Ask a Diamond [Week 4: Mid lane]

[quote=PsiGuard][quote=xIchi] The point of [[Annie]] beeing a counter to [[Ahri]] is not that she can stun with her Q, not that she can use Tibbers and try to burst faster lol. [/quote] I'm pretty sure those are still significant aspects to the matchup. :/[/quote]

[quote=xIchi]Well they are, but to get to that point the stuff I stated below is more significant for the actual laning until then? :D[/quote]

[quote=mastrer1000]Has anyone tried that? How good is it? http://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/24tlul/coming_from_a_high_d1_kassadin_main_blue_build/[/quote]

[quote=I want to be a Blitzball]How good is [[ahri]] right now and how well does she do against the most popular mids?[/quote]

[quote=xIchi]Since assasins are rather weak right now, she is also a weak pick. Not save enough and not enough AoE.[/quote]

[quote=NateDog13][quote=I want to be a Blitzball] How good is [[ahri]] right now and how well does she do against the most popular mids? [/quote] Lower end of the tier 2 picks (Still viable but not broken), might even be top of the tier 3. There are a lot better picks, but she's one of those champions that thrives off of skill, like Zed and Leblanc. You can definitely still win games with her, but she's pretty far from the "OP's" in terms of power. Laning phases can be quite rough with her, and she requires quite a few games to really get a handle on her kit in terms of fighting potential and damage.[/quote]

[quote=Barph][quote=I want to be a Blitzball] How good is [[ahri]] right now and how well does she do against the most popular mids? [/quote] Shes sort of a weaker version of LeBlanc right now in the sense that LB does everything she does more reliably or easier. So from a non-Ahri perspective I wouldn't recommend people pick her up specifically to carry ranked with however if you are good with Ahri she is in a perfectly fine spot so if you really enjoy her shes good to go ranked with.[/quote]

[quote=Uuskilu]What's the best way to deal with some of the longer ranged mid champs while playing as Fizz? Should I play passive and wait till I can burst them down or try to harass them out of lane? Also, what happens when Ask a Diamond runs out of lanes to cover? Are you going to start doing champ types like bruiser, assassin, mage, etc. cuz I think that'd be cool.[/quote]

[quote=NateDog13][quote=Uuskilu] What's the best way to deal with some of the longer ranged mid champs while playing as Fizz? Should I play passive and wait till I can burst them down or try to harass them out of lane? Also, what happens when Ask a Diamond runs out of lanes to cover? Are you going to start doing champ types like bruiser, assassin, mage, etc. cuz I think that'd be cool. [/quote] The best thing you can do to deal with them, is to go in for cs when they go for a last hit, that way you both cant attack eachother. From there you generally wait til your power spike, whether that be 3 or 6, or your jungler, and then all in them for a kill on them. From then on, keep coming back and forcing them to either back or kill them over and over again. Snowball the lane in your favor, keep control, and roam if you need to :D! That's a good question. :p[/quote]

[quote=NateDog13]Here's my question to all my Diamond peeps, and anyone else who would like to join in, now that feral flare is losing its *sunglasses* flair. Do you think more non-mobile mid picks are going to start seeing competitive play, like Syndra, Lux, Xerath, or will they still mostly stay out of view due to the already irritating to deal with spirit of the elder lizard junglers (Panth,Wu,etc.)? Or this flair meta still going to stay in place even after the nerfs?[/quote]