User blog comment:Texas Snyper/Elo Hell and You: Part 1 - The Impassable Barrier/@comment-85.242.186.199-20120325130844

Hi all.

I've been reading these blogs and forums today and i just want to say that i agree with every single word this one comes up with.

The concept of "ELO hell" does exist but most of the people tend to interpret it in a diferent way rather than the one they should. I believe the "ELO hell" is placed between the 1000 and 1250 and this because thats the ELO where you come up with most of the new players starting to play some ranked games just to satisfie their excitment about it. And you can't blaim them for that. The most exciting part of LoL is getting to level 30 and being able to play some ranked games and win some recognition for what you have been doing.

In order to avoid losing some games because of these new players (IF they are the ones losing your game) u should remain calm and try to explain them what top do in a polite way and always trying to make them see what your goals and ideas are by justefyng them.

Ex: I went in the solo queue once with around 1100 ELO and there was this Lee Sin in our jungle that thought he was the best player in the team and everyone ragd at him for that. He didn't gank well (when he did) and the reason for that was that he couldn't kill the enemys in the lane so he just wouldn't go there. In order to solve this i asked the kennen in the mid to help him with the ganks (politely) and she did but he still wouldn't gank for the same reasons. Then i explained him that when kennen goes top to gank he has to go too because 2v1 with the 1 fed already its not that easy, but when u can get a teammate to walk you in the gank, it gets much easier.

This is how you can make it through that little rating people tend to call "ELO hell". Don't rage, try to teamplay and explain your mates how to do things if you know how to. Raging doesn't get anywhere. It makes the mate you are raging at, nervous, makes him make more mistakes and feed even more or getting even moreoutfarmed than he already is. Always try to help him and explain him how to do things. Let him know that you are around and that you can help him if he needs you to.

If you can't do these things than yes thee is an "ELO hell" for you and you are the one creating it.

I usually play with a kid that only sees the mistaks coming from others, rages at everyone that farms a minion in his lane. This causes him to lose concentration, make the same mistakes or worse ones and often loses us games.

When someone comes to your lane and farms a bit of what is yours to farm, think of him as another minion hitting the enemys and try to have the notion of when and how to hit. This way you will keep farming and he will soon leave your lane because there's nothing good for him there.

Just so i can prove to you how making these mistakes gets you to lose, i'll show you a ral life example.

Me and this kid had been playing for a short time on duo queue, we were both around 800 ELO and couldn't get out because of "feeders" and "bad players". One day i went on with some solo queue games and he did so too. We decided we'd do that just to see if we could turn that ELO around. Next thing i know i went up to the 900s and he went down to the 600s, so its not about how you play, its about how you take things and how you react to what the others do.