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Team-Oriented vs. Being Selfish

6lack Superman·8/25/2015, 3:07:38 AM·2 votes·2,261 views

Hello Summoners,

I've been playing league since 2013 and started my rank career in Season 3. After my first ever placements I got into Silver V and I thought I was SUPER GOOD at the game. I later found out that I was not all that and a bag of chips at League of Legends which came after being destroyed in lane and countless loss.

I was able to climb to Gold V in Season 4 but it was during "Pre-Season" or the time period after the Official ranking system is over. According to op.gg I was Silver in Season 4 and Gold V according to LolKing.com.

LONG story short, I've gotten better at the game. Limited the number of times I've died, always keeping vision, not chasing into unwarded jungles. I pretty much got the hang of "carrying" my games, BUT half carrying because even when going 12-2 or 13-3, still results in a loss. It is a team game after all. I can't win a game of league of legends all by myself... BUT.. then again.. maybe I actually can. KDA 8.8/5.4/8.8 (avg)

After some thinking and chatting/talking with a friend, I have come to the realization that.. I'm just too Team-Oriented.. Now that I've fallen back down to Silver V most of my games seem impossible to win due to the lack of communication most teams have. This is said even with my ability to go 24-4 most game where I take the leadership role and try to lead my team to victory. It is at the point where, team mates are simply ignoring pings and chat text as to what to do and look out for. I literally can anticipate and call out everything that the enemy team will most likely do towards mid/late game and I'm usually right. But when team mate A decides to split push alone while enemy team engages and dives tower with 5v4 and go off to win the game, it leaves a sour taste in your mouth.

So, what I've discovered is that, the champ pool I have is pretty large. I've narrowed it down to only playing Pantheon, Riven, Jayce (Top/Mid/Jun). Diana (Top/Mid/Jun). I use to main Graves and Jinx at ADC and Sona/Leona/Annie at supports.

I gave up on ADC because of getting supports who just didn't understand minion wave control and harrass/when to engage. Yes, I've had games where I was 12-0 at ADC and lose at the end of the game because of no peels. Low ELO and peeling... what is that?? Lol.

So pretty much. I've decided that I will in a way "cheese" my way out of Silver and back into Gold V this season. Master Yi, Udyr and Jax comes to mind. Whether I play them top or jungle and the objective is to farm decently and just push obj push obj.

These champs at a certain point in the game can solo dragons so that is awesome. TP does come in mind when playing these champs as well.

What do you guys think about this decision? Btw, feel free to look me up on Op.GG and you'll see where I've had a few consistent games with very good KDAs, some that don't lead to a win that should have with no doubt been a win.

TLDR; Decided to start playing selfish split push and solo objective champs because teams fail to listen to calls and fail to group.

10 Comments

Their Jungler8/25/2015, 3:33:40 AM2 votes

Master yi pretty much requires 1 kill to be considered ''fed'' in silver...so I recommend using him.

Nick Valentine8/25/2015, 4:02:22 AM2 votes

Hey there. I am very team oriented and I struggled a lot in Silver too. I carried myself out using Annie mid and Caitlyn, both which do not require heavy team play.

My advice for you is (since you do not play ad anymore) is to expend your damage in killing and turn around for your team immediately after. The end line is you need to make it so not only you are ahead but so is your team. That is a sure-win situation.

Pantheon Once you hit 6 run in your jungle and force fights in the most pushed lane with Skyfall. It is recommended you know about where their jungler is. Force 2v1 or 3v2. Even if you take all the kills your team has free lane to farm and will not "fall behind".

Riven Keep an eye out on which buff the enemy jungler first comes out with. If you're doing very well (say 4/0) track the enemy buffs with wards or estimate spawn times using your own camps (the first clear everyone does around the same time and spawns the same time as well). Leave your lane and assassinate the jungler at a camp. You help your team by reducing enemy presence in lane. This can be done with any fed champ but Riven is especially good at this.

If you are jungling take your gromp/golem and run to take the enemy buff. Most champions must start a buff (Amumu=Blue, Yi=Red) so estimate and take the free one. Ward the bush if you're concerned. If the buff is free, smite it and run. If the enemy is at the buff look for indicating spell casts (Alpha Strike sound, Mummy tears). Then hide in the bush and draw FB after smite. This alone sets the enemy jungler back and reduces early presence. Early invades are rarely punished in low elo.

Av3nger778/26/2015, 10:16:01 AM1 votes

Here is a thought, why don't you find a group of people you consider good, and make a team and use TeamSpeak to do matches together? I am not level 30 yet, and going solo matches isn't great, but whenever I join a game with friends, I win about 80% of the time. I main Teemo, Riven and Soraka. I specialize and am a beast at my role.

AyRe CoNteMpT8/26/2015, 3:52:59 PM1 votes

there is no "team oriented" or "selifsh". if you can do things that lead to you getting elo, thats team oriented. selfish is when you say "omg noob jungler doesnt gank im afk"

Power Cosmic8/26/2015, 4:04:18 PM1 votes

I am team-oriented and enjoy playmaking and synergizing. Feel free to add me for some games.

Crunchyfied8/26/2015, 4:42:42 PM1 votes

Low elo you should focus more on being selfish and try to carry more often if you are in fact better than the current elo you are at and want to climb out fast. Higher elo you have to be more team oriented since everyone relies on one another and 5 v 5's occur more often.

Wolf Queen8/27/2015, 2:23:21 AM1 votes

Im selfish oriented. I main jungle and i will take the kills when i gank, i will tax your lane. I main nocturne and get super fed this way. I put me getting fed in whatever way that is at the time over getting my team fed. I used to be a lot more of a team player but it never worked out for me in solo queue perhaps in rank 5s it would. I split push over grouping knowing i can take towers fast and get lots of farm while at it, and at how fed i usually am at this point i can 1v2 and sometimes 1v3 depending on the game. Since ive been playing like this ive been winning more then before. This is what works for me

Gandalf0108128/27/2015, 2:27:03 AM1 votes

Why I hate the ranked system. You're forced to play selfishly to actually climb out of the elo you are supposedly "meant to be in" because people suck. Why there is duo-queue and ranked team queue though :)