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I'm Diamond but I don't feel like I play like one. Advice?

iqiq·11/30/2014, 4:09:38 AM·1 votes·1,895 views

Hello :)

I got Diamond IV last season, but nowadays every time I play solo queue, I feel like I'm letting down my teammates. It feels like I lose my lane 95% of the time and in general is constantly playing at a lower level.

I am currently a student so I only have bunks of time on weekends, but I don't think the problem is with too few games -- I've spent about the same amount of time per week when I was getting Diamond. I do realize I play a lot with my lower level real life friends, but during those games I generally dominate and I try to test my limits in those occasions. The problem is not that I underestimate people because I'm so used to playing with low-level friends; the problem is that I simply get outplayed, every single game, and I don't want to keep letting my teammates down.

I've tried going to comfort champions, playing meta champions, etc., but none of them seem to work. I've always been extremely nice in game and I think that's part of the reason why I got to Diamond in the first place, but I feel like just being nice and saying "gl hf remember to smile :)" at the start of every game doesn't do enough. Even if my teammates are nice and don't rage at me, I feel horrible inside.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks for reading through this rant!

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6 Comments

Raemnant11/30/2014, 9:36:00 AM2 votes

It might just be a run of bad luck. Ive had many people compliment me on my support, saying its high gold, low platinum level, easy, but there are still many times where their support just sets up kills, peels, CC combos, and has insane vision advtantage, even when I'm playing normals, and the guy I'm laning against is Bronze 3. Sometimes rank isnt a measurement of an individuals skill, but a series of events that happened in your favor. I've been against many higher ranked people in a solo lane and dominated them. Just as theyve dominated me. Same with laning against people of lower rank. Ive dominated them, theyve dominated me. I dont think the problem lies with you being a diamond player, its you being a player

Leti the Yeti11/30/2014, 5:11:02 AM1 votes

oh man, buddy hate to tell you this but you may have been carried to diamond stop abusing "DST" i mean.. well just play more games, play with diamonds, learn from em... get better whoop dee do

Onegarion11/30/2014, 9:59:58 AM1 votes

I've seen it happen with myself when I play with my friends that are lower skilled. I go into ranked feeling amazing just to fail because I"ve had that false sense of greatness. Now I"m not diamond, but I think the idea stays the same. Its not that you can't play with your friends.

I'd suggest doing what I do. Don't go try hard mode with your good champs. Go in with champs you aren't that great with in order to learn. This puts you in a focused state in trying to manage everything because you are inexperienced with the champ. This is how you want to be when you actually play with your good champs. If you konw you can get away with things its not helping you.

I've done goofy things like Yas bot lane in order to focus on dealing with a ranged champ as Yas. Now it was against a cait which really actually helped since I really took some harassment. Other things like vlad mid. Top he is great mid is harder. Constantly pushing your abilities. To make you think again. It always preps me when i do this. Helps me work on flaws and tough challenges. Things that you probably need to play against other diamonds. Also pick your favs into counters if you play with friends. Just to give you more practice. Set goals. CS goals death goals (never kill goals). Allow for improvement and don't give some slack if you get hard camped.

Crystalyst11/30/2014, 8:55:32 PM1 votes

Check out this stream. He lets you post replays and does coaching. He can easily pick out what your biggest issue is thats keeping you low Diamond. There's a big difference between D1 and D4, as I am sure you know.

http://www.twitch.tv/thornswitcher

Balderdash100011/30/2014, 9:12:40 PM1 votes

Winning your lane is nice, but it's only one part of the game. If you're in diamond you're doing something right. Instead of worrying about how you got there, work on improving your weak points, know you're contributing, and, most important, have fun.

Brado1111/30/2014, 10:03:26 PM1 votes

You might actually want to try a new role or champion instead