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Rasix
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I think my longest draft normal queues are like 2 minutes.
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Goumindong
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You have to be really bad or really good to have long queues for normal draft mode. I am like 1500 and its usually under a minute, up to like 3-4 max if I, for some reason, decide to play at 3 in the morning
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Malakili
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Friends don't let friends blind pick.
What do you do, solo ranked? Draft mode normals had long queues last time I tried and ranked games everyone seemed to take way too seriously. Solo ranked is really the way to go in my opinion, although it took me a while to come around to it. In my experience people in normal draft take the game just as seriously, except now you are in a game that isn't as neatly sorted by skill level. Sometimes ranked can put a lot of pressure on to perform though. For example if I'm really tired I won't play ranked.
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Lakov_Sanite
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Draft mode normal queues are still under a minute for me, even if they say longer.
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HaemishM
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My queues for solo ranked are usually under 2 minutes but I have lately had to go through 3 or 4 last minute queue dodges before I can get a fucking game. And there is almost always a "I ONLY CAN PLAY OR WANT TO PLAY THIS ROLE AND WWAAARRARRRGGLBLBBLBLELELE" troll shit on either my side or the other side.
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Lakov_Sanite
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ANY time someone says they or their friend is a smurf in ranked queue, bail and bail fast.
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Rasix
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Miserable run of games last night.
Pro tip: don't play when you're mentally and physically exhausted.
I really didn't play that awfully, but I was unable to capitalize on some opportunities I normally do. My Nunu game, a possible double kill for us turns into a triple the other way. Taric game, we won lane pretty well and avoided ganks. But mid got destroyed and top was a useless Warwick (never saw this guy even ult someone important). Thus, incoming 4 man gangbangs.
I think I'm back to unbalanced, "get your shit pushed in" matchmaking after enjoying a week of "holy shit these guys are bad". Ohh well. Perhaps I should just troll pick or try a new champ/build after every win. Keep things balanced.
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Margalis
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I only play a maximum of 3 ranked games in a row now.
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vampirehipi23: I would enjoy a book written by a monkey and turned into a movie rather than this.
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Nightblade
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Been on a massive winning streak with my own adaptation of AP kayle on dominion, a welcome change from my Wukong losing streak.
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HaemishM
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4-game winning streak. Tonight's game came courtesy of no one banning Shen. I played him top at the request of my team even though I hadn't played him in months. Got pushed early by a decent Olaf, started snowballing a bit after I helped with an ult 3v2 gank bot. Got some serious help from a Nami who synergizes with Shen REALLY WELL. Ended the game with 9/7/24, Nami had 29 assists and even losing all 3 turrets early didn't hurt as in the end because we simply couldn't lose team fights. Our jungling Vi raped asses with and without our help.
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Goumindong
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ANY time someone says they or their friend is a smurf in ranked queue, bail and bail fast.
I legitimately ran into Best Singed NA once (playing on his smurf Hurk) He played singed. He ruined
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Rokal
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Solo ranked is really the way to go in my opinion, although it took me a while to come around to it. In my experience people in normal draft take the game just as seriously, except now you are in a game that isn't as neatly sorted by skill level. Sometimes ranked can put a lot of pressure on to perform though. For example if I'm really tired I won't play ranked. I started playing solo ranked at the advice of this thread and in general it's been a good experience so far. People seem slightly more polite than in normal, which is not how I remember ranked being.
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HaemishM
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You are playing a different ranked than me.
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Malakili
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I don't think I've seen a drastic difference either way in demeanor. But I will say that because people have their internet points on the line, they do in my experience try their best to make whatever is going on work. You might get bitched at, but I've seen way fewer people do things like *5 minutes into the game* - "This jungler hasn't ganked my lane yet, noob jungler, gg" and proceed to just check out. Most ranked players value their Elo enough to at least try to win for a while.
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Rasix
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I'm thinking about just going to ranked, the ELO ranges in my normal play are just getting out of hand. I had to go up against a 1500 elo top lane main yesterday. I'm not likely within 200-300 ELO of that.
Also, top lane AP Kayle can get a bit messy. I think she works better mid. You're just extremely vulnerable to ganks up there and your Q-E isn't going to kill anyone. So, anyone with a good gap closer and some sort of high damage combo is going to chunk your ass and then follow you down that huge lane. Assassins are just so popular right now. Mid, you can push and then completely remove yourself from risk. She's just beastmode after you get Nashors/Liandrys. You're still highly vulnerable and can get bursted in team fights before you can even get your ult off.
I really need to work on my farming. I'm getting wrecked in the CS department. Again, this partially do to ELO differences in matchups.
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Rasix
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Wow. First ranked lobby went like this.
first pick (me): pref not adc or jungle fifth pick: jungle fourth pick: top me: I'll mid or support. <no one calls mid> me: Ok, I'll Kayle mid. *first picks Kayle* third pick: I'll top. fourth: ok, I'll adc I guess *second picks Heimer (ghost/tp heimer)* *third picks Fiora* everyone: wtf me: uhh, where you playing heimer? second: where ever you want me. me: I guess I can support kayle, it's not great but it'll work. <SUN GOES BLACK. SEAS BOIL. CATS STOP PLOTTING TO KILL THEIR MASTERS> fourth pick: fuck you guys, I called top me: wtf *fourth pick locks in revive/barrier Yi* fifth: here we go again me: does this shit happen a lot, this is my first ranked of this season. fifth: I'm 1/6 :( fourth: welcome to elo hell, faggot ass faggot fourth: I'm a better top anyhow me: what's the penalty for dodging fourth: 30 minutes buttfucker faggot me: I'm going to play Skyrim. Enjoy. *dodge*
Yah. This is just what I remember. Next time I need to screenshot that crap and send it to Riot.
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« Last Edit: January 20, 2013, 09:20:59 PM by Rasix »
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HaemishM
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Yeah, that tends to happen a lot. You get lucky if someone else queue dodges.
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HaemishM
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Seriously would be behind that proposal.
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tazelbain
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adc?
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Goumindong
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adc?
Attack Damage Carry Also, you can do that manually by taking a screenshot and then sending it directly to riot player support
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MediumHigh
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5/2/5 malzphar, surrender after wukong disconnects. Time to troll....
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Nightblade
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Been trying to understand the new summoner's rift meta after playing dominion through an entire season. I keep seeing these guys running around buying nothing but potions and wards as their starting items -.-
Im reading about the game more than actually playing it. >.>
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Rasix
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Base movement speed was raised by 25 for everyone and boots 1 now only provide a 25 bonus. So, most people except ADCs just load up on regen items.
edit: Heh, 3-2 start to ranked. 3 wins being total crush jobs and one of the losses being a complete throw. It's a bit depressing to lose a game where your Ezreal had some quality time alone with their nexus and instead chose to hit some creeps. Also, the 6 item Xin Zhao didn't build a single fucking defense item (2 PDs.. wtf) yet still would dive into 5 of them to get 1 unimportant kill.
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« Last Edit: January 24, 2013, 06:46:21 AM by Rasix »
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HaemishM
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Yeah, apparently AP Xin is just not my bag. I am either building it wrong or playing badly or both. Just getting run over with no sticking power even late game.
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K9
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According to LOLKing.com's charts Ezreal is the most popular hero in every category? This comes as a surprise to me.
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pxib
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That Karma is the least popular hero, especially in games teams actually win, surprises me not at all. A little sad to see Heimerdinger next to her, though.
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Goumindong
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If you want to play something interesting. Support annie is now pretty legit. They lowered the CD on her shield to now be 10 seconds instead of 20 with an up time of 5 seconds instead of 10. It only costs 20 mana so its pretty easy to keep your stun up all the time always.
From stun up pre 6, w,q,e,e,e stun is back up in 18 seconds. From 6 r,w,q,e,w stun is back up in 9 seconds or 3.6 if you're still in combat.
You build tanky and a bit of mana sustain. Start with w (then level q or w) and charge it so that you start with a stun for fighting.
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MrHat
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Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
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I play entirely too much ARAM.
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Rasix
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32-0 ranked game. Last 3 minutes were spent in their base just farming kills while we slowly got the turrets.
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HaemishM
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So yeah, I'm currently on an 8-game ranked winning streak, which has seen my elo raise from the mid-600's to over 800. Most of that was Miss Fortune, which I have apparently gotten decent at. Not all of those games were good games for me, I just happened to have lucked out and gotten put on the not-shit teams. I thought yesterday's game would be a fucking disaster. It starts with two guys from the last queue (which got dodged) arguing about who would take mid. 4th pick didn't want to give it up to 3rd and promised to troll. Then Amumu was left unbanned and first pick took him with the intention of trading down. #4 traded for him and looked to be untrolling. We had Darius top, Kayle mid, me as MF bot and Amumu jungling when 5th pick comes up. 5th pick has been MUTE the entire team... and picks Riven with smite. Fuck me. FUCK ME. Yelling ensues.
Luckily Amumu turns from complete troll douche to team player in seconds, changes his smite to Exhaust and comes bot for support - against a Nunu/Caitlyn pair. I keep thinking we are going to be FUCKED. And then the douchey slient Riven gets a gank on Nunu and pushes Cait back and things just snowball from there. After the 3rd or 4th kill, the two guys who had been fighting over mid APOLOGIZED TO EACH OTHER. And we fucking rolled. Cait was underfarmed the whole game, couldn't get kills to save her life and generally sucked monkey balls. Most of my deaths were to a decent Nocturne who kept sneaking up on me and assfucking me 1v1 or a Malazhar who would ult me at which point I'd be fucked because I had no tenacity items. Finished 13/7/16 in ~35 minutes with a win. No reports were given somehow.
I'm waiting for the luck to turn and for me to start getting on the teams with the One-Armed Spergy Brigade.
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Der Helm
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I'm waiting for the luck to turn and for me to start getting on the teams with the One-Armed Spergy Brigade.
I have not been playing much ranked lately.
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ezrast
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Suppressions (Malz, Warwick, Urgot ult) aren't affected by tenacity or other CC reduction, only by QSS and CC-breaking abilities such as Remove Scurvy.
/pedant
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HaemishM
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I did not know that. Also, I've discovered I really fucking hate playing Ashe. I've dicked around with her a bit in Dominion just to learn her a bit and I played her in a regular blind game last night because the ranked queues were down. She's a very effective champ. She's just BORING. Boring as fuck. She really only has 1 active ability she uses regularly, her hawkshot is a useful utility but not really something active and her ult is really the only fun part of her makeup. Otherwise, her entire gameplay is getting in the right position and letting auto attack crit-stomp the opponents into paste or chase them down when they run. She's probably good to learn ADC on, but man, I have no desire to play her like EVER.
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Lakov_Sanite
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Thresh is a sick fuck as support, really loving him.
"Oh you have one cc? cute. Two cc? Not bad. Three cc? yeah that's cool. I have three cc moves, two that are double-use plus a shield that works as an escape for teammates"
I have to try hard to lose bot lane with him.
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