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Doing quite well with Caitlin now, seem to be able to use her skills to not only keep myself alive (mostly the net one) but also finding some good tactics like if I'm low on health, use the Ghost spell to run away, then use my long search shot on them 
Problem is, when I went to select her, it was greyed out from the menu? Guess I should pay for her unlock then?
Problem is, when I went to select her, it was greyed out from the menu? Guess I should pay for her unlock then?
SouthernDragon
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Means someone else picked her. If you don't own her, and she's not free, she won't appear at all.Gaaraz said:Doing quite well with Caitlin now, seem to be able to use her skills to not only keep myself alive (mostly the net one) but also finding some good tactics like if I'm low on health, use the Ghost spell to run away, then use my long search shot on them
Problem is, when I went to select her, it was greyed out from the menu? Guess I should pay for her unlock then?
thestopsign
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FlightOfHeaven said:
Honestly, whenever I play with anyone guys under 30 I lose. He might be decent for his level, but lack of awareness and the disadvantage in runes and masteries is just too great to really overcome. When I play GAF games with you guys, I find that there are about 5x as many deaths in lane as normal. When I play ranked, a typical score after laning phase might be 3 to 2 with a dragon going to either team and maybe a tower down. When I play with you guys, there are 15+ deaths and at least one person is extremely fed.
Unfortunately right now, LoL is more catered towards a passive play style that doesn't really endorse aggressive moves unless they are carefully calculated. First blood is important, but the kills after that have less impact then a well CSed carry. The real problem is that in those games we played last night, their teams were winning CS-wise, organizationally, and were getting free kills. We can give up one or two of those maybe, but all three is a guaranteed loss.
A few things I noticed that might help us improve in the future:
- WARDS, there were a few times where we had great ward placements, but they were few and far in between. It seemed like we only got wards when we remembered too after getting killed because we had no wards.
- When the other team has the advantage, let them make the aggressive move. Let them try and tower dive or go for Baron.
- In team fights, we were both too bunched up, and too scattered. At the beginning we bunched up and each time either Sona or Amumu (or whoever the other teams had) were able to fully land their ults on all of us. This devastated us multiple times. After those ults, we tended to scatter letting us get picked off easily (I definitely was at fault of this multiple times).
- Pushed lanes, there is a fine balance between pushing too much and pushing too little. I find if the other teams are pushing hard, you still don't want to let them get near the tower. The easiest way to do this is actually auto-attack. If they are auto-attacking, you should too (and still get last hits of course). We lost way too many towers early from gradual pecking at the towers.
I know I wasn't perfect in those games either, but those were the main things that stuck out at me when I was playing. Definitely a frustrating set of games.
Dance In My Blood said:I guess I should take back anything negative I said about Yorick.
Probably going to have to buy him next week. Could even compete in 2v1 and 3v1 scenarios. Best part is how much people underestimate him in matchups.
The lose team had no initiator other than xin and he was a glass cannon. Yorick only dead well cause of blitz pulls or garen charges or Ashe arrows. Or you are in a low elo where people have no brains period.
Bad team, and I'm not even 30 so obviously these aren't the best players. Not recommending him for everyone or anything, but I assure you that my team didn't really help out with Blitz grabs or Ashe arrows. I don't think every situation would be great for him, but I found it very easy to whittle people down with his ranged and then move in for a kill when they hit about half health. If you can hit your AOE you can usually close the gap, then pop your red ghoul on the way in and bash them with your Q. The speed boost will keep them from separating without flash/ghost, or in other situations allow you to quickly pull out after a kill. Yorick can wade in pretty deep and get off relatively scoff free if you're playing right. He can be surprisingly spry.
SouthernDragon
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thestopsign said:
This is great. We just need to be more mindful and play intelligently.
I think you, Ultimoo, and uchip would benefit from playing together more often. I'm not sure I'm an asset at this point.
I hate flash I hate flash I hate flash I hate flash I hate flash I hate flash I hate flash I hate flash I hate flash I hate flash I hate flash I hate flash I hate flash I hate flash I hate flash I hate flash I hate flash I hate flash I hate flash I hate flash.
(Maybe if I say it enough Riot will remove it)
(Maybe if I say it enough Riot will remove it)
Jazzy Network
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Just got Rumble. Fun as hell.
SouthernDragon
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Halycon said:
I dunno. As Jarvan its frustrating, but people use it as a crutch. Once they use it to get out of ult, they are kinda fucked.
Yeah, there are general items for Yorick that seem like they're obvious/needed (like Sheen), but I'm still working out the rest. Most guides for him are still pretty terrible (even high rated ones suggest taking Omen of War at level one, which is retarded outside of jungling) so I guess I'll just have to find an item build I like on my own.RedGamer said:
CaptainMintMan
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Tiamat came out with an announcement that Leona wouldn't be released untill early next week. I'm thinking Tuesday.
thestopsign
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I got to play a game against a Riot employee tonight and probably had one of my best games ever. He said I was one of the best Nidalee's he's ever seen haha. The game was real close back and forth, both teams had all inhibs down and nexus turrets missing for a while.
I'll link the image, because it's big.
http://i.imgur.com/wxZFs.png
I'll link the image, because it's big.
http://i.imgur.com/wxZFs.png
Jazzy Network
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25-8 with Panth and still lost. Uggggggh.
VanillaCakeIsBurning
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I'm planning on buying Kassadin when I reach 3150 IP.
Anyone have any thoughts they want to share about him?
Anyone have any thoughts they want to share about him?
For the most part, you shouldn't be getting jumped as Yorick with any wards up. He is very fast and has a ranged slow. As long as you're aware of where your opponents are as Yorick you tend to be able to engage on your own terms. It seems like it would be especially hard to pin him down without a decent CC or chained slows.Jenga said:
Well...not really a reason for Yorick to face check bushes when he has his W, but Heimer is a very good counter to Yorick in general.Drkirby said:
He's very difficult to play and learning him isn't really worth the effort.PoorFate said:
Dubbedinenglish
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He takes a lot to learn but once you learn him he is amazing.R-Q-W combo is death to enemy squishies.PoorFate said:
Also remember he is a one man gank with Rift Walk, which can go through the longest of walls. Items wise rush Catalist first, the first five levels are the most vounerable.
I've been playing around with Yorick today and I feel he's pretty solid. There was a comment earlier about his E not being very useful, and I honestly disagree quite a bit. It provides a huge amount of lane sustainability because it restores a hefty amount of health for a really low mana cost. I start off my games with two health pots and a sapphire crystal, and I'm always able to stay in lane, harass and get creep score for practically the whole laning phase. (Obviously, I'm not playing Ranked, so I'm not judging his competitive use.. obv.)
I'm still building him Sapphire Crystal + 2 HP Pots, return home to upgrade to Tear and plain boots if I get low or get ganked. If I last through the whole laning phase, I return home and upgrade to a manamune and either berserker greaves or treads (depending on how far ahead I am in farm.) Then I go Sheen > Zeal > Phage > Trinity Force > Glacial Shroud > Frozen Heart > ?????
At this point, I'm not sure. I -want- to go for an infinity edge, but I'm usually not patient enough to want to farm for one big huge item at that point, if the game isn't already over. Once I have Manamune, Q does a ton of damage. Once I have Sheen, even more.
With 3 ghouls up (e,w,q), Yorick moves insanely fast and has great beat down.
I'm still building him Sapphire Crystal + 2 HP Pots, return home to upgrade to Tear and plain boots if I get low or get ganked. If I last through the whole laning phase, I return home and upgrade to a manamune and either berserker greaves or treads (depending on how far ahead I am in farm.) Then I go Sheen > Zeal > Phage > Trinity Force > Glacial Shroud > Frozen Heart > ?????
At this point, I'm not sure. I -want- to go for an infinity edge, but I'm usually not patient enough to want to farm for one big huge item at that point, if the game isn't already over. Once I have Manamune, Q does a ton of damage. Once I have Sheen, even more.
With 3 ghouls up (e,w,q), Yorick moves insanely fast and has great beat down.
fifasnipe2224
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yea......... I LOVE FIDDLE!
The only champ I ever loved playing
The only champ I ever loved playing
I like playing as healers (Soraka, Taric when he's free) and Rammus, but I've been really cycling through all the free ones these last few weeks.Drkirby said:
I know my numbers aren't supposed to be high as support/tank, but even when I play DPS (carries, ranged killers, whatever. I'm an MMO player!) I don't do too hot. Like I said, it's not discouraging, just wondering why I'm not doing awesome.
Because I'm an awesome person.
SouthernDragon
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Caitlyn and Tyranmedre were being arrogant assholes. Caitlyn was just sitting at tower the entire time at top. She never even touched the brush. Did generally poor trap placement. I tried to give her some tips when Tyran and Cait start being fucking condescending.
Bot was down 0-5, and we were down 2-9 overall and things are looking grim. Suddenly we pull together and start playing extremely cautiously. We take one of theirs in a team fight, maybe two. And suddenly we're even at 15-15.
Their Tyran tries to get our Ez, and we focus him. He dies, and the other team surrenders. Tyran kept getting caught by double ignites, and died twice to me.
Feels fuckin' good, man. Especially the surprise surrender at 40 minutes. I felt really different playing this time, I was being extra cautious.
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