Wayne3100's Quest for Platinum (Season 3)

[quote=Wayne3100]AD Carry + Solo Top > Support > Mid > Jungle, so no, not my best role :P[/quote]

[quote=Wayne3100][center][h2][color=red]Game 3[/color][/h2][/center] [center]Solo Queue[/center] [center][url=http://i.imgur.com/IHhz6.jpg][img=http://i.imgur.com/IHhz6.jpg height=500][/url][/center] [columns] [center][color=red]Bans[/color][/center] [indent][indent][[Blitzcrank]] [[Lee Sin]] [[Kha'Zix]] [[Malphite]] [[Amumu]] [[Shen]][/indent][/indent] [nextcol] [indent] [center][color=red]Masteries[/color][/center] [center][url=http://www.finalesfunkeln.com/s3/#plUMSGvTvMa6vEd]21-9-0[/url][/center] [indent] [nextcol] [center][color=red]Runes[/color][/center] [center][[Greater Mark of Armor Penetration]] x7 [[Greater Mark of Critical Chance]] x2 [[Greater Seal of Armor]] x9 [[Greater Glyph of Magic Resist]] x9 [[Greater Quintessence of Attack Damage]] x3[/center] [indent] [indent] [/columns] I'll start off by saying I had teammates that were communicating well in champ select and were friendly throughout the game, only "flaming" [[Kennen]] once late game when he made a mistake (it wasn't really flaming, more like asking 'why did you do that :(' and stuff like that). Other than that the game unfortunately was never really going for us. [[Lux]] got First Blood in mid as both junglers came to gank early and about 30 seconds later [[Jax]] killed [[Kennen]] top while [[Leona]] and I initiated in bot lane. We brought [[Ezreal]] and [[Zyra]] both down to ~5% HP (with both of us having about 40-50% HP left) but we were pushed up pretty far after that. As I was about to mention we were probably going to need wards in the river, [[Zyra]] suddenly went aggressive and - as I expected - we were ganked by [[Shyvana]] and [[Lux]] from the river, killing us both with the help of [[Ezreal]]. 0-4. We didn't panic and made sure the gap didn't increase with both teams picking up several kills after that. In bot lane we got ganked quite a lot but I managed to get some kills and assists too and I still had more cs than [[Ezreal]]. When [[Katarina]] picked up a triple kill in a Dragon fight we were even ahead shortly, but unfortunately not long after that [[Lux]] was getting fed and her [[Mejai's Soulstealer]] was becoming pretty stacked. At 13 stacks we eventually killed her, but it wasn't long before some more kills brought her back to 17 and we were losing out on turrets and Dragons, getting pushed back further and further towards our base as the gap in kills began to increase again. After having a pretty decent teamfight in which I got a triple kill to bring my score back to 8-8 (and bringing the overall score back to 31-40), [[Kennen]] eventually made the mistake of [[Flash]]ing and ulting in on a [[Lux]] that he had stunned near their tower (with all 5 enemies around him). Although we were also with 5 and we managed to kill [[Jax]] pretty quickly, we were basically throwing away a small advantage (sidelanes were pushing, we were 5v5 mid and generally had more HP than them) by diving unnecessarily and we lost the fight pretty hard. After that the game wasn't winnable for us anymore as they pressured us back into our base and eventually killed all inhibitors before using the added pressure of super minions to finish it off. I personally played mediocre this game and noticed I was still more nervous than normal because it was a ranked game, but I can live with the defeat. The [[Lux]] (who turned out to be a Season 2 platinum player playing his first placement match this season) was just too strong and we didn't really deserve to win this one as they just played it better overall.[/quote]

[quote=Hogopogo]Well srry for you loss and gl on your on getting plat[/quote]

[quote=GrandmasterD]I have not seen you play Graves in ages.[/quote]

[quote=Wayne3100]@Hogopogo Thanks ^^ It's k, you win some, you lose some. @GrandmasterD True, I haven't played him as often lately. I initially picked [[Caitlyn]] but since we had a [[Leona]] already I switched to something more bursty. I feel it's not really hard to get back into it on an AD Carry though, so I can pretty much safely pick anything except [[Tristana]] and [[Draven]] who I suck with :P [center][h2][color=red]Game 4[/color][/h2][/center] [center]Solo Queue[/center] [center][url=http://i.imgur.com/ciR6s.jpg][img=http://i.imgur.com/ciR6s.jpg height=500][/url][/center] [columns] [center][color=red]Bans[/color][/center] [indent][indent][[Blitzcrank]] [[Kha'Zix]] [[Malphite]] [[Amumu]] [[Shen]] [[Katarina]] [/indent][/indent] [nextcol] [indent] [center][color=red]Masteries[/color][/center] [center][url=http://www.finalesfunkeln.com/s3/#llUMSGvTvUaTvEd]21-9-0[/url][/center] [indent] [nextcol] [center][color=red]Runes[/color][/center] [center][[Greater Mark of Armor Penetration]] x7 [[Greater Mark of Critical Chance]] x2 [[Greater Seal of Armor]] x9 [[Greater Glyph of Magic Resist]] x9 [[Greater Quintessence of Attack Damage]] x3[/center] [indent] [indent] [/columns] Best way to deal with a loss is to bounce straight back with a win ^^ Not much to say about this one. I was firstpick two times in a row in champ select and after someone dodged the first time when I had [[Shen]], I decided to simply go AD the second time and firstpicked [[Caitlyn]]. The enemy AD then decided it'd be a good idea to pick [[Vayne]] against that at which I point I knew I was up against a bad player. I was a bit worried about our [[Leblanc]] but after having dodged earlier today I didn't feel like doing it again, so I decided just to go with it. After some good early W + Q combos by Ali we were about to dive the enemy at bot tower together with [[Evelynn]] (~ level 4) when I suddenly disconnected for like 1-2 seconds. Despite the unfortunate timing I came back to find [[Leblanc]] had gotten First Blood mid but died after to an [[Olaf]] gank and in bot lane [[Evelynn]] had picked up a kill but died to the tower and I was in auto-attack range to pick up the second kill, which I did obviously :P Despite my cs being absolutely atrocious early on again (I don't know why I get so nervous about stuff as simple as that >.>) we were still ahead after that and meanwhile [[Garen]] was winning hard top lane while [[Leblanc]] was staying even/ahead despite many [[Olaf]] ganks. As [[Garen]] and [[Teemo]] left top lane, we had some teamfights in the enemy jungle and after winning those comfortably while also picking up 2 Dragons we got to the 20 minute mark and they surrendered.[/quote]

[quote=Wayne3100][center][h2][color=red]Game 5[/color][/h2][/center] [center]Solo Queue[/center] [center][url=http://i.imgur.com/vQVlN.jpg][img=http://i.imgur.com/vQVlN.jpg height=500][/url][/center] [columns] [center][color=red]Bans[/color][/center] [indent][indent][[Blitzcrank]] [[Malphite]] [[Amumu]] [[Shen]] [[Darius]] [[Evelynn]] [/indent][/indent] [nextcol] [indent] [center][color=red]Masteries[/color][/center] [center][url=http://www.finalesfunkeln.com/s3/#plUMSGvTvMa6vEd]21-9-0[/url][/center] [indent] [nextcol] [center][color=red]Runes[/color][/center] [center][[Greater Mark of Armor Penetration]] x7 [[Greater Mark of Critical Chance]] x2 [[Greater Seal of Armor]] x9 [[Greater Glyph of Magic Resist]] x9 [[Greater Quintessence of Attack Damage]] x3[/center] [indent] [indent] [/columns] Again not much to say. I actually planned on picking [[Miss Fortune]] but because they had [[Kha'Zix]] I figured I was going to need something with an escape, so I picked [[Ezreal]] instead. Laning against [[Miss Fortune]] proved to be quite troublesome as she's great at trading but the threat of a [[Taric]] stun and some well placed [[Mystic Shot]]s kept her at bay so it pretty much became a farm lane instead. Eventually, the enemy bot lane started pushing to make me miss cs, but unlike the past few games I was actually doing quite well this time (unfortunately -also unlike the past few games- the enemy AD didn't miss a lot this game). Meanwhile [[Kha'Zix]] got fed in mid and soon started roaming top as well, deciding the lane that was pretty even in [[Gangplank]]'s favour. At this point [[Ryze]] and [[Fiora]] basically started flaming each other, telling each other to "check the map & ward more" or to "not only call ss but also follow the guy for a change". [[Udyr]] made a good start by getting First Blood top on [[Gangplank]] but after that struggled to help out as he was needed everywhere and bot was well warded. The first time [[Kha'Zix]] came bot I got snared by [[Zyra]] (my only mistake; should've dodged it) and I literally vanished once he jumped on me (the [[Miss Fortune]] ultimate was barely necessary but would've ensured my demise had I survived [[Kha'Zix]]' burst) and it was pretty obvious by then they'd win so we surrendered. Looking back we could've maybe played a bit longer to see if they'd make any mistakes but overall I don't think we had much of a chance. Still pretty happy as it's the best game I've played so far. Also, my profile tells me my elo is now 1355. OP.[/quote]

[quote=Crows foot]How is it possible for teemo to lose that lane?[/quote]

[quote=Wayne3100]All I know is [[Garen]] said in champion select he'd win the lane easily. And then he did.[/quote]

[quote=Jpikachu1999][quote=Wayne3100] All I know is [[Garen]] said in champion select he'd win the lane easily. And then he did. [/quote] Once you say it, it has to happen. It's like magic and beer during hockey games, it only is weird if it doesn't work :P[/quote]

[quote=Nighthawk]it's cause of those damn shrooms :<[/quote]