This might be motivating for you to see how interesting the journey is. Before, you'd climb one or two freaking entire leagues just by hitting your lane opponent when they go for a last hit. You'd climb an entire league by actually putting some decent thought on your wave resets. That's not really interesting.
You're actually a ghost... I was looking for a video like this yesterday because after hitting Master 0lp, I've been lost as to where I should begin to bridge the gap between me and GM level of play. Thanks and I hope to see more content like this in the future!
@@fulgaovi haha I can't believe this was three years ago now... long story short- I climbed. IRL stuff came up and I haven't had the time to go too high up, but I can reliably hit GM on NA with 70-80% WR at this point lol good luck in ur climb brother
extremely funny how accurate these mountain 'peaks'are. in the last few weeks i climbed from master 0lp average to grandmaster 350 lp average. thanks for the video coach! great to see on which aspects i can improve to hit challenger
From playing pro in another game before switching to league, your description of "scary high impact players theory" gave me chills. I've never heard anyone else talk about it in any more detail than "x player is just built different". It truly is insane the way some players are able to find another level, and it's something I've thought a lot about as well. I as a pro player was clearly not a scary player, even though I was insanely good. I never came up with a term like that, but there were several players who made it look like there was an equivalent gap between an average pro and a scary player as between a d4-->masters. I think the "aura" of these players comes from absurd consistency and the feeling that you can't ever sneak even the smallest thing past them. It can take on a life of its own and make you play worse against them, which can also widen the perceived gap.
Very interesting how you said at D2-Master level it sort of ties back to the fundamentals. I've been hovering for around 50 games now in D1 and you encapsulate exactly how I feel about my gameplay. Hope I can incorporate this! Thanks so much, Coach Curtis! It's crazy how accurate you are. Maybe it's a bias thing or something but you're so spot on it's crazy wtf?
I've watched a lot of your videos, and I recently joined MLA. Idk if this because I just started the climb up this mountain at d3, but I believe that this is one of the best videos you have made to date. I'll be referencing back to this all the time, so thanks for the video coach.
I think this coach is one of the few ppl in ytb that can actually make someone improve mentally and practically at the game and make them better at everything... Great job I wish I could ask you more questions about the game
Wow, what I took away from this is the importance of the self-image. It sounds like an incredible balancing act of not becoming narcissistic and maintaining a positive personal regard. The way you explain this process makes me understand why so many high elo players are resistant/stubborn to change - it's incredible work to get up to that rank, and a mindset can manifest there where your image of being right and good at the game can overcome the "fragile" state of mind of admitting you're always learning.
Im a hardstuck Zoe otp in D3 and I rly appreciate your vods. I think it is finally time to change something and I will start with reviewing my games :D
Thank you so much for your continuously unparalleled effort and good advice. Thanks to you I've realized that ranked isn't a good way to spend my time, but I find a lot of the things you say are applicable to many skills and environments. I will be writing my dissertation soon, and I've never been more intentional about what I do with my time and what I find valuable. Saying that you've helped me get to this point is an understatement.
When I watched this last week I'm diamond 4, and now I'm diamond 2 and still watching it every other day. Thank you. I think I now know my weaknesses, mistakes in the first 7-10 min, and also to not think too highly, but to always learn the small details and improve. I'll take your advice to heart when I'll try climbing to master tier. Wish me luck!
Early Release Gang You finally covered this topic, and this is motivating. Yes, getting to Master+ is worth it for me. I want to be a high-level player.
I recently went from diamond 4 to master tier just by focusing on fixing my mentality in the ways that you have suggested, thanks a lot for being a positive contribution to the community.
Found a play style that suits me well this past season, went from silver to diamond with a 70% win rate over the past few weeks. I owe you, neace, and pro guides for my insane improvement. I’m mechanically trash on most champs, but my macro is alright thanks to you. I want to hit masters next season, glad that you made this video. For anyone wondering, I’ve been one tricking Yorick on NA, split pushing op. Acc name: CrustyDoodleSack
Curtis I know exactly what you are saying when you talk about a person's aura in game. It sounds funny to say but it is a very true thing. I'm a low masters player and sometimes I verse a player and within the first few minutes I realize that their movement and their play is just next level. And every single time this happens I check their op.gg after game and they are either previously high challenger the season before or they have a high win rate this season climbing.
Watchings this 2 years later and you still on point never hit master yet stuck D2-d1 75 lp 6 years in a row but I do feel I am ready to move to the 0 lp to 350lp range because I have won lot of 350 lp top laner last split and this split your content it's a master piece keep it up
hi, iknow its a bit late but Currently im d1 on EUw server and i really want to make it to Masters & Higher XD .. really needed a video like this and im Really greatful for this
@@kutokutosan7637 if you listen to what he's saying, he's actually giving advice 100% usable in all elos, and specifically says why players can't climb in general. There is no low Elo advice lol. You literally just have to stop making macro mistakes. Look at your deaths first 10 mins. Analyze them.
this is where i am right now in my journey 20:20 ,and this is the reason im watching the video , and every thing you said from 10:57 to 20:20 has occured to me when i was climing from d4 to d2 and now imstarting to get stuck at d2 . the reason is i was start to impliment more funtimentals into my gameplay and suddendly my laning phase got worse ,and i was like damn i will go back to my p1 account and refine my laning phase skills ,but when i played a game my skills where fine . every thing you say is so fking true !!!i hate that im another normal re-occuring instance of player who finds himself 1st time into the depths of diamond but it is what it is . really needed that video man thanks! i really know what i need to do now , and if i lose and demote its okay im getting better at other fundimentals that previewsly were unknown to me .
the analysis and in depth guide of what to do and to focus on is amazing. i found myself relating to a lot of the mistakes and found concrete things to improve. Found a lot of these steps the hard way through years of trial and error, wish i knew this stuff earlier when i first hit diamond. Almost at masters now, wish me luck
This video helped me drop my ego by a lot. I now have a much clearer focus on what i want and need to learn to climb higher and where i wanna go on my journey. Thank you!
The part of the video where Curtis talks about Diamond 2 to Master perfectly describes my situation as I had a 10 win streak and shortly after a 15ish win streak from plat 1 to diamond 1, and now I am kind of stuck in diamond 2/diamond 1 and the games are just very coin-flippy. But I just need to be patient and maybe I can get to Master+ one day. This video definetely helps me.
My man been watching your videos for a long time now and ever since ive improved a lot on midlane. I swapped from adc to mid in Season 10 and reached my former peak which is scratching d2 with mid aswell, thanks to your guides. Just wanted to say you are looking fine as f** and very healthy, keep up the good work!
Thanks for this Curtis! God player here, so a lot of this is not targeted at me anyway. I love the point about getting into the review to reset your mindset. I have only recently started watching all my replays and particularly the first 10 mins. Recently, I died lvl 1 to a katarina and blowing flash, returned to a lvl 3 dive by their elise and lost the game due to the snowball. Entirely on me and lost the game for the team. I felt so bad about that game until i watched the replay. I realised that i misjudged the distance of her passive dagger and missed 2 qs, which lost me the fight. I am actually happy i went for the trade now, even though I lost the game for it, as I learnt about the matchup and the conditions for winning trades. Without the review, I would have just felt bad about the game and felt demotivated by it. I feel so much less tilted since watching my reviews, it's crazy!
I just read the notes part and I am like ... wow I just wrote this text goin halfway thru the video. I wasnt sure watching the part I am not even close to yet. AND THEN the notes just shoked me. Thanks for reminding me that even me a Diamond 0LP support girl did a good job XD thanks coach
I'm still at the "just try not to get stomped by everyone" phase of learning after about a week (getting those sweet sweet 1/14/2 kdas lol), so I'm not even thinking of ranked for now, but your content has already helped me so much! This is actually my second time playing, but the first time around in S9 I didn't even get to lvl30 before being scared off. Now that I've actually built a little bit of an understanding of the game, I'm starting to like it more and more. Hopefully with a little practice I'll be able to actually start applying some of these basic concepts in my games (everything works fine vs bots or in practice tool, but as soon as I go into a pvp it's all out the window). I'm really happy to have found such good quality content that is actually understandable and really resonates with me, often even for out of game issues! Thank you for all you do :)
Your so good. I absolutely love your content. I am not quite diamond yet but I love that you have actually broken down what it takes to go from diamond 4 to challenger. Would like to have a similar one for iron to diamond but your content covers it all very well. I appreciate you. Awesome work man.
Had an advance to d4 to d2 but it's incredibly hard, but at least i got my mmr on d2 after a tons of games and i just need a bit more of focus to reach master tier, thanks for all your effort making these videos you're the best Curtis
Thanks Curtis. Would you consider doing a similar (shorter video) for silver -> diamond? I think this is partially already done in your "How to VOD Review at Each Rank" video, but I think a short video summarizing the major learning objectives for these ranks and why would be helpful.
Guys i just had an insane winning streak to 614 lp Grandmaster for the first time. Like 1-2 months ago i was constantly dropping from master to dia 1 its crazy how fast it can go, I love Aatrox
Wow, you are only one year older than me. Congratulations for all you achieved game related, how great your channel is and how good of a player you are. Im quite obsessed with a game and always had dreams but I never figured out how to be better. I don't know what it was, I was happy to reach for every educational content that was there, but maybe I wasn't smart enough to look at the game with an analytical approach. Two years ago I hit D4 on two accounts, for short period (stopped playing just in case, for season rewards), but last 4 years mostly hardstuck low plat, now more like high plat. But you made me start watching my replays for the first time what I though was stupid before and a waste of time (Why should I waste time watching it when I can just play another game and practise more xd). You made me realize how big all the small details are and how important it is to perfect all those aspects and perfect first minutes of a game. I wonder if all good players needed to put so much work into trying to understand the game and analize it so hard or do some of them just "feel" it. Since I've been watching you I started new season with highly motivated attittude of a quality over quantity and I ended up with a 60/40 w/l and got to P1. After that a terrible 3 weaks lose streak happened and currently I recovered back to plat 3, 60 lp. Maybe I got lost again while losing. You feel that urge to get your points back so you spam games, get tilted, play worse, lose more. Or maybe I dropped because of all the things I'm trying to learn now- you talked about it a lot in your videos. Even so I strongly believe I can get to low diamond again this season and stay there for a while, maybe higher cause much I learnt recently. I also found very good Polish coach's channel. Anyway, congratulations again for all you achieved because I always wanted the same and was never able to make it despite all the willingness. I really love your channel and hope you will stay motivated to develop it. It's pleasure to watch you, you motivate me to break my own barriers and you taught me how much I'm responsable for my own games. Cheers
bro ,i been hardstuck d1-d2 for like 2 seasons so far(euw),with random peaks on master max 200lp,i kept saying to myself that i do very few mistakes ,and u know its just a coinflip of 4 members that i cant controll ,but this video made me rethink a lot of shit ,Thank u coach!
Dude I know I'm 7 months late, but I'm having such a hard time. I have hit diamond with ease before, but you really hit the nail on the head. I started focusing this season and hit diamond 2 with ease. I now realize I am definitely at the base of the mountain. I have a good day where I am up 60 LP. The following day I can be -100 LP. I have one month left to complete my climb before the season ends.
Thank you for making this video. I'm sturggling to get out of d2/d1 level and I was looking for something like this. Part of my trouble is explained by my terrible internet but I don't want to let that hold me back.
hi im watching this three years later and peaked 160 lp then quit and now a year later im stuck d2; this was exactly what i needed im on a winstreak now lmao - thats all to say thank you
Funnily enough this is just what i need, i just promoted to D3 today and my peak last season was P1, im aiming for challenger this season, i have the time, the knowledge, the learning capability, and the patience. I even started to stream. Thank you for your videos ill watch every single one of them as they are a pillars to my improvement!
Just looking at the video and not trying to be rude but what makes you think you can get challenger this season when you just peaked plat 1 last season, if just master 0 to 350 Is the relative difference of plat 2 to d2 what do u think the difference between d3 to challenger is lol
good mental to have i suppose just dont expect to get a certain high rank by a certain time because you'll almost always be disappointed, just dream high aim low and keep doing it until you get there
56:02 this last part is pretty accurate, personally just sitting in master for the past 3 seasons decaying in and out. It's honestly hard to find time to play anymore and even if I know I could get higher, going up to 130lp, decaying once after not playing for a week and going back down to 75lp is pretty much the classic. (accidentally Elo inflating btw good shit riot) Finding out what your goal playing this game is pretty important for how much time you want to dedicate.
wow i waited for such a video for a long time , and finally someone uploaded it . I hope our friend nathan will do one for jungle as well XD , cause i am a main jungler . ( I didnt watch the video yet so i dont know if this is a general one or mid lane specific )
Hey Curtis, I'm sure it's been said before but I would like to give some constructive criticism about these PowerPoint videos. The PowerPoint videos are incredible as they add amazing structure to the complicated topics that you discuss. I want to discuss how to further improve these videos. My advice is that in slides that you list the things you are talking about, is to condense the bullet points. I will give an example from the "Climbing From D4 to D2" section of the video. - "This is very strange elo bracket, in the sense that there are many ways to get to D4... I've seen many players that I thought never could get to D4, reach this rank" Everything in this first point is great, however, the bullet point, for the sake of the viewer should be, "This is a very strange elo bracket" From that bullet point alone the viewer is instantly aware of what you will delve into deeper, and when it's time to recap this portion of the video, it's very clear what the takeaways are. In addition to this, since the first point is so large, the second bullet point is actually one of its own, when it should be a sub-point of the first. "- This is a very strange elo bracket - Positive and Negative thing " This further helps the structure and digestability of the content. I assume that the reason the slides are the way they are is because they are acting as a script for you. If you need a script in order to remember what to say then I recommend writing a script in the same manner as the bullet points, keeping it very concise. You are not stupid, your brain will very easily find the words in between main points. One thing that I want to mention that you do really well, again from the same section of the video, is the colorization and bolding of important phrases. It's really well done. Ok, no one asked but I do genuinely believe it will improve your content even though it seems like such a small thing.
Actually hit diamond last yeat at midlane. Today hit diamond again and i want try to hit Master this year. Im a lucky man , Curtis make perfect video for me ^^ Big fan from Spain. Hope someday i will got some money for a coaching session , the expierence and learning will be awesome.
Can you please do this for low Elo too? Been stuck in bronze/ silver for years playing hundreds of games a year and really would appreciate your thoughts on climbing in low Elo. I would appreciate a bronze to D4 guide so so much as I respect you alot.
theres such a big gap between myself and grandmaster. Against high diamond I fair well enough but I can instantly tell when I am laning against a masters/gm player. They screw me so hard in the first 3 levels i just end up sitting back and thinking. huh well fuck this guy is good
Jokes aside im hardstuck d2 and all the videos on how to climb i find have 5 to 10 tips of which most usual ones are Do not play if ure sleepy Do not play if ure hungry Do not play if ure angry Refresh ur mind before the game Like yooo... Is this the best i can learn ;_;???
@@lmripper3659 Its the best someone can tell u... nobody can tell you how to click better, cs better, trade better, etc. At this point ur too good for simple tips. You need to see what you as individual do poorly and find ur own way. So best tips are be focused, be healthy, rewiev yourself and dont blame others.
There's the trick of dodging Master promos and duo'ing to boost the MMR. Then the player would pass Master promos and have insane LP gains. But I guess it's more suited for GM/challenger smurfs
People do this usually if they want to go rank 1. Almost never to just climb in challenger, since it’s really hard to keep getting to promos over and over
Even as a silver I like this tip to the death Watch how I died the first time in all games I'm gonna do it specifically for my games that I won Feels like this is gonna help my low-tier ass tremendously
Honestly its crazy to me to think about how I perceived diamond back when I was silver. I thought of it as basically just challenger but a little bit worse lol, but in reality the gap between diamond IV and challenger feels like the difference between silver and diamond haha
I have lost my diamond promos twice and tilt queued to p1 12lp, even tho I lose like 10lp per loss. I will look at my first deaths and try to do better. Thank you coach!
I just popped from Emerald 4 into Master 20 LP as a support player., sure it was a smurf acc, but most of the time I've circled around diamond 2, more often dropping down to diamond 3. Normally I play supports such as Naut, Thresh or Xerath. But with recent patches and Metas, there are just too many things that can kill you and you rely on allies so much. So I swapped into Karthus support. Karthus support kind of reminds me of xerath, but with an ult that is 100% guaranteed to hit all 5 enemies and deal as much damage is if u hit 3 xerath ults on legit everyone. Early game my main focus is just to hit my Q and stack my support item, I also try to assist our jungler in getting early dragons. Getting these dragons are so clutch in the early game.
Neace actually recommends quitting at D4. "Basically, if you get to diamond, you "won" League. That's where they would put the credit roll. After that is the hard mode, and you the only reason you would play through it is if you want to stream, or want to go pro, or you're selling accounts etc.."
My goal has been challenger since placing bronze 5 in season 7, I am diamond 2 as of 9/21/2021. Update: On 10/4/2022 I achieved master tier after going 0-2 in promos then reverse sweeping winning 3 in a row. Only about 800 LP to go c:
4:02 This so much. Diamond 4 is a nice place AS LONG AS YOU GET THROUGH IT IN ONE GO. The moment you start winning 50% or below of your games, you will enter teh dark spiral of negative weak mental players that will make the games ultra coinflip. I personally did both. First time I got to D4 I ended up getting 15 LP per win, and that account was just incredibly stuck. Made a new acc mid season and with +19 I got through it in one go and had nice, competitive, VERY educative games
Hello, master player here, who went from 0LP to 300 with help from your video. Could you make an updated video since the LP inflation has made it a little harder for me to understand what to do after 350lp since 350lp a year ago would be 500+ now.
What screws me up the most is like the unexpectedly large gap between plat and diamond. You‘re platinum and feeling really confident, some games you‘re carrying 1v9, other games you have a tougher lane match up, but it doesn‘t matter because you‘re confident in your scaling and getting the win. Then you make it out of promos and to diamond and it just feels like you are playing an entirely different game. Suddenly you‘re pressured from the first second onwards, your scaling means nothing anymore because you simply can‘t get a lead anymore and even if you manage to get slightly ahead there‘s always one other lane that completely screws up and looses out to the enemy. In order to get out of diamond I think you have to master the ways of constantly playing from behind, which means anticipating the enemy carries to be fed while your own carries a pretty much useless and somehow learn to cope with that situation. Thats kinda the only way I see getting out of diamond.
