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[Leezard]

You mean on pbe, right? I can't imagine we'll get river king in 5.12.

 

[jerd]

Ooh no way

 

[zkylon]

yeah this week might be the champion reveal, as well as 5.12

i'm guessing gp, mf and river king might be in 5.14 unless 5.13 is a long cycle

 

[Stone Ocean]

5.13 is probably a long cycle, I don't think Riot would just do 3 short cycles in a row

 

[Nekofrog]

Conversation between me and newt last night:

Newt: I think I'm just going to level my smurf. Ranked has finally taken its toll.

Me: ranked always takes its toll GET IT GEEEEET IT HAAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Spoiler

sivir injoke

 

[zkylon]

5.13 is probably a long cycle, I don't think Riot would just do 3 short cycles in a row

yeah that might be true

 

[Fracas]

TSM is trying out Keith wut

http://www.newsoflegends.com/index.php/tsm-keith-tryout-41140/

 

[NCR Redslayer]

TSM is trying out Keith wut

http://www.newsoflegends.com/index.php/tsm-keith-tryout-41140/

People always seem to underestimate keith.

 

[Stone Ocean]

Newt's dreams have come true

 

[Pancakes]

Conversation between me and newt last night:

Newt: I think I'm just going to level my smurf. Ranked has finally taken its toll.

Me: ranked always takes its toll GET IT GEEEEET IT HAAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Spoiler

sivir injoke

 

[Bacon]

TSM is trying out Keith wut

http://www.newsoflegends.com/index.php/tsm-keith-tryout-41140/

Damn that video is brutal. "We've seen no improvement from Turtle since MSI."

 

[BreezyLimbo]

Damn that video is brutal. "We've seen no improvement from Turtle since MSI."

Sheeeeeit. And who the hell is keith

 

[garath]

Damn that video is brutal. "We've seen no improvement from Turtle since MSI."

Didn't they just sign him to a long term contract too? Sucks.

 

[Pancakes]

Real talk though, Turtle has really been slumping hard. Hope things work out for both him and Keith.

 

[Stone Ocean]

Sheeeeeit. And who the hell is keith

Keith is like the bogeyman of competitive ADCs

"Eat your peas and CS right or Keith will come take your spot"

Damn that video is brutal. "We've seen no improvement from Turtle since MSI."

That's a very polite way of saying WT has been getting worse over the split

 

[BreezyLimbo]

Keith is like the bogeyman of competitive ADCs

"Eat your peas and CS right or Keith will come take your spot"

That's a very polite way of saying WT has been getting worse over the split

Haha what. Never heard of him, to be honest. Im guessing hes good?

 

[Bacon]

Haha what. Never heard of him, to be honest. Im guessing hes good?

He's pretty much unproven besides subbing a few games last split for Piglet, in which he went 5-1.

 

[NCR Redslayer]

Real talk though, Turtle has really been slumping hard. Hope things work out for both him and Keith.

I haven't seen any of his smurfs at the top of the challenger ladder either. Hes fallen in some hard times.

 

[Stone Ocean]

I haven't seen any of his smurfs at the top of the challenger ladder either. Hes fallen in some hard times.

He's at 7th on the NA ladder right now

 

[zkylon]

maybe keith is that guy you bring to your team so that your main guy steps up

 

[Nekofrog]

yesterday in the other thread i mentioned that altec wouldve been a great replacement for turtle.

 

[Stone Ocean]

Server maintenance on thursday, we should be getting the patch notes later today

 

[zkylon]

Server maintenance on thursday, we should be getting the patch notes later today

tomorrow

patch notes are always on the same day

 

[zkylon]

devblog on vfx, nothing too interesting but it mentions that the next batch of "vfx reworks" is gonna be made up of shyvana, nunu, rumble and morde

 

[Stone Ocean]

Didn't they already update Rumble's fire?

 

[Fracas]

Yo somebody tell me how to get vision control

I'm warding and warding and sweeping and it's still not enough and we get caught

 

[zkylon]

Didn't they already update Rumble's fire?

well i'm guessing they're gonna update the rest now

 

[BreezyLimbo]

Yo somebody tell me how to get vision control

I'm warding and warding and sweeping and it's still not enough and we get caught

Depends. If your getting pushed back to your half of the map, theres only 4 points you should be warding, the entrances to your jungle. Ward offensively if objective is up. If youre pushing them down, then that assumes you have vision of them but you still wanna ward around where your pushing.

 

[Leezard]

Yo somebody tell me how to get vision control

I'm warding and warding and sweeping and it's still not enough and we get caught

It can be quite difficult to explain properly, but the jist of it is the following

You want to do something, either farm in lane, protect your towers or get an objective.
Ask yourself: Which paths can the enemy take in order to enter the area to contest the objective?
You want to ward these entrances, according to some priority. For dragon if you are blue side, that can be banana brush + near their blue buff + near mid lane. Bot lane entrance is lower priority in many cases and might not be coverable unless a teammate helps you ward it.
At the same time you want to remove enemy wards near these entrances, for which you need sweepers/pink wards. Pink wards are really good since they can both provide vision and ensure the enemy does not have it warded. Priority applies here as well, as you have a limited number of pinks/sweepers.

The enemy will try to sweep your wards as well, so sometimes it helps to place your wards in a sub-optimal but still good spot in order to avoid common sweeping areas. That's more advanced though, and will come with experience.

That's the short of how it works.

edit: Oh and sometimes you can't ward everywhere because the enemy has some pressure over some areas, so you will need to call for your team to help you ward there.

 

[Lone_Prodigy]

Over the weekend I joined the "DominionLFG" chat room and got in a 5-man team almost immediately. We lost the first game and won the second. So I did my pool party part.

Now to buy the rest of the cheap champs.

 

[Fracas]

Depends. If your getting pushed back to your half of the map, theres only 4 points you should be warding, the entrances to your jungle. Ward offensively if objective is up. If youre pushing them down, then that assumes you have vision of them but you still wanna ward around where your pushing.

It can be quite difficult to explain properly, but the jist of it is the following

You want to do something, either farm in lane, protect your towers or get an objective.
Ask yourself: Which paths can the enemy take in order to enter the area to contest the objective?
You want to ward these entrances, according to some priority. For dragon if you are blue side, that can be banana brush + near their blue buff + near mid lane. Bot lane entrance is lower priority in many cases and might not be coverable unless a teammate helps you ward it.
At the same time you want to remove enemy wards near these entrances, for which you need sweepers/pink wards. Pink wards are really good since they can both provide vision and ensure the enemy does not have it warded. Priority applies here as well, as you have a limited number of pinks/sweepers.

The enemy will try to sweep your wards as well, so sometimes it helps to place your wards in a sub-optimal but still good spot in order to avoid common sweeping areas. That's more advanced though, and will come with experience.

That's the short of how it works.

edit: Oh and sometimes you can't ward everywhere because the enemy has some pressure over some areas, so you will need to call for your team to help you ward there.

Good stuff, thanks for the tips guys.

Vision control is by far the weakest part of my game, been trying to work on it for a while now.

 

[subtles]

A Championship Rumble skin with blue flames would be truly outrageous.

I wonder what this year's Victorious skin will be?

 

[NCR Redslayer]

A Championship Rumble skin with blue flames would be truly outrageous.

I wonder what this year's Victorious skin will be?

Irelia.

 

[Nekofrog]

Irelia.

 

[Pancakes]

A Championship Rumble skin with blue flames would be truly outrageous.

I wonder what this year's Victorious skin will be?

Jarvan, Elise, Janna, and Morg got victorious skins. Gotta be an ADC or Mid laner that get's it this time imo.

Victorious Sivir is looking very likely imo.

 

[BreezyLimbo]

A Championship Rumble skin with blue flames would be truly outrageous.

I wonder what this year's Victorious skin will be?

Swain.

 

[Nekofrog]

no it's already been proclaimed to be irelia

riot make it so

 

[NCR Redslayer]

woops, its actually,

Swain.

 

[Pancakes]

no it's already been proclaimed to be irelia

riot make it so

Accept the boomerang waifu into your heart you fiend.

 

[Pandaman]

There was a time when neko made fun of waifus.

one of us, one of us, one of us

 

[23qwerty]

yesterday in the other thread i mentioned that altec wouldve been a great replacement for turtle.

Continue the Canadian ADC tradition for TSM

 

[SeigO]

I know it's a lucky streak when my 5th pick forces me into support jayce and I win anyway. I'm in promos for D3 finally.
I rushed an upgraded frostfang, +13g per EQ is fun.

 

[zkylon]

victorious leblanc may be nice

might be enough to get me to finish placements

 

[Ferga]

I'm getting 6-8lp per win then loss (i.e. lose 15lp win 22lp) since my mmr is still diamond 4

It's kind of degrading to slowly progress back to d4 like this. Makes me wonder why this system even exists.

 

[BreezyLimbo]

victorious leblanc may be nice

might be enough to get me to finish placements

you don't do ranked

who doesn't do ranked these day, it's all the rage hahahaha cause it makes you rage

fml

 

[zkylon]

you don't do ranked

who doesn't do ranked these day, it's all the rage hahahaha cause it makes you rage

fml

played a few games after placement and finished s4 in g1 but i didn't feel like trying to break plat or whatever

i feel like anything else is better than playing this game on my own

 

[BreezyLimbo]

played a few games after placement and finished s4 in g1 but i didn't feel like trying to break plat or whatever

i feel like anything else is better than playing this game on my own

I'm the opposite, I get no enjoyment of playing with others and only gain enjoyment from getting my diamond back

I will be diamond, and I will become the destroyer of plebs

 

[zkylon]

yea i can imagine more competitive ppl can find solo q fun but i don't really like competitive games much so i'd rather just have a good time with friends or play something singleplayer which is always more enjoyable to me

 

[jerd]

I'm the opposite, I get no enjoyment of playing with others and only gain enjoyment from getting my diamond back

I will be diamond, and I will become the destroyer of plebs

The fucking pure unadulterated seething hatred for my solo q teammates is what keeps me coming back

 

[BreezyLimbo]

yea i can imagine more competitive ppl can find solo q fun but i don't really like competitive games much so i'd rather just have a good time with friends or play something singleplayer which is always more enjoyable to me

The fucking pure unadulterated seething hatred for my solo q teammates is what keeps me coming back

It's cathartic really