That's a good point. I think against mages that have less kill pressure, I may take ghost instead of barrier and try to impact my sidelanes more.

just play taliyah or twisted fate.

dont play to win lane, play to win others lanes and stay even.

Nah. Taliyah isn't fun to me...TF is pretty solid doe.

While Vel isn't the best roamer you should be fine impacting sidelines if you're consistently getting ahead. With kill pressure and pushed lane vs your mid you can either make to the side lane first or force enemy to follow. It's also good to use your advantage to get jungle control and make the map smaller for the enemy. Always look to take your lead to other parts of the map, or force it down your enemy's throats.

how do you have a negative w/r and still get way more lp then you lose im like 10 w/r ahead gold 3 and i lose more lp then i gain... anyways as a mid laner you should not be sitting in lane 24/7 with a lead objectives and pressure is the point to make not that you can kill 1 person at a diminishing returns rate over and over again that accomplishes nothing but gets you ahead and 1 person behind first few kills its okay to recall right away and buy your items so your stronger when you come back and can kill your opponent again but once you accomplish 1 item or even the 2 build ins you have sufficient enough damage to shove the wave in 1 1/2 combos and roam so if you can kill the laner shove lane and roam to the side lane even to apply a little damage and recall you can get back to lane by the time the enemy pushes lane to your tower since mid is so low that is acting 3-4 steps ahead and allowing you to secure objectives or push your lead effectively gl in games though

If you're losing more LP than you gain your MMR must be super low, drop your username in the thread and we can check your games and see why. It's usually a continued loss streak that ruins your MMR.

username is fear dmt

How much do you usually win/lose? Because other than the recent 10-15 games where you've lost more than you've won, not really an issue that would explain losing more LP than you gain.

Assuming you are NA yeah?

Typically people that are boosted go on a massive losing streak once they play again after their boost, which destroys their MMR and causes greater LP losses than gains.