Hello,
I had an 8 matches win streak last week. That brought me to 1300-1400 MMR range and Guardian 5. We don't bother to think about something unless it is broken. I lost 5 out of my last 6 matches and this means it is time to move forward.
Doing fine but losing because of your teammates doesn't hurt much but being tilted all team and losing a match that you could win does hurt. To prevent that happen there are things you have to consider. First of all, as long as you don't die over and over again, people do not focus you and flame. People do not watch other lanes at low MMR but if you die they will see that. Accept to have less farm early game at a hard lane. As long as you don't feed you can recover later easily from that bad start. You can still recover if you die 5 times before minute 10 but you have to take account the people factor. Your teammates will pressure you, write phrases like "safe don't feed" (if they are polite) and when this happens it gets harder for you to concentrate. It is sad but people find it easier to blame instead of helping and encouraging you.
During my win streak when I was checking my past games I noticed something. In the new UI that came with the Spring Cleaning 2018 (7.08 patch) update, there are indicators below you previous matches that show your performance versus all the player's average play with that hero. This does not show your performance that match versus your average performance like it is shown after every match, but it shows your performance versus all the people who had played with that hero. Even though I was winning these indicators were showing red and I was below the average. I began to think if I was violating my current rule #1 with relief: Play 100% or do not play at all. I lost a couple of games and yes, I lost because I was not playing at my 100%.
(i) Previous matches performance indicators
Because it makes you start thinking again, losing a match is not that bad.
I began to think that I'm somehow bored with spamming Juggernaut. Also, first picking becomes riskier as I climb up. When I'm heavily countered I need good teammates to win a game. This is a problem if your skill level is not 7K. I kinda tested this "picking does not matter in low MMR" thing and it is not 100% true. It DOES matter.
Cya.
