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Tips to help me become a better player

Daddy Putin·5/8/2015, 4:47:05 AM·1 votes·975 views

Just need tips from higher elo players (gold or higher) on how to become a better player. I main MID and supp. I am a decent JG (still better then 95% of JGs i get matched with). I am an okay top. Not the best, but it ain't hard. Worst roll is probably ADC just because i never play it ( I find it boring), but I can still adc and win lane if i try. also depends on support.

Strengths- My CSing in any-lane is fine. I can easily reach 75-95 CS in 10 minutes if I actually try. I know how to counter/outplay counters. As mid I go bot or top to gank if they are pushed and if my opponent is out of lane or pushed. When my opponent leaves lane to gank I follow try to countergank. My warding is good. as support i place atleast 50 wards as anyother lane i buy wards when i have the extra gold.

My weaknesses- this is where i need help. I can point out mistakes i make in game, but I know im missing something. something that is holding me back. something i need to fix. maybe its poor timing in game? Bad positioning in team fights? making bad calls? TBH I don't know. I wish i did so i could fix it right now. So any tips are helpful even the smallest things. Something you missed for a long time till someone pointed it out to you? Just anything.

Thank you to all who respond.

12 Comments

64931067_DEL5/8/2015, 6:50:26 AM3 votes

Reaching 75-95 cs/ 10 min is good. But you must keep it until the end, not just first 10 min.
Maybe you should not play Yasuo and Akali anymore. It is ridiculous when you keep playing some champions that bring huge chance of loss.
Learn how to finish the game. Win a lane - got turrets - win the game.
I dont know, but I have some friends in Bronze, and they often complaining about how hard they tried and how weird their team was. Dont blame others, blame yourself first. Everytime I play a Bronze-ranked game, I found that it was incredibly easy for me. Got any kills, take any towers and dragons and buffs I want, even when my team losing badly (Just need 5v5). So I think everythings come from your skills.
I am an average player - Gold III. You can check my name in lolking.

no dad stop5/8/2015, 3:32:20 PM1 votes

Learn your rotations. Especially in the case of Akali, if you kill your midlaner you should be clearing your lane as fast as possible and looking to win another lane.

If you're doing well and you can't help another lane, you're not carrying. You can and will not "solo-carry" any game because you absolutely need your team, no matter how behind they are. If your team is miles behind you but you're doing well, you'll still lose the game 9/10 times.

Quick pointers that helped me climb:

Focus on playing only champions you're so mechanically comfortable with that you don't have to focus on your gameplay, so you can be more aware of what's happening instead of tunnel visioning.
If it's risky to go for a kill in lane, don't do it.
Don't tilt if another lane does bad, don't even acknowledge it. They're probably way more frustrated than you think and if you start harassing them they'll make the game a lot harder for everyone.

Lich My Ashe5/8/2015, 4:00:10 PM1 votes

Strengths- My CSing in any-lane is fine. I can easily reach 75-95 CS in 10 minutes if I actually try.

I looked at your match history with your mids assuming because you main that lane I'd see good cs farm but honestly either you're buffing your stats with the "75-95cs by 10 minutes easy" or you just completely stop farming past 10 minutes. Either way I'd say work more on your cs throughout all phases of the game.

Daddy Putin5/8/2015, 4:45:19 PM1 votes

I haven't played akali or yasuo in ranked in a long time. They are more just fun champs for normals. Ranked I stick with champs like Ahri,lux,morgana,blitz,Leblanc and viktor (other champs to but those are the ones I like in ranked best) I try to stick with those Champions simply because they can bring more to a team fight then Akali or yasuo.

That is a valid point about the CS. I do notice I start CSING less after 10 minutes or so and focus more on ganks and harass. So there's something. I know I try to focus objectives over kills. So if If my lane is pushed to the turret and bot is trading fine and top is fine I'll try to take turret. As a mid I don't try to take dragon. I will help my JG, but soloing it is kind of risky unless it's late game and all enemys are accounted for.

Thanks for the tips I'll carry these over into game play and see what happens. (Anymore are still helpful)

Daddy Putin5/8/2015, 4:53:20 PM1 votes

Also as support my CS will suck. That's a given. Been playing support a lot (8 outa 10 ranked games are support). I don't know why, but people suck at being support even though it's super easy. Feed adc, help team and don't feed.

BluePolarizer5/8/2015, 5:22:21 PM1 votes

If you aren't winning 84% of games as a jungler (accounting for 11% variance) then you are nowhere near better than 95% of junglers in your elo.

You die way too much as a jungler, which is bad because even though you are the initiator, and expect late game deaths, you should NOT have early game deaths.

http://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/1812354403/216868245?tab=overview

In the first 20 minutes you fight 3 major battles where your team gets aced. That is a hallmark of bad decision making.

Even though you came back and won in the end, that game could've easily been lost.

The Chin5/8/2015, 8:37:00 PM1 votes

sounds like you're very focused on lane phase, I thought lane phase was everything when I was bronze but the truth is lane phase has very little impact whether you win or lose the game.

Truth is games are won and lost in mid game teamfights, look up some teamfighting guides on youtube, in particular teamfight positioning. Watch replays of your games if you can and try and figure out why you win/lose mid game teamfights and what you could have done better.

T RexHasTinyArms5/9/2015, 12:00:58 AM1 votes

I'm not high elo (keep reading, my mechanics are terrible but I'm a decent coach for basketball and can't play that well either so I can prob help a little), but people learn best when they are engaged w/ something. If you're grinding on stuff you're only playing bc it's strong you may have more success playing a champ or two you really love and focusing on how to win the game and get better at that. Additionally you may want to look at if you understand the win conditions of your champs fully. Some champs are all about snowballing, but can win w/ pressure in different ways. Riven who crushes lane and roams to kill other lanes and puts the whole team ahead is one option, but a riven who crushes lane and then pushes so hard that you constantly have 3 top to try and kill you lets your team take other stuff pretty easy if you don't die. Both are good options, but different approaches and if you like one better than the other you'll put more effort into getting good at it and make more progress. Similarly, nunu is totally different from riven, but if you're better at/enjoy more having to pick out who is the strongest on your team and focus on getting them ahead and protecting them you may have more success w/ that play style than w/ the snowball assassin play style. Hopefully that was helpful and you don't just throw it out since I'm not high elo. It's more advice on how to make getting better easier than it is how to actually get better anyway.

COWmanLord5/9/2015, 12:14:01 AM1 votes

Well it seems you already have a good amount of feedback and most of this I already agree with so I will just second what they say, but NEVER forget the most important rule

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlBiLNN1NhQ