I'm fairly new to the game, and I decided to hop into ranked once I felt comfortable playing.

I've been hard-forcing Shredder since my placement matches and climbed to Plat 2. Since the patch, I've been getting crushed in ranked and I've had more 7th-8ths in the past couple of days than I've had since I started playing.

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At the beginning of the round, I look for Glove>Bow>Cloak/Sword. I keep pairs in early shops and pick up units for my comp if they're available. As soon as I can hit 10g without selling anything in my comp, I go down for econ, and I generally don't spend until 3-1. I usually have about 32-40g by 3-1 and I hyper roll down for Xayah/Jarvan/Fiora/Caitlyn.

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Here's the problem.. I almost never hit well with my hyper, and I stockpile gold until 4-1 where I hyper roll again. Lately, I'm lucky to get a 2* squad. I was always going for LW>DB>QSS but I think IE is better than DB first off, and I need to know when to stop slow-leveling so I can continue rolling down and level up so my comp is stronger. I'm very often level 5 going up against level 7s and 8s and I just get absolutely destroyed.

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My main issue is that I literally do not know how to play anything else. I was playing a treasure trove round a few days ago and got something like 2 tears, 2 rods, vest, belt after the first creep rounds and I still forced Shredder. I know this is an issue but I'm okay being a one-trick until I hit Diamond. Are there huge mistakes I'm making somewhere? Any advice? I can film a VOD if someone is willing to give me a hand here.