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Deux
United States159 Posts
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spinesheath
Germany8679 Posts
On September 29 2011 06:57 clickrush wrote: actually I met a sick good LB player some games ago (ranked soloq). He played support LB with CV and shit. Camped brush bottom basicly and they won their lane hard. With just lucky pick, a couple dorans and soulstealer your on the boat. soulstealer is probably the most underused support item there is. I mean either they focus the support which is kinda bad since the farmed carries will rape em then, or they dont, so you rack up stacks real fast. everything above 5 stacks is basicly free AP. It's just a little hard to get it but so far it allways payed out on old soraka and still on sona. 1) Don't get stack items if you plan to get oracles. 2) Don't get stack items if you might want to sacrifice yourself to protect your carries. 3) Supports typically try to get items that are a lot more efficient than just base items. Doran's, Aegis, that kind of stuff. For Mejai's to match that you need way more than 5 stacks. 4) In higher level games, you don't get the money to afford a mejai's on a support early because you don't get many assists. And even if you get it some day, there still are so few kills that you barely get any stacks. 5) If you drop a huge chunk of your money (for a support) on a Mejai's, you will die VERY quickly if focused (stuff like Aegis, Doran's and Reverie all provide some survivability). The enemy team focusing you over someone else is most likely not going to be detrimental for them in this case, since supports aren't useless in combat either. | ||
NonY
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Brambled
United States750 Posts
On September 29 2011 07:20 Deux wrote: Finally hit 30 this afternoon and played my first ranked game. How do your early games work? Something similar to placement games in SC2? I mean obviously it can't be identical as lol is more openly Elo based but I'd think they would have some similarities. After around 10 games your elo will show up to you. If you are under 1250ish then it will only be visible to you. 1260+ an everyone can see it if it is your highest elo. | ||
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Holykitty
Netherlands246 Posts
On September 29 2011 07:23 Liquid`Tyler wrote: Anyone ever notice that if you load relatively fast, then the last ~40% or so is bullshit? Like you're actually done loading at 60%, and then 60%-100% is slowed way down to wait for everyone else no :D even so it wouldnt be the first game ever where the load bar is meaningless | ||
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crate
United States2474 Posts
On September 29 2011 07:20 Deux wrote: Finally hit 30 this afternoon and played my first ranked game. How do your early games work? Something similar to placement games in SC2? I mean obviously it can't be identical as lol is more openly Elo based but I'd think they would have some similarities. Unless you duo queue, for your first 10 ranked games you will only play against other players who are playing in their first 10 ranked games (but it otherwise uses the standard matchmaking algorithm as far as I know). If you duo that can pull you into regular matchmaking. | ||
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Juicyfruit
Canada5484 Posts
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spinesheath
Germany8679 Posts
On September 29 2011 07:23 Liquid`Tyler wrote: Anyone ever notice that if you load relatively fast, then the last ~40% or so is bullshit? Like you're actually done loading at 60%, and then 60%-100% is slowed way down to wait for everyone else Coincidence. Maybe specifically for your setup, maybe because of file sizes/order and other random shit. But I REALLY doubt that Riot would add code to "smooth" the loading for multiple people. I expect all kinds of bad code, but not that. Really. On September 29 2011 07:25 Juicyfruit wrote: Mejai is cool on a support if you have a carry that's very fed. It doesn't seem like much but it simply helps you seal the deal a lot faster. By the time your Mejai's starts getting efficient, you usually could easily have the money for an Aegis, Wota, Reverie or Starks. All of which are most likely going to help you seal the deal a lot better than a Mejai's. | ||
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Juicyfruit
Canada5484 Posts
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isM
United States735 Posts
On September 29 2011 07:23 Liquid`Tyler wrote: Anyone ever notice that if you load relatively fast, then the last ~40% or so is bullshit? Like you're actually done loading at 60%, and then 60%-100% is slowed way down to wait for everyone else I do notice that almost every person I get put in games with has worse internet than I could ever imagine. | ||
Carnivorous Sheep
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UniversalSnip
9871 Posts
On September 29 2011 07:20 Deux wrote: Finally hit 30 this afternoon and played my first ranked game. How do your early games work? Something similar to placement games in SC2? I mean obviously it can't be identical as lol is more openly Elo based but I'd think they would have some similarities. Yeah, it's basically the same as placement matches as I understand them, just in lol they show you your elo. | ||
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-Zoda-
France3578 Posts
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NonY
8751 Posts
On September 29 2011 07:26 spinesheath wrote: Coincidence. Maybe specifically for your setup, maybe because of file sizes/order and other random shit. But I REALLY doubt that Riot would add code to "smooth" the loading for multiple people. I expect all kinds of bad code, but not that. Really. But when I load a custom game where I'm the only person playing, it loads 0-60% in like 4 seconds, and then it just starts. And every single time I play a multiplayer game, it does the first 60% fast, and then crawls. | ||
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esotericc
449 Posts
I am honestly questioning if its worth putting in the time to attempt to compete by dragging to 30 then trudging my way to a high elo and then finding a decent team\clan as opposed to doing the same in Sc2 (getting high masters for weekly tourny's) which admittedly relies less on other people for success I am 15 in game now, played dota for about 6 years before quitting a while ago so I am familiar with the ARTS genre. On the flip side being competitive in a ARTS requires less time. | ||
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TooL
Canada275 Posts
On September 29 2011 08:01 Liquid`Tyler wrote: But when I load a custom game where I'm the only person playing, it loads 0-60% in like 4 seconds, and then it just starts. And every single time I play a multiplayer game, it does the first 60% fast, and then crawls. Sometimes I notice that the game just suddenly loads quite awhile before everyone is at 100% | ||
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Juddas
768 Posts
On September 29 2011 07:50 Carnivorous Sheep wrote: <- Always last to load ~_~ Lol I am either first or last. True story. I am almost never 2nd or third or anything but first or last. I've been to a few LANs too and I've noticed that the load bar is crap and shows up completely different for different computers.... | ||
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Holykitty
Netherlands246 Posts
On September 29 2011 08:01 Liquid`Tyler wrote: But when I load a custom game where I'm the only person playing, it loads 0-60% in like 4 seconds, and then it just starts. And every single time I play a multiplayer game, it does the first 60% fast, and then crawls. its possible that the first 60% is just textures and stuff, the rest connecting to other people and ai and whatever, | ||
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Arthemesia
United States292 Posts
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Node
United States2159 Posts
On September 29 2011 07:23 Liquid`Tyler wrote: Anyone ever notice that if you load relatively fast, then the last ~40% or so is bullshit? Like you're actually done loading at 60%, and then 60%-100% is slowed way down to wait for everyone else Yep. I put LoL on my SSD for kicks and I see pretty much the same as you. | ||
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