VexRoth - All That Is Ranked

[quote=VexRoth][img=https://i.gyazo.com/0d7a11e8d00083ad2ef374d77ed07692.png width=700] [br] Not sure how we ended up with basically the same team as we did in the previous. Maybe I should have gone [[Volibear]] considering the end result. I opted for [[Zac]] because I figured [[Vayne]] would just [[Condemn]] me away if I tried to go after her as Voli. This was one of those games were as a jungler you are like WTF?. I helped [[Olaf]] secure an early kill on [[Sion]]. I assisted [[Talon]] in killing [[Diana]] twice. And I counterganked Bot lane and assisted [[Caitlyn]] and [[Lux]] in getting a double kill. Looking good, right? Nope, sorry. From there on out it unraveled. [[Diana]] got a [[Zhonya's Hourglass]] and then Talon couldn't kill her at will any more and Talon decided to pull off a dive on [[Nami]] that looked reasonable but since she managed to get away from the tower the rest of their team was able to run from base and engage on him and me, since I might have followed up on his dive attempt, when really we should have just gotten the tower and backed off. I think that might have been the last straw for [[Caitlyn]]. Her non-[[Sightstone]] buying support already had her on half tilt from taking more CS than Caitlyn would have preferred. Speaking of the [[Lux]]. I was trying to do a hand-off of blue buff to Talon and Lux strolls buy and steals it. That almost tilted me. Our full damage Olaf who came out of laning phase 2 and something not too good just died any time he got anywhere near Vayne, so he was useless. And Lee had some great kicks, including a decent amount of Insec like moves that put our carries in bad spots or knocked up a bunch of us, which is a little funny because Lee wasn't able to get a lot done during the early game due to decent warding and what I thought was low early presence for a Lee. Anyway I had what I felt like were some good engages with good follow-up disruption, but our team didn't seem to manage to take as much of an advantage of those situations as the opposing team did. This is the type of game that makes me wander what it actually takes to be consistent enough to get in the upper echelons of ranked. I sometimes feel like I don't gank enough, but even in games where I manage to hand my laners 5 kills early, it sometimes is not enough to carry the game to the end. I probably need to do it all better, but is seems like 1 step forward, 2 steps backwards at times.[/quote]

[quote=VexRoth][img=https://i.gyazo.com/4b571a6b1a6c45801b96b03f6322dd10.png width=700] [br] I focused a lot of attention on top lane because I thought [[Jarvan IV]] would struggle against [[Rammus]]. That paid off in two ways. It got J4 sufficiently ahead that he could kill Rammus on his own and it got me ahead. J4 also had aome good [[Teleport]]s to help out Bot lane although his first one was "questionable". He teleports in and [[Vayne]] and [[Alistar]] run to their turret. J4 goes in any way. Alistar punts him behind the turret and then uses [[Pulverize]] on him to knock him up with the turret targeting him. Alistar in all chat. WTF was that? Exactly. Despite some deaths here and there, our team worked pretty well to keep their team in check so even though [[Akali]] was getting some work done the rest of her team was too weak to really follow up in an effective manner. Toward the end. [[Nidalee]] in all chat "Please end it." She did keep stealing my Red side jungle, so I didn't get a red buff until really late in the game, but it didn't matter too much since my laners for the most part had enough CC to make my ganks more effective.[/quote]

[quote=Vapora Dark]i believe in u[/quote]

[quote=VexRoth][img=https://i.gyazo.com/ff2f56f3d88413c6f0ed751e75631cf7.png width=700] [br] [[Kha'zix]] kept trying to invade my jungle and I kept killing him or mauling him for the majority of his health and forcing him to blow his ult to get away. [[Talon]] and I combined to make [[Yasuo]] cry. IIRC Gnar died to a gank fom Kha, but overall he was holding his own in the lane and eventually started winning it. Everyone contributed to pushing this one to victory.[/quote]

[quote=Vapora Dark]now i believe in u even more[/quote]

[quote=TheSilverDust]You made [[Yasuo]] cry? Well, that's not uncommon.[/quote]

[quote=VexRoth][quote=Vapora Dark]i believe in u[/quote] XD Thanks! I believe in u 2.[/quote]

[quote=VexRoth][quote=TheSilverDust]You made [[Yasuo]] cry? Well, that's not uncommon.[/quote] We did. [[Yasuo]], [[Tear of the Goddess]], [[Tear of the Goddess]], [[Tear of the Goddess]]. See?[/quote]

[quote=VexRoth][img=https://i.gyazo.com/336482a62fb937cc3b9476bae71bb232.png width=700] [br] [[Kayle]] is retarded. Winning the game in every measureable objective (I think their [[Blitzcrank]] might even have been intentionally feeding) and we literally can do nothing to deal with the Kayle past a certain point in the game. It wasn't a complete 1v5 but it felt like it. Didn't matter how many people I hit with [[Agony's Embrace]] from the flank she would just come in and clean us all up. Sad panda. And the thing is she isn't played enough to be worth a ban. Guess I just have to remember that my team is on a time table when I am vs one and they doesn't completely get shut down in the early game. I focused Bot lane because [[Illaoi]] had Kayle pushed to her turret most of laning phase and [[Viktor]] was getting crapped on by Fizz. Put Bot lane in a good position to succeed and tried to help out on the rest of the map as I could. I worked toward a [[Frozen Heart]] as soon as I could after it became apparent that Kayle was going to be a problem and I was working toward an Abyssal Scepter after that. Still don't think it would have helped. I should have killed Kayle once but I hit [[Dark Frenzy]] just before she hit me with [[Reckoning]] so I couldn't dump her slow and catch up to her so that was a missed opportunity. Otherwise I felt I played this game fairly well considering I got one auto attack from [[Thresh]] for a leash to start my jungle clear since he and [[Tristana]] were navel-gazing by their turret. Disappointed in my team's item builds when I look them over. We needed some more attack speed reduction and a [[Locket of the Iron Solari]]. Thresh bought a [[Banshee's Veil]] instead. Should have noticed that and steered toward a locket. The shield would have come in handy vs Kayle. We could have lasted 2 seconds longer in fights. Tristana started griefing pretty hard core as the game was obviously turning against us. It was definitely to the point of annoying. Have to remember the mute button.[/quote]

[quote=VexRoth][img=https://i.gyazo.com/0e53a0af57b0c93263a7bde2fe029dd6.png width=700] [br] [[Zed]] went nuts and [[Lucian]] had a good game too with [[Soraka]] to heal up the poke from [[Zyra]], which is just stupid by the way. 3 of those idiotic plants at a time? Oh and must not forget [[Wukong]]. He crapped on [[Irelia]] so it was one of those lovely games where all my lanes are winning. Yay![/quote]