Rex's Journey: Getting Carried To Gold

[quote=Re4XN][center][size=5][b]Silver IV (81 LP)[/b][/size] [img=https://s30.postimg.org/ubd1b2cap/pr_rex.png][/center] I obviously played more games than these three by now, but most of them (4, to be precise) were promotion matches and don't really matter. I got placed in Silver IV, 0 LP. The first 2 games were a disaster and I lost them, though did not get demoted. I then won a game, lost the next one, then won 3 in a row (the ones above). ------ [b][size=4]Game 1 ([[Gangplank]]): [/size][/b] This was a complete cancer of a game: got camped super hard by [[Evelynn]] early game, resulting in 3 consecutive deaths on my behalf (though all of these occurred after disemboweling [[Teemo]] which, I must say, was a great satisfaction, since the matchup itself is a pain). Being camped was not my issue, however, the thing that [b]**triggered**[/b] me the most was that [[Olaf]] neither counter-ganked nor seized opportunities to counter-jungle / gank the other side of the map, leading to Eve becoming pretty strong. Good news was that I was able to snipe [[Ezreal]] 3 times with [[Cannon Barrage]], although that did not stop him from snowballing either. Enter late game, random sh`t keeps happening, [[Evelynn]] manages to pick people off at random spots on the map (myself included), but at this point I am able to completely [b]100-0[/b] her (and her team). Teamfights are a complete[i] clown fiesta[/i], no one knows what the hell is going on and I get absolutely no peel, dying rather easily. We win some fights here and there (barely), but nothing significant enough to push onwards. This goes on and on, we win some, we lose some, until the timer hits 40 minutes and we decide to see if the enemy was doing [[Baron Nashor]]. No one is there apparently, and [[Blitzcrank]] uses his R to kill the Scuttle Crab. What I notice is that when he ulted, a silhouette of [[Evelynn]] appeared right on the edge!! I immediately place two [[Powder Keg]]s and blow her to bits! Lady Luck is smiling. We proceed to 5v4 the enemy (since their main damage dealer was gone) and steamroll their base to [b][color=#0080ff]Victory[/color][/b]! ------ [b][size=4]Game 2 ([[Sion]]): [/size][/b] [i]Son of a gun[/i] enemy Top Laner picked [[Gangplank]]!!! Such daring! Being the GP main that I claim to be, I couldn't help but [i]teach him a lesson[/i], lol. Laning phase was as smooth as silk, I made some avoidable mistakes, but all-in-all I managed to play on [[Gangplank]]'s weak points and completely obliterated him. My biggest mistake by far was not warding around 4-5 minutes in (I thought I could kill him and back off, but in the end I didn't have enough time), resulting in a successful [[Nidalee]] gank. I killed [[Gangplank]] [b]as soon[/b] as I [[Teleport]]ed back and the next time [[Nidalee]] came, they both died, lol. [[Zz'Rot Portal]] is placed down, [[Gangplank]]'s Tier 1 tower is gone and I am free to roam [b]everywhere[/b]! Mid lane gets ganked, bot lane gets ganked. People start dying like flies, all while GP is still trying to recover from the shock. Rather quick game that was an unavoidable [b][color=#0080ff]Victory[/color][/b]! ------ [b][size=4]Game 3 ([[Sion]]): [/size][/b] Very funny game, I [b]must[/b] admit. [[Tahm Kench]] is [i]definitely[/i] an annoying ars`, but he is also pretty immobile, so I decided to go 2x [[Doran's Ring]] to see what I could get out of it. [b]Never[/b] managed to kill the guy on my own (I'll give him that, but when [[Tryndamere]] came, he[i] almost[/i] always died), though poked him out of lane 3 or 4 times, making him miss [i]a shitton[/i] of farm. Got ganked a couple times but never died. Top Lane was pretty much secured as a won lane for me. [[Lux]] wasn't doing too well, she was trading kills with [[katarina]] which was pretty bad. Bot lane was okay, neither [[Draven]] nor [[Miss Fortune]] got ahead of each other, they were farming for the most part. The funny part of the game starts when [[Tahm Kench]] started copying my build. My first three items ([[Zz'Rot Portal]], [[Spirit Visage]] and [[Mercury's Treads]]) were also [b]his[/b] exact first items. Most likely he got his own portal to counter my splitpush strategy (which, I must add, did not work) and the rest is [i]probably[/i] coincidence, but it's still funny. Anyway, this was one of those rare games where the enemy had three AP champions, so I decided to cheese a bit and bought myself a [[Banner of Command]], since the only person who could effectively kill the promoted minion was [[Draven]]. Worked pretty well, Portal and Promoted Cannon in one lane was very effective in splitting their team up, allowing us to take [i]every[/i],[i] single[/i], objective, [b]uncontested[/b]! Game went pretty one-sided for us for a while, since I managed to do an exemplary job at frontlining and peeling off that [[Katarina]], managing to cancel her ult a few times. With all the MR I was building, [[Draven]] started to become a real issue, so I went for [[Randuin's Omen]] as a last item and it was a fantastic choice. Also tried out the new [[Knight's Vow]], which I must say is ridiculous when coupled with either [[Miss Fortune]]'s [[bullet time]] or [[Lux]]'s [[Final Spark]], lol. Speaking of those, our team comp was fantastic: one fight I managed to pull off a [i]four-man[/i] knock-up and that was pretty much the end of it, since the enemy got destroyed! What ultimately won us the game though, was [[Katarina]] getting caught out in the open by my [[Flash]] > [[Unstoppable Onslaught]]. With their main damage dealer gone, it was a smooth journey to [b][color=#0080ff]Victory[/color][/b]![/quote]