Everyone makes mistakes in solo queue, and nobody's perfect. However, watching out for key mistakes is definitely important to climb consistently and efficiently. Let's check out some of the most common mistakes in solo queue below! Feel free to add your own in the comment section ^_^
Introduction
Everyone makes mistakes in solo queue, and nobody's perfect. However, watching out for key mistakes is definitely important to climb consistently and efficiently. Let's check out some of the most common mistakes in solo queue below! Feel free to add your own in the comment section ^_^
Objective Errors
2. Forcing Dragon Fight - Other than the 5th dragon buff, the first four are not worth getting aced and losing multiple towers for. Oftentimes, teams will suicide into an ace for something silly like 15% damage to towers and buildings.
Do some simple math. 3v5 = You're probably going to lose that fight.
3. Failure to Group - Likewise, if your team is fighting 3v5s and you're off split pushing, yes, it's true it's their fault for not noticing you're gone (or noticing you're gone and fighting anyway), but in solo queue it's always the odd man out that's going to be the target of rage.
If you're going to attempt a strategy that leaves your teammates high and dry, make sure to communicate that beforehand. The worst is when someone split-pushes, dies, and then complains that their team isn't taking objectives. (See "Raging" below.)
Gameplay Errors
4. Not Watching Minimap - The minimap shows you all sorts of useful information from enemy movements to certain incoming damage. Not watching it is like closing your eyes and walking into traffic hoping someone will shout "CAR" in time for you to dodge it.5. Tower Diving Early - Junglers do not pack armor early. Do not tower dive at level 3 hoping for a kill. Do not do it. Repeat. Do not do it.
Even if you get the kill and an execute instead of a death to the enemy laner, You just blew your flash and negated the benefits of your double buff for no reason. Worst case scenario, you die to the enemy laner on the tower, your teammate tries to salvage your failure, and you both rage quit to the 2-0 Irelia with double buff at lvl 3.
6. Trying for "Big Plays" - Lee Sin flash kick. Janna flash ult. Thresh flash hook. If you're in a league that you can do it, you're probably also in a league where they're not going to let you get away with it easily. Save it for the YouTubers making highlight reels.
Social Errors
7. Begging For Ganks While Losing - If you're losing your lane horribly, don't ask for a gank. Let your tower die and farm at second turret. By the time you're 0-5, if your jungler comes you're both going to die. You should have started playing passive by 0-1 and it really doesn't matter if they're tower diving you at this point. The good news is, by the time you're worth no gold, you can now split-push to your heart's content.8. Raging/Verbal Abuse - I think it goes unsaid that for every letter you type, it's a spell you're not casting. Communication is key, but raging never helps. If you're a big rager, try duo queuing with a friend (or fellow rager) on Skype. This way, you can safely rage to each other and your team will remain blissfully ignorant of their pathetic ability to land skillshots.
9. Taking All Buffs Late Game - While in some cases this is okay, a Lee Sin taking every blue and red simply because "my team sucks" is not going to curry any favor nor be particularly useful. Worst case scenario your allied Anivia who really wants that blue buff is going to make good on her "If you take blue buff one more time..." promise and drop your chances of winning drastically.
10. Going on Tilt - Tilting is likely the worst thing you can do to yourself, and involves both playing champions you're not comfortable with as well as raging. If you feel yourself on tilt, taking a break will definitely help. Winning a single game is not going to put you off tilt instantly, and will likely put you on stronger tilt with your next loss.