Neo's ELO Tour!

[quote=utopus][center][size=5]Game 39[/size][/center] [img=http://i.imgur.com/M19G0Yw.png width=800] ------------ [spoiler=Replay] LSI: 03E99BE0A24DB44854DD71F8888582F2 Replay.gg: http://www.replay.gg/?r=NA1&id=1836908690&key=49udYghMOSauNhGWfJtm%2FTkMELSaTxoD [/spoiler] ------------ Picked [[nunu]] jungle. I think he might be my new jungle main from now on: The guy is as supportive of a jungler you can get, without actually playing a support. I got first 2 dragons easy, ganked top and bot and forced flashes, and just warded my duo partner (Paradoxoftime)'s mid lane a ton so that he would never ever die to jungle ganks again. My partner got ahead, so he bought [[mejai's soulstealer]]. He got 20 stacks and then it was certain that the game was over[/quote]

[quote=utopus][center][size=5]Game 40[/size][/center] [img=http://i.imgur.com/cj6SgHq.jpg width=800] ------------ [spoiler=Replay] LSI: 0977273977564D242013AE4C33A26B78 Replay.gg: http://www.replay.gg/?r=NA1&id=1837764193&key=8fiaqEoQVAQ5PO0Ko%2BC1Av2NKi2WKv4m [/spoiler] ------------ Bot lane Almost carried. I won lane hard, and I made some pretty good catches in the mid game, but [[kassadin]] got so fed, and kept on 2 shotting my ADC despite my attempts to peel, and heal through [[locket of the iron solari]], [[face of the mountain]], [[exhaust]], [[flay]], [[death sentence]], [[the box]], [[mikael's crucible]], [[dark passage]], and [[randuin's omen]] If it's at all possible, I was wondering if someone else can analyze this game. I have a very low win rate with thresh, despite the fact that I usually win lane, and I usually have a lot of assists, and i'm not sure exactly how I need to alter my playstyle to improve my chances of winning[/quote]

[quote=utopus][center][size=5][color=#ff0000]Game 41[/color][/size][/center] [img=http://i.imgur.com/lB9eLlj.jpg width=800] ------------ [spoiler=Replay] LSI: 427A61B55C7467475F5622D8EB49CF39 Replay.gg: http://www.replay.gg/?r=NA1&id=1837811003&key=cvIZ3p3Sgpre7lkqb3bgp2PJluM%2Fz91x [/spoiler] ------------ A very strong bait by [[thresh]], and some greed on my part caused my to get [[death sentence]]d near river before minions spawned. with strong followup with my opponents entire team. I got low (~100hp), and got them to overcommit, forcing several flashes near tri brush. My team was all grouped up there, and they were able to really shell out some damage. A good [[dark binding]] over a wall got my [[jinx]] first blood. [[evelynn]] was really annoying, but thankfully, whenever she ganked bot, [[vi]] was close enough so that if she stayed too long (which she often did), she would overcommit and die. [[vi]] got REALLY fed off this to the point where she could basically 1v3 her opponents. This was a great game for me; I was able to consistently get off 4-5 man ults that (imo) single handedly won us team fights. Unfortunately, [[malphite]] and [[lux]] always seemed to instaburst [[jinx]]. Thankfully, they would all blow large CDs on just her, and the rest of the team was able to clean up. It got to the point where we basically considered [[jinx]] sacrificial tribute to the ELO gods xD At any rate, if anyone is looking to learn [[morgana]], there were some really critical team fights in this game, and I think you could learn a lot from watching this replay[/quote]

[quote=utopus][center][size=5]Game 42[/size][/center] [img=http://i.imgur.com/nHWsuA0.jpg width=800] ------------ [spoiler=Replay] LSI: DB6DB418DA3987762B92AF2463F7D7E4 Replay.gg: http://www.replay.gg/?r=NA1&id=1837838481&key=E%2BjzcjHGcytyDC%2BxAri4R64u3XzWW%2BTW [/spoiler] ------------ Picked [[zilean]], as he is a REALLY strong counterpick to [[zed]]. The worst case scenario is something like, 'Ok, I concede my possibility to carry laning phase for ensuring that [[zed]] will never kill anyone with [[death mark]] for the rest of the game.' We ended up stomping lane anyways. [[caitlyn]] was brutal with auto attack harassing [[kalista]] and [[nautilus]]. We got a kill early from her because she was lagging ([b]WE TAKE THOSE![/b]), and later we were able to get our [[pantheon]] snowballing really hard with a double kill bot, followed by dragon. Panth got so far ahead, that when my duo partner ran into technical problems (screen froze, mouse failure) we really didn't lose much from our ADC dying. An excellent 4-0 + Dragon exchange was a really cool team fight, if you're interested in watching the replay[/quote]

[quote=utopus][center][size=5]Game 43[/size][/center] [img=http://i.imgur.com/nHWsuA0.jpg width=800] ------------ [spoiler=Replay] LSI: EDF6B072CD312D84CB552083C56568BE Replay.gg: http://www.replay.gg/?r=NA1&id=1838344126&key=PKXGLJG3S5pK0Iogrncavt4WE%2Bd2f0Xc [/spoiler] ------------ I picked [[alistar]] because our team needed a front line; Our top laner hovered over [[riven]] for a while, and right before the pick timer was up, he ninja switched it to [[irelia]]. Initially, I picked [[alistar]] because i NEEDED to, or else whoever was closest to [[viktor]] would just get one-comboed. For the first time in a while, [[lucian]] and I lost lane - I knew it was kinda inevitable, since [[alistar]] doesn't really have much lane presence. We lost our tower first, but we were able to get an early kill onto [[janna]] I think. Unfortunately, by the time mid game came around, overaggression by [[warwick]], perpetual fear from my ADC (for some reason, thought we couldn't win any team fight), and indecision by me led to some poorly communicated plans, as well as team fights that some of us committed to, and others ran from. I was pretty pissed at my duo partner for not having more confidence in himself.[/quote]

[quote=utopus][center][size=5][color=#ff0000]Game 44[/color][/size][/center] [img=http://i.imgur.com/Mez26rH.jpg width=800] ------------ [spoiler=Replay] LSI: FBCB68D3E928224CA3B2992CB14CAEF8 Replay.gg: http://www.replay.gg/?r=NA1&id=1838344126&key=PKXGLJG3S5pK0Iogrncavt4WE%2Bd2f0Xc [/spoiler] ------------ I picked [[leona]] to counter to [[soraka]]'s perpetual healing. My ADC really wanted me to have [[exhaust]], although looking back in hindsight, there was no real reason for me NOT to grab ignite. Here's how laning phase would go: Graves would trade 3 autos with jinx, and I would go in on him and bring him down to like 15% HP. He would run back to [[soraka]], and would be full health in 15 seconds. The process would repeat itself until [[jinx]] got low enough so that if i all-inned and caught the [[soraka]], [[graves]] could just one combo jinx before any serious damage would be dealt to soraka. We beat our opponents to level 2, and I immediately went onto [[soraka]], thinking that if we burst her down to 20%, she couldn't heal her ADC for the rest of the laning phase for risk that she could get caught out and instakilled. I [[zenith blade]] + [[shield of daybreak]] the [[soraka]] right when we hit level 2, and my partner [[zap!]]s and autos the graves instead =___= We failed the level 2 cheese, with [[soraka]] burning [[flash]] and [[graves]] [[heal]]. Graves would just trade down with [[jinx]], and then heal up through [[soraka]]. I made one mistake, when I hit level 6 by not going in. I saw [[volibear]] and [[ahri]] on the minimap, and thought that if I initiated on the level 5 [[soraka]], she would be able to stall out long enough for both of them to roam down bot and kill us. I waited instead, and when I did decide to go in, it was too late: [[volibear]] had had time to run down bot, and countergank us. My ADC played pretty dumb during the mid-game by trying to duel the [[graves]], which didn't work too well. That isn't to say that I didn't play badly myself - I did get baited by [[stand united]] and [[spirit rush]] twice, I think. Thankfully, I was able to help set up kill for [[riven]] frequently enough for her to really clean up fights. If you're looking for a cool replay, look at 45:00[/quote]

[quote=utopus][center][size=5]Game 45[/size][/center] [img=http://i.imgur.com/mtqB6EB.jpg width=800] ------------ [spoiler=Replay] LSI: A683C8582DFB33A69995291FD6D61B2C Replay.gg: None - Sorry :< [/spoiler] ------------ Game started out rough for us; I got caught warding in the river pre-minion spawn, and got CC-ed to death over about 45 seconds, through [[pick a card]], [[shocking orb]], [[dark binding]] (which I managed to sidestep), and [[elastic slingshot]]. Team didn't help me out, with 4 of my opponents chasing me well into the brush near wolves. Came back to lane, and [[caitlyn]] got hit by a ton of [[dark binding]]s, and failed a [[heal]] to give up a kill in lane: our lane lost. Worse than that, [[morgana]] was able to roam mid and really annoy [[ziggs]]: I felt bad for him, since there was nothing I could really do to help him, since my duo was playing REALLY stupid, and trading with a [[b. f. sword]] [[graves]]. Something that I REALLY struggled with this game was maintaining vision of neutral objectives, and even our own jungle. I would ask for escorts, but nobody would come, and I would often die. I did OK in team fights, but it was weird - We actually couldn't stall the game out long enough for [[caitlyn]] to get back in it, since [[xerath]] top would just poke us down out of tower. We couldn't send someone to solo push out a lane for fear that [[twisted fate]] would ult in and outduel the pusher. We had a 700 stack [[nasus]] to really make life difficult for our opponents, but he and [[udyr]] kept on getting caught out. I did have some pretty good saves, even though I would usually die in my teammates place. At the end of the game, people were telling me to get a new duo partner :<[/quote]

[quote=utopus][center][size=5]Game 46[/size][/center] [img=http://i.imgur.com/mIR7zHx.jpg width=800] ------------ [spoiler=Replay] LSI: A5D910CD49F96D3D16E7DAC4CC1C7B06 Replay.gg: None - Sorry :< [/spoiler] ------------ My duo wanted to try out him mid and me jungle. I didn't play too well this game, and my duo played even worse than I did. More than one person said that he was not worth duoing with :S That must be rough for him... He's just having a bad day. I'll reflect more on this game once I have a chance to really look into the replay.[/quote]

[quote=utopus][center][size=5]Game 47[/size][/center] [img=http://i.imgur.com/nGBYV5o.jpg width=800] ------------ [spoiler=Replay] LSI: ??? LSI isn't letting me share this Replay.gg: None - Sorry :< [/spoiler] ------------ Duo'd with thalia. EZ win. I kinda lost laning phase though :< [[vayne]] got bullied hard, and had poor focus ([[dark binding]] on [[kalista]] lands, which is hard enough as is -> she focuses full health [[thresh]]). [[thresh]] was a monster with some of his hooks as well. Thanks to a good roam by talon, we were able to get something out of our lost lane though. Thankfully, [[amumu]] just kinda gave up in the middle of the game and decided to go AP, which basically meant that their team didn't have a front line, whereas we did. I didn't many good [[soul shackles]] this game; [[lux]], [[amumu]], and [[cho'gath]] had such huge damage that I would usually just have to settle for like 2 man ultis :< Anyways, it was a pretty smooth mid game and end game for us because of [[amumu]][/quote]

[quote=TheRealCefor]Game 42 and 43 have the same pic, you need to be more careful with that bro. Idk how many times I've caught you doing that before lol[/quote]