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I'm Plat. Now, what?

Blue Collar Bear··5 votes·1,448 views

So, I ended last season at Silver III. It was my first ranked season. I was still finding my identity and learning the game. A year later, I'm now in my promos to Platinum III. I've read articles, wikis, and spent thousands of hours on the game. What now, though? I'm seeming to find a lack of resources now that I'm at this ranking. A majority of the places I go to for information are fairly juvenile and basic. Anyone know of resources that are more academic and research-oriented?

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MrBuffington2 votes

https://www.youtube.com/user/lastshadow9/videos

LS coaches a lot of players (both public and professional; he's coached a few professional teams, and he's pretty well connected to a lot of Korean pros like Imp), above is the link to his youtube page where he has a lot of VoDs of him coaching solo-q players.

Blue Collar Bear1 votes

Keep 'em coming! Thank you!

GundayMonday1 votes

+1 to this. I gained 200 mmr after I watched all of LS's youtube videos.

Blue Collar Bear1 votes

I'm watching a video for my main, and it's from last season but I am already shitting bricks.

Great suggestion!

Blastumz2 votes

skill capped? dunno man. I feel like if you are plat III you ought have a good idea of what to do in most situations.

Blue Collar Bear2 votes

Not necessarily. Things don't get easier when you get to Platinum. People still miss out on rotations, make bad calls, and build wrong. Last game, my build path was pretty poor. My entire team was fed, but I was still building damage. I should've just went straight into defensive items, because my goal was to set up a fight for my teammates, not solo kill anyone. Sure, I know what to do in most situations. However, so do my opponents. The nuances are ever important and difficult to see.

GundayMonday1 votes

Yeah, what do you need?

http://www.lol-coaching.com/ can hook you up with high level coaches (for free too). http://www.champion.gg can give you a break down of the plat and above trends for the current patch. http://www.twitch.tv/directory/game/League%20of%20Legends can give you high-level players to watch and learn from. All streamers aren't equal so try to watch the guys actually playing (and speaking to) a higher level of play versus watching Cowsep level a Smurf.

Happy to help if you're looking for something more specific.

Blue Collar Bear1 votes

I've seen you floating around my posts. I appreciate it!

Thank you! A coach would be pretty cool to have, and I've been working a lot. I totally forgot about things like tracking trends. Thanks, again!

GundayMonday1 votes

Anytime, gl with the climb.

Blue Collar Bear1 votes

Bump.

KING ATTILA1 votes

Seriously, look up N3ac3y on YouTube. Best info you can get. period. His channel is BingeGamingDotTV

Blue Collar Bear1 votes

Looking into him now! I'll report back.

EDIT:

He seems to be more of a self involved entertainer who makes content that's meant to be pleasing more than informational. Anything he said in the six or seven videos I watched were not helpful.

Tiphess1 votes

Now what ? Well make it to diamond :p

it might look like a big goal, but to be honest there, it's not. It's always the same thing in every elo, the only thing that changes is the individual skill of every player. But even if all 10 players in the game are god beast of the mechanics of their champ, it will either be a stomp from one team or from the other, cause solo queue !

I played on a smurf account and started from silver to gold 1, and I literally see no difference in diamond 3, except the thing I said above.

So now what ? Just keep playing. The only thing that makes you better at the game is your experience you have at it.

Except for my friend. My friend has like 3k4 normal win and probably the same in ranked since season 1 and he's still bad :P

Edit : A thing that could definitely help you tho is just being smarter than the other players, building in function of what there is on the other team, and, probably the most important, picking your champion in function of YOUR team comp (sad life if you're first pick) and not in function of if you counter your opponent laner or not.

You can survive against your counter, but if you prefer to pick a champ that beat your laner but is just bad for the team, well, it's bad. Don't do that.

F33dMeKills1 votes

You kinda just need to know from this point on and learn from mistakes. This doesn't go for everyone but at your rank, consider playing maxed out difficulty champions or at least champions with a difficulty of 5 or greater than. Try out all of the champions with those difficulties, you'll learn something from playing them and you may just like them. Oh, and remember that warding is top priority and considering EVERYTHING about the champion you're playing against.

Blue Collar Bear1 votes

According to freelo.gg, warding is my best average across every game I play.

I disagree. I believe that there is still more to learn.

Blue Collar Bear1 votes

Hi, guys! After spending a few hours a day looking at some of the resources, I made it to Plat III.

However, I'm looking for something new now. Does anyone have champion specific coaching VODs? For example, high level players explaining what they believe should be done when you're playing specific champions. Specifically, I'm looking for solo lane guides.

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