So I finally got to play a game as Aatrox...DCed TWICE at the loading screen. Finally get into the game to find out apparently everyone but the enemy Lux and Lee Sin DCed at the loading screen. So thinking we in trouble I decide to just jungle Aatrox on TT thinking his ganks might be ok and maybe we can come back...
Whats a easy hero to start with? I suck at these kind of games. Also is DOTA 2 better than LoL?
1) Whoever is on free week. Rotate around until you find a champion that resonates with you. My first 3 were Shen, Ezreal, and Katarina.
2) DOTA2 vs LoL is a giant can of worms. Both games have their pros/cons but League is generally considered easier to start in.
Once people get used to Aatrox's regeneration rate, then he won't be as strong. Right now, most people seem to think they can duel Aatrox because he doesn't build tank and they die because they forget he can regenerate at an astonishing rate
Holy crap this. He's only been out ~15 hours and first impressions are almost always based around a general lack of counter-knowledge surrounding the champion. I personally found him to be pretty weak against large amounts of CC and/or heal reduction ala ignite/morellonomicon/executioner's calling.
Yes, the passive is annoying, it takes him a long time to build the effect up to be a decent heal. If you burst the crap out of him early it's going to revive him with very little health.
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I still haven't been in a game with/against Aatrox, he was banned in the few games i've played today. His kit does look fairly strong though, I might look to pick him up as a jungler.
I really need to play ranked more often, at least get myself out of Bronze. So far, at one or two games a week, the climb hasn't been too bad. I've never dropped a division and i've only failed one promo series.
Just do it like Jax. On Jax I get 1 charge on his R than go WQ which then procs his R. It does strong burst.
Before 6 Jax's WQ still does a considerable amount of damage.
Now let's look at Aatrox.
His damage trigger is his W. Get 2 autos off. Then go Q, right click on them to proc his W bonus damage while they are knocked up, then E.
At 6 it's the same thing except it's QER+W trigger.
Range ? Well he has his E for poke and R for bonus range.
He will only melt to CC if you build him glass cannon. Give him BotR, tanky items and some AS and you just made him extremely had to kill.
A few things.
1. Jax's burst at early levels is far more potent than Aatrox's due to Aatrox's dependance on items. His base damages are really not that high, it's his sustain that allows him to lane at all. Aatrox gets bullied very hard in lane by potent tops such as Rumble, Renekton, Kennen, and probably quite a few others I'm forgetting. His laning phase is not strong enough to warrant being put top[EDIT: BY ITSELF. I don't think he's a bad top, but I think it's his durability in lane+need for farm that may push him as a top laner, not his ability to lane].
2. Aatrox's E poke is fairly weak and tame compared to average poke such as Nid spear, Jayce shock blast, Ez q, Janna Tornado, Cait q, etc. Even if at some stages of the game, it has the damage, the projectile speed and range both feel lacking.
3. He may be hard to kill in that case. But what does he do? You can say he does decent auto damage while being hard to kill, but his utility in a fight is low due to his kit, primarily his cooldowns. He can't chain cc very well, and his damage isn't impressive. Maybe if you get ahead in laning he could be very potent with this build, but otherwise I don't see it. I think he wants more damage to melt a target, come back up with bloodwell, and clean up. He has obvious synergies with GA, Visage, and Randuin's as defensive items, but I would build him primarily damage with a bit of bulk.
4. It is much to early to speculate that he is broken. We have very incomplete information, but he has weaknesses, just like any other champion. I would calm down and reserve judgement for about two weeks from now.
Still, I think Aatrox has a decent jungle kit. His Q in itself provides good cc and gap closing and his E can continue the slow long enough for the gank to succeed. He seems to be able to function in the jungle well because of the regen.
Just my .02 cents; he gets wrecked in solo lanes but can do well in jungle provided he ganks and you have at least 2 tanky champs on the team
Hey all. I'm a Bronze I support looking for duo queue partners. I'm also looking to learn Top lane and jungle after the newest changes. I'm open to friend requests and game invites.
I usually play Thresh, Taric, Leona, Nautilus, Soraka or Lulu and I'm looking to learn some more champs like Zyra and Elise.
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Hey all. I'm a Bronze I support looking for duo queue partners. I'm also looking to learn Top lane and jungle after the newest changes. I'm open to friend requests and game invites.
I usually play Thresh, Taric, Leona, Nautilus, Soraka or Lulu and I'm looking to learn some more champs like Zyra and Elise.
Summoner name: Raibundarius.
See you guys on the Fields of Justice.
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I can help carry you out. I don't play on my main anymore but if you add my smurf and ask for a game, I'll gladly help you!
Hey all. I'm a Bronze I support looking for duo queue partners. I'm also looking to learn Top lane and jungle after the newest changes. I'm open to friend requests and game invites.
I usually play Thresh, Taric, Leona, Nautilus, Soraka or Lulu and I'm looking to learn some more champs like Zyra and Elise.
Summoner name: Raibundarius.
See you guys on the Fields of Justice.
-Ray
How appropriate, I got demoted into Bronze 1 recently due to lack of playing time during the last 2 months of class. I play mostly ADC and Top, with some support and mid thrown in when needed. Feel free to add me.
I decide to jump back into solo queue for the first time in a while, and while the client works fine, and minimizes itself when the game starts, but game never opens. Thanks for the loss, wish I'd at least seen the Rift. Why the heck do they have this two-part system anyway?
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I decide to jump back into solo queue for the first time in a while, and while the client works fine, and minimizes itself when the game starts, but game never opens. Thanks for the loss, wish I'd at least seen the Rift. Why the heck do they have this two-part system anyway?
Yea, league client has tons of problems. It's probably the worst game client I've ever seen.
You can just reopen when that happens and only be as far behind as it takes your comp to reload game, though.
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You can just reopen when that happens and only be as far behind as it takes your comp to reload game, though.
Nope, tried to reopen repeatedly. I eventually used the repair function, then it worked. Just in time to jump into the final fight for the base at level 1.
Got a couple of assists and hit level 7 in record time, though. Bet they weren't expecting my 16-second respawns, either.
Oh, and my next game had two leavers. So there was that. My Caitlyn-Annie(!) bottom lane was stomping their Caitlyn-Sona comp, but there's only so much you can do when the top and jungler quit to go have dinner just as you're entering the teamfight stage. Still, I ended 5-6 against the other Cait's 1-8, proving once and for all that Safari Cait > Resistance Cait. (Also, that Caits shouldn't go for Runaan's Hurricane.)
I no longer grab boots on MF. Zephyr all the way. I grab it as a second major item behind Bloodthirster on her. The way I see it MF has no escapes and even if you get boots on her you arent going to get away from a gank without burning flash. 5-0 since making the switch.
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Then the Talon on my team does this...
http://www.lolking.net/summoner/na/22098592#history
note I was 1/1/4 while the noc on our team was 1/1/5.
In case he's played enough games to not see it he was 16/1/2
That Talon was crazy amazing.
1) Whoever is on free week. Rotate around until you find a champion that resonates with you. My first 3 were Shen, Ezreal, and Katarina.
2) DOTA2 vs LoL is a giant can of worms. Both games have their pros/cons but League is generally considered easier to start in.
Holy crap this. He's only been out ~15 hours and first impressions are almost always based around a general lack of counter-knowledge surrounding the champion. I personally found him to be pretty weak against large amounts of CC and/or heal reduction ala ignite/morellonomicon/executioner's calling.
Yes, the passive is annoying, it takes him a long time to build the effect up to be a decent heal. If you burst the crap out of him early it's going to revive him with very little health.
I need to do the last 10 levels of "I GLJ I" before I start another smurf.
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Executioner's Calling.
This thing wrecks any high sustain champ. Mundo/Swain/Yorick etc.
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I really need to play ranked more often, at least get myself out of Bronze. So far, at one or two games a week, the climb hasn't been too bad. I've never dropped a division and i've only failed one promo series.
A few things.
1. Jax's burst at early levels is far more potent than Aatrox's due to Aatrox's dependance on items. His base damages are really not that high, it's his sustain that allows him to lane at all. Aatrox gets bullied very hard in lane by potent tops such as Rumble, Renekton, Kennen, and probably quite a few others I'm forgetting. His laning phase is not strong enough to warrant being put top[EDIT: BY ITSELF. I don't think he's a bad top, but I think it's his durability in lane+need for farm that may push him as a top laner, not his ability to lane].
2. Aatrox's E poke is fairly weak and tame compared to average poke such as Nid spear, Jayce shock blast, Ez q, Janna Tornado, Cait q, etc. Even if at some stages of the game, it has the damage, the projectile speed and range both feel lacking.
3. He may be hard to kill in that case. But what does he do? You can say he does decent auto damage while being hard to kill, but his utility in a fight is low due to his kit, primarily his cooldowns. He can't chain cc very well, and his damage isn't impressive. Maybe if you get ahead in laning he could be very potent with this build, but otherwise I don't see it. I think he wants more damage to melt a target, come back up with bloodwell, and clean up. He has obvious synergies with GA, Visage, and Randuin's as defensive items, but I would build him primarily damage with a bit of bulk.
4. It is much to early to speculate that he is broken. We have very incomplete information, but he has weaknesses, just like any other champion. I would calm down and reserve judgement for about two weeks from now.
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Just my .02 cents; he gets wrecked in solo lanes but can do well in jungle provided he ganks and you have at least 2 tanky champs on the team
I usually play Thresh, Taric, Leona, Nautilus, Soraka or Lulu and I'm looking to learn some more champs like Zyra and Elise.
Summoner name: Raibundarius.
See you guys on the Fields of Justice.
-Ray
I can help carry you out. I don't play on my main anymore but if you add my smurf and ask for a game, I'll gladly help you!
Smurf name: BearBeatZ
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I think it's kinda dumb that there's an arbitrary rank-up thing like a series, where I'm put against high gold mmr to get into gold v
Not as bad as playing against Plats to get into Gold!
How appropriate, I got demoted into Bronze 1 recently due to lack of playing time during the last 2 months of class. I play mostly ADC and Top, with some support and mid thrown in when needed. Feel free to add me.
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You can just reopen when that happens and only be as far behind as it takes your comp to reload game, though.
Nope, tried to reopen repeatedly. I eventually used the repair function, then it worked. Just in time to jump into the final fight for the base at level 1.
Got a couple of assists and hit level 7 in record time, though. Bet they weren't expecting my 16-second respawns, either.
Oh, and my next game had two leavers. So there was that. My Caitlyn-Annie(!) bottom lane was stomping their Caitlyn-Sona comp, but there's only so much you can do when the top and jungler quit to go have dinner just as you're entering the teamfight stage. Still, I ended 5-6 against the other Cait's 1-8, proving once and for all that Safari Cait > Resistance Cait. (Also, that Caits shouldn't go for Runaan's Hurricane.)
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