User blog comment:MaqiiCz/Ranked Games/@comment-5556439-20130710143329

Well first of all. Most players think their team is bad when they in fact they arent NEARLY as bad as the player believes they are. An example is a Bronze V player thinks he is High Gold and gets into Silver. After 300 games he dances around SIlver 4/3/2 and constatnyl moves between them. He thought he was much higher than he actuially was, not because of him being good, but because of his ENEMIES just being bad or worse than him at least. Low Elo gives an illusion of skill and usually makes the person think theyre good but when they get higher they are challenged and fall back down into a Elo in between their start and their peak, which is by definition, Elo Heaven. So dont jump to thinking "my teammates suck" as its probly only your Elo going to your head.

On a secondary account im in promotion to get into Gold V and I can tell you that you will never get away from THAT ONE GUY every 3 games or so who just happens to fuck the game up for everybody. The best you can do is try to sound as intelligent as possible and if no one is making GOOD calls or trying to help the team then you need to step up and make them yourself.

Like if you win a fight at bot and you see the enemy jungler or you know they wont be nearby to contest, IMMEDIATELY, NO HESITATION call for a grouping at Drag. And ping until your team follows through as objective control is the single highest reason why high-tier players lose games. Lower-Tier is usually just snowballing. If you can manage to counter-act snowballing at a low Elo then you can win 9/10 of your games or at least learn how to deal with it.

Learn how to capitalize on EVERY mistake your opponents make, make early baron plays (like pre 25 minutes if everyone is able to group), educate ignorant teammates NICELY on mechanics, dont spend too much time typing as the more you type the less you play = loss, and learn about 3 champions who are by far your favorite champions and ones you perform best on. MAIN THEM and try to bring the gold from your won lane to other lane to help snowball a lead.