Ranking up in League of Legends often depends on many factors, such as player skill, teammates, opponents, meta… For some gamers, streamers, or professional players, ranking up is fundamentally not too difficult. However, this is from the perspective of players who already have skills. For the majority of average gamers, sometimes, ranking up is a difficult challenge that they cannot overcome. In fact, some have played ranked extensively but still cannot reach high ranks like Master or Challenger…
Recently, in a group belonging to the Vietnamese League of Legends community, a player stated that League of Legends is increasingly becoming a gacha game (which can be understood as a game of luck). According to this player’s analysis, there are many cases where players have played hundreds, even thousands of ranked matches but still cannot reach high ranks. This person believes that the biggest reason is encountering too many teammates with poor skills or those who intend to sabotage the game and play unseriously. Additionally, this player listed objective reasons such as losing power while ranking or having to AFK due to unexpected matters… In short, the points raised by this player are all related to objective reasons from external factors.
However, most of the comments under the post are opposing views from the online community. The statistics provided by this player are fundamentally not accurate. Meanwhile, it is entirely possible for an average player to rank up by understanding the meta and practicing skills… Furthermore, the community also argues that this player’s focus on objective factors is not comprehensive enough, as the skill and attitude of each player when ranking up are the key factors.
Nevertheless, there are also quite a few comments agreeing with the above player’s viewpoint, stating that there are almost always cases of intentional feeding or sabotaging the game, making matches extremely difficult. This is particularly common at lower ranks.
In reality, as many gamers pointed out in the article, although League of Legends is a team game, each individual’s skill is also extremely important. Additionally, players need to maintain a positive attitude and avoid negatively impacting their teammates during each game.
Furthermore, having an understanding of the meta and knowledge of updates is incredibly important. This is because many gamers, despite playing numerous ranked matches, pick only commonly used champions and build items in a conventional way regardless of the meta… As professional players like Faker have affirmed, they read patch notes very carefully, even small updates. This not only improves their game mindset but also helps players avoid getting caught up in picking ineffective champions, leading to poor results when ranking up.