League of Legends uses a mathematical system to match up players of similar skill in the “Normal” and “Ranked” game types. Source
So just like in "Ranked," "Normal" uses its own Elo for matchmaking. It's just hidden.
Most likely, though, because your colleagues are new, their opponents aren't as good as the ones you're facing now. In other words, your colleagues' opponents don't capitalize on mistakes as much as your opponents might, because you're a better player, and the people you play against scale accordingly.
That's why your colleagues can get scores like 0/17 and still win a game.
As a jungle I can see some mistake in your speech ... and Iwill point it out so you can see where you can improve in my opinion :
I usually start red and then gank top immediately
you can't just do that all the time you have to adapt your route to your team, the other team and the other jungler
Solutions :
- Identify the lane that you think /will be pushed fast/is strong early/could snowball/ and try to finish your route near this lane (lvl 3) and gank this lane.
- Think of what route the opposite jungler will take and /couter jungle/Counter gank/ him (Lee sin is very effective for that)
- ...
I build assassin Lee Sin and build full AD, with the occasional tanky item.
- Adapt your build to the enemy team and the needs of your team
even if you prefer building AD you can just no brain build.
usually have a positive k/d ratio
It doesn't matter not your job ;-)
I can't gank them because they can get under their turret very quickly.
If they are under their tower they should be dominated
You could try going in their back ward jump Q > R > Q
so you get them out of their tower and you follow them out of turret range with the resonating strike (just an idea)
If you can get them out of their tower tank 3 tower shot and leave your laner take the kill it would be a very good play
I feel I can't do anything late game in team fights either
Your role as a Lee Sin in team fight could be :
- Engage and kick 1 carry out of their team and then instant kill him
- Kick someone anoying away from your carries (the most important)
- Slow the peoples that chase your carries
- Shield your carries
- CC the other carries to help yours kill them
At a point I just backdoor, but the opposing team usually sees me and ganks me, leaving me dead to watch my team lose.
Stop dooing that... stay with your team.
I can never get my items unless I take all of my teams laning kills.
Stop thinking like that and imagine what your carries could do with this gold if you had give them the kill(s)
To conclude, as a jungle your role is not to carry your team ... It's to carry your carries so they can carry the team ;-)
Most of the champion are a lot more gold efficient than lee sin... So I think you should try to play FOR your team or change your position to Lee Sin Mid.
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If you have a 50% win ratio, then you are in the ranking where you belong, since you are winning as much as you are losing, therefore you are at your true ranking already.
If you want to raise in ranks, you'll need to raise in win ratio, so you just need to start winning more games (ie. play better, learn more about the game, etc.)
Rankings are not about the amount of wins, but your ratio of wins to losses. If it were just about win amount by itself, then the person who plays the most would be top ranking, even if they weren't the best player.