Any Elo Boosters got tips to climb?
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Not an elo booster, but I reached D5 before I retired from ranked. (got placed in Silver 1)
Here are some tips that personally helped me climb. They may not apply to you, as it's something I personally picked up on for myself during my climb. You might have already heard some of these tips somewhere else but I'll mention them anyway:
1. Avoid losing streaks - I had a rule where if I lost twice in a row, I would be done with ranked till the next day. Frustration is real with this game and it WILL negatively affect your gameplay. Wait till the next day to play with a clear/positive mind. I've seen people absolutely rageplay and lose over 5-6 games in a row knocking them down a division. Sure, you need to make some elo gains, but you also need to protect your rank from excessive losses.
2. Don't rely heavily on teammates - people will suck at this game. You need to give your 100% effort to make sure you're playing at the best of your ability. Be prepared to have junglers that won't gank, supports who don't put down wards, top laners who won't roam etc. Sounds cheesy but play smart.
3. Conquer objectives - I saw this problem at lower elo games especially. The issue with Bronze/Silver games is people are unfamiliar on how to close out a game. They don't push after they kill their opponents. They don't take any dragons till the 30 minute mark. They won't take Baron until the 40min+ mark. These games often drag on for long periods of time since people at these ranks don't commit on taking objectives. You need to ping/remind your team to focus on taking towers, pushing, setting up for dragon etc. If you kill your bot lane opponents 10min in, ping your jungler and take dragon! It'll take some work but some players need to be reminded of these things and trust me, it'll go a long way.
4. Avoid toxicity at all costs - if this means muting the dude who keeps making negative marks, then do it. If you're going to type, make sure it's something productive and is in line with winning the game. Avoid asking questions/making statements that invoke arguments among your team mates. Or playing the 'blame game'. Personally, I'm fairly silent in my games with the exception of making minor reminders like "drag in 1 min" or "mid mia" or "lets group up". I've been in games with a lot of trolls/toxic people who often rage/AFK if you argue too much with them. Yeah, they're scumbags at the end of the day, but they're on YOUR team and sometimes need to suck it up if they're being assholes and keep your mind on winning the game.
5. Play champs you are good at - don't focus on what the 'OP champs' are in the current meta. They won't be OP if you don't know how to play them at a ranked standard. I played champs which people would question why the heck I'm playing them but would often steamroll my opponents because I know the champion inside out. Have a small pool of champs you're REALLY good with and stick it out with them.
These are some tips that helped me out. Hopefully they can help you as well. At the end of the day, focus on having fun and enjoying yourself. Best of luck on the Rift
Here are some tips that personally helped me climb. They may not apply to you, as it's something I personally picked up on for myself during my climb. You might have already heard some of these tips somewhere else but I'll mention them anyway:
1. Avoid losing streaks - I had a rule where if I lost twice in a row, I would be done with ranked till the next day. Frustration is real with this game and it WILL negatively affect your gameplay. Wait till the next day to play with a clear/positive mind. I've seen people absolutely rageplay and lose over 5-6 games in a row knocking them down a division. Sure, you need to make some elo gains, but you also need to protect your rank from excessive losses.
2. Don't rely heavily on teammates - people will suck at this game. You need to give your 100% effort to make sure you're playing at the best of your ability. Be prepared to have junglers that won't gank, supports who don't put down wards, top laners who won't roam etc. Sounds cheesy but play smart.
3. Conquer objectives - I saw this problem at lower elo games especially. The issue with Bronze/Silver games is people are unfamiliar on how to close out a game. They don't push after they kill their opponents. They don't take any dragons till the 30 minute mark. They won't take Baron until the 40min+ mark. These games often drag on for long periods of time since people at these ranks don't commit on taking objectives. You need to ping/remind your team to focus on taking towers, pushing, setting up for dragon etc. If you kill your bot lane opponents 10min in, ping your jungler and take dragon! It'll take some work but some players need to be reminded of these things and trust me, it'll go a long way.
4. Avoid toxicity at all costs - if this means muting the dude who keeps making negative marks, then do it. If you're going to type, make sure it's something productive and is in line with winning the game. Avoid asking questions/making statements that invoke arguments among your team mates. Or playing the 'blame game'. Personally, I'm fairly silent in my games with the exception of making minor reminders like "drag in 1 min" or "mid mia" or "lets group up". I've been in games with a lot of trolls/toxic people who often rage/AFK if you argue too much with them. Yeah, they're scumbags at the end of the day, but they're on YOUR team and sometimes need to suck it up if they're being assholes and keep your mind on winning the game.
5. Play champs you are good at - don't focus on what the 'OP champs' are in the current meta. They won't be OP if you don't know how to play them at a ranked standard. I played champs which people would question why the heck I'm playing them but would often steamroll my opponents because I know the champion inside out. Have a small pool of champs you're REALLY good with and stick it out with them.
These are some tips that helped me out. Hopefully they can help you as well. At the end of the day, focus on having fun and enjoying yourself. Best of luck on the Rift
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U can, just means u weren't willing to improve yourself, this season is all about movements & objectives, much more so then winning lane & kills
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dude i quit lol not cause of the game i was a beast if anything i only quit because i noticed all the cartoonish shit and reliased its a kids game and the amount of people who say afk for taking 1 last hit in lane just proves its all kids playing it
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Did u just say league is for kids and dota isnt't? and u quit league because you were a 'beast' Ye kk
Sounds like the classic "my team is shit but I'm a god" response
I do agree that something should be done about the sheer amount of AFKers in games though, ends up being a waste of time for the losing team
This right here, you just need the right mindset of winning and not letting your team bring you down
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Play the same champions over and over, over and over.
If you look at the number of games played on each champion, the higher the rank, the more centered those games are on 1-3 champions.
Keep playing them until you just can't lose with them.
I would choose a champion who is good, but not the FOTM (Don't say, oh I'll start to play Swain every game) because you don't want your champion to get banned, but also as you climb ranks you'll realize that champions that are played less often are typically easier to carry with.
Take for instance myself, I "boost" using Kalista, is Kalista my best champion? No. Not even close... but its a champion that is capable of winning games on her own (See Using Hurricane to kill 3 people at once) and has an ultimate the basically forces their support to help them, even if they didn't want to. So for me this was an ideal choice...
But the bonus is that almost nobody plays Kalista, so when I come knocking on their door with great Kalsita mechanics they simply AREN'T used to facing it, they don't know how to respond and lose to it.
If you look at the number of games played on each champion, the higher the rank, the more centered those games are on 1-3 champions.
Keep playing them until you just can't lose with them.
I would choose a champion who is good, but not the FOTM (Don't say, oh I'll start to play Swain every game) because you don't want your champion to get banned, but also as you climb ranks you'll realize that champions that are played less often are typically easier to carry with.
Take for instance myself, I "boost" using Kalista, is Kalista my best champion? No. Not even close... but its a champion that is capable of winning games on her own (See Using Hurricane to kill 3 people at once) and has an ultimate the basically forces their support to help them, even if they didn't want to. So for me this was an ideal choice...
But the bonus is that almost nobody plays Kalista, so when I come knocking on their door with great Kalsita mechanics they simply AREN'T used to facing it, they don't know how to respond and lose to it.
/mute all every game, can't emphasize this enough at lower elos, everyone is toxic.
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