User blog:Fistful of Force/How to first pick.

There are only a few things you need to do when you're a captain, but they are important. One of them is first picking: What role you pick will determine the rest of the picking phase. Now it's important to know that you WILL be counter picked, it's practically a given that some guy or another on the other team will know how to play a champ that has an advantage over a champ you pick. Taking that into account, the most important factor in picking your champ is that you know how to play the champ you pick WELL.

Ignore "OP" champs unless you have a good idea of how to play them, what's important in solo queue is that you bring a consistent level of play into your team.

Do this, and you will certainly rise.