2014-02-10, 07:48 PM
Chew Wrote:Ss the matchmaking somehow thinks I'm ready for another tier.
Lately I've been matched up with people over 600+ wins.
I've only won 1 every 3 matches.
You aren't counting your bot games. Other than the experience they might have over you, the skill level should be around the same so it must be psychological or just bad luck, Chew. Don't let others intimidate you with the amount of games they've played, it doesn't really matter that much. Hell, even my games are against people with around 1k games (sometimes even2k) and I've just played 526. If you really feel outclassed watch your replays and figure out what went wrong and try to improve based on what you see. Also, I've noticed this in most of the games I watch you play, your cs isn't that great throughout the game and it hurts your item progression if you aren't getting kills so if you were to take my advice improve that*.
Adam and I were talking recently about how to improve oneself and he said that the most basic and important thing to get right is cs. Being ahead in last hits and/or denies gives you an advantage that is hard to overcome unless, somehow, there's massive feeding... or poor play. I'd agree with him; my winrate went up from 50-51% to 54-55% after spending who knows how many hours practicing most heroes last hitting animation, damage, range and survivability. Sadly, the one thing you can't learn from bot games is how to get farm from jungles/lanes and still contribute to fights and pushes
That's why I like splitpushers haha*edit: Don't go into hard/unfair bot games but try solo lobby or just easy bots to learn your cs mechanics. It doesn't help if you're getting denied because it's harder to figure out what went wrong (attacking to early/late, walking out range, etc). First learn your hero's animation/damage that way you have a better idea of when to actually attack to get the last hit. It also helps you notice which carries you shouldn't play yet because you just can't cs at all with them. For me it's Gyrocopter, for Adam it's Weaver and you might have one of those heroes too
