Summary

A League of Legends player documents their journey towards reaching Diamond rank, starting with a series of games that result in a net gain of LP and personal growth in gameplay strategy.

Abstract

The author of the article embarks on a "Road to Diamond" series, detailing their experiences and lessons learned while playing League of Legends with the goal of climbing the ranks. Despite starting the series with a loss, the player quickly recovers with two subsequent wins, emphasizing the importance of learning from mistakes and the impact of teamwork. The article highlights the player's commitment to improving their gameplay, specifically focusing on reducing the number of deaths to gain a competitive advantage. The first episode of the series concludes with the player reflecting on their performance, strategies for future improvement, and the joy of the game, despite the challenges faced.

Opinions

The author believes that playing too many games in succession can lead to fatigue and poor performance.
They value quality of gameplay over quantity, preferring to play fewer games with a focus on gaining LP.
The author acknowledges the significance of teamwork and the role of individual mistakes in the outcome of matches.
They consider a triple-kill, even in a losing game, as a notable achievement and a highlight of their gameplay.
The author is self-critical, identifying their high death count as an area for improvement to enhance their chances of winning.
They express optimism for future episodes, suggesting that their current strategy could be as successful as the iconic Star Wars series.
The author encourages readers who are League of Legends enthusiasts to subscribe to their YouTube channel for more content.

Road to Diamond: The Newest League of Legends series

Episode 1 — Initiating the Journey

Image created by the author using Canva and Riot Games assets

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This will be one of the top-notch journeys in the history of League of Legends.

I have been on this Road to Diamond since I started to play League of Legends.

But now, I want to take it seriously more than ever.

This is why I started this series.

I want to play only two or three games per day, but not necessarily daily. I am interested in gaining LP as much as possible. As long as every series will conclude with a gain, it is more than I can ask.

As I said somewhere in one of my articles, playing too much can lead to fatigue and huge losses.

Every gaming series will be a reason to write about. I will highlight every game in part, the biggest mistake from those games, LP gains, the play of the day, and some other relevant aspects.

Let’s see what happened in the first gaming session of the journey.

Screenshot by the author from Mobalytics.

Summary of the games

I started the series with a loss, but it didn’t make any difference because I was Platinum2 with only 1 LP.

The series continued with two wins.

I lost the first game because I insisted on fighting mid-lane even though the enemy was too fed to fight with him. I gave him several kills. This made him take a considerable lead in the early game.

We could win the game because the enemy team started to make mistakes, and we began to get fed, but in the last minutes of the match, Volibear chose to permanently split-push instead of helping us to counter the enemy’s pushing.

Anyway, I assume the loss. We lost because of my early mistakes in the game.

In the second game, I was lucky I had a good team. I am not an Evelyn player, and Zed was banned.

The third game was the best one in terms of personal stats. It was a longer game than the others because mistakes have been made on both sides. We won because we punished their mistakes harder.

In conclusion, I started the series with 1 LP and finished it with 51.

This is awesome.

Play of the Day

Ironically, the play of the day happened in the first game. It was a beautiful triple-kill with some help from Zyra. Even though it only made the agony of the loss last longer, I call it the play of the day.

If you are not a LoL player, you won’t understand too much about this clip, haha!

It’s enough to know that taking a triple-kill is outstanding.

Also, it brought me one subscriber to the channel, haha!

Future improvements

If you go back to the game’s screenshot, you will notice a weird score — 16/11/8.

It means I got 16 kills, died 11 times, and assisted my team eight times. You can notice the KDA is 2.2, which is not that great. For this to be better, you have to die less.

So, what I want to improve in my future games is to die less. This can favorably impact the games. Fewer deaths mean the enemy team doesn’t make so much gold. Less gold = fewer items. More gold = more items = you are fed = you can lead the team to victory.

End of the episode 1

I wish every episode would show like this one.

Two wins out of three is a solution to climb. As long as they don’t ban Zed, I have a bigger chance of winning. And, of course, fewer deaths would be ideal.

I don’t know if this series looks promising to be more than Start Wars, but I love it, haha!

Thank you for reading!

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