I understand the feeling. They tilt, they rage, they go 1-8 every other game, they pick horrible picks, they do good and throw 40 minutes in. They don't know how to itemize vs their lane opponents and lose lane because of it. They don't understand why certain champions are good. This is ranked. Get used to it.
People say it is the elo, but sometimes they say they have trouble climbing when they just aren't as bad as the elo. To climb reliably in ranked, you have to be around 4-5 divisions above where you are right now. That is just how it is. People will tell you "gold is easy." well that is because they severely outclass the gold elo or they got a lucky win streak into a brute force mmr climb into platinum diamond or where they ended up.
Just keep trying. If you are truly better than the elo you are in, eventually your bad luck will end. Eventually you will go on a lucky win streak and hold onto it for meaningful climb. Don't tilt. Tilting causes severe damage to your account in ranked. It is much easier to tilt down 150 mmr than to gain it.
Play mid lane, play jungle. If you are better at ADC than the people you are matched with, you can play that, crush bot lane, and solo carry games. Play a mid laner who has meaningful impact if you go even in lane or can hard carry a game if you are ahead. Play a mid laner who can turn things around when your teammates are trash. Play Annie. Play Viktor. Play Brand. Play Ahri. Play Fizz Play a Devourer Jungle, Evelynn, or play an anti metagame jungler. I am 30-11 with Rammus in gold elo ranked because I pick him into Zed and I win every time. If you play a top laner, play one who can get ahead and carry in teamfights. Irelia, Wukong, Garen with Ignite, Darius with Teleport, Tryndamere with Teleport.
Gold elo players don't know how to CS. Sometimes I can get 180-190 by 20 minutes while my opponent has 120. I don't do this every game. Although the point is, you will eventually climb out slowly if you can do these little things every time the chance calls for it.
Pick champions who can take advantage of weak solo queue picks (twisted fate, lee sin, etc.) Annie into Twisted Fate is really great when most players in the elo don't even know how to rock Twisted Fate. You can win lane, pressure lane, and outscale him. Be able to contest roams, be able to teamfight better etc.
Pick a power farming jungler into champions which don't farm well in the jungle. Udyr or Shyvana into a Warwick is literally the easiest win.
If you are playing support, just play Janna, Soraka, and Blitzcrank. Soraka is rather teammate dependent, but she's good vs stuff like Nautilus. Avoid playing support altogether.
Make sure you abuse your free dodge every day. Losing 3 LP is perfectly fine. It has no effect on your MMR.
You need to roam as a top laner. If mid and bot lost, you're the only chance at winning, and you need to be strong enough to fight an adc or a mid laner who is ahead. I believe in the 40-40-20 theory. 40% is how your team does, 40% is the enemy team, 20% is you. You can't win every game. Of course if you are severely better than Gold, you can climb easily. Join the club. I need to grind my ass out of the elo too. I don't carry my shitty teammates, so im here as well. I need to carry harder, or slowly work my way out.
I will post more later when I think of it.
People say it is the elo, but sometimes they say they have trouble climbing when they just aren't as bad as the elo. To climb reliably in ranked, you have to be around 4-5 divisions above where you are right now. That is just how it is. People will tell you "gold is easy." well that is because they severely outclass the gold elo or they got a lucky win streak into a brute force mmr climb into platinum diamond or where they ended up.
Just keep trying. If you are truly better than the elo you are in, eventually your bad luck will end. Eventually you will go on a lucky win streak and hold onto it for meaningful climb. Don't tilt. Tilting causes severe damage to your account in ranked. It is much easier to tilt down 150 mmr than to gain it.
Play mid lane, play jungle. If you are better at ADC than the people you are matched with, you can play that, crush bot lane, and solo carry games. Play a mid laner who has meaningful impact if you go even in lane or can hard carry a game if you are ahead. Play a mid laner who can turn things around when your teammates are trash. Play Annie. Play Viktor. Play Brand. Play Ahri. Play Fizz Play a Devourer Jungle, Evelynn, or play an anti metagame jungler. I am 30-11 with Rammus in gold elo ranked because I pick him into Zed and I win every time. If you play a top laner, play one who can get ahead and carry in teamfights. Irelia, Wukong, Garen with Ignite, Darius with Teleport, Tryndamere with Teleport.
Gold elo players don't know how to CS. Sometimes I can get 180-190 by 20 minutes while my opponent has 120. I don't do this every game. Although the point is, you will eventually climb out slowly if you can do these little things every time the chance calls for it.
Pick champions who can take advantage of weak solo queue picks (twisted fate, lee sin, etc.) Annie into Twisted Fate is really great when most players in the elo don't even know how to rock Twisted Fate. You can win lane, pressure lane, and outscale him. Be able to contest roams, be able to teamfight better etc.
Pick a power farming jungler into champions which don't farm well in the jungle. Udyr or Shyvana into a Warwick is literally the easiest win.
If you are playing support, just play Janna, Soraka, and Blitzcrank. Soraka is rather teammate dependent, but she's good vs stuff like Nautilus. Avoid playing support altogether.
Make sure you abuse your free dodge every day. Losing 3 LP is perfectly fine. It has no effect on your MMR.
You need to roam as a top laner. If mid and bot lost, you're the only chance at winning, and you need to be strong enough to fight an adc or a mid laner who is ahead. I believe in the 40-40-20 theory. 40% is how your team does, 40% is the enemy team, 20% is you. You can't win every game. Of course if you are severely better than Gold, you can climb easily. Join the club. I need to grind my ass out of the elo too. I don't carry my shitty teammates, so im here as well. I need to carry harder, or slowly work my way out.
I will post more later when I think of it.
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