you have to be really really good at caitlyn to have a meaningful impact on the game with her, a lot easier to just pick something safe that doesnt rely on you orb walking the entire laning phase to deny the other ad, especially in solo q where junglers are not created equal

Nos-

Canada12016 Posts

July 23 2014 15:31 GMT

#983

I think without the early bt + shiv build on cait, you have to bully really fucking hard to eek out an advantage with IE timing, and even then your siege isn't as good as before, while the more popular trist/kog will outscale you later anyways. I feel like caitlyn's edge as a hero has been dulled is why people don't play her as much.

K3Nyy

United States1961 Posts

July 23 2014 16:14 GMT

#984

On July 24 2014 00:09 Dark_Chill wrote:
I also haven't seen a Cait in a really long time, and less of her probably makes him a lot happier. What happened to Cait anyways?

She gets out scaled for a lot of the popular ADs right now and her poke advantage is somewhat negated by the strong allins of bot lane champs these days. I still see her once in a while though.

cLutZ

United States19574 Posts

July 23 2014 16:32 GMT

#985

I find her to lack synergy with, or be particularly strong against the popular supports.

wei2coolman

United States60033 Posts

July 23 2014 16:42 GMT

#986

zilean mid new fotm in western scene now?

Gorsameth

Netherlands21667 Posts

July 23 2014 16:49 GMT

#987

On July 24 2014 01:42 wei2coolman wrote:
zilean mid new fotm in western scene now?

Probably, Faker picked it after all :p

wei2coolman

United States60033 Posts

July 23 2014 16:53 GMT

#988

On July 24 2014 01:49 Gorsameth wrote:

Show nested quote +

Probably, Faker picked it after all :p

Sounds about right. I'm glad we're going back to season 1-2 strategy, Zil+twitch, nevar change.

Slayer91

Ireland23335 Posts

July 23 2014 17:09 GMT

#989

On July 23 2014 17:59 GolemMadness wrote:
Nasus vs AP Teemo you just max E first and rush chalice. Obviously you lose early, but once you have chalice you can start pushing him out of lane.

the whole point of nasus vs teemo is that he cant get away from any gank at all because of nasus W. You lose a lot of CS early as well but once you get strong and spirit cowl and stuff you just run at him with W and R and kill him.

VayneAuthority

United States8983 Posts

July 23 2014 17:27 GMT

#990

laning is actually the easy part, teamfighting is another story against an actual teemo player. between slows and blinds it sucks to play vs him in teamfight. most of the time that lane just turns into teemo vs nasus 1v1 split pushing top and whoever has the 4 better players wins.

Slayer91

Ireland23335 Posts

July 23 2014 17:27 GMT

#991

welcome to top lane

GrandInquisitor

New York City13113 Posts

July 23 2014 17:53 GMT

#992

On July 24 2014 02:27 Slayer91 wrote:
welcome to top lane

Could be worse. You could be these guys

Slayer91

Ireland23335 Posts

July 23 2014 17:58 GMT

#993

LOL sick
its warwicks loss though he probably has a big power spike against poppy with BoTRK or something because he hits so often he doesn't worry about poppy passive.

Anakko

France1934 Posts

July 23 2014 18:04 GMT

#994

I love how the warwick still has his potion

K3Nyy

United States1961 Posts

July 23 2014 18:05 GMT

#995

How the heck? They didn't back for 35 mins?

Fusilero

United Kingdom50293 Posts

July 23 2014 18:07 GMT

#996

I'm gonna guess the junglers didn't care and warwick was putting zero pressure on poppy who just farmed away.

obesechicken13

United States10467 Posts

July 23 2014 18:15 GMT

#997

Warwick and poppy probably both ran out of mana early on and stopped caring.

RouaF

France4120 Posts

July 23 2014 18:19 GMT

#998

yeah but at some point it's better to go buy even if you lose an entire wave, also you're basically a free kill if any gank comes since you have no items against people with 3 full items ^^ a bit silly

Anakko

France1934 Posts

July 23 2014 18:25 GMT

#999

Clearly at some point they stopped caring about the game and made it a point to last longer in lane than their opponent. The junglers wisely decided to stay away from this clash of titans.
Imb4 3 full items at first back lol