I have been maintaining a spreadsheet of my ranked games since July 26th. I played plenty of ranked games before this point, but I didn't really start taking it seriously until then. If I had to guess, I'd say my lowest ELO would be around 1120 or so; I'm not entirely sure. Over the course of this exercise, I have only gained around 100 rating, with my Season 2 high sitting at 1344, from 1220 when I started. Although I am loathe to admit it, this probably means I am at about the right spot. However, I will continue to improve my play and see just how high I can get.
Based on the data I've collected, the only thing I've discovered is that when I play my favored role (AP mid), I lose more than I win. This is a sobering realization. I think I've collected enough information to draw a firm conclusion from that. I'm not as good at AP mid as I thought or I'm not picking the right champions. The role has brought me a great deal of frustration recently, so I'm trying to diversify. I've been playing a lot of Irelia in normals and I like her a lot. Assuming you farm reasonably well and don't outright lose your lane, she can contribute a great deal to teamfights with her mobility, crowd control, and durability. Her extra tenacity makes her an ideal anti-carry. Killing the enemy carry in an otherwise even game will often win you the teamfight and eventually the game.
I also love Renekton to death, but after playing against a few different matchups, I can safely say he's a very niche pick. Against opponents that are even remotely tanky, his damage is completely insignificant. Squishies, however, mortally fear his Q +W combo. Level 2 first bloods are not unreasonable. If he gets going, he's an amazing asset to the team, but it's important that he farms well, and farms fast. He needs a big damage item and he needs a big defensive item, or he loses relevance.
So far, my forays into ranked solo top have not been entirely successful. I lost my sixth consecutive Lee Sin game (not entirely my fault but I will acknowledge some error) and before I was experienced with Irelia, I did rather poorly. I'm not familiar with Renekton's favorable matchups yet, so I threw a game there as well. I annihilated a Lee Sin top with Darius, so he will be my go-to counter for... well, any melee champion? When they don't have a strong ganking jungler, it's pretty much a free win for the lane.
The most surprising trend I've discovered, however, is that I almost always win on supports. As of this post, my W/L with supports (since July 26) is 18/5. That's pretty damn strong. Granted, a lot of those games come from duo queued with Rob who is a very strong AD, but there were plenty of pugs in there as well. I consider myself a very good Taric and Janna player, and definitely passable on Sona/Soraka. I'd like to pick up Lulu but have little to no interest in learning Alistar.
I feel like my strengths as a player overall include positioning and focus in teamfights, as well as capitalizing on advantages and mistakes made by the enemy team. As has been stated multiple times on this blog, my main weakness is probably creep score. No matter how hard I try, I can't seem to consistently get adequate CS scores. My poor CS is partially due to missing a few here and there, but I think primarily it's because I leave lane at the wrong times, or harass at the wrong times. Some champions I'm better at it than others, but it's the main thing I need to work on. Maybe that's why I'm so good at support, because it doesn't even factor into the equation?
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