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League of Legends |OT3| Lizards are red, golems are blue. Give a leash or no gank 4 u
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PhillipCostigan
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PhillipCostigan
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Oh yeah, and even if you're shit like me you can still win pretty much all top lane matches. She's so satisfying to play.
Pity she's just kinda reduced to being a sponge late game. If she transitioned out of lane phase better she's be guaranteed pick or ban.
I kinda forgot there was free week champions lol. I did want to try out Lulu. Perhaps I'll do that this week.
I think Morgana is next on my support champ list though. Burnt on Leona.
I love Leona but playing her support without voice chat is like stabbing yourself in the eye with a fork.
A friend of mine swears by her in the jungle. Clear speed is a little slow but she takes like no damage and has a monster gank/countergank.
Sponge, initiator, executor, diver etc. Her late game is underrated imo.
NovemberMike
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Her late game is fine. Just build mPen and armor and she'll shit out damage while tanking and ccing the enemy team.
CountBlack
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How am I supposed to go on without double IP
Is IP Boost for 3 days worth it?
Is IP Boost for 3 days worth it?
Schmattakopf
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I just watched for a couple of minutes. In that time, you were mostly alone, and you dove in by yourself twice and died instantly. You should go in like that when you are with your team and they can back you up. But you need to be tankier. Don't build attack speed and critical strike on Xin; it doesn't really do much for you. Build some AD like a Black Cleaver, and then tank items. You built Warmog's and Frozen Mallet, that's probably good, but you need some magic resist and armour: Merc Treads (instead of attack speed boots), Aegis of the Legion, Randuin's Omen, maybe Mercurial Scimitar.
Stay with your team, build tanky, forget attack speed and critical strike.
Slightly Live
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You play the hand you're dealt.
We had the most kills consistantly through the match, with a lead of at least 10.
We still lost badly.
Slightly Live
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At the end there I was pretty much at the point of not wanting to continue the match. For the majority of the time during the game I was with at least one other player or the team. You know when a game reaches that tipping point of no return and you know for certain you've lost and your team refuses to surrender - I hate being dragged through those no win situations. I tend to play a lot more recklessly when that happens.
Your item suggests however are very welcome. I think I built myself a little too HP heavy, I definitely felt the lack of armour and magic resist, so thanks for pointing that out.
How am I supposed to go on without double IP
Is IP Boost for 3 days worth it?
I think I did the math once and figured out pretty quick that it isn't worth it unless you really want to get some runes. It was a while ago though. Somebody else should probably confirm this.
How am I supposed to go on without double IP
Is IP Boost for 3 days worth it?
Yeah, someone on reddit did some math about it. Unless you're buying runes, not worth it.
You're better off spending the RP on the champion directly (especially when they are on sale).
Pretty much. She's great fun and I feel like I play her pretty well but it's tough with a random player. And if you fall behind in lane, you're basically sitting there waiting for teamfights or defending under tower. If you're winning and the adc can follow up, it's a smash fest though.
I'll stick with Zyra or Sona for typical games. My win rate is much higher with them. Hard to go wrong with a ranged poke/CC champ for support.
Thx man!
While lurking there, found this: Annie new splash.. Sooo goood! With the panda skin and the new splash I may store fiddle for a while and go back to maining Annie
edit: Still upset about Tibbers Tilted head, looking derpy though.
Slightly Live
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It's kind of sad when that build makes more sense in reverse.
Edit: Boots1 -> Phage / Brutalizer (depending on how ahead, more or less) -> Boots2 (Don't just get Merc treads without looking at the enemy team). Bloodthirster isn't bad, per se, but it doesn't feel like a necessary item for Xin Zhao. You'd be better served getting tankier (Warmog's) with some CDR (Kindlegem items).
I pretty much wouldn't ever build PD and the Randuin's / Mercurial is a situational pick at best. If you absolutely must have an ASPD Movement item, Zephyr is better than PD for Xin.
Edit: Boots1 -> Phage / Brutalizer (depending on how ahead, more or less) -> Boots2 (Don't just get Merc treads without looking at the enemy team). Bloodthirster isn't bad, per se, but it doesn't feel like a necessary item for Xin Zhao. You'd be better served getting tankier (Warmog's) with some CDR (Kindlegem items).
I pretty much wouldn't ever build PD and the Randuin's / Mercurial is a situational pick at best. If you absolutely must have an ASPD Movement item, Zephyr is better than PD for Xin.
Schmattakopf
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Don't get PD. Get Brutalizer and Phage for early game damage items. They build into Black Cleaver and Frozen Mallet.
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NovemberMike
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The 3 major options for boots are Merc Treads for the MR, Ninja Tabi for the armor, Boots of Mobility for the strategic speed or Swiftness for chasing. Berserker Greaves are kind of overrated on a lot of bruisers and blind picking Treads isn't a great idea.
Slightly Live
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Didnt even get a chance.
Ugh.
Right, so check enemy team before finishing the boots.
Replace PD with Brutalizer and Phage.
Replace RanMerc with Zephyr.
So,
-Boots + 3 Pots
-Brutalizer
-Phage
-Finish Boots
-Zephyr
-Bloodthirster
-Black Cleaver
-Frozen Mallet
How's that?
Providing the rest of my team doesn't assplode before I finish the boots.
Ugh.
Right, so check enemy team before finishing the boots.
Replace PD with Brutalizer and Phage.
Replace RanMerc with Zephyr.
So,
-Boots + 3 Pots
-Brutalizer
-Phage
-Finish Boots
-Zephyr
-Bloodthirster
-Black Cleaver
-Frozen Mallet
How's that?
Providing the rest of my team doesn't assplode before I finish the boots.
^Prioritize some tanky items (Frozen Mallet, Warmog, Maw against AP heavy teams) after Black Cleaver especially if you are the only front line champion in your team. I view BT and Zephyr as luxury items on Xin so get those if you're so fed that there's no way you can lose.
so sad. the yla rex is all of us weeps.
so sad. the yla rex is all of us weeps.
I find myself, that with every match I keep moving more and more to a support role with fid. A support role that if given a chance can do tons of damage. Is this a bad behavior, and should I rectify now, or is that a reasonable role for fid?
By support I mean, staying back doing drains silences and fears so my team mates get the kills and if given the chance ult in when I see the opportunity (rarely use it).
Thx! Not to toot my own horn but every time I set my mind to "you're supporting, do not fetch kills" I win said match. Whereas, when I go all out offensive I most likely end up with a high positive KDR but the match can go either way (win/lose). Which is why I have been moving towards more support behavior.
If you've seen it been played like that at higher levels of play, then I think I might just keep at it as support
By support I mean, staying back doing drains silences and fears so my team mates get the kills and if given the chance ult in when I see the opportunity (rarely use it).
Thx! Not to toot my own horn but every time I set my mind to "you're supporting, do not fetch kills" I win said match. Whereas, when I go all out offensive I most likely end up with a high positive KDR but the match can go either way (win/lose). Which is why I have been moving towards more support behavior.
If you've seen it been played like that at higher levels of play, then I think I might just keep at it as support
I see Fid Supports destroy and feed. If you do good with him I don't see the problem is using it. Late game Fid is pretty scary even with just support items. His fear is great at picking people off.
Didnt even get a chance.
Ugh.
Right, so check enemy team before finishing the boots.
Replace PD with Brutalizer and Phage.
Replace RanMerc with Zephyr.
So,
-Boots + 3 Pots
-Brutalizer
-Phage
-Finish Boots
-Zephyr
-Bloodthirster
-Black Cleaver
-Frozen Mallet
How's that?
Providing the rest of my team doesn't assplode before I finish the boots.
After you finish boots build BC the get a giants belt. If face rolling, frozen mallet, thirster, zeypher, then like a maw. If not facerolling get warmogs, spirit visage, frozen mallet, then maw maybe.
You want to prioritize his tankiness because if you get focused as don it's not easy to get away so you wanna do dmg but u gotta survive first.
Slightly Live
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I haven't won a single game tonight. Not once, and not even close. I know it's not me either. =/
Are you on NA servers or EU?
Yeah, I made some pretty bad decisions myself, though.
What really gets me is when people with a sliver of health b in front of the new batch of revived champions because they can't be bothered to run a few steps into the fog of war.
Because >kills doesn't really equate to winning, even if it helps it a lot.
np, dude.Thx man!
While lurking there, found this: Annie new splash.. Sooo goood! With the panda skin and the new splash I may store fiddle for a while and go back to maining Annie
edit: Still upset about Tibbers Tilted head, looking derpy though.
To be honest, the splash art looks kinda weird. Like, seriously too much upskirt leg for a little girl.
Slightly Live
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Never said it did. But leading by 10 kills generally means you have gold advantage and most likely full control of a lane or two. For a decent team, a 10 kill leads is enough to let them snowball.
To lose with a 10-20 kill lead the entire match means there's something, very, very wrong.
Ah, I see.
I think OddOne and Gazzawa started playing recently but I don't know what EU server they're on.
Anyways, there's not much you can do to carry a 1/15 Annie, Clariy Lux game but it looks like you are doing well with Xin. Just keep at it and hopefully you get some better teams.
Oh yeah, you also want to be maxing your Q skill first, and then W. Max E last because the extra slow and magic damage are not as great as the extra damage and lower CD of Q (the more time you have Q up means the faster you get your ult and other skills off CD) and the increased sustain and ASPD of W. E is one of those one point wonder skills where one point is all you need for the gap close and pretty decent slow even at rank 1. My typical skill order is QEWQ and R>Q>W>E.
You can find detailed stats on skills on the LoLwiki so you can see what you're getting out of every point you put in.
http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/Xin_Zhao
If you're leading with 10 kills then one or two lanes have probably won. The ideal thing to do is take the tower and roam to another lane and help take that lane, or push to tower and do the same thing.
^Prioritize some tanky items (Frozen Mallet, Warmog, Maw against AP heavy teams) after Black Cleaver especially if you are the only front line champion in your team. I view BT and Zephyr as luxury items on Xin so get those if you're so fed that there's no way you can lose.
so sad. the yla rex is all of us weeps.
Regarding Maw, I would only get the Hexdrinker and then stop building it there to work on other items. I think Maw is pretty terrible for it's cost.
I like Maw because it has a funny name. >: (
njean777
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prolly the hard drive I play on my Imac and it can be slow sometimes, but tbh I dont mind since I am on a desktop.
My prior laptop had a 7200rpm drive but I wasn't expect updates to take this long.
I think the hard drive turned off during sleep mode which would explain a lot. But this thing had like a 4 hour battery life.
This is the first time I am running this installer on this machine so I was expect a long download/ install.
Depends on multiple factors, namely objectives.
If they been getting towers and dragons you might be losing in gold for all you know.
Slightly Live
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LoL: 3 Games, 3 Loses Tonight - Will I Win The Last?
My exciting final game video of the night.
Spoiler:
No
I'm seeing definite improvement with Xin but terrible team, after terrible team is robbing me of any victory.
Lost all of my last five games now. Not a single win tonight. Feels bad.
Yeah, it depends on things, but generally speaking, for the majority of cases I have encountered, it fits, not always, but most of the time.
My exciting final game video of the night.
Spoiler:
No
I'm seeing definite improvement with Xin but terrible team, after terrible team is robbing me of any victory.
Lost all of my last five games now. Not a single win tonight. Feels bad.
Yeah, it depends on things, but generally speaking, for the majority of cases I have encountered, it fits, not always, but most of the time.
Also try not to fall into the mentality of blaming your team every time you lose, there's always things you could've done better, try to focus on those instead rather than your teammate's mistakes that you can't fix for next time.
Don't want to end up like this guy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjPsQ6Buuec
Don't want to end up like this guy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjPsQ6Buuec
Jazzy Network
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Guys each locket you buy raises your odds of winning by 10%
That's great. It's like the embodiment of low ELO solo queue. Wow that was the longest wraith camp clear ever.
in otter news i can't find my stylus so i am sad corgi
http://www.lolking.net/summoner/na/30319204#history
goodness
Slightly Live
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In his live stream right now. He's just as bad as the video makes him out to be.
CountBlack
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I just bought Kat.
Ends up being free this week -_-
Ends up being free this week -_-
Wolf Akela
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70% ASPD in one item slot op
Everyone should build ASPD. That'd be fun to watch.
Schmattakopf
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thestopsign
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I'm on a 6 game winning streak in ranked, 5-0 with Kennen. He seems to really benefit from the Liandry's + Rylai's pairing. Lots of good early items that keep him strong, and a Zhonyas by late game makes him strong the whole way. Safe farmer that doesn't push and won't feed in lane, can counter gank from mid pretty damn well. Not many people are using him right now and I'm not sure why.
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