Elo Hell! What can I do?

What can I do to win more? I started in upper gold and just dropped to silver I. I don't really like playing anything else besides support. Soraka is my main followed by Nami and Sona. I try and focus mostly not dying and map control but I can't seem to climb.

 

[adamjablonski]

1. Communication: Keep your team informed about map situations and suggest objectives.
2. Vision Control: Use wards effectively to maintain map visibility.
3. Positioning: Stay safe during team fights to provide consistent support.
4. Synergy with ADC: Coordinate well with your ADC to dominate the lane.
5. Game Awareness: Watch the map and predict enemy movements.
6. Runes and Items: Choose runes and items that best support your team in the current game.
7. Review Games: Analyze your replays to identify and learn from mistakes.
8. Patience: Improvement takes time. Stay persistent and learn from each game.

 

Your damage seems really low. Soraka is a lane bully that should poke out the enemy with Q and E to gain control. Maybe look at some vods of high elo Soraka players and see if you can spot a difference in how you play in lane?

Q is the main poke tool and E is more for situational trades like cancelling charging abilities or stopping engages. You should probably be maxing Q in lane.

 

try janna
better support

 

Soraka is very strong. Seen circumstances right now where she saves ADC from damage that overkills adc.

Focus on trying to win your lane. You can also check what your jungle is doing, roam and go help him.

 

[Chatune]

Play brand support, go 0/5/0 in lane and you will still do the most dmg in the game

YW!

 

All of these games you have posted you have had 2 losing lanes, which is honestly just unlucky. It appears your Jungler Struggles quite a bit usually. Some tips you could take is to maybe have better awareness and help roam to your jungler's fights and maybe you can have more impact on the game that way.

 

[Piety97]

Maybe try another lane

 

Tailoring my response to your playstyle: map control and not dying with a preference for support

Sounds like you need to switch mains, though there's nothing wrong with Soraka + Nami they just aren't game changing enough to give you an edge in most cases unless your ADC is playing perfectly

I'd recommend either finding a consistent ADC to duoQ climb with if you don't want to switch champions, or switching to "hard carry" supports that can have a bigger impact if played perfectly

The champs you choose will be up to you, as long as you enjoy playing them and you take the time to learn mechanics, you'll eventually climb. I recommend Bard or Pyke. Both can completely dominate the map and have huge impact

 

[Rizz_Shop54]

Nowadays it seems like your opponents are always ai bots, but I don't think they really are since your team seems to always reply like human. But tell me why the so called AI bots in low elo play better than gold and diamond players? I feel like they're are a lot of boosted accounts

 

[QumerYas]

That drop from upper Gold to Silver I is frustrating, but it is usually less about one bad stretch and more about consistency. What helped me most when I was stuck in a similar spot was narrowing my champion pool to one or two picks I actually knew well, instead of swapping every game to counter-pick. That makes it much easier to focus on the fundamentals: staying alive in lane, keeping vision up around objectives, and playing around whichever lane is actually winning instead of trying to save a losing one.

I would also look at your own deaths first when you review a loss. If most of them come from overextending without vision or from team fights where you arrived late, those are fixable habits that will show up in almost every game. And after two losses in a row, taking a short break helps a lot. Queuing tilted just turns a bad session into a worse one.