S5 Ranked: One Way Ticket to Hell

[quote=Lady Amelyne]Haunting Guise is a good option if you're looking for a relatively cheap source of damage. You shouldn't ever upgrade it, though.[/quote]

[quote=Wayne3100][center][size=5][color=red]Game 60-62[/color][/size][/center] [table width=900] [tr] [td width=25][/td] [td width=400][url=http://i.imgur.com/7e0QDt7.png][img=http://i.imgur.com/7e0QDt7.png width=400][/url][/td] [td width=25][/td] [td width=400][url=http://i.imgur.com/h7dTKJ1.png][img=http://i.imgur.com/h7dTKJ1.png width=400][/url][/td] [td width=25][/td] [/tr] [/table] Second time I've been on 97 LP in a division, second time I dodged a game earlier on the same day. Ritopls stop making me doubt my decisions. Games we're quite onesided (with at least one lane snowballing in our favour every time), so I'll just share the post game chat of the last game instead of talking about them: Wittróck: Annie definitely reporetd Thx For Freelo: Report this nid for the worst attitude in the fucking game Thx For Freelo: So fucking negative Wittróck: for saying things like thta Wittróck: dude Your Potato: >_> ... Your Potato: gg wp :D Wittróck: you called me much worse things Wittróck: that i did? Wittróck: ir problem? novayne nogayne: nop annie your negative score and attitude Wittróck: ur Thx For Freelo: YOU FUCKING STARTED THE FLAME Thx For Freelo: WHEN WE DIED THE FIRST TIME IN BOT novayne nogayne: annie reported Thx For Freelo: SHUT THE FUCK UP Wittróck: i didnt lol Thx For Freelo: OH MY GOODNESS novayne nogayne: unsportsman like use of capslock Wayne: *grabs popcorn* Thx For Freelo: You guys are fucking retarded Wittróck: lol Wittróck: zed Wittróck: xDDDDDDDD Wittróck: haha novayne nogayne: annie is getting a citizens arrest Wittróck: Just annie being a retard Wittróck: lol Thx For Freelo: Citizens arrest my ass, go shove one up your ass novayne nogayne: annie can i escort you back to elo hell please?[/quote]

[quote=Wayne3100][center][size=5][color=red]Game 63-66[/color][/size][/center] [table width=900] [tr] [td width=25][/td] [td width=400][url=http://i.imgur.com/msiH1dM.png][img=http://i.imgur.com/msiH1dM.png width=400][/url][/td] [td width=25][/td] [td width=400][url=http://i.imgur.com/xVoyAyO.png][img=http://i.imgur.com/xVoyAyO.png width=400][/url][/td] [td width=25][/td] [/tr] [/table] Reached series last Sunday while duo queueing with GMD, won lane as [[Sion]] vs [[Fizz]] and the rest of the team was ahead too. We then played the first game of the series, in which I was unable to deal with a strong/fed [[Wukong]] jungle, [[Irelia]] top [i]and[/i] [[Talon]] mid in teamfights after we had a good laning phase (playing [[Sivir]]/[[Thresh]] bot). Randomly woke up way too early today, so decided to play the series out before having to go to university. The highlighted game was actually closer than it might look, as [[Annie]] and [[Jinx]] got caught quite often during the mid game, leading to the enemy team getting a couple of towers, a Dragon and even a Baron at one point. I was a little worried that this might allow [[Olaf]] and [[Ahri]] (who had lost lane pretty hard) back into the game and give [[Graves]] (who stayed even in bot) a chance to carry, but luckily we fixed it shortly after by winning a fight 4-0 despite them still having the Baron buff. Last game was very onesided and only lasted ~25 minutes, so not much to say there. Promoted to Plat IV, shame I blew my chance to skip a division with the earlier losing spree but eh, I'll take it.[/quote]

[quote=Jovy]Congrats Wayne c:[/quote]

[quote=LevasK]Congratulations and good luck climbing the ladder, Wayne. P.s. How the hell did you win lane as [[Sion]] vs [[Fizz]]? (I'm assuming it was the bruiser Fizz)[/quote]

[quote=Latest Legend]Congrats! In the highlighted game, why did you prefer [[warmog's armor]] over [[randuin's omen]], [[spirit visage]] or [[banshee's veil]]?[/quote]

[quote=Wayne3100][quote=LevasK]Congratulations and good luck climbing the ladder, Wayne. P.s. How the hell did you win lane as [[Sion]] vs [[Fizz]]? (I'm assuming it was the bruiser Fizz)[/quote]Thanks :) First of all, as a bit of a sidenote I should mention I didn't take a jungle camp for level 2, because I usually take Raptors on purple side and was unsure how the damage nerf in 5.5 would affect this strategy. Some custom game tests later revealed that dying to this camp is indeed quite a bit slower; if you could share your thoughts on what you'd do right now that'd be cool (Only cheese if you can steal a buff? Take another camp? Don't start W?). Anyway, the [[Fizz]] wasn't really a big problem, mostly because he fell behind in farm early and I stacked early health/MR to avoid dying to him (since I figured the main thing I had to prevent was him becoming a lot more useful than me later on by letting him snowball). He then [[Teleport]]ed bot where he got a kill but also died, which actually set him in back in experience because of how many minions he missed in top lane. He became pretty strong past level 6 and forced me to back once + he got a kill on me during a gank, but I killed him in return shortly after so I was still pretty ahead overall :) I assume you think the matchup should be bad for [[Sion]], but I can't say too much about that after this one game. It was heavily influenced by the fact this guy didn't seem to be a great player. [quote=Latest Legend]Congrats! In the highlighted game, why did you prefer [[warmog's armor]] over [[randuin's omen]], [[spirit visage]] or [[banshee's veil]]?[/quote]Cheers :] Hmm, mainly because the rest of my build was severely lacking in health and I wasn't really looking for some of the stats that make the items you mentioned so good. To clarify, I already had the AS slow and CDR from [[Frozen Heart]], and although the [[Banshee's Veil]] passive could've been useful my main target in teamfights was the [[Graves]], so I wasn't very worried about needing more magic resistance. It should also be noted that two of the opponents had the ability to deal true damage, which health is the most efficient stat against. I don't always make comparisons like that while in game though, a lot also depends on the amount of gold I base with and/or which components I have already (for example, I had a [[Giant's Belt]] and [[Warden's Mail]] at some point and I could've turned that into [[Randuin's Omen]], but since I had enough gold to upgrade the Warden's to [[Frozen Heart]] I chose to do that instead).[/quote]

[quote=VexRoth][quote=Wayne3100] First of all, as a bit of a sidenote I should mention I didn't take a jungle camp for level 2, because I usually take Raptors on purple side and was unsure how the damage nerf in 5.5 would affect this strategy. Some custom game tests later revealed that dying to this camp is indeed quite a bit slower; if you could share your thoughts on what you'd do right now that'd be cool (Only cheese if you can steal a buff? Take another camp? Don't start W?). [/quote] Kudos for testing it out a bit before a ranked game. I didn't think of it until I was already at the camp and setup to take it, but I decided to roll with it see how it would go. xD The Raptors kill you much more slowly now. I had been leveling [[Decimating Smash]] and popping them with that twice as I had a big fail once when I tried it with [[Soul Furnace]] (still learning our reanimated friend). Anyway, more testing required, but some options I will try are: [list] [*]don't hit them with any abilities [*]go take a few turret shots first [*]shoot for taking an enemy buff [/list][/quote]

[quote=utopus]Why not just opt for krugs instead? Don't they deal more damage than the raptors?[/quote]

[quote=Wayne3100]@ Vexroth Using Q will still delay how fast you die though (because it takes longer for the raptors to attack again after being knocked up). The turret shot option also sounds very risky, might lead to one of the enemies following you into your jungle and ruining the strategy. It's probably best to use auto attacks only, I haven't tested how fast that is. @ utopus I don't think they used to (also because there are four raptors and only two krugs), but since the nerf they might, yeah. I tested raptors, wolves and red buff, so I'd have to get back to you on that after testing again or just comparing the numbers ;)[/quote]