Grand Old Thread: League of Legends!

[HondaFoo]

Well I still have quite a bit to work on in general, but that's sort of half the problem. I mean, look at my number of wins, and I've been playing since karma patch.

Getting somebody to consistently practice with with the endgoal of doing ranked together would do a lot to help with this.


I mean, I had a 6 win streak in ranked and I stopped after my first loss, I dunno I'd like to improve but I really need to be working with somebody to motivate me at this point.

Why not just try hard in draft normals to get better? Though I suppose doing ranked at this point wouldn't hurt, with the season ending in a month or so

I'm trying for 1600 (again) by the end of the season but I'm not gonna duo because I'm a man

 

[Ussi]

Triple exhaust is always fun. Double exhaust bot lane is so annoying ._.

I'll be trying ranked.. I won my first and only ranked game as Sona. Gonna keep going my support for life in ranked.

 

[adumbrodeus]

Why not just try hard in draft normals to get better? Though I suppose doing ranked at this point wouldn't hurt, with the season ending in a month or so

I'm trying for 1600 (again) by the end of the season but I'm not gonna duo because I'm a man

Cause lazy. It's less an issue of "I could lose elo" and more an issue of "do I really wanna be committed for 40 minutes atm".

 

[HondaFoo]

Cause lazy. It's less an issue of "I could lose elo" and more an issue of "do I really wanna be committed for 40 minutes atm".

Well...if you can't motivate yourself then why expect others to care either? Just saying

 

[Asdioh]

Teammate was going to go AP Varus mid but someone dodged. Am I glad they did?

 

[adumbrodeus]

Well...if you can't motivate yourself then why expect others to care either? Just saying

Same reason as a gym buddy helps in this regard. It's a heck of a lot easier to be motivated when you're doing it with somebody else on a regular basis.

 

[bassem6]

Duo with me Bassem I'm 1340 )

Lez do it mayn. You never on tho

 

[Okuser]

Nope not gonna fly

 

[Deleted member]

Triple exhaust is always fun. Double exhaust bot lane is so annoying ._.

I'll be trying ranked.. I won my first and only ranked game as Sona. Gonna keep going my support for life in ranked.

if ur support only i highly recommend duo Q

until 1700+, and even then, you will have the worst partners in the world who struggle to last hit/ commit suicide/ SUCK, etc

 

[adumbrodeus]

*Removed*

I am so down.

 

[#HBC | Red Ryu]

Yeah drug stuff, don't talk about it here.

 

[HondaFoo]

if ur support only i highly recommend duo Q

until 1700+, and even then, you will have the worst partners in the world who struggle to last hit/ commit suicide/ SUCK, etc

I agree with Johnny, support in lower elos can be rough if you don't have someone on your team to closely coordinate with. Below 1400 I don't recommend limiting yourself to the support role every game, but at higher elos it gets better. People like jpak, Spellsy and Nhat can get away with support-only in solo queue when they initially climb because they were already really good at the start of Season 2, and got to 1700s+ very quickly in their placement games, but for the rest of us in the 1200-1600 range we're likely not good enough to carry from support quite yet, so duo queue or learning carry roles is the best approach

In other news oh god it's another Lux and Caitlyn free week, prepare for the worst play imaginable

 

[Boofy!]

I feel like everyone in here is like at least 1600 with many people being 2000 or higher. Why are smash peoples so good at this game and why am I not?

 

[HondaFoo]

I feel like everyone in here is like at least 1600 with many people being 2000 or higher. Why are smash peoples so good at this game and why am I not?

The vast majority of people in this thread (and in the SWF chat in the client) are unranked or below 1400. Just like the vast majority of all League of Legends players

I think it's something like, if you're Bronze you are already in the top third of all players who have ever played this game

 

[Kira-]

I think people fail to realize something very important

there is no reason to duo queue if your partner isn't better than the elo he is currently at

or else he is literally just as good as all the solo queue noobs

 

[PhantomX]

Get your wisdom out of here, 16char. People only don't go up in ELO b/c they solo queue too much.

 

[Nike.]

I play jungle/support roles. Tried to practice laners for every role, but I have a big problem with cs'ing. It's easy in practice mode, but I choke when in a lane against someone else and always get dominated (like, 50 cs at 10 minutes, 100 at 20 min, etc) until the lane is just lost. Practicing in games over and over seems like the most logical thing to do until it's natural, but atm that almost always ends up in me losing the lane and ultimately the game for the team, followed by constant harassment from everyone.

Is there a better way to learn cs'ing? If jungle/support is taken in a game, I instantly become the liability and I want to change that ;_;

 

[Shaya]

Play free win/farm laners.

While not necessarily a choice which will work out for you depending on mus, but if you're picking Mordekeiser, Morgana or Malzahar, you're likely going to farm well.

 

[Ussi]

I play jungle/support roles. Tried to practice laners for every role, but I have a big problem with cs'ing. It's easy in practice mode, but I choke when in a lane against someone else and always get dominated (like, 50 cs at 10 minutes, 100 at 20 min, etc) until the lane is just lost. Practicing in games over and over seems like the most logical thing to do until it's natural, but atm that almost always ends up in me losing the lane and ultimately the game for the team, followed by constant harassment from everyone.

Is there a better way to learn cs'ing? If jungle/support is taken in a game, I instantly become the liability and I want to change that ;_;

get a friend and 1v1 them to practice csing, once you get that down, you'll be able to factor in junglers and roamers

I think people fail to realize something very important

there is no reason to duo queue if your partner isn't better than the elo he is currently at

or else he is literally just as good as all the solo queue noobs

then people will never duo queue unless same elo

 

[Asdioh]

http://elophant.com/?teamId=ZQ8EXO

this thing is really cool, assuming i'm not secretly getting a virus

 

[Nashun]

I think people fail to realize something very important

there is no reason to duo queue if your partner isn't better than the elo he is currently at

or else he is literally just as good as all the solo queue noobs

That's only true if the only reason you're playing ranked at all is because you believe you're better than the elo you're currently at!

What about those who want to play ranked but believe they are where they belong?

 

[Kira-]

People only don't go up in ELO b/c they solo queue too much.

i would respond but im not sure what this means. so like they don't go up in elo because they play too much? but SILSOL

then people will never duo queue unless same elo

not true i duo'd with macd on different accounts and we were 200 elo apart, won 10 straight i think

That's only true if the only reason you're playing ranked at all is because you believe you're better than the elo you're currently at!

What about those who want to play ranked but believe they are where they belong?

this man is too smart

i digress

 

[Leacero]

sorry dream team. i'm back to claim plat, hit me up.

 

[PhantomX]

But MacD lost the ELO when you stopped duoing!

 

[Faithkeeper]

I play jungle/support roles. Tried to practice laners for every role, but I have a big problem with cs'ing. It's easy in practice mode, but I choke when in a lane against someone else and always get dominated (like, 50 cs at 10 minutes, 100 at 20 min, etc) until the lane is just lost. Practicing in games over and over seems like the most logical thing to do until it's natural, but atm that almost always ends up in me losing the lane and ultimately the game for the team, followed by constant harassment from everyone.

Is there a better way to learn cs'ing? If jungle/support is taken in a game, I instantly become the liability and I want to change that ;_;

get a friend and 1v1 them to practice csing, once you get that down, you'll be able to factor in junglers and roamers

I main support and secondary jungle, I'd like to work on laning as well. I'm down to 1v1 any role. add me "faithkeeper"

 

[jpak]

just play to improve and learn from the game. i mean people like xj9, altec, and silsol (top 10 on ladder) lots of people wouldnt consider them good.

 

[The Nameless Wanderer]

I play jungle/support roles. Tried to practice laners for every role, but I have a big problem with cs'ing. It's easy in practice mode, but I choke when in a lane against someone else and always get dominated (like, 50 cs at 10 minutes, 100 at 20 min, etc) until the lane is just lost. Practicing in games over and over seems like the most logical thing to do until it's natural, but atm that almost always ends up in me losing the lane and ultimately the game for the team, followed by constant harassment from everyone.

Is there a better way to learn cs'ing? If jungle/support is taken in a game, I instantly become the liability and I want to change that ;_;

Do you just get bullied from lane so you can't cs, or just have problems with last hitting with other champions in the area?

Also what lane do you generally try to farm in?

 

[Deleted member]

I play jungle/support roles. Tried to practice laners for every role, but I have a big problem with cs'ing. It's easy in practice mode, but I choke when in a lane against someone else and always get dominated (like, 50 cs at 10 minutes, 100 at 20 min, etc) until the lane is just lost. Practicing in games over and over seems like the most logical thing to do until it's natural, but atm that almost always ends up in me losing the lane and ultimately the game for the team, followed by constant harassment from everyone.

Is there a better way to learn cs'ing? If jungle/support is taken in a game, I instantly become the liability and I want to change that ;_;

to cs, just keep track of melee minions smacking other minions, ranged dot shots slowly hitting, and cannon shots shooting quickly

 

[MacD]

But MacD lost the ELO when you stopped duoing!

i obviously just purposely lost the elo so that he could start being a higher pick.......

yea, let's go with that

 

[adumbrodeus]

I think people fail to realize something very important

there is no reason to duo queue if your partner isn't better than the elo he is currently at

or else he is literally just as good as all the solo queue noobs

Gym partner metaphor.

Also coordination.

 

[Sinz]

Gym partner metaphor.

Also coordination.

I think you left out the biggest part.

Skype.

edit: I realize you said coordination, but there is some coordination and then there is communication(!) thats what i mean with skype. Really nice and easy to use and be a lot more comfortable about

 

[bassem6]

How to carry at 1350 ish elo:
http://www.leaguereplays.com/replays/match/1935254/

Most fun I have had playing this game in a while xD

I'm leanpocketz/swain

 

[Deleted member]

cho top is OP as ****

literally never a bad pick anymore IMO 95% cases

 

[nicaboy]

Had fun playing with some of the smash players should do it again sometime

 

[Vyke]

UNLESS I AM BUSY BUT I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T BE.

 

[HondaFoo]

How to carry at 1350 ish elo:
http://www.leaguereplays.com/replays/match/1935254/

Most fun I have had playing this game in a while xD

I'm leanpocketz/swain

bassembro let's duo!

 

[#HBC | Red Ryu]

http://elophant.com/?teamId=ZQ8EXO

this thing is really cool, assuming i'm not secretly getting a virus

I tried it, but it told me Karthus was my best mid when I know that is Ahri. :/

But this is pretty cool of a tool.

just play to improve and learn from the game. i mean people like xj9, altec, and silsol (top 10 on ladder) lots of people wouldnt consider them good.

This is great advice, and I approve.

 

[Deleted member]

http://elophant.com/?teamId=ZQ8EXO

this thing is really cool, assuming i'm not secretly getting a virus

does something like this exist for normal games?

 

[Player-3]

Xj9 more like xfray9 gahghdwodifjbdjakwerncbdhjwfdke

 

[HondaFoo]

I'm watching a Dota 2 match, Na'vi v. LGD I think, and the commentators described a team fight initiation as a "wombo combo"

What have we done O__O