2012-07-30, 12:22 AM
HighOnMushrooms Wrote:So far I've lost 4 out of 5 ranked games. I think I'll just steer clear of those... forever.
If you just hit level 30 and decided to dive into ranked matches right after, you're setting yourself up for disaster.
Some protips:
- Learn a couple of roles + associated champions. MASTER playing those champions (their capabilities, their optimized builds, mastery setup, and rune page setup).
- Have at least 4-5 runepages, one for each role that you anticipate being in. Having an optimized set of runes for your champions improves your early game stats/capabilities by up to 30% overall.
- Practice, practice, practice. Play lots of normal games, and treat them seriously as if they are ranked. Go tryhard in normals if you have to. In the end, playing at your very best is the most important part
- Refine your knowledge of in-game mechanics. Very, very important. Making big plays can result from knowing LoL's mechanics well. There's lots of mechanics knowledge you don't know yet, and you'll be surprised.
- Understand when to take global objectives (Dragon, Baron), and when it is the best time to go for a teamfight.
- Learn lane counterpicks, nature of team composition, etc. Normal draft pick might be the best for learning this.
- For God's sake, please don't rage or play the blame game on other people. That does nothing but demoralize your team and you might be the biggest reason why you cost your team the game. And you can get reported + warned/banned if you take it too far. Instead, be positive, and help other people out if they aren't so hot. In the end, players are human. They are not perfect creatures.