How This Client Went From Gold To Master In 14 Months

[@CoachCurtis]

Neckless will be answering questions about his journey in the comments :) Also don't forget I have a coaching channel linked in the description!

[@xiqy1959]

I started playing in January of this year, it is surreal to me that the game takes so much mental fortitude to climb above the rank of gold. I was bronze 3 for about three months; fighting through yuumi bots and griefers. I then boosted my account to gold and have since maintained around gold 3-gold 2 elo since May over roughly 400 games. Is there any advice you can give to those seeking the next step towards diamond in the sense of your "bronze videos"? As much as I disagree with those videos on the basis of my own kda, and cs/pm, and g/pm stuck in bronze back then, what changes in this higher elo? Is it the same? does one magically climb overcoming the incompetence of of your teammates and do kills just fall into your hands from mis-tethering?

[@ripslash6048]

@@xiqy1959 basically , u can get away with power climbing with the jungle role as a fast farming champ like master yi or xin zhao from iron to plat 1 and u dont even need to gank alot . by the time teamfights start in mid to late game , u will be strong enough to 1vs5 , but u should still wait for ur team to be nearby to help u . the first item u need is blade of the ruined king and the rest of the items with hp like black cleaver to shred through any tanky build and divine sunderer so u wont get one shot in teamfights . lethal tempo made champions like yi and xin zhao super broken . from daimond and above , yi becomes way less valuable , becuz players are more prepared for teamfights with cc champs that have stuns , roots and knock ups . xin zhao will still be viable , but for ganks , u will have trouble chasing enemies after they flash away . basically , in low elo u can just play safe and power farm until mid to late game and win teamfights . in high elo , u have to interact with ur teammates and predict wen they are about to get ganked , ( for example , if the enemy hasnt been seen in the map , they might be on their way to gank them ) so that u can counter gank them and have a chance of winning that fight . teamfights are usually wat win games and if ur team is behind by the time objectives spawn , ur opponents will take everything and keep increasing their lead . btw , using ur teleport on wards that are in bushes near ur teammates is the most effective way to turn a 1vs1 in top lane , into a 2vs1or a 2vs2 in bot lane , into a 3vs2 . i recommend learning the jungle role in low elo , becuz in high elo u will need to keep an eye on ur jungle so that u can be ready to help him in a fight wen he steps into a dangerous area like the river

[@d4s0n282]

I have a question curtis, I used to be a part of it until I got kicked out pretty much for being too toxic and also really only playing for a few months at that point and was legit bronze/silver at that point in s11, would I be allowed to come back and given another chance?

[@jakemertens8828]

> Stops playing Kassadin > Immediately stops being toxic Story checks out

[@d4s0n282]

legit tho, its insane how much a good mental u have to have to play kassadin, compared to vlad, which I would argue should be just as bad but I have not met that many toxic vlads at all

[@TheTalentLessxd]

@@d4s0n282 well you havent seen the czech vlad community

[@eVill420]

@@TheTalentLessxd 20 people?

[@cupidok2768]

OMG i need to get to challenger!! i still can't get into this coaching

[@AmonForatto]

starts Irelia... 2x as toxic

[@anniekujo]

I love seeing other people achieve great things, can't say it enough. People putting in the time, having the will power and having the discipline to actually do it, is amazing to me. I hold a really high respect to people like neckless, especially if you come from a toxic gold hardstuck background (like me).

[@levijm890]

Neckless is an absolute inspiration man. The ending really makes me happy, "It's not what I learned about the game; it's what I learned about learning." Seeing someone develop a better mentality because of league is so cool. I don't know if Neckless is still responding to comments, but if he is, I'd like to ask what were the key things you learned about learning? I know you touched a bit on it in the video, but I'd love to hear more about it.

[@Masterpouya]

Thanks for sharing! Very inspirational. I'm curently in G1 EUW (and gold player for many seasons..) and hit the BO for plat many times, got to P4 with Akshan and felt all the way back to G1 when I swaped to learn Azir (droped to 30%WR over 40games then back to ±52%). What you said is very inspiring. I tend to think "I'm playing OK, but bruisers are just stronger and my jungler always int me", but deeply inside I know I'm lying to myself cause with any champion I should be able to climb ifI truely deserve it by having a clear lane dominance and good usage of it later on in the game. I don't really have questions. It's more of a thank you message, to both of you. I'll (re)-start working on the fundamentals and focus truely on learning from every game more than just "win" when I over performed or my opponents were especially bad. So thanks for that. Hope to get to low diamond for next year!

[@CoachCurtis]

Good luck my friend

[@psyjinx]

There used to be an Overwatch Coach by the name of Jayne. He used to say: "If one person on your team does something stupid, it's a mistake. If the whole team does something stupid, it's a strategy." Sounds like this would have been incredibly powerful to hear for his Diamond climb.

[@d4s0n282]

what did happen to jayne? he is basically the coach curtus of OW, but I stopped playing that game

[@coolbrotherf127]

​@@d4s0n282He had some mental issues and pretty much disappeared from the Internet a few years back.

[@d4s0n282]

@@coolbrotherf127 ah that sucks, he was such a insanely good coach, also really sad that Ow has fallen apart

[@paulpoltzt9900]

26:47 has to be the most awesome voice crack I've heard in a while! Great video as well, thank you for taking us on the ride, both to you and neckless!

[@hidasi55]

😂😂😂

[@wrenromero6392]

There's few things in life better than listening to someone talk about something they truly love; hearing this fuul talk about Irelia was a treat. Glad he was able to get to that stage in his relationship to the game.

[@KingOfJokers013]

I think my favorite thing about Coach Curtis is that because he does so much research into other types of coaching for different sports and has an emphasis about the psychology of the game, his style of coaching (as I'm sure many have said before) is so very easily translatable to real life. Both a life and league coach lol

[@joshuavoo241]

Neckless is so good at articulating his thoughts, maybe its just how he is, or after this process his mind developed in a way to be able to do this, but either way im rlly in awe how well he was able to bring out his message, tq so much to both of u guys Curtis & Neckless

[@levijm890]

You can do this too! To do so, read & write lots, and you'll see your capability of communicating will greatly improve Your ideas/thought process will gradually become clearer and more articulate.

[@Thomas-tf6gj]

Love these interviews by you and Nathan exploring different players' journeys and processes

[@LamixFace]

Loved the conversation. I feel that every player looking to climb needs to watch this.

[@garagavia]

Great talk. Some of the most inspiring for learning is seeing others who have learned.

[@Dilllly]

I love what you guys talk about at 42:00 . I find people constantly assume they played it correctly. Which just isn't productive when the goal is to improve. People don't typically follow up and try to see if they were actually wrong. It's such a good idea to assume you're wrong and prove you're right. I love it.

[@chenteaching3195]

I feel sooooooo identified with what he said along the video. Been struggling to play my best League of Legends and like 1 week ago I started to seriously consider joining the MLA, though I was like "maybe I won't get results". This video pulled the trigger for me and, as long as there are any openings, I will be there trying my best to succeed. Used to be d3 and now I am struggling in plat elo, let's freaking get into the details and revisit the fundamentals. s13 is mine.

[@hihigh1196]

how is it going?

[@PossiblyABird]

I keep playing league on and off but I always watch the podcast and these interviews, and the thought process taught here for league has vastly improved my mindset towards basically all facets of my life, I can say with confidence that Curtis and Nathan are easily the best teachers I've ever had and I've never even spoken to them. Also seeing interviews with normal people like neckless really motivates me since I have a lot of the same issues as him, so it's really refreshing hearing I'm not the only one and that it's possible to improve.

[@Thomas-tf6gj]

Very thoughtful and interesting dicussion! Seriously helpful.. many wise words and concepts spoken

[@tjcarhart9304]

One of the coolest coach curtis interviews ive seen and ive seen em all- cheers coach thanks 4 the vid

[@ChristianReinholdt]

Love that these are more about how to learn/improve in life, rather than how to play league specifically. This series helps people live better lives, rather than just become better at a specific Champion, in a specific meta, in a specific video game.

[@ryanl1491]

The giving up at level 5 is definitely one of my worst habits, I feel my brain turning off when the going gets hard in a game sometimes.

[@FranciscoJLora]

Seeing a kid with this mindset makes very happy

[@tenhayz1889]

This video is really important to me as I was at a difficult point of my soloQ journey. Ive been stuck in gold since forever until this season where I really tried to improve since my life is shit outside of my job and I needed something. I picked Xayah, a champion that I love but never dared to really play because I viewed the adc role as a joke (I used to play mainly top), along with my trusty ezreal that I played a lot previously because it is the 1v2 botlaner and as toplaner I couldnt rely on my support. I watched a TON of coaching and gameplay videos before the start of the season and until march, I still watch a few regularly (mainly Curtis and Saber). After the easy and quick climb to gold4 the knowledge I accumulated helped me breeze through gold4 to gold1, feeling like I got really better at the game. I stuck in gold1 a little while, until a few videos about mentality helped me unlock my brain and I reached P3. Since then I am oscillating between P4 and P3 where I lose a lot half the time because I am lost when my supp picks an enchanter and ignores the lane and half the time because I carry a bad game but I end up greeding for an objective or messing up on my mechanics and I end up depressed by my poor performance. Several times during the year I had a few days or even a week during which I lose nearly all my games in these 2 ways, which always hurts my mental, it happened again very recently where for the first time this year I thought about giving up my champion and the adc role. Watching this video made me realize several things. I will not give up on Xayah, it is the champion I love, if I force myself into something else I will not have fun, which is counter-productive. I have been looking and experimenting for a 3rd champ for a while, which will be Lucian since it is the 3rd adc I like the most. It also solidifies my player identity as spellcasting adc (I really enjoyed lethality Xayah, RIP) player with an agressive playstyle and outplay potential. I need to be less hard on myself, yes I make mistakes, but I need to understand why they happen and work on fixing them rather than being sad and angry. And of course I should be improving my fundamentals, positioning, map awareness, decision making and so on. Hopefully I will keep this in mind, so I can have fun while learning, in defeat like in victory.

[@zoo3708]

this guy is awesome I love him its cool how passionate he is about Irelia makes me wanna main her

[@simplecliche5833]

Recently I’ve gotten the realization is rank 1 challenger is my dream. I’ve been trying to fix my mindset and it’s been really fun getting better and focusing on improvement.

[@LeylzYT]

Wow he reminds me of myself. Time to change my fucking ways lmao

[@oxey_]

i believe in you homie

[@CoachCurtis]

Now is a great time to start.

[@joaopedrorosa3262]

Man this motivated me so much to climb and perfect my main. Thanks man!

[@TheMEotaku]

As an emotional player, I really relate to the struggles he went through and it gives me hope that I can improve too

[@asyhei]

Really love these videos. They always drop when I'm struggling. Hit diamond two months ago, and peaked d2 ~2 weeks later, but ever since then, despite my efforts to focus on my own improvement, it's been really rough, and I've been around d4-d3 mmr. Gonna try to really stop caring about how I may look and just properly commit to improving again, especially since I've realized that I kinda stopped adapting to the chaos and went back to wanting to play things my way, getting frustrated at teammates getting in the way of how I think the game should play out. Thanks Curtis and Neckless, hoping that by the end of the season I can at least be back in d2 😼

[@NonEntropy]

Sounds similar to my situation. As long as you adopt the process and accept your level of play is d3/4 you can do it!

[@mdspartan167]

“I was gold 1, bad at the game and had a bad relationship with the game.” •me going from b4 to g4 this season and stuck suddenly realizing I’m still bad at the game•

[@rubendeleeuw1556]

Love this content. So cool. Really love getting insights into someone else's journey and process.

[@blackkeys00]

Very good video and I like how Neckless can express and explain things.

[@RocketMan12260]

I can see Curtis got a piano in the background, nice

[@themanfromerf]

Interesting one. I main Cho'Gath top, a very different experience than an Irelia or a Yone. I like both those champs, but they didn't quite play to my strengths. For my Cho games, the key thing to getting a high win rate was about psychology. I usually main support, so my way of thinking about the game was more slow and macro oriented. Cho is obviously a slow, very telegraphed champ, but I found that this was something I could use to my advantage. Its a strength, not a weakness. With my R button doing ~1k true damage on command, I found that I could very easily unsettle my opponent. Especially once its happened to them already. The basic wave mechanics I learned in support suddenly became extremely powerful. All I need to do is get my opponent to around 60% hp, with the wave in an advantageous position. Once they know I can just push R on them in those circumstances, the psychological warfare operation already has them basically defeated. People underestimate the Cho pick. They don't realize I can push E, flash, W, and then instantly use my buffered auto attack. They're now silenced and slowed, and its impossible for them to dodge my Q, and the last sound they will hear is "OHM-NOM-NOM-NOMNOMNOMNOM". By then, its already too late. The psychological warfare has already set in, and my opponent is very afraid of me slowly walking up to them like the terminator. There's something very satisfying about making your opponent learn to fear your big, clunky, waddling, 6k HP champ and the sudden flash E W aa, followed by a final "OHM-NOM-NOMNOMNOM". It really gets in their head. Average Cho gameplay. So fun.

[@AmonForatto]

This guy is a GOD. How can he find the continue button with his eyes covered? No shit he got master tier

[@ikarosms]

I love these videos, really interesting

[@SelmiAzhar]

The biggest take is he played all the champs and has a somewhat understanding of the cooldowns and what they look to do in the game. I am just 4 minutes in and biased towards this concept. Every high elo player I ever came across knows what each and every champion does.

[@pattuttle6255]

Yes, to climb further in league I think you need to know every single champions trading patterns to be successful

[@NonEntropy]

The issue I had was back when I played every champ I didn't have a process of learning the game. Sure I put time into every champion but that doesn't mean I learn every champion. My main issue was that I didn't have a champion I had any sort of mastery on. Looking back I would much rather have good mastery on 1 champion than what I had. Ultimately it is very helpful to understand what every champion wants but its only useful if you know what every champion wants through the lens of your own champion and how it relates to you.

[@thanospro1877]

Knowing what each champion does is a basic thing wtf? I knew what each champion did when I was like silver 5 or something. Knowing what each champion does is something you SHOULD do, but it doesn't make you challenger.

[@SelmiAzhar]

@@thanospro1877 i did not say it makes you challenger. read again my love.

[@raphaelnej8387]

Thx captain obvious Master players played the game more than silver players. Yes. And magnus carlsen played the game more than a beginner chess player. And magnus carlsen somehow knows better how the pieces move. Strategy games come with knowledge. You can’t win at lol without knowledge. And you don’t need to play a champ to know what it does. You need to know yours so that you can focus on the enemy champ better. And actively learn what it does. Not just look at it.

[@vansserafim]

It's interesting that Neckless looks like a model yet a high elo lol player

[@oxey_]

Do you have any plans to ever expand MLA to other lanes as well, maybe with other coaches that have a similar philosophy on how you should coach? I'm loving these videos and they apply to my role (support) a lot as well, but a TLA, BLA or SA would be pretty cool :)

[@chukkoyt]

Pretty sure there is a support academy look up coach cupcake

[@JamesBaleLA]

There’s saltu and support academy already. Top lane and adc need something though haha

[@oxey_]

@@JamesBaleLA oo that's cute! I'll check it out

[@Freakattaker]

Top lane has Coach Eragon rn. ADC has xfsn Saber, but he's probably the "weakest" out of all of these coaches. Still useful tho.

[@CoachCurtis]

Coach Cupcake for support and Nathan Mott for Jungle are the two I'd look into!

[@reufury7]

Good shit Neckless keep it up

[@airlift8188]

Neckless is a beast

[@ivan02gl]

the last words were kind of beautiful ngl

[@jamal4069]

hey Coach Curtis! great content!! i was wondering if u have a vid or if u can do one on invading at start of match? love your stuff it really helped me have a healthy relationship with league!!!

[@ryanlaches9699]

I just started trying to grow as a player, funny I started as a kassadin main and then picked up yone afterwards when I tried to learn the basics. Climbed out of bronze but havent hit gold yet. Still a lot to learn

[@dawidlol1337]

Picked up Yone and started climbing, checks out

[@vansserafim]

My hypothesis is that people treat league too much like a fun game and not enough like science or job skill. Improving at league really feels like studying or sport. Not just entertainment

[@NonEntropy]

You need to view it as both. You need to understand that league requires work and improvement the same as any skill. But you also need to value the fun you have playing the game.

[@Ematthewiway]

I went from bronze V to Masters 550LP in same season. That was one hell of a grind

[@avery1349]

Damnnn, I'm omw from gold to challenger this preseason 😂 currently 60%ish winrate in d2

[@deivchoi]

Watched the whole thing and loved it! I’ve been playing adc and I constantly feel that its such a bad role to climb. Should I switch to another role?

[@1seanv]

FANTASTIC video!

[@sxuvenirperu]

woaw this is some real hustling advices not only for league but for how to approach real life! Thank you so much for your hard work and the content you provide us, i feel like i own you something this is too valuable😂

[@joeambrose5192]

is there an equivalent to the mid lane academy as support? or can I join MLA as a support?

[@JoJo-xd8xv]

Hey Neckless how did you practice AA to enemy champions between Q's on minions? That accuracy test also helped with that? And when do you like going Gore over Shieldbow?

[@NonEntropy]

Hey Jo Jo, the human benchmark aim test DEFINITELY helped with that. You need too have insane mouse accuracy to be able to AA while Q'ing. As I mentioned in the video its very hard to practice Irelia mechanics in practice tool but there is a great drill you can do for this. It requires you to setup practice dummies. First, use 3 enemy practice dummies between the ally mid T1 and T2 towers to prevent your wave from coming to lane. Then, set the final enemy dummy in the middle of the lane. Lastly, use an ally dummy a couple hundred units away from the enemy dummy in the direction of your nexus. If you placed the ally dummy correctly the enemy wave should target your ally dummy and group up perfectly around the enemy dummy. Use the practice tool to give yourself level 9 and buy full damage item. Once you've done the setup you can do the drill. Start by standing in auto attack range of the dummy. AA the dummy then instantly Q to a minion. If AA>Q correctly you can animation cancel the auto. You will know if you did this correctly because you will see the damage from the auto attack and damage from Q showing at the same time. If you want to by hyper efficient you can do human benchmarks between waves. When you get good muscle memory with the AA>Q combo you can then try Q'ing to a minion>AA>then instantly Q away to AA animation cancel. Over enough reps this drill will give you quite good muscle memory for Q'ing minions while AA'ing champs. Sorry for the wallaby's of text but there is not easy way to explain what I mean but I hope this helps.

[@JoJo-xd8xv]

@@NonEntropy thanks for the reply man, I also love playing Irelia :]

[@satyreblack]

this kinda sounds like an AA meeting...

[@Alend222]

Irelia guide when?

[@damienclarke8129]

This is a pretty old video, so not sure if I will get a response to my comment. But, I'm also a huge Irelia fan, but I stopped playing her due to everyone telling me to stop playing complicated champs being low-elo, but the players I play with in plat / dia say im great on her. How would you handle this? I also play on 150 m.s. Also, if you do see this, do you have any good resources I can check out for working on practicing Irelia / Learning matchups?

[@moreno522]

How often do spots open up for the academy?

[@kimuraarmlock]

i wish i could do this i have been hardstuck since season 4 and tried at least 10 different coaches and videos and replays and nothing has helped me. if anything ive gotten worse :/ it feels so hopeless to try and try and have everything i do be pointless.

[@SlidebyeGaming]

Wish I could learn how to learn and get beter. I've been basically stuck in silver for 10 years besides season 6 Making it to gold 5 after playing 1000 games that year

[@particle3257]

Make a Smurf, play one character only that you are good at, and do your best to stay under 5 deaths each game. Your mmr will boost to plat+

[@NonEntropy]

Do you have a process?

[@henrique-3d]

It’s really simple to get out bro, I’ve hit plat 4 last year but was stuck on silver 2 this year. 2 weeks ago I’ve stopped and started to question why tf I was stuck on silver and I’ve decided it was probably map awareness, csing and itemization. Once I started paying attention to these points I’ve climbed all the way to gold 2 90lp in 2 weeks with bad mmr (15 win 14 loss) now I’m confident I’ll hit plat this season if I pay even more attention to these points

[@henrique-3d]

Also just a point, focus on 1 lane and mininal champs possible. I only play 2 champions and 1 lane.

[@CoachCurtis]

Stick to a small champion pool (1 or 2 champs max), make sure they are simple champs AND champs you enjoy. And play for high percentage plays/minimize deaths!

[@PatoPurp]

Came here just to tell you that you look like 1970 Paul McCartney

[@yoyo80s41]

I would have liked to know what times a day it takes him to do all this. Just to know. Also, they talk about adapting to your team and they are not the only one but, nobody really say how to do that. I mean if they all engage mid for some reason I didn't expect, I can't suddenly be there to sustain their view of the game + most time, if I come they get other confident cause of my LV adventage or our number for this fight and die even faster. There must be a clue, I just don't see it most time.

[@markussen19]

Hey! So at point something along these lines were said: "League made me unhappy (in life), but now it doesn't make me unhappy, and I actually enjoy it now" What exactly caused this change? Was it the focus on improving (and not caring about LP) or what was it? I often find myself sad that I couldn't carry the game as much as I wanted to. If I play with friends, I feel like I let them down if we lose, (I'm the best of the group) but they usually just say "It doesn't matter, it's just a game". But when I go to bed I think about the things I could've improved so that we would've won. This became a long rant, but tl;dr How do you get a healthy relationship with LoL?

[@JordyBackes]

Get a healthy relationship with yourself

[@markussen19]

@@JordyBackes That's probably true. Hard to accomplish though haha

[@cupidok2768]

he didn't explain how he practice mechanics

[@SoDGMG]

Hey, is it possible to make a video like this for someone that got up in the ladder by the likes of a Malzahar main? Is there one in the MLA? I feel like although the journey is not so different, I feel a little bit lost at what to focus rn as a Gold I to make that climb to D4 as a Malzahar OTP.

[@raphaelnej8387]

I m a garen conqueror otp and my champ is very straight forward. I got from plat to master 200 lp in 700 games. The main difference between high elo player and low elo player is the mentality. Ofc you need practice to improve, but you can stay hardstuck for 2000 games if you have a bad mentality. The key in to acknowledge that your allies are as bad as your opponent and as you. So whenever your allies troll, cry at how bad you are, not at how bad your allies are. If you want your allies dont listen to you, improve on your communication, or on you ability to handle things solo, or listen to them instead. And don’t learn how to win fights with your champ, learn how to gather ressources with your champ. You don’t need to gather ressources for yourself. Gathering ressources for your team works as well. lol is a strategy game. You don’t have to be good at fighting to win. There are a bunch of guides on youtube that give a bunch of advice. Watch them and train on each of them individually. Play slow, play around your goal, fight with a purpose or step back and figure what your goal is. Whenever you die or lose something, question yourself: did you have every info? Was there a way for you to predict the outcome? If you knew it was a gamble, was the gamble worth it? Would you change the way you played? Was there a way for you to gather more info / better info? There are billions of way to improve at lol. But they all come down to 1 method: making mistakes , figuring your mistakes, fixing your mistakes. And set your dopamine to enjoy gathering ressources well, or to fighting well, not to gathering ressources or winning fight. And winning game is only a way for you to get stronger opponents and allies, you don’t need to hard focus on it.

[@travisscotianu1314]

What is a Stage 3 issue?

[@Dizzer1948]

yea , this is how i am , i dont know whast going on im lost af mental is shit , i peaked d1 this season , first season i made it do dia , and its pretty shit , im stuck d4 , i have ranked anxiety , im lost with my champ pool , i dont feel there is any way for me to improve , every game i try very hard to reset my mental , i kinda do but afte 2-3 bad things i get tiled but still try to fix it , but then im stressed all game and im just doomed , there is no way i can get out of diamond

[@Dizzer1948]

and ever since preseason came???? its just even worse and worse , i play worse games are harder , its def pilot issue but i dont know if lee is also the reason , im just so lost

[@coolbrotherf127]

I'd be interested in how many blocks he was putting in per day.

[@NonEntropy]

Hi, Neckless here. My main goal was to play as few games as possible with low intensity. I play(ed) *minimum* of 1 3 block a day. If I have the energy I will play another block. I have a lot of issues with sleep so I struggle with playing many high intensity games. As long as you're learning as much as possible from each individual game 3 games a day is plenty. Hope that helps.

[@coolbrotherf127]

@@NonEntropy That makes sense. I'm a super busy college student so I can sometimes only get 1 or 2 games in a day before I feel too tired to play well.

[@NonEntropy]

@@coolbrotherf127 Thats a tough situation for sure. If I were in your place I would make sure that the games I do get to play are as high quality as possible. With the reviews try and get as much value out of them as possible. One thing I love doing is watching high Elo vods. I use a website called league of graphs. It lets you download replays for high Elo games. Maybe find some vods of good players playing your champion. Focus on the details in their laning phase then try to replicate it for as much value from your games as possible.

[@coolbrotherf127]

@@NonEntropy For sure, I've been using league of graphs for a while now and I've learned a lot from watching the high ELO one tricks on my favorite champs. I play ADCs bot mainly and for sure the hardest part of that lane is how inconsistent the supports are. One game it's some cracked Pyke OTP and next game it's an autofilled jungler first timing Zilean. I went from Silver to Plat though this season and looking to hit diamond on season 13. I'll probably grind hard during the next summer while I'm not so busy.

[@rosettaaraara6633]

irelia ftw

[@virtualtrapp39]

@26:48 we just gonna ignore that? O.o

[@user-jh3jv2tv8d]

Great video but that backdrop of his on his webcam is giving very How I got away with it vibes LOL

[@ulna1865]

how long does it take to climb from bronze to plat please

[@Usman.Mannan360]

You want coaching? Namsu360#3635

[@DlCKWALLACE]

There's not an exact answer for that, there are many many factors that can affect the speed in which you climb. How many games you play a day and how well you're playing compared to the people in your ELO, etc.

[@coolbrotherf127]

It took me about 7 months to get from bronze to plat. Although at the time I was playing and reviewing almost every day. So I'd say about 12 months for a more laid back approach. Either way it'll probably take a few months of consistent work as getting over that gold level barrier can take some time as an improving player.

[@DlCKWALLACE]

@@coolbrotherf127 That's awesome. Great job. I don't know what to look for when I review my games. I find myself getting impatient and fast forwarding and end up gaining nothing. Aside from learning to be patient, do you have any tips on reviewing your games?

[@rydwvn]

@@DlCKWALLACE just look how you played for the first few minutes first and try to recognize ur early game mistakes and while in game if u just die and u're confused why and how that happened just note it down mentally or just alt + tab and write it down and go back to it

[@jdmasterjoe]

I actually remember this skinny little twig from from S6 when he was gold. He made it a point to be toxic in my games that I still remember who he is to this day! Good to see he is learning the ways

[@landonharmon5643]

Did he just one trick Irelia or did he play anyone else

[@CoachCurtis]

He talks about it in the video, but played Kassadin to around Plat 4, then Yone to Plat 2. THEN picked up Irelia dropped back down to Plat 4, then Plat 4 to master with irelia

[@Shuriman1996]

Why getting masters or even challanger matters ? You got a high ranking in video game, so what is next ? Why Its something ? ( Sorry for asking )

[@filipsmeds9308]

Because only like 0.5 of player base (if even that) manage to do it. It's like with any sport. It's an accomplishment since not everyone manages to do it playing on a high level. Not to mention you are able to create income from becoming good, ie coaching.

[@Sam-ml8ef]

whats his ign btw

[@NonEntropy]

Hey, Neckless here. My ign is Jimmy Jones on EUW.

[@jalleee]

JIMMY JONES!

[@NonEntropy]

Thats Jimmy...

[@QiyanasStories]

In those kinds of talks, in my opinion, one thing is missing and not emphasized much. Necklace mentioned it, but didn't specify "some people have jobs and families and can't commit to that". How many hours per week did you spend on LoL (hours playing + hours improving/watching vods)? I feel for many people that would be very eye-opening (cause "14 months" can not be as strong of a statement). Maybe some of the players would drop their ego ("I need to be good/I need to win/I need to get X rank") to something like "Oh, I will not be spending 30-40-50h+/week on this game (like a second full-time job or more) to get diamond+, I prefer to find another hobby or actually start a side-hustle and earn money - while playing league only when I'm tired) It's just one aspect of climbing - time, but it works like procrastinating - how does procastinating happen? People think about how much work there is to be done/how much time it will take. Video games are fun, but they're not meant to take over your life/all of your free time. So my take is - make it easier for people to "quit" climbing and enjoy the game for what it is - just a spare time activity. Tell them about hours per week - as something tangible. Btw. it's still doable - just add a subtitle when he mentions that some people have jobs: "roughly X h/week of playing + Y h/week of reviewing)

[@raphaelnej8387]

Isn’t life meaningless? I don’t recommend playing lol if you have no job and going to starve to death. But isn’t it fine to engage as much time as you want into improving on a strategy game? I spent dozens of hour folding papers. Did origami grew me up? Not at all! Did i enjoy it? Yes! Would I do it again? Of course!

[@Dieskey.]

Ranking 7 years straight with 1200+ games per season and I still can't get out from silver 4/bronze 1 because of the trolls smh, considering eloboost to get to D1 or something like that which is the league i deserve, but I will wait until one week or so before season ends for the sejuanni skin, at least money can help in this game outside skins

[@noahrudolph9066]

If you're hardstuck low silver you don't deserve Diamond at all. Sure, you can throw your money at a booster but after a month or so you'll have fallen down to gold again anyway. As another silver stuck let me tell you: you're delusional af

[@hunterwildrift5780]

Bro played yone and irelia so this doesn't count

[@miroslavstoyanov4462]

it's a scam, Neckless actually has a neck...

[@sohewouldalwayshaveafriend5480]

he has neck tho

[@eyo8766]

Me who is hardstuck silver with sub 50% WR, constant power outages during ranked games, numerous distractions from family members during ranked games, and over all self-depreciative attitude: "Sweet" Man fck this game XD

[@dawidlol1337]

Maybe don't play ranked at home/at that time. Not only do you int yourself you int your teammates

[@eyo8766]

@@dawidlol1337 Thank you captain obvious XD

[@dawidlol1337]

@@eyo8766 then don't type and just do it lol, you know the answers already

[@TheBrettonia]

this sounds wayyyyyy toooo mechanic

[@Kalinskiya]

BY NOT PLAYING GARBAGE CHAMPS LIEK GAREN LMAO.

[@Resurrektt]

You can hit masters+ with Garen lmao

[@dawidlol1337]

Garen is pretty decent character only Vayne can stand up to resist him

[@luisbiel9401]

Loved this!

[@ropeplay1]

damn didnt know curtis coached katevolved