User blog comment:Mineko Charat Lucky/What makes Platinum players different from Gold, and Diamond to Platinum?/@comment-27010991-20131027082334

I'm gold as well (Gold I), so it won't really count as the kind of advice you're looking for, but like many, I feel self-important enough to share my thoughts. Who knows, maybe you'll find something useful in all that.

Unlike you, I don't main any champion or champions. I play whatever I feel like playing, so long as the champion belongs to the role I'm supposed to fill. In part, I do so to avoid limiting my experience with various champions, in part it's because I get tired of the ones I'm using and feel an urge to try out something different. Ever since my World of Warcraft days I observed how true knowing your enemy is and how deep you have to go to make full use of the situation.

Other than that, here's a simple example. Me and my friend have been League buddies and rivals since mid Season 1. Since I have more gaming experience overall, I used to get better results and I got a better ranked score in Season 2. Now he's in platinum and I'm in gold. The reason? Currently, he plays at least three times more games per month on average. So, maybe just playing is all it takes - if the reasons why people are good at a game were easy to figure out, there would be less people stuck in bronze.