Hey guys im Aze i started playing LOL mid S7 and i got placed B2 after my placement, i experienced all the "excuse/fact" that every bronze player complain about, if its not a AFK, its a "i run down mid", and if its not that then its a jg that decide to gank 1v2 under tower AFTER we recalled... and all that without taking in consideration playing against smurf that are never in your team always against you, or you know that bug where every champ you play against have more range and more dmg then when YOU play them...

Anyway yes i got out of bronze before the end of S7.
S8 came and after placement i got placed B2. The difference this time is that i decided to stop trying hard. i bought Brand.
I use to ban him every single game becuz of his insane dmg in laning phase but the solution wasnt to ban him. it was to play him.

Placed bronze 2 and within a week i got to Silver.
only a few month faster then last season.
Now i am curently Silver 3 and i keep on ranking up as long as i play Brand Support.

Summun Aery : Best for support poke
ManaFlow Band : Even since they nerf it a little bit, you need that for the laning phase. Hat is good but you already have a low CD on your ult and you wanna get fed early.
Transcendence : Since your Core build dosnt give alot of CDR.
Scorch : I just love it... the dmg done through a game is insane.

Stopwatch : can make the difference between being 0/1 and 2/0, you need that for the gank.
Cosmic : CDR