User blog comment:MaqiiCz/Ranked Games/@comment-4947142-20130712011928

Practice. Practice. Practice.

I play Dominion a ton. Like a lot. I played hundreds of games and got really good at the game mode. I could analyse a situation and judge the best course of action, whether I could win it, whether I should wait/stall for my teammates, guessing what the enemy team is up to and how to counter them. I win most of my Dominion games and nearly always performed well in each one.

Then I decided to play ranked Classic, thinking as I do great in Dominion I could ace it. What an idiot I was. Completely different gamestyle. Different strategies. Much slower pace. Wasn't used to it. Yes there were idiots on my team like adc Teemo, and support Darius, and there were some exceptional plays I performed. But I did poorly overall in most of the games and that was mostly due to my lack of experience.

Play a bunch of non-ranked games to practice. You're not going to be a pro overnight.