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  • RozRoz Boss of InternetRegistered User regular
    eeSanG wrote: »
    playing 5's with people who are better then me is hard
    made the mistake of not warding a brush in a level 1 invade and got it held over me the rest of the game
    at one point my carry left the lane and didnt come back and said just let them take the tower so i dont have to be in the same lane as you
    lol
    getting better is hard
    EDIT
    also
    me and my friend
    did a series of 1v1's
    where he played poppy
    and i randomed 15 different top champs
    and each and every single one of them beat poppy
    lol
    new challenge: find a champion that poppy beats in lane
    chances: low

    What most Poppy's do is run the Malphite rune/mastery setup with full Armor and put a point into W first. Done right, you walk into lane with about 75~90 armor depending on whether you get Cloth Armor or not. Then you lane against what you hope is a full AD top champion like Lee Sin or Riven. Sit in the creep lane and farm. When they come anywhere near you Q them in the face.

    You'll start winning a couple surprising match ups.

    Or you can take Poppy into the jungle, and have ganks that are just a bit worse than Alistar, but become a much better diver once you hit 6.

    That's a terrifying thought. They are both perpetual submariners.

  • RozRoz Boss of InternetRegistered User regular
    lol normal matchmaking:

    Diamond, Plat, Plat, Diamond, Gold - me.

    Yeah riot, no. Just no.

  • Enigma435Enigma435 Registered User regular
    When you play in the morning things like that happen because the upper end of normal matchmaking is pretty empty. Also take it as a compliment to your normal elo that you're matched with good players you don't get put into that game if you're THAT far behind those guys in ability.

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    Talith
  • RozRoz Boss of InternetRegistered User regular
    Welp, that was a routing. My Diamond Mid TF and Diamond Jungle are basically everywhere and shit on every lane. Poor Udyr couldn't even gank without Skarnar appearing out of nowhere.My Plat support Leona never misses a hook or a dead-center ult. Got spoon fed as Kog had a phatom dancer and IE at 19 minutes. Proceeded to 3 shot everyone on their team.

  • BubsBubs Not Burbs ChicagoRegistered User regular
    So they're using the stupid dubstep song from the S2 championships on college game day, and now my plans to sit here for lots of hours is ruined because I'm constantly being reminded of League and how I could be playing it.

    PSN: thewheelz
  • VivaVizerVivaVizer Registered User regular
    Just give in.

  • CoinageCoinage Heaviside LayerRegistered User regular
    playing 5's with people who are better then me is hard
    made the mistake of not warding a brush in a level 1 invade and got it held over me the rest of the game
    at one point my carry left the lane and didnt come back and said just let them take the tower so i dont have to be in the same lane as you
    lol
    getting better is hard
    EDIT
    also
    me and my friend
    did a series of 1v1's
    where he played poppy
    and i randomed 15 different top champs
    and each and every single one of them beat poppy
    lol
    new challenge: find a champion that poppy beats in lane
    chances: low
    That sounds like a game where I would mute everyone on my team, fuck people like that.

    Zekent claims that Poppy crushes Malphite because of all her magic damage, but you probably have to know what you're doing to pull that off.

  • KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
    So I tried Shyv Jungle the other day, because Jungle was all that was left for me with people calling shit, and I don't really like jungle. I have other jungle champs, but I decided to try Shyv.

    Holy fuck that is the most fun I have ever had in the jungle.

    Also I just wanted to yell out "RAWR I'M A FUCKING DRAGON" every time I ulted. That was so fun.

  • chocoboliciouschocobolicious Registered User regular
    I pretty much do type out "/all I'm a bear, I'm a bear, I'm a bear." After every team fight. People get surprisingly obsessed with focusing you if you draw attention to yourself, even when you aren't being rude or anything.

    Oh man tabi/mogs/thorn/heart vs a heavy ad team. Keep on trying, guys. I'm a bear.

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  • Joe KJoe K Registered User regular
    last anivia game 9-1-16

    ended with sorc boots, pimp cup, RoA, Party Hat, Mogs.

    Yeh, come at me...

  • 8bitogre8bitogre San Antonio, TXRegistered User regular
    I haven't been able to get a win no matter what. I either end up with trolls, leavers or people who just want to throw away games. Was almost at Gold last season, now I'm struggling to stay at 1000 ELO :(

  • VivaVizerVivaVizer Registered User regular
    Must be something that you can do.

  • 8bitogre8bitogre San Antonio, TXRegistered User regular
    I'm just gonna take a break for a bit. I feel like I'm pressing and trying to carry a win, which makes me tense and on edge, rather than relaxed.

  • VizardObserverVizardObserver The Duke of Ridiculous Poppycocky Registered User regular
    I got queued with a diamond and a plat once or twice, I don't remember the diamond that well but the plat was a dorans blade start wukong jungle that blamed everyone else for everything and never ganked lol

  • 8bitogre8bitogre San Antonio, TXRegistered User regular
    I got queued with a diamond and a plat once or twice, I don't remember the diamond that well but the plat was a dorans blade start wukong jungle that blamed everyone else for everything and never ganked lol

    Nothin like getting carried all the way to Diamond. I heard there are guys out there who will carry you up to Plat/Diamond for like $50.

  • PacificstarPacificstar Registered User regular
    8bitogre wrote: »
    I haven't been able to get a win no matter what. I either end up with trolls, leavers or people who just want to throw away games. Was almost at Gold last season, now I'm struggling to stay at 1000 ELO :(

    Dude, I recommend taking a little break from ranked. OR going super focus mode and grinding games out.
    8bitogre wrote: »
    I got queued with a diamond and a plat once or twice, I don't remember the diamond that well but the plat was a dorans blade start wukong jungle that blamed everyone else for everything and never ganked lol

    Nothin like getting carried all the way to Diamond. I heard there are guys out there who will carry you up to Plat/Diamond for like $50.

    Yeah, Riot cracks down on those people though

  • TommattTommatt Registered User regular
    Right now is a bad time to play ranked with all the kids off school IMO. I won't play ranked before 12:30 am PST. Get the kiddos to bed.

  • übergeekübergeek Sector 2814Registered User regular
    I just might spend money to get Riot Singed if they unlock him. Still bummed that's the only PAX release skin that I couldn't get that I wanted.

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  • VivaVizerVivaVizer Registered User regular
    Well, you could always go to all their Pax events forever just in case they ever release a skin that you like.

    Though that doesn't seem very feasible.

    Limited skins like that always seem kind of awkward. But I guess they are just skins at the end of the day.

  • übergeekübergeek Sector 2814Registered User regular
    VivaVizer wrote: »
    Well, you could always go to all their Pax events forever just in case they ever release a skin that you like.

    Though that doesn't seem very feasible.

    Limited skins like that always seem kind of awkward. But I guess they are just skins at the end of the day.

    Well, none of the custom skins that I want to use at leaguecraft work right since they changed his particles. Although I could always use Skin Installer Ultimate and pull the files for it out and put them over Default Singed, but then only I can see it.

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  • eeSanGeeSanG I slice like a goddamn hammer. Registered User regular
    Look at all that gold. I am the 1%:
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    Slice like a god damn hammer. LoL: Rafflesia / BNet: Talonflame#11979
    Jungleskye
  • DunxcoDunxco Should get a suit Never skips breakfastRegistered User regular
    Hnnnnnnnrgh I've somehow by arcane forces beyond my mortal understanding become my mates-team's go-to jungler. Usually rocking Cho'gath, Amumu, Maokai, Skarner. Did Nocturne once and that was pretty coo'.

    Shyvana is F2P this week and I'm real tempted to give her a go but I don't wanna find her too much fun and end up having to put buying Hecarim or Darius on the backburner.

    What do I do, guys? :(

  • BurnageBurnage Registered User regular
    Play Shyvana and type "RAWR I'M A DRAGON" every time you gank

    chocobolicious
  • OatsOats Registered User regular
    As ever Burnage has the best advice.

    Become the dragon, melt the mans, burn the jungle.

  • EchoEcho ski-bap ba-dapModerator mod
    I have several buddies that build Madred's Bloodrazor as a standard item. I've tried telling them that it's a pretty massive money sink and highly situational, but I'm lacking other good arguments. Anyone got some math to help me out?

  • Albino BunnyAlbino Bunny Jackie Registered User regular
    Echo wrote: »
    I have several buddies that build Madred's Bloodrazor as a standard item. I've tried telling them that it's a pretty massive money sink and highly situational, but I'm lacking other good arguments. Anyone got some math to help me out?

    4% of 2000 health is like... less than 100 or so damage per hit. Rounded down by the 80 odd MR that most people have late game and it'll be hitting for about fourty ish.

    As a rough mathsey outline on why it sucks balls to put money into that.

  • Moridin889Moridin889 Registered User regular
    SkutSkut wrote: »
    Trus wrote: »
    SkutSkut wrote: »
    So Zed actually gives Kha'Zix a bit of trouble, even after I broke even and got some ganks Zed and I were neck and neck in CS and his poke is way better.

    Ehhhh, I have trouble seeing how Kha'Zix doesn't win that lane. Yeah, Zed's poke is better but thats because Kha has terrible poke, if you abuse your passive winning short trades should be easy and once your six you can probably just go on. Even if he ults you can can just stealth away while it's active then jump him once the mark pops.

    I thought so too but nope that poke and E spam when you go to CS keeps Kha'Zix back and if KZ spams W in response he's out of mana soon.

    That's when you go to tanky CDR W focus Khazix and just harass Zed to death. Tabi Philo Glacial. Glass Cannon Q Kahzix has some trouble, until he's 2-3 kills up.

  • Twenty SidedTwenty Sided Registered User regular
    edited November 2012
    Well MR is the biggest thing. Since you want to be shooting at people with huge health pools it's not going to make a big difference if said-person ever thinks to build a Negatrons.

    If you're a primarily AD champion then magic damage is not going to be amplified by armor penetration effects (i.e. Last Whisper and runes). So yeah, it's not even all that efficient slot-wise to have a Razor.

    EDIT:
    To further my argument, note that resistance stats are basically 1% increase in effective health against a type of damage. So you can take red runes amounting to 10 armor reduction. This is basically a 10% increase in your effective damage against enemies. If you combine this with a single Black Cleaver proc, you're up to something like a 25% increase in effective damage (a proc is 15 armor shred).

    Twenty Sided on
  • KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
    Burnage wrote: »
    Play Shyvana and type "RAWR I'M A DRAGON" every time you gank

    I'll admit that I did actually type it once.

    We had taken all of them out but Soraka, and she was trying to run away. We were in their base, all inhibs down, one turret down, so I decided to just nuke the fuck out of her and ulted into her and killed her.

    All chat went something like:

    "[All] Random pubbie: lol
    dude you could've left her alone. She just wanted to live

    me: I'M A FUCKING DRAGON"

  • I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    Echo wrote: »
    I have several buddies that build Madred's Bloodrazor as a standard item. I've tried telling them that it's a pretty massive money sink and highly situational, but I'm lacking other good arguments. Anyone got some math to help me out?

    Just let them build dumb items for another week or two and then the patch will hit and they will never be able to build bloodrazor again and the problem will solve itself.

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  • TalithTalith 変態という名の紳士 Miami, FLRegistered User regular
    Unless you are doing some kind of spell pen, ap, attack speed kogmaw there is never a reason to get that item.

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    Naphtali
  • Twenty SidedTwenty Sided Registered User regular
    edited November 2012
    %Crits also have no effect on magic damage, which is another huge source of damage multiplication for adc (e.g. Infinity Edge + Phantom Dancer).

    So you can about double frontloaded physical damage and have that slashed by armor or have 4% of their health in damage per hit slashed by magic resistance to ~2% or less per hit. You have to get in a lot of Razor procs to break even.

    Twenty Sided on
  • BurnageBurnage Registered User regular
    Khavall wrote: »
    Burnage wrote: »
    Play Shyvana and type "RAWR I'M A DRAGON" every time you gank

    I'll admit that I did actually type it once.

    Once is not enough. I like to try and condition the enemy team to panic when they see the announcement of an impending gank.

    Albino Bunny
  • JAEFJAEF Unstoppably Bald Registered User regular
    Khavall wrote: »
    Burnage wrote: »
    Play Shyvana and type "RAWR I'M A DRAGON" every time you gank

    I'll admit that I did actually type it once.

    We had taken all of them out but Soraka, and she was trying to run away. We were in their base, all inhibs down, one turret down, so I decided to just nuke the fuck out of her and ulted into her and killed her.

    All chat went something like:

    "[All] Random pubbie: lol
    dude you could've left her alone. She just wanted to live

    me: I'M A FUCKING DRAGON"
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj3QFOWW6Q4

  • Albino BunnyAlbino Bunny Jackie Registered User regular
    Asking Shyvana to show restraint is like asking Mundo to not go where he pleases, or Darius to not multi ax people.

    Sure sometimes it might not be the right choice or best for the team but it's like pulling an animal out of it's natural habitat (also, I'd vote Shyvana's ultimate for about the most god dam satisfying in the game)

  • MahnmutMahnmut Registered User regular
    Burnage wrote: »
    Khavall wrote: »
    Burnage wrote: »
    Play Shyvana and type "RAWR I'M A DRAGON" every time you gank

    I'll admit that I did actually type it once.

    Once is not enough. I like to try and condition the enemy team to panic when they see the announcement of an impending gank.

    /all DAAAARKNESSSSS

    Steam/LoL: Jericho89
  • Twenty SidedTwenty Sided Registered User regular
    Nocturne sort of does that automatically.

  • RozRoz Boss of InternetRegistered User regular
    JAEF wrote: »
    Khavall wrote: »
    Burnage wrote: »
    Play Shyvana and type "RAWR I'M A DRAGON" every time you gank

    I'll admit that I did actually type it once.

    We had taken all of them out but Soraka, and she was trying to run away. We were in their base, all inhibs down, one turret down, so I decided to just nuke the fuck out of her and ulted into her and killed her.

    All chat went something like:

    "[All] Random pubbie: lol
    dude you could've left her alone. She just wanted to live

    me: I'M A FUCKING DRAGON"
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj3QFOWW6Q4

    This has happened to me more times than I'm willing to admit :(

  • unintentionalunintentional smelly Registered User regular
    Echo wrote: »
    I have several buddies that build Madred's Bloodrazor as a standard item. I've tried telling them that it's a pretty massive money sink and highly situational, but I'm lacking other good arguments. Anyone got some math to help me out?

    just remind them that it's such a bad item that they're literally going to remove it from the game for season 3 in order to stop people who are bad at math from continuing to buy it

    Naphtali
  • MahnmutMahnmut Registered User regular
    Echo wrote: »
    I have several buddies that build Madred's Bloodrazor as a standard item. I've tried telling them that it's a pretty massive money sink and highly situational, but I'm lacking other good arguments. Anyone got some math to help me out?

    just remind them that it's such a bad item that they're literally going to remove it from the game for season 3 in order to stop people who are bad at math from continuing to buy it

    nah bro

    it was too good

    Steam/LoL: Jericho89
    Cyrenic
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