If you're leaving can i have your account?

oshi riot employee.

-acting casual-

like Joz said,cant you play tih your roomates?I play this game for fun and not to be competiteve and caring about Elos.I only play normal games and have lesser abusive people that you mentioned.Seriouslly if your having problems with solo ranked games you better find friends to play with because you will only get frustrated

I feel the same exact way. I don't like how someone else ruining my game can affect my ELO, which represents how good I am at the game. I'll repeat that: some random Joe Shmo out there has the ability to lower my ELO because he isn't as skilled. Doesn't sound right to me.

If u think LoL elo is frustating go play sc2 =X

I wonder how many other people feel this way.

Honestly... I have a friend who complains about a broken elo system and how he can't get past 1000 ever as it's impossible due to bad players, leavers, feeders etc.

I am SICK of hearing this. My response is simply that it is NOT the other players, it is not the leavers, feeders or whatever else you feel like complaining about that make you a 1000 elo player. IT IS YOU.

THOUSANDS of players have carried themselves out of elo hell, and you know who I did it with? Janna! A support champ, carried me out of elo "hell" because I FORCED my team to communicate, i bought wards when no1 else would, i ganked when the jungle refused.

If you want to leave the game because you're bad at it, that's fine, but don't be disillusioned in thinking that it is because of a "broken" elo system etc.

Furthemore, the enemy team is JUST as likely to have a leaver/feeder/failboat player on their team. Yes, I am aware that there are some games where it is an unwillable 4v5 because you're jungle went 0/5 and afk'd, there is nothing to be done about these games. But those games happen just as frequently on the opposing team as on your own team.

Sorry to tell you the truth, but do me a favour and look at your match history. I would bet, that just like my friend, even the games in which you win your score is either negative, or nothing special. Learn to get to the 20-0 mark and them get back to us.

Karma out.

Unless you rack up like 80-108minon kills per 10minutes(and if you can there is no way you can't carry yourself to at least 14-1500 with ward play and knowledge fo the game) there is a reason your elo isn't 1600 or better...you'll reinstall in like 2 weeks tops.

Edit: I'm at about 1400 solo queue and arranged in ranked. I'm pretty solid but i know where my areas of improvement are...i got a friend in the 800-900 bracket and when i duo queue with him it's like boys vs. men if i'm solo laneing i just win if i'm jungleing 9 out of 10 ganks result in kills for my team.
Tl;Dr my gameplay is what is keeping me at the elo range i am at while keeping me from the elo range you are at. Your so called elo hell is full of baddies carry them if your so good...i have almost carried my friend to 1k while teaching him ward play and champions weaknesses in lane

Simplest fix:

No duo queue anymore for Ranked, but if a team has a leaver, the team with the leaver gets a boost to elo gained and a reduction to elo lost. The leaver gets full loss or greater.


Also, to those people arguing, I am currently stuck in elo hell, and I have played with many high level players over my time here, and done very well at all levels. But I seem to have drifted down in elo due to my lack of queueing partners and poor internet connections. I have no doubt that I could raise my elo given the time, but as of right now it's just frustrating to even try playing Ranked for me.

There is definitely an issue around the 1200s with so many players all given the same rating, but it is also possible to pull yourself out if you play properly.

I will say this, though: The way you play Solo Queue is a lot different than playing in a premade, and premade teams are where a player's real skill lies.