Grand Old Thread: League of Legends!

[Jazriel]

Hi guys.
I'm really enjoying this game.
Right now I am most comfortable playing tanks, carries or melee dps (esp amumu, trist, Yi and Jax).
Since i'm only level 10 right now, should I focus on getting good with these characters or on broadening my character styles?

Focus on not sucking.

Similar to Isai's legendary advice of "Don't get hit."

Also, don't get hit.

 

[Limeee]

i just got $25 worth of riot points

what should i spend it on? suggetions?
i kinda wanted to spend it on shen and a shen texture and a rammus texture



EDIT: aaaaaaah what rammus texture i cant decide =/

 

[Juno McGrath]

i just got $25 worth of riot points

what should i spend it on? suggetions?
i kinda wanted to spend it on shen and a shen texture and a rammus texture



EDIT: aaaaaaah what rammus texture i cant decide =/

I love frejord rammus.

Because the only thing cooler than being cool, is ice cold.

 

[Frolossus]

i know you are supposed to get or lose less elo per game the more matches you play but how low is that number supposed to be?
i just won a game and got 4 elo

 

[Rappster]

generally speaking you want to be able to play a few of each class, but right now it sounds like you have a pretty good mix of champs and just lack a pure support and AP champ

Do you have any suggestions for good support/ap champs to pick up?

Focus on not sucking.

Similar to Isai's legendary advice of "Don't get hit."

Also, don't get hit.

I don't think i'm sucking that much... i only play 4-5 games a week, but I almost always have a postive kill to death ratio (or actually, a ratio greater than one).

 

[Jazriel]

Do you have any suggestions for good support/ap champs to pick up?



I don't think i'm sucking that much... i only play 4-5 games a week, but I almost always have a postive kill to death ratio (or actually, a ratio greater than one).

Score doesn't mean anything.

Is your CS above 100 every game? Do you keep track of when dragon has been killed and when it's respawning? Do you make sure that blue and red for your team are never standing around unused? Do you push undefended towers? Do you buy wards? Do you know where to place wards? Do you know how to ward baron and dragon? Do you know how to initiate team-fights? Do you know when to not fight?


Do all of these things and your chances of not sucking increase.

 

[Pakman]

jpak and I just met in a pub game on the same team. We were losing like 11-4 at one point and came back to just wreck their faces. I went 12-4 with malphite and ended with 17 leviathin stacks.

 

[Juno McGrath]

Ive been experimenting with new garen

anyone got any ideas how to build him.

 

[DanGR]

Stacking sunfires is the best way to play him, and especially after this last patch making them not stack.

 

[Juno McGrath]

Oh yeah I can just stack sunfires and do so much damage That way when I spin in ill just be staright up burning the- OH WAIT.

 

[DanGR]

Oh yeah I can just stack sunfires and do so much damage That way when I spin in ill just be staright up burning the- OH WAIT.

Oh I thought you wanted a troll build and weren't trying to win. Because if you were trying to win you wouldn't pick Garen to do it with.

 

[Turazrok]

I saw amumu stacking sunfires on the other team once.

We were supposed to tell him it didn't stack after we won but I forgot

 

[EC_Joey]

I saw amumu stacking sunfires on the other team once.

We were supposed to tell him it didn't stack after we won but I forgot

LOOOOOOOOOOOOL wonder if his own team was yelling at him.

 

[M3D]

I was in that game. We tried to tell him after but he had disconnected. We mentioned it to his teammates but they just left the chat.

Tried BRAVERY last night but it didn't go well. Teams were too coordinated for us to run non-optimal builds and expect to do well. So I ditched 5s and played normal 3s with Dekar and rolled some kids. I needed that FWotD bonus before bed.

 

[Zolga Owns]

Me and Fross stomping on kids in solo queue was fun.
Nasus + Kat = fun laning.

 

[Pakman]

Zolga where are you from? I live in Southeast PA.

Edit: Wasted 4500 on this post

 

[Zolga Owns]

Middle of ****ing nowhere. Do you know where the Avondale/Kennett/Downingtown/Coatesville area is?

 

[Pakman]

Middle of ****ing nowhere. Do you know where the Avondale/Kennett/Downingtown/Coatesville area is?

I work in Chadds Ford right next to Kennet Square.

 

[Zolga Owns]

Oh cool. So yeaaah, the nearest Smash scene is in Philly which isn't far and then the NJ/NY area.

 

[Frolossus]

new champs info is out http://www.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?p=4976635#post4976635
she sounds fun imo

 

[DanGR]

Nidalee is probably jealous of her traps. They're so much cooler. :[

They better not last 4 minutes and reveal the target like nidalee's do. T_T

edit: lmao that net firing recoil better not launch her through walls and be on a short cooldown. :[

And I'm imagining a Lux-esque ult that only hits the first target.

 

[M3D]

I'm a little concerned about her value to team fights. Her slow will give an assist but push her back and both her Q and R require time so chasing wont be her strong suit. I guess she'll be able to get off a single Q and then autoattack until she sees how the fight is going. Although, she might have some pretty high survivability given her traps and net. If she's placed traps wisely, she can run enemies into them after a team fight and escape. I also wonder if the trap duration is long enough to synergize with her ult. Questions questions... guess we'll find out tomorrow.

 

[Frolossus]

I'm a little concerned about her value to team fights. Her slow will give an assist but push her back and both her Q and R require time so chasing wont be her strong suit. I guess she'll be able to get off a single Q and then autoattack until she sees how the fight is going. Although, she might have some pretty high survivability given her traps and net. If she's placed traps wisely, she can run enemies into them after a team fight and escape. I also wonder if the trap duration is long enough to synergize with her ult. Questions questions... guess we'll find out tomorrow.

next week you mean
patch got delayed because of the holidays

 

[Juno McGrath]

The Caitlyn Countdown continues :D

 

[DtJ SmithZzz]

Just played the worst game of League I've ever played.

These 2 girls kept freaking sticking together so in the beginning it was 3 bot, and I couldn't jungle because no one was top.
And they fed soooooooooooooooooo ****ing hard.
Worst part is, is that I know them. -_-

 

[Rappster]

Score doesn't mean anything.

Is your CS above 100 every game? Do you keep track of when dragon has been killed and when it's respawning? Do you make sure that blue and red for your team are never standing around unused? Do you push undefended towers? Do you buy wards? Do you know where to place wards? Do you know how to ward baron and dragon? Do you know how to initiate team-fights? Do you know when to not fight?


Do all of these things and your chances of not sucking increase.

printing this out and keeping next to my computer when I play LoL.
in answer to your questions, pretty much all "no."
I'd use the argument that "i'm only level 8," but thats no reason to not wanna improve.
What is CS?
Yes on undefended towers (but only if i have minions protecting me)
Wards give vision?
Should I place em on baron/dragon and other places weak enemies would go?
When should i place wards? all the time?
I think i can initiate teamfights when my partners aren't being *******es.
I'm beginning to get a feel for when not to fight....
Thanks for the checklist

 

[Frolossus]

printing this out and keeping next to my computer when I play LoL.
in answer to your questions, pretty much all "no."
I'd use the argument that "i'm only level 8," but thats no reason to not wanna improve.
What is CS?
Yes on undefended towers (but only if i have minions protecting me)
Wards give vision?
Should I place em on baron/dragon and other places weak enemies would go?
When should i place wards? all the time?
I think i can initiate teamfights when my partners aren't being *******es.
I'm beginning to get a feel for when not to fight....
Thanks for the checklist

cs=creep score, number of minions or neutrals you kill
wards do give vision so put them everywhere especially at baron/dragon
whenever you have extra gold buy wards

 

[Rappster]

cs=creep score, number of minions or neutrals you kill
wards do give vision so put them everywhere especially at baron/dragon
whenever you have extra gold buy wards

awesome. can do.
thakns

 

[DUB]

Guys I'm looking to pick up a ranged carry. I made a list of impressions on certain ones. Feel free to add input, as it will probably effect my decision.

I play a Jungler, and a solid laning champ, but I'm looking to add a ranged carry to complete my trio.I made a list of all the ranged carries in the game, and my opinions on them. Please, add your input on any of the champions below, as I'm looking for opinions from everyone before I finalize a decision.


Corki: A really fun champ that can pump out some damage.Feels like once you get missiles you dominate mid lane with the ability to poke and widdle away the opposing champs health. Phosphorous Bomb is really strong ( I'm not happy with Riot it doesn't reveal stealth anymore though, robbing the yordle of his unique-ness. ) IMO, with some lifesteal, corki is a 1on 1 monster with his temporary blind, big ones, gatling gun, and good damage output.

Sivir: I've probably played Sivir twice and that was before Boomerang Blade was converted to AD. These days, late game i catch myself saying "wtf sivirs Q just did 600 to me raaaaaaaaage". Awesome pusher, extremely useful to have on a team I feel like but could use some opinions on what Sivir does/what she can do etc.

Ashe: Ashe is goood. Easy to last hit with, Volley is an amazing poke, I don't give Hawkshot enough credit for how good it really is. Her ult guarantees people die with a good CD. After some sufficient farm, she turns into a monster. I like Ashe because she poops on melee DPS. Her slow + constant critting/high damage is fatal to melee DPS. Awesome carry that brings some amazing team utility.

Tristana: Should probably explore her more. Longest range at 18, an amazing AS steroid, built in escape, maybe 2 if you count her ult. Trist seems extremely sold, especially with the new Last Whisper I feel she can really take advantage of it with her Q. Trist IMO is one of the scariest people to have red buff, as there is no getting away. Apart from this, I don't know much about Trist.

Kog'Maw: Farm up a 20-25 minute madredz and KogMaw is a monster. His damage output is mindboggling, and the speed and range at which he can do it is more mindboggling. Has awesome synergy with a lot of junglers, WW's supress, shen/rammus taunts, nunu slows etc etc. These chars just let him keep wailing on the whoever is getting ganked. Not really sure how good of a ganker Kog is ( will let a Kog main inform me.) IMO, with the right protection/supporting cast to aid him, Kog is a super carry.

Miss Fortune: My most experienced carry by far and one of my more most played chars (Thanks btw Riot, for 4 or 5 nerfs in a row). Awesome laner, Make it Rain makes farming creep waves harder for the opponent and Double-Up is an amazing harass that will easily send people back to base. Her speed combined with her W ( AS Steroids <3 ) makes her very threatening before level 6. She just chases people down and shoots them, plain and simple. Ult can swing teamfights by itself, but as always position is everything. Very good with Amumu/Malphite/Galio. MF is gooood.

Ezreal: I'd give Ez's a bad name if I tried to play him right now. He is extremely fun to use, I love his skillset. I feel like you've got to put in the time to be really be "good" with Ez though. He's been slightly buffed over the past couple of patches and the new LW looks amazing on him. A lot of people feel he is not good in teamfights due to his Skill Shots. If an Ez main could elaborate on Ez's role in teamfights for me (that isn't stay back and shoot stuff your the ranged carry) it would help clear up some confusion. Is he good at getting the 1v1 kill at mid?

Twisted Fate: TF has become more and more popular it seems. Gating around, pushing towers, ganking enemies, he has his own kind of style. Wild Card provides a crazy ranged poke that can hit pretty hard. He has a stun with like a 6-7(?) second cooldown. Fun char, potentially frowned upon. I do think he's better then the community/tier list say he is.

Twitch: I've only played Twitch once I think. With the recent changes to his ult I'd still be willing to try him out. A good farm and positioning seems like the key. A good ganker, you can't see him >.> Working with teammates to get fed before the late game, keeping red buff, and positioning carefully with ult is how you win games with twitch. Out of the all the carrys I've listed, Twitch is definitely the most team dependent. When a Twitch pops, people will step on kittens to get to him if they have too. He needs the proper support to keep him alive and spraying.

 

[EC_Joey]

Just played the worst game of League I've ever played.

These 2 girls kept freaking sticking together so in the beginning it was 3 bot, and I couldn't jungle because no one was top.
And they fed soooooooooooooooooo ****ing hard.
Worst part is, is that I know them. -_-

They better be good-looking then.

 

[Jazriel]

Guys I'm looking to pick up a ranged carry.

-rest being pointless nonsense-

If you want to play a ranged carry, just learn to play a very good Ashe.

 

[S l o X]

Who's a really good 1v2 Champ? (on the 1 side)

 

[L__]

sion
nasus
morgana
mordekaiser

nidalee lv~6

vlad midgame



personally I used to hold lanes well with kayle

^^^

are the ones I can think of off the top of my head

 

[DZLE]

Guys I'm looking to pick up a ranged carry.

I play many ranged carries (even though I main Jax and he is the only one I have a full runepage for), but Ashe is my best, and I always go back to her.

If you have cast aside Ashe as being scrubbish compared to most, I ask you to read this guide and play her following it, when I did so I started doing 2x better as her and actually understanding how she should be played.

Here is the guide:
http://www.mobafire.com/league-of-legends/build/ashe-carry-ranked-games-32871

It's got the highest rating for a guide on mobafire right now. I read the whole thing and then followed it and started tearing things apart as ashe, something I wasnt used to.

 

[Jazriel]

I play many ranged carries (even though I main Jax and he is the only one I have a full runepage for), but Ashe is my best, and I always go back to her.

If you have cast aside Ashe as being scrubbish compared to most, I ask you to read this guide and play her following it, when I did so I started doing 2x better as her and actually understanding how she should be played.

Here is the guide:
http://www.mobafire.com/league-of-legends/build/ashe-carry-ranked-games-32871

It's got the highest rating for a guide on mobafire right now. I read the whole thing and then followed it and started tearing things apart as ashe, something I wasnt used to.

That Ashe build items are pretty bad. You just need IE + LW, none of this starks/bruta/cleaver nonsense.

 

[Frolossus]

That Ashe build items are pretty bad. You just need IE + LW, none of this starks/bruta/cleaver nonsense.

starks/cleaver is legit now imo because lw gives no attack speed anymore

 

[Vyke]

... But why is Cleaver legit? The thing has never been legit (except on Corki when people didn't play him at all). Last I checked, LW still gives the armor pen for cheaper and in a non-dumb way.

 

[DanGR]

sion
nasus
morgana
mordekaiser

nidalee lv~6

vlad midgame



personally I used to hold lanes well with kayle

^^^

are the ones I can think of off the top of my head

I'm still not sure why people say Nidalee can do it well.

She gets zoned out just like everyone else if they have any sort of hard CC. Healing only does so much, and doesn't even matter if you get bursted down from 80% health.

---

Mordekaiser is a joke right now in lane. He can't even hold a 1v1 LOL.

 

[_kSo_]

I play many ranged carries (even though I main Jax and he is the only one I have a full runepage for), but Ashe is my best, and I always go back to her.

If you have cast aside Ashe as being scrubbish compared to most, I ask you to read this guide and play her following it, when I did so I started doing 2x better as her and actually understanding how she should be played.

Here is the guide:
http://www.mobafire.com/league-of-legends/build/ashe-carry-ranked-games-32871

It's got the highest rating for a guide on mobafire right now. I read the whole thing and then followed it and started tearing things apart as ashe, something I wasnt used to.

is it worth it to forgo the health quints for the armor pen quints?

I find the extra health more helpful, but if you go dorans stacking, i suppose i wouldn't make that much more of a difference...I would like to try it, but I don't have the IP for more runes right now haha

 

[M3D]

Basically, if you are playing Ashe occasionally and/or you are playing at a lower ELO, Health Quints are a safer choice. They keep you safer early game and help you stay in lane longer through harass. If you are playing Ashe seriously and want to optimize, ArPen Quints are a better choice. They give her a stronger late game. Your choice.