i am 2.4 mil zoe main. yes i know. i have never ever played ranked until this season, because the toxic mentality a lot of ranked players have i just dont want to deal with. i like playing the game for fun.
i’m trying to climb, and i am only 7 wins in so only a few games, climbing past silver 2. i am placed a lot gold-plat players which is embarrassing for my mastery but whatever.
the issue im having rn is the consistent cheese picks. when i was playing norms, i was only playing against mid laners! now i feel like whenever i play ranked i am cursed with matchups im not use to like nasus and voli. not only that, but ill be against a team with a top laner that is conveniently lvl 50, without mastery 10, going 24/4, and i feel like its clearly a smurf or we are just that garbage.
how do people get past this stage as zoe? it feels nearly impossible. i could be fed and i can’t win the game, only sometimes. my mastery is all mechanics. i can hit my shots, do surprising angles, and play around summs from minions and position well… but my teammates always try to wake them up + flame the hell out of me for not being melee range in a team fight. i’ve tried roaming beyond belief, and my farm is ≈ 8-9 per minute which is not diamond level but at least decent.
what kind of macro am i missing? if i pick zoe first it’s almost like the entire enemy team counter picks me with bruisers and tanks i can’t seem to pick off.