I like this a lot. I only ever buy champs after I've tried them, so that means new champs don't get touched by me until their free week, ~2 weeks after their release. By then, they're back to 6300.
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You got 99 attackers but I'm blocking with 1.
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This Winner is Also Judge | 6
Club Flamingo | Lots
I've done a bunch of build paths on Vi, and so far Black Cleaver is 100% core on her. I don't really like going Black Cleaver -> Blood Thirster because Vi doesn't really use life steal very well and the utility from other items usually offers better itemization choices.
Best over damage: Black Cleaver -> Trinity Force
DPS Tanky: Black Cleaver -> Frozen Mallet
Bursty/tanky: Black Cleaver -> Frozen Fist
as of now I'm going 9/21/0, but I tried 14/16/0 and didn't like it. I'm running phreak's runes - armor pen marks, flat armor seals, flat mr glyphs, and flat AD quints. It works fairly well.
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I forget to mention this item because I build it as naturally as I build wards when I jungle, but man is it ****ing great.
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"In a world where money talks, silence is horrifying."
I forget to mention this item because I build it as naturally as I build wards when I jungle, but man is it ****ing great.
Oh yeah as a jungler that normally carried around a Wriggles and bought 2 wards every back being able to pick this thing up, still get health stats from it, and effectively get 5 wards every back is amazing. Having 4 wards to place at a time once you hit Ruby and have a wriggles really takes a lot of the risk out of counter jungling.
I would say the biggest difference after watching the replay between me and that Mundo was he was very defensive with his warding, he was placing them to protect against my counter jungling. I was actively placing them in his jungle making it difficult for him to really go after any lane without some kind of warning while also having perfect timing on all of his jungle camps.
I really just love how much more aggression pays off in S3 jungle as oppose to S2 I really do.
EDIT--Speaking of the jungle I'm curious what others think about it. Personally I absolutely love how they have redone the jungle and made counter jungling and in general aggressive play so rewarding to do and so punishing when you pull it off. That said I seem to be in the minority as everyone on the LoL forums and people I meet in game seem to absolutely hate the new jungle. What are your guys opinions on it?
Imo, the real strength of sightstone is that you can move the wards you place at no extra charge.
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1st cupple times playing Darius, lose to Lee Sin top, Elise top, almost lose to a Akali top.
And I always get ganked 2-3 times pre 6 everytime im playing him its pretty sad(like in the very beginning where you cannot buy ward at all).. since he is not mobile I always die, how to avoid it?
1st cupple times playing Darius, lose to Lee Sin top, Elise top, almost lose to a Akali top.
And I always get ganked 2-3 times pre 6 everytime im playing him its pretty sad(like in the very beginning where you cannot buy ward at all).. since he is not mobile I always die, how to avoid it?
Play safer, don't overextend early and read into their movements. If they start a fight against you early then They're probably baiting a fight. Darius is a champion that you can't let snowball so it's no surprise that you're getting ganked early.
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- We will continue to walk down this path until eternity.
1st cupple times playing Darius, lose to Lee Sin top, Elise top, almost lose to a Akali top.
And I always get ganked 2-3 times pre 6 everytime im playing him its pretty sad(like in the very beginning where you cannot buy ward at all).. since he is not mobile I always die, how to avoid it?
its hard to avoid it, I would say some stuff like don't overextend but gank top early is hard to beat. Try to make sure you aren't overextending and be careful against lee sin jungle and other junglers that do strong early ganks top.
On another note since they neutered my kitty I'm playing khaz and nidalee in ranked. Nid is broken, even camped I haven't lost lane with her yet. She has so much utility.
khaz is just fun, and he's a decent assassin with poke which is cool.
I'll probably buy Vi tonight or tomorrow depending as I'm a few ip short. She seems like an okay bruiser.
For Team MTGS, do people (SacredMesa in particular, since you play a lot of 3s it seems) want to start getting some 3s games out of the way? It's easy gold, after all, and only requires 3 people.
I'll probably buy Vi tonight or tomorrow depending as I'm a few ip short. She seems like an okay bruiser.
You can build her like a bruiser or play her like Pantheon, she does both well.
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- We will continue to walk down this path until eternity.
I ground out the last few IP I needed to buy Vi and I'm loving her. She can have huge damage output out of nowhere along with a (kind of) AOE and gap closer/escape mechanism.
All that aside I would like to ask: How did you guys improve at League? I realize it took lots and lots of time, but are there any specific things to focus on/look out for? I'm level 14, and whenever I play I feel like I'm lagging behind my team in terms of skill.
However, in today's culture of Justin Bieber, Jersey Shore, and Twilight, where every song on the radio, every program on television and every site on the internet is just another monument to the pinnacle of human stupidity, it's certainly not the worst thing that people could be watching.
All that aside I would like to ask: How did you guys improve at League? I realize it took lots and lots of time, but are there any specific things to focus on/look out for?
Play a ton.
Focus on how you can improve. Other people can and will let you down, but there's tons you can do better to carry. That's how I was able to get into the 1700s last season.
Watch streams/replays of good players. You can learn a ton just from passively watching. Ask them questions to improve even more.
Play with/against better players. You're likely not going to get better if you play with baddies all day. This is kind of a catch 22, but if you q-ing up with better players circumvents this (and there is little reason to soloq normals given that we've this lovely thread to network through).
If you want to survive top as Darius, try starting with that flask and a ward or two. It'll give you some sustain, and stop the jungler from interfering with you quite so much. That being said, if I see a Darius top on the enemy team and I'm jungling, I'm going to gank the crap out of him because he has no way to get away.
All that aside I would like to ask: How did you guys improve at League? I realize it took lots and lots of time, but are there any specific things to focus on/look out for? I'm level 14, and whenever I play I feel like I'm lagging behind my team in terms of skill.
If you identify one thing you need to do better, play a champ or role that forces you to: e.g. if you suck ass at skillshots then make yourself play blitzcrank and ignore the people that get mad at you for sucking until you get good. Or play an AD carry if you need to get better at last hitting.
Watch pro players that are actually helpful/informative in their streams, like Scarra.
Learn at least the basics of every role even if you don't play them, so you can learn to expect things like when people will be ganking or when mid will go off to do blue. It's really easy for example to setup a gank on blue team's mid as purple's top if you have an opportunity at 7:00 and your jungler is in on it.
Get good at last hitting under tower, especially now that indomitable is gone and tanking creeps is painful.
Learn and pay attention to things like how quickly people can get across the map - for example you know that when a mobility boots shaco (who can deceive over walls) goes MIA that the area of the fog he's potentially in spreads rapidly. Most people I play with don't seem to pay much attention to this kind of thing, but it's very important because it dictates when you are able to play aggressively. Obviously you also want to pay attention to things like what new items your lane opponent has after they've been gone long enough to buy.
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/sigh and my undefeated Shyvana streak finally comes to an end. Had the enemy Udyr 2-3 levels under me most of the game and he didn't even break 100 CS in a 40 minute game. To top it off we also got every dragon of the game, sadly even with that it's really hard to shut down a 15/7 talon and 22/6 Vayne >.<
/sigh and my undefeated Shyvana streak finally comes to an end. Had the enemy Udyr 2-3 levels under me most of the game and he didn't even break 100 CS in a 40 minute game. To top it off we also got every dragon of the game, sadly even with that it's really hard to shut down a 15/7 talon and 22/6 Vayne >.<
Should probably have mentioned that we typically troll normals. I was trying moderately, actually, but bot lane likes to feed off each other's silliness.
Should probably have mentioned that we typically troll normals. I was trying moderately, actually, but bot lane likes to feed off each other's silliness.
Yeah i got the feeling it was something like that when blitz fed first blood running around udyrs jungle lvl 1.
That was also the reason i didnt say much or stick around after the game. Wasnt exact happy to see that streak broken like that >.<
Now that the price reductions are officially based on who's oldest this'll make planning it out a little easier.
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Best over damage: Black Cleaver -> Trinity Force
DPS Tanky: Black Cleaver -> Frozen Mallet
Bursty/tanky: Black Cleaver -> Frozen Fist
as of now I'm going 9/21/0, but I tried 14/16/0 and didn't like it. I'm running phreak's runes - armor pen marks, flat armor seals, flat mr glyphs, and flat AD quints. It works fairly well.
Whether it's a comedy or a tragedy, if there is cheering, the story will continue on.
Just like the many lives.
For the us who are still in it and still in the journey, send warm blessings.
- We will continue to walk down this path until eternity.
He went 1/5/2 60 CS and ended the 20 minute game aroudn level 8.
I went 4/2/5 109 CS and ended the game level 11, while giving every blue since the 2nd to mid and every red since the 3rd and golemns to bot.
God I love Shyvana.
Also Wriggles+Ruby Sightstone on Shyvana is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO broken in terms of map control.
I forget to mention this item because I build it as naturally as I build wards when I jungle, but man is it ****ing great.
"In a world where money talks, silence is horrifying."
Ashcoat Bear of Limited
Oh yeah as a jungler that normally carried around a Wriggles and bought 2 wards every back being able to pick this thing up, still get health stats from it, and effectively get 5 wards every back is amazing. Having 4 wards to place at a time once you hit Ruby and have a wriggles really takes a lot of the risk out of counter jungling.
I would say the biggest difference after watching the replay between me and that Mundo was he was very defensive with his warding, he was placing them to protect against my counter jungling. I was actively placing them in his jungle making it difficult for him to really go after any lane without some kind of warning while also having perfect timing on all of his jungle camps.
I really just love how much more aggression pays off in S3 jungle as oppose to S2 I really do.
EDIT--Speaking of the jungle I'm curious what others think about it. Personally I absolutely love how they have redone the jungle and made counter jungling and in general aggressive play so rewarding to do and so punishing when you pull it off. That said I seem to be in the minority as everyone on the LoL forums and people I meet in game seem to absolutely hate the new jungle. What are your guys opinions on it?
"In a world where money talks, silence is horrifying."
Ashcoat Bear of Limited
And I always get ganked 2-3 times pre 6 everytime im playing him its pretty sad(like in the very beginning where you cannot buy ward at all).. since he is not mobile I always die, how to avoid it?
EDH: Xenagos, God of Revels.
Play safer, don't overextend early and read into their movements. If they start a fight against you early then They're probably baiting a fight. Darius is a champion that you can't let snowball so it's no surprise that you're getting ganked early.
Whether it's a comedy or a tragedy, if there is cheering, the story will continue on.
Just like the many lives.
For the us who are still in it and still in the journey, send warm blessings.
- We will continue to walk down this path until eternity.
its hard to avoid it, I would say some stuff like don't overextend but gank top early is hard to beat. Try to make sure you aren't overextending and be careful against lee sin jungle and other junglers that do strong early ganks top.
On another note since they neutered my kitty I'm playing khaz and nidalee in ranked. Nid is broken, even camped I haven't lost lane with her yet. She has so much utility.
khaz is just fun, and he's a decent assassin with poke which is cool.
I'll probably buy Vi tonight or tomorrow depending as I'm a few ip short. She seems like an okay bruiser.
You can build her like a bruiser or play her like Pantheon, she does both well.
Whether it's a comedy or a tragedy, if there is cheering, the story will continue on.
Just like the many lives.
For the us who are still in it and still in the journey, send warm blessings.
- We will continue to walk down this path until eternity.
All that aside I would like to ask: How did you guys improve at League? I realize it took lots and lots of time, but are there any specific things to focus on/look out for? I'm level 14, and whenever I play I feel like I'm lagging behind my team in terms of skill.
I'm Da_Man on Cockatrice
Play a ton.
Focus on how you can improve. Other people can and will let you down, but there's tons you can do better to carry. That's how I was able to get into the 1700s last season.
Watch streams/replays of good players. You can learn a ton just from passively watching. Ask them questions to improve even more.
Play with/against better players. You're likely not going to get better if you play with baddies all day. This is kind of a catch 22, but if you q-ing up with better players circumvents this (and there is little reason to soloq normals given that we've this lovely thread to network through).
Watch pro players that are actually helpful/informative in their streams, like Scarra.
Learn at least the basics of every role even if you don't play them, so you can learn to expect things like when people will be ganking or when mid will go off to do blue. It's really easy for example to setup a gank on blue team's mid as purple's top if you have an opportunity at 7:00 and your jungler is in on it.
Get good at last hitting under tower, especially now that indomitable is gone and tanking creeps is painful.
Learn and pay attention to things like how quickly people can get across the map - for example you know that when a mobility boots shaco (who can deceive over walls) goes MIA that the area of the fog he's potentially in spreads rapidly. Most people I play with don't seem to pay much attention to this kind of thing, but it's very important because it dictates when you are able to play aggressively. Obviously you also want to pay attention to things like what new items your lane opponent has after they've been gone long enough to buy.
Should probably have mentioned that we typically troll normals. I was trying moderately, actually, but bot lane likes to feed off each other's silliness.
Yeah i got the feeling it was something like that when blitz fed first blood running around udyrs jungle lvl 1.
That was also the reason i didnt say much or stick around after the game. Wasnt exact happy to see that streak broken like that >.<