User blog comment:Mineko Charat Lucky/Low Elo doesn't exactly mean you're bad at the game/@comment-109.121.36.137-20121222124719

I just hate how some people think if you have let's say 900 ELO you will suck hard.

I once had an oportunity to play with a guy who had golden emblem on his profile picture meaning that he was gold ELO in season 2. It was a normal game and he took Xin Zhao, I took Kog Maw, our mid took Veigar, in bot lane there was Alistar and in jungle we had Fiora. Not so great setup but it was good.

That gold ELO player was average, not super duper good or uber good, just plain average. I've seen way better Xin players than him.

In the end me and Veigar carried the team, Fiora had a nice kill score but died to much and Xin was just cannon fodder. I mainly used him as meat shield constantly hiding behind him.

Also one very important thing that people seem to forget very much. THIS IS A TEAM GAME, YOUR ELO IS RESULT OF 20% OF YOUR PLAYING AND 80% OF YOUR TEAM. This is not solo game, no matter how well fed you are no champion can go vs 3 at once and win. So your ELO is proportional to the skills of your teammates as well, not just your skills.

That is why you need at least 2 or 3 people in your team that are your friends so you can carry the rest of the team if they are bad.

ELO system is not perfect and when you see someone's score, don't judge him by that until you see his gaming.