Boosting the only good way to get good?

[United as one]

Okay, so I've been thinking about this for a while and well here goes:

I used to be a bronze 5, I used to be the "can't carry my team" kind of guy, I always watched pro's streams but could never get out of that damn division, so my friend never played ranked, but he was a silver 2, he grew out of league and too cut a long story short gave me his account, so at first I sucked, mechanically outplayed, map awareness, all those little things I hadn't grasped, but again cutting a long story short after around 100 games I was silver 4...

I went back on the bronze 5 and found it so much easier, I jumped to bronze 1 pretty fast and it was a whole load easier, as all the skins were on the bronze account I really wanted to focus on that so recently I bought a boost to gold 2, it was done pretty fast and again I sucked hard at the beginning but then found myself adopting the play style of a gold, I went back on the silver 4 and found myself carrying stupidly hard and from there I just skyrocketed, every game improving and now I'm plat 5.

Conclusion: I think if you're bronze you aint' improving unless you get the same champion/role every single game which lets be honest is so rare with the "im not supporting" people, however when you play with a divison up silvers/golds/plats sure you'll suck at first but then by just generally playing with an opposion that division you're naturally adopting that play style.
Just my opinion, thoughts?

 

I'm gonna agree that some people do indeed get better off boosts. Some very much infact. Imagine a gold player being boosted to diamond, he will start off losing 100 games, but after that, he will start to adapt the other players' playstyle.
So i definantly think you are onto something there, i've boosted alot of people where this has been the case, the change isn't instantanious, but it happens.

 

The reality of it is you get better by playing more games. It's that simple.

The more you play, the more strategies you're exposed to, the more match-ups you learn, the more versatile you become as a player, and so on.

 

[Insane n00b]

I guess I would see the logic of getting better by playing harder opponents. But I doubt it's logical in every case.

 

[KerokeroCola]

Bronze builds bad habits; higher ELO punishes bad habits. You learned to avoid bad habits in higher ELO and went back to bronze, it's as simple as that. In the end, it's your fault still for having the bad habits to begin with.

The first 20 games after being boosted must have sucked for your team though.

 

[Sovietunion]

Long story short, No.

 

[LoLSmurfin]

You can force yourself to make the same adaptations while still in bronze, but few people have the wherewithal to do so. Because of that, boosting does actually help some people get better.

 

[S]

No. I agree that Boosting helps said player to see how to improve, and adapt faster once in a higher elo. However, playing more games, and showing consistency is overall the best way to notice improvement/'get good'.

I also recommend watching streams.

 

[Amigos]

I used to play with Diamond 1's while leveling up, so was often put against gold - Challenger players. I think it has made me a better player, I tend to pick up a lot of tactics when im getting shat on haha

 

[Money Vault]

Its just you became better, nothing more

 

[Mr_Lectro]

It can help you improve definitely, just because you have to adapt to the level of play. But I wouldn't say it's the only way to get good.

 

[Aerial]

League is my first MOBA and it was nothing like anything that I've ever played before, but I started playing cause all my friends came to it from xbox. When I started playing in about September I had no idea what to do, I only knew what my Silver friends who had been playing for years had told me. This is when I embraced myself with the league community and started to watch streams, look at reddit, and watch the lcs. Now all of my friends do this too and they are a lot better than silver now within a few months. I believe the best way to improve is by embracing yourself in the commmunity.
Btw I'm plat now within just a few months
Thanks,
Aerial

 

[Aurola]

I boosted from Bronze 5 - Gold 5 Last season and sucked shit because you couldn't drop out of it, this season, however, I'm fine with playing mid - high plats playing the right champion and in general have improved a lot. Although I still make shit plays, I do well most of the times, now I can climb in plat.
tl;dr I agree with OP

 

[EliteEloBoosts]

I have seen things like this many times, but i have also seen it get worse for people, so it just depends on the player tbh

 

[rraaiinn]

This is similar to when I first joined league. I was level 1 and all my friends level 30, but instead of them letting me play alone with my levels to learn the game, they told me to play with them every game because it'll let you learn faster.

Needless to say, getting my ass kicked every game allowed me to learn a lot faster than I would have playing with low levels.

So i'd say yeah, playing with people better than you can improve you a lot.

 

[Teemo_OP]

You can force yourself to make the same adaptations while still in bronze, but few people have the wherewithal to do so. Because of that, boosting does actually help some people get better.

 

[ConnorP]

Boosting is an option

Obviously in the long run you would get better at a game but I'm short terms fast way to achieve ranks and season achievements

 

[Impromptu]

The reality of it is you get better by playing more games. It's that simple.

 

[Viscerated]

I'm gonna agree that some people do indeed get better off boosts. Some very much infact

 

[PrivateserverGP]

I think if you put your mind at it, always be very polite and a good attitude towards the game you'll just climb. The amount of games lost to negative attitude is a lot higher than most think.