Fell asleep watching the third game TSM vs Meat Playground. Woke up to see TSM vs TD and was honestly surprised. Meat dominated TSM in that first match and it was only TSM's solid aoe team that pulled them through the second game. Their early game in the first two rounds against Meat was abysmal - I didn't think they'd even win that match. They were also really underwhelming against TD. I was really surprised. Everyone I know always raves about TSM and about how they're such a great team, but their performance was sub-par this tournament. I remember watching them play against Azubu Frost in... Read More

It's been a tough day one! Six defeats in a row was pretty galling. Finally got into the groove with Lulu towards the end. Began testing out MPen runes and they're so lovely on her. Much better than the flat armour I was running before. Got the beautiful new Dragon Tamer skin for her too, after refunding my old Wicked skin and a Xin Zhao skin (don't ask me why I had a Xin Zhao skin, I don't even play him). Even managed to get a cheeky Karma match, who I've been wanting to play again for ages. Took her to counter a... Read More

So I finally managed to get a game as Jayce. Pretty standard team. Me top, Lee Sin jungle, Fizz mid, Vayne and Nunu & Willump bot. We face a troll team and I end up with Ezreal top. Anivia went mid for their team, Olaf jungled and Twisted Fate and Lux went bot - so a heavy AP team. No sweat, I rushed Wit's End and Mercury's Treads. I do okay in my lane - Ez outfarmed me a little, but by mid game I was 1/1 and I had their tower down. Then I just had a quick look at the leader board and a glance around the map. Olaf was running around 12/2! Both mid and... Read More

Literally just met the worst person in solo queue.

Okay, so we're at picks and bans. There are three of us on the blue team, in order: summoner A, summoner B, summoner C (me), summoner D and summoner E. Now, summoner A locks in Blitzcrank for his duo partner summoner E. Because I wasn't going to supp obviously, I went for my next best lane choice, top. So Olaf gets locked in first by the other team, along with Xin Zhao. So, I went for the best counter I had, Jayce, who surprising made it through the bans. Then summoner B wanted to take Brand. We talked him out of it,... Read More

So I've been playing some new champions as of late, three in particular.

First off is Lulu. As I mentioned in a previous blog post, I really enjoyed my first few games with her. I've only gone from strength to strength with her and she's fast becoming one of my comfort champions. Her harass potential is incredible and her skill set is incredibly versatile. I've been alternating maxing Help, Pix! and Glitterlance, both to good effect. I've also been trying out Kage's Lucky Pick on her (an item I only ever really used on Karma before) and it's really nice. [[Sorcerer's... Read More