Viola's Ranked Journey

[quote=OTGBionicArm]I see a lot of [[Sona]]'s rocking a chalice? is there a reason for that? o.o[/quote]

[quote=Viola Orpheus][quote=OTGBionicArm] I see a lot of [[Sona]]'s rocking a chalice? is there a reason for that? o.o [/quote] Probably because they're either looking to be aggressive, or are not looking to build [[Shurelya's Reverie]]/[[Eleisa's Miracle]]. I dunno, I've rarely gotten mana issues in my recent games with her. And I'd only grab an early chalice if I need the extra MR or if my lane partner wants to be super aggressive that would warrant moar mana regen.[/quote]

[quote=Wayne3100]Her mana issues aren't as bad as [[Taric]]'s, but I wouldn't say she doesn't have any at all. A Chalice also allows her to be more aggressive and builds into [[Mikael's Crucible]] now which is a pretty good item.[/quote]

[quote=Pheyniex]i have more mana issues as [[Sona]] than as [[Taric]]... =\[/quote]

[quote=Viola Orpheus][quote=Wayne3100] Her mana issues aren't as bad as [[Taric]]'s, but I wouldn't say she doesn't have any at all. [/quote] I'd agree with that, but only if you spam your spells a bit. [quote=Pheyniex] i have more mana issues as [[Sona]] than as [[Taric]]... =\ [/quote] Do you happen to spam your spells a lot? As long as the lane is relatively even and neither side is getting too aggressive, you should be fine. Even against the [[Taric]] + [[Graves]] lane in my last game with heavy aggression, I don't think I dipped below 150 mana in lane unless I really had to hit [[Graves]] with a W [[Power Chord]]. ------ On a side note, I wanna play League more. But so much RL stuff is happening that I wouldn't have enough time to play a game for a while.[/quote]

[quote=Viola Orpheus][center][b][u]GAME #4[/u][/b][/center] [spoiler][img=http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll163/SMS1996_SYFU/game4_zps0db2aac4.png][/spoiler] Bans: Standard Bans. Somehow, I knew I should have dodged in champion select as soon as our [[Nocturne]] firstpicked him for toplane without saying anything. And I was right. He fed [[Akali]], didn't call out MIA once, kept blaming [[Alistar]] for not ganking (He kept pushing the lane up BTW), aaannnddd to top it off he left the game. Botlane was also quite a disaster, mostly due to my fault since I poked [[Soraka]] much more than [[Fiora]] (Don't remember my mindset for when I was playing this game). [[Elise]]... He reassured me that he wins his lane no problem as her despite me calling out in champion select that she loses to a lot of mages (And I cited [[Swain]] as an example who happened to be picked as well). And that quickly disappeared once he gave up FB and continued to feed the hell out of [[Swain]]. Told him to buy wards since [[Maokai]] was camping him 24/7, but he kept forgetting to do so and so he kept dying. I really regret not dodging this game :< ------ [center][b][u]GAME #5[/u][/b][/center] [spoiler][img=http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll163/SMS1996_SYFU/game5_zpscfa2bac7.png][/spoiler] Bans: Standard Bans. Enemy team first picked [[Fizz]]. Our third pick locked in [[Anivia]]. What more do I have to say really? Also my bad since I don't have any experience going up against [[Morgana]] support, so I played a little too passively while [[Ezreal]] was being rather aggressive and it's my fault for not calling it out. My game also crashed for some reason late in the game, which let the enemy team push for the win. I'm still sorry about this game OTG :<[/quote]

[quote=OTGBionicArm]Lol you DC'ing wouldn't have stopped them from doing that. We made some crappy picks all around quite honestly. All of us were squishy, I shouldn't have second guessed playing [[Cho'Gath]], and [[Anivia]] was a terrible pick after [[fizz]] locked in. We also could have used a bulkier jungler, though [[Xin Zhao]] would have been fine if he had just gone anti-AP from the start. (Lol, building health against [[Fizz]].) What we can learn about this game is that some games can indeed be lost at champ select. Oh well, atleast I was playing well enough at top, I'm learning to be more aggressive.[/quote]

[quote=Viola Orpheus][quote=OTGBionicArm] Lol you DC'ing wouldn't have stopped them from doing that. We made some crappy picks all around quite honestly. All of us were squishy, I shouldn't have second guessed playing [[Cho'Gath]], and [[Anivia]] was a terrible pick after [[fizz]] locked in. We also could have used a bulkier jungler, though [[Xin Zhao]] would have been fine if he had just gone anti-AP from the start. (Lol, building health against [[Fizz]].) What we can learn about this game is that some games can indeed be lost at champ select. Oh well, atleast I was playing well enough at top, I'm learning to be more aggressive. [/quote] Well the last team fight I was in before my game crashed told me, 'Hey, we might have a shot at this if [[Graves]] continues to split push and not join team fights', but oh well. It just came to mind that I probably should have picked [[Janna]] to peel, but I didn't think [[Morgana]] and [[Poppy]] would come out so I picked [[Sona]].[/quote]

[quote=Viola Orpheus][center][b][u]GAME #6[/u][/b][/center] [spoiler][img=http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll163/SMS1996_SYFU/game6_zpsa7e5fd70.png][/spoiler] Bans: Standard bans. I have no words for this one. I should have dodged. I should have. I finally get to call out mid for once, but when [[Darius]] got banned, this guy was suddenly begging for me to switch with him. I really didn't want to give up the lane, but he was 2nd pick while I was 4th pick and he just instalocked [[Annie]]. I said fine, since I wouldn't mind taking top. And I immediately regret this decision a few minutes into the game. He gave up FB and fed [[Lux]] hard. She got to roam, killed bot a few times, and managed to catch me with an ult while I was in a fight with [[Vladimir]], which was in my favor since I killed him beforehand, so I got killed in that scenario. I don't even know what the heck happened to bot. [[Olaf]] was OK, he did some good ganks but got killed a few times while trying to counter jungle. My problems? I need more experience against [[Vladimir]]. I couldn't really tell if I should have been more aggressive against him. And I was doing fine early on, but he got ahead from the [[Lux]] shenanigans so I couldn't really come back despite my early lead on him. Also, I think I was building a [[Hexdrinker]] somewhere but I screwed myself over when I accidentally clicked on [[Brutalizer]] and the thought just disappeared.[/quote]

[quote=tehAsian]As [[riven]] vs [[vladimir]], you should be super aggressive. Every time he goes in to last hit a minion or harass you, [[valor]] up and Q AA Q AA Q AA him. Honestly, [[lux]] shouldn't have been a problem for you that game, because as [[riven]] all you really have to do is abuse your mobility and dodge her skillshots, then 1 combo her. Also, what elo is that? What's up with jungle TF and all the weird builds? o.o[/quote]