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I think Chaos used his ult to catch people running away more than he did to actually initiate anything. Everyone was so low from our poke that they couldnt really fight us. So fun.
No.
We keep throwing ourselves into them one at a time, and insulting them in /all while they insult us back and refuse to cap our inhibs, instead focusing on racking up kills. For 30 more min.
I hate these people. I loathe them. Every one of these prepubescent dickless little fucktards needs to be locked in a container ship and launched into the sun, and I refuse to play one more game with them.
Fuck this game. Someone call me when it gets a single player mode.
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mute everyone
play loud music
ward your lane
pretend the game has really swingy ai
also there are custom games you can fill with nine bots
*that I do not get to duo with you so you could play Ego Ryze and intimidate the other team for at least 5 more months
Wow. Somebody can't take ebb and flow.
I'd hate to see how you rage when you win!
We all stress how much more fun it is to premade with PA peeps. If you're going to rage at a game, go back to my childhood and try Treasure Island Dizzy on stupid Atari. :\
outleveled bottom, ended game, etc
I can prove things too!
Support roaming is the only way to get your carry up on levels. It's countering your absurd assertion that you'd rather have a carry 4 levels up than a top. No shit, it's not a scenario.
You help top because it's one of the easiest lanes to start deathlooping off a single successful gank. Top and mid are also the easier lanes to take the tower with after a gank, freeing that guy to start roaming and helping the rest of your team as necessary. Bot lane has the support there to keep their carry vaguely safe and let him farm under turret even when down a kill or two. No, you don't go there while dragon is about to be contested, don't be silly. They shouldn't be doing 4v anything on bot, as that predicates your mid is letting their mid roam. In that scenario, every lane is failing, surrender at 20.
please don't do this, almost everybody rages at this game's miserable community once in a while and there's no reason to guilt-trip the man over having what I would label a reasonable, if vehement, response to having his time needlessly wasted.
houn, real talk, I'd have just left at the 30 minute mark. if you aren't a chronic leaver, it isn't going to hurt you to do it once and it's way better than going through the ninth circle for that long.
ZachGalifianakis: going afk
ZachGalifianakis: you banned blitz
ZachGalifianakis: he is my top most played char
jeriphine: now he speaks
ZachGalifianakis: really good with him
jeriphine: why dont u talk beforehand
jeriphine: why dont u talk beforehand
jeriphine: tell us that
ZachGalifianakis: afk
ZachGalifianakis: not playing with retards
jeriphine: just dodge if u cant play someone ekse
jeriphine: else*
Whitfir: wish they recorded pre game chat
jeriphine: u realize 9 ppl will report u right
jeriphine: love ppl that play ranked and only know
Luckily someone dodged
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That's my favorite way to play
DAMN
Do I ever get the power to set Custom Game bots to Intermediate, or are semi-derp bots really reserved for Co-op vs. AI?
I do know the difference between "ebb and flow" and "curbstomped".
I'll admit, I didn't really add anything to my team. Jungle Skarner, and I have no fucking clue how you're supposed to gank, considering how slow Skarner is. He runs slower than people he's slowed. Seriously, no clue. Between that and them warding good, no ganks were made.
Ugh, must stop thinking about it, making me mad all over again.
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Skarner, at 320 base move, is one of the faster characters out there. (The fastest are Pantheon and Master Yi with 330 base speed). It's possible that they had Boots 2 while you didn't have any. Consider some move-speed quints anyhow, if you feel he's a bit slow.
Your shield also buffs your movespeed and attack speed, but only while it's active. It's good for a quick burst of speed. If you're ganking mid and have full health, you MIGHT want to save the shield for after they've dumped their burst on you, if you're tanky enough. That way you'll have the movespeed and attackspeed while they've got powers on cooldown.
Gank approaching is tricky. Ask the lanes you're coming to gank if the opponents have warded, though I don't suppose they'll have made a note of that to be honest. It does happen as players get better, though.
If you're ganking bot, and you're blueside, and they're pushed to your tower, and you KNOW the river is warded, you can gank effectively from the tribush on your side of the river. Pop your shield, Q as you're running in, then Q when on top of them. Flash->Ult->Towerscuttle also works really well.
Only gank WHEN YOUR TEAMMATES ARE READY FOR IT. Look at their HP/Mana reserves, make sure you ping the target, and get a reply, stuff like that.
Consider Oracles if you can afford it. If you see a ward, kill it, make as if you're running back into the jungle, then doubleback and try a gank. People fall for that.
Buildwise, try... Regrowth into Philo, Boots, Ruby into Heart of Gold. This way you'll have health, HP regen and mana regen, which are all important. Philostone builds into Shurelia's, which is great for a burst of speed for initiation/retreat, HoG builds into Randuin's which is EXCELLENT, or Locket if someone else is getting Rand's. Then go triforce+tank items based on their team makeup. Force of Nature is good for more HP regen/movespeed, Banshee's for stopping them from stopping you surpressing, as well as yet more health and mana. Skarner is a pretty cool guy, he builds tank and isn't afraid of anything.
As the one who first said to salvage bot over top, I'll add something.
First of all, it depends on who's in the top lane and in risk of snowballing. Letting a Trynd or Fiora get an advantage I think we can all agree is a bad thing. When I said save, I did not mean to try and salvage a mangled wreck. I would rather save bot than top if they are both slightly losing. Not getting stomped into the ground, but say, maybe being a kill behind or a little behind in cs. Things are still at the point where a gank can swing the lane, while the lane that doesn't get that gank probably will keep losing, it's not the kind of loss where the enemy laner will snowball out of control. I'm also assuming teams that have a minor inkling about keeping ranged carries alive, of course.
If a lane is losing really hard, you have to asses: Will helping the lane stop the snowball or will you feed the snowball? Sometimes it's worth starting a snowball on your own in another lane and hope it gets big enough to stop the other one. For example, two of the games I watched in the PAinhouse last week had Trus top. In one of those he was Olaf and was getting completely out of control. However, the enemy team had a Cait who was equally out of control (can't remember player names, sorry >.<). Unless my memory is completely on the fritz, the team with the fed Cait won that game.
To add to this excellent advice, an underutilized gank when your lane is moderately pushed up is coming from your lane into the side brush. They won't see you and people get really confident having warded the river or tribush. The distance you have to close to your opponents is really low which is nice for Skarner.
Another trick to have up your sleeve as Skarner (especially pre 6) is to Q the minions on your way in to the gank. This will stack up a charge so your NEXT Q (hopefully on top of the enemy you're trying to gank) will apply the snare. You kind of have to judge if your Q will be up in time again, and that you'll be able to use it before the buff runs out on the Q, but it can make early level ganks really strong.
Also, I'd like to add, don't be one of those fucking people who build mobi boots or boots 3. Pop W, run in there and R them to DEATH.
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why would you do that triple-zee
why
(Also, cheers, Hat!)
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Actually I find stonewalls list to be much more accurate on both fronts than Elementz list in my experience.
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One blatant example of where the Elementz list is more practical is Xin Zhao. Xin is a great clearer and ganker but he doesn't add shit to a team later on. This is reflected in the lists. Jax seems pretty inexplicably low in the Stonewall list, Jax clears fine, never goes below 80% health with vamp scepter start, ganks strongly, is capable of carrying super fucking hard.
Other minor discrepancies, but those are some big ones that popped out.
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I think that's why Xin is in Tier 2, he has a couple good jungling feature and one really bad one. Similarly to Shen, Great Ganks, great utility later, but obnoxiously slow.
That's why I find Stonewall's list more useful because it weighs various aspects of jungling against eachother so you can pick something to complement your team better. Element's list is just a list with no real useful information other than what order he prefers them in. Hell Stonewall even includes that awesome chart with a breakdown of rankings based on various aspects of the champ regarding jungling.
Essentially Stonewall has information, Elementz has "Hai Gaiz here some champs I like"
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I've had my fill of draft games where people call out their roles even though they're on the bottom of the pick. It's so rude. After telling the players that what they are doing is rude I get remarks like "it's teamwork." No, that's not teamwork. That's you wanting a specific role because you think you're the best at that role. Teamwork is seeing what the team needs and picking accordingly.
I wish you had to pay to play this game. I think it would cut back on the amount of dbags. Also, it'd make getting banned more of a threat.
In other news I played jungle Jarvan and had a great time! Would jungle again. A++++++
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I don't care if you're some meta sheep hot-shit carry on a 12 game win streak. If you don't have at the very least one champion/rune page to fill every role on SR, then do the community a favor and get the fuck out of ranked.
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Exactly. I'm last pick in normal draft about 90% of the time as a solo queuer, so I'll say something along the lines of "I'd like to mid or jungle if possible." People are going to have some roles they're stronger at than others. I'm willing to play off-roles if people insist on playing elsewhere, just don't freak out at me if I'm not a pro support when I flat out told you I'm not good at it beforehand.
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