Seeking advice from Plat+ players

So this has been my day. Im curious if I could possibly get someone to go over some carry things beyond RNG teams be RNG. I refuse to accept that. There has to be some way to do more than im currently doing. Is SMN just not good for climbing, im getting really frustrated.

https://imgur.com/a/UWt7krE

hello, have you been on crystal point to pusl? what i noticed with players around bronze/silver is that casters tend to never go on point when sometimes you need to be.Summoner does have the ability to climb, but they dont have as high carry potential as say a sam/drg/war/whm/mch who can change the tide of battle with their ults. however, summoners are good at holding points when enemy are pushing or keeping them off the objective. Especially when they summon phoenix which i believe pushes them away from the crystal, and does substantial dmg

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by iRanOverYourMom

hello, have you been on crystal point to pusl? what i noticed with players around bronze/silver is that casters tend to never go on point when sometimes you need to be.Summoner does have the ability to climb, but they dont have as high carry potential as say a sam/drg/war/whm/mch who can change the tide of battle with their ults. however, summoners are good at holding points when enemy are pushing or keeping them off the objective. Especially when they summon phoenix which i believe pushes them away from the crystal, and does substantial dmg

---

Generally im near the crystal but not necessarily on it if my team is on it. Ive lost so many games to surprise RDM LB wombo because we were all there that unless i HAVE to be on it im not. Im still fighting around it just not stacked. Im using my LB to either break a stack pushing against us or to pressure 2+ high value targets out of our way when pushing.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Qeilos

So this has been my day. Im curious if I could possibly get someone to go over some carry things beyond RNG teams be RNG. I refuse to accept that. There has to be some way to do more than im currently doing. Is SMN just not good for climbing, im getting really frustrated.

https://imgur.com/a/UWt7krE

---

Recognising what targets to pick is important for example, red mage is super strong and the silence is too strong.

Samurai is very strong, but I've seen some summoners dislocate them away, put down aoe's and then move at max distance to great effect, so they cannot reach when chitin is procced and if they do commit, that's one less person not on the objective.

Knowing that targeting a tank isn't a taboo. If the enemy team has no healer or someone like a sage or astro with weak or delayed healing they literally drop in 1 second flat if you focus fire. If there's no aoe CC you can pick off the next most important target.

It's a given to always target a healer.

Every second not used casting or hitting a spell is potential damage lost. Don't hold your spells for a moment of glory. Keep harassing and forcing people to use their mana and defensives and then you have a good 20 seconds to respond.

When you pop someone's guard change target but as soon as guard is down focus on them, they are easy picks.

If it's a one sided game, don't put yourself down. It happens, loss is part of progress. Think on what you can do better, iterate those thoughts.

Find ways to optimise your UI for easy targeting. Most people have issues targeting in PvP due to adrenaline and intense action. But, remember, everyone has cooldowns even though it doesn't feel like it at times, so use that second to focus on targeting. Targeting in this game is like focusing on your minimap in a moba!

On your shortcuts i don't see a marker. Have a number 1 marker and a ignore marker. Put these on the target you want to kill at the start and a target you want to avoid, for example samurai, don't target if LB is up, ignore mark them. It gets you far.