VexRoth - All That Is Ranked

[quote=VexRoth]I'm pretty sure I'm missing a bit of match history in hear. I went to 81 LP then dropped back down to zero. Back up to 60ish LP for the moment. [img=https://i.gyazo.com/ffff6edac07c7a89ef29d5e1586ad8b5.png width=700] [br] Doing well on [[Dr. Mundo]]. Definitely works best into heavy AP comps. Went for the [[Cho'gath]] in a game were I believe Dr. Mundo was banned and we had a [[Yasuo]], so I went for a tank with a knock-up. [[Jax]] game, the [[Vayne]] got ridiculously fed pretty early and our [[Ekko]] kept going aggro without respect to the enemy jungler's position. I made a mistake at one point running to try to help him. I should have finished my farm route and ganked Top like I intended and then ganked Nasus since Ekko ended up running toward Bot lane. A) Know where the enemy jungler is before going aggro and B) run toward the side of the map your jungler is on if shit goes South. [[Jarvan IV]] game, Kled got a massive lead on the Akali who was apparently high AF. Okay, don't play in my game then. I acutally should have dodge because of that and the [[Talon]] pick. I very very seldom have a team play well into Talon. This game was no exception as he shit on everyone on our team.[/quote]

[quote=VexRoth][img=https://i.gyazo.com/a74ca8aa9007b5ac536441f9739ffeab.jpg width=900] [br] Good [[Jax]] game. Took us a while to get everyone on the same page. [[Malphite]] was so absorbed in his power that he kept single target ulting people and then dying afterwards. Once we got that straightened out the game went better.[/quote]

[quote=Fruxo]I love seeing the new posts you make, literally to me, I think you're insane for being able to put up with continuesly putting in every match you play along with pretty detailed descriptions, props to you man! Loving the journey so far, hope you make it to gold. :) If I were to do this, I'd probably cry myself to sleep by now since I tend to forget stuff at times lol.[/quote]

[quote=VexRoth][img=https://i.gyazo.com/df63d6f065d9fada8dffffcd935892cb.png width=900] [br] Pretty sure that [[Shen]] was trolling. He went for a solo invade at lvl 1 before the lane spawned and got deleted by [[Vayne]] and [[Braum]]. He came back to lane, immediately went in and died again. I don't know about you, but having a two kill [[Vayne]] before 5 minutes into the game is not the way I like a game to start. Everything about our game play felt de-synced. [[Vladimir]] was pressuring hard, but didn't respect a gank I warned him about so he died for his hubris. I gave [[Riven]] a kill onto the [[Malphite]], but he just built AP and shit on her. Given that you should be able to shield the Q damage, I don't really know how you lose that match-up. With everyone making mistakes across the map and a fed Vayne just getting bigger over the course of the game this one felt like a go next. And when people started complaining in chat despite me asking them to stop typing it really felt go next.[/quote]

[quote=VexRoth][img=https://i.gyazo.com/c9caac30a4ccc6b7868660aa6d753355.png width=900] [br] This is the kind of comp I think I might just dodge. Deosn't really matter if a [[Yasuo]] is shit if they have enough setup. In this case, my Veigar let the Yasuo roam long enough that three of them were able to take Bot turret, just so he could try to mess with [[Ekko]] at his Krugs. Like WTF. A) why would you let several waves of farm die and B) if your laner is out of lane you should probably be taking their turret, but that is apparently not how he saw it. [[Nocturne]] got counterpicked. He did make some plays out of lane, but we still ended up having a big boy Malphite to deal with. It can be a fine situational pick, but I think it is better Mid so it can roam more easily. He had a pretty good win rate on it though, so I decided to let it go through.[/quote]

[quote=VexRoth][img=https://i.gyazo.com/a2b7d9947528ec6dc2aa5252a5388325.jpg width=900] [br] I really need to start dodging when people on my team pick Riven. Two in a row that can't manage their own lane. Anivia who was kicking [[Twisted Fate]]s ass was forced to trade with Riven. Which hey if it works out, but it didn't help the Riven at all. And [[Mordekaiser]]. Holy crap. Couldn't scratch the dude by myself. I asked for a hawkshot from [[Ashe]] to check Dragon and see if [[Kha'zix]] was there or lurking and she didn't seem to understand what I wanted. A really frustrating game to play.[/quote]

[quote=VexRoth][quote=Fruxo]I love seeing the new posts you make, literally to me, I think you're insane for being able to put up with continuesly putting in every match you play along with pretty detailed descriptions, props to you man! Loving the journey so far, hope you make it to gold. :) If I were to do this, I'd probably cry myself to sleep by now since I tend to forget stuff at times lol.[/quote] Thanks for the encouragement :) I need to get back to doing proper reviews like I was doing a bit ago, but they take longer because I need to go back and look over the early game, because I also forget so much. I don't understand how people have really good memories for what happened in game. Half the time I want to do entries like "Spent most of game running for my life from the [[Garen]] + [[Yuumi]]". Or "Oh, SA [[Kayn]] can kill me with one [[Blade's Reach]] from 3/4 health as [[Kayle]], so no I won't have time to ult if he comes through the wall, even if I have [[Seeker's Armguard]] and [[Ninja Tabi]]. Good to know." It is a zoo out there on the Rift. XD I hope to make Gold again too, but it is going to be tight as I have to travel for work several days this month, so it may not happen. The variance in games feels so high. I'll get 5 teams that just crush it. Then five teams that couldn't find their rear end if someone told them where it was. So making progress feels hard.[/quote]

[quote=VexRoth][img=https://i.gyazo.com/d1c3a89550ca788c663c04e65462c903.png width=900] [br] [[Hecarim]] game. Needed to not have my Mid be 2-12 and needed my support not to be 0-7. [[Cho'gath]] had some smart plays and some not so smart plays one of which was trying to rescue the [[Tristana]], watching her die, and still walking into three of their team. I asked my Bot laner duo what was up with Bot and he said [[Morgana]] kept missing her bind and then still walking into them. Support is such a shit show, which makes ADC also a shit show, but I don't have the patience for it most games. I figure [[Malphite]] could always press R, so I needed to help [[Tristana]] continue to murder [[Yasuo]], but it didn't work out super well for us. I ganked him and hit him with E and Q and [[Ignite]]. Tristana walked up to auto him. Yasuo killed her and got a [[Triumph]] proc and survived. The next time I came by and that mean ol Nocturne counterganked with ult and we didn't have enough juice to win the 2v2. Sad pony. [[Maokai]] game one. Competent team. [[Anivia]] dumpster [[Vladimir]] mostly on her own. I saved [[Teemo]]'s bacon a couple of times which meant tha that [[Tryndamere]] was mostly a non-factor. Bot lane also did well. [[Maokai]] game two. Not really sure what I should have done differently on this game. I helped [[Pantheon]] kill [[Kayle]] early. And I came back and ganked her again for another kill. [[Pantheon]] for some reason decided to build [[Black Cleaver]] first rather [[Youmuu's Ghostblade]]. So oddly he started actually losing fights to the Kayle, who had no armor. Third time I came to try to help him out she was too much for us to handle between the two of us. We went down all three inhibitors but were defending well, but [[Vladimir]] decided we had to go and try to contest Baron despite having to deal with super minions in and least a couple of lanes. I feel like the real killer would have been letting them get a 2nd Elder Drake, but whatever. We couldn't actually get our DPS to join us since they were clearing supers so they were able to make the final push with our team split. And holy shit our [[Lux]] was bad.[/quote]

[quote=VexRoth][img=https://i.gyazo.com/17ab6419928b8ab7bc5aa62825a9b5ab.png width=900] [br] Had to take a break from jungle. I've been playing a lot of [[Kayle]] is soloqueue. There are about three typical match-ups that suck. [[Tryndamere]], [[Camille]], and [[Irelia]]. Of the three I find [[Tryndamere]] the hardest to deal with. Need to see if I can find some videos on how to play these match-ups. I don't like buying [[Hextech Revolver]] first, unless I just have to do it to survive. [[Recurve Bow]] gives you the attack speed you need to do something with your level 6 power spike. An ideal back would probably be [[Recurve Bow]] + [[Hextech Revolver]] or Boots if you really need the movement speed. If you happen to need extra armor you can build [[Iceborn Gauntlet]]. The slow procs on your E. I had one for a while in this game, but [[Ekko]] was doing so much damage I ended up sellling it for an [[Abyssal Mask]]. The [[Kled]] match-up isn't awful. You just need to avoid getting all ined by him until you have enough items to quickly dismount him without getting blown up yourself. He can still be annoying when you knock him off Skaarl as your range isn't that high so he can still hit you with Q which knocks him away from you making him harder than you would think to chase down. He should build [[Tiamat]] vs you and roam so you need to let your laners know when he is MIA and work to shove out and take plates if he does chose to roam. I expect this match-up could be hard if you are being camped by certain junglers since [[Kled]] has decent catch potential and a lot of damage. I felt like they had the better team comp, but we managed to play out laning phase a little bit better and coordinate fights just a little bit better. [[Brand]] and [[Heimerdinger]] damage was nutty. I had a couple of run it down type blunders in this game, but we were generally able to get other things on the map while we were getting mauled. [[Caitlyn]] ended up taking their Nexus turrets before [[Miss Fortune]] got her. A case could be made that we might have won the fight that we lost had Cait been there, but it certaintly ended up putting a lot of pressure on their team.[/quote]

[quote=VexRoth][img=https://i.gyazo.com/5a5dd32c97e2c825d4811da32d9c6fa6.png width=900] [br] Giving jungle a break and chilling in Top lane. [[Maokai]] game. Vs [[Teemo]] it isn't a lot more agency then vs [[Kayle]], but it means free ganks for my jungler. Plus [[Teemo]] can't really ever kill me and he has a hard time pushing me out of lane. Our [[Cassiopeia]] was beast mode. We ended up playing around her. [[Kayle]] game 4. no team synergy at all. [[Rakan]] seemed tilted AF, which was a major part of the synergy problem. Have to be careful around [[Renekton]] and hope to RNGesus that he can't setup a freeze before level 6. [[Kayle]] game 3. [[Vladimir]] was a fairly neutral lane. He could poke me and I could poke him, though he doesn't have to worry about mana, so maybe not worth trading early. IIRC [[Morgana]] or [[Rengar]] eventually came up and helped me kill him. [[Kayle]] game 2. Holy shit [[Illaoi]] is annoying to lane against. I think early [[Ninja Tabi]], a [[Seeker's Armguard]] and possibly a [[Stopwatch]] for this matchup. The boots are to dodge her [[Tentacle Smash]] and [[Test of Spirit]], the later of which it appears that damaging Illaoi no longer decreases its duration. That feels bad, because I could wail on her while she was focusing it. [[Talon]] was beast mode this game, so I got to do my thing once [[Illaoi]] got pulled away from lane. [[Kayle]] game 1. Supposedly [[Vayne]] loses this matchup more often than not. But I'm not sure how. This one wasn't that terrifying to lane against but I could never trade more than even with her running [[Press the Attack]], so I might have been better off with [[Kleptomancy]]. I'll have to see if I can find a game review on how to play this mathcup. Update: Did watch a replay of this matchup and the [[Kayle]] went Klepto and picked up two early [[Long sword]]s which gave her a bit of burst vs the [[Vayne]]. Their [[Vladimir]] got bonkers fed with some help from the [[Lee Sin]] and ganks on Bot lane to the point that I never got near coming online. [[Ghost]] + [[Flash]] turned out to be a good call for the [[Vayne]] in this lane. I believe it is so she can run someone down in lane if the get out of line early, but I never did that, but it did allow her to get out of both of [[Shaco]]'s ganks.[/quote]