User blog comment:Commander Marko/Is it possible to avoid a losing streak?/@comment-5557556-20130830114617

When picking champions for the ranked game you must bear in mind several things.

- If you can, try to counterpick the champion in opposite team. That might give you an advantage over him.

- Don't just build the usual build on every champion, use counterbuilding. For example, if let's say you play against Kassadin, getting tenacity and magic resist is crucial to defeating him.

- Don't blame others, blaming will just make things worse.

- When picking champions, try to pick ones that can complement others. For example, taking Malphite and Orianna can do miracles since you can iniate with Malphite while he holds Orianna's ball, then while enemies are stunned, Orianna uses her ultimate which will throw enemies in disarray. Same goes for Galio and Fizz, Ziggs and Pantheon. Once Galio locks enemy team in one place, they are easy targets for a very potential spell.

- Turrets are always more important than Baron Nashor or Dragon. Because of one simple thing. Turrets can't respawn and can't regain health. If enemy team has Baron Nashor buff and Dragon and 3 lane turrets, but you have all the turrets, who is in the better position? Turrets are prime target.

- Destroying all 3 inhibitors will put a lot of pressure on enemy team, always try to destroy all 3 at once and not just one and then go for the nexus turrets. Once all 3 are down, super minions will flood the base and there is no chance that enemy team will return.

- Have a mix of magic damage and physical damage champions. If you focus too much on one, enemy tank will have an easy job tanking the damage. Not to mention that others can put armor which will make them more durable.

- Don't waste spells, I've seen Caitlyn's using their ultimate in random moments and wasting its damage potential. Don't do that.

- Always roam with someone, don't roam alone.

- Don't farm your jungler's jungle before asking him. How would you feel if he starts to farm in your lane?

- There are other summoner spells than Flash/Ignite. Some of them can be more powerful in peculiar situations.

- Don't pick redundant summoner spells, e.g. Garen with ghost, since Garen already has a speed boost, putting another one will cost him the variety of spells. Same goes with Nasus and exhaust or Kassadin and flash (if you get caught with a flash that has 5 seconds cooldown, then you deserve to be caught). However that does not make Teleport useless on Pantheon and Twisted Fate since that magnifies their pushing potential.

All these things got me from Bronze II to Silver III and I hope Silver II tomorow.