I need some serious help..

xLucidx·4/30/2015, 2:50:06 PM·1 votes·813 views

Ok, I've been playing league for about 2 years all together, at the end of S4 i went into ranked because why not? i got placed in Silver 5 and was climbing. I knew they were going to reset the ranks and stuff but i didn't think they were going to screw everyone over with the ranks. After i did my placement matches (8-10) I was placed in Bronze 5, i've been to the advancement sires 2 times and either lose because someone autolocks and then feed and doesn't talk, or just a bad game on everyone's part. I guess im just looking for some serious tips that anyone has, and if your reading this thinking "What a newb" or "Your in bronze because you suck" well then tell me something I dont know. TIPS TIPS TIPS Thank you

9 Comments

Sinister Grim4/30/2015, 3:24:50 PM2 votes

one of the only ways you can really get out of bronze is by either getting lucky with your team or learning how to out play the other. most people in bronze don't really know how to play a champ to it's full potential. if your team is losing then just try and focus on yourself and your lane. look for the golden opportunity to make a good play.

Commit Sudoku4/30/2015, 6:36:11 PM1 votes

Looking at your match history I have a few things to say. First of all Riot really didn't screw anyone over with the ranked reset I was Gold 5 last season I was placed Silver 3 (a rank I clearly don't deserve) it was not hard for me to get back to Gold and I am Gold 3 now so if you don't deserve to be in a rank it should be easy to get out. So looking at your match history be honest it appears like you deserve to be in bronze and you may have just gotten lucky on your season 4 placements. You don't farm well you take Clarity and Exhaust/Barrier on your supports/mid laners, you hardly use your trinket, you never buy pink wards, when you play amumu you never upgrade jungle item into cinderhulk and just build items around it, etc. (Also last season I was in my Silver 2 to Silver 1 series 8 times before I actually won it)

So what it looks like to me you really don't know a lot about the game if you continue to play ranked you will probably continue to stay where you are. You simply don't have enough experience either. I didn't play my first ranked game until I had 600 normal wins and I was placed silver 5 and got up to silver 3 that season. You are running on less than 200 and jumping right into it ofcourse this could be totally different if you were playing with Gold+ players on your way to 30 because you would learn how to play quicker from them but it doesn't appear you have.

I'd say take off from rank take some more time to learn the game or accept that you are where you belong continue playing ranked and try and improve from there because you can't get worse the B5 anyway.

I'd start by learning how to farm and increasing your champion pool because you are taking some of the champions you play into really bad match ups and you are just not getting the gold income from minions you should be.

CrazyHollow4/30/2015, 7:28:22 PM1 votes

Bronze is all about improving your mechanics, primarily in laneing phase. What most bronze players lack is simply experience of how to play a lane out properly which is why game snowball super hard. Pick a few champions that you enjoy playing and practice cs'ing with them in custom games. Next start playing vs bots and then normals. In general I would say to play passive and let the other player make the mistake. This will happen a lot in bronze since people don't pay attention to the position of the wave and will take bad trades. Some advice I can give you about your match history is to not take clarity... It isn't a good summoner spell compared to the others. ALWAYS take flash. There is no way your good enough at positioning to not need it. Next is to finish your items before working on others. This is just more cost efficient. As support always buy a sight stone since vision is key to improving past silver. Out side of just game play, watch videos. There are plenty of resources other then just grinding or the boards that will help you. Pro leagues like LCS, LCK, and EU LCS will help you understand the strategy of the game and watching streams will help you understand match ups and decision making.

GLHF

Ahurath5/1/2015, 11:20:17 AM1 votes

I don't really know what roles you play but I have a few tips that helped me climb atleast. 1.Pick something that you are good with and find sucess on often. 2.Try to pick lany bullys since then you can win early and close the game earlier before everyone starts to throw. 3.When you use chat, try to call team calls not what a single person should do since then you will most likley get mad. 4.Take responsibillity for your misstakes and practice your weakpoints.

xLucidx5/2/2015, 4:16:04 AM1 votes

Thanks for everyone who commented! Really helped!