VexRoth - All That Is Ranked

[quote=VexRoth][img=https://i.gyazo.com/e361d4ef246ceaead0be0bd221ad52aa.png width=700] [br] Apparently [[Veigar]] crushes [[Vel'koz]], to the tune of 57% in favor of Veigar. Wasn't aware that matchup was that bad. Vel managed to roam and pick up a kill or two, but it was at the cost of his Mid inner turret by the 16 minute mark. Can we say not werth? I should have focused all my efforts on Bot lane. Tried ganking for [[Maokai]] a couple of times, but we couldn't quite do enough damage to kill [[Garen]] despite throwing everything he had at him. I was worried we wouldn't have enough damage with our comp, but thought we might be able to combo my ult into a vel ult and possibly an Ezreal ult and take team fights, but Veigar was fed enough that he could delete anyone on our team in short order, so they could easily split on us. Going to add [[Ezreal]] to the list of champions that I don't care for very much having on my team. They too often lose lane.[/quote]

[quote=VexRoth][img=https://i.gyazo.com/74f4ceeca87d5db52c937c66176335b1.png width=700] [br] Our [[Lee Sin]] got some work done in the early game. Every lane got going and did well. [[Lucian]] took a really horrible trade in lane when he dashed into their minion wave to get some harass off. It didn't kill him but kind of put us on the back foot for a while. I like [[Brand]] support, especially now that I am actually aware of how to do his combo properly. Harass with [[Pillar of Flame]] when they got last hit, then when you have them softened up, [[Conflagration]] > [[Sear]] > [[Pillar of Flame]] to get your passive [[Blaze]] to proc for the true damage. Hadn't quite figured that out post rework.[/quote]

[quote=VexRoth][img=https://i.gyazo.com/6d6582e774d59afdb8ae434f0944f648.png width=700] [br] Our [[Darius]] got crapped on by a [[Dr. Mundo]]. Our [[Lucian]] was positionally challenged and would not buy an [[Executioner's Calling]]. Freaking [[Runaan's Hurricane]]? And [[Morgana]] didn't buy a [[Morellonomicon]]. Neither did [[Darius]]. Sigh. And this is Gold. Sigh. I got one pretty early but I wasn't really beefy or sticky enough to make use of it until late game, so I should have held off on that purchase. We ACEd them leaving Lucian and myself up, we mistakenly opted for getting Baron, thinking we could get it in time and then back to save our Nexus turrets. Sad panda. Enjoyed the [[Jax]] game. Got to the final level and they had a immobile AD carry so i could generally just jump on her and quickly take her out of the fight.[/quote]

[quote=VexRoth][img=https://i.gyazo.com/abadf64a23d192d9ed1eeec96915647d.png width=700] [br] We got the counterpick Mid lane and [[Talon]] did work. He died a few times here and there, but generally he was creating a lot of pressure around the map. Bot lane eventually somewhat got themselves together and started winning a few and [[Renekton]] was doing okay in Top. That left me free to support whoever looked like they needed it most. Since Bot lane was precarious, I focused most of my attention down there, helping them pick up a couple of kills on [[Thresh]] which turned into Dragons.[/quote]

[quote=VexRoth][img=https://i.gyazo.com/5bdafec879bfe77166fc7fe4401d87fb.png width=700] [br] [[Lulu]] beat the crud out of [[Kled]] early, but then they started trading kills and eventually, Kled started to get the upper hand, which Mid game he turned into some good ults to help our team get schtuff done. Apparently they felt they were far enough behind to give this one up. Tried stealing their Blue buff at one point. I got it, but then got collapsed on by three of them. So fooey on me.[/quote]

[quote=VexRoth][img=https://i.gyazo.com/a0806a028915b93759c40ea552e302bc.png width=700] [br] Late game, the plan became shield [[Jinx]] and that worked out pretty nicely, despite her having a pretty rough early game, vs and [[Ezreal]] and [[Janna]] no less. Felt like one of those episodes of, my Janna and Ezreal Bot lanes vs their Ezreal and Janna Bot lanes. [[Pantheon]] was only doing so-so vs [[Amumu]]. Mid was doing okay. Bot lane was having troubles. I just wandered around stealing what I could from [[Rengar]] and trying to make plays where I could. Knock up from Daisy is super nice for peel.[/quote]

[quote=VexRoth][img=https://i.gyazo.com/2475b239a2b6b46c68d513917921b783.png width=700] [br] Got off to a good start. Team tried to bobble it in the Mid lateish game, but we had enough of a lead that we were able to finish it out. Could have finished a lot sooner. [[Shen]] got caught trying to 1 v 3 and died. But he did have a super helpful ult that let me start the game off with three kills and no deaths after I picked up two kills and then had to run from [[Hecarim]] who came in for a counter gank. We sent Hecarim packing to the glue factory for a bit. Need to remember to turn on my ult and need to be more deliberate about my combos as I can could be pulling off much more burst damage, if I remember to use [[Empower]] before [[Leap Strike]] and use the active on [[Hextech Gunblade]] when going in for a kill. Difference between bursting someone instantly and let them get some damage off or getting away entirely.[/quote]

[quote=VexRoth][img=https://i.gyazo.com/076e38c392f3d0fa140dfe2152ee2df5.png width=700] [br] Couldn't really deal with the [[Fiora]] and couldn't get to [[Jinx]]. [[Ekko]] was pretty unimaginative with his tactics. Just throw a stun up and straight in. Probably should have sent him off to splitpush but he didn't have [[Teleport]] and didn't make much use of [[Ignite]] given how many times he killed [[Morgana]]. We managed to win some team fights, which I think gave us a false estimate of what we could manage. Also mah team was tactically and positionally challenged, trying to siege their Mid with no wards on either side. I felt like I might have been better off with [[Gragas]] then at least I could force out [[Fiora]]'s [[Riposte]] with only one form of CC. Then disengage her with my ult if need be.[/quote]

[quote=VexRoth]And [[Ghost]] + [[Smite]] support [[Hecarim]]. And no one else in champion select thought this was strange or bothered to dodge. Took one for the team there.[/quote]

[quote=VexRoth][img=https://i.gyazo.com/ee36b3c49f58853fcd3c67095cb3ab2e.png width=700] [br] Finally got an S on [[Gragas]]. Yay! I need to figure out how to organize my team better once the outer towers come down. That is quite often a lull where my teams don't quite know exactly what to do. Get wards in for once thing. Maybe need a note for that. Really wish you could buy more wards. Like having the damage jungle items though, but sometimes would really like the extra vision from [[Tracker's Knife]]. Might have to experiment with it and see if I like it better. Crazy back and forth in Top lane. Warded and spotted out [[Amumu]]. He tried to get [[Jax]] a couple of times. Eventually [[Fizz]] roamed up and we picked up a kill on [[Shen]]. [[Fizz]] was doing pretty well vs [[Lux]], but then [[Amumu]] and [[Shen]] started tag teaming him when he went onto [[Lux]], which was tilting Fizz a bit. Helped Bot lane murder [[Zyra]] and couple of times. Jax [[Teleport]]ed down and helped pick up a kill or two on their Bot lane, which eventually led to us getting the turret. Come late game we kept winning team fights, but not really taking objectives after that. Could have gotten their Mid inner turret much earlier than we did, but Lucian backed. To be fair, he was rather low in health, but we had killed most of them so he wasn't in much danger. One nice thing is that they were easy to itemize against, though late game, [[Vayne]] started to hurt since I didn't have any attack speed slow items, but we were generally able to delete her quickly in most fights.[/quote]