Mowen

Every time I think common knowledge is common I see screens like yours and loose a little more hope for mankind.

One day we will be ruled by groundhog overlords once they recognize our often stupid decisions. Hopefully everybody on their team reads your post and kills a marmot!

*facepalm* I used to be that Leona

3v3 vs Ashe, Tryndamere, and Master Yi as Amumu. Built Abyssal Scepter first.

I feel it's my duty to point out that nobody else on your team built MR.

I just want to say that while this is correct to some extent in a true competetive game, in solo queue you're often better off just picking champions to counter your opponents and win the lane. For example, Guardsman often picks Warwick mid, leaving his team with no real AP carry - but it doesn't usually matter when it allows him to dominate so much.

Plus, damage is simply more effective than armour. Pit a team of tanky champions building all armour items against a team of AD carries building Last Whisper and the ADs will win.

Picking champs to counter is good too. In this instance, I was last pick, so I had to pick an AD carry that can solo, and Graves is a good choice for that.

I will have to disagree with you. Damage is not always better than defenses, especially in top lane where you have no one to help you and you have to stay in lane a long time to get enough exp. You will see Duff do this as well (he's the one that sort of "enlightened" me). He takes a ton of armor runes, builds armor, and I will tell you he always wins his lane because the enemy can't push him out. This tactic works better for some champs than others, but I would always choose defense over damage top.

Your example of pitting a team a tanky champions would result in the tanks winning, not the ad's. Tanks work because they do damage while not needing protection, AD carries build no defenses because they count on their support protecting them. When you're in a solo lane you can't count on anyone helping you.

You have team Xin Zhao, Udyr, Trundle, Rammus, Olaf vs. team Caitlyn, Graves, Vayne, Ashe, Ezreal, I will tell you right now the tanky team will when. Even with last whisper the fact that they have no defenses will make them go down quite easily. Damage is not more effective than armor.

*stares at jungle leona and jungle akali*

Jungle Leona is quite viable and Akali can jungle...

no idea why you would though

Define viable


If by viable you mean one of the worst junglers in the game, yes, she's viable.

Lol Xen.

I'm sorry but it just is in the current state of the game. The offence masteries are more powerful than the defence masteries and the offensive items are more powerful than the defensive ones. AD carries can burn through anything in ~10 seconds now - this is the main reason that full tank champions are no longer viable.

Counterbuilding works in solo top (and as the jungler) because you're playing as a tanky champion vs a tanky champion and resists are more effective than damage early in the game. Even with 300 armour and 4000 health a competant AD carry will nuke you down in around 10 seconds assuming your team isn't a long way ahead.

That's why you take a champion that can deal a fairly good amount of damage without buying many damage items and has some CC - so that you actually have some chance of killing them in those 10 seconds if your team helps.

Everything in the game essentially revolves around AD carries. Offtanks and AP will always primarily target the AD carry while trying to protect their own. Supports are the ultimate example of this. Teamfights basically revolve around which team's AD carry can live the longest and put their damage onto the best target.

awkward moment when everyone auto locks.