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League of Legends: Let's Talk About uhhh??
- Thread starter Thorns
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league of legends is over rated.
dont what?
any advice on how to play Jax?
assuming top lane here, (he jungles like anyone with a stun+gapcloser)
play cautiously up until level 6 (only trade when your e is up, don't try and outdamage riven/renekton etc.) Then hit a minion twice and jump on them, removing half their health instantly with the damage from w+passive. Either zone them out and freeze the lane (wriggles is amazing for sustain+wards) or towerdive with your ult tanking the tower and possibly using your q to escape.
he becomes very powerful after you get your core items (triforce gunblade etc.), so don't be too afraid to jump in and instakill the enemy carry later on.
Complete Bilgewater Cutlass+Phage before anything else. There slows are crucial for netting early game kills. Use your w to reset your auto attack immediately after your first auto attack so you get two hits in a relatively shorter time then usual. If your jungling Jax and you are dominating jungle then it might be better to pick up an early Wriggles Lanturn rather than just turn your Vampiric Scepter into Bilgewater because you can kill Dragon extremely fast and use your ward to jump onto and escape and plus who doesnt love a free ward. Jax is one of the few heroes that can also utilize Atmogs effectively as he has high armor and MR (his ulti also buffs these stats). Jax hits like a truck but is relatively weaker in the early stages of the game so try and focus on your farm until you can get some of your early core items before trying to do anything drastic.
you don't necessarily have to finish phage that soon. i've seen dyrus straight rush a gunblade in most of his games, getting wriggles only when there's intense physical damage. once you get gunblade+triforce though you're pretty much invincible
...I've been playing SR normals to maximize my gains from the IP boosts.
Gotta say, not many people know how to deal with Karthus in blinds.
Gotta say, not many people know how to deal with Karthus in blinds.
Picked Fizz because bored. Screwing around and miss killing Ezrael about three times. He finally gets me because Ez is a stupid champ. I look at scoreboard to check how far ahead of him I am in CS. I'm about 15 CS up but I notice that my four teammates have 4 deaths apiece and the enemy Darius has 15 kills!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What the hell. Can I get a good team please? I was up 20 Wins at one point. Now I'm down like 5 because of shit teams.
http://na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=2244698
If you ever want to truly get into Dominion, READ THIS.
It's absurdly comprehensive, to say the least.
If you ever want to truly get into Dominion, READ THIS.
It's absurdly comprehensive, to say the least.
fixed.
Both are high-tier, but Lulu just does...more...than Janna. (Think the difference between Lee Sin jungle and Riven jungle.) Try arguing with Nekrogen or zimike. Zimike in particular, he specializes in Dominion supports.
Suck a dick. It is not my opinion that Lulu does poor damage. Her base damages are okay but she only has two damaging spells and she generally doesn't build damage anyway (so I'm told), so she falls off very quickly. And if she were to build damage, her AP scaling is complete garbage so she'd look even worse in comparison.
Besides, justifying Lulu as being a better support than Janna because she deals more damage is... well, kinda like doing the same thing in SR with your supports. You don't pick a support champion for their damage -- both are bottom of the barrel anyway -- anymore than Amumu is a tank because of his insignificant damage reduction on Tantrum. (He plays the role, that just isn't the reason why!) I'm not saying that Lulu isn't better than Janna, it's perfectly arguable either way, but it sure isn't because of their relative damage output and Sauron insults my intelligence by clinging to this flimsy "argument" ... Not an argument so much as his opinion flying in the face of verifiable fact. *shrug*
Besides, justifying Lulu as being a better support than Janna because she deals more damage is... well, kinda like doing the same thing in SR with your supports. You don't pick a support champion for their damage -- both are bottom of the barrel anyway -- anymore than Amumu is a tank because of his insignificant damage reduction on Tantrum. (He plays the role, that just isn't the reason why!) I'm not saying that Lulu isn't better than Janna, it's perfectly arguable either way, but it sure isn't because of their relative damage output and Sauron insults my intelligence by clinging to this flimsy "argument" ... Not an argument so much as his opinion flying in the face of verifiable fact. *shrug*
Well, Jax isn't called the champ for no reason.
Thanks for this. I don't really want to get into Dominion, but I was curious about it on a theoretical level and asked around; unfortunately, nobody knew of any resources. I appreciate the link.
EDIT;; This patch really wasn't meant to be, eh Riot?
Meh, I have a few issues with it. It's very well written, but it's a guide geared towards high elo. Nothing wrong with that, but there's some things that aren't addressed for lower elos. I'm a middle of the pack elo in Dominion with a positive win-loss ratio btw.
#1: I'm really iffy about concrete roles in Dominion. You should be looking for champion synergy rather than you need A and B like in SR. I especially do not think that ranged AD carries are required, insofar in that you simply need poke. The sample team comp seems too squishy for my taste.
#2: This needs to be stressed: Shaco should always, always be banned in lower elos. He limits your entire's team mobility by picking at them in the jungle and low elo people simply do not understand how to deal with him or even attempt to limit their time in the jungle while he's around. Teemo can do the same thing, but Shaco also has an escape that makes dueling him hell and is one of the better if not best defenders. If he's not banned, you better first pick him.
#3: Some supports in lower elos aren't a good choice, such as Janna and Sona. Soraka is a bot laner and should not be played in her usual role. Lower elo people play them too passively and more often than not find themselves unable to deal with threats because all they do is support. Tanky champs that provide CC and initiation such as Leona and Rammus are king though, as is Blitz.
#4: Summoner spells: I really want to say that Exhaust is a bit like Flash in SR. It is honestly the bread and butter default spell I take on nearly every champ. It will help you win duels, save points, and win teamfights, especially since Cleanse is rare. Revive isn't great in lower elos for two reasons: I've often seen that in solo queue, bot is decided like 15 seconds before the game starts, and the cooldown is incredibly long. In lower elos, this should be taken with a disclaimer. I know, I'm one of the awful people who uses Ghost, but Ghost really helps with saving points quickly if you're partially across the map.
He doesn't go over specific strong picks, but seeing any of the following makes me a happy camper: Ez, Jax, Panth, Amumu, Malz, Shen. Obviously these aren't all of the best picks, but it's hard to fuck up in Dominion with these champs imo whereas the other ones can be fucked up more easily.
Meh, I have a few issues with it. It's very well written, but it's a guide geared towards high elo. Nothing wrong with that, but there's some things that aren't addressed for lower elos. I'm a middle of the pack elo in Dominion with a positive win-loss ratio btw.
#1: I'm really iffy about concrete roles in Dominion. You should be looking for champion synergy rather than you need A and B like in SR. I especially do not think that ranged AD carries are required, insofar in that you simply need poke. The sample team comp seems too squishy for my taste.
#2: This needs to be stressed: Shaco should always, always be banned in lower elos. He limits your entire's team mobility by picking at them in the jungle and low elo people simply do not understand how to deal with him or even attempt to limit their time in the jungle while he's around. Teemo can do the same thing, but Shaco also has an escape that makes dueling him hell and is one of the better if not best defenders. If he's not banned, you better first pick him.
#3: Some supports in lower elos aren't a good choice, such as Janna and Sona. Soraka is a bot laner and should not be played in her usual role. Lower elo people play them too passively and more often than not find themselves unable to deal with threats because all they do is support. Tanky champs that provide CC and initiation such as Leona and Rammus are king though, as is Blitz.
#4: Summoner spells: I really want to say that Exhaust is a bit like Flash in SR. It is honestly the bread and butter default spell I take on nearly every champ. It will help you win duels, save points, and win teamfights, especially since Cleanse is rare. Revive isn't great in lower elos for two reasons: I've often seen that in solo queue, bot is decided like 15 seconds before the game starts, and the cooldown is incredibly long. In lower elos, this should be taken with a disclaimer. I know, I'm one of the awful people who uses Ghost, but Ghost really helps with saving points quickly if you're partially across the map.
He doesn't go over specific strong picks, but seeing any of the following makes me a happy camper: Ez, Jax, Panth, Amumu, Malz, Shen. Obviously these aren't all of the best picks, but it's hard to fuck up in Dominion with these champs imo whereas the other ones can be fucked up more easily.