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League of Legends |OT7| She Ezreal To Me, Dammit!
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Despite all the elitist "lol bronze" bullshit Blitzcrank has among the best win rates of any support at all ranks. The entire "Bronzodia" thing makes me laugh, really. None of those champions have significant win or pick rate changes across ranks.
How have the NA servers been in the last few days? I haven't even bothered to log on since my last experience was so bad.
Stone Ocean
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Well yeah, "Bronzodia" hasn't been a thing for a couple years now, game changed a lot since then - the days of banning Malphite, the joy. I'm not saying he's bad, I'm just curious as to why he's seemingly so popular again because of how often I've been seeing him everywhere lately.
NA was working pretty well yesterday since the DDOSers were focusing on Sony. They basically just DDOS the League servers at night, anyways.
I am just always scared that I will miss vital chat doing that. It's not that I've had lots of toxic chat encounters, it's just that the ones that have happened, were on the "bit too much" range.
Anyway, is Rod of Ages any good on AP-based supports? I feel after rushing 2nd gold item/sightstone/mobi boots gold is better spent elsewhere, considering the lenght of most games?
The cost of it really doesn't lend itself to a support purchase. It's meant for champions that stand in the middle of teams and annoy that can also get farm. Lissandra, Singed, Karthus, etc.
If you're dominating to the point where you can buy RoA on a support you should just go full mage.
Stone Ocean
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If you aren't rushing RoA as your first item then you shouldn't get it at all. It takes too long for it to build up, and it's components are pretty shitty if you want to hold on to them for whatever reason, and all that is even worse for supports since you don't have as much gold as a laner.
If you really, really want something similar, just get Rylai's instead.
SteveWinwood
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is there really an item called rod of ages
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Meh, tell that to reddit.
(I don't know why I bother with r/LoL other than boredom at work)
I don't know. He's had a few nice buffs which is always good, but nothing earth shattering. His win rates have been stable for a long time, so it's not like people are jumping on the free elo train. Hasn't such much activity competitively. I tried to see if there was a possible link between Thresh play rate decrease and Blitz increase, but the history doesn't go back far enough.
Could be that he has an easier time in the bot lane without high damage junglers lurking around? Blitz's peel/ protection game has always been so-so. Probably a bunch of small things with a good amount of "oh yeah, I forgot about Blitz".
Well that's good....
...nevermind.
PhillipCostigan
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and promoted. skipped silver 2 (where I was before I inactivity decayed) and went straight to S1. Had to play Jinx that last one since they picked Cait.
8 wins 3 losses on Cait though. 72.7% win rate.
8 wins 3 losses on Cait though. 72.7% win rate.
Dobkeratops
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sounds like you got carried
PhillipCostigan
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pls. I carried that first game. second game yes. the lag was too strong for me to carry alone
Lone_Prodigy
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A good Blitz will win bot lane with the threat of his hook. If it's on cooldown you can safely farm or even go ham on their ADC.
Lone_Prodigy
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ARAM is better than Dominion for learning the game's mechanics. Plus, you can learn to dodge skillshots.
I actually think Dominion might be a more valuable learning tool, because while it isn't a one to one there is at least decision making that has to be done when it comes to objective control, learning when you should buy items, and the teamfights tend to feel more...legitimate than ARAM.
Probably people remembering that Malphite is quite good against attack speed and AD (which are quite popular now) as well as having ez initiation.
That and mecha skin.
Why do you feel that way? That is, why do you feel that Dominion is bad for learning mechanics?
Crab Milk Mickey
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Dominion allows you to move around, to choose a champion freely and to make game-changing decisions. ARAM on the other hand suffocates the player in its simplicity.
I'm not sure people play ARAM because they want to learn decision-making or move around a bunch, they play ARAM because they want a bunch of random champions mashed into a little area hitting each other for 20-30 minutes, and it generally delivers on that front.
Some people don't like it, and it may not be a very competitive mode, but that's thankfully why there are different modes in the game for different tastes.
Some people don't like it, and it may not be a very competitive mode, but that's thankfully why there are different modes in the game for different tastes.
I never know what to build in ARAM. I certainly never build them like in SR. I may be bad in ARAM, tho.
Peanut Butter
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Before I hit level 30, yeah. However, after experiencing what can go down in ranked, normals never phase me.
People play ARAM because the xp/ip per hour is highest.
Orochinagis
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This is so true. You can just chill out and play without having to think about map awareness or any of the other shit you need to think about on SR.
PhillipCostigan
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PhillipCostigan
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I guess Morgana. Hrm.
Last season's was awful, and if it's Morgana, it's going to be just as awful.
I wouldn't worry too much about it.
Yup, that's morgana.
Mister Negative
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I pretty much always start with triple dorans
Peanut Butter
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Do Victorious Skins go on sale for everyone with Gold+ players getting a freebie, or are they only Gold+?
PhillipCostigan
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Elise's is good though :/
Gold+ only, and will never* go on sale.
Ew. It's funny, as both Elise and Morgana have superior blue/white skins.
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