[Discussion] Rope of Life

I noticed last night that I wasn't able to chain Rope of Life to my own monster attacking.

Basically I had an opponent pop Mirror Wall so my monsters attack was halved on attack, but figured it was worth the gamble to take a bit of damage and bring him back with +800 attack. But I was never prompted to pop Rope of Life, despite it being:

a. My own monster b. destroyed by battle c. sent to graveyard d. nothing preventing trap use on the field (ala Mirage Dragon)

I've checked card rulings on the yugioh wiki and tips on duel links board but nothing to suggest why this is. Am I missing something obvious? Any other common misplays/errors using Rope of Life I should be aware of?

EDIT: I had cards in hand as well

EDIT 2: No offense guys, but it might be easier to just comment if you HAVE successfully chained Rope of Life when you intentionally suicided your monster instead of picking apart whether or not I did it correctly. Not saying I don't make mistakes but surely someone else must have tried this before?