For me it sounds like strongest 1st pick should be jungle (you cannot be so easily countered, but you does not have so much influence). If not 1st picking it is direct counter to enemy pick.
But on lower elo soloQ/duoQ it tends to fall to mid/top word battle. And usual top/mid or feed lastpicks.....
That was my mentality when I started rankeds, but it does not work as you cant count with team.
So best is what was said - top or mid. But you need to know every role as in soloQ you can end up lastpick when you dont have possibility to choose.
I had a lot of fun with cassio or ziggs support too in soloQ, that zoning power is so strong all the game if you dont have much CC in team.
Same as Ali can create game and initate.
Same as Soraka can bait enemies or harras bot so enemy carry miss CS...
Support bot role is not to kill enemy, but force them to miss cs or if your lane is too strong zone them out from exp.
Yesterday I had so much fun as Cassio mid firstpick. Enemy "countered" me with LB. So my decision was to go full MR runes, classic mage masteries. Was funny when everything LB done can be countered by half of HP pot till lvl6 while I was constantly lasthitinig creeps with autoattack. When he tried to start roam creep wave was aoe-ed in a seconds and hiting tower. After that I got double bot as enemy was pushing and they run towards me asking for cassio ult :D
LB ended up with 1 kill as he could not roam at all and without that little extra gold from kills he was not able to IK any1.
I was going boots+hp pots-> 1x dorans -> null-magic mantle -> mercury's treads -> 1 more doran, WoTA, Rylais. I am not sure if Rylai's or WotA was first.
[quote=sh0cki]For me it sounds like strongest 1st pick should be jungle (you cannot be so easily countered, but you does not have so much influence). If not 1st picking it is direct counter to enemy pick.
But on lower elo soloQ/duoQ it tends to fall to mid/top word battle. And usual top/mid or feed lastpicks.....
That was my mentality when I started rankeds, but it does not work as you cant count with team.
So best is what was said - top or mid. But you need to know every role as in soloQ you can end up lastpick when you dont have possibility to choose.
I had a lot of fun with cassio or ziggs support too in soloQ, that zoning power is so strong all the game if you dont have much CC in team.
Same as Ali can create game and initate.
Same as Soraka can bait enemies or harras bot so enemy carry miss CS...
Support bot role is not to kill enemy, but force them to miss cs or if your lane is too strong zone them out from exp.
Yesterday I had so much fun as Cassio mid firstpick. Enemy "countered" me with LB. So my decision was to go full MR runes, classic mage masteries. Was funny when everything LB done can be countered by half of HP pot till lvl6 while I was constantly lasthitinig creeps with autoattack. When he tried to start roam creep wave was aoe-ed in a seconds and hiting tower. After that I got double bot as enemy was pushing and they run towards me asking for cassio ult :D
LB ended up with 1 kill as he could not roam at all and without that little extra gold from kills he was not able to IK any1.
I was going boots+hp pots-> 1x dorans -> null-magic mantle -> mercury's treads -> 1 more doran, WoTA, Rylais. I am not sure if Rylai's or WotA was first.[/quote]
But on lower elo soloQ/duoQ it tends to fall to mid/top word battle. And usual top/mid or feed lastpicks.....
That was my mentality when I started rankeds, but it does not work as you cant count with team.
So best is what was said - top or mid. But you need to know every role as in soloQ you can end up lastpick when you dont have possibility to choose.
I had a lot of fun with cassio or ziggs support too in soloQ, that zoning power is so strong all the game if you dont have much CC in team.
Same as Ali can create game and initate.
Same as Soraka can bait enemies or harras bot so enemy carry miss CS...
Support bot role is not to kill enemy, but force them to miss cs or if your lane is too strong zone them out from exp.
Yesterday I had so much fun as Cassio mid firstpick. Enemy "countered" me with LB. So my decision was to go full MR runes, classic mage masteries. Was funny when everything LB done can be countered by half of HP pot till lvl6 while I was constantly lasthitinig creeps with autoattack. When he tried to start roam creep wave was aoe-ed in a seconds and hiting tower. After that I got double bot as enemy was pushing and they run towards me asking for cassio ult :D
LB ended up with 1 kill as he could not roam at all and without that little extra gold from kills he was not able to IK any1.
I was going boots+hp pots-> 1x dorans -> null-magic mantle -> mercury's treads -> 1 more doran, WoTA, Rylais. I am not sure if Rylai's or WotA was first.