After some time of maintaining a good Rafaela ranked win streak, I finally got a string of losses. The first loss was kind of okay, as I thought I was just going to play one more game to take back my lost star. The second game went poorly as I was forced to mid Uranus vs a good Luo Yi. The Angela support stayed in my lane while our marksman soloed top vs Layla and Khufra. Needless to say, the game ended tragically. It was only our Gusion who fared okay. I actually felt bad for that player as I played really badly. Tried to force unneeded fights. Being forced to build magic def also didn’t help as the Layla got fed.
The third game, I was a bit tilted. I went for Rafaela once again, but I had a bad feeling as our comp lacked damage. I was too focused on babysitting our Miya that I didn’t pay attention to our top Balmond getting stomped by Natan. The enemy Johnson who laned with a Layla got a lot of picks midgame. With our comp, I knew it was over as they marched with the Lord in their last push.
The last game, I was ready to lose a fourth star. I gave up my S1 to a Chang’e, and I ended up S5. It was too late when I realized that we don’t have a jungler that I reluctantly switched battle spell to Retribution. I have already locked Gloo. I felt really bad, especially after I got killed early and gave up two turtles. I tried to focus on objectives and was able to secure most of them. I felt a little better when we won most skirmishes. Turns out the enemy jungler is AFK, so it didn’t really matter if I played badly or not, I guess.
A loss is only a loss if you’re not able to learn anything from it. I got three losses, so I should learn at least three things from them.
First, I can’t always lock Rafaela. It seems that focusing too much on her made me kind of forget how my other heroes play out. Even though Uranus and Gloo are eazy-peezy heroes, I am not mechanically skilled enough to just pick them up after long periods of disuse. The Uranus game, I failed to rotate properly and forced a lot of unnecessary fights, thinking that we’re winning while in fact, we’re not. I have played Uranus mid before vs a skilled player and I was able to do it properly. I am not defending my pick. It actually sucks, but I guess I could have played it properly.
Second, I need to be quite observant. I can probably blame it on the tilt for not paying attention, but I shouldn’t be playing in the first place since I was already tilted. I was too focused on what heroes to use that I was not able to properly adapt.
Third, I need to learn how to jungle. I don’t want to blame my teammates but all three losses, our jungler failed to secure all objectives even though they were playing proper jungle heroes. I guess I’m still anxious after my bad Balmond jungle game, but I think I can probably pick a tank jungler at least that can be flexed to another role if ever. I am considering Baxia or Uranus.
I feel that I need to watch my replays if I want to improve my gameplay some more and avoid these lose streaks. Also, I need to strengthen my mentality some more. Well, that’s if I really want to rank up. Okay, rant over. Time for bed.
The Omniscientist 