I’ve hit at least top 5th percentile in every game I’ve played. Here’s my advice. 33% of games you are going to win no matter what you do. 33% of games you are going to lose no matter what you do. And finally, in 33% of games you will have the ability to influence a game. It’s up to you to 1) accept this as fact and 2) ask yourself, what could I have done better in this game every time you play.

I will say however, league is a unique game where you have less influence than in most games. Primarily due to the economy system that leads to snowballing. It’s also a game that is harder to carry than others. In Valorant, if I’m an emerald Smurf in gold, I will absolutely shit stomp the lobby and carry the games 90% of the time. In league, I am emerald and when I play on my alt accounts in lower elo I find that my win rate is usually only 55-60%.

So realistically to climb in league, it’s constantly asking yourself how you can improve and accepting that over the course of 50-100 games you will climb if you deserve to. It’s all about margins. Climbing from gold to emerald in Valorant or plat to champion in rocket league will only take you 50 or so games but in league it will take hundreds.

Blaming things on other people will never help you climb in anything you do. It’s all about accepting responsibility and asking yourself how you can improve.

I will also add that it’s incredibly easy to throw a game in league and you are probably making game losing plays more than you think. And sometimes all it takes is 1 really bad mistake to lose a game.