I'm Plat. Now, what?

Blue Collar Bear·7/31/2015, 8:30:22 PM·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?

16 Comments

Blastumz8/1/2015, 5:00:57 AM2 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.

MrBuffington7/31/2015, 9:06:13 PM2 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.

KING ATTILA8/2/2015, 4:07:17 AM1 votes

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

Tiphess8/2/2015, 4:12:34 AM1 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.

F33dMeKills8/2/2015, 5:57:40 AM1 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.

GundayMonday7/31/2015, 8:34:33 PM1 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 Bear8/5/2015, 3:16:51 PM1 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.

Blue Collar Bear8/2/2015, 4:03:21 AM1 votes

Bump.