[Patch 4.1] Season 4 Start General Discussion - Page 53

On January 20 2014 05:01 Alaric wrote:
But... then how do you play the lane against poke (I guess Sona and Lulu aren't seen much so don't run into it often, but there's still Cait, Jinx, Ezreal, etc.) or if they pressure for lane/bush control? You're going to tell me it's the same with Leona, and I'll tell you that's true at level 1-2, but after that Leona is more capable of all-ining if people go too far out of their way to harass you.
I'm at a loss as to how to play really passive lanes though, I'm always hitching to harass a bit, so Lulu against a threatening lane, Janna, etc. give me trouble. If I can't harass with autos or spells, I don't know how to have presence in the lane (especially bush control aside from wards) so I end up not contributing much.

Played a few games after my break. So far:
- Olaf's slow nerf is bigger than I thought. I mostly dismissed it when I saw it, but 6% at level 1 is still ~20 MS, and very often I was almost close enough to E when it finished fading. Needing 2 axes to close the gap if the enemy laner starts to run makes it way too manaphage. I guess it's more about using it to zone from last hits now.
- Had a silent guy who ended up with support going Kennen (and predictably failing and dying a bunch). Obviously it's because of Gambit, but is he a one-off or is Kennen support invading the queues?
- Premades and wonky matchmaking still annoying. Silver III s3 Annie rushing Grail versus Plat V s3 Talon kinda decided the game by itself (and he was premade with their Shyvana, moved top at level 3 and they killed Riven, then he moved back mid and killed Annie too).
- Getting camped for ~one and a half minute straight by the top+jungler premade is still annoying as all hell.
- I'm so fking rusty wtf, what a scrub. ;_;