Climbing the ELO Ladder

[quote=Searz][quote=Trojan995] he kinda counters AP, but he's garbage so it's pointless.[/quote][/quote]

[quote=Trojan995][quote=animorte] Veigar is actually really good when you play him right. I do just fine with him. I remember playing mid against a Veigar and I was all up in his face to keep him from farming and getting that extra AP per kill. He only had half the minion kills of our bottom laners and he still facerolled half my team. He has a great stun (if you know how to use it) and excellent damage. You might think he is garbage because you suck with him or you know how to counter him. [/quote] High ELO people agree Also, @Searz: From what counters I can't divulge from high-ELO people or the most obvious ones (ex. ignite counters mundo), then I usually send a message to someone I know who plays a lot with the champion, so I'm not just blindly guessing this stuff.[/quote]

[quote=EvilDice]I will defend my yordle to the ends of the earth. LEAVE VEIGAR ALONE!!! LEAVE HIM ALONE!!! Though buffs would be nice ^^[/quote]

[quote=Jebus McAzn]The most important thing is game awareness. That's what separates the best of the best from the 1600 ELO players. Know that a certain difference of CS means that you're getting outlaned, or they're getting outlaned. Know jungle timings, skill timers, player behavior, and general champion playstyle. Know how much of a threat an enemy person is before the battle even begins. Experience is what leads to general game knowledge and that, in my opinion, is the most important thing, overriding personal skill (as in micro, APM) and teamwork.[/quote]

[quote=Adonikam]You wanna know what wins matches? Picks. Tell your whole team to wait in a bush and pick someone, then proceed to Baron/Push/Dance on their grave. Congratulations, you have won a Ranked game.[/quote]

[quote=Nighthawk][quote=Adonikam] You wanna know what wins matches? Picks. Tell your whole team to wait in a bush and pick someone, then proceed to Baron/Push/Dance on their grave. Congratulations, you have won a Ranked game. [/quote] Most important thing in any game. ALWAYS be communicating with your team on who to kill when and when you should switch. Who to stun, who to exhaust, who to ignite, etc. That is what wins you teamfights. Ultimately though, you have to know your limits and other characters limits, and the only way to do that is to play play play.[/quote]

[quote=Zeprido]So I just got blamed for a loss with players claiming that Ryze counter Vlad, I'm pretty sure he in fact does not, and GP, MF, and Kat, are great counters to vlad. So, question, Who counters Vlad?[/quote]

[quote=EvilDice]IMO 90% of teamfights are decided right at the beginning. It's all about where your team is positioned relative to theirs, who takes advantage of the other team's bad position etc.. Rarely do I see teamfights that start out 100% even and it's who exhausts and stuns who that decides the fight. Most of the time they are over right when they start. Acknowledging when the right time to teamfight is and when it isn't is much more important than teamfight "micro" if you will. That specific stuff is probably more important in premades, however I find that "focus x then y" is usually enough for solo queue :P [quote=Zeprido] So I just got blamed for a loss with players claiming that Ryze counter Vlad, I'm pretty sure he in fact does not, and GP, MF, and Kat, are great counters to vlad. So, question, Who counters Vlad? [/quote] Malzahar.[/quote]

[quote=animorte]Just because Gangplank, Miss Fortune, and Katarina all have grevious wounds most definitely does not mean they do anything to counter Vlad. Aside from a wee bit of 'healing reduction' they completely fail against him. You want to know why? Because he can pool and literally dodge absolutely everything they can throw at him. Malzahar (as just said), on the other hand, is excellent against Vlad because when Malzahar ults somebody, you better hope to god they have cleanse or it might as well be the end of them. I was also thinking to myself today, the reason my ELO is where it is... because I play random dumb stuff all the time and I don't care if I win or lose (getting Boots of Swiftness and stacking Zeal for AP, buying Mejai's on AD, etc...). [i]Maybe I should make a smurf and 'troll' on it instead.[/i] But winning 4 games in a row with AP Yi is hilarious, I must say. :P You want to know what wins matches? Paying attention.[/quote]

[quote=Zeprido]Alright, so I just had 6 games in a row with trolls on my team in ranked. What do? Lets discuss this. The trolls make other teammates rage causing them to lose morale, with loss of morale comes lackluster gameplay. I've attempted getting them to calm down, ignore the trolls, or just work with what we have. Unfortunately none of this worked =/ I'm willing to put your ideas to the test next time this happens. =)[/quote]