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Sufficiency
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada23833 Posts
August 21 2012 23:34 GMT
#1801
I don't know why people say IE first is a low Elo trap. It's still a good option if you are behind.
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Slusher
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States19143 Posts
August 21 2012 23:44 GMT
#1802
when you can't rely on your tanks to provide correct peel (even with a lead) it becomes exponentially less useful.
Carrilord has arrived.
mistax
Profile Joined March 2011
United States415 Posts
August 21 2012 23:45 GMT
#1803
always thought Zerker + 1 Doran + IE + vamp scepter was better than rushing a BT. It give you some what of a better laning phase, but in team battle you do alot less damage. only time i could see it being okay, would be if you're ahead or on a hero where more AD scales with them better for their skill. Since I've seen so many AD lately rushing BT again and at mid game end up with BT + PD and either a defensive item or LW and still can't beat the other AD carry who is behind with IE PD / Vamp scepter
Gorsameth
Profile Joined April 2010
Netherlands22070 Posts
August 21 2012 23:48 GMT
#1804
On August 22 2012 08:45 mistax wrote:
always thought Zerker + 1 Doran + IE + vamp scepter was better than rushing a BT. It give you some what of a better laning phase, but in team battle you do alot less damage. only time i could see it being okay, would be if you're ahead or on a hero where more AD scales with them better for their skill. Since I've seen so many AD lately rushing BT again and at mid game end up with BT + PD and either a defensive item or LW and still can't beat the other AD carry who is behind with IE PD / Vamp scepter


The thing is you dont need to beat there ad carry as such. I often go BT myself because at lower elos your not going to get enough protection and peels so your first worry is surviving and beating bruisers.
It ignores such insignificant forces as time, entropy, and death
HazMat
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States17077 Posts
August 21 2012 23:51 GMT
#1805
Why do these NESL casters get worse and worse? All these 2 do is shit talk the players lol.
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Requizen
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States33802 Posts
August 21 2012 23:51 GMT
#1806
BT is also very strong on poking champs like Ez and Corki, where you're poking with abilities that can't crit, and in Ez's case, can proc the lifesteal. Also nice for powering up Graves' Q and R.
It's your boy Guzma!
Slayer91
Profile Joined February 2006
Ireland23335 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-21 23:58:15
August 21 2012 23:55 GMT
#1807
Peeling isn't always optimal for tanks/bruisers. It depends on how the fight is playing out. Try to avoid situations where you need peel because you can be damn sure you're not always going to get it. Peeling is a team effort because if just 1 guy does it you leave the other guys out to die in the front, everyone needs to back or nobody, unless there's like a really really tanky guy who can get out himself and doesn't need back up. If your team is diving theirs and you just auto attacking the jarvan that's ignoring them and get insta combo'd that's your fault, because if you know your team is engaging and jarvan isn't using his CD's defensively you don't have to do anything until that jarvan helps his team. Even with peeling jarvan can almost one combo you so it's a dangerous risk if he's farmed, but if he uses everything on the rest of your team you can freely go in and DPS.

I don't like BT on Ez and Corki because it gives you no damage I feel like. What's a bit of extra AD on already strong poke, when you can just improve your auto attack DPS which is what they are weak at compared to other ADs. Even BT on graves I don't like that much. When I play melees I'm always super happy when enemy AD goes BT because I know he's not a big threat until he gets IE PD and LW and he probably wants GA before all that so if I have a FH or Randuins and he has BT or BT PD he now needs IE for DPS, LW for armour pen, and QSS/GA to avoid being 1 combo'd by burst, and I feel like that's overloading the AD's gold. Some champs are exceptions here like I feel vayne can get away with it because of her absurd damage.
obesechicken13
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States10467 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-21 23:58:48
August 21 2012 23:57 GMT
#1808
On August 22 2012 08:45 mistax wrote:
always thought Zerker + 1 Doran + IE + vamp scepter was better than rushing a BT. It give you some what of a better laning phase, but in team battle you do alot less damage. only time i could see it being okay, would be if you're ahead or on a hero where more AD scales with them better for their skill. Since I've seen so many AD lately rushing BT again and at mid game end up with BT + PD and either a defensive item or LW and still can't beat the other AD carry who is behind with IE PD / Vamp scepter

I'm not sure what you're trying to do with the zerkers. If you do the calculations out it provides very little dps increase when you're in a role that traditionally has long cooldowns so cdr isn't as useful, and you rely on autoattacks. I personally don't feel like melee champs can use attack speed all that well since they're always moving in between autoattacks. So that aura isn't doing as much for them as you think it is either.

As far as unconventional AD builds that beat bruisers go, I think your best bet at beating a bruiser is to kite them. That means that unless you are ashe, you should get a phage.
I think in our modern age technology has evolved to become more addictive. The things that don't give us pleasure aren't used as much. Work was never meant to be fun, but doing it makes us happier in the long run.
I_Love_Bacon
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States5765 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-22 00:00:49
August 21 2012 23:58 GMT
#1809
On August 22 2012 08:57 obesechicken13 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 22 2012 08:45 mistax wrote:
always thought Zerker + 1 Doran + IE + vamp scepter was better than rushing a BT. It give you some what of a better laning phase, but in team battle you do alot less damage. only time i could see it being okay, would be if you're ahead or on a hero where more AD scales with them better for their skill. Since I've seen so many AD lately rushing BT again and at mid game end up with BT + PD and either a defensive item or LW and still can't beat the other AD carry who is behind with IE PD / Vamp scepter

Dota 2 is much better than LoL


No need to start that debate here, dude.

(Is this better?)
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obesechicken13
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States10467 Posts
August 21 2012 23:59 GMT
#1810
On August 22 2012 08:58 I_Love_Bacon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 22 2012 08:57 obesechicken13 wrote:
On August 22 2012 08:45 mistax wrote:
always thought Zerker + 1 Doran + IE + vamp scepter was better than rushing a BT. It give you some what of a better laning phase, but in team battle you do alot less damage. only time i could see it being okay, would be if you're ahead or on a hero where more AD scales with them better for their skill. Since I've seen so many AD lately rushing BT again and at mid game end up with BT + PD and either a defensive item or LW and still can't beat the other AD carry who is behind with IE PD / Vamp scepter

I'm not sure what you're trying to do with the zerkers. If you do the calculations out it provides very little dps increase when you're in a role that traditionally has long cooldowns so cdr isn't as useful, and you rely on autoattacks.

As far as unconventional AD builds that beat bruisers go, I think your best bet at beating a bruiser is to kite them. That means that unless you are ashe, you should get a phage.


Zerkers, not zekes.

Oh uhm. Any chance you can edit this post to hide my mistake?
I think in our modern age technology has evolved to become more addictive. The things that don't give us pleasure aren't used as much. Work was never meant to be fun, but doing it makes us happier in the long run.
Jumbled
Profile Joined September 2010
1543 Posts
August 21 2012 23:59 GMT
#1811
On August 22 2012 08:01 Ghost-z wrote:
After the AP Varus buff how viable is he as an AP carry bot lane? Perhaps this is an optional build if you have someone like Talon or Pantheon in the mid-lane?

Max W first
Berzerkers>Malady>Dcap>DFG
~350 AP total

With this build you should chunk down ~33% of their HP with 3 blight stacks with each Q or E. Plus you can proc it again with your ult dealing ~700 damage with all the extra ap. Add in the DFG and that gives you 4 bursts of ~33% of their total HP in fights. Your auto attacks will also gain another ~90 damage from all the AP.

Thoughts?

I tried a couple of normal games running AP Varus mid recently, and it went quite well. Used a very different build though. Of course, in a real fight, it's very unlikely you'll ever be able to use the ideal rotation of 3 stacks, ability, 3 stacks, ability, 3 stacks, ability.
Seuss
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States10536 Posts
August 22 2012 00:00 GMT
#1812
On August 22 2012 08:34 Sufficiency wrote:
I don't know why people say IE first is a low Elo trap. It's still a good option if you are behind.


It's very simple, a dead player does no damage. BT helps keep you alive and fighting. More below.

On August 22 2012 08:45 mistax wrote:
always thought Zerker + 1 Doran + IE + vamp scepter was better than rushing a BT. It give you some what of a better laning phase, but in team battle you do alot less damage. only time i could see it being okay, would be if you're ahead or on a hero where more AD scales with them better for their skill. Since I've seen so many AD lately rushing BT again and at mid game end up with BT + PD and either a defensive item or LW and still can't beat the other AD carry who is behind with IE PD / Vamp scepter


Two things.

If you have IE + Zerker's + 1 Doran + Scepter, the enemy has BT + Zerker's + 1 Doran + Zeal. Assuming you have a base AD of 75 the IE build will actually do less damage (216.6 DPS vs 225.8 DPS). IE will eventually outdamage BT, but the point is to abuse BT's early completion, better mid-game damage, and significantly better healing to dominate.

Also, if you have IE the laning phase should be over. If it isn't, end it and start carrying because it should be.

I'm ultimately dissing IE not because you can't carry with it, but because a lot of players build it as if there's going to be a late-game, and then complain bitterly about allies feeding when it was within their power to build a strong mid-game item, stop farming, and bail out their team.
"I am not able to carry all this people alone, for they are too heavy for me." -Moses (Numbers 11:14)
101toss
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
3232 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-22 00:10:08
August 22 2012 00:09 GMT
#1813
Can't you just go IE+vamp stick instead of BT/zeal? That's what I normally do :s

Usually only because you don't get to utilize your full AS anyways unless you get great peel
Math doesn't kill champions and neither do wards
CeriseCherries
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
6170 Posts
August 22 2012 00:14 GMT
#1814
On August 22 2012 08:57 obesechicken13 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 22 2012 08:45 mistax wrote:
always thought Zerker + 1 Doran + IE + vamp scepter was better than rushing a BT. It give you some what of a better laning phase, but in team battle you do alot less damage. only time i could see it being okay, would be if you're ahead or on a hero where more AD scales with them better for their skill. Since I've seen so many AD lately rushing BT again and at mid game end up with BT + PD and either a defensive item or LW and still can't beat the other AD carry who is behind with IE PD / Vamp scepter

I'm not sure what you're trying to do with the zerkers. If you do the calculations out it provides very little dps increase when you're in a role that traditionally has long cooldowns so cdr isn't as useful, and you rely on autoattacks. I personally don't feel like melee champs can use attack speed all that well since they're always moving in between autoattacks. So that aura isn't doing as much for them as you think it is either.


Bezerker greaves, not zeke's herald
Remember, no matter where you go, there you are.
obesechicken13
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States10467 Posts
August 22 2012 00:16 GMT
#1815
On August 22 2012 09:14 CeriseCherries wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 22 2012 08:57 obesechicken13 wrote:
On August 22 2012 08:45 mistax wrote:
always thought Zerker + 1 Doran + IE + vamp scepter was better than rushing a BT. It give you some what of a better laning phase, but in team battle you do alot less damage. only time i could see it being okay, would be if you're ahead or on a hero where more AD scales with them better for their skill. Since I've seen so many AD lately rushing BT again and at mid game end up with BT + PD and either a defensive item or LW and still can't beat the other AD carry who is behind with IE PD / Vamp scepter

I'm not sure what you're trying to do with the zerkers. If you do the calculations out it provides very little dps increase when you're in a role that traditionally has long cooldowns so cdr isn't as useful, and you rely on autoattacks. I personally don't feel like melee champs can use attack speed all that well since they're always moving in between autoattacks. So that aura isn't doing as much for them as you think it is either.


Bezerker greaves, not zeke's herald

Shutup I never said that!
I think in our modern age technology has evolved to become more addictive. The things that don't give us pleasure aren't used as much. Work was never meant to be fun, but doing it makes us happier in the long run.
Vaporized
Profile Joined July 2010
United States1471 Posts
August 22 2012 00:18 GMT
#1816
On August 22 2012 08:59 Jumbled wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 22 2012 08:01 Ghost-z wrote:
After the AP Varus buff how viable is he as an AP carry bot lane? Perhaps this is an optional build if you have someone like Talon or Pantheon in the mid-lane?

Max W first
Berzerkers>Malady>Dcap>DFG
~350 AP total

With this build you should chunk down ~33% of their HP with 3 blight stacks with each Q or E. Plus you can proc it again with your ult dealing ~700 damage with all the extra ap. Add in the DFG and that gives you 4 bursts of ~33% of their total HP in fights. Your auto attacks will also gain another ~90 damage from all the AP.

Thoughts?

I tried a couple of normal games running AP Varus mid recently, and it went quite well. Used a very different build though. Of course, in a real fight, it's very unlikely you'll ever be able to use the ideal rotation of 3 stacks, ability, 3 stacks, ability, 3 stacks, ability.

when varus came out i played a few games mid with malady, nashors tooth, madreds bloodrazer. many lol's to be had with that build. havent tried it sense he got buffed recently tho.
zer0das
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States8519 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-22 00:20:58
August 22 2012 00:19 GMT
#1817
On the subject of peeling, I had one hilarious game at ~1300 elo. 60+ cs ahead of the enemy ADC, ~8 kills. For some reason my team think it's a good idea to tower dive the enemy ADC who is 0/8/16 (and even if the enemy ADC is really behind, they still have IE/zeal at this point- I'm the only person who is significantly ahead) when the enemy bruiser line is a lot stronger and I could just 3 shot the enemy ADC if they get out of position even a bit. I get stuck trying to cope with 4 people jumping me while the rest of my team is diving, so not one person helps me peel. I manage to run like 2 full screens before they finally kill me, but in the meantime the rest of my team has died.

All they had to do was stand between me and the towers while I siege them and we win, but they couldn't even do that. I couldn't stop laughing at how absurd the situation was.
Alaric
Profile Joined November 2009
France45622 Posts
August 22 2012 00:32 GMT
#1818
I didn't like Diana's laning too much. Maybe because I couldn't hit my Qs reliably, that thing has a long total distance covered, but when you factor in the curve, the range of the skillshot is actually shorter than a lot of them. I felt like I had to expose myself and since I usually play rather safe with my ranges I fell short on a lot of them.
She was a blast in teamfights tho. Especially with Zhonya "I'll kill y- shit you just QR'd to somebody on the other side of the screen, wait here I c- FUCK YOUR ZHONYA. Well, now I'm gonna finish you o- HOW COME YOUR SHIELD IS OFF CD AGAIN?! Well it's time, I- ... I got QRR'd to death. Well shit."
Cant take LMS hipsters serious.
beefhamburger
Profile Joined December 2007
United States3962 Posts
August 22 2012 00:33 GMT
#1819
Oh man these NESL casters.... after CLG B pick an Ezreal and Kog
"If you're going to send one them mid, it would probably be Ez because Kog just isn't that viable mid anymore after all his nerfs."
red_
Profile Joined May 2010
United States8474 Posts
August 22 2012 00:37 GMT
#1820
On August 22 2012 09:33 beefhamburger wrote:
Oh man these NESL casters.... after CLG B pick an Ezreal and Kog
"If you're going to send one them mid, it would probably be Ez because Kog just isn't that viable mid anymore after all his nerfs."


Completely unrelated but I miss Ez mid. Bring back 2010...
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