League of Legends

[EHN.]

Just make sure you don't let your LP decay like I did, and you'll be set.

This. Going from nearly making Gold to just clinging on to silver over the summer is pretty rough.

[Tentacruel]

I'm still really eager to get to level 30.

 

 

Bronze V is waiting for me... 

[The Warden]

Whoo, I've finally found my niche with TF as an AP/AS carry. I wrecked freaking face thanks to a Thresh and Naut constantly pulling people in for me to gold card them. 17 freaking kills to like, 4-5 deaths.

[EHN.]

I'm still really eager to get to level 30.

 

 

Bronze V is waiting for me... 

 

Chillax, it's not that bad. Worrying will get you nowhere (unless your normal game MMR is bad then you might have to start worrying a bit).

 

5/5 should still land you in Silver 5+, as long as you don't lose a lot after you should be fine.

[Brinolovania]

I wouldn't worry about getting Bronze V. You need to be reeeeeeeeally bad to hit Bronze V. Proof: I'm Gold V and I'm terrible at this game.

 

On an unrelated note, Worlds groups A and B finished playing yesterday. Some stuff happened.

 

[spoiler= Stuffs~]

-Samsung White swept Group A (unsurprisingly), Dark Passage got swept (also unsurprising)

-AHQ took a game off EDG, and forced a tiebreaker match for second seed in the group. EDG won, but it was pretty close.

-Royal Club only lost one game, to TSM

-SK beat TSM in their second game, which screwed TSM out of the chance to play Royal in a tiebreaker for seed 1

-TPA didn't do as well as people expected :C

 

So, the teams going to quarterfinals are:

 

Group A:

1- Samsung White

2- Edward Gaming

 

Group B:

1- Royal Club

2- TSM

 

Quarterfinal matchups are White vs TSM and Royal vs EDG. So yeah, NA is pretty screwed unless C9 somehow wins their group and isn't against Samsung Blue in quarters.

[/spoiler]

 

Who all watched worlds besides me? I watched pretty much all the matches, and I plan to do the same for groups C and D too.

[Tentacruel]

So how would you recommend getting better?  I know it's a weird question, but I can't seem to find the patience or time to sit in a custom game by myself practicing getting last hits. 

[Brinolovania]

I'd actually like to know that too, honestly. Like, I only got to Gold after playing for over a year, and apparently learning a bit along the way. And that was with the advantage that I duo with an IRL friend basically every ranked game.

 

I hadn't even heard of using a custom game to practice last hitting. I might try that...I did spend like 40 minutes yesterday in a game vs 1 bot practicing Alistar's W-Q combo.

[Tentacruel]

Yeah, supposedly you just turn off all Masteries and go sit in lane trying to get as much CS as possible, no items either.

 

Another thing I need to get better at is draft pick.  I'm pretty much only good at top. 

[EHN.]

I wouldn't worry about getting Bronze V. You need to be reeeeeeeeally bad to hit Bronze V. Proof: I'm Gold V and I'm terrible at this game.

On an unrelated note, Worlds groups A and B finished playing yesterday. Some stuff happened.

[spoiler= Stuffs~]
-Samsung White swept Group A (unsurprisingly), Dark Passage got swept (also unsurprising)
-AHQ took a game off EDG, and forced a tiebreaker match for second seed in the group. EDG won, but it was pretty close.
-Royal Club only lost one game, to TSM
-SK beat TSM in their second game, which screwed TSM out of the chance to play Royal in a tiebreaker for seed 1
-TPA didn't do as well as people expected :C

So, the teams going to quarterfinals are:

Group A:
1- Samsung White
2- Edward Gaming

Group B:
1- Royal Club
2- TSM

Quarterfinal matchups are White vs TSM and Royal vs EDG. So yeah, NA is pretty screwed unless C9 somehow wins their group and isn't against Samsung Blue in quarters.
[/spoiler]

Who all watched worlds besides me? I watched pretty much all the matches, and I plan to do the same for groups C and D too.

I was in school for most of them and was too busy to watch rebroadcasts and VODs but I watched a few of the games and obviously all the highlights etc.

C and D will be a lot better imo, way more competitive and less stompy.

@Tenta: There isn't really much that you can do specifically to improve, it just takes time. Also, watching videos and streams will make you learn a lot. Getting involved or reading about the community via reddit and twitch is also very helpful. Everything will seem complicated and confusing at first, but you will get there.

[Makο]

So, real quick, can someone catch me up on what's been going on over there in Asia? 1:00AM is too early for this Californian. Pretty much all I know is that Dyrus has been winning with Rumble, and that TSM is going up against a 6-0 Powerhouse.

[Brinolovania]

^ I summarized the important bits higher up on this page on the last page. Are the rebroadcasts also at a bad time for you, then?

 

(To specifically answer your questions, Dyrus rekt nubs with Rumble and TSM's against Samsung White, which many people consider to be the best team in the world, in quarterfinals)

[EHN.]

To be honest I respect anyone that is a decent rumble player. Hitting that ulti is so fucking hard. Not even mechanically but it is just physically impossible to use it. On smart cast anyway.

[Brinolovania]

Dyrus seemed to be pretty damn good at it. Also the fact that Rumble's back in the meta should help Cloud 9, 'cause Balls is good at the guy.

[Smear]

To be honest I respect anyone that is a decent rumble player. Hitting that ulti is so f***ing hard. Not even mechanically but it is just physically impossible to use it. On smart cast anyway.

 

It's easy as hell with smartcast. I do it all the time. Just hold down r and direct it then let go. ez pz

[Brinolovania]

So I've been working on my Alistar. I gotta say, he's a lot of fun. Smackin' the fools who try to kill my ADC feels really good. Plus you gotta love pressing R and then being basically immune to damage. And on top of all that, he comes with a free skin!

 

(On an unrelated note, groups C and D start tomorrow. C9! C9! C9!)

 

EDIT: Aaaaand, I'm just gonna leave this here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tcg6UrkK4SE

[EHN.]

My problem with Alistar is that I hate anyone that doesnt have some sort of poke/long range farm ability, and he has to spam his abilities to stay in lane or not get horribly behind which uses a lot of mana. This is top lane Ali though, don't really play a lot of support Alistar.

[zecheviktor]

I'm basically new to this game and have been playing it about a week now. I have not bought a character yet, but I've tried different ones. They all play very different, while everyone has it's advantages and disadvanges. I like that.

Now, I have no idea what character I should finally buy? I think it takes about 1 or 2 weeks to get enough ingame money to buy another character. I don't want to buy someone who I don't like. It's really difficult to find out what character I should buy. The best thing I can do is wait until I tried A LOT OF champions in the free champion rotation.

[EHN.]

I'm basically new to this game and have been playing it about a week now. I have not bought a character yet, but I've tried different ones. They all play very different, while everyone has it's advantages and disadvanges. I like that.

Now, I have no idea what character I should finally buy? I think it takes about 1 or 2 weeks to get enough ingame money to buy another character. I don't want to buy someone who I don't like. It's really difficult to find out what character I should buy. The best thing I can do is wait until I tried A LOT OF champions in the free champion rotation.

 

It just depends on how much time you spend playing the game and what champion you want to buy. Riot has implemented a few nice ways to earn extra IP of games so it shouldn't really be that long.

[zecheviktor]

It just depends on how much time you spend playing the game and what champion you want to buy. Riot has implemented a few nice ways to earn extra IP of games so it shouldn't really be that long.

What "nice ways" are you talking about? I get about 100-200 IP per game. If I play about 3 games per day, this makes roughly 500 IP per day. So in a week, this is just... 3500. So yeah, it takes about 1 or 2 weeks to get another champ xD

[EHN.]

What "nice ways" are you talking about? I get about 100-200 IP per game. If I play about 3 games per day, this makes roughly 500 IP per day. So in a week, this is just... 3500. So yeah, it takes about 1 or 2 weeks to get another champ xD

 

I just realised you don't have access to team builder..

 

Still, first win of the day bonus is a thing. Not sure if playing different roles/champs only works in team builder, if it works in blind pick that gives a lot of extra IP too. Unless of course you want to spend RP on champions or IP boosts but I know that is out of the question for a lot of people.

[Brinolovania]

I recommend buying one of the cheaper (450/1350 IP) champions first, and learning them if you want a champ to main while you get higher leveled so you can get IP to actually buy expensive champs.

 

In other news:

 

-New Soraka is pretty cool, except for the fact that her heal has zero range. The passive is great. Vroom vroom!

-Sion rework revealed! Looks pretty cool IMO. His ult's max range goes from the middle of mid lane to either team's nexus turrets.

-NA > EU, NA >CN, NA > WORLD, HYPE TRAIN CHOO CHOOOOOOOOO

[Makο]

-NA > EU, NA >CN, NA > WORLD, HYPE TRAIN CHOO CHOOOOOOOOO

NA NA NA

[Dad]

So the new Victor is really fun.  You all should give him a shot.  I'd say max your evolutions about the same time you would your ult, unless you're really far ahead.  It's a huge power spike, but pricey at 1k each.

[EHN.]

Man seeing xPeke and Rekkless cry was so hard to watch =(

[Brinolovania]

Yeah, you gotta feel bad for them after that loss.

 

...But then they went and beat up LMQ, plus C9 lost to Alliance. I HAVE NO REMORSE.