Alright, so it's clear at this point that I'm definitely struggling to break out of the 1200 elo area in League of Legends. I thought maybe it would help me if I documented my ranked games, both wins and losses, and reflect on the mistakes I made and what I could improve on to win more games.
I am primarily an AP mid player, though I can play a few solo top champions and can at least passably play AD carry, but I prefer to stay out of bottom lane if at all possible, because I feel it is the most stressful lane in the game. I can jungle, but only on a couple of niche champions, like Riven and Xin Zhao.
Let's look at the ranked games I've played so far today.
Game 1 (WIN): This game, I got stuck playing AD carry. I grabbed Draven because I just wanted to play something aggressive and hopefully get first blood. I get out CS'd and outplayed in lane by the enemy Tristana, a player who clearly has more experience as an AD carry. I keep farming and taking opportunities to join into fights throughout the game and end up with a respectable CS score and we end up winning, though I pretty much got carried. I think we caught Tristana in her midgame slump, where she's not quite as strong. Even though AD carry is not my preferred role, I probably should spend some time practicing CS. I think I miss a lot because of the stress of bottom lane.
Game 2 (WIN): I duo-queued with my friend Kyle for this one and we were up for top and mid. Although I mostly play mid, I offered Kyle mid for this game because he's a very strong Gragas player. I go top as Riven and we both dominate our lanes. I get first blood on Singed and he ends up 0/7 by the end of the game. I lead in CS and had about 160 by 20 minutes. I did very well this game and I'm now 10-3 with Riven. She will definitely be my go-to choice for top from now on.
Game 3 (LOSS): Got stuck with AD carry again because I didn't want to make Kyle do it as it his weakest role. He went jungle Jarvan and did pretty well; it definitely wasn't his fault that we lost. We did, however, have a troll on our team. Our third pick said from the get-go that he was going to be playing support Swain, and was generally really negative. During the laning phase, he repeatedly went all-in on Kog Maw, getting a couple of kills, but almost always trading a death for it. Frequently, I died with him. By end game, Kog Maw was completely unstoppable and could pretty much solo our team. I'm not really sure what I could have done in this one. Sometimes trolls ruin your games.
Game 4 (LOSS): Even though we did lose this game, I feel pretty good about it. I led both teams in CS and didn't make any terrible plays. Unfortunately, after some very poor decisions (and trash talking in all chat) our Sona started throwing herself recklessly into towers and the enemy team. To make matters worse, one of the players in champion select locked in an AP mid champion after I had already picked Ryze. Stubbornly, he said "alright, 2 mid then." I tried to remain positive and Viktor ended up going top, feeding 6 kills to Jax. Again, there wasn't much I could do about this game.
CURRENT ELO: 1220
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