S5 Ranked: One Way Ticket to Hell

[quote=Wayne3100][center][size=5][color=red]Game 27-29[/color][/size][/center] [table width=900] [tr] [td width=25][/td] [td width=400][url=http://i.imgur.com/bAldz7Z.png][img=http://i.imgur.com/bAldz7Z.png width=400][/url][/td] [td width=25][/td] [td width=400][url=http://i.imgur.com/4yPur7b.png][img=http://i.imgur.com/4yPur7b.png width=400][/url][/td] [td width=25][/td] [/tr] [/table] Duo'd my series with GMD's smurf (which he hadn't played a single game on yet this season). I regret picking [[Caitlyn]] in the first game. I was facing a [[Blitzcrank]] - [[Ezreal]] lane (with a random teammate supporting me on [[Janna]]) and we got completely crushed because Cait simply isn't strong enough to fight the all-ins which a good Blitz forces by landing hooks. Way to ruin a 100% win rate. The two of them were [i]extremely[/i] toxic towards me and the rest of my team on all chat btw, so much that even their teammates kept asking to report them. I guess they were trying to make me go on tilt? Anyway, to make up for what was no doubt my worst game of the season so far, I played a [[Sivir]] - [[Vel'Koz]] lane with GMD twice, first versus [[Leona]] - [[Vayne]] and then versus [[Tristana]] - [[Nami]]. In both lanes I managed to get a cs lead simply by shoving the wave into the enemy tower constantly, and considering the aim on [[Leona]]'s [[Zenith Blade]]s / the fact that the [[Nami]] was constantly forced to heal [[Tristana]] while she was missing cs under tower due to her E meant we had little to fear from our opponents in lane. The rest of our team was doing pretty decent in both games too, with the only worry being [[Jarvan IV]] doing a lot of work early on in the final game of the promos. Ultimately that didn't get [[Cho'Gath]] & [[Ahri]] far enough ahead to really make an impact though, especially since for some reason [[Ahri]] still managed to be far behind in cs. Honestly don't think there's much else to talk about in either of those games though, we played solid in lane and then played the teamfights better (as a team) too, so I went from 0-1 to 2-1. Promoted to Gold I :)[/quote]

[quote=Jovy][img=http://i.imgur.com/bJE5fJx.jpg height=200][color=transparent]....[/color]Post spotted. Congrats once more on getting gold 1! You'll be plat in no time c: Have you decided yet what your goal is for the Wayne account?[/quote]

[quote=Luther3000]Where the heck do you keep getting all those cat pictures? Do you have a special cat folder?[/quote]

[quote=Wayne3100][quote=MissMaw]Congrats once more on getting gold 1! You'll be plat in no time c: Have you decided yet what your goal is for the Wayne account?[/quote] Thanks! I'm going to try reaching my season goal (Diamond) on this account for now. Considering the fact that the MMR of this account is pretty good right now (getting plat III/IV teammates and opponents), I should be able to climb relatively fast assuming I don't completely butcher my win rate (74.3% after playing the games posted below). With that said... [center][size=5][color=red]Game 30-35[/color][/size][/center] [table width=900] [tr] [td width=25][/td] [td width=400][url=http://i.imgur.com/JlxxpaC.png][img=http://i.imgur.com/JlxxpaC.png width=400][/url][/td] [td width=25][/td] [td width=400][url=http://i.imgur.com/hkBn8el.png][img=http://i.imgur.com/hkBn8el.png width=400][/url][/td] [td width=25][/td] [/tr] [/table] Two more duo games (yesterday) followed by four solo games (today). The reason I'm highlighting the first game (GMD made a screenshot because my client died ._.) is because it was the [url=http://i.imgur.com/MvNRhEU.png]closest game[/url] and also the most challenging one for me individually. Our [[Leblanc]] and [[Malphite]] were actually supposed to swap in champion select, but failed to do so because of a client bug, so it was no big surprise to see them fall behind in their lanes relatively fast. Because of this, most of the mid game teamfights went somewhat like this for me: [list=1][*]Deal with a fed [[Riven]] [*]Survive due to [[Vel'Koz]] CC and/or [[Exhaust]] [*]Deal with a fed [[Kassadin]] [*]If still alive, die to [[Shaco]] using [[Deceive]] x_x[/list] This resulted in me dying without getting kills fairly often, but the important thing which I felt I did well was to always at least deal damage before dying, giving others on my team the chance to clean up; had I tried to run instead, I probably wouldn't have had any influence at all. Our team played most teamfights pretty decently, which combined with our dragon control made the difference in the end. I also managed to pick up some kills near the end to make my score more bearable. In the other games, I learned that my [[Thresh]] is quite rusty, that I still hate (jungling against) [[Vi]] and that it sucks to farm well but not get any kills in teamfights :( Time for promos! [center][img=http://puu.sh/fJCbB.jpg][/center][/quote]

[quote=Jovy][quote=Luther3000]Where the heck do you keep getting all those cat pictures? Do you have a special cat folder?[/quote]You think it's hard to find cats on the internet? [img=http://media.giphy.com/media/wkQBJb1iCUaUE/giphy.gif height=200] Good luck in your promos Wayne :3![/quote]

[quote=Luther3000][quote=MissMaw][quote=Luther3000]Where the heck do you keep getting all those cat pictures? Do you have a special cat folder?[/quote]You think it's hard to find cats on the internet? [img=http://media.giphy.com/media/wkQBJb1iCUaUE/giphy.gif height=200] Good luck in your promos Wayne :3![/quote] [img=http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5n6svuuCG1rsvbm5o1_500.jpg height=300][/quote]

[quote=Latest Legend]http://porkmail.org/era/unix/award.html#cat Good luck with the promos! Still waiting for that 31/0/0. EDIT: try not to make it a 3/10/0[/quote]

[quote=Wayne3100]Zzzzz, could've figured this was going to happen now... [center][size=5][color=red]Game 36-39[/color][/size][/center] [table width=900] [tr] [td width=25][/td] [td width=400][url=http://i.imgur.com/jXtTnjs.png][img=http://i.imgur.com/jXtTnjs.png width=400][/url][/td] [td width=25][/td] [td width=400][url=http://i.imgur.com/IU0nl1T.png][img=http://i.imgur.com/IU0nl1T.png width=400][/url][/td] [td width=25][/td] [/tr] [/table] The first game was over after 20 minutes and was very uneventful. The third and fourth game took a little longer but were pretty similar in terms of how onesided they were, with (almost) all our lanes being behind and one of our teammates having high ping in game 3, too. There's a bit more to talk about in the [[Sion]] game. I traded him for [[Leblanc]] (which I secured for someone else) because I felt like he would do better vs Satan than my usual options and soon found out that I was right about that. I managed to get a cs lead and a kill top, while [[Leblanc]] also started well in the mid lane and secured First Blood. Our bot lane initially seemed to be doing great (with [[Miss Fortune]] picking up two kills), but [[Graves]] managed to pick up three kills shortly after, so they ended up somewhat even. In fights, however, the big difference was that [[Miss Fortune]] (due to poor positioning / having no escape) was a pretty easy target for [[Fizz]]/[[Jarvan IV]] to jump on while we didn't have much to lock down [[Graves]]. After dying three times in the first 25 minutes, he never died again and decided most fights in the enemy team's favor. After getting their fifth Dragon and a Baron buff, they were able to secure the win. I felt rather useless in teamfights (with [[Black Shield]] and [[Cataclysm]] leaving me unable to hit priority targets with my ultimate), but am not sure how much more I could've done. Back to 90 LP, so I should be able to reach promos again soon[sup]TM[/sup][/quote]

[quote=Jovy]Damn it Wayne, I had a celebration gif ready and you just had to go ahead and ruin it for everyone, didn't you? [img=http://media.giphy.com/media/10LCn5MSXM8d3O/giphy.gif height=200][/quote]

[quote=Wayne3100][center][size=5][color=red]Game 40[/color][/size][/center] [center][url=http://i.imgur.com/u38LsED.png][img=http://i.imgur.com/u38LsED.png width=550][/url][/center] No real point in including a screenshot of my match history since it's only one game. As you can see this game eventually turned out to be pretty one sided, but there are still a few things I can mention just for the heck of it: [list][*]With [[Amumu]] and [[Maokai]] picked by the enemy team already and with [[Leona]] being a popular choice for support in my elo range, I should've probably picked [[Janna]] instead of sticking to my support comfort pick. [*]Wow, people sure get annoyed easily. [[Twisted Fate]] was a little late to buy items and move from spawn, which was reason enough for [[Pantheon]] to ping spam him (not really sure what he was trying to achieve by that, do pings increase an ally's movement speed?). TF then called him an idiot, which was reason enough for [[Pantheon]] not to give him any blue buffs for the rest of the game and ask the enemy team to report TF for being "toxic" at the end of the game (despite there being no further incidents after that). [*][[Twisted Fate]] also fell behind to [[Anivia]] early (the guy already has 205 games on her this season o_o) and [[Pantheon]] fed her another kill when she was 2-0, which didn't help to relieve the tension. Luckily, [[Caitlyn]] and I were doing great in the bot lane because [[Leona]] showed up late but [[Lucian]] decided to walk into [[Flay]] range despite that, meaning both his [[Heal]] and [[Flash]] were down early and Cait was able to easily gain a cs lead. We also had good Dragon control (3-0), which always helps. [*]I'm amazed [[Lucian]] got 3 kills given the fact he only dealt 6.9k damage to enemy champions. I mean, even [i]I[/i] dealt 9.6k.... [*]I thought I used my [[Face of the Mountain]] active on [[Caitlyn]] in one of the teamfights (as she was being focused), but didn't realise I actually hadn't until after she had already died ._. We still won the fight easily, but I should keep an eye on that in the future.[/list] Take 2![/quote]