (I can beat diamonds) but I can't out support anybody. The feels man.

I just tend to avoid from supporting

oreosauce7/1/2015, 3:06:45 AM1 votes

If you want to back to get items, you should push your minion wave as far out as possible so your opponent would have to spend some time wave-clearing before they get to your turret. In some circumstances, it's good to let your opponent push and just farm under tower (such as against Fizz) and in others, it's better to stay passive and let the lane go either way. Don't overextend unless you have wards in the river or if your jungler is not nearby to countergank. It's good to get early harass but DO NOT trade autos level 1. You may or may not have noticed that whenever you attack your enemy near creeps, they will focus you and you will take minion aggro. Minion aggro level 1 is very high so it's best to just last hit until level 2 or 3, when you can harass with spells or autos. Generally, you don't want to harass when there's a big enemy wave building up because the amount of aggro you receive will increase. If the enemy, however chooses to play aggressively and constantly pokes you, you NEED to follow up with damage to them, or else you basically let them put out free damage, which is not what you want. Observe the enemy and if their playstyle suddenly changes (ex: they play passive throughout the entire laning phase and suddenly moves toward you aggressively) it usually means there's a gank coming. Be wary and frequently adapt and have good map awareness. Also, pay attention to when they use ult or summoners because if you have the ignite advantage, it can really open up a kill for you. Knowing when to go all-in for a kill is really important, and it varies depending on the champion you're up against. I main Leblanc and if I'm laning against, say, a Fizz I will try to passively poke him out until he uses his jump and then go a bit more all-in, as he has less defense now. Or as another example, if I'm against Ahri I will wait for her to use Charm, dodge it, and then go in to harass. A good time to go for kills is also when the enemy is low on mana, which is another reason why last hitting and harassing often with autos and not spamming your spells is so important. Ekko Is broken af, but every one I've played against used his Q continuously to farm and try to harass. Only thing is, it's easily dodged and he'll end up super low on mana while I have a full hp and mana bar. Also, one more thing: you don't win games just by having kills. You ultimately win a game by killing the enemy nexus and to do that, you need turrets. Meaning, every time you secure a kill, make sure you get an objective with it as well. I see so many people backing after a kill and then end up losing their turret. After you kill the enemy midlaner, you push your wave and try to get as many hits at the turret as possible, and get out before the jungler comes and kill you. The only thing to keep in mind is to not attack the turret before 7:00, as you do reduced damage. Just let the creeps do the hitting and focus on killing enemy minions that approach.