Solo Queue Concepts Ep.2 : Importance of Skirmishing - Improving Team Fighting

[@brap82]

I was the cassio in this vid. Just want to say that you're right I'm actually panicking in all of these skirmishes and not paying attention to the macro due to that, thanks for making me realise I don't need to rush anything in these scenarios this will help me massively. The first skirmish I honestly panicked because I didn't want Elise to repel out and I rushed my miasma, in that moment I actually already knew that wasn't going to hit but because I was panicking I hit it to early out of pressure if that makes sense. The second skirmish I panicked due to the fact that my team are behind and everyone's flaming and I'm trying to get us in the lead. Again I need to chill out but ultimately I'm new to gold 2 played the game for half a year now and once I hit gold 2 everything started to become tougher and my mentality has changed from feeling calm to honestly thinking I need to play harder than I am capable of so from the start it's that rank mentality thing. Personally my character control is better than that, it's just been thrown off due to the lack of knowledge of champ comp and a combination of panic and some bad macro leading to those poor fights. Thanks for the advice though I actually feel like this will improve my confidence and therefor my gameplay :)

[@CoachCurtis]

My pleasure man, appreciate you allowing me to use these in my vid. I think that if you're able to relax in a lot of these skirmishes, take a deep breath and take the time in review to see the importance of how the small micro details add up, you'll be climbing in no time

[@Noahtheorigianl]

Yea yea

[@Badbooo123]

Good luck man

[@morrisgreg2176]

THIS IS WHY I'M ON PATREON FOR THIS MAN GET ON IT LADIES AND LADS

[@CoachCurtis]

[@xenonwrath1457]

fuck yea

[@mat3783mat]

Hello curtis, I speak to you from Chile, the truth is that I knew your channel very recently and I can firmly say that it is the best lol coach channel I have seen, currently I am going through a very difficult stage in my life and thanks to You gave me a goal to fight for, thank you from the bottom of my heart and thank you again for keep me alive.I hope you continue like this, greetings from Chile

[@CoachCurtis]

I'm glad I could help you out Matias, I appreciate you tuning in and keep on fighting brother !

[@mat3783mat]

@@CoachCurtis thank you very much!

[@typguido5039]

Every time I'm so annoyed by LoL i watch one of those 1 hour videos and it makes me recover from my hate of the game😂

[@floridaman6982]

I think the reason im not climbing is just playing tilted. I need a backup low stress game I can play instead so I’m not losing because of tilt

[@xenonwrath1457]

@@floridaman6982 i find if dont play more than 4 games in a row before taking a break i dont tilt. and also to review hard losses and take notes before starting aonther game.

[@meganb.2249]

@@floridaman6982 mine is Minecraft survival mode just building a house.

[@drew7491]

This brings shower thoughts to a whole other level, respect your hustle Curtis!

[@CoachCurtis]

Appreciate you tuning in Andrew

[@jekster]

Started watching the video and have to comment! I was reviewing two ranked wins I had yesterday and one of the major things I did was look at every fight and specifically analyzed why I died playing Zoe. Then I wrote down those things on a piece of paper to remind myself about for the next game. Side note: I've always struggled with ranked anxiety and haven't played ranked in a few seasons. But watching your videos has made me want to play more ranked and really see where I'm at skill wise. You rock man! Keep up the good content. Very excited to watch the rest of the video.

[@conorduke274]

no reason to be anxious because if you dont play you dont gain or lose anything. Knowing your skill elo (which in turn lets you know what mechanics are probably most important and lacking I.E Gold- need to just focus on lanes and cs and positioning not much else) The info of knowing your rank is way better than being anxious of being a low elo

[@CoachCurtis]

Awesome to hear man! I'm really glad I've been able to help you out with your ranked anxiety, at the end of the day the way I like to view it is, each game is just an opportunity for you to express your best self and see where you are at. Nothing else matters if you gave it your best. That's what I'm here to help you with mate :) Appreciate you tuning in

[@wizzzd1592]

First video in the new place, Pog.

[@Marquis987]

Looks like he was able to move well :)

[@CoachCurtis]

Pogggggg!

[@rustyrust9689]

51:36 11 hp after that tower shot, but potion started ticking right before. Calculated

[@mandarina946]

This is why i like the protobelt more, you are not as ult reliant as you would be without it. You get a lot more burst damage in the early game, and by the time your protobelt gets outscaled, you've already gotten yourself to 3 item power spike. Another thing, sometimes if you are ahead, your w passive + ignite does so much damage that ult isn't needed. I like to use my R as a zoning fish too, really useful.

[@hilmirhilmisson9054]

Curtis you are amazing. Thank you so much for all the content, it has helped a lot.

[@BlaZingDux]

Really appreciate this, wish you all the best for the new place Curtis

[@CoachCurtis]

Thanks brother

[@teemolovesnutella2736]

Hey Curtis, thank you for your positivity and your educational content ❤️❤️

[@CoachCurtis]

No problem!! Thanks for watching mate

[@dvelop4975]

Will be focusing on this for the week, legend! nice video lad

[@ketilmathiasenviborg3542]

Great content Coach. An additional thing people are doing wrong, which i am really trying to improve on as well, is when to fight slowly and when to burst. I see so many skirmishes going south because the tempo is off. Love your videos, Thanks man!

[@bray-7597]

This really should just come down to champion knowledge and cooldowns, what summs people have etc

[@Watch_Derek]

I wish there was a jungle coach as good as Curtis. Most jungle youtubers just post a smurf vid and mention why their build is op. I love this presentation style.

[@CoachCurtis]

My friend 'Nathan Mott' has a great jg channel, check him out

[@KhoraTV]

Hey Curtis, leaving this here to wish a wonderful day c:

[@CoachCurtis]

Thanks brother

[@JackFrawley101]

Hey Sharp, I'm a mate of Nathan's(rippi) and a hardstuck gold, you're helping me climb in quarantine :) Cheers my dude!

[@bizzyb2991]

I came across your videos for the first time this past week and I want to let you know you're doing an amazing job

[@CoachCurtis]

Appreciate that Badou!!

[@alhassan206]

curtis i love you . honestly i watched every single video or yours. keep up bro

[@CoachCurtis]

[@FlowEpic]

Thank you so much for all your vids man, I can notice the difference in my gameplay after watching your videos, keep it up and thank you again

[@Abzzthedestroyer]

Hello coach these videos really have helped me climb out of iron ...silver here i come.

[@CoachCurtis]

Keep at it man, 1 step at a time

[@metathpr4h290]

As someone currently maining Fizz, that play at 26:13 basically tilts me out of the game by how consistently it happens to me and how I keep doing it even if I'm fully aware of how much it happens. Not using R because I don't think will be necessary (or other cases where I miss it... And I still go in using E to gap close and then expect to somehow kill them with WQ, yikes), not using E to dodge the CC that will decide if I get the kill or not, not respecting Zhonya's usage of whoever I ult... etc etc, it's so painful. I really hope I can reach better mastery of him for those mistakes not to happen again, but I feel so terrible whenever I do them, and the worst part is that most of the time I know what I should do, but I'm like "meh, I can save basic spells/flash/ignite/ult and I will probably still get the kill" and bam, suddenly I'm the one who died (wasting the flash I could have used earlier, not now when I'm already done for in the process) and threw away the game, so frustrating.

[@CoachCurtis]

REALLY REALLY Frustrating I agree man , It's a good sign that you are feeling the frustration, just have to tie together the specific information to create a focus point man

[@danseps]

Was looking forward for this

[@IonJ]

This was really useful, thanks Coach!

[@marcharrold5565]

Thanks For The Effort In Making your Videos Coach! Much Appreciated! How did you become this good at league?When did u start Playing League?

[@abdulrahmanmouhamed3545]

Watch his meet curtis video

[@CoachCurtis]

I have played since season 1, I have just put a lot of hours into it haha

[@TheEYEOPS]

Thank you for all the effort!Im learning a lot because of you!!!

[@QueirozVini]

OK, I revoke my comment on the last video (where I just postponed improving my micro skills to the macro). There are micro stuff that I even didn't know I was doing wrong. Thanks for this!

[@CoachCurtis]

Micro comes first always!

[@curtisfox8175]

Thanks again for the great video! I really like the new series!

[@CoachCurtis]

Thanks for dropping by again Curtis

[@joaoborges1764]

Great video as always coach! This is actually the aspect I believe I m best at in the game (I don't mean that I m the best in the world just that out of all the concepts in the game this one is the best for me, not native english so I think this was kinda worded wrong). I just wanted to add that any decent Shaco will use his ulti untargetability to dodge Fizz ulti, so even if he doesn't have the clone out he can still avoid Fizz damage (specially when they do the synced ulti and e combo as u avoid both of them). Just pointing it out so that people don't think it's best to ulti while he still hasn't (to not get blocked by the clone) as that would be exactly what he wishes for (it's a bit buggy and sometimes doesn't work (same bug as yi q), but it's always good to keep that in mind).

[@CoachCurtis]

Totally agree man, really good insight. Appreciate you leaving that tip!

[@user-xi6pn9if9s]

Great vid as always my coach , niiiiiice content , i think your releasing way more info in this new series with the extra follow up examples P.S i see you remembered the cassio-curtis sticker this time sweeeeeeet

[@CoachCurtis]

Hahha thanks for reminding me ;)

[@Vega01]

With the Fizz clip something I realized is I never used corrupting pot for its dmg. Only for its healing. U can do an extra 100 dmg if u pop it before the trade

[@Adrian-fe9gh]

Thanks for the vid coach!

[@samrobertson8550]

This is the only aspect of my gameplay I actually feel like I’m better at than most in my elo xd

[@CoachCurtis]

That's a good strength to have honestly, once you clean up your laning then you'll find it quite easy to climb comparatively to a lot of others

[@hughbo7482]

Hey so I'm a gold player and I just came back to climbing recently after losing motivation. I know how to play at my level in terms of mid lane but, Im really struggling to put my finger on what exactly I'm doing to not destroying these games. I play a lot of tf and get head early but dont know how to translate that into a lead. I know that all these games I lose are my fault completely I just do not know what to look for and what to capitalize on in certain areas. Im considering just giving up on tf and maybe playing more simple champions but, i think tf is great for learning mid and I just really am struggling. Thanks for your vids curtis I dont expect a reply or anything I just wanted to say this. Keep up the great work :)

[@MrMKA2012]

i really like u put every single deatail in yr content :)

[@NexdEdits123]

Ur on a roll with the content, legend man!

[@CoachCurtis]

Appreciate you tuning in mate!

[@Carby.J]

i tend to do this too when watching vods back, and i think its because i just assume since teamfighting has so many variables that can change it, you will almost never play a teamfight exactly the same way

[@kiennguyen4997]

Great video as always, coach. Would you please make a video about mid lane's tier list for solo que? Thanks in advance!

[@CoachCurtis]

Yeah I'm just trying to assess the meta a bit more actually, so give me a few more days

[@kiennguyen4997]

@@CoachCurtis Yes, Sir!

[@sauronsquidmain797]

One thing I find that people have issues with is looking purely at the result of the skirmishes instead of the decision making. Result based thinking is plaguing league right now.

[@CoachCurtis]

Agreed, although the outcome is a good indicator, it's not everything

[@ahmadramialmasrifi9168]

I love your guides especially the champion guides and I was wondering if you can make a full fizz guide

[@CoachCurtis]

That is on the list :) After my Zed guide

[@ahmadramialmasrifi9168]

@@CoachCurtis thnx man you're the best Looking forward to watching your future guides Really best content on the midlane role out there

[@Locrian]

Is it possible you could do a video on the "macro" parts of skirmishing? Like whether or not to take the fight in the first place. I'm around D3, and a lot of the games come down to skirmishes that go wrong, and sometimes I overcommit to skirmishes that I should have already known were lost but it ends up making everything worse.

[@Bishie4Bara]

I get you’re trying to put content out there that helps as many as possible rather than specific content that helps only certain viewers and I fully endorse that type of content but I’m dying for a Katarina mid guide as no KZbinr I know will go into the depth that you do and I know Kat OTPs will really appreciate it. I get she’s classified as situational pick but knowing how to punish people I usually should lose lane against and how small of a mistake I capitilize off of, pushing leads and mechanics to the limit, knowing when to go greedy itemisation vs defensive even when you have lead, is their ever a reason to go back to Elec rune etc

[@Nols05]

Hey Curtis, have you planned doing a Talon video in the future? I would really like to see that

[@CoachCurtis]

On the list for sure ! Gotta do Zed/Fizz first

[@sarenial1035]

great content cant wait for more

[@CoachCurtis]

Thanks man!

[@meganb.2249]

15:35Would it have also been worth it to wait 2 seconds for Fizz Q then flash Q with E for follow up plus escape? Or is that too much time?

[@Mylanyoutubechannel]

Hey Curtis, I'am really interested in some coaching or even just only OPGG review to see what I can improve on. I'd really like to get diamond for the first time this season. Are there going to be any coaching slots this summer. I.e. in august or so? Greetings from Belgium, Love your videos.

[@wolfsongodwich4378]

Im pretty sure Cassio vs that Aphelios thought that he would flee from her and that was the reason she went forward so deep, you can see she tried to Q waaay behind Aphelios

[@wolfsongodwich4378]

i often make that mistake with Azir.. i just kinda expect people to run away from me so i soldier behind them but they just run towards me and kill me :facepalm:

[@brap82]

Looking back on it you're actually right I was lol maybe you should start coaching man

[@albertvives5422]

I just got platinum today, thanks for your content it's really helpful!

[@CoachCurtis]

Love it man! My pleasure

[@jamesdesousa1184]

Curtis mate. Your videos are just great. Its helping me climb so fast. I finally picked my champion pool (Ekko, Syndra, Annie) are these champs ok? I'm currently in gold2. Keep up the good work.

[@CoachCurtis]

Really solid pool :) Thanks mate

[@ahmadalmousa1129]

I can't catch up watching your videos 😭😅😅

[@CoachCurtis]

Take your time man they aren't going anywhere

[@havilover]

Hey curtis, ive been a huge fan since i found your YT channel, you are a blessing. What i personally struggle with is, how do i play from like behind. I mean like super fucking inting people, i play TF Galio and Pantheon. I always have prio, i always pressure midlane, i always check sidelanes, and yet, i feel like, in the middle of the season, its so heavy to climb if you started out badly. (peaked 300 lp supp in season 5, break now back to midlane) Im sittin on p2 atm in EUW, and even tho i have positive winrates on all those 3 champs, the solo q right now feels absolutely heavy to play and stay focused on. How much does someone pay for your coaching and reviewing a VOD. Any tips on a champ to main if you really, really wanna hardcarry horrible elo/player. I already try to dodge really obviously bad people, but if id dodge every time someone logged in a 20 % winrate champ of his, because hes at his peak anyway and wants to try new shit. Id be droppin down to bronze just by dodging. I know that theres a lot of things i still gotta improve on, yet, solo q feels absolutely more in favour of the team that has the least dogs, rather the best player. Is that something that ud agree on since league evolved so much and most ppl know the bsaics, to not int and play around certain things, but when u have the one person that is on a tilt, bad day or w/e hes really hard to be carried? Sorry if that sounds super mad, been on a w l w l w l w l w l steak atm due to super random games. Anyway, keep it up brother u are amazing at what you do.

[@havilover]

TO ADD THIS: this post is not too much about me super tilted, its just impulses from bad games. im already climbing slowly and i also know its a process and being focus in determent sessions. But would you still agree with my statement, when the player is not significantly higher than the elo he plays in? It makes the whole thing super grindy, since : a. one is still improving and the enemies are not punishing him as badly as they should, thus learning from obv mistakes will be harder (something supports struggle hard with since their mistakes are mostly harder to grasp anyway) b. if you are not chall playin in platin, games can get out of hand really fast thus the quality of practice is really bad in the first place. c. thats where it comes to spamming shitloads of games to slowly get higher, better practice and more quality in games. /what does it bring me to play for 2v2s if my jungler is invading before that and inting ect. Since ive already played on a much higher level on support, i can tell that a lot of concepts you talk about are so hard to get used to. Low elo solo q feels like driving a highway with only ppl that have no driving license. Your car might be able to do this and that, but you are way too busy dodging people that are about to crash the whole thing. Myy aboslut final thought about this whole rent: Maybe you can do a video on how to treat teammates to a certain elo, since mostly they are just fuckin pissing into your games and make u commit to horrible mistakes if you tread them as "good player".

[@CoachCurtis]

Hey man, I'm going to probably give you a bit of a reality check. It's highly likely you are also one of those 'bad players' you play with. Just because you were 300LP chall in season 5, really doesn't mean anything especially as a support, the game has evolved so much that the only thing you'd probably take from your past seasons is pure micro and at this point in time, everyone above gold 1 has very similar micro. You are likely to be a plat 2 or plat 1 mid laner, so the mindset you are in is completely wrong. For starters, you are obviously doing things wrong, I'm assuming at a basic fundamental level. If you are unsure on what to focus on, I have a video where I cover specifically what you need to focus on at each rank I highly recommend you checking it out, I believe it's how to vod review at each rank. Stop directing your attention towards things that are out of your control and focus on what YOU are doing to create those situations. if you want to discuss further, you should join the discord.

[@havilover]

@@CoachCurtis hey brother! probably the language barrier here that made me focus alot on the few things i had formulated in my mind when i was typing the first words of my post. I completly agree with all that you said. Id see myself definitly as a p2/1 midlaner that just now jumped int oall of your videos to get a grab on the game fundametals and improve in strikt sessions without chat enabled ect. My pool atm is tf diana galio and pantheon. :p guess where that comes from. So no worries there was no reality check needed, just me picking a weird tone for the thoughts i had. Btw, keep it up man im looking forward to post results once i inhaled your whole ocntent. And on a personal note: u said that my micro is prolly around elo XX. But when i was master back then, i never formulated the concepts i had in my head, also, because there wasnt german contant that went into all that detailed back then. You really helped me to articulate my inner thoughts so that i can build better fundamentals based on simple "terms". I hope you get my point. Its like i always knew music and could play it, but you gave me the "notes", so now i can recreate much more consistant. Thanks for that Brother.

[@yiannibonincontri3552]

I'm liking this bathroom? setup.

[@CoachCurtis]

It's not a bathroom, it's my bedroom

[@yiannibonincontri3552]

@@CoachCurtis Oh I thought that was a shower behind you haha

[@markomarenk328]

One question. Is diana and pantheon good champion pool for climbing out of bronze? 😄

[@CoachCurtis]

I think Pantheon is quite weak right now unfortunately, but Diana is great. Check out my low elo tier list in my discord

[@markomarenk328]

Thank you soo much! All i needed was that answer. 🤗

[@qualitygameplay5670]

make more videos bro. u are helping to improve my gameplay

[@rodrigoarevalorivas5034]

Coach, make a lucian mid video! I think it would be interesting.

[@luizao416]

This os Very much helpful. Thanks, from the BR server

[@anonymmeta2285]

Hey Coach rlly helpful Video as mentioned few vids ago u rlly helped me climbing as a midlaner but now i wanna main Adc bcoz i think the role fits me better, does anyone know a good Channel for Learning the Role? Ill still watch ur Vids Curtis i mean im still a midlaner but i think I have the Caps syndrome

[@muhammadshaikh5424]

You should do 1 on 1 coaching and record it like neace because the majority of us would be able to relate to the people you talk to and it means more free content

[@ianoconner6425]

hello Coach i found you couple days ago i'm still new to you but i don't play mid i still watch you because. You give great teaching i main top lane i have been in low elo for long time due to my lack of game knowledge and my ego. to be honest, it make senes why i'm stuck in low elo as i'm writing this. i'm the blame is not my team it has never been my team, i just started to play around cd more and giving up more cs to play it safe and mastering my rage. i have not master my lasting hitting in pre ten mintues. if you could help me i would be happy if not it's fine. to be frank i'm an og in lol i feel sad seeing people who. I watch on youtube get higher elo and wishing i could be there but now i need to take to step by step. I know i got alot of bad habits to break to get good.

[@Bottles7]

lets go Curtis

[@Glahir]

What about playing Karthus mid after buffs in 10.14?

[@CoachCurtis]

I haven't really seen it, but I can't imagine it being that strong because he loses a lot of lanes

[@conorduke274]

Another GREAT warmupgame is mobalytics proving ground!

[@CoachCurtis]

Great suggestion mate

[@Abdo.R.Mohamed]

Just loses a game Me : fuck i can't team fight at all with jayce damn , opens youtube *Coach Curtis* : Improving Team Fighting .. ok thanks :D

[@asves4536]

Very useful video

[@professoriron7475]

I never learn anything from those videos, not that they are bad, I am just a slow learner and I expect to learn everything after the first video 😭😭😭

[@binarywolfcia85]

Is there anyone who does content like you, but for top lane?

[@infb7Loaf]

:)

[@royzhang4823]

Top Coach Curtis things to say: 1. something something something something ISOLATED 1V1 2. something something something HEAVY TRADE FOR THE WAVE AND BACK 3. NOW IN THIS SITUATION, [Enemy champion] COULD HAVE EASILY something something 4. I ACTUALLY SEE THIS HAPPEN A LOT IN [X elo] 5. something something something BUT NOTICE HERE HOW something something 6. something something something CHAMPION IDENTITY something

[@nicklasdincer6720]

Cassiopopeia haha n1

[@nhloc18]

Coach when you were a pro coach did you tell players they were playing like a bitch. Love when you say that haha

[@CoachCurtis]

Yeah ofcourse! It's part of the job description haha

[@okaydudejm]

I have become alot more consistent since I started to watch you about a month now. prnt.sc/tfonxz Im learning Galio CS 149.7 (5.1) 3.01:1 KDA 4.8 / 5.1 / 10.4 26 Played 65% W.R I Have really good farm in lane but fall off mid to lane game. also Im gold so in my elo ppl just let you all in them for free. Galio win most 1v1 Skirmish in lane. I win lane vs all chams that cant hard push me under tower