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[Barack Lesnar]

This game took 51 minutes.

http://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/1619574752/32574845

We had 20k more gold and their Nami rage quit at level 15 yet it took 51 minutes to finish. Just no teamwork, coordination, etc. Still a fun game only possible in Bronze/Silver.


Btw, I 1vs1'd two Nexus turrets + a Lucian at the end, both full life. We both died but still.

 

[jerd]

I usually don't like 750 skins but I love Pickpocket Twitch. Definitely day one on him. It looks like he's the one that stole Gangster Twitch's attack sound effects too.

 

[JesseZao]

I like the new champ in theory, but I have a feeling it'll bad for quite a while in solo queue.

Also: Where's mah Malz skin?!

 

[Barack Lesnar]

Note: Blitz + AD TF bot lane is a great combo. Grab + stun

 

[Ferga]

I usually don't like 750 skins but I love Pickpocket Twitch. Definitely day one on him. It looks like he's the one that stole Gangster Twitch's attack sound effects too.

Hahaha. For a moment I thought you were going support masteries for pickpocket.

Holy shit. I just saw officer volibear.

What the fuck. Im so buying that. It looks so damn goofy.

 

[jerd]

So you don't go 21 in utility on adcs? Maybe that's why Im so bad at it

 

[Ocho]

for those that don't understand the GAMMA PLS meme

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OABbwypsTj0

Man that video is glorious, I forgot it existed. That cait ult + creep hit is perfect.

 

[dimb]

I need someone on the PBE. Tried the new Skarner skin, it looks well done and all but it really doesn't feel like Skarner to me.

 

[jerd]

Thematically? Or is it buggy?

 

[Barack Lesnar]

I need someone on the PBE. Tried the new Skarner skin, it looks well done and all but it really doesn't feel like Skarner to me.

I'm not a fan of the Battlecast skins because of this. I guess they must be big sellers since they make so many.

 

[NCR Redslayer]

I need someone on the PBE. Tried the new Skarner skin, it looks well done and all but it really doesn't feel like Skarner to me.

I just wish they made a Mecha skin instead( like aatrox's).

Spoiler

A wild mecha skarner appears!

 

[Blizzard]

Man that video is glorious, I forgot it existed. That cait ult + creep hit is perfect.

It doesn't even seem to be a creep hit. After the ult, Caitlyn autos Ziggs first, THEN autos the bush ward. Just not her day.

 

[kayos90]

Won both ranked games. Now in my series to Gold V. Phew.

 

[Barack Lesnar]

Won both ranked games. Now in my series to Gold V. Phew.

Good luck

 

[Orochinagis]

NEW SKINS

Safecracker Evelynn
Bloodmoon Kalista
Battlecast Kog'Maw
Batlecast Alpha Skarner
Constable Trundle
Pickpocket Twitch
Captain Volibear

HOLY MOLLY

Ewww that bloodmoon kalista is ugly as hell so much angry memories of Yoshimitsu. Safecracker evelynn is an instant buy

 

[VanillaCakeIsBurning]

He is tho. You should see the damage his combo does.

I don't know about that. I think he was a lot more fun when he had his old ult though.

 

[Pancakes]

Buttcracker eve will bring a resurgence of the stealthed menace to ranked.

 

[dimb]

Thematically? Or is it buggy?

Thematically.

Kalista can wall hop with her passive. Only works on really short walls but it's definitely doable, although even that takes a longer backwards hop.

 

[Newt]

Buttcracker eve will bring a resurgence of the stealthed menace to ranked.

Kaks why???

 

[Pancakes]

Kaks why???

RIP

 

[jerd]

Thematically.

Kalista can wall hop with her passive. Only works on really short walls but it's definitely doable, although even that takes a longer backwards hop.

I love skarner but really dislike his VO so idk. Depressed scorpion just doesn't hit home for me

 

[kiunchbb]

Man that video is glorious, I forgot it existed. That cait ult + creep hit is perfect.

Don't forget the ward hit, and the other hit on support just to scare him away.

My Khazix did nothing wrong!

 

[brian!]

dont forget the part where gamma peed his pants and told me not to tell anyone

 

[Sofo]

Did my 5th placement match, lost. At this point I'm pretty sad because I really wanted to make it to Silver, because there's such a stigma around Bronze, but to be honest, I don't think it'll happen (I'm 2/3 on wins/losses out of 10).

http://matchhistory.euw.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/EUW1/1806810362/206655443?tab=overview

Before the match I told Caitlyn (I was Nami) that IF we were down in kills, she should learn to play passive. That didn't mean to play passive during the entire laning... wth. The Lucian wasn't even good. He stood still autoing creeps making for super easy bubbles with no follow up on Caitlyn. Basically if I pushed him out of lane (which was hard with Soraka heals) it was all thanks to my poking. I have never seen a Caitlyn so passive. And with such bad farm too.

Lee Sin played really well and ganked wherever and whenever possible. He didn't build a Sighstone so I guess his mobility was kinda twarthed.

Pantheon lost lane quite hard to Aatrox but he helped a bit except he liked to go 1v5. I don't even know like, I am fairly sure you can cancel ult yet he said not to but I didn't argue.

Fizz was ok I guess but kinda forgettable.

I just don't know what to do, because this game could have been easily won if only people reacted better. We gave up on a Dragon because ??? idk. Like not even contest it. Soraka was dumb as fuck (DFG, no Sighstone, no Spellthief hello?) yet Soraka being Soraka... heals for days which made my poke useless. Also Lucian started the Sheen build-path which should have given us window to regain control... but Caitlyn decided to rush Bloodthirster first (Why do people do that?).

Also enemy Malzahar went AD which our team reacted poorly to. I told them a couple of times, telling them the minions were dangerous to no avail... Saw Caitlyn just stand there next to one autoing someone else while dying.

I know I didn't play perfectly but I think I kinda give up on playing Nami at this kind of elo. I am sure that with Annie I could have been able to just delete the Soraka. I was last pick and Caitlyn asked for Nami... so Nami it is.

At one point they did Baron and I guess it was my fault for not tanking Dragon (although I arrived half-way, Lee Sin was soloing it) and I managed to steal with my ult but even then Fizz and I died (trying to steal, I was bound by Soraka's E) and Pantheon ulted when we were useless to do anything then.

Sorry for the long rant. I just know I can be better but I guess in soloQ you can't really rely on your team to always play optimally (I can't either, I can have terrible games), but I don't understand how if I can go 3/1/21 versus low Gold/low Plat on normals, and do decently well, I can't carry on lower elos.

I guess I should be more vocal and call shots but besides warning about Dragon/Baron times and to push certain lanes, which I did, I don't know what else to do... Most of my friends tell me that I shouldn't really support at these elos but idk, it's really what I enjoy doing but at the same time, I want to do better and reach higher so I can enjoy "good" team synergy. Thoughts?

halp pls.

I have the replay btw, if anyone is interested in giving tips/pointing out mistakes.

 

[bokn]

I don't like ittttt

Therefore it's sooo uglyyyyy

Look at all the likes I'm not giving it

Peh, ugly

 

[Ocho]

True story, Ferrio hit the not dead support and then the ward. Perfect.

 

[Wolf Akela]

Lore-wise, how do League champs stack up against Doto heroes? I'm talking of them fighting each other.

 

[Newt]

Lore-wise, how do League champs stack up against Doto heroes? I'm talking of them fighting each other.

Dota for sure. Most league champions are just regular people that have gained magical abilities like TF, monsters or the weird undead people from the shadow isles.

 

[Leezard]

Lore-wise, how do League champs stack up against Doto heroes? I'm talking of them fighting each other.

Dota has a couple different "physical embodiments of the earth", that guy who was too bad for hell so he went to super hell and quite some "last of his/her kind", IIRC.

I don't think any one game is a shining beacon of good lore, but it's possible that say Dota has a slight edge. Both definitely have stinkers though.

 

[Newt]

Destiny is the pinnacle of good lore.

 

[Barack Lesnar]

Wait a second, since when did Janna get fun to play. I was just support in my 3rd promo game and picked Janna at the last second. All I did was derp around all game and somehow got 25 assists.

90% of the assists felt like they were nothing, like I did nothing for em except stand there. Lol. Got a lot of gold due to this and eventually the spells started being decent.

 

[Blizzard]

Wait a second, since when did Janna get fun to play. I was just support in my 3rd promo game and picked Janna at the last second. All I did was derp around all game and somehow got 25 assists.

90% of the assists felt like they were nothing, like I did nothing for em except stand there. Lol. Got a lot of gold due to this and eventually the spells started being decent.

Maybe this is a stupid question, but does Janna now get assists from just being nearby, since her passive got changed to an AOE instead of global?

And would the same now be true of Zilean, effectively trading off the global passive nerf in the latest patch with some extra gold for Zilean himself?

Then again, I guess most any decent support champion will have AOE aura items and thus get assists for just being nearby anyway.

 

[Ferga]

Coordinating tornadoes is not an easy job.

Janna is what you make her to be.

If you have no idea on what to do on support or on Janna, then yeah. You'll get bored because all you'll be doing is pressing E and R to peel.

If you're any good at the support role or Janna, you'll use calculated Qs, won't be scared to use W for damage and cc, use self Es to harass and use Rs like a melee form gragas ult.

 

[Barack Lesnar]

Maybe this is a stupid question, but does Janna now get assists from just being nearby, since her passive got changed to an AOE instead of global?

And would the same now be true of Zilean, effectively trading off the global passive nerf in the latest patch with some extra gold for Zilean himself?

Then again, I guess most any decent support champion will have AOE aura items and thus get assists for just being nearby anyway.

Felt that way, yeah. I'd get +100g + 100g + 100g just derping around with her. I didn't have an aura item, though.

 

[dimb]

Coordinating tornadoes is not an easy job.

Janna is what you make her to be.

If you have no idea on what to do on support or on Janna, then yeah. You'll get bored because all you'll be doing is pressing E and R to peel.

If you're any good at the support role or Janna, you'll use calculated Qs, won't be scared to use W for damage and cc, use self Es to harass and use Rs like a melee form gragas ult.

I think I'm kind of okay at support.

Janna is really boring. Super low risk, high reward.

 

[Barack Lesnar]

I think I'm kind of okay at support.

Janna is really boring. Super low risk, high reward.

Running around really fast felt fun to me. I bought mobility boots, I was flying around the map. Plus she's super hot

 

[Orochinagis]

Running around really fast felt fun to me. I bought mobility boots, I was flying around the map. Plus she's super hot

White brazilian chick, I am still in the phase of spamming her Q and E

 

[dimb]

Running around really fast felt fun to me. I bought mobility boots, I was flying around the map. Plus she's super hot

Janna is fast but it's not like her roam has the presence of a lot of other supports. Blitz, Thresh, or Leona roaming with mobis are just way more intimidating. Janna with mobis just keeps her distance and tries to skirt on the edge of combat. Not super engaging to me. People want to pretend the ultimate is used offensively but realistically that happens like one out of 30 times it gets used.

 

[Leezard]

People want to pretend the ultimate is used offensively but realistically that happens like one out of 30 times it gets used.

In team fights? Pretty much never offensively.
In lane/small skirmishes? Offensive Janna ult use is much more common and can be very important.

 

[dimb]

What about those times when you Janna ult outside the enemy base to heal up your entire team completely uninterrupted? Boy, I'm getting excited just thinking about it.

 

[SteveWinwood]

Dota has a couple different "physical embodiments of the earth", that guy who was too bad for hell so he went to super hell and quite some "last of his/her kind", IIRC.

I don't think any one game is a shining beacon of good lore, but it's possible that say Dota has a slight edge. Both definitely have stinkers though.

The dota lore gets insane http://dev.dota2.com/showthread.php?t=35923 and it's always added upon with even crazier shit http://dota2.gamepedia.com/Archronicus .

Some of them are pretty crazy yeah, there's like 10 heroes that are immortal and don't perceive time or some shit as they wield the elements creating the universe. Yeah there is also a porcupine, seal, and panda who got in a bar fight and are still going.

But between Kosmatka, Chet, and Laidlaw, it's going to be super awesome and I can't wait for more as it unravels.

I don't know anything about League lore other than it's like a political war game or something to stop nations from hating each other or something.

I just wanted to talk about how dota lore is awesome.

 

[Sofo]

I feel Janna is pretty useless if your ADC is one of those suicidal ADCs. No amount of peel is enough for idiocy.

Then again, when I played her, I felt I was doing nothing. Sure I got some nice Tornadoes and shielded allies and W'd on picks but yeah. Maybe I just need to play her more and discover a whole world!

Also, her recent fix on her Q (she would move forward if you were aiming further than the range of it) explains why I kept mispositioning with her. With directional "spear" skillshots I tend to aim quite far... that kinda explains a bit (though doesn't excuse it).

I really like her kit but tbh I have more fun with Nami (I see them fairly similar but I could be wrong).

 

[Leezard]

Those times you ult the enemy Rengar into your adc makes up for it. That's exciting.

In all seriousness, Janna can be played as offensively or defensively as you want and can, that's the beauty of her kit.

 

[Leezard]

The dota lore gets insane http://dev.dota2.com/showthread.php?t=35923 and it's always added upon with even crazier shit http://dota2.gamepedia.com/Archronicus .

Some of them are pretty crazy yeah, there's like 10 heroes that are immortal and don't perceive time or some shit as they wield the elements creating the universe. Yeah there is also a porcupine, seal, and panda who got in a bar fight and are still going.

But between Kosmatka, Chet, and Laidlaw, it's going to be super awesome and I can't wait for more as it unravels.

I don't know anything about League lore other than it's like a political war game or something to stop nations from hating each other or something.

I just wanted to talk about how dota lore is awesome.

Sounds fun tbh, clearly valve had been putting in some extra effort in the lore department since the original dota.

 

[Korten]

So I typically shy away from any custom skins, but this one was too good to pass up...

It's the New Summoners Rift. Though granted it's the WIP version and if you go to the corners of the map you see things you shouldn't be able to and Blue sides base thing didn't appear, just the merchant (though Red's did.)

Going to keep it until the real version comes out. Some screenies though!

Hope you guys don't mind me posting screenshots.

 

[Barack Lesnar]

Got another win with Janna. Just derped around the map again putting down wards and shielding allies, basically did nothing.

 

[drawkcaB]

Whelp, just got crushed by a Pantheon as Gnar top. Not sure what I could have done after he got the upper hand. My AA range is just short enough that he can jump on me with ease so I was left to Q sniping minions for farm which didn't go so hot. Game before was vs. and Urgot. I lost lane but not as badly.

 

[Ferga]

Whelp, just got crushed by a Pantheon as Gnar top. Not sure what I could have done after he got the upper hand. My AA range is just short enough that he can jump on me with ease so I was left to Q sniping minions for farm which didn't go so hot. Game before was vs. and Urgot. I lost lane but not as badly.

Pretty sure panth can't do much to Mega Gnar unless he has a massive item advantage.

Poke with Q to build up rage and jump in to trade

 

[drawkcaB]

Pretty sure panth can't do much to Mega Gnar unless he has a massive item advantage.

Poke with Q to build up rage and jump in to trade

The minion wave was always in his favour so I was hesitant to do that. I'll have to check my replay, but once I we hit level 3 he combo'ed me and I lost control for the rest of laning phase.

 

[Ferga]

Yeah panth dominates ranged squishy champs at 2 and 3.

Instant double shield is too much