I just made it to Gold two days ago. Going from Silver 1 to Gold 5 is not hard in itself but it depends a lot on your mates and what you think you can do to carry your team (not necessarily playing an heavy damage dealer, just something which has a great impact on the game, be it in TFs, vision control, etc...). I climbed from Bronze 1 to Gold 5 almost exclusively with Zyra, playing 50% mid and 50% support, due to the fact she's got great zoning, scouting ability, and peel/CC, although she doesn't have super high damage in comparison to other mages.
I think I've played around 7 or 8 games before making it to my promos due to a 3 losses streak but winning between 25/30 LP per win easily makes up for my -15 LP per loss. Went 3W/2L in my promos. So yeah basically nothing to be afraid of.
I think I've played around 7 or 8 games before making it to my promos due to a 3 losses streak but winning between 25/30 LP per win easily makes up for my -15 LP per loss. Went 3W/2L in my promos. So yeah basically nothing to be afraid of.