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Brees
Profile Joined January 2010
Marshall Islands3404 Posts
October 21 2011 20:08 GMT
#861
supports should not be buying all the wards anyway, i hate when we have like a lvl 11 soraka with only a philostone, dumbest shit ever.

4 wards can cover all you need to know on the map, some one posted a map of it earlier.

top buys 1 ward. mid buys 1 ward. support buys 2 wards. you have now blocked off all ganks possible.

now you can actually get shurelya's/shroud/aegis/etc or other items that make big differences in fights.
Brees on in
Southlight
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United States11768 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-21 20:11:23
October 21 2011 20:10 GMT
#862
On October 22 2011 05:08 Brees wrote:
supports should not be buying all the wards anyway, i hate when we have like a lvl 11 soraka with only a philostone, dumbest shit ever.

4 wards can cover all you need to know on the map, some one posted a map of it earlier.

top buys 1 ward. mid buys 1 ward. support buys 2 wards. you have now blocked off all ganks possible.

now you can actually get shurelya's/shroud/aegis/etc or other items that make big differences in fights.


Amusingly, that would be me
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=257629
and I mentioned essentially the exact same ward responsibility setup :>

Edit:
Orrrrrrrrr I didn't mention it in my post maybe. Probably brought it up on IRC/Skype to some people and mashed all the convos together.
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Brees
Profile Joined January 2010
Marshall Islands3404 Posts
October 21 2011 20:12 GMT
#863
and I didnt even account for the very popular wriggles being on half the champions including the junglers, so you'll obviously have your jungler's wriggles to stick right on dragon's face or whatever not that you need it. its pretty fuckin obvious when the other team is jungling
Brees on in
crate
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States2474 Posts
October 21 2011 20:12 GMT
#864
A gold item at 10 minutes gives you 900 extra gold at 40 minutes (30 minutes after you buy it) compared to not getting one. A decent amount of that gold is lost to the inefficiency of the gold item (hard to say much about philo I guess, especially since Shurelya's is similarly hard to really put a gold cost on because of the active; but HoG/Kage/Avarice are all clearly inefficient and often don't get upgraded so they're easier to price), especially if you're comparing to efficient items like Doran's Ring, so you're up like 5 wards after 30 minutes per gold item.

If you can win a fight or get an objective during the first ~20 minutes of the game by buying Doran's instead of a gold item you've immediately come out ahead unless the game drags on.
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zulu_nation8
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
China26351 Posts
October 21 2011 20:13 GMT
#865
I don't like wriggles anymore I like just getting a vamp and rushing bf sword like the old days, it's pretty retarded to have a wriggles in lane as cait or whatever vs a kog who rushed IE.
Southlight
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United States11768 Posts
October 21 2011 20:14 GMT
#866
On October 22 2011 05:13 zulu_nation8 wrote:
I don't like wriggles anymore I like just getting a vamp and rushing bf sword like the old days, it's pretty retarded to have a wriggles in lane as cait or whatever vs a kog who rushed IE.


Brees meant the jungler :> 4 spots, mid takes one, top takes one, support takes two boom covered, now the jungler's ward can go anywhere. Alternatively if support only takes one and jungler takes the fourth then the support's wards (or wriggle wards) can start covering more specialized areas, like buffs and side bushes.
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Two_DoWn
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States13684 Posts
October 21 2011 20:18 GMT
#867
My general theory on GP/10 is that they are useful placeholders that actually build into shit.

In other words, I get them because I want the stats that they provide early, but I know that I am going to be gold starved anyway so the ability to upgrade them into useful items is a HUGE plus.

For example, when I jungle, I want health. I have 3 options really, Belt, Kindlegem, and HOG. IMO belt is nice, but the items that you build out of it are all stupidly expensive, so basically I'm going to be sitting there for a long ass time with an item that was more expensive than the other 2. Kindlegem is also nice, and is what I go for if I want an SV. Otherwise, the HOG is a very useful placeholder, and very cheap. and it just gives me the stat that I want, while at the same time paying me back. And not only is it cheaper than just grabbing a belt, since its a 2nd buy, I am going to have it for quite a while, so rather than grabbing a belt that doenst do anything, a HOG pays me back.

As for support, I think it depends on how you are going to build. If your going for an ap build (ie rush a cap as fast as you can while still doing your job) I think it makes sense to stack rings because the ap they provide gets the dcap bonus, while still providing health and mp5. If, on the other hand, you are going to play more passive support, I think a philo makes more sense than a dring because you are going to grab shurelias (and again, when gold starved, grab the items with as little unnecessary spending as possible), and because it opens more slots up to grab parts of other items like aegis.
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Wala.Revolution
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
7584 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-21 20:20:51
October 21 2011 20:18 GMT
#868
And as the four-ward coverage gets more conventional in pubs, easier it is to counterward with a pink.

Not that it's that hard anyways with just any wards... just gauge how far the enemy champ went in what direction and you've pretty much got a ward kill.

EDIT: As the opposing laner, not as the oracle holder. Almost always I buy a pink ward instead of a regular ward when I come back to lane.
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zulu_nation8
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
China26351 Posts
October 21 2011 20:19 GMT
#869
On October 22 2011 05:14 Southlight wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 22 2011 05:13 zulu_nation8 wrote:
I don't like wriggles anymore I like just getting a vamp and rushing bf sword like the old days, it's pretty retarded to have a wriggles in lane as cait or whatever vs a kog who rushed IE.


Brees meant the jungler :> 4 spots, mid takes one, top takes one, support takes two boom covered, now the jungler's ward can go anywhere. Alternatively if support only takes one and jungler takes the fourth then the support's wards (or wriggle wards) can start covering more specialized areas, like buffs and side bushes.


i was trying to derail this boring discussion
Lanzoma
Profile Joined February 2011
Mexico813 Posts
October 21 2011 20:21 GMT
#870
On October 22 2011 05:13 zulu_nation8 wrote:
I don't like wriggles anymore I like just getting a vamp and rushing bf sword like the old days, it's pretty retarded to have a wriggles in lane as cait or whatever vs a kog who rushed IE.


Following this train of thought, I still don't know when it's a good idea to go for wriggles vs dorans or fast BF sword as AD bot. Any comments?
Brees
Profile Joined January 2010
Marshall Islands3404 Posts
October 21 2011 20:23 GMT
#871
wriggles is good against anyone but kog and vayne. simple answer. More incentive to get it if they have shaco or noct or lee sin jungling or any other ad.
Brees on in
barbsq
Profile Joined November 2009
United States5348 Posts
October 21 2011 20:24 GMT
#872
On October 22 2011 05:21 Lanzoma wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 22 2011 05:13 zulu_nation8 wrote:
I don't like wriggles anymore I like just getting a vamp and rushing bf sword like the old days, it's pretty retarded to have a wriggles in lane as cait or whatever vs a kog who rushed IE.


Following this train of thought, I still don't know when it's a good idea to go for wriggles vs dorans or fast BF sword as AD bot. Any comments?


afaik it basically comes down to whether you want armor or hp
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Two_DoWn
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States13684 Posts
October 21 2011 20:24 GMT
#873
On October 22 2011 05:21 Lanzoma wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 22 2011 05:13 zulu_nation8 wrote:
I don't like wriggles anymore I like just getting a vamp and rushing bf sword like the old days, it's pretty retarded to have a wriggles in lane as cait or whatever vs a kog who rushed IE.


Following this train of thought, I still don't know when it's a good idea to go for wriggles vs dorans or fast BF sword as AD bot. Any comments?

IMO? Never. I always hated the idea simply because it gets in the way of what you want. The only time I think you could justify it is if you are trying to do some sort of 3 wriggles strategy and baron at like 20 minutes. Otherwise I dont think it can ever justify how much it slows down your first bf sword.
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zulu_nation8
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
China26351 Posts
October 21 2011 20:27 GMT
#874
depends on the ad matchup but I think generally if you're ahead you can probably skip wriggles, if the lane is even then wriggles might be better for the ward and armor. If you're never gonna get hit like Cait vs Ashe then I'd rush BF. If you get wriggles don't get dorans. I honestly am not sure but I do know I don't like having a wriggles as cait vs a bf sword + pickaxe kog in lane.
zulu_nation8
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
China26351 Posts
October 21 2011 20:29 GMT
#875
On October 22 2011 05:23 Brees wrote:
wriggles is good against anyone but kog and vayne. simple answer. More incentive to get it if they have shaco or noct or lee sin jungling or any other ad.


Agreed about junglers but why vayne and not ezreal?
WhiteNights
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States252 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-21 20:38:04
October 21 2011 20:36 GMT
#876
I usually steal a bit of cs at the beginning of the game as a support. I play hyper-aggressive bot and for some reason both carries tend to die a lot so I usually pick up double gp5 by twelve to fifteen minutes. Then I pink ward everything because I'm rich.

When I'm not busy stacking dblades or rushing Starks, I mean.

Also I'm pretty sure people only buy wriggles as AD bot when they're losing the lane.
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Juicyfruit
Profile Joined May 2008
Canada5484 Posts
October 21 2011 20:39 GMT
#877
My favorite is when I'm support my AD recalls right before a seige minion wave. Cha-ching
BlackPaladin
Profile Joined May 2010
United States9316 Posts
October 21 2011 20:40 GMT
#878
Magic damage on kog's w. true damage on vayne's.
"Your full potential does not matter if you do not use all 100% of it."
spinesheath
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Germany8679 Posts
October 21 2011 20:43 GMT
#879
I kinda dislike Reverie on Soraka. I'd suggest a Soraka setup that focuses on a lot of CDR from runes, assuming you play passive in lane (soraka + cait, kog, ashe for example). Grab CDR boots and possibly Kindlegem for maxed CDR, then focus on AP or auras. Another approach would be to stay on boots1 and rush Morello's, with 20 CDR from runes/masteries (crazy, iknorite), followed by Rylai's (35% slow on 700 range is pretty good). Dunno, I don't like Soraka too much so I haven't examined all the options in detail, there might be better versions of the same concept.

Janna, Sona, Taric, Alistar all are very strong with Reverie and because of that Philo is good on them. But I won't rush Philo over necessary wards or delay Reverie to acquire more gold from Philo.
If you have a good reason to disagree with the above, please tell me. Thank you.
WhiteNights
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States252 Posts
October 21 2011 20:45 GMT
#880
I just stack Doran's Blades on Soraka because I can't think of anything better to do with gold for the first fifteen minutes.
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