VexRoth - All That Is Ranked

[quote=VexRoth][img=https://i.gyazo.com/c36fbd5a5e12eda503031236efb0c7ff.jpg width=900] [br] Frustrating loss. I couldn't get my team on the same page during the end game. We picked off [[Udyr]] leaving Elder dragon open for the taking and my team opted to run it up Mid despite the fact that the tower and inhibitor were already down and by my estimation we didn't have the resources to actually finish the game. I could have been wrong about that, but I don't believe we had a minion wave. and our team comp wasn't one that burned through towers quickly. Their [[Riven]] played really well. She could literally 1 v 3 us unless we got our CC just right on her. She had so much armor pen that the armor I built didn't mean squat. I overextended once attempting to kill [[Udyr]] again at his Blue, not respecting that Riven could show up so I contributed to giving her an unecessary kill. A little down from this one. Not sure what I can do better when having a farily standout game on a very strong jungler isn't sufficent to drag my team over the finish line. But I'm taking this as a learning experience and trying to get my priorites down: 1. Countergank 2. Minion crash dives 3. Certain gan 4. Objectives 5. Push towers 6. Hold lanes 7. Invade 8. Power farm[/quote]

[quote=RAPMONSTA]I just wanted to stop by and say that I enjoy reading your posts of your Ranked journey. It is nostalgic for me and brings me back to my earlier League days. Keep it up and I hope you climb.[/quote]

[quote=VexRoth][quote=RAPMONSTA]I just wanted to stop by and say that I enjoy reading your posts of your Ranked journey. It is nostalgic for me and brings me back to my earlier League days. Keep it up and I hope you climb.[/quote] Thanks Rapmonsta. I appreciate when people chime in to let me know they are getting something out of it. I'm still including the good, bad, and the ugly. A little ugly at the moment, but that, I hope, shall pass. :-)[/quote]

[quote=VexRoth][img=https://i.gyazo.com/6d13327c7f4b3b4e509edde693ccfd25.jpg width=900] [br] One in the win column! Whoot! Died too many times. Need to be sure where my team is before going in, especially on an all-in champion like [[Xin Zhao]]. [[Sion]] was having some trouble with [[Irelia]] then he started trading one for one and then he eventually took his bulk to the rest of the map. Bot line was kinda getting crapped on and were mad at me for some reason or at least [[Jhin]] was. Maybe your 800 ping had something to do with your problems? As mentioned above I was having some trouble syncing up with my team in th early and Mid game. Early game only managed to blow [[Flash]]es on Top and Mid. Later in the game [[Janna]] ran around with me and we burned through some towers while the rest of the team kept them busy on other parts of the map. Opted for a tankier build since I wasn't ridiculously ahead and was having some trouble staying alive.[/quote]

[quote=VexRoth][img=https://i.gyazo.com/aa71ff333db489b6211483fa2db30d26.jpg width=900] [br] Whew, this one was so much cleaner than last game on my part. No one was watching my Red so I went over there and [[Kled]] asked if I was planning a level 2 gank on Top. I thought what the hell. Did it and we killed [[Maokai]] just barely. I think Kled had to [[Flash]] an tank a turret shot to do it. But he didn't even get dismounted. Mid and Bot also started out with early kills. Looking good! Then Ezreal DCd. Nooooooo!!! Kled is like let's beat them into the dirt and finish and we did, nabbing a 23ish minute baron and then punching it down Mid for the win.[/quote]

[quote=VexRoth][img=https://i.gyazo.com/2de12512cde162bc303a89d18ae96b63.jpg width=900] [br] Assit bot for the win!!! My point and click dash felt weird trying to target Kayn after he came out of his ult. I mean if he was ulting and went untargetable, that is one thing, it just feels like I lose the target. But after he came out it was a bit before I could click on him. Had to rein the troops in. They were starting to get picked off while doing their own thing after a good early game. Got on the wrong page with the team around a relatively late air drake. I realize that it probably isn't going to be a game changer but we were already getting chased down by [[Kayn]] so having him run around even faster didn't sound like a good idea to me. Still we recovered and managed to get the second Baron despite him jumping into the pit and I hit the [[Smite]]. Yay! I hate games where you aren't ahead enough to justifiably finish your 2nd damage item but you've already started it. I also didn't notice that [[Gnar]] had not built a [[The Black Cleaver]]. I just assumed that he would, so that meant we really had no way to shred [[Poppy]]. I need to just build [[Phage]] and sit on it or have some rule about how many kills I have to that point in the game before going into [[Trinity Force]]. What I'm liking about Xin is he is relatively self sufficient as far as ganking goes with a dash, knock-up, and slow. That means my laners don't always have to have great CC and we can still have some chance of success at ganking.[/quote]

[quote=VexRoth]Dodged. [[Swain]] mid with no games of Swain played on that account and a [[Lulu]] with a 36% win ratio on the champion.[/quote]

[quote=VexRoth][img=https://i.gyazo.com/0c85feeb2cb7d723eb6a8211077d071f.jpg width=900] [br] And a [[Yasuo]] and [[Riven]] Bot lane and a [[Nocturne]] Top lane. Totally should have dodged this one, but didn't want to take the 30 minute time penalty.[/quote]

[quote=VexRoth][img=https://i.gyazo.com/1734f2a811639af00553ffa76df7fec5.jpg width=900] [br] Didn't think I would have a good time trying to get passed [[Event Horizon]] as [[Xin Zhao]] so I opted for [[Nocturne]] after seeing three of their four picks. I don't particular care for him into tanks. Unless they have some weird setup like three tanks and a non-protect the AD carry support such as [[Brand]]. This game started off quite well. They semi-invaded and we chased them into their jungle. Not sure where Jax was at the time, but Jhin ended up picking up two kills and we all got a number of assists. Sweet!!! [[Malphite]] was not happy about being against a [[Riven]]. I find it funny that she seems to stomp that match-up. He is supposed to be like the tankiest dude around. Anyway, sure enough he died early and then she and Jax tried to tag team me in my jungle. Like oh, no! Not this crap. I bought a pink on base and dropped it above my Red buff. And then Bot lane got crapped on. Like two deaths and then run back to lane only to die shortly thereafter again. Oh, no!!! But they managed to pull it back together and helped me kill [[Jax]] in the river and then with Malph's help around the map we were rolling. I like doing a full clear from Blue side on [[Nocturne]], but probably not always a good idea if I am worried about my Red buff. Malphite did ward it for me, but I was lower on health than I would have liked to have been due to the invade, so I didn't feel up to tusseling with Jax and I was behind on the pace, so it would have been hard to stop him with Malphite already dead by that point. I think the best takeaway was that I didn't let it tilt me. I think knowing it was gone and not really being able to do anything about it since once of my laner's was dead made it okay.[/quote]

[quote=VexRoth][img=https://i.gyazo.com/9c8f9030ae5753c2e8fb427e1e083980.jpg width=900] [br] [[Karma]] and [[Kai'sa]] did not pair well together in Bot lane. Top lane also had some problems, but that was somewhat due to to interference by [[Trundle]]. Though really that should have been somewhat [[Renekton]] favored assuming the Renekton knows the match-up. I gather this one did not in which case I would have rather have had them play Darius since they have a good winrate on him and he wasn't banned. Mid was not paying much attention to the map. That got me killed once, though I was doing a somewhat greedy invade, but she didn't even move to assist me and it would have gotten me away from [[Trundle]]. Anyway, moral of the story. If you lanes gets stomped mostly on their own merits (sans jungler interference) there is not much you can do about that as jungler. And don't do greedy invades.[/quote]