VexRoth - All That Is Ranked

[quote=VexRoth][img=https://i.gyazo.com/651adaf3be258d79d646cd192d89a4d9.png width=700] [br] Enemy team apparently raged itself to death. [[Morgana]] was autofilled and tried to do some cheeky blue steal, which meant I didn't get as good of a leash as I would have liked then she got chased down by [[Vayne]] and [[Malzahar]] really jacking up my jungle route. [[Viktor]] didn't notice and Morgana was so low that she was just running so I couldn't really keep them off of her. But [[Lucian]] was a beast and [[Darius]] was doing pretty well Top. Viktor struggled verses the [[Malzahar]] and [[Vi]] combo. Darius yelled at me to stop wandering around and go take dragon, which was a good idea so I bought a [[Recurve Bow]] and a [[Control Ward]] and went over there to do just that, but right about that time my Bot lane got TPd on and died and Viktor got solo'd in Mid, so there went that Dragon. But we punched down a couple of turrets after they backed and picked up Rift Herald to boot. After that we simply played in a more coordinated manner than them, which lead to us taking Baron and several more turrets and inhibitors. Viktor, my duo partner, picked up a sweet quadra kill to close out the game.[/quote]

[quote=VexRoth][img=https://i.gyazo.com/057be787af9121c319666736976e8216.png width=700] [br] This game a was a little nuts. I'm pretty sure [[Veigar]] was on a smurf that was Gold last season. [[Ekko]] was Plat last season. Mid to late game Veigar ran around deleting everyone and getting out of some stuff that I didn't think he had a chance of getting out of. [[Kayle]] came on line and started mauling us in team fights. Fortunately [[Veigar]] and [[Talon]] could one shot her, which basically meant that if we got her before she ulted then life was peachy if not we had to run away until it wore off. I think one of their problems was Maokai went too hard and got pulled away from the rest of the team, which meant his ult wasn't reducing the damage they were taking. I found out that [[Twisted Advance]] can apparently stop a [[Vi]] ult. That was irritating. I also ran into Kayle finishing off our Mid tower. I did enough damage to her to drop her to almost no health and then backed off while she ulted, then used my ult on her and it did not damage to her despite me at least having [[Enchantment: Warrior]] at the time. Not sure what that was about.[/quote]

[quote=VexRoth][img=https://i.gyazo.com/75a9bd33d70511cde37d0bef1a626425.png width=700] [br] [[Katarina]] asked if it was cool to go Kat Top, the team was cool with it. [[Twisted Fate]] lost the all-in verses [[Orianna]]. I cleaned her up with a [[Flash]] Q from the Mid river brush. Bot lane was crushing it and Kat in Top was doing pretty well against [[Fiora]]. Twisted Fate set up some plays with his ult to help the other lanes out. All-in all, one of the more coordinated teams I've played with in a while. Should remember to use an ability besides my ult on [[Fiora]] when ganking her unless I know for sure [[Riposte]] is down. I did get her [[Flash]] in that exchange so cooldown wise it wasn't a bad trade and it let Kat kill her again a bit later. [br] [img=https://i.gyazo.com/398ce36ec78128b1e65b9c065d67651c.png width=700] [br] 2nd game with the [[Katarina]]. We crushed the one before. They have a good sense of being aggressive without being overly ham about it most of the time. Early jungle skirmish with some damage done on both sides but no deaths. Katarina and [[Akali]] picked up early kills. I helped Bot get [[Kled]]. Then Bot lane being unfamiliar with Kled started struggling a bit against him with some help from [[Rengar]]. Rengar picked up a couple of kills in succession, but the team didn't overly panic. [[Akali]] killed [[Olaf]] while Kat also had her lane pushed so I was in their jungle doing some poking around. When Olaf went down I rotated to Top tower and helped Akali take it for the first tower of the game. That freed up Akali to start roaming and Katarina was big enough to start chasing people down. Took one fight in Top lane that I don't think we should have taken. I was near but stayed out of it once their team had superior numbers as I didn't think I would add enough to make the difference in the fight and because it was in the tribrush choke point which made it even more questionable in my mind. With our too big AP carrys rolling, I just mostly stood on Top of [[Varus]] while [[Alistar]] used his combo to engage on them. Need to remember that you can't CC [[Kled]] when he uses his ult.[/quote]

[quote=VexRoth][img=https://i.gyazo.com/514376c65d75d50de357df4217f47757.png width=700] [br] Duoed with the Katarina again, however this game their ping was through the rough and they DCd leaving me to hold Mid lane against and [[Ahri]] that had a [[Morellonomicon]] by that point. Downside of a melee champion like [[Vi]] is that it is hard to clear waves against ranged poke. Ah well, we'll get em next time coach. Bedtime for bonzo.[/quote]

[quote=VexRoth][img=https://i.gyazo.com/a98e457618833638c909be3f2d2ea072.png width=700] [br] Okay, back in Silver 3. Really annoying fall, but the climb back up went pretty smoothly. Feel like I had a streak where none of my lanes were capable of winning on their own. 1 or 2 losing lanes might be dealt with, three is hard, even if I am doing well. With tankyish [[Vi]] I just sit on my carries and try to keep them alive and dishing out damage for as long as I can. The build still has enough damage to maul most squishies or at least lock them down long enough that my team can finish them. Working on my invading when my lanes are pushed. My tower dives are getting much better. Before I couldn't really see how to make them work. The best ticket is to have strong laners and then wait for a minion wave. Still need to work on tracking of the enemy jungler so I have an idea of where they ought to be so I can warn my laners or setup counterganks and invades. Part of that is knowing which match-ups I should be able to win with my laner, so that is another area to work toward. Really like hanging onto my [[Warding Totem]], especially if we are winning until later in the game, where choking vision in their jungle makes the game seem even harder for the other team. Big map with bad guys in every bush maybe.[/quote]

[quote=VexRoth][img=https://i.gyazo.com/771715e8961463541c762d3052a6a199.png width=700] [br] I've had some decent [[Lux]]s on my teams of late. Both dealing well with assassins as lane opponents. Screwed up on one play while trying to save [[Wukong]] from getting tag teamed by [[Warwick]] and [[Jax]]. [[Warwick]] was pretty damn high level at the time but hadn't backed for any items yet, so I should have focused him down. So note to self, try to figure out who is lower level or hasn't bought yet in order to focus them if you run into that situation again. Wasn't that long into the game that we got a bunch of catches in succession and were able to push them into their base and siege down their turrets with poke provided by [[Varus]] and [[Lux]]. [[Wukong]] absorbed a lot of jungle pressure and didn't complain too much about it. The rest of my team generally took advantage of the situation.[/quote]

[quote=VexRoth][img=https://i.gyazo.com/b9442479b782e9f79e01737a6797d2ff.png width=700] [br] Cracked their base open, then I figured they would all be respawning soon so I suggested we go Top and take the inner lane tower there. Got that just fine. Had good dragon control, but it seem like come late game I couldn't keep all their divers off of [[Jinx]]. Needed Vladimir to not get grabbed. Also I ganked his lane twice early game and he didn't respond, so Brand managed to get away both times. Took one ult to far. [[Anivia]] walled and I locked onto [[Lucian]]. Which ended up putting me on the other side of the wall from my team. Also watched WW oddly phase through an Anivia wall that might have let us corral him long enough to kill him. Really weird to watch him just sort of ooze through between the end of the wall and the terrain it was butted up against.[/quote]

[quote=VexRoth][img=https://i.gyazo.com/ae37ceec0d6a49fe5e24060e6bb60b9a.png width=700] [br] Another frustating one. Felt like I managed to give each lane some help, but no one really took advantage of that. Having Darius losing to Riven was frustrating, because a couple of times I was on my way to help him and he ended up dying, which ended up wasting a chunk of my time and prevented me from focusing on other lanes as much as I would have liked. [[Nautilus]] went for more of a Top lane bruiser build and late game really needed him to sit on [[Draven]] to keep [[Shyvana]] off of him, but more often then not, I found myself having to peel back after engaging in order to try and deal with the Shyvana would was munching on my backline. Lost an Infernal Drake because my team did not stay on it, chasing kills instead. Shyvana ran around the back side of the fight and finished what we had started. I got there in time, but apparently didn't time my Smite right or she maybe she was higher level than me or just synced her abilities better than I did.[/quote]

[quote=VexRoth][img=https://i.gyazo.com/34419360ddf3ac7581f7434a9613260c.png width=700] [br] Autofilled as support. Overall the game went pretty well. [[Jinx]] was a little touched. She tried to 2v1 [[Varus]] and [[Morgana]] who both have snares. She died, but I was able to murderize them a couple of times.[/quote]

[quote=VexRoth][img=https://i.gyazo.com/65e19235167ecc49fe94f6c559c77cd5.png width=700] [br] [[Katarina]] popped off. Other lanes were doing decently. Went pretty smoothly.[/quote]