PhoenixNine posted...What to do to climb:
1) Play an impactful role on the early-mid game (jungle or mid usually)
a) If mid; win your lane hard and gank other lanes or harass their jungler.
b) If jungle; gank a lot or harass enemy jungler.
Know that sometimes you can win simply by demoralizing the enemy team and causing a rift between the players.
Champions like Kat, Shaco, LeBlanc, etc.. can all demoralize a team to the point they would surrender.
I actually don't think it matters what role you play - obviously ganking lanes is easiest for a mid, but if you stomp top, you can easily roam mid, counter jungle, etc..
Same deal for stomping bot, but you also have dragon control.
Every position is possible to carry from, what matters is the champ you use.
You NEED to use champs who can solo objectives in solo Q - the times you lose due to a bad team mate, may very well have been winnable were you a champ like Xin who can straight up solo towers and win a 4v5.
Champ selection is VITAL. You need to use a champ who can win when someone AFK's or DC's. You need to not rely on a full team to win.
Xin, Yi, Rengar, Talon.. etc etc, there are loads.
The more I play Talon the more I think he is the perfect solo Q champion, regardless of position, he can carry from top, mid, jungle or bot purely because of his kit.
He's like Garen or Xin tier in that regard.
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