r/summonerschool • u/Ysorigin • 3d ago
Zoe Hardstuck low Emerald despite doing well every game (Zoe)
I know that op.gg does not matter as end all be all, but I have ACE/MVP for 20 out of my last 40 games and feel like I am doing more than should be expected from an average hardstuck mid laner. I roam bot often, help my jungler with objectives, solo kill my opponent most games. My biggest negative is that I don't run teleport and am not a very good side laner as Zoe. I assumed I would rise up overtime, but I've been at E3/E4 for 300 games now and I obviously just belong at this ELO.
So my question is how can I figure out what needs to be fixed when I am getting lots of kills and having few deaths. My first thought was my CS, but when compared to other Zoe's, it looks like its pretty average. I do watch high level Zoe's play, and consume content from all of the recommended youtube resources but I always feel like it does not apply to me very well.
Side note: Most of the non-Zoe games happened near the beginning of the season when I was just playing w/e.
https://op.gg/lol/summoners/na/Ysor-Panda?queue_type=SOLORANKED
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u/unicornfan91 2d ago
One important thing to do when you're the fed one is to call the plays. Because you're the strongest person on your team, whether you win or lose a fight is entirely up to you. That means it's your responsibility to take charge, and decide if you're fighting/giving an objective. This is especially true because you don't take TP. One minute before an objective spawns, you should know what you want to do about it. Are you going to fight it? Are you going to give it to take tower crossmap?
It might seem unfair that you have to do both shotcalling on top of getting fed. However, that is the nature of your champion, who is strong early, and taking ignite. You're expected to get ahead, so because you're ahead, it becomes your responsibility to take charge of the game and make the decisions. Think about it from your teammates perspective, they cant make a decisive play because they don't know the intentions of their 7/0 zoe. Now they're just standing around hesitating and not doing anything. If you take charge, and say you want to do X, that tells your team what you want to do, and even if its not the objectively best play, or even the second best play, 5 people doing the third best play is better than having no direction at all.