BARBJ ON HIS WAY TO PLATINUM

[quote=BarbJ]Yeah, I've only ever played one ranked game before these, and it was a 3v3 with some friends of mine right after the ranked teams were introduced. We really had no idea what was going on, just testing out the teams feature. I'm still figuring out how this "ranked thread" thing is supposed to work, and I noticed a lot of dudes have posted the champions they plan to be playing, and the roles they're best at. I enjoy top, jungle, and support the best, and quite honestly I'm scared to mid or ADC. Too much pressure to carry the game I think :/ So here's the list of champions I feel comfortable playing (though they're not all viable picks at the moment), or the ones I will continue to practice in normals and inhouses in the coming weeks. It looked super messy without the spoilers, so we'll see how this looks. You can view each lane individually, breaks it up into chunks nicely I think :D [spoiler=My Champion Pool]Alistar, Amumu, Annie, Ashe, Cho'gath, Darius, Dr. Mundo, Ezreal, Galio, Garen, Gragas, Hecarim, Irelia, Janna, Jarvan IV, Jax, Karma, Karthus, Kayle, Kennen, Lee Sin, Lux, Malphite, Maokai, Master Yi, Nasus, Nautilus, Nidalee, Nocturne, Nunu, Oriana, Poppy, Renekton, Rumble, Ryze, Shyvana, Sion, Sivir, Skarner, Sona, Soraka, Taric, Teemo, Tristana, Trundle, Twisted Fate, Udyr, Veigar, Viktor, Vladimir, Warwick, Yorick, Ziggs[/spoiler] [spoiler=Top]Top (ready for ranked): [[Darius]], [[Kennen]], [[Vladimir]], [[Yorick]] Top (still practicing): [[Irelia]], [[Jax]], [[Malphite]] I don't own [[Elise]], [[Jayce]], or [[Olaf]]. Is there anyone else I should look to be playing in ranked? I think my performance with these dudes in the inhouses and in my normal games is good enough to use them in ranked. I’m comfortable with a variety of matchups, but we’ll have to see exactly how well they work out. I don’t play a lot of Irelia, but I’ve done at least decently when I’ve gotten to play her. She’s pretty simple mechanicly- I don’t expect it to take long. Jax is a tricky one that I’ve never personally gotten to work properly, but I know can be a good selection. Same deal with Malphite really, he’s strong, but I need more practice to be able to get him to work right.[/spoiler] [spoiler=Mid]Mid (ready): [[Gragas]], [[Kennen]] Mid (practice): [[Karthus]], [[Orianna]], [[Ryze]] Nothing to say about mid really- I don’t play it much, and it really scares me. Tips bros? Anyone I should get? Mid lane shifts around the most from what I’ve seen, so I’m afraid to purchase a strong mid laner who’ll go out of style quickly. If there’s anyone you can think of who’s been strong for a long time, let me know. Anything that’s a safe purchase (don’t mistake this as a request for a safe laner), let me know. How do you feel about [[Nidalee]] in ranked?[/spoiler] [spoiler=Jungle]Jungle (ready): [[Amumu]], [[Cho'gath]], [[Dr. Mundo]], [[Lee Sin]], [[Malphite]], [[Maokai]], [[Nocturne]], [[Nunu]], [[Trundle]], [[Udyr]] Jungle (practice): [[Hecarim]], [[Skarner]] Don’t mistake this long list as “I’ll be maining all these guys in the jungle in S3,” it’s just a list of champions I would be comfortable playing should it benefit my team properly. I’ve never managed a good Hecarim or Skarner game, so there’s work to be done there.[/spoiler] [spoiler=ADC]I don’t have a list of doable ad carries for myself, because I don’t think there’s any I’m good with. I tend to have difficulty CS’ing (which I am working on- I’ve had a few decent inhouses recently), and positioning is not a strong point of mine (though a few inhouses I’ve managed to do quite well). [[Ezreal]] is the only “viable” ADC I own, and after that I’d say I’d be playing [[Sivir]] over Ashe or Tristana.[/spoiler] [spoiler=Support]Support (ready): [[Alistar]], [[Nunu]], [[Sona]], [[Soraka]], [[Taric]] Support (practice): [[Janna]] I don’t own [[Blitzcrank]], [[Leona]], [[Lulu]], or [[Zyra]]. I feel like Blitz is the most important one of these to get, but since he’s permaban right now, I figure waiting won’t hurt anything.[/spoiler] How’s that?[/quote]

[quote=jhoijhoi]Why spoiler it all? You could just use headings or something, lol. But good luck anyway, even though you have no set ADCs :)[/quote]

[quote=Embracing]Having a large champ pool isn't good :/ I'd say focus on one primary role and play consistent on the others[/quote]

[quote=BarbJ]@ jhoijhoi: I tried headers and it looked messy I thought. @ Embracin: Those are just all the guys I own. I don't know if you opened any of the other spoilers, but I asked things like who I should be adding my list for each lane. In top lane for example, I'm pretty good with Vlad, Darius, and Yorick. But I know that Jax, Irelia, and Malphite can be good picks. So can Jayce and Elise, even though I don't own them. Would there be anyone else I own (Nidalee, Renekton, Cho'gath, etc.) that I should perhaps be looking to practice? High Elo dudes have prefferred picks obviously (say Irelia for Wickd), but they also have guys they could play if it worked for their team (Jax, Malphite), this list is extensive. He also has a ton of champions he owns that are not strong in today's top lane. It's this second list that I want help explanding, with your input from my champion pool.[/quote]

[quote=BarbJ][spoiler=Game 5] [center][IMG]http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z349/archerjs/Maokai5Picks.png[/IMG][/center] They didn't ban Blitzcrank, and we had first pick. Traded him to the third pick guy, who grabbed Kog'maw for ad carry. I find that to be a mismatched bot lane, but it worked out well. We invaded the enemy red to ward, and then moved to their blue. Skarner started wraiths, and then moved to his red, so I got a enemy blue - our blue - our red start. He was behind :D Darius killed Olaf like a man, and snowballed really hard on top lane. [center][IMG]http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z349/archerjs/Maokai5EndEdit.jpg[/IMG][/center][/spoiler] :D[/quote]

[quote=Jovy]how do blitzcrank/kog'maw win against leona/tristana is beyond me. gj anyway barb :3[/quote]

[quote=Luther3000][quote=MissMaw] how do blitzcrank/kog'maw win against leona/tristana is beyond me. [/quote] -Bad. -She has Heal. Also g'luck and stuff.[/quote]