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League of Legends: Let's Talk About uhhh??
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i mean yeah but it applies to most melee DPS in general
wit's end is a fairly good defensive item on cho'gath too; the AS and synergy with his E is just an added bonus
LoL really does have hands down the worst community ever. I have never seen people's egos get so insanely huge over winning a game where our Ryze bought all wards to start, then Boots of Mobility with Wriggles, then all boots and fed them 36 of their 50-something kills. They were all excited because their fizz left so they won a "4v5" and then told me I sucked when I pointed out we would have won if it was 4v4 since we wouldn't have had Ryze feeding. Even when we were down 30 kills to 15 we were ahead in turrets and I pushed almost every lane to the inhib turret before they even got the first turret from all three lanes. I also had more than 150 CS more than anyone else in the game. At first it looked like it was going to be enough since we were so far ahead in turrets and they were focusing more on kills than pushing. Then Ryze stepped up his feeding into overdrive dying as fast as possible and using Revive when it was up.
No one remembers the 9/10 games where no one is a dick and everyone says good game at the end.
Sometimes they even say gl hf at the beginning.
Sometimes they even say gl hf at the beginning.
Apparently you live in a magical world where you don't play with people every game hwo literally say all consumables are worthless. Playing with people who don't even buy starting items and refuse to buy pots or wards really tests my will not to leave the game.
I live in a magical world where I am level 30, yes.
favourite solo top/ap carry/ad carry/support/jungler and why:
singed: the laugh. can run into the middle of the enemy team and not die. really good at accidentally picking up double/triple kills. frustrates people to no end. one of the best split pushers.
sion: since morde was nerfed into pretty much uselessness i had to find an AP melee carry with huge burst and really good farming. roaming is also pretty fun.
vayne: i don't actually own vayne but she's the only ad carry i actually like. amazing at 1v1s and chasing people down (bit of a recurring theme here). also she's female batman and everybody loves batman, right?
taric: again i don't actually own taric but i've had to play him in ranked during free weeks. i like that he and alistar don't feel like the typical supports; they can actually take a hit or two. also i like that both can be aggressive with their CC since i don't like passive supporting much.
lee sin: i don't like jungling much but this guy is really fun. also a good solo top but he gets beaten out by singed (and jax for that matter).
mordekaiser: despite his nerfs this guy remains (and will probably still remain) my sentimental favourite.
HUE HUE HUE HUE HUE HUE HUE
Havoc is astoundingly unimportant. If you were to get a crit that would deal say 450 damage, it would be adding a staggering 8.25 damage. Really. While there is nothing better for mages in the offense tree that you could take INSTEAD of it, it is not a reason why the offense tree works for mages. Havoc is very underwhelming, and I prefer crit chance over it on almost every ad
Because it isn't 9/10. It's very few games where people are 100% trolls like the Ryze I described but playing with a person who is actually reasonable and well mannered happens like 1/10 times. 9/10 times you are playing with people who will appear to be reasonable/well mannered but the second something doesn't go their way they'll start spewing the random bitching and moaning the community is known for:
"QUIT FEEDING NUB!"
"U SUK"
"L2P"
"KS!"
"1v1 me!"
"LAG BS"
"******"
Also, I'm level 30 and have 120W to 102L in normals but it is still a surprise when I see a teammate last hitting.
i still got feeders at 1400 elo, and from watching streams you still do get bad players at the highest elos, last season there was a guy called monkeyboy or something that tended to fuck up a lot of trm's games, of course hsgg's videos contain excellent examples of the ubiquity of bad players in league of legends
the fun in this game lies in playing casually, or with a team that knows what they're doing in a competitive setting
i cannot stand solo queue, even duo queue is insufferable, and i rarely play outside of a full 5-man premade anymore because of one person ruining the entire game if they're not at my standard
the fun in this game lies in playing casually, or with a team that knows what they're doing in a competitive setting
i cannot stand solo queue, even duo queue is insufferable, and i rarely play outside of a full 5-man premade anymore because of one person ruining the entire game if they're not at my standard
There's that career Warwick and that cookiesomethingorother Ashe too. The highlight of TRM last season for me was "wow i'm playing against GRACKIS? i must be in a whole new ELO bracket of bad"
Play with me then! I am nice in 97% of my games (the other 3% I rage like no one's business because a fucking Blitz doesn't know how to land his q and keep dying to a Xin, or I'm asking people to call mias and buy wards because I'm mid AP carry and I can only buy so many wards and have so much map awareness, or I'm livid because some feeder decided we lost at the 8 minute mark and bought all Boots of Speed while I desperately try to save all of the lanes).
But seriously, I try to be nice because I like to be nice, and because I hope it encourages others to be nice in-game. I even have friendly chats afterward at times. Unfortunately, my record is negative (I play with people in a completely different time zone, so I might be relaxing at midnight, but 2 people will have to leave to go to work mid-match, so we just forfeit, even if we're doing well). Play with JamesTheDolphin.
But seriously, I try to be nice because I like to be nice, and because I hope it encourages others to be nice in-game. I even have friendly chats afterward at times. Unfortunately, my record is negative (I play with people in a completely different time zone, so I might be relaxing at midnight, but 2 people will have to leave to go to work mid-match, so we just forfeit, even if we're doing well). Play with JamesTheDolphin.
I personally just stopped caring, much better when you stop paying attention to your team's antics (note that I said antics, not "play by myself even though I have teammates") and start watching some of the builds you see. I nearly lost mid to an AD Sona once because I wasn't paying attention, and was treated to laning against a Brand that didn't use Sear once the entire match. Learn from mistakes, get better, maybe have a higher ELO someday, that's how I play.
Meh, ELO. I want to start playing ranked, but the couple of matches I've played in ranked have been absolutely horrible. I duo queue'd with a good LoL friend of mine, but...it wasn't pretty. Jungling Shacos seem to carry enemy teams, I buy wards but no one else does, and my friend went 0-5 with LeBlanc...and he bought Mejai's. So my team gets blown out of the water, and I just feel sad.
EDIT: Addressing Stagnant: Singed and Morgana get banned so fast, it's not even funny. I suppose my real problem is that I tend to pick champs based on what's needed, and rarely try to carry matches. So if someone wants mid, they can have it. If someone wants support in their lane, I'll go support. If we need a jungler, I'll do that too. I have too much of a team mindset, so I rely on my team for things...and it is my undoing. For example, the guy that chose LeBlanc did this after I chose Rammus, and said we were going to lane together. Now, I don't hate LeBlanc or anything, but she doesn't take as much advantage of my taunt as much as, say, Master Yi could. Someone without their own CC who can take advantage of my CC. However, I figured it'd be fine, since it just meant her combos would be easier to land...she was the only one without kills. Our jungling Riven died to Volibear trying to solo him a couple of minutes after I died the same damn way (on that note, I must say, his Frenzy's active is such a powerful nuke, it's ridiculous). They had a jungling Shaco, and I was the only one purchasing wards. Now, perhaps it was my fault for not being able to carry with Rammus, but I do rely on my teammates; it is a team game, after all. If I wanted to play a game where I would lead my team to victory regardless of how they played, I would play CoD.
/rant
EDIT: Addressing Stagnant: Singed and Morgana get banned so fast, it's not even funny. I suppose my real problem is that I tend to pick champs based on what's needed, and rarely try to carry matches. So if someone wants mid, they can have it. If someone wants support in their lane, I'll go support. If we need a jungler, I'll do that too. I have too much of a team mindset, so I rely on my team for things...and it is my undoing. For example, the guy that chose LeBlanc did this after I chose Rammus, and said we were going to lane together. Now, I don't hate LeBlanc or anything, but she doesn't take as much advantage of my taunt as much as, say, Master Yi could. Someone without their own CC who can take advantage of my CC. However, I figured it'd be fine, since it just meant her combos would be easier to land...she was the only one without kills. Our jungling Riven died to Volibear trying to solo him a couple of minutes after I died the same damn way (on that note, I must say, his Frenzy's active is such a powerful nuke, it's ridiculous). They had a jungling Shaco, and I was the only one purchasing wards. Now, perhaps it was my fault for not being able to carry with Rammus, but I do rely on my teammates; it is a team game, after all. If I wanted to play a game where I would lead my team to victory regardless of how they played, I would play CoD.
/rant
Ahhh the 1000 ELO meta. RoA Volibear, Lich Bane Annie, AP Amumu (with Boots of Swiftness even) and 0 support champs outside of the illustrious SUPPORT RAMMUS
that was the joke...