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MasteR of LoL replied on Jan 25th, 2012 at 12:15 am

Elo hell kind of exists. It doesn’t exist in the sense that you can’t get out, though.

Most people belong at or around their current elos. Elo is used to bracket people off, essentially, not determine whose better than who (Like, the number 1 rated solo queue player isn’t necessarily the best, they’re just in the highest bracket, along with the rest of the front page and so on).

I’ve had lots of people complain to me that they belong at a higher elo, and some of them do. Basically, it’s about carry potential. If you belong in the 1400′s, for example, but you’re 1100, you *should* win more games than you lose, and eventually get up to the 1400′s, but since your carry potential isn’t that great (being 300 elo off of where you belong), you may spend quite a bit of time lower than your actually elo (it works both ways, some people get carried and stay up for awhile, it then has the reverse effect).

I played on a 1200 ranked account and got it to up to 1400 without losing once (since my carry potential at 1200 elo is very high, since I’m 2000+ rated). By the same token, I’ve smurfed in the 1700′s and 1800′s and have played games that were unwinnable

MasteR of LoL replied on Jan 25th, 2012 at 4:48 pm

@nocturnum: I mean carry potential, as in how bad your teammates can be for you to still carry. Some champions also have higher carry potential for solo queue, than others and so forth. Essentially, if I’m playing at 1200 elo, I have a higher carry potential than the people that are actually 1200 elo. Thus my team has a higher chance to win. Changing what champion’s I play also affects carry potential [If I'm playing support, my carry potential goes way down,since support isn't as influential on the game (especially at lower elos) and I'm not the best support player].

Sorry for the long explanation, I tend to do that a bit, hope that clarified somethings.

@Anonymous: I didn’t watch much of the tournament (been a bit busy) and haven’t had much experience with Shyv, but I do see her as a champion that’s going to be picked more often. Her ganks aren’t that bad (specifically post 6), but I do see her being used more for her fast clearing and counter jungling ability (probably to bully weaker junglers). I’m not going to get too much into my thoughts on the current meta here, but I will make a new post about that (since I feel it deserves to be it’s own topic).

@Shemzahai: Ashe is among the more positioning dependent carries. She’s also more of a team support carry than a carry carry (if that makes sense). She’s best if used for her utility (global cc, perma slow, kiting ability, etc) rather than sheer force or dmg (i comparison to graves, corki, trist, pretty much all the other carries). With that being said, she’s better off in arranged teams, particularly more competitive teams. As of late, with more assassain-type champions being out, it’s increasingly difficult to keep Ashe safe and positioned well (which is why she fell off for tournaments), especially in the current meta. Another issue with Ashe is the flash summoner spell, which makes positioning even more difficult (you have to accommodate for flash range when dealing with kiting). IMO, she’s better in specialized comps, that revolve around kiting and in arranged play especially.