The Road to Platinum

[quote=Khazem]got a few good games done today, getting a little closer! [URL=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/85/1757r.jpg/][IMG]http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/8138/1757r.jpg[/IMG][/URL] This game started out really bad for us as they invaded our blue and [[ezreal]] got first blood on our [[jax]] who wasn't really paying any attention to a potential invade. To make matters worse, [[Ezreal]] got a second kill now much later when [[leona]] went to ward and ran into an angry [[nautilus]]. Set us up for an impossible lane at bottom and we ended up getting zoned the entire laning phase when [[Taric]] got some pink wards for the lane brush. Every other lane was losing as well. [[jax]] actually went mid against [[brand]] and [[swain]] took on [[malphite]] top. After some good ganks from [[nautilus]] and some not so great ganks from [[amumu]], the deal was sealed for all of the lanes and also the game. They killed our Nexus at 25 minutes. [URL=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/860/1770.jpg/][IMG]http://img860.imageshack.us/img860/9427/1770.jpg[/IMG][/URL] This game I had to go top as last pick. Decided to pick [[Kennen]] into [[darius]] which ended up being a good choice. After a very nice level 2 gank from [[Nocturne]], I was able to completely shut [[Darius]] down in lane. Meanwhile, mid lane was dominating his lane as well, getting a quadra kill in the first dragon fight. Bottom lane was actually losing at first, but after some nice [[nocturne]] ganks, they caught up and eventually also got ahead. I managed to die 5 times later on by going rambo as hell and ulting into 4 people with Zhonya's, but my team would always follow up and make it a 1 for 3-4 exchange in our favor. After a couple of those fights, we took Baron and pushed down their inhibitor, nexus turrets and forced a surrender at 35 minutes. [URL=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/844/1782i.jpg/][IMG]http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/7136/1782i.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Forgot to take a screenshot of this one. Picked [[riven]] into [[vladimir]] and got first blood at level 2 after [[Vladimir]] took a tower shot trying to harass me. Got a second kill on him 2 minutes later when I hit level 6. From there, [[nocturne]] decided to camp the hell out of me, giving me some trouble. He would literally be there every single time I tried to go agressive on [[vladimir]]. Every other lane was losing at this point and it was looking like this game was going to be very difficult even though I had won my lane so hard. After dying a second time to a [[nocturne]] gank, I decided to start roaming (which ended up being the right thing to do). I went bottom, got a double kill and secured dragon for my team. In teamfights I decided to protect [[Ezreal]] and nuke down the charging [[nocturne]] and [[ahri]] since I already had [[last whisper]] at that point. Teamfights went heavily in our favor because I was just so far ahead of everyone and would 3 shot the [[ahri]] as she went crazy for [[ezreal]]. The game quickly turned in our favor and after a couple of similar fights, the enemy team surrendered. [URL=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/140/1795s.jpg/][IMG]http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/9210/1795s.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Decided to go with [[kayle]] here as a counterpick to [[olaf]]. Got first blood on him 4 minutes into the game when [[Shyvana]] came for a gank and exhausted him. ([[exhaust]] > [[ghost]]). Snowballed the lane from there on. Much like the previous game, every other lane was losing. Except this time they were losing even harder. [[twisted fate]] was 0/4 15 mins into the game, [[vayne]] was crushing bot lane and all in all it was looking pretty grim. So again, I decided to start roaming and help out my team. When the second dragon spawned and the enemy team (minus [[olaf]]) who had to defend top) went for it, we managed to catch [[vayne]] out of position and instantly blow her up. We secured the dragon and the game started to turn. After that we had a very long stand-off at Baron while their bottom lane was being pushed pretty hard. After a long ward clearing game, we went to facecheck Baron (real manly) and found a half health [[morgana]] sitting in a brush. We killed her pretty quickly and decided to engage Baron. As soon as the enemy team initiated on us, we turned on them. [[corki]] got jumped by [[olaf]] and [[nautilus]] so I decided to stick with him and protect him with my ult, heal and speed boost. He didn't get any damage out however and [[vayne]] was ripping through our team pretty bad. We managed to kill the [[olaf]] eventually but [[Vayne]] had killed all of us except for [[twisted fate]], who after some great plays managed to kill all of them. Not much later, we engaged in a 5v5 fight near Baron. This time the focus was much better. I noticed [[vayne]] was kind of out of position so decided to go for her while [[corki]], [[shyvana]] and [[janna]] were dealing with [[olaf]] and [[nautilus]]. I ulted myself at the perfect time, canceling out [[morgana]] ult and the burst of [[vayne]]'s knockback into the wall. I instantly killed [[Vayne]] as the rest of my team finished the rest of their team. After a very nice 0 for 4 exchange the enemy team surrendered.[/quote]

[quote=Xaioli]WHERE IS THEJUNGLE KAYLE SON? I AM DISAPPOINT. Asides from that, keep up the good work and keep climbing :)[/quote]

[quote=DuffTime]gogogo 8D[/quote]

[quote=Slappiz][quote=Pølsemanden] [quote=Slappiz] [quote=Crows foot] Slappiz please do! Sick and tired of my main being badly abused to the point where most want to class her with Eve. Bet that kata in khazem game tried to go in for ulti when annie had stun up or was 1 spell away from it too... *sadface* [/quote] Just played [[Katarina]] in ranked with the mobafire team on EuNE, I ended up with 10/1/4.. Kata too stronk! [/quote] EuNE moba-team OP! Also kata is really fucking strong if you know how to play her. You should try AD or scaling AD marks(Scaling ad surpass flat ad at level 8, so if you wait till lvl 8 with your ulty you're benefitting more from scaling), with Scaling ap-glyphs on her, you wanted damage? The ulty and BB damage is fucking INSANE! [/quote] Been trying everything on Katarina and this works best for my playstyle. Marks: Magic pen Seals: Health/lvl Glyphs: Magic resist/lvl Quints: Movement speed Katarina <33, the only champion that I'm able to get fed with constantly.[/quote]

[quote=DuffTime]Scarra runs something fairly similar. mpen reds / armor yellows / mr flat blues / move speed quints.[/quote]

[quote=koksei][quote=Khazem] got a few good games done today, getting a little closer! [URL=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/85/1757r.jpg/][IMG]http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/8138/1757r.jpg[/IMG][/URL] This game started out really bad for us as they invaded our blue and [[ezreal]] got first blood on our [[jax]] who wasn't really paying any attention to a potential invade. To make matters worse, [[Ezreal]] got a second kill now much later when [[leona]] went to ward and ran into an angry [[nautilus]]. Set us up for an impossible lane at bottom and we ended up getting zoned the entire laning phase when [[Taric]] got some pink wards for the lane brush. Every other lane was losing as well. [[jax]] actually went mid against [[brand]] and [[swain]] took on [[malphite]] top. After some good ganks from [[nautilus]] and some not so great ganks from [[amumu]], the deal was sealed for all of the lanes and also the game. They killed our Nexus at 25 minutes. [URL=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/860/1770.jpg/][IMG]http://img860.imageshack.us/img860/9427/1770.jpg[/IMG][/URL] This game I had to go top as last pick. Decided to pick [[Kennen]] into [[darius]] which ended up being a good choice. After a very nice level 2 gank from [[Nocturne]], I was able to completely shut [[Darius]] down in lane. Meanwhile, mid lane was dominating his lane as well, getting a quadra kill in the first dragon fight. Bottom lane was actually losing at first, but after some nice [[nocturne]] ganks, they caught up and eventually also got ahead. I managed to die 5 times later on by going rambo as hell and ulting into 4 people with Zhonya's, but my team would always follow up and make it a 1 for 3-4 exchange in our favor. After a couple of those fights, we took Baron and pushed down their inhibitor, nexus turrets and forced a surrender at 35 minutes. [URL=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/844/1782i.jpg/][IMG]http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/7136/1782i.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Forgot to take a screenshot of this one. Picked [[riven]] into [[vladimir]] and got first blood at level 2 after [[Vladimir]] took a tower shot trying to harass me. Got a second kill on him 2 minutes later when I hit level 6. From there, [[nocturne]] decided to camp the hell out of me, giving me some trouble. He would literally be there every single time I tried to go agressive on [[vladimir]]. Every other lane was losing at this point and it was looking like this game was going to be very difficult even though I had won my lane so hard. After dying a second time to a [[nocturne]] gank, I decided to start roaming (which ended up being the right thing to do). I went bottom, got a double kill and secured dragon for my team. In teamfights I decided to protect [[Ezreal]] and nuke down the charging [[nocturne]] and [[ahri]] since I already had [[last whisper]] at that point. Teamfights went heavily in our favor because I was just so far ahead of everyone and would 3 shot the [[ahri]] as she went crazy for [[ezreal]]. The game quickly turned in our favor and after a couple of similar fights, the enemy team surrendered. [URL=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/140/1795s.jpg/][IMG]http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/9210/1795s.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Decided to go with [[kayle]] here as a counterpick to [[olaf]]. Got first blood on him 4 minutes into the game when [[Shyvana]] came for a gank and exhausted him. ([[exhaust]] > [[ghost]]). Snowballed the lane from there on. Much like the previous game, every other lane was losing. Except this time they were losing even harder. [[twisted fate]] was 0/4 15 mins into the game, [[vayne]] was crushing bot lane and all in all it was looking pretty grim. So again, I decided to start roaming and help out my team. When the second dragon spawned and the enemy team (minus [[olaf]]) who had to defend top) went for it, we managed to catch [[vayne]] out of position and instantly blow her up. We secured the dragon and the game started to turn. After that we had a very long stand-off at Baron while their bottom lane was being pushed pretty hard. After a long ward clearing game, we went to facecheck Baron (real manly) and found a half health [[morgana]] sitting in a brush. We killed her pretty quickly and decided to engage Baron. As soon as the enemy team initiated on us, we turned on them. [[corki]] got jumped by [[olaf]] and [[nautilus]] so I decided to stick with him and protect him with my ult, heal and speed boost. He didn't get any damage out however and [[vayne]] was ripping through our team pretty bad. We managed to kill the [[olaf]] eventually but [[Vayne]] had killed all of us except for [[twisted fate]], who after some great plays managed to kill all of them. Not much later, we engaged in a 5v5 fight near Baron. This time the focus was much better. I noticed [[vayne]] was kind of out of position so decided to go for her while [[corki]], [[shyvana]] and [[janna]] were dealing with [[olaf]] and [[nautilus]]. I ulted myself at the perfect time, canceling out [[morgana]] ult and the burst of [[vayne]]'s knockback into the wall. I instantly killed [[Vayne]] as the rest of my team finished the rest of their team. After a very nice 0 for 4 exchange the enemy team surrendered. [/quote] how did you lose a leona trist lane? I am disappointed :D - I read the article but leona trist 1 kill behind early isn't rly the prob. DO DA KILLS RIGHT AFTERWARDS[/quote]

[quote=Crows foot]@slappiz/Duff same for me but health regeneration instead of armour/health per lvl. Works wonders. Rarely need to use all 3 healthpots before revolver[/quote]

[quote=Slappiz][quote=Crows foot] @slappiz/Duff same for me but health regeneration instead of armour/health per lvl. Works wonders. Rarely need to use all 3 healthpots before revolver [/quote] Those are nice to. I tend to always have 3x[[health potion]] and 3x[[sight ward]] during the game. Always being able to use the free flash with wards is powerful and keep me sustained with the potions and [[hextech gunblade]].[/quote]

[quote=A Chubby Baby]GL~ im still trying for gold now XD.[/quote]

[quote=Khazem][quote=koksei] how did you lose a leona trist lane? I am disappointed :D - I read the article but leona trist 1 kill behind early isn't rly the prob. DO DA KILLS RIGHT AFTERWARDS [/quote] wasn't 1 kill behind, was 2. (leona ran into nautilus trying to ward) Ezreal came back to lane with a doran's and a longsword while I had boots 3. I got zoned cos Leona was dead and got 2 levels behind.. so ya[/quote]