This account is only lvl 12, but I made a new account that's lvl 4 atm. And it feels like pvp at lvl 4 or 5 is more difficult than pvp at lvl 12, probably because everyone's a smurf (I do no dmg and I get slaughtered lol)
So the question is, should I keep making new accounts in order to play against smurfs to improve my gameplay?
What rank are smurfs' main usually at around lvl 5? bronze? silver?
Just level to 30. Even a mid elo player who is on an alt account (gold, maybe high silver since that's like top 1/3 of the ladder i think, maybe?) will go up pretty quick. The reason you're playing harder people on completely fresh accounts is because they haven't moved up, or they are low elo players who are trying to beat up on new players. Focus on getting to level 30 because it is such a huge difference to have runes/masteries, and even bronze level players are stronger than most new players. If you're wondering about strength, jump into the intermediate bots, from my experience (started the season bronze III) intermediate bots are maybe close to the level of difficulty you'll find against low bronze players. The bots are predictable so if you exploit that they're way easier, but if you aren't predicting bot behavior and just think about mechanical skill of the bots, and their ability to trade and fight, I'd say it's low bronze level. Get to where you can play intermediate bots games and consistently get 10-20 kills and no deaths. (Then you're probably bronzish level play, with a general knowledge base of the game and a solid foundation to really focus on improving in PVP.)
Biggest thing is just to focus on what you can do better each game, and what you did right that you need to keep doing. The game will move you to the skill level you need to be at, so it'll balance out eventually. (I played from bronze III to gold this season, and have a second account from leveling w/ a friend that was also bronze from my placements, and I really struggled in bronze at the start of the season, but am like 20-2 since jumping back down in elo just because I focused on getting better. Which is crazy considering I'm really not good, and just wanted to put the second account where it will get end of season rewards and then work on improving my play so I can consistently beat gold level games.
its runes and masteries. I personally can't bring myself to make new accounts. I was learning Riven so I made a new account to just test against someone better than bots but lower than my elo. Went 24-2. Felt awful. Never used the account again lol.
the smurfs that come from bronze and silver are the ones who think they got screwed and were put bronze because of their teamates, and think that lvling an account up to 30 and taking promos all over again would be easier than climbing up.
The smurfs from Plat and Diamond are your typical Plat players with the bloated egos who beat up new players easy.
The smurfs from gold just do it bc they are bored.
I would recommend that you just lvl up to 30 and than if you feel like making a smurf, do it.
oh ok, thanks for the clarifications.
so pre-30 is like vs bronze/silver mostly?
Nope, doesn't matter what level you're at, you'll come across really good people/people who are smurfing anyway. So if you want to improve, I think you just need to level up your main account since smurfs level fast anyway (winning games give more exp).
just want to point out although im silver and I have a smurf I dont plan on using it for ranked, I can climb without having to make a new account :P almost gold which is nice too.
and also, you should probably just go ahead and level your account to 30, and start playing against people at that level, even though these people are bronze/silvers, they are kinda crappy bronze/silvers most of the time, and I would have to say quite a bit of them are bronze 3-5, which imo is basically worse than being unranked (skill wise) and when you get matched against an actually good player, you will just get ROLFstomped without really knowing what happened. Dont keep making new accounts, just level yours to 30, find a main role, find a main champion, do consistently well, and then play ranked.
thanks for all the replies! I'll just focus on one account then
One thing I found out when I made my smurf is when i started I answered differently when they asked the question of how well you know the game and answered low knowledge on this account and answered higher knowldege on the smurf (don't know exact answers) making me play against better players by default.
As others have said don't keep making smurfs because you won't keep playing against good players all the time. Eventually you play against the same people and will stagnate.
Also there is no set lvl for smurf mains. There is no give away by attitude or anything.
Levels 4-5 and 12 are more or less the same. There are smurfs, and their skill levels don't differ as much from lv 4-12. You probably got unlucky on your level 4 account and went against a gold or silver smurf.
You want to improve? by playing at lvl4 and 5 against smurfs? what is wrong with you lmao
Why don't you play on a main account and try to climb thru ranks ?
