VexRoth - All That Is Ranked

[quote=VexRoth][img=https://i.gyazo.com/6919f38409f48311ef14bae18733c2dd.jpg width=900] [br] I wasn't all that confident going into this game with a [[Ashe]] support that is actually a [[Draven]] main with no games of Ashe played so I almost dodged, but I figured with [[Malphite]] in conjunction with [[Yasuo]] we had a chance. And of course to start the game off, [[Malphite]] didn't bother staking out my Red buff, so I don't believe I ever actually got one the entire game as by the time we had enough control over our jungle for me to get them it was time to hand them off to an ADC. Not having Red cost me at least one kill in a gank. That delayed my [[Bami's Cinder]] so my clears were slower than I would have liked. As I guessed in champion select our team fight was actually pretty good and once we finally decided to group we were able to roll them up since [[Udyr]] was mostly trying to splitpush and hence leaving them open to a 4v5 vs hard engage.[/quote]

[quote=VexRoth][img=https://i.gyazo.com/a8e272cab47ac63fcbe2614bc43e20b8.jpg width=900] [br] This game was much harder than it needed to be. Kept having [[Yasuo]] and [[Nasus]] split from the team and we needed their CC to deal with [[Katarina]]. Not that she was silly fed, but just that she would kill off [[Vayne]]. Their crew of beef cakes also did a pretty good job keeping me from [[Corki]], but part of that is just where we were choosing to fight. My ults were not on point for this game. I think I felt a little frustration at my inability to take out their priority targets. Kat would hop in and I would think I could kill her and then she would just jump out. Did use my ult a couple of times to get myself over a wall.[/quote]

[quote=VexRoth][img=https://i.gyazo.com/9bc4975f2b468e1ecc8c463d01523299.jpg width=900] [br] This one was easier than the last. [[Yorick]] and I teamed up to put the hurt on [[Gangplank]] in the early game. GP didn't really play much league after that. Yorick took all their lane turrets, then waltzed into their base and took their base turret, inhibitor, and a Nexus turret before they were able to bring him down. That made the rest of the map fairly easy to play. Made a few plays in Bot lane and helped chunk out [[Kassadin]] a couple of times which freed up [[Leblanc]] to roam a bit. Had good dragon control due to lanes being ahead for the most part. Not sure why I seem to be ending up in games with players who were plat last season. Maybe they have dropped?[/quote]

[quote=VexRoth][img=https://i.gyazo.com/bbdcdd496b79c6c4e3dfefdb413f4792.jpg width=900] [br] It is a good thing Bot was dumpstering their lane, because our [[Udyr]] was getting stomped by [[Tryndamere]]. Not idea why the Udyr went with a scaling [[Tear of the Goddess]] build when getting tower dove over and over. I'd have gotten [[Tiamat]] to match Tryns wave clear and then armored up. I guess at least he bought [[Ninja Tabi]]? Mid also did well for themselves despite a couple of close scrapes.[/quote]

[quote=VexRoth][img=https://i.gyazo.com/fcee99b7e304a84d86f64f2c6fb9c11a.jpg width=900] [br] Mid had no pressure, so [[Kassadin]] got to roam freely with not even damage done to his tower. Their team roamed and rotated better than ours despite Top and Bot basically winning their lanes, but Kassadin evened that out. Didn't have any success with early ganks. Got way out leveled and was lacking in items due to losing control of our jungle. [[Orianna]] actually had some good ults, but not enough damage followed them up so they kept getting away by the skin of their teeth. In a do over, I should probably have done a level four clear since none of the lanes looked that great as far as gankability as far as the early game. Mid maybe, but Orianna has no hard CC. Not sure what I could have done about having them in my jungle. That would have required more help from my team.[/quote]

[quote=VexRoth][img=https://i.gyazo.com/543ea70a6b226aa5b2c642e0af34524c.jpg width=900] [br] Bot lane got crapped on. No one could deal with the [[Kalista]], despite me getting onto her multiple times in a fight. The End.[/quote]

[quote=VexRoth][img=https://i.gyazo.com/c7cc90f357b56ae4b4f839f4bbd276ad.jpg width=900] [br] Bot lane got destroyed. The End.[/quote]

[quote=VexRoth]Current champion pool as of 16-Jan-2018 [br] ------------ [br] [table border=1 width=900] [tr] [th]Role[/th] [th]Champion[/th] [/tr] [tr] [td]Jungle[/td] [td][icon=Shyvana size=75] [icon=Evelynn size=75] [icon=Rammus size=75][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Top[/td] [td][icon=Nasus size=75] [/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Autofill Support[/td] [td][icon=Alistar size=75] [/td] [/tr] [/table] [[Shyvana]] - Bruiser/Juggernaut - She is strong right now and I historically have good win rates with her. My alternative here was [[Warwick]], but I seem to try to do too much with him, whereas with [[Shyvana]] I know I pretty much have to wait until level 6 to come online so I'm less likely to force things. [[Evelynn]] - Assassin/AP - Also strong in the current meta. I generally don't get as far ahead on her in ranked as I do in normal games, but she is silly strong at the moment and tilt inducing for any squishy targets on the enemy team, which is a good feature for soloqueue. [[Rammus]] - Tank - with jungle [[Maokai]]'s winrate currently dropping hard that suggested a look at the current tank junglers that are doing well in the current META. For some reason I don't get along with [[Sejuani]] which leaves Rammus as the stand-out in the tank category. His early ganks are good and he has a beastly Mid game. Another thought might be [[Jarvan IV]] since he can go either bruiser or tank plus he has good initation for team fights, but for some reason I seem to struggle in winning games with him. [[Nasus]] - Juggernaut - really strong right now with the [[Kleptomancy]] build. For the most part I find that as long as my team doesn't lose hard I can help carry the game once I ramp up on Nasus. I've also put in quite a few reps on [[Kled]], [[Ryze]], [[Urgot]], and [[Malphite]] in the off-season. I don't think my Ryze is ready for primetime, but if we need an AP threat in Top I could think about pulling him out. [[Alistar]] - Tank - Good engage and durability once he gets his ultimate and his combo ([[Headbutt]] + [[Pulverize]]) is silly easy to land with the changes Riot made a while ago.[/quote]

[quote=VexRoth][img=https://i.gyazo.com/5c0b370df497aef6a2642aa6b4bc9c18.jpg width=900] [br] And autofilled for my first ranked match of the 2018 season. XD And already deviating from my champion pool. And buying [[Ardent Censer]] while playing with a [[Jhin]] who I was duoing with. I ended up using it more on [[Yasuo]] who kept diving in and getting chunked, albeit while causing a lot of havoc. I believe [[Zeke's Convergence]] might have been the better choice with [[Jhin]] as our ADC. Assuming I continue to play [[Janna]] I need to get better at poking with her. In lane I mostly shielded [[Jhin]] and worked at dodging anything flying at me from [[Brand]]. I used my [[Ignite]] prematurely when [[Vayne]] and [[Brand]] attempted to all-in our [[Jhin]]. Jhin got out alive though severely chunked. Vayne simply healed up off of minions. Jhin had to suck down all his pots and clear a few more minions to hit an item break point and back. I chilled in lane and just stayed close enough to the minions to pick up XP. That encouraged Brand to take some pot shots at me, which I mostly dodged successfully. I was hoping that would burn enough of his mana for us to do something when Jhin got back, but it he was doing it infrequently enough that it really didn't dent his mana. One of my death's was definitely dumb. I move up to slow [[Darius]] who was shielding the rest of his team from our [[Jhin]]'s ultiamte. He wouldn't have died regardless and I got too close to Darius and he Qd and ulted me for a kill. I also almost got myself killed clearing a ward that I knew was in somewhat dangerous territory. I had to blow my ultimate to get out of that putting it on cool down.[/quote]

[quote=VexRoth][img=https://i.gyazo.com/d2933615589fd70fdff24bb931e31ccf.jpg width=900] [br] I made a mistake doing a level 4 clear. That cost me my Raptors and my Red. I got his Gromp in return, but that still meant I was behind a bit. [[Veigar]] got shit stomped by [[Aurelion Sol]] who was then able to roam freely with no contest. Veigar eventually started pinging his absence but Bot lane didn't pay attention at least one of the times they could easily have walked out. I would have had to have had something like [[Jarvan IV]] or [[Rammus]] to camp Mid, but they way the Veigar played I don't know if it would have helped. I think my take away is pick a good ganker and camp Mid lane so ASol can't roam and hope the rest of the map can manage by themselves.[/quote]