hello!! i'm a newly silver 4 player and i'm just curious on how to get to gold? i've heard that silver is quite hard to get out of from some of my friends ( plat v, diamond v ) and was wondering if i could get some tips, like what champs or what roles to play? ty in advance !!
The most frustrating thing in silver - closing games. People don't know how to finish while they are ahead. If you are winning, go take a tower, a dragon, a team fight something. Don't wait to get more kills and a better kda. Just take towers and win before someone losses conecction or throws. Also, be as nice as possible, or don't talk. Avoid getting mad no matter what. Find a few Champs u can use very well and spam pick them. Until you are out of silver u should try meta champs.
i'm struggling to get out of silver myself. I'd recommend not playing support; even if you are a great support, you will not be able to carry yourself to a win by playing thresh, braum, or other champions that require a team followup.
The most success i've had is by playing jungle and top lane, but mid might be alright as well. When you play jungle, you have a chance to affect every lane (though there will always be games where every lane loses by a ton before you have a chance to do anything. If you play top lane, you have a chance to guarantee at least one lane win (you), and you can potentially snowball that into winning team fights.
Learn to play to your play style. SO many people I see jumping on the advice of "play x bc it lets you do y and that is how you carry yourself." While that may be true, people have an easier time being willing to invest the energy needed to learn and improve w/ something they enjoy and have fun w/. One of my absolute favorite streamers is this guy called soultran, who plays tank sion mid at the diamond level. If you ask what to carry w/ no one will ever say "main sion mid and build him tank," but the dude loves sion and he's really good at it. The trick is he learned to roam really well w/ sion and he gets his whole team ahead pretty consistently from playing mid and ganking side lanes a ton (often diving bc he's a fat ass tank).
Figure out what you love and just try to get better at something specific each game. I love nunu and focusing on dragon control taught me to do that so I got better, learning to peel better and adjust item builds as needed boosted my nunu another level, learning when to max q vs e, and often mixing them (2-3 levels in q for early dragons and then leveling e to gank more) improved my play again. When I played heimer for objective control I improved my harass, then improved my tower dive w/ ult q at level six, then my roaming/dragon control. You can carry from any position and w/ any play style (tank, sustained dps, burst, whatever) if you get good enough at it.
Lastly, try duo queing. Play w/ someone who complements your style. Do you destroy lane but can't finish games? Play w/ someone who makes good objective calls but is too weak mechanically to do better than go even in lane. Do you judge baron damage and how fast you can do it better than your teammates? Are you always the guy pinging where the enemy is coming from even when you don't have vision bc you just know what the right play is and you've figure out their patterns this game? Get someone who is great mechanically and let them crush lane so you can work together for objectives and get the whole team ahead. GL and have a great time climbing.
I dunno why they say silver is hard. I can get fed in silver without even trying if I'm on my main role. It's like they'll jump into my mouth to feed me even if I try to leave the kill to allies.
Play literally any role except top and you can get monstrously fed and impact the map hard. Top is a bit tricker.
thank you all vv much <3 another question if you guys don't mind : when to roam when you're mid or support?
