What are the best ways to improve focus and gameplay?
When I ask this question, I'm not asking about winrates (although that is the ultimate goal). I'm asking what the best ways to improve personal gameplay mechanics, decision making, strategy, etc.
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mechanics is just practice it comes with time, decision making just think about everything, strategy learn it. sounds simple but it really is watch this video (its an lcs coach not me) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkiCSUeOGTc 3:20 i think? he starts talking/getting into it
There's only one way to improve any of the three aspects you inquired about.
Want to improve your individual game mechanics? Practice your game mechanics by playing more games.
Want to improve your decision making? Play more games and see which decisions work and which ones don't.
Want to improve your general strategy? Develop new strategies by playing more games.
See the pattern? There's really no silver bullet to improving. Just like anything else, practice makes perfect.
Imo: Time, mentality, and a good set of ears.
Time: Watch lcs games, watch streamers, watch your on replays even maybe. Play the game more in the specific role you main. Study pro builds and find which runes/mastery page set ups you like. I use pro builds.net to see what all the support players use for champs and I look at many different players to see what is most common. just remember: 'you aren't bad you are just inexperienced' (unless you are still in bronze 5 after 2 years of playing league)
Mentality: It's not your teams fault always try to be aware of why you actually died. Most of the time it is because your weren't expecting something when you should have been. Learn from it and make a mental note of it so it doesn't happen again. example: oh lee sin does a fuck ton of dmg early, il stop trading with him early game next time i play vs. him.
A good set of ears: When your teammates rage at you listen to them. if they are actually better than you then they are probably right, even if they come across as douchey. Other times they are retarded and have no idea what they are talking about. However if you make an obvious mistake and your entire team raged at you, its because you probably did something wrong. Also, if you have a friend who is better than you listen to what he has to say about your gameplay.
If you're looking to grind mechanics as well, I find bot games to be a nice controlled environment to learn champions, and just loading an empty custom game works wonders for practicing CSing and other basics.
Basically it just comes down to playing more (you can learn all the theory you want, but you need to put it into practice) and watching more (this is crucial, you can learn a lot faster by watching better players, instead of just grinding away in games trying to figure things out yourself).
I have to say it's just practice and realizing what/why something when wrong. It all depends on how you learn personally as well. IF you learn by seeing, watch streams, if you learn by reading, plenty of guides. And no matter what, you have to practice. Also stay calm and have fun, even in a losing game.
While practice works for some people, the quickest and most effective way to improve is through analysis and review of your own games. Not sure which programs allow you to make replays of your own game, but I would definitely recommend reviewing your replays and looking for mistakes.
I used to watch with fog of war off until I made a mistake. Once I found an in game mistake I made, I would rewind to the moments just prior then put fog of war on just my team so that I could recreate the in-game scenario and see what it looked like while playing. This helps with decision making significantly.
Also there is a series of videos on YouTube by the user unswlolsoc. They are dated (about a season old) but they provide a great insight to game knowledge that you won't learn without being told by some one.