Eolias Wrote:Just plunged into my first two ranked games and I am severely disappointed. Had to carry both games as Caitlyn because our team decided to go double AD even after I explained that I can only play AD and solo top bruiser. The normal games that I play are of a much higher skill level, granted the level of play I've seen so far in ranked is pretty, freakin` awful. Can't wait until ranked games become challenging and less frustrating.
I honestly think you shouldn't play ranked until you can fit every role. You should know at least a ranged AD, an AP nuke, a tank and a tanky dps. Jungle and Support are important too but less important at low ELO (I've had several games without jungler or support and won, or games where my team has standard comp and enemy is like 4 AD and annie and they win). Also, luck is a very important factor in Ranked, you can get idiots for teammates very very often....
Darkmaniak Wrote:I honestly think you shouldn't play ranked until you can fit every role. You should know at least a ranged AD, an AP nuke, a tank and a tanky dps. Jungle and Support are important too but less important at low ELO (I've had several games without jungler or support and won, or games where my team has standard comp and enemy is like 4 AD and annie and they win). Also, luck is a very important factor in Ranked, you can get idiots for teammates very very often....
I guess that makes sense. I can do tanky DPS and AD just fine, but I've tried AP and I'm bad at it. I regularly duo with my brother who plays support at bottom, with great success in normal games. I know how unreliable team mates can be in lower elo can be, so duo-queue with brother would help us both get to the elo we should be. Currently standing at around 80 wins above my losses? I'm sure i -could- essentially fill in other roles but I wouldn't be doing my team any favours.
Eolias Wrote:I guess that makes sense. I can do tanky DPS and AD just fine, but I've tried AP and I'm bad at it. I regularly duo with my brother who plays support at bottom, with great success in normal games. I know how unreliable team mates can be in lower elo can be, so duo-queue with brother would help us both get to the elo we should be. Currently standing at around 80 wins above my losses? I'm sure i -could- essentially fill in other roles but I wouldn't be doing my team any favours.
Disregard team composition
Play a carry
???????
Acquire elo.
I LOVE MORGANA! I just won 10 YES 10 ranked games IN A ROW with her. Seriously I can't stop staring at my match history. None of them have negative K/D too. And on top of that I totally passed 1600 elo. Might go for gold anyway. That's 1850 right?
SolicShooter Wrote:I LOVE MORGANA! I just won 10 YES 10 ranked games IN A ROW with her. Seriously I can't stop staring at my match history. None of them have negative K/D too. And on top of that I totally passed 1600 elo. Might go for gold anyway. That's 1850 right?
1850 ELO is the minimum for gold designation. Not sure if you're willing to risk this because S1 is ending next week; not enough time to try to get enough wins to get to that point.
Also from the forums: The literal meaning of "mandrop" shows itself during a robbery attempt. Hella funny
i love skarner. a couple times i was getting harassed so i ulti'd them and drug them into my turret as they tried to run. definitely satisfying. not to mention how awesome his Q and W are. i typically don't like melee champs but i might end up buying this guy.
He's kinda one of those guys that, if fed, is a lot like "what do?" As a squishy, it's fairly difficult to get away from him without dying. It doesn't help that he's got the beefiness of a typical melee DPS.
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Talon, the Blade's Shadow
* Noxian Diplomacy: Talon viciously stabs his enemy, dealing heavy physical damage and causing them to leave a blood trail that Talon can use to track them.
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Alistar
* Unbreakable Will
o Duration adjusted to 7 seconds at all ranks from 6/7/8 seconds
o Physical and Magical Damage reduction reduced to 50/60/70% from 75% at all ranks
Jax
* Leap Strike damage reduced to 20/45/70/95/120 from 35/60/85/110/135
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o Damage reduced to 60/95/130/165/200 from 75/110/135/180/215
o Empower now breaks spell shields
Kayle
* Attack damage per level increased to 2.8 from 2.5
* Attack speed per level increased to 2.5 from 2
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o Now scales with bonus attack damage at a 1.0 ratio in addition to a 1.0 ability power ratio
o Damage amplification increased to 6/7/8/9/10% from 5% at all levels
Lee Sin
* Resonating Strike will now only automatically attempt to attack champions rather than all enemies
Nidalee
* Javelin Toss
o Mana Cost reduced to 50/60/70/80/90 from 60/70/80/90/100
o Cooldown reduced to 6 seconds from 7 seconds
* Pounce
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o Cooldown increased to 4 seconds from 3 seconds
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* Aspect of the Cougar now grants 10/15/20 armor and magic resistance instead of 10% Dodge
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Orianna
* Command: Dissonance base damage reduced to 70/115/160/205/250 from 70/120/170/220/270
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Sona
* Aria of Perseverance
o Base heal reduced to 25/50/75/100/125 from 35/70/105/140/175
o Ability power ratio reduced to .25 from .35
o Now grants double her passive aura bonus to her heal target and herself for 3 seconds
* Reduced the lockout time while casting Sona's songs to make them more responsive
* Fixed a bug where Hymn of Valor and Aria of Perseverance caused her to deal 20% reduced damage
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o Shred increased to 8/9/10/11/12 from 8 at all levels
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o Cooldown reduced to 10 seconds from 15 seconds
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o No longer grants double Mana when casting on yourself
* Wish
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o Mana cost reduced to 100/175/250 from 200/275/350
Taric
* Base attack speed increased to .625 from .613
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Things I'm noticing
- Riot thinks Alistar is too good when he turns on his ult and becomes godlike. Though in compensation, he now has a 7-second ult duration earlier.
- Expected/10 on Jax nerf (already knew)
- Kayle getting some buffs (allow her to be more viable using hybrid build(s))
- Nidalee getting some buffs/nerfs. Her heal - as part of the "sustain rework" - is getting hit hard (already announced)
- Orianna too good: Her ult and her defensive ability got toned down a bit. She bites somewhat hard once she had that ult up...it wasn't too fun. =\
- Sona's getting a few things fixed up as part of the "sustain rework"
- Soraka's getting a few things fixed up as part of the "sustain rework"
- Taric's getting a few things fixed up as part of the "sustain rework"
- Did Riot just decided to go and nerf Udyr's sustain in jungle? Wt'f
- Xin keeps getting his dead butt kicked around as his knockup gets toned down by 0.25 secs....
Quote:Fixed a bug where Champions could be pulled across the map while teleporting
- Bout time, this was quite the sh'its and giggles when it was first found out. Though it was very hard to replicate (had to use certain abilities at the split second before the target GTFOs), it was inconvenient for those that tried to make quick getaways (or in one case, leaping onto someone...think mandrop) and found themselves being Superman the next second. xD
Whelp, my Skarner marathon is over. Ended it with three no-death games.
The first wasn't fair for the other team because we were three noobs and two pros, while they were just semi-noobs. The second game was just messed up beyond belief. 1v5 in mid, XZ scores first blood and goes legendary in less than 4 minutes. The other team just decided to do w/e. Third game was legit. Unless you count free week Skarners to be noobs too.
I just won 10 YES 10 ranked games IN A ROW with her. Seriously I can't stop staring at my match history. None of them have negative K/D too. And on top of that I totally passed 1600 elo. 
Might go for gold anyway. That's 1850 right?
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