solo queue is such garbage. as cho'goth I end up being the carry in a lot of games from a TWO MAN LANE. ill be level 18 and the solo mid will be like lvl 15...sigh solo queue.

AutomobileV

Canada13 Posts

November 29 2009 21:50 GMT

#222

What determines how much XP (or IP, though they're always really close together in numbers) you get after winning a game?

inertinept

Bangladesh1195 Posts

November 29 2009 22:10 GMT

#223

length of game. if you lose but its long, you get closer to 100. if you win but its long, you get closer to 100. And for the "first win of the day" you get something like 300 to encourage playing at least a game a day

tredmasta

China152 Posts

November 30 2009 03:32 GMT

#224

I updated my post on the first page with everyone's names. I was out of town for Thanksgiving, will start playing again. lvl 20 atm.

b3h47pte

United States1317 Posts

November 30 2009 04:24 GMT

#225

Should probably update with whether or not they're US/EU .. because i remember trying to add LainLainLain and he wasn't there so i'm guessing he's EU.

On November 30 2009 04:53 inertinept wrote:
solo queue is such garbage. as cho'goth I end up being the carry in a lot of games from a TWO MAN LANE. ill be level 18 and the solo mid will be like lvl 15...sigh solo queue.

that's just bad luck ):
i've definitely won more with more with solo queuing or two-man premade than queuing with a full-premade

Kickstart

United States1941 Posts

November 30 2009 04:45 GMT

#226

I've started playing after playing dota a bit, it is fun. Add me if you want some games: Kickstart.

Mazer

Canada1086 Posts

November 30 2009 05:31 GMT

#227

I've been solo Q'ing a lot recently due to time constraints and have gotten a bit fortunate with matchmaking finally. I've won like 11 out of my last 14 that way so my record is finally over 50%. Of those wins, only two or three were complete walkovers and the rest (including the losses) were pretty much back and forth throughout so I've been having a good time.

I've got about 3k points saved up now but I'm waiting to see what the next hero rotation will be before buying any new ones. Itching to play Singed/Zilean/Veigar again. Getting a little tired of Ashe, Blitz, and Yi. Although, I have grown pretty fond of Blitzcrank this past week. Can't believe how much fun you can have with his grab.

I really should have dropped the money on the collector's pack instead of buying Borderlands.. Oh well.

Tredmasta: If you could add 'Mazer' beside my name in your list.. I've been using that account more than Arcarsenal as of late. Thanks.

Southlight

United States11768 Posts

November 30 2009 15:25 GMT

#228

On November 30 2009 14:31 Mazer wrote:waiting to see what the next hero rotation will be

http://leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=24115

I dunno, my friend and I have a habit of friend-listing good players from solo queue, so a lot of times we go in with like a group of 4/5 and just steamroll people for a few hours. Went on a 10-game win streak last night doing that... and that's more-or-less how I'm 30 over .500 now :x Ran into this Korean Master Yi player that was kicking ass as carry for us. Good times.

inertinept

Bangladesh1195 Posts

November 30 2009 15:30 GMT

#229

master yi with cleanse/rally is fucking unstoppable as a carry. such a good char endgame with lifesteal. literally cant die unless they focus all their stuns on you which opens up opportunities for everyone else.

Southlight

United States11768 Posts

November 30 2009 15:39 GMT

#230

You're supposed to gank him/slow his farming down, because he's pretty weak until at least a certain degree of farming. It's the same with Void, Lycan etc. in DotA ;p

inertinept

Bangladesh1195 Posts

November 30 2009 15:54 GMT

#231

idk about that tbh lol

as soon as hes level 6 you dont wanna go near him. all of his main weapons are combinable so you get them as you go. when I use yi I usually have 6 weapons by level 8-ish. with highlander/rally/cleanse...really has no weakness considering rally gives a 30% boost to his dmg and highlander is just nuts

StorkHwaiting

United States3465 Posts

November 30 2009 16:00 GMT

#232

Yi is weakest in mid game where he can't wait too long to initiate and dies very quickly to a stun focus fire.

Southlight

United States11768 Posts

November 30 2009 16:04 GMT

#233

As much DPS as he might seem to have, a good gank pair will insta-kill Yi, because it takes way too long for Yi to get DPS and survivability. Most true gank heroes (Twitch, Teemo, Blitz, etc.) can either kill Yi outright or at least force him to run, costing him valuable time. A lot of times even 30-40 minutes in you'll see Yi just look like a bad version of Tryndamere, sporting good damage output and yet being destroyed by focused fire (not crowd-control which Cleanse/his ult takes care of, but just pure damage) because his ult doesn't keep him alive like Trynd's.

Also if he plants a Rally you just run out of its range. It's just not possible for Yi to be that well-equipped at level 6 unless your team has done something horribly wrong. Even with a free-farming Teemo in a dual-lane, at level 6 I usually have the 130HP 10AP 5MRegen item, Zerker Boots, and maybe Mana Manipulator.

Edit:
The other thing you can do is take control of the map by pushing down lanes early; either the Yi is forced to help, underfarmed and thus mostly just a meatbag, or the Yi keeps farming, and his team loses map control via the towers, which can easily snowball into controlling Yi's farming as well.

jtype

England2167 Posts

November 30 2009 16:51 GMT

#234

I can't recall ever really having any problems getting ganked by Yi in the early or mid game, his moves are very predictable and easily avoidable if you can just stay out of range and harass from a distance. Then, just stun him and move in with some burst, where possible, and he'll be dead before he gets a chance to pop his ultimate.

On another note, Ashe is so easy-mode.

Southlight

United States11768 Posts

November 30 2009 16:57 GMT

#235

Pretty much. Yi's only "good" really late game when his DPS is so insane that your casters get eaten up in moments. But personally I feel like Jax is a much more vicious hero to deal with... because Jax can own you from early-game onwards. Also Jax will almost always beat Yi 1v1.

Even if a lane fails against Yi you can still make do because it takes so long for Yi to "get rolling" anyways, but if a lane fails against Jax you're looking at a 25 minute surrender.

mrgerry

United States1508 Posts

November 30 2009 17:04 GMT

#236

You should see Yi's with full crit damage pages. The horrors

Yi just hit's that scary point once he gets his infinity which is usually his third item after mana regen - boots. Or if they jungle vampiric scepter - razer - boots - infinity. So it's usually the 25-30 min mark when he goes beast mode but even then with lizard buff + alpha strike + ult + exhaust is still quite a strong gank. Just comes down to if you feed him or not.

jtype

England2167 Posts

November 30 2009 17:12 GMT

#237

Yeah, a really well-fed Yi can take out 5 champions in no time at all. Well, any champion can get pretty scary when they're over-fed, so the advice is always the same - don't let them get fed.

pokeyAA

United States936 Posts

November 30 2009 17:15 GMT

#238

I'm trying to figure out a good Jax item build myself as a solo Q.

Doran's Shield
Ninja tab
Stark's
Frozen Mallet
Banshee Veil

Seems to be the standard. It still seems like it takes a while for people to go down though. If I replace Mallet then with phantom dancer or inf edge, then I'm either too squishy or have no real snare to prevent them from running away (if exhaust on cooldown)

I've been trying

Vampire Scepter
Ninja tab
Malady
Frozen Mallet/Phantom

to rush attack speed faster for Malady, plus its cheaper. Still can't find a build to my liking though haha.

mrgerry

United States1508 Posts

November 30 2009 17:22 GMT

#239

A common build I see from high level players:
Doran's Shield + 1 hp pot
Ninja Tabi
Phage
Stark's
Blood Razer
Finish Mallet

This should put your attack speed up to like 1.5-1.8 a second plus your ult will take you up to the 2.5 cap quite fast. You should be able to solo baron at 18 with your blood razer and starks.

Southlight

United States11768 Posts

November 30 2009 17:24 GMT

#240

Yeah, I know a fully-armed Yi can 1v5, but my point is that it usually takes a long time for the Yi to get rolling like that, and if you're doing a good job delaying him/ganking him then he'll generally never get to that point before the game ends. If you feed him/let him free-farm for 30+ minutes, of course he'll destroy your team. Same goes for a good number of other heroes, though...