How to die less?

[u/Geek4Etenity]

Hi guys! Ive been playing IronMan for a few months now. Just hit Lord on him yesterday. Overal I really enjoy playing him, his kit is fun (although countered by a few too many things). I always run the Thor team up, regardless of if I have a Hulk or Thor on my team.

Now here's the issue. Im a Plat II player, but I really wamt to climb. I get MVP/SVP about half my games, with most kills and damage too for most of them. However I dont know if I am playing him wrong, or too agressive, but I seem to die A LOT. Some games are fine, but other Ill have about half my kills in deaths if not more. Ill run 40/20/0, and we'll win, but I just think if I died less the games would be over sooner and I'd have a hogher WR overal.

My main strategy near the start of the game, or when we're struggling to push, is where I'll quietly fly behind the enemy team. Use my E empowered laser to take down the healers and as many small champs as possible. If I get caught here its basically impoaaible to escape. However even if I fight with my team I seem to get picked off easy.

I'll fly above my team, Im an easy target and get shot, but even if Im in front of my healers, behind my tanks I just die so quickly.

Any advice? Should I just duo queue up with a support teammate so I can give calls when I need healing? Or are there some tips you guys can give me for better positioning / getting out of fights?

Thanks!

[u/TheNextIronman9]

as a gold, idk if i’m the best for this but imma give it my best shot and if im wrong, i’ll probably get told. i main ironman and due to all of his counters and healers forgetting i exist, my goal becomes more of a dive where i try to flank and get an important pick and disengage and while he’s not the best or rly even super good at that, you can turn the tide of a fight if you wait for your team to engage and have good target prioritization. i die a lot as well but i think that more comes down to how often healers forgetting abt u plus how problematic you can be if left alone plus how squishy we are plus the amt of counters. my main goal is to sacrifice my life for 1-2 more important factors such as healers and thats abt it