Why I think games are lost & how to fix it.

Thanks for the comment! :)

It can be tough to figure out how to help someone in the heat of the game sometimes. But if more people become aware of the fact that you have teammate who are their to help, maybe it will become easier and more people will learn how to work together.

It's always good to remember that this is a team game. If someone in lane is having a tough time, coordinate ganks with them to try to help them catch up. Thanks for the insight! :)

too bad half the time you "coordinate" ganks, your allie backs off leaving you screwed.

On another note, how about a response to the 8k+ view thread about east coast servers? if you guys can respond to stuff like this, why must you constantly ignore serious issues like the east coast servers?

It's always good to remember that this is a team game. If someone in lane is having a tough time, coordinate ganks with them to try to help them catch up. Thanks for the insight! :)

It doesn't always go well this way to, sometime you will have by example a mid laner who died 2 time in 5 mins to the other mid laner. And sometime after this your mid laner will consistently be under is tower with less then 30% hp and a lot of enemy creep to deal with, in this situation it is really really hard to help your mid laner and as a jungle you will have to work around other lane, counter jungle or objective control.

Well yes, there are people who do end up feeding, but try to give them advice or tell them to stay as safe under tower as possible and you can come help them. I mean if a lane is too far gone it can be a really hard task. What could happen in the situation you mentioned with LeBlanc is that you could have possibly organized it to where the jungler stays top and duos for a little bit. During that time whenever your lane is pushed (assuming you are the ADC) you could jump up mid and get them a few kill, or even just try to shut them down if you are fed enough and pushing the lane and taking their tower.

I do understand that sometimes, players wont take advice from anyone. At that point you can only help so much. You should try your best to get yourself fed and try to power through it. As you get fed go around and roam. Try to kill an enemy in another lane as much as possible to help get your team going again. You can do that even if they wont listen to you. This could cause them to see that you helping them is a good thing and it may get them to entertain the idea of your advice.

This is... pretty optimistic.

You can't tell me you've never had to go bot lane with a suicidal ADC/support before, can you? When your Draven says catching his axes "isn't a priority" unless they land right next to the enemy Vayne and Leona? Or when your Thresh literally can't land a hook to save his life (or yours)?

Or how about when the trouble lane is across the map from you? Or when the trouble "lane" is your jungler? It's easy enough to say that you should be supporting your teammates who have trouble early game, but most of the time you have your own problems to worry about. One game I played, the enemy LeBlanc kept leaving lane to kill our jungle Naut. MIA calls didn't help. Wards didn't help. Naut ended the game 0/8, and iirc LeBlanc ended the game with something like 20 kills because she snowballed early and shut us down. When the problematic ally isn't in range, or they aren't predictably in an area you can watch, there's not much you can do.

I agree that toxicity is a huge problem, and I try to step in and defuse it when I can. But saying that "the team has to step in and help" makes it sound like you've never had to deal with a first-time Orianna feeding a Talon to kingdom come.

It may be optimistic, but it is absolutely correct in this: Flaming your teammates for doing badly only degrades your game experience and theirs. It does nothing to help win a game, and it spreads negativity.

Instead of looking for who to blame in a losing match, you should be looking for ways to improve. Even if you lose you can still try to find ways to mitigate the problems in the future; maybe someone could have advised thresh about leading skillshots, or advised Orianna to wait for farm under tower. If they don't listen, or respond toxically, mute them and move on. You can report after the game without having to argue in game. Stooping to their level just makes you look bad.

Plus, even a losing game can be fun. I've lost games horribly but still had some really fun plays, and losing games where both teams banter (in a friendly manner) in all chat are among my favorite games I've ever played, even topping games I've won.

Thank you very much!

As for the 1/12 top, I meant that at the end of the game he is like 1/12 but did badly in lane. not just the laning phase was 1/12. Also, even if a person goes 1/12 in laning phase, someone should have helped them before it got to that point. Some champions are such bad match ups that they can get tower dove at level 5. I mean their are things they can do yes, like getting the correct runes and all and their build, but early to mid laning phase those things only help so much. Instead of calling them a feeder, try to tell them what they are doing wrong if they are indeed not under their tower and things like that, but do it in a non toxic sounding way. They will never become a better player if all people do is rage at them.

On another note, this post was made mostly for normal games and lower ranged games. So the inexperience thing happens mostly in normal games. I was not saying that this problem happens all that much in ranked, although it normally does in bronze and silver compared to the other ranks. Also a person could have played 50 games with a champion in normal games and still be inexperienced with them. Some champions can just take forever to learn, but they played 50 games so they may not realize they are bad with them. This wasn't just about first timing.

I hope I helped clear up any misunderstandings.

This is very true. Practice. That's like saying Elo Hell exist. If your bad your bad if your good your good and you will rank up no matter what.

This is not directed specifically at ranked. If you were to maybe read it again you will see it is a general guide. Also, I don't play a lot of ranked I play it maybe once or twice a month. Did I say I was the best League player ever? no. I was stating some problems I see and offered a solution. No need for you to go off on a rant about players being bad. Another thing, one player doesn't make a team. The team wins and loses together. One person more often than not can not win the game for you. One person can become fed yes, but they can't take all of the objective and kill all of the other players by themselves. If it was that easy then everyone would be challenger. If you have someone fall behind and no one helps them and only flames them, then your team will most likely lose.

It is a general observation. No where in here did I say that this is the only way to do things. It just makes the game a better place. People that hold too much value in the rank of others really should not play normal games or talk to anyone outside of their rank. Your rank does not define you as a player. Bad match ups do happen, bad teams do happen, it is a fact that we have to live with.

Not once did I say that I was blaming my team for my rank, I don't climb in rank because I hardly play it. I do well in most normal game. I am in a bit of a rut right now, but everyone has those times. If I played more ranked I am sure that my wins will go up and I will climb, but I don't hold that much value in being ranked, so it doesn't matter to me if I am bronze 5 or challenger 1. I play for fun because it is a game. This post is to help TEAMS improve and to help make the game more fun.

I am sorry that it seemed like I was directing this at you or I was saying that I am blaming my team. Anyone of any rank can make a guide based on their experiences. I may know something other bronze players do not. If the guide doesn't apply to you there is no need to post on here saying I should not make a guide based on my rank. Please try to be more respectful of others in the future. No matter what rank they are.

Being toxic improves your chances of losing. Will it make you lose automatically no. however what the OP has said is 100% true in how to help your teammates and team win. Yes skill is a huge factor in progression. Practice is also important to progress. What happens when you feel you cant learn any more from normals and go into ranked again. Hopefully you progress some until you hit your next skill plateau. But what happens when you keep getting toxic players in your games. People that think they are better than everyone else and insult the rest when they perform poorly. For some they ignore the twit ranting on about how his epeen is better than everyone else, others listen though and get angry or feel like they dont want such a jerk to win. Thats when a team starts to fail. It can be hard to improve when everyone around you is fighting with each other and refuses to work as a team.