I just had one of the more frustrating games that would generally leave one disappointed, but rather came away with a sense of progress and understanding the key points I need to work on. The last time I played Renekton was several months ago, when I was lacking in mechanics thus failing with him miserably. I took him again today when I was left to play top and my lane opp. took Ryze.
I was able to bully him hard, despite suffering a bit in the beginning, and had the midlaner and jungler repeatedly ganking. I went 4/0/4 early on, had 2-3 levels on him with more than double the farm. Vel'Koz, who was mid, also took the tower early due to Leblanc's roaming.
The issue was our bot lane, a duo who cowered in teamfights leaving us alone after they lost their lane hard despite our efforts to contain the opp. Jinx (who melted turrets like butter.) I finished the game 12/11/6, which is far too many deaths, but being the sole front line with a responsibility to peel it wasn't easy to avoid. I laughed (but died a bit) when Ezreal would shift + flash as soon as the teamfight started, rather than position himself properly in fights. The game was fairly even in objectives and kills until late game, where Jinx could kill half the team on her own while Ez only had a Cutlass+Triforce+Doran's+tier 1 boots.
I do recognize this general issue for teams in Silver where there is a real struggle to push for objectives when in the lead, and we end up letting opp. back into the game. Game management is definitely something I can practice more, but feel slightly disheartened when doing reasonably well only to face a cannonball of death.
As I type this I'm playing a 14/1 (top) Teemo as a 7/2 Twisted Fate (mid). FML (Diana Jungle 0/11 + Lucian 1/5 ;_
Edit: Currently 11/5, maybe there's a chance....
Never mind, mumu too strong.
T_T
