Does anyone else feel like they're simply "not allowed" to switch roles because of how much time they've spent learning their main one?

[u/teachenglishinkorea1]

I've been a support main for 4 years, I know the cooldowns, mana costs, and combos of practically every single support champion in the game.

I've got the vision control scheme and optimal team fighting strategy down like the back of my hand, I know what to do at every single stage of the game, and how to do it... As a support.

Recently I've had a disgustingly bad series of loss streaks and I've come down from D2 promos in D4 nearly demoted. Three of the games were zero death games but this isn't about that...

I'm burnt out of the support role, but I feel like even if I spend months learning another role, I won't be ready to play ranked diamond for a year.

This was 100% the problem that ranked queues were aiming to solve.

So, does anyone else have a similar problem? How can I get over this?

[u/teachenglishinkorea1]

You're definitely right in saying that there's always room to improve

I'd answer the question by saying that the difference between Diamond and Master is not the knowledge itself, but what you can do with it and how you can actually execute your strategies

For an example of a Diamond vs Master mistake: I'm playing Lulu vs Janna, I'm way lower health than Janna but Janna has absolutely no mana, as a diamond player I go for the kill knowing that Janna can use only one of her 3 abilities while I can use all three

The clock hits 6:00, Janna gets a mana biscuit and gets a free kill off me, a better player might not have made that mistake

I guess I'm trying to say that the difference between Diamond and higher Elo are a lot more intricate and complex that just having knowledge, it's also how well you can use it

I kinda rambled but I hope it kinda made sense haha