Life in Bronze IV
So far, this has been a pretty busy week for Warcraft fans. With the Legion release date announced and a new trailer for the movie released. Here it is…
I think it’s looking pretty good. Will it be as good as Lord of the Rings??? Don’t know, but it’s a new movie franchise and something I’ll follow wherever it goes.
Climbing back to Bronze IV
The climb back to Bronze IV was not too difficult. I knew I didn’t belong in Bronze V so I played like I didn’t belong there, but I still lost a few. I went 4-3 going as Lux and Zyra support, but made it back to my promotion series which turned out to be a single game. When you fall a tier, you get a credit towards the next time you are in series, so I entered this promo series 1-0 and only needed to win a single game. I did that with a 11/10/19 showing as Zyra that lasted over an hour. Even as support, I grabbed 220 cs because we were fighting in our base so much and the game lasted so long. In any case, I was determined to stay out of the basement and we won, moving me up once again.
Life in Bronze IV
Once I made it through promos, I kept on with my winning ways – I did not want to face another demotion. I won the next 3 games in a row, making it a total of 6 wins back-to-back. It was nice to be on a winning streak and starting out 3-0 in Bronze IV was great. I even climbed to 6-1 before I lost 2 games in a row, and that was because I started having client issues. For some reason, my game crashed at the start (right after champ select) for both games. I was able to get into the game for each of them (one at 12 minutes and the other at 8), but it’s really a terrible situation to try to win a ranked game in. Not only does your team have to fight 4v5 for a time, but when you do get into the game, they are usually less than pleased with you – I received a full dose of toxicity in both games. So sitting at 6-3 in Bronze IV with 74 LP, I took a break and stepped away from league for a few days – I was doing well, but I needed a breather.
Decent back into ELO Hell
Even with a break, my next series of games left much to be desired. While I started with a win placing me at 7-3, my next game saw me suffer through an AFK ADC. It was around this time that I began focusing on Zyra as my main and letting my Lux play diminish so I should have been ok as a solo lane, but the other team was pretty good and we couldn’t handle a 4v5…I got most damage to champions so I was at least a little happy. Games 12 and 13 in Bronze IV went well – my teams were performing and everything seemed on pace to head up to Bronze III, until I hit a streak of negativity. 5 games where I went 1-4 – argh! – 3 games in a row where I had a bad or AFK Fiora player – and they were all different summoners, then a win, but then a game where our ADC refused to team fight. So much frustration and I was back down to 11 LP with a 10-9 record in Bronze IV. Time for another break…
Queue Eye of the Tiger…
Well, that was as low as I would go. I looked at a few replays for my errors and what I could do to improve my play and I think it helped. I won my next 5 games and qualified for my promotion series for Bronze III. I ran as Zyra support in each of these games and compiled 41 kills and a 4.5 KDA over that span. It’s really nice to see how well things can go when you don’t have to deal with AFK players – somehow, I managed to get lucky and all teams stuck around to finish each game.
I ended up with a 15-9 record in Bronze IV and was waiting to start up my promotion series. With a 33-24 record for season 6, I’m pretty happy about where I am and think I’m definitely on my way out of Bronze…we’ll see…
Morning Ramble 2.69