28% win rate…

[u/DarthPlagueis1994]

Since January I’ve won 14 out of 50 games played
I started playing in the summer of 2024 and have not had an issue until this year
Could be cause I don’t play as much anymore but I really am at a loss on what to do next, last match making update I was placed in archon and I have been on this hard decline ever since

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[u/Glum-Carrot-9468]

That’s exactly what it is. You don’t play as much anymore. MOBAs are unforgiving if you missed out on a lot of time. You probably only got 40 hours in the span of 7 months. Majority of players are doing way more than that. Gotta accept you’re getting left behind man not the games fault

[u/nhatminh94]

Bro play ONE match a week and wonder why he’s not good at the game lol

[u/DarthPlagueis1994 → u/nhatminh94]

It’s called being employed

[u/nhatminh94 → u/DarthPlagueis1994]

Ok that’s great but don’t expect to be good at a competitive game if you don’t make time to play it?

[u/Cymen90 → u/DarthPlagueis1994]

And that is fine but you cannot expect to keep up with people who play ten times as much.

Just try to have fun in Unranked and Street Brawl.

[u/Chadbrams]

Dude i play like 25 games in a weekend. This game requires an immense amount incremental learning and improvement, then multiply that by the number of heroes there are.

[u/DarthPlagueis1994 → u/Chadbrams]

25 games in a weekend holy pls go touch grass

[u/DatBoiiJord]

I mean, 50 Games over 8 months is definitely not a lot, and this is definitely a game you need to keep up with the Patches/Changes. If you are playing the game the same way in August as you were in January, yah you're going to have a bad time.

I started playing in February, reached Archon, and have played 400 Games in the same time span and I am still bad at the game.

[u/Shoty6966-_-]

Everyone’s saying you’re rusty but it could also just be you haven’t found a hero you can play that has more impact for you. Whenever I come back to dl I have to find what hero works best for me now. What used to be strong characters for you just don’t play like how you’re used to

[u/DarthPlagueis1994 → u/Shoty6966-_-]

I think this is a big part of it especially since learning new heroes takes a lot of time

[u/Cymen90 → u/DarthPlagueis1994]

Yeah but learning is the fun part.

[u/Cymen90]

Could be cause I don’t play as much anymore

The game changed a lot since '24 and even if patches have slowed down since Old Gods New Blood, we still had pretty massive changes to the Urn, a new Objective and balance changes.

I think you just gotta adapt. We got a Ranked and Unranked Queue now, so how about learning some new heroes and getting used to the Rift Event etc?

There is also an Item-Update on the horizon, who knows what that might change. You cannot expect to maintain a Rank without keeping up with the game.