Tweaked and reposted from my ranked update thread.

I received coaching from Bot Only a Diamond 1/sometime Master ranked NA player.

We did an active game review and a couple of VOD reviews of games I had played. We used Skype to share my screen though I found that I had to change my in-game video display setting to Borderless from Full Screen as it kept dropping me out of League, which resulted in an early death when I had a game drop and their jungler or Mid laner spotted me out.

Other than that and some idiot teammates I ended up ahead in farm and XP compared to my counterpart... Read More

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One of the more informative high ELO junglers I've run across, Edge, is back with another video on decision making around jungling. He hits a number of topics in a game where he had a non-optimal start with a Top laner that was behind from the get go. He plays the game well for the most part but illustrates a key decision point that likely cost them the game.

3 Camp Clear Same Side of Jungle + Back:

Can be useful if you are a jungler that commonly gets invaded or if for some reason you don't get a leash so you will be so... Read More

Learned the hard way that while you can grab invisible or camouflaged units with a Blitzcrank Q, Rocket Grab, it will only make them shimmer when it hits them. By the time they are sitting in your lap they will be invisible or camouflaged again and therefore untargetable by Power Fist since it is a targeted ability. You can damage them and silence them with Static Field, so you need to be able to kill them outright with Static Field or with some AoE follow-up from your teammates to take full advantage of the grab.

If you have a Refillable Potion or [[Hunter's... Read More

Time for my yearly Aatrox trials. Quick impressions.

Accessing Hellbent is super important. Starting out that is accessed through the third proc of Blood Price.

Runes:

9 Attack Speed Marks
9 Armor Seals
5 sMR or MR + 4 Attack Speed Glyphs
3 Attack Speed Quints

Masteries:

I've been running 18-0-12 with Fervor of Battle the keystone of choice. You could alternatively run 18-12-0. And some people seem to like Grasp of the Undying so 12-0-18 is another possibility though the later seems to be more lanecentric.

Skill Order

They fixed the healing on his W... Read More

Early game, choose one after a double kill in Bot lane assuming you have enough champion power and health and mana to get it quickly.

Choosing to do both is a lot more risky because it gives their jungle, Mid, and potentially their Bot lane time to show up (+ a possible Teleport from their Top laner). And their Bot lane will have topped up on sustain and bought items assuming they had enough gold which means they will be at an item advantage over your Bot lane.

If it something juicy like an Infernal or Mountain Drake then opt for the Drake. If it is something less interesting... Read More