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On July 26 2012 14:41 Sufficiency wrote:Show nested quote +On July 26 2012 14:14 AngryFarmer wrote:On July 26 2012 13:09 ticklishmusic wrote: i want to buy a new champ, preferably a ap support that is also tanky or can be played as an ap carry.
i'm thinking sona right now, but i haven't had a chance to play around with her on pbe b/c the shop is down for maintenance. she seems pretty cool from what ive read/watched, but i have no idea how to play her and i'm a little worried she might be a jack of all trades/ master of none. any sona players got advice? Janna works well as an AP carry sometimes. It depends on how you play her. But i find her extremely versatile. Alex Ich also played her AP carry vs TSM. He did snowball quite a bit but she's still quite powerful if you know how to play her. Pretty sure he was playing AP Janna in a protect-the-kog comp?
Kind of but he was pretty much two shoting TF and everyone else. I guess it was for kog but he ended up doing so much more damage
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On July 26 2012 15:16 AngryFarmer wrote:Show nested quote +On July 26 2012 14:41 Sufficiency wrote:On July 26 2012 14:14 AngryFarmer wrote:On July 26 2012 13:09 ticklishmusic wrote: i want to buy a new champ, preferably a ap support that is also tanky or can be played as an ap carry.
i'm thinking sona right now, but i haven't had a chance to play around with her on pbe b/c the shop is down for maintenance. she seems pretty cool from what ive read/watched, but i have no idea how to play her and i'm a little worried she might be a jack of all trades/ master of none. any sona players got advice? Janna works well as an AP carry sometimes. It depends on how you play her. But i find her extremely versatile. Alex Ich also played her AP carry vs TSM. He did snowball quite a bit but she's still quite powerful if you know how to play her. Pretty sure he was playing AP Janna in a protect-the-kog comp? Kind of but he was pretty much two shoting TF and everyone else. I guess it was for kog but he ended up doing so much more damage
That's because Janna has two damaging spells and they both have really good ratio (0.7 and 0.8). However, her Q's base damage is really low unless you get a full charge (like if that will hit anyone).
The real catch is to have 40% CDR. Janna's shield has 10 seconds cooldown (6 seconds after full CDR), lasts 5 seconds, and has 0.8 ap ratio. It's impossible to kill the Kog'Maw with this kind of shield spamming unless the other team fully commits; in this case Janna can use her ultimate (600 base + 1.4 ap ratio heal on full cast).
EDIT: I think if the mid lane keeps devolving into this farm feast AP Janna will see more actions. Her ratios are really good for a support...
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This eSport monetisation discussion is quite interesting... As a caster, I can tell you it's harder than you think :p I will try to make some pocket money out of it for one year will still studying (I'm lucky enough to get paid to study, yay France), and if in 1 year I don't manage to go over 2k€/month I'll stop. To be honest, it sounds pretty hard, but I have a decent fanbase, a family who works in multimedia, and my name is pretty widely known in France...
You'll know in 1 year if I broke through :p
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On July 26 2012 15:22 Sufficiency wrote:Show nested quote +On July 26 2012 15:16 AngryFarmer wrote:On July 26 2012 14:41 Sufficiency wrote:On July 26 2012 14:14 AngryFarmer wrote:On July 26 2012 13:09 ticklishmusic wrote: i want to buy a new champ, preferably a ap support that is also tanky or can be played as an ap carry.
i'm thinking sona right now, but i haven't had a chance to play around with her on pbe b/c the shop is down for maintenance. she seems pretty cool from what ive read/watched, but i have no idea how to play her and i'm a little worried she might be a jack of all trades/ master of none. any sona players got advice? Janna works well as an AP carry sometimes. It depends on how you play her. But i find her extremely versatile. Alex Ich also played her AP carry vs TSM. He did snowball quite a bit but she's still quite powerful if you know how to play her. Pretty sure he was playing AP Janna in a protect-the-kog comp? Kind of but he was pretty much two shoting TF and everyone else. I guess it was for kog but he ended up doing so much more damage That's because Janna has two damaging spells and they both have really good ratio (0.7 and 0.8). However, her Q's base damage is really low unless you get a full charge (like if that will hit anyone). The real catch is to have 40% CDR. Janna's shield has 10 seconds cooldown (6 seconds after full CDR), lasts 5 seconds, and has 0.8 ap ratio. It's impossible to kill the Kog'Maw with this kind of shield spamming unless the other team fully commits; in this case Janna can use her ultimate...
Haha yeah. Her AP ratios are ridiculous which is why I was suggesting it to the guy who was asking for a char that can support and AP carry. AP Janna is pretty fun even without the KogMaw though. As long as the other team has a lot of melee/short ranged champs Janna is super powerful.
Edit: Also since she can just Q and leave, she's really easy to gank with. You're lane is always pushed and you don't even have to wait
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Wtf are you supposed to do vs. blitz in lane? He is my most hated champ right now, I can't do anything vs. him and any combo. He zones you out so hard by sitting in the bushes and you either get no farm, or he pulls you and you die. It's so fucking annoying, whenever I see a blitz it just makes me afk now because I know laning is going to be a bitch. Please tell me there's something I can do?
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On July 26 2012 15:34 IMoperator wrote: Wtf are you supposed to do vs. blitz in lane? He is my most hated champ right now, I can't do anything vs. him and any combo. He zones you out so hard by sitting in the bushes and you either get no farm, or he pulls you and you die. It's so fucking annoying, whenever I see a blitz it just makes me afk now because I know laning is going to be a bitch. Please tell me there's something I can do?
Stand behind your creeps and have a decent support. I'm assuming you're talking about bot lane. (Janna kind of crushes him as a support)
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Does anyone already tied new Twitch? Is it good enough? New twitch is better than old or nope?
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On July 26 2012 15:34 IMoperator wrote: Wtf are you supposed to do vs. blitz in lane? He is my most hated champ right now, I can't do anything vs. him and any combo. He zones you out so hard by sitting in the bushes and you either get no farm, or he pulls you and you die. It's so fucking annoying, whenever I see a blitz it just makes me afk now because I know laning is going to be a bitch. Please tell me there's something I can do?
Blitzcrank is a hit-or-miss sort of support. A good grab gives a free kill, misses a grab and you get zoned for the next 10-20 seconds. Since his passive is tied to his current mana, every time he uses his grab and miss, he essentially loses 55 health. Since Blitzcrank forces trades in melee range and has no other defense steroids, the longer the stand off he weaker he is.
Also know that Blitzcrank is probably one of the hardest counters to Soraka; but he is pretty weak against Janna and Lulu. Also Blitzcrank is rendered almost completely useless against Sivir.
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On July 26 2012 15:36 AngryFarmer wrote:Show nested quote +On July 26 2012 15:34 IMoperator wrote: Wtf are you supposed to do vs. blitz in lane? He is my most hated champ right now, I can't do anything vs. him and any combo. He zones you out so hard by sitting in the bushes and you either get no farm, or he pulls you and you die. It's so fucking annoying, whenever I see a blitz it just makes me afk now because I know laning is going to be a bitch. Please tell me there's something I can do? Stand behind your creeps and have a decent support. I'm assuming you're talking about bot lane. (Janna kind of crushes him as a support) Pick Alistar, then when he pulls you into him pulv and spam YOU CANT MILK THOSE
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On July 26 2012 15:36 AngryFarmer wrote:Show nested quote +On July 26 2012 15:34 IMoperator wrote: Wtf are you supposed to do vs. blitz in lane? He is my most hated champ right now, I can't do anything vs. him and any combo. He zones you out so hard by sitting in the bushes and you either get no farm, or he pulls you and you die. It's so fucking annoying, whenever I see a blitz it just makes me afk now because I know laning is going to be a bitch. Please tell me there's something I can do? Stand behind your creeps and have a decent support. I'm assuming you're talking about bot lane. (Janna kind of crushes him as a support) Yeah I'm talking about bot. Even when I stand behind minions their ad carry will just keep harassing me, I'm really lost.
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On July 26 2012 15:36 AngryFarmer wrote:Show nested quote +On July 26 2012 15:34 IMoperator wrote: Wtf are you supposed to do vs. blitz in lane? He is my most hated champ right now, I can't do anything vs. him and any combo. He zones you out so hard by sitting in the bushes and you either get no farm, or he pulls you and you die. It's so fucking annoying, whenever I see a blitz it just makes me afk now because I know laning is going to be a bitch. Please tell me there's something I can do? Stand behind your creeps and have a decent support. I'm assuming you're talking about bot lane. (Janna kind of crushes him as a support) I'd be interested to hear how people feel the support should ideally play in a vs blitz lane. I had a couple of games as an AD carry against a blitz/... combo that were rather rough simply because my support didn't seem to have any idea what to do in response.
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On July 26 2012 15:50 IMoperator wrote:Show nested quote +On July 26 2012 15:36 AngryFarmer wrote:On July 26 2012 15:34 IMoperator wrote: Wtf are you supposed to do vs. blitz in lane? He is my most hated champ right now, I can't do anything vs. him and any combo. He zones you out so hard by sitting in the bushes and you either get no farm, or he pulls you and you die. It's so fucking annoying, whenever I see a blitz it just makes me afk now because I know laning is going to be a bitch. Please tell me there's something I can do? Stand behind your creeps and have a decent support. I'm assuming you're talking about bot lane. (Janna kind of crushes him as a support) Yeah I'm talking about bot. Even when I stand behind minions their ad carry will just keep harassing me, I'm really lost.
Which AD did you play and which support did you get?
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How do you guys deal with loss streaks? In BW or SC2, it was always 1v1, so I just kind of got over it, but LoL is a bit different...
Since it's a team game, you usually get all kinds of flaming and frustration, regardless of whether it's your fault, someone else's fault, or it's just a shitty game in general. You're also stuck in games for 20-40 minutes at a time, normally, so you lose a LOT of time on a loss, the latter half of which is usually spent arguing with a troll who refuses to surrender.
I've been losing like 3/4 of my games for the past two days now...seriously about to pull my hair out.
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Harass him back? And harass blitzcrank whenever possible. Blitzcrank has 0 sustain, neither on himself, nor on his carry. The only thing he can do is pull you. Your support should be able to do something, either sustain you, or harass the enemy, so as long as you avoid the grabs, you are already ahead. Also, make your support ward the brushes, so bc cant just stand in there and zone you passively.
A bc lane is 100% dependent on grabs. If he gets good grabs, he usually wins lane. If he does not, he loses it. And just by passively standing behind your creeps, it is pretty much impossible for bc to grab you. And remember that any time he misses a grab, you got about 10 seconds free to do whatever you like, since he has cd on his grab and cant do anything. Use those to harass one of them down.
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On July 26 2012 15:53 Sufficiency wrote:Show nested quote +On July 26 2012 15:50 IMoperator wrote:On July 26 2012 15:36 AngryFarmer wrote:On July 26 2012 15:34 IMoperator wrote: Wtf are you supposed to do vs. blitz in lane? He is my most hated champ right now, I can't do anything vs. him and any combo. He zones you out so hard by sitting in the bushes and you either get no farm, or he pulls you and you die. It's so fucking annoying, whenever I see a blitz it just makes me afk now because I know laning is going to be a bitch. Please tell me there's something I can do? Stand behind your creeps and have a decent support. I'm assuming you're talking about bot lane. (Janna kind of crushes him as a support) Yeah I'm talking about bot. Even when I stand behind minions their ad carry will just keep harassing me, I'm really lost. Which AD did you play and which support did you get? I main Ezreal and I had Leona/Ali support.
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On July 26 2012 15:57 PH wrote: How do you guys deal with loss streaks? In BW or SC2, it was always 1v1, so I just kind of got over it, but LoL is a bit different...
Since it's a team game, you usually get all kinds of flaming and frustration, regardless of whether it's your fault, someone else's fault, or it's just a shitty game in general. You're also stuck in games for 20-40 minutes at a time, normally, so you lose a LOT of time on a loss, the latter half of which is usually spent arguing with a troll who refuses to surrender.
I've been losing like 3/4 of my games for the past two days now...seriously about to pull my hair out. take a break and hope you win when you get back.
people say shit like "YOU CAN CARRY YOUR TEAMS ALWAYS" but most of the time that doesnt work
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On July 26 2012 15:58 IMoperator wrote:Show nested quote +On July 26 2012 15:53 Sufficiency wrote:On July 26 2012 15:50 IMoperator wrote:On July 26 2012 15:36 AngryFarmer wrote:On July 26 2012 15:34 IMoperator wrote: Wtf are you supposed to do vs. blitz in lane? He is my most hated champ right now, I can't do anything vs. him and any combo. He zones you out so hard by sitting in the bushes and you either get no farm, or he pulls you and you die. It's so fucking annoying, whenever I see a blitz it just makes me afk now because I know laning is going to be a bitch. Please tell me there's something I can do? Stand behind your creeps and have a decent support. I'm assuming you're talking about bot lane. (Janna kind of crushes him as a support) Yeah I'm talking about bot. Even when I stand behind minions their ad carry will just keep harassing me, I'm really lost. Which AD did you play and which support did you get? I main Ezreal and I had Leona/Ali support.
So I think Alistar/Leona support should always be in front of you. You pretty much automatically win the trade if your support gets grabbed instead of you.
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On July 26 2012 16:04 Sufficiency wrote:Show nested quote +On July 26 2012 15:58 IMoperator wrote:On July 26 2012 15:53 Sufficiency wrote:On July 26 2012 15:50 IMoperator wrote:On July 26 2012 15:36 AngryFarmer wrote:On July 26 2012 15:34 IMoperator wrote: Wtf are you supposed to do vs. blitz in lane? He is my most hated champ right now, I can't do anything vs. him and any combo. He zones you out so hard by sitting in the bushes and you either get no farm, or he pulls you and you die. It's so fucking annoying, whenever I see a blitz it just makes me afk now because I know laning is going to be a bitch. Please tell me there's something I can do? Stand behind your creeps and have a decent support. I'm assuming you're talking about bot lane. (Janna kind of crushes him as a support) Yeah I'm talking about bot. Even when I stand behind minions their ad carry will just keep harassing me, I'm really lost. Which AD did you play and which support did you get? I main Ezreal and I had Leona/Ali support. So I think Alistar/Leona support should always be in front of you. You pretty much automatically win the trade if your support gets grabbed instead of you. well if they get grabbed do I focus their ad carry? because my support will basically be dead nigh instantly, and that just leaves me against two.
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On July 26 2012 16:16 IMoperator wrote:Show nested quote +On July 26 2012 16:04 Sufficiency wrote:On July 26 2012 15:58 IMoperator wrote:On July 26 2012 15:53 Sufficiency wrote:On July 26 2012 15:50 IMoperator wrote:On July 26 2012 15:36 AngryFarmer wrote:On July 26 2012 15:34 IMoperator wrote: Wtf are you supposed to do vs. blitz in lane? He is my most hated champ right now, I can't do anything vs. him and any combo. He zones you out so hard by sitting in the bushes and you either get no farm, or he pulls you and you die. It's so fucking annoying, whenever I see a blitz it just makes me afk now because I know laning is going to be a bitch. Please tell me there's something I can do? Stand behind your creeps and have a decent support. I'm assuming you're talking about bot lane. (Janna kind of crushes him as a support) Yeah I'm talking about bot. Even when I stand behind minions their ad carry will just keep harassing me, I'm really lost. Which AD did you play and which support did you get? I main Ezreal and I had Leona/Ali support. So I think Alistar/Leona support should always be in front of you. You pretty much automatically win the trade if your support gets grabbed instead of you. well if they get grabbed do I focus their ad carry? because my support will basically be dead nigh instantly, and that just leaves me against two. If your leona/alis support dies to a blitz grab they need better runes/masteries. If they grab your support you sit on their ad, unless their AD is in a bad position for you then you just slap the blitz. Don't go tank a minionwave just to attack the enemy ad or whatever.
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On July 26 2012 16:18 JackDino wrote:Show nested quote +On July 26 2012 16:16 IMoperator wrote:On July 26 2012 16:04 Sufficiency wrote:On July 26 2012 15:58 IMoperator wrote:On July 26 2012 15:53 Sufficiency wrote:On July 26 2012 15:50 IMoperator wrote:On July 26 2012 15:36 AngryFarmer wrote:On July 26 2012 15:34 IMoperator wrote: Wtf are you supposed to do vs. blitz in lane? He is my most hated champ right now, I can't do anything vs. him and any combo. He zones you out so hard by sitting in the bushes and you either get no farm, or he pulls you and you die. It's so fucking annoying, whenever I see a blitz it just makes me afk now because I know laning is going to be a bitch. Please tell me there's something I can do? Stand behind your creeps and have a decent support. I'm assuming you're talking about bot lane. (Janna kind of crushes him as a support) Yeah I'm talking about bot. Even when I stand behind minions their ad carry will just keep harassing me, I'm really lost. Which AD did you play and which support did you get? I main Ezreal and I had Leona/Ali support. So I think Alistar/Leona support should always be in front of you. You pretty much automatically win the trade if your support gets grabbed instead of you. well if they get grabbed do I focus their ad carry? because my support will basically be dead nigh instantly, and that just leaves me against two. If your leona/alis support dies to a blitz grab they need better runes/masteries. If they grab your support you sit on their ad, unless their AD is in a bad position for you then you just slap the blitz. Don't go tank a minionwave just to attack the enemy ad or whatever. But if I attack the blitz their ad carry will just free focus me right?
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