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[LucianZ 76]

Well maybe i'm biased but 

Oh c'mon, you already know what my answer's gonna be.

*points up to my previous post*

Nami is very nice, CC and heals packed together. I'm not sure about Bard yet, i didn't test him.

 

@Drasamo: Thank you for the suggestion, I've played Lulu support before and i always end up with 5/6 kills. And the adc gets pissed, feels weird.

Edited April 7, 2015 by LucianZ

[Haven Celestii 9,385]

Who is playing on EUNE feel free to add me :ffCloud11. I usually play support and jungle. By the way, who is the better 6300 ? Bard, Nami or Lulu ? I mean for a gold elo player.

Lulu by far imo. She's just so damned good.

[Dark Bun 681]

Hey, it's been a long time since I've visited this thread and this question has probably been asked a million times, but how do you guys deal with bad streaks of games? I'm not talking about like a game or two that are close but you lose, I'm talking about 5+ long strings of games where the entire team blames everything on you and you feel completely worthless as both a player and a person.

I had a similar issue not too long ago. I ended up looking at a few tier lists from different sites and found what champions are doing strong where and why. It really helped my picks, however I was still a bit rusty and I could tell from my CS most of those games. It just takes some time getting used to.

 

Get into game and literally mute everyone instantly. This seems a bit harsh for a team game to do, especially without knowing if those people will be toxic or not, but if you can't ignore them and not let it bother you then it's better for you in general to just not hear them in the first place. Toxicity does nothing to help at all and will only make your team play worse no matter what.

I've never been a fan of this strategy. It failed miserably for me. and I've seen people on my team do it and they end up feeding or won't group fast enough in teamfights. Muting people without giving them a chance is just assuming that they'll all be toxic, and they aren't.

Edited April 7, 2015 by Dark Rider

[Honsou 399]

Hey, it's been a long time since I've visited this thread and this question has probably been asked a million times, but how do you guys deal with bad streaks of games? I'm not talking about like a game or two that are close but you lose, I'm talking about 5+ long strings of games where the entire team blames everything on you and you feel completely worthless as both a player and a person.

 

As a bit of detail, I just came back from like 4 months of not playing league, and literally every one of the games I've played since I re-installed the client two days ago I've gone barely even at best and everyone on my team has been angry and mean to me. I try to just brush it off and report, but that doesn't make me feel any better and I'm starting to believe they're right. Hell, they probably are... I really love League as a game, and even though I didn't play in all those months (my computer wouldn't run it for some reason) I kept up on patch notes and the competitive scene avidly. I really don't want to quit again, especially since I've sunk so much time into the game already, but it's the only option I can think of at this point... So am I being an over dramatic bad player who should just leave, or is there something I can do to deal with this?

I had this situation happen to me yesterday. Instead of going full flame, I tried to be acceptive and then I would counter my Jinx's flamethrowing with rationale and reasoning. He reported me for being a troll, because I was playing a character I thought was support. (little did I know that mordekaiser is a top laner.) However, I do understand you, as if I die more than 3 times a game I feel as if I'm feeding unless it's one of those dogfight games where you gank and get counter ganked. I've been in matches that were 76-75 and we won. At the same token, I've been in gankfest games where we were 26-4 and still lost because all we did was gank the other team's heroes and didn't CC at all, which let the creeps wreck our defenses and nexus.

[honk friend 1,978]

Nami is very nice, CC and heals packed together. I'm not sure about Bard yet, i didn't test him.

Bard isn't bad, he's just one of those high risk meh reward champs. He has a higher skill floor than most other champs and an even higher skill ceiling. I bought him and his skin when he came out, he's pretty fun to play but I would save your IP.

 

Nami is the best pick of the 3 tbh. She's basically harder-to-play Sona, only with a skillshot CC basic ability.

[Haven Celestii 9,385]

I've never been a fan of this strategy. It failed miserably for me. and I've seen people on my team do it and they end up feeding or won't group fast enough in teamfights. Muting people without giving them a chance is just assuming that they'll all be toxic, and they aren't.

Well, yes, I said that. However, if the majority is being bothersome then it won't hurt to do that just so you can at least enjoy yourself while you play. This is assuming it's done in normals as that's the area you should be in to cooldown if you want to keep playing. That or arams.

Either way, harsh, yes. Effective, also yes.

[Malafax 90]

Well, I played Braum again...

I had more kills than their carry...

[Kurai 304]

hile Nami is only really viable as a support (well, in ranked at least).

Not quite true. While Nami is a strong and awesome pick, she isn't the only viable one. Thresh, Braum, Leona, Janna and Morgana are just as viable in ranked.

Edited April 15, 2015 by Kurai

[honk friend 1,978]

Not quite true. While Nami is a strong and awesome pick, she isn't the only viable one. Thresh, Braum, Leona, Janna and Morgana are just as viable in ranked.

He didn't say Nami was the only viable pick for support, he said she was only viable as a pick for support. 

And I disagree with that, Nami works decently as a mid laner as long as you're not playing against an assassin or any champion with a blink ability, really. At that point it all depends on whether or not you can land bubbles.

[Passion 3,484]

@,

 

You are forgetting about waveclear ability.

 

After all, in an average LoL match, CS is all that matters.

 

Nami's only AoE is her Q (and ult, but with such long CD using it for waveclear would be... yeah...), and obviously since it's your only form of hard-CC with not really that short of a cooldown, it would be best not to spam it for waveclearing and exposing yourself to easy ganks (the early %movement bonus from passive isn't that great for escaping ganks just yet).

If I have those support-type champions on solo lane, I just focus on ramming the minion wave directly into their towers, where they not only cannot clear the waves, but also cannot farm properly (because supports can't farm usually, with just a few exceptions) and allow me to freely roam the map and gank whatever and whenever I want without worrying that my turret will get pushed quickly.

[gone~ 614]

Not quite true. While Nami is a strong and awesome pick, she isn't the only viable one. Thresh, Braum, Leona, Janna and Morgana are just as viable in ranked.

Yes. ^^

 

And I disagree with that, Nami works decently as a mid laner as long as you're not playing against an assassin or any champion with a blink ability, really. At that point it all depends on whether or not you can land bubbles.

 

By "not viable in ranked," I mean "your team will probably flame you if you pick this." ^^;

I personally have never played Nami mid, but I know that it's considered an off-meta pick, and unfortunately a lot of people don't like off-meta picks.

[Kurai 304]

 

 

He didn't say Nami was the only viable pick for support, he said she was only viable as a pick for support. 

Ah, my bad. I clearly misread the post. Still, my point still stands  

[Malafax 90]

He didn't say Nami was the only viable pick for support, he said she was only viable as a pick for support. 

And I disagree with that, Nami works decently as a mid laner as long as you're not playing against an assassin or any champion with a blink ability, really. At that point it all depends on whether or not you can land bubbles.

You're forgetting Nami jungle. It works. For some reason however, people see it the same way they see jungle Mordekaiser: a blatant troll that will feed and ruin the game. NOT TRUE.

[Haven Celestii 9,385]

Idk why I like doing this so much or why it seems to work so well often, but whatever, I'm not complaining. x)

 

[Dark Bun 681]

Idk why I like doing this so much or why it seems to work so well often, but whatever, I'm not complaining. x)

Lol. I love AP Naut, I've yet to try him this patch though.

 

In other news this is a good example of a comeback. Granted we had a much better late game, it was still tough. http://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/1794123439/39038713?tab=overview

[Dark Bun 681]

So I've noticed a lot of players in higher elos build the same thing on a specific champion every game. I know new and bad players do this, but Platinum and higher players really should have out-grown that a while ago. Not sure why this bothered me so much, it's just sad looking in another persons match history and looking at all those defeats probably due to them not using the correct items.

[Nerdy Luigi 2,065]

Ez AD mid is so OP. Just saying. Super Saiyan Skillshots. I played him ADC and I couldn't CS enough to work as an ADC (way too little attack speed). I thought about mid-laning him for a long time. Oh trust me, it's ridiculous. I do AD over AP Ezreal because his AD poke is stronger, and it makes CSing a little bit easier. That makes me want to mid Jayce so bad. He must play not far off. But I still have to build my AP runes to run my Evelynn jungle (Nobody plays that any more? WHY NOT??? The passive is OP? True her early game is perhaps one of the worst...)

 

My ranked experience is not going well. Bronze V 38 LP. My teams are usually as stupid as bots. I carried 8/6/5 one game and my team still lost horribly. I can't Panth. I'm 0-8 with him. But, I still have Vayne (still working on the W/L) Twitch (Best stats at the moment), and Talon (I'm pretty good at him) that have all won several games recently, along with my 2-0 support Veigar that works like a Brand (E stun has ridiculous supporting potential). My Mid Ezreal I bet will kick plot in ranked as well, I played him ADC (I wanted to play him mid, but my teammate claimed it AFTER I PICKED... I was first pick even... Wow. So Bronze of you...) and lost so horribly. Blame the roaming Braum, his fault quite frankly. Supports can sometimes argue "stereotypical ADC," but it doesn't protect them if they're the ones that suck. Just going to say that.

[gone~ 614]

I love Anivia so much <3

I'm getting better at carrying as her ^^

 

 

[Passion 3,484]

Huh? Weird.

 

Considering how easy Anivia is to gank and counter I'm surprised to see such draft wl ratio on her

[gone~ 614]

Huh? Weird.

 

Considering how easy Anivia is to gank and counter I'm surprised to see such draft wl ratio on her

 

I'm an Anivia main, and I think that most people are not used to facing an Anivia in lane so I usually do well ^^

 

The screenshot is only representative of my more recent games, though, and overall my ranked winrate on Anivia this season is 61% with 23 played, and last season it was 57% with 125 played.

[Pastel 7,630]

I'm an Anivia main, and I think that most people are not used to facing an Anivia in lane so I usually do well ^^

I think her counters aren't very popular.

[Passion 3,484]

@@Drasamo,

 

That's true that people don't know her too well, however the higher you go in ladder the more aware people become.

 

And considering the popularity of champions like Zed, Fizz, Kassadin or even slowly climbing popularity of Diana, which are very fair counters to her, I still am a bit confused

 

She is great from preventing roaming post-6 lvl, since she'll waveclear in a matter of seconds, however any reasonable 'sin would jump on you as soon as you begin using your ult waveclearing minions :l Been there, done that.

 

Plus, I've mentioned Zed, Kassa and Diana for a reason too, as their waveclear is just as good as Anivias' easily.

 

So yeah

[gone~ 614]

I think her counters aren't very popular.

 

I remember back when people played a lot of Fizz and Zed mid, and I still ended up doing pretty well in lane (well, most of the time... ^^; )

The current meta seems to be going towards more tanky teams, though, and it's true that I haven't been seeing as many assassins ^^

 

@Drasamo,

 

That's true that people don't know her too well, however the higher you go in ladder the more aware people become.

 

And considering the popularity of champions like Zed, Fizz, Kassadin or even slowly climbing popularity of Diana, which are very fair counters to her, I still am a bit confused

 

She is great from preventing roaming post-6 lvl, since she'll waveclear in a matter of seconds, however any reasonable 'sin would jump on you as soon as you begin using your ult waveclearing minions :l Been there, done that.

 

Plus, I've mentioned Zed, Kassa and Diana for a reason too, as their waveclear is just as good as Anivias' easily.

 

So yeah

 

I've been a little worried that I'd lose this sort of 'advantage' in lane, but it hasn't been too bad ^^ I remember back when I was in Silver, people would tower dive me and pop my passive, then just die lol. In Gold, people didn't do this as much but it still happened... Now in Plat, people don't make these sorts of mistakes, but I think that people still don't really know Anivia's damage potential, and quite often I can net a kill at level 3 or 4. I'm almost Diamond now (well, 'almost' is relative...), so I'm getting a bit more worried about this...

 

I haven't seen any Fizz's since they reverted changes to his W, and not many Zed's or Kassadin's either (although I'm sure they'll pop up once I play some more). I am really worried about Diana, though, and I hope that she doesn't become all that popular because I hate that matchup as Anivia T.T

 

I don't think that Anivia is a top tier mid laner, but I've played way more games on her than any other champion so I'm more comfortable on her (She was one of the first champions I played, and I think I played Anivia almost exclusively from around level 10 to level 30, where I had to learn other champions before playing ranked).

 

(My walls are still pretty terrible, though, and I think I'll have to improve on those before I can climb more ^^; )

Edited April 25, 2015 by Drasamo

[Passion 3,484]

Eh. I realized that I still have to complete my "3 champs per position" rule.

 

I'm comfortable with

Sona, Nami, Thresh, Leona as supp.

Cait, Graves, Vayne, Ez as ADC.

LB, Ahri, Lux, Morgana, Vel'Koz as mid. (No ad mid carries tho)

Maokai, Mundo top (severe lacks in here)

And then there's jungle... Which I always avoid like wildfire. I'm just absolutely uncomfortable with jungling ._.

 

I can't say I've mastered any champ just yet, but I'll usually wipe people's butts in lane while supporting with Sona. Only soraka matchup proved to be difficult so far. Blitz, Leo, Thresh? Miss your engage and I'll bully the sh outta you Hit it, and the fact I don't lvl e until lvl 7 will show you how shield+heal+skillful usage of passive dmg reduction make you unable to kill shizz. I just love the versatility this champ gives individually, tho she does not excel in any particular field :l

[Nerdy Luigi 2,065]

I'm officially announcing my move to Team Queue. Since I'm extremely oriented to mid and ADC lanes, I think it's a great move for me. My Panth and Eve jungles suck, my Veigar Support wins games with luck, and top lane fell apart. I got a win as Trynd, but I ended up being the support of the team. Not a carry at all.

 

I'm making a 6 champion rule for this. Got to have 6 picks for each lane. Right now I have 4 a piece.

ADC- Vayne, Twitch, Sivir, Ashe

Mid- Talon, Ezreal, Veigar, Ryze(reworked)

 

Going to get Trist and Corki since they both are cheap enough, and can lane both lanes successfully. You may be thinking that I'm wrong and ChampionSelect says so. But Champion select doesn't count Brand Support. Why not Corki mid? He has a great mid kit...