Chirika's journey in Ranked

[quote=Chirika]It took me some time to write those reports, so here we go. The first game. This time I have picked one of my hated lanes – top lane. Even I train this position more lately it still remains one of hardest for me. One of my mistakes was taking [[ghost]] before [[ignite]], I cannot say [[ghost]] was useless but against [[dr. mundo]] [[ignite]] could be very handy. Match started as usual – [[olaf]] went for blue buff with the rest of the team and I went to secure our red buff. Unfortunately I was ambushed by enemy and could not escape, seeing this my team rush to enemy red buff and successfully took it. Laning was not hard even [[dr. mundo]] tankiness made me some trouble. With help from [[olaf]] I could handle him with ease and of course as [[nasus]] I was farming [[siphoning strike]]. [[teleport]] was very useful in this match because I had to farm a lot I had to be far away from my team and it helped me to group with them in any time. [[gragas]] crushed [[ziggs]] at middle and helped bot whenever who could. Bot lane was doing fine because our [[blitzcrank]] was terror for enemy team because they just could not dodge his [[rocket grab]] and as you can see he had almost the same amount of kills as his ADC. My tankiness allowed me to withstand enemy’s damage so I did not have much trouble in teamfights. Most of time we had small skirmishes 2vs2 or 3vs2 so only in the last 7-8 minutes we had full 5vs5 fights. When enemy tried to take baron we rushed there and forced them to fall back by killing [[dr. mundo]], [[thresh]] and [[lee sin]] we decided do not waste time and pushed middle [[ziggs]] and [[vayne]] could not stand against full team and we scored ACE and finished the match. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/s0ukc7y.jpg[/IMG] The second game. It was my first normal/ranked game with [[Diana]] and unfortunately it was not good. Top picked [[akali]] I cannot say it was bad pick since [[jax]] could not win lane but still we could use some tank or AP/AD ranged champion. I just wanted to test [[Diana]], I won lane against [[ziggs]] and except few mistakes I think my performance was not bad. Our jungler was really bad except one good gang at middle when I was able to score double kill [[lee sin]] did not make any good one after it, his build was neither damage nor defense so he was easy target for enemy team (only when I asked him to go tank he started to buy some tanky items). And again premade at bottom lane and it sucked again…I don’t know for what reasons our ADC picked [[vayne]] (he was last pick) but in my opinion it was poor choice since enemy team had long range champions. So our lane just fed enemy and even [[lee sin]] came to help them all the time it ended his death. Because our bot lane was very weak I had to help them many times and left my farm. So in the end due to our lack of tank and enemies were fed they easily focused me or [[akali]] so we lost it in the end if only our premade was better we could win this match but they were not. Even I lost this match I really liked playing [[Diana]] so I will try to play her in future matches. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/JHqdX3F.jpg[/IMG] The third game. Our champions select was a bit messy and I could not understand who takes what role except our jungler. I picked [[sivir]] this time and our support was…[[teemo]]. Enemy team tried to invade our blue so we engaged with them. This fight was complete mess…we could kill [[jarvan iv]] but [[nocturne]] was very careless and gave [[Caitlyn]] free kill and buff. Our laning phase was terrible. I was zoned my [[karma]] and [[Caitlyn]] and [[teemo]] was not helpful at all and most of times acted like suicide. I lost a lot of farm and was pretty weak until middle game. Due to our loss in bottom lane [[Caitlyn]] became one of our main problems in teamfights. Even [[teemo]] stated he was support it was not true at all, he acted like typical AP carry so my team lacked of map vision whole match. [[renekton]] managed to win top lane so at least he could become some tanky. Our teamwork was not impressive because every now and then my teammates went solo against full enemy team or 1vs3 or 1vs4. So until middle game when we started to group together we could not fight back properly. Somehow we managed to win some teamfights and destroy second middle and bottom tower. When we were able to push all lanes I asked my team to go baron while we had some time. With good damage from me and [[gragas]] we were able to take down baron pretty fast just before enemy team came so I used [[on the hunt]] so we could escape safely. After regroup we engaged with enemy team (right between first and second middle tower). [[nocturne]] and [[renekton]] charged at [[annie]], [[karma]] and [[gangplank]] while me and [[gragas]] was caught by [[cataclysm]], [[renekton]] died pretty fast (but was brought back thanks to [[guardian angel]]) due to high damage from [[annie]] and [[Caitlyn]] so she went after me and [[gragas]]. With help from [[teemo]] we killed [[jarvan iv]] pretty fast and take down annoying [[Caitlyn]]. Without their tank and ADC we easily finished off the rest of enemy team. We were going to pushed middle right to nexus when enemy team decide to surrender. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/vFeKxGI.jpg[/IMG][/quote]

[quote=Chirika]Good day, everybody. It was not the most pleasant weekend in ranked games. Judge for yourself… The first game. Well, what can I say…I really hate when people pick champion even it is clear your champion will not suit your team. Our ADC was last pick and picked [[vayne]], I have nothing against it but in such team we could use long range ADC and [[tristana]], [[sivir]] or any other could be much better. So this poor choice resulted very bad laning for us because enemy easily zoned us. Even we call our jungler for help he was trying to help top and middle so we were left alone. My performance was not great at all; I made mistakes around so there is nothing to be proud of in this match. Our teamwork was very low, we did not group or helped each other. My team blamed me for our defeat (since I was left behind) but all I can say if there is no teamwork it can lead only to loss. We had few teamfigths when we could kill [[wukong]], [[renekton]] or [[ezreal]] but [[Katarina]] easily take down [[vayne]] who had to come close to enemy and was easy prey. I did not see any chance to win match like this. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/KxRnohy.jpg[/IMG] The second game. In champion select our ADC recognized one of enemy – [[malzahar]] and he was jungler. I did not see much trouble with that but I really should…Our laning phase was smooth and we did not have much trouble, we even were able to take down first bot tower. Our [[ziggs]] was…unskilled and lost his lane. Unfortunately [[shyvana]] was not doing better. Top and mid were lost completely when [[malzahar]] started to gang them and I was totally surprised when my team died in every gang. I cannot say [[riven]] was bad choice but we could really used something more tanky since [[shyvana]] could hold enemy team. Our teamfights were not better…nobody of my team wanted to initiate so enemy always did it first resulted [[nether grasp]] and [[unstoppable force]] used on [[ziggs]] or [[Lucian]], even I tried to save one of them enemy team focused and killed them too fast. Most of time [[shyvana]] charged at enemy even it was clear we could not follow so our teamfights were pitiful. In middle and lane game we had to defend base mostly so enemy team easily take down dragon and baron. When they were going to take down second baron my team decide to attack…[[riven]] and [[shyvana]] were able to kill [malzahar]] but not even understanding a dangerous [[shyvana]] charged at enemy again and [[ziggs]] and [[Lucian]] just group together when [[malphite]] used [[unstoppable force]] at them again. Our front line was taken down pretty fast and our ADC and APC could not do much ether so it was crushing defeat…somehow I managed to escape. Just few seconds later my team decided to surrender. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/h6Pnukj.jpg[/IMG] The third game. Surely it was not my day…Our jungler picked wrong runes and had some trouble with it. Me and [[Caitlyn]] were doing fine at bottom lane. [[renekton]] was good and won his lane against [[nasus]]. And again our mid-laner was really bad, [[ziggs]] lost lane to [[nidalee]] and his damage was really low when we started to group up (little note: [[nidalee]] was played by the same guy who played [[ziggs]] in previous game and he was doing much better this time). My team had a lot of trouble with dodging her spears so it resulted 2 free kills for her in middle when [[ziggs]] died and then [[renekton]] who came to help him. When teamfights began nobody of my team wanted to initiate so [[nidalee]] used her spears to harass us and it was very bad because while we wait [[nasus]] freely pushed top lane. So I had to used [[Talisman of Ascension]] to initiate, even so [[ziggs]] was lacked of damage so we could not pushed lane too much but somehow managed to take down first and second middle tower. Enemy team started to push all lanes so it was really bad time for us. My team was really greed for a kill so sometimes [[volibear]] and [[renekton]] forgot to protect me, ADC or APC so in the end we had few really bad teamfights when enemy took down top and middle inhibitor. When super minions started to push all lanes somehow we managed to kill [[Leona]], [[jinx]] and [[elise]] and tried to kill nexus before enemy did the same while [[renekton]] fell back to stop [[nasus]] and [[nidalee]] but we could not…So as you can see I lost my promotion series… [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/nTy8ILh.jpg[/IMG][/quote]

[quote=Chirika]The fourth game. This time I was laning with [[tristana]], except few attempts to suicide we were doing not bad. [[dr. mundo]] dominate top lane and with help from [[nautilus]] crushed [[warwick]]. [[brand]] had some trouble with [[Katarina]] and [[elise]] was very annoying. Early game was a test for my nerves when my team went to solo-mod and refused to help bottom lane so just left us to die. The situation changed for a better when we started to group together. Due to [[dr. mundo]] and [[nautilus]] tankiness we were able to push middle lane. [[warwick]] and [[Katarina]] were trying to focus [[tristana]] but sometimes absolutely forgot about her damage or mobility so it resulted quadra kill for her. Some teamfights did not go too well for us when [[warwick]] or [[Katarina]] managed to take down [[brand]] or [[tristana]] so without our main source of damage we could not win but even so enemy team could not kill [[dr. mundo]] so he escaped every dangerous situation. [[nautilus]] initiated very good so when enemy saw him coming they just flee. After good fight we decide to take down baron, we managed to kill him before enemy came and started to chase just arrived enemy team. We managed to kill [[Leona]] and [[jinx]] forcing them to fall back, we used this pause to kill dragon. We regrouped and tried to push middle but met strong resistance from enemy and could not get to inhibitor’s tower so we decide to push bottom. We destroyed tower but enemies charged at us I did not really understand what happened in this mess but [[brand]] was focused by [[warwick]] and [[Katarina]] so he died first [[nautilus]] and [[dr. mundo]] were separated from the rest of the team, my team could not focus properly so we lost this fight somehow I managed to escape this. After resurrect we met enemy team at middle and was waiting a moment to initiate. [[nautilus]] started to charge but [[Leona]] seeing this coming activated her [[Talisman of Ascension]] I did the same and used [[tidal wave]] to catch her and [[warwick]]. [[Leona]] died first from our burst, [[warwick]] tried to used his [[infinite duress]] on [[tristana]] but I saved her with my [[Mikael's Crucible]], new arrived [[Katarina]] tried to do the same and used her [[death lotus]] to finish off our ADC so I shut her down with my [[aqua prison]]. With [[Katarina]] death the rest of enemy team did not present dangerous for us so we pushed all way right to nexus and finished the match. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/cm37O0E.jpg[/IMG] The fifth game. My laning partner was [[jinx]] this time. We were doing fine at lane and crushed [[Lucian]] and [[taric]] with ease. [[Katarina]] and [[nasus]] had some trouble in lane due to strong opponents like [[leblanc]] and [[renekton]]. Only the present of our jungler [[master yi]] allowed them to win their lanes, also he helped us at bot lane few times to secure a kill. [[Kha'Zix]] was real pain for our [[jinx]] and [[Katarina]] and few times he caught them by surprise not giving a chance to escape. After destruction of first bottom tower we started to group with our team but did not allow enemy to push bottom. Our teamfights went pretty well because enemy could not group together to fight back properly. Most of time we had little skirmishes like 1vs1 or 2vs2, our 5vs5 fights happened only close to the end of the match. After good fight we used chance and take down baron. With baron’s buff we easily won our last teamfight, pushed middle and were ready to destroy inhibitor’s tower when enemy team decided to surrender. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/ng1qgxS.jpg[/IMG] Today I will try my luck again in promotional series.[/quote]

[quote=Lord Kesharq]good luck on your promo this time!, hope u have better luck this time around than that last one.[/quote]

[quote=Chirika][quote=Lord Kesharq] good luck on your promo this time!, hope u have better luck this time around than that last one. [/quote] Thanks, I really would like to but I lost 2 games in a row yesterday (reports will come a bit later). I see little chance of winning 3 games in a row any way I will do my best…I don’t know why do I have 1 or 2 players in my team who lead team to loss and there is nothing I can do to save such matches, I don’t like to blame other players but this is a situation, recently I had really bad matches in promotion series.[/quote]

[quote=Chirika]It just cannot be true...just cannot…but unfortunately it is…My ranked statistics ruined completely. I don’t know what is wrong…I tried my best and did everything I could to pull my lane or team to victory but it did not help to prevent loss. There are always 1 or 2 jerks in my team who refuse to play as a team and just lead us to defeat. Those reports will be a little shorter since I don’t want describe it. The first game. This time I had to pick middle since nobody wanted. I don’t have many mid-laners on this account and I picked [[zyra]] since [[kayle]] was banned. What can I say…[[zed]] was real problem and I really hoped our jungler will help me but it did not happened. [[lee sin]] came only once for entire game but [[shyvana]] ganged middle frequently. [[renekton]] did not bad at top lane but our bot lane was pretty weak, I did not really understand why before I saw [[lulu]] in action. She was playing very passively giving window for [[Leona]] CC, [[lulu]] cared more about her own skin than team and flee we saw any sign of danger. Teamfights went very bad because nobody wants to protect each other and were very greed for kills so enemy team easily focused me and [[Caitlyn]]. Really bad match. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/8kMpet3.jpg[/IMG] The second game. In champion select our jungler instantly lock [[shaco]] and it became one big problem for us. Enemy team invade our red and [[shaco]] even did not used his first trap at upper brush for safety. So enemy easily killed him and took red buff. [[vi]] continued to pursue him so he died again and again. Before me and [[Caitlyn]] killed [[vi]] at respawned red buff. Except us middle and top lane could not do much with presence of fed enemy jungler so top was lost as well as middle but even so [[akali]] managed to get some kills. When teamfight started it was clear we could not stand against [[renekton]] and [[vi]] as well other fed enemies. Me and [[Caitlyn]] tried our best to save this match but it was not enough. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/emzDKxT.jpg[/IMG] The third game. Not much I can say about this match. Top lane was completely lost. Our jungler flamed from the start and quite around 10 minute. Me and [[Lucian]] were crushed because nobody helped us so we fought 2vs3 or 2vs4. [[twisted fate]] managed to get few kills thanks to his [[destiny]]. No more comments. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Btbc8PV.jpg[/IMG][/quote]

[quote=Chirika]The fourth game. I tried to take [[Leona]] for a change. It was pretty hard lane due to [[draven]] damage and [[thresh]] attack range so [[graves]] had to farm under the tower. Even I had good amount of CC my team did not follow it perfectly. Except few trouble from [[lee sin]] we managed to win lane and when [[thresh]] was away we take down [[draven]] and tower. [[kennen]] did very well at top as well as [[ziggs]]. After another skirmish near second middle tower we managed to kill [[kayle]], [[lee sin]] and [[thresh]] and with [[ziggs]] were ready to destroy tower when enemy team decide to surrender. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/ztojWeK.jpg[/IMG] The fifth game. Another bad game. Laning phase was not good even we managed to kill [[lulu]] few times [[Caitlyn]] cannot handle [[sivir]] with all my help. Top and middle were lost since [[lee sin]] freely ganged them and my team could not focus him or [[fiddlesticks]]. My team even could not group properly to fight back so this match was lost from 15 minute. No more comments. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/q6r339V.jpg[/IMG][/quote]

[quote=Chirika]The sixth game. Our ADC said he was unskilled and I even could not imagine how much…It seemed [[Caitlyn]] did not understand how to position herself so she was easy prey for enemy and thanks to her suicide I was left alone and most of time died as well. [[orianna]] lost middle without any chance of winning. [[elise]] ganged well few times but mostly it did not work at all. [[nasus]] was left with [[teemo]] and fed him because neither [[elise]] nor [[orianna]] came to help him in middle game. Teamfights were terrible and I don’t even want to describe it. Bad game from the start. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/LUCimOA.jpg[/IMG] The seventh game. Free win for enemy team. [[amumu]] was terrible jungler and even did not gang or helped somebody, even he did it always ended his death. I was left alone against [[riven]] and [[nautilus]] ganged frequently. [[nidalee]] was playing other game, she did not ping or helped somebody so [[fizz]] freely walked around. Our bot lane was premade and it did not show anything. No more comments. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/wojhjgS.jpg[/IMG] After such terrible games I don’t even sure to play more ranked tomorrow. May be I will take a break for few days…I don’t know.[/quote]

[quote=Joxuu]+27 LP per game in Platinum 1 O.o They really hurried things up then. Used to be +5, -5[/quote]

[quote=Chirika]Hello, everybody. I have not played many ranked games since I have trained in normal games but I cannot say it was very enjoyable. So here are my reports. The first game. I am very lucky in meeting premades recently. Our bot lane was occupied by [[urgot]] and [[soraka]]. Top and middle lane was taken as well so I have to go junglers this time. To be honest I still hate this role. Beginning was pretty calm, we even could get first blood (me and [[shen]] managed to kill [[jax]]). Our problems started when we begin our engage with enemy team. [[kayle]] was very strange and did not respond to our calls…so [[ziggs]] came all the time and [[kayle]] did not. Our bot lane was very weak and even I came to help them [[urgot]] damage was so low that I died first before someone of enemies did as well [[soraka]] could not designate primary target for her heal. Teamfights were not better at all, my team could not group up at all so many times enemy killed us one by one. Somehow we managed to win some fights and even took baron. But even with baron’s buff [[urgot]] and [[kayle]] damage remain low till the end and even me and [[shen]] managed to focus enemy team on us our team could not kill anyone. So in the end pretty bad match. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/plX9u4M.jpg[/IMG] The second game. This time I took my main role. We did not have much problem at bot lane with [[sivir]] against [[Leona]] and [[Lucian]]. [[shyvana]] managed to win her lane against [[renekton]]. [[nidalee]] had some problems with [[Katarina]]. Our team was doing fine till middle game when teamfights started. Our fights were complete mess and I even could not understand what was going on but somehow we managed to destroy first and second middle tower. Our main problem even was not enemy team but our jungler who was unbelievably bad and I don’t know for what reason he picked [[elise]] because it was clear he did not have much experience with her. Every time teamfights began [[elise]] died first and only [[shyvana]] tanked whole enemy team. At one point of the match my team started to feed [[Katarina]] so she easily targeted me or [[sivir]] so we had a lot of problems. Teamgfights went with varying degrees of success – sometimes we won, sometime enemy team did. After good fight at our base we forced enemy team to retreat so we decide to use our chance to take down baron. Everything went fine before enemy team came and tried to steal baron, even we managed to stun [[lee sin]] our [[elise]] stupidly let enemy steal baron so we had to fall back. Even with baron buff we took down 4out of 5 enemies and pushed middle again, managed to destroy inhibitor’s tower and inhibitor, when enemy team respawned we fall back. Our final fight happened just near our middle inhibitor. There was no sign of trouble but our [[sivir]] was hit by [[Sonic Wave / Resonating Strike]] and push back right to enemy team with [[Dragon's Rage]] and killed pretty fast so I could not help. Without our ADC it was the end for us. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/DGKpkLW.jpg[/IMG][/quote]