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One kinda frustrating thing is that in my ranked losses I didn't feel like I helped us lose, and my ranked wins I didn't feel I contributed a ton to the win.
Just takes experience and practice to get good enough to be able to help prevent a loss and cause a victory.
Ain't nothing on heaven and earth I can do to prevent my JNG/ADC from dying 11 times.
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also I am really liking senna support, although I am playing her like two tiers below what I normally do
I like her better as ADC, though I don't know if I can articulate why. I think it's because she's so squishy and what peel she has is very delayed, which is bad for me for a support. At least as ADC I expect I'm going to blow up quickly.
I think the 10.3 nerf to her passive all but destroyed her as a support. They were trying to curb her power as an ADC by lowering her soul drop rate but now she gets WAY less souls as a support because she's not farming.
also I am really liking senna support, although I am playing her like two tiers below what I normally do
I like her better as ADC, though I don't know if I can articulate why. I think it's because she's so squishy and what peel she has is very delayed, which is bad for me for a support. At least as ADC I expect I'm going to blow up quickly.
I think the 10.3 nerf to her passive all but destroyed her as a support. They were trying to curb her power as an ADC by lowering her soul drop rate but now she gets WAY less souls as a support because she's not farming.
I thought it was the opposite. It's why in pro play they take sienna adc but don't cs on her
also I am really liking senna support, although I am playing her like two tiers below what I normally do
I like her better as ADC, though I don't know if I can articulate why. I think it's because she's so squishy and what peel she has is very delayed, which is bad for me for a support. At least as ADC I expect I'm going to blow up quickly.
I think the 10.3 nerf to her passive all but destroyed her as a support. They were trying to curb her power as an ADC by lowering her soul drop rate but now she gets WAY less souls as a support because she's not farming.
I thought it was the opposite. It's why in pro play they take sienna adc but don't cs on her
Slightly increased the rate for normal minions she doesn't kill but pre 10.3 she used to get a soul for every cannon minion but now it's only a 1.6% chance.
One kinda frustrating thing is that in my ranked losses I didn't feel like I helped us lose, and my ranked wins I didn't feel I contributed a ton to the win.
not actively contributing to your team losing is a big part of your team winning! source: All of the times I or a single team mate fed uncontrollably and we lost despite being a better team overall
My motto (and goal) when I play SR is “never be too heavy to carry”. Ward where I can, ping what I can and try to avoid doing or causing stupidity.
Honestly I think the most important skills in LoL are learning how to be carried and how not to tilt.
I had a ranked game earlier today in which the opposing team's Thresh went full grief mode and started running it down mid spamming emotes. We had no idea why; we just tried not to kill him and apologized to the other team. It was too bad. The rest of his team was playing well and it was shaping into a super fun game until then.
Slightly increased the rate for normal minions she doesn't kill but pre 10.3 she used to get a soul for every cannon minion but now it's only a 1.6% chance.
I'm pretty sure it's still 100% for cannons she doesn't kill (or get from a Spoils of War charge). I played a Senna game the other day (over the weekend, so after the patch) and am pretty sure cannons souls still dropped consistently. The patch notes indicate only a change on ones she kills, as well.
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Slightly increased the rate for normal minions she doesn't kill but pre 10.3 she used to get a soul for every cannon minion but now it's only a 1.6% chance.
I'm pretty sure it's still 100% for cannons she doesn't kill (or get from a Spoils of War charge). I played a Senna game the other day (over the weekend, so after the patch) and am pretty sure cannons souls still dropped consistently. The patch notes indicate only a change on ones she kills, as well.
Her support power was increased by a TON. The nerf was to cannons she kills not die near her.
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Ok then a friend and I were misinterpreting the changes.
also I am really liking senna support, although I am playing her like two tiers below what I normally do
I like her better as ADC, though I don't know if I can articulate why. I think it's because she's so squishy and what peel she has is very delayed, which is bad for me for a support. At least as ADC I expect I'm going to blow up quickly.
she is definitely someone who's played behind your adc, not in front, but can provide a lot of support with her heal, ult, and ghosty misty thing
Honestly I think the most important skills in LoL are learning how to be carried and how not to tilt.
I had a ranked game earlier today in which the opposing team's Thresh went full grief mode and started running it down mid spamming emotes. We had no idea why; we just tried not to kill him and apologized to the other team. It was too bad. The rest of his team was playing well and it was shaping into a super fun game until then.
Yeah, I had to settle down a Veigar that was doing poorly and lashing out earlier. Cat-herding is also a very important skill. Ping objectives, ping people back after you take an objective, use them pings.
It is unfortunately a common occurrence to have someone on your team who has decided, for some ungodly reason, that your team deserves to lose, whether or not the game is winnable or even if you're actually winning. You have to master the art of calming them down and getting them to play the game out.
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It is unfortunately a common occurrence to have someone on your team who has decided, for some ungodly reason, that your team deserves to lose, whether or not the game is winnable or even if you're actually winning. You have to master the art of calming them down and getting them to play the game out.
This person will also resolutely refuse to vote "Yes" on any surrender vote.
also I am really liking senna support, although I am playing her like two tiers below what I normally do
I like her better as ADC, though I don't know if I can articulate why. I think it's because she's so squishy and what peel she has is very delayed, which is bad for me for a support. At least as ADC I expect I'm going to blow up quickly.
she is definitely someone who's played behind your adc, not in front, but can provide a lot of support with her heal, ult, and ghosty misty thing
I feel like she should be played even to the ad
If you are standing behind you are giving up too much pressure
Even if they have a ranged support who can trade back, you can heal up and it’s probably with taking the trade
(Note I play suicidally aggro and my e.g. zyra is played in front of the adc a decent amount of the time heh)
I keep doing this thing where jungle looks super fun, and I practice Warwick and Vi in bots and they're super fun, and then I queue ADC because I'm a scared weenie child.
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This was my most recent ranked game I was in.
I dunno what to do in these circumstances other than accept my fate.
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I dunno what to do in these circumstances other than accept my fate.
Those looks like situations where the game went long enough that everyone got their core items, and it came down to team fighting, positioning etc. That's not a game that was lost at 15 minutes. (Morellos on you and no void staff were probably wrong calls, but I can't see enemy comp/items. Probably should have gotten Liandries over Morello and a void staff instead of zhonyas).
It's also an important skill to figure out who's feeding on your team, who's carrying, and how you can contribute to minimzing the feed/maximizing getting your carry fed. Sometimes it's kill donations, sometimes vision, sometimes pinging actively, sometimes gently informing your ad that this is a hex drinker game, or your syndra that she needs merc treads.
There's a lot you can do before the enemy has a fed as fuck leblanc or talon or something (back when that assassin is only like 2/0 or 3/0) to try to prevent the spiral out of control.
Unless you're in challenger, view every single game as an opportunity to learn. Positioning, lane strategies, best ways to cower against certain champions, best ways to team fight, etc. We all have a TON to learn. None of us are pros.
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Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
I dunno what to do in these circumstances other than accept my fate.
Those looks like situations where the game went long enough that everyone got their core items, and it came down to team fighting, positioning etc. That's not a game that was lost at 15 minutes. (Morellos on you and no void staff were probably wrong calls, but I can't see enemy comp/items. Probably should have gotten Liandries over Morello and a void staff instead of zhonyas).
It's also an important skill to figure out who's feeding on your team, who's carrying, and how you can contribute to minimzing the feed/maximizing getting your carry fed. Sometimes it's kill donations, sometimes vision, sometimes pinging actively, sometimes gently informing your ad that this is a hex drinker game, or your syndra that she needs merc treads.
There's a lot you can do before the enemy has a fed as fuck leblanc or talon or something (back when that assassin is only like 2/0 or 3/0) to try to prevent the spiral out of control.
Unless you're in challenger, view every single game as an opportunity to learn. Positioning, lane strategies, best ways to cower against certain champions, best ways to team fight, etc. We all have a TON to learn. None of us are pros.
Oh, there was a LOT to learn from that game. Someone who was spectacting already told me that I should go liandry over morello, and the positioning too.
But the Vayne basically fed all game and refused to stick with the team it was worse than a 4v5 because at least then vayne wouldn't have been feeding nonstop.
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I think the key problem here is that you aren't playing Annie.
Also just dodge every game with a Yassuo on your team, life's too short for that shit fam.
I dunno what to do in these circumstances other than accept my fate.
Those looks like situations where the game went long enough that everyone got their core items, and it came down to team fighting, positioning etc. That's not a game that was lost at 15 minutes. (Morellos on you and no void staff were probably wrong calls, but I can't see enemy comp/items. Probably should have gotten Liandries over Morello and a void staff instead of zhonyas).
It's also an important skill to figure out who's feeding on your team, who's carrying, and how you can contribute to minimzing the feed/maximizing getting your carry fed. Sometimes it's kill donations, sometimes vision, sometimes pinging actively, sometimes gently informing your ad that this is a hex drinker game, or your syndra that she needs merc treads.
There's a lot you can do before the enemy has a fed as fuck leblanc or talon or something (back when that assassin is only like 2/0 or 3/0) to try to prevent the spiral out of control.
Unless you're in challenger, view every single game as an opportunity to learn. Positioning, lane strategies, best ways to cower against certain champions, best ways to team fight, etc. We all have a TON to learn. None of us are pros.
Oh, there was a LOT to learn from that game. Someone who was spectacting already told me that I should go liandry over morello, and the positioning too.
But the Vayne basically fed all game and refused to stick with the team it was worse than a 4v5 because at least then vayne wouldn't have been feeding nonstop.
Yea. Sometimes you just kinda have to force the team to gather around the guy who refuses to group and therefore he ends up grouped. It sucks.
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I dunno what to do in these circumstances other than accept my fate.
Those looks like situations where the game went long enough that everyone got their core items, and it came down to team fighting, positioning etc. That's not a game that was lost at 15 minutes. (Morellos on you and no void staff were probably wrong calls, but I can't see enemy comp/items. Probably should have gotten Liandries over Morello and a void staff instead of zhonyas).
It's also an important skill to figure out who's feeding on your team, who's carrying, and how you can contribute to minimzing the feed/maximizing getting your carry fed. Sometimes it's kill donations, sometimes vision, sometimes pinging actively, sometimes gently informing your ad that this is a hex drinker game, or your syndra that she needs merc treads.
There's a lot you can do before the enemy has a fed as fuck leblanc or talon or something (back when that assassin is only like 2/0 or 3/0) to try to prevent the spiral out of control.
Unless you're in challenger, view every single game as an opportunity to learn. Positioning, lane strategies, best ways to cower against certain champions, best ways to team fight, etc. We all have a TON to learn. None of us are pros.
Oh, there was a LOT to learn from that game. Someone who was spectacting already told me that I should go liandry over morello, and the positioning too.
But the Vayne basically fed all game and refused to stick with the team it was worse than a 4v5 because at least then vayne wouldn't have been feeding nonstop.
Yea. Sometimes you just kinda have to force the team to gather around the guy who refuses to group and therefore he ends up grouped. It sucks.
Unfortunately, that wasn't an option. They'd 4v5 us on the objective then kill Vayne. Or we'd go with vayne and she'd get people killed by diving into the enemy team. It was lose-lose.
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I keep doing this thing where jungle looks super fun, and I practice Warwick and Vi in bots and they're super fun, and then I queue ADC because I'm a scared weenie child.
Honestly, I think Warwick is sleeper OP in Solo Queue right now. I've been running Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, and Coup de Grace (Last Stand is also good here) with Conditioning and Overgrowth (I like scaling), Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Armor for runes, and it's very good. Just take all the objectives, kill their jungler if they find you--I'm not sure anyone can actually duel him right now--and focus on farming up to mid-game. You shouldn't miss any drakes or Shelleys; just go take them when they're up. It's slightly more complicated than that, but not much more. I max W, and even if you drop to low health on drakes it's surprisingly difficult for the dragon to actually kill you.
His kit feels a little wonky in places (I always need like a game or two to realign if I haven't played him in a while), but he's just so solid for the objective control game I like to play.
Also, Conqueror + Warrior Skarner is a lot of fun right now, though if your team gets behind it's rough once you start losing spires.
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Had my first S+ game today, felt good.
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I dunno what to do in these circumstances other than accept my fate.
Those looks like situations where the game went long enough that everyone got their core items, and it came down to team fighting, positioning etc. That's not a game that was lost at 15 minutes. (Morellos on you and no void staff were probably wrong calls, but I can't see enemy comp/items. Probably should have gotten Liandries over Morello and a void staff instead of zhonyas).
It's also an important skill to figure out who's feeding on your team, who's carrying, and how you can contribute to minimzing the feed/maximizing getting your carry fed. Sometimes it's kill donations, sometimes vision, sometimes pinging actively, sometimes gently informing your ad that this is a hex drinker game, or your syndra that she needs merc treads.
There's a lot you can do before the enemy has a fed as fuck leblanc or talon or something (back when that assassin is only like 2/0 or 3/0) to try to prevent the spiral out of control.
Unless you're in challenger, view every single game as an opportunity to learn. Positioning, lane strategies, best ways to cower against certain champions, best ways to team fight, etc. We all have a TON to learn. None of us are pros.
I agree with almost everything but this. You should focus more on securing kills than making sure the carries get them. A dead enemy champ is always better than one getting away and the carries can always just farm for more gold.
I bottom lane with mage supports most of the time now and we win just as often no matter who is getting the most kills.
I dunno what to do in these circumstances other than accept my fate.
Those looks like situations where the game went long enough that everyone got their core items, and it came down to team fighting, positioning etc. That's not a game that was lost at 15 minutes. (Morellos on you and no void staff were probably wrong calls, but I can't see enemy comp/items. Probably should have gotten Liandries over Morello and a void staff instead of zhonyas).
It's also an important skill to figure out who's feeding on your team, who's carrying, and how you can contribute to minimzing the feed/maximizing getting your carry fed. Sometimes it's kill donations, sometimes vision, sometimes pinging actively, sometimes gently informing your ad that this is a hex drinker game, or your syndra that she needs merc treads.
There's a lot you can do before the enemy has a fed as fuck leblanc or talon or something (back when that assassin is only like 2/0 or 3/0) to try to prevent the spiral out of control.
Unless you're in challenger, view every single game as an opportunity to learn. Positioning, lane strategies, best ways to cower against certain champions, best ways to team fight, etc. We all have a TON to learn. None of us are pros.
I agree with almost everything but this. You should focus more on securing kills than making sure the carries get them. A dead enemy champ is always better than one getting away and the carries can always just farm for more gold.
I bottom lane with mage supports most of the time now and we win just as often no matter who is getting the most kills.
hence sometimes. If you see the guy flash, and he's playing nami, and he has no way out, you don't take the kill as braum.
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There are some cases where you collapse on someone who is massively overextended with absolutely no chance of escape and you can afford ease off and donate the kill, but those are rare. If it’s anything close to a fair fight, empty the clip and let the gold fall where it may.
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There are some cases where you collapse on someone who is massively overextended with absolutely no chance of escape and you can afford ease off and donate the kill, but those are rare. If it’s anything close to a fair fight, empty the clip and let the gold fall where it may.
I want to say that in most games where I smashed lane and am hard carrying, I come across 1-2 opportunities to donate a kill. Usually it's after a won teamfight and we're all chasing down the poor ADC. I usually try to donate those kills when at all possible because I don't play hyper carry champs and I'm usually at my peak power spike already, so getting my mid or ADC fed for late game is usually worth it. Plus then we don't auto-lose a teamfight if I misplay or get caught out of position.
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There are some cases where you collapse on someone who is massively overextended with absolutely no chance of escape and you can afford ease off and donate the kill, but those are rare. If it’s anything close to a fair fight, empty the clip and let the gold fall where it may.
I want to say that in most games where I smashed lane and am hard carrying, I come across 1-2 opportunities to donate a kill. Usually it's after a won teamfight and we're all chasing down the poor ADC. I usually try to donate those kills when at all possible because I don't play hyper carry champs and I'm usually at my peak power spike already, so getting my mid or ADC fed for late game is usually worth it. Plus then we don't auto-lose a teamfight if I misplay or get caught out of position.
I keep doing this thing where jungle looks super fun, and I practice Warwick and Vi in bots and they're super fun, and then I queue ADC because I'm a scared weenie child.
Honestly, I think Warwick is sleeper OP in Solo Queue right now. I've been running Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, and Coup de Grace (Last Stand is also good here) with Conditioning and Overgrowth (I like scaling), Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Armor for runes, and it's very good. Just take all the objectives, kill their jungler if they find you--I'm not sure anyone can actually duel him right now--and focus on farming up to mid-game. You shouldn't miss any drakes or Shelleys; just go take them when they're up. It's slightly more complicated than that, but not much more. I max W, and even if you drop to low health on drakes it's surprisingly difficult for the dragon to actually kill you.
His kit feels a little wonky in places (I always need like a game or two to realign if I haven't played him in a while), but he's just so solid for the objective control game I like to play.
Also, Conqueror + Warrior Skarner is a lot of fun right now, though if your team gets behind it's rough once you start losing spires.
MEAT!
That is to say, I tried your build (in Normals, obviously). My early strat was the double buff+Gromp route, then look for a gank or invade. Each game I found and mauled the opposing jungler at their blue. Went Tiamat into blue smite and Cinderhulk since I'm still learning, and collected every dragon and Shelley, including a nasty second Herald steal and kill on a poor Vi.
This is a potent champion and strategy, and I am going to spam the hell out of it for the foreseeable future. I still need to learn how to gank better, but honestly WW's ability to solo dragons and Herald so soon is just gross.
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Just mute people the instant they talk shit. Even Challenger streamers do that.
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Muting chat is the number 1 lifehack for getting better, no one ever says anything useful and you could probably value the average boost to your general attitude and mental health at a few divisions’ worth of improvement
While we're on the subject of complaining about the "other" people who played the game, I had three terrible games to end my Solo / Duo placements that were largely me tillting from my own team's chat.
Don't get me wrong; I played terribly, but the other people did not help.
As a consolation, I did at least win one after that to end on an A+ and 90 LP in Silver I.
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Fun fact and completely unrelated to tilting from reading my own team's chat, if you get into promos for, say, Silver 2, and then proceed to demote down to Silver 4, when you get back into promos for Silver 2 you do NOT get a free win.
Also I really didn't expect to be this bad after taking a year-ish off the game but what can you do. I definitely need to just start muting chat at the beginning of every game. Everything necessary can be communicated in pings (I don't flame but I do get into long-winded arguments about how, no, actually, I am not the worst person to ever play the game because I overextended that one time).
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While I wholeheartedly agree with all of you, I do have a gem that I am super glad I had left all chat on to participate in. My team had been slowly picking up steam the whole game, and the enemy Zed was starting to flame everyone in all chat. We then won a team fight, during which I did a ton of damage with an MF ult and secured several kills:
Zed: "Yeah, way to go MF. Way to right click."
Me: "Hey. I do more than right click. I press R too!"
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Ain't nothing on heaven and earth I can do to prevent my JNG/ADC from dying 11 times.
I think the 10.3 nerf to her passive all but destroyed her as a support. They were trying to curb her power as an ADC by lowering her soul drop rate but now she gets WAY less souls as a support because she's not farming.
I thought it was the opposite. It's why in pro play they take sienna adc but don't cs on her
I, I never knew this. I've been making things harder on myself .
Slightly increased the rate for normal minions she doesn't kill but pre 10.3 she used to get a soul for every cannon minion but now it's only a 1.6% chance.
My motto (and goal) when I play SR is “never be too heavy to carry”. Ward where I can, ping what I can and try to avoid doing or causing stupidity.
I had a ranked game earlier today in which the opposing team's Thresh went full grief mode and started running it down mid spamming emotes. We had no idea why; we just tried not to kill him and apologized to the other team. It was too bad. The rest of his team was playing well and it was shaping into a super fun game until then.
I'm pretty sure it's still 100% for cannons she doesn't kill (or get from a Spoils of War charge). I played a Senna game the other day (over the weekend, so after the patch) and am pretty sure cannons souls still dropped consistently. The patch notes indicate only a change on ones she kills, as well.
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Her support power was increased by a TON. The nerf was to cannons she kills not die near her.
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she is definitely someone who's played behind your adc, not in front, but can provide a lot of support with her heal, ult, and ghosty misty thing
Yeah, I had to settle down a Veigar that was doing poorly and lashing out earlier. Cat-herding is also a very important skill. Ping objectives, ping people back after you take an objective, use them pings.
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This person will also resolutely refuse to vote "Yes" on any surrender vote.
I feel like she should be played even to the ad
If you are standing behind you are giving up too much pressure
Even if they have a ranged support who can trade back, you can heal up and it’s probably with taking the trade
(Note I play suicidally aggro and my e.g. zyra is played in front of the adc a decent amount of the time heh)
This was my most recent ranked game I was in.
I dunno what to do in these circumstances other than accept my fate.
Have you ever played Brand?
He's also a great damage support and his ult lets him get away with some absurd plays and carry super hard
Also I'm Soliloqui on LoL if you want to play with another HoTS player (albeit mediocre)
Those looks like situations where the game went long enough that everyone got their core items, and it came down to team fighting, positioning etc. That's not a game that was lost at 15 minutes. (Morellos on you and no void staff were probably wrong calls, but I can't see enemy comp/items. Probably should have gotten Liandries over Morello and a void staff instead of zhonyas).
It's also an important skill to figure out who's feeding on your team, who's carrying, and how you can contribute to minimzing the feed/maximizing getting your carry fed. Sometimes it's kill donations, sometimes vision, sometimes pinging actively, sometimes gently informing your ad that this is a hex drinker game, or your syndra that she needs merc treads.
There's a lot you can do before the enemy has a fed as fuck leblanc or talon or something (back when that assassin is only like 2/0 or 3/0) to try to prevent the spiral out of control.
Unless you're in challenger, view every single game as an opportunity to learn. Positioning, lane strategies, best ways to cower against certain champions, best ways to team fight, etc. We all have a TON to learn. None of us are pros.
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Oh, there was a LOT to learn from that game. Someone who was spectacting already told me that I should go liandry over morello, and the positioning too.
But the Vayne basically fed all game and refused to stick with the team it was worse than a 4v5 because at least then vayne wouldn't have been feeding nonstop.
Also just dodge every game with a Yassuo on your team, life's too short for that shit fam.
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Yea. Sometimes you just kinda have to force the team to gather around the guy who refuses to group and therefore he ends up grouped. It sucks.
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Unfortunately, that wasn't an option. They'd 4v5 us on the objective then kill Vayne. Or we'd go with vayne and she'd get people killed by diving into the enemy team. It was lose-lose.
Honestly, I think Warwick is sleeper OP in Solo Queue right now. I've been running Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, and Coup de Grace (Last Stand is also good here) with Conditioning and Overgrowth (I like scaling), Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Armor for runes, and it's very good. Just take all the objectives, kill their jungler if they find you--I'm not sure anyone can actually duel him right now--and focus on farming up to mid-game. You shouldn't miss any drakes or Shelleys; just go take them when they're up. It's slightly more complicated than that, but not much more. I max W, and even if you drop to low health on drakes it's surprisingly difficult for the dragon to actually kill you.
His kit feels a little wonky in places (I always need like a game or two to realign if I haven't played him in a while), but he's just so solid for the objective control game I like to play.
Also, Conqueror + Warrior Skarner is a lot of fun right now, though if your team gets behind it's rough once you start losing spires.
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I agree with almost everything but this. You should focus more on securing kills than making sure the carries get them. A dead enemy champ is always better than one getting away and the carries can always just farm for more gold.
I bottom lane with mage supports most of the time now and we win just as often no matter who is getting the most kills.
hence sometimes. If you see the guy flash, and he's playing nami, and he has no way out, you don't take the kill as braum.
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I want to say that in most games where I smashed lane and am hard carrying, I come across 1-2 opportunities to donate a kill. Usually it's after a won teamfight and we're all chasing down the poor ADC. I usually try to donate those kills when at all possible because I don't play hyper carry champs and I'm usually at my peak power spike already, so getting my mid or ADC fed for late game is usually worth it. Plus then we don't auto-lose a teamfight if I misplay or get caught out of position.
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hmm that's a lot of Fiora there...
MEAT!
That is to say, I tried your build (in Normals, obviously). My early strat was the double buff+Gromp route, then look for a gank or invade. Each game I found and mauled the opposing jungler at their blue. Went Tiamat into blue smite and Cinderhulk since I'm still learning, and collected every dragon and Shelley, including a nasty second Herald steal and kill on a poor Vi.
This is a potent champion and strategy, and I am going to spam the hell out of it for the foreseeable future. I still need to learn how to gank better, but honestly WW's ability to solo dragons and Herald so soon is just gross.
Also, mute all chat after like 4 min
At this rate I think I might hit silver by the end of the week! Huzza!
Don't get me wrong; I played terribly, but the other people did not help.
As a consolation, I did at least win one after that to end on an A+ and 90 LP in Silver I.
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Also I really didn't expect to be this bad after taking a year-ish off the game but what can you do. I definitely need to just start muting chat at the beginning of every game. Everything necessary can be communicated in pings (I don't flame but I do get into long-winded arguments about how, no, actually, I am not the worst person to ever play the game because I overextended that one time).
Zed: "Yeah, way to go MF. Way to right click."
Me: "Hey. I do more than right click. I press R too!"
Bah, it's totally more fun to rage back and level a new account to 30.