I can't get out of Bronze 5

ChangotheThunder·11/25/2014, 5:24:39 AM·1 votes·1,989 views
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I've been playing since 2011 and I cant get out please someone help! I am sure it is me who is sucking but I dont know what to do. I ve been watching vids on how to improve but I think I need a more personal analysis. I try to stay positive but I'm getting frustrated.

21 Comments

Long Dong Wukong11/25/2014, 11:38:54 AM6 votes

I don't feel like making a long ass post, so i just spent 5 minutes in paint instead.

tl;dr drop some items from your builds to make yourself more gold efficient. That, in combination with better CS, will literally automatically make you Silver unless you actually just can't play the game at a basic level, but you obviously can.

OhBoyItsaMegaman11/25/2014, 6:13:05 PM3 votes

Personal analysis is exactly what I enjoy doing. I will be on stream starting around 5:30-6:00 EST, and I would be glad to spectate you for a few games to give you some specific pointers.

Long Dong's observations about your builds are spot on.

Junebuck11/25/2014, 8:25:31 PM2 votes

It's really hard to condense advice sometimes. My one request to you is that you don't say "TL;DR" to this post because you truly have nothing to lose from reading this if you're Bronze 5.

For a Bronze 5, you seem to have some decent play, however there are lots of little things to consider. BTW, this is coming from a Bronze 1 (formerly Bronze 5 too, imagine that) support main who is climbing to Silver because I noticed some of these things.

  1. The BEST way to start personal analysis in game is to stop and think about what you just did when you die. By most experienced players, including myself, it is an absolute truth that all times that you die in a match can be traced back to a mistake you made. As another Summoner, Kshatriya, pointed out, in your games, win or loss, you seem to die a lot. That's okay, I die a lot too. What is NOT okay, and I'm not saying you do this, but it is NOT okay to blame others for your own death. After you die, simply type "my bad" into chat, rewind the game a minute backwards in your head, search for the fatal mistake you made within your play (and it may be VERY subtle) and think how you could change your play next time. Consistently doing this will allow you to easily and instinctively discern good ideas from bad ideas. Typing "my bad" in chat after a mistake has been made also will make it much less likely that someone will flame you and harm the team mentality that wins games. Teamwork OP, right?

  2. While it is difficult to analyze your actual gameplay because the match history does not display replays, I will say that there is a lot about what you do for champion select and itemization that will probably require improvement, as the gentleman Long Dong Wukong has shown. In addition to that, I would like to talk to you about Summoner Spells. From a couple of games as ADC Caitlyn and ADC Kalista, you took ignite and flash both times. You also acquired many more deaths than kills in both games, with a combined score of 11/23/23. I know I am being frank about you feeding in these games, but I want to let you know that it's not a bad thing if you see it as a lesson to learn from and you act upon it. So, the question here is, are your Summoner Spells and your scores simply a coincidental pattern? To some extent, the answer is no. This is because it is widely considered that taking ignite on an ADC is a BAD IDEA. This is in part because ADCs should be able to deal the damage on their own without a true damage supplement; but, even more importantly, ADCs have big targets painted on their heads each match because they're squishy and deal a lot of damage. As a result, it's crucial that ADCs get a defensive summoner spell (heal or barrier) to protect themselves from (for instance) the thirsty-ass jungler that's been trying to kill them all game. Pardon my French, but I'm assuming you get my point.

I really hope this helped, I really do. I was in Bronze 5 for months and became an incredibly toxic player for some time before I understood some subtle things about League such as the points above. I really feel bad for the non-toxic people that are in Bronze 5; if you take everyone's tips into account, you might just break through to a better division or tier.

P. S. If you really like the ADC role and are looking for a support partner to duo with, reply to this post and "Xmp Archon" will send you a friend invite. Best of luck on the Rift!

CreationFlaw11/25/2014, 8:19:38 AM1 votes

If you want to get out of Bronze Five, you need to focus on your csing, as said before, think of your primary goal is to push back all of the minions and get the gold, and your secondary is keeping safe and/or eliminating your lane enemy if you're top, it might help a bit. Also, don't flit from champion to champion, play 50 games on one champion and learn their ins and outs, you may not master then, but you'll have a really good understanding of what to do. Uhm, build according to the situation.

I've noticed from your match history that you tend to build damagey on any champion, going straight for some sort of AP item or damage item, but a lot of the champions I've seen actually need basic items before you rush those. (Then again, most of your games are ARAM, but you should always go flat tank in ARAM unless you literally have NO offence at all. (You shouldn't build Runaans on Quinn, Try BOTRK.)

Edit: Even though you have a lot of kills, if you have a similar amount of deaths, it just doesn't work. You want to live and not feed the enemy, and unless you're going to die either way, you don't want to make rash decisions and get a kill just to die because you dived 1v3 and killed the person with 200 hp.

MrSc0tty11/26/2014, 4:15:54 PM1 votes

First off I suggest looking at OP.gg for some macro-level looks at your play.

For instance, your KDAs are suuuuper low because of high death count. Ironically, your lowest-death champs are some of the ones with the most danger to be dived, like Ashe, and Anivia.

Id suppose that as a tanky champ, or a highly mobile champ, you're predisposed to overconfidence because you have that safety, while with a champ where you're at risk, you play carefully and thus better. In general, it's better to be careful and contribute a little less damage than be cocky and sometimes contribute more but sometimes die like a bitch.

ChangotheThunder11/25/2014, 5:28:31 AM1 votes

Please any advice is welcome.

ChangotheThunder11/26/2014, 4:34:07 PM1 votes

Ive been building janna apc for a while i used to main her and she is still one of my favorite champs. I think the nerfed her. She used to do apc damage.

Mellori11/25/2014, 5:44:57 AM1 votes

Granted I'm not anything really talented like Gold, but I made Bronze I shortly after hitting 30. I might be able to help you out while playing if you want to add me. ^^

ChangotheThunder11/25/2014, 5:52:58 AM1 votes

Gattle (NA) - 35 minutes ago Simply improve your cs to where you get between 100 and 120 by 20 minutes on average and you will get to silver. Your cs is pretty poor, which leads to a lack of gold to buy items. One kill is about 15 cs or so. Think of each cs you get instead of poking the enemy as you getting 20 gold or whatever instead of doing little to the enemy.