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Lylat
Profile Joined August 2009
France8575 Posts
June 03 2013 14:31 GMT
#421
I like charm start the best because if you have a bad early game with early gank and you have to go back early you can still buy your tear
Arctyrus
Profile Joined June 2012
Denmark77 Posts
June 04 2013 20:15 GMT
#422
Two questions about Zed:

Could somebody explain to me why energy runes are a no-go?

Second: How important is blue on Zed since it helps quite a bit with energy regen (10 -> 16)?
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101toss
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
3232 Posts
June 05 2013 11:30 GMT
#423
you can start dblade if you know you won't get ganked for a bit (i.e. vi jungle) and you don't need the sustain
Math doesn't kill champions and neither do wards
Dandel Ion
Profile Joined November 2010
Austria17960 Posts
June 05 2013 12:12 GMT
#424
On June 05 2013 05:15 Arctyrus wrote:
Two questions about Zed:

Could somebody explain to me why energy runes are a no-go?

Second: How important is blue on Zed since it helps quite a bit with energy regen (10 -> 16)?

Not sure about Zed specifically, but energy runes are usually considered a waste since they don't actually do anything to help your energy management.

You might run out of energy a second or two later than otherwise, but 99 times out of 100, it's just plain better to learn how to not spam skills as much aka energy management instead of "wasting" rune slots on this.
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InfSunday
Profile Joined March 2013
United States735 Posts
June 05 2013 14:44 GMT
#425
As a top laner, what do you do when you take down your opponent's tower?

This happens to me a lot (people pre-ranked don't know how to play against Teemo, huehue) and I don't know what to do. It feels like if I try to gank mid, which isn't always successful, or go back and buy, my top opponent then gets a huge amount of time to get free cs. If I stay in lane, I'm pushing too hard and I die when their jungler comes, as long as he doesn't hit a mushroom and gives me time to escape.

How do I press the advantage?

/is noob
Call me Sunday
101toss
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
3232 Posts
June 05 2013 16:24 GMT
#426
On June 05 2013 23:44 InfSunday wrote:
As a top laner, what do you do when you take down your opponent's tower?

This happens to me a lot (people pre-ranked don't know how to play against Teemo, huehue) and I don't know what to do. It feels like if I try to gank mid, which isn't always successful, or go back and buy, my top opponent then gets a huge amount of time to get free cs. If I stay in lane, I'm pushing too hard and I die when their jungler comes, as long as he doesn't hit a mushroom and gives me time to escape.

How do I press the advantage?

/is noob

Group for dragon or stay top and keep killing your opponent and don't get caught
Math doesn't kill champions and neither do wards
Dandel Ion
Profile Joined November 2010
Austria17960 Posts
June 06 2013 13:38 GMT
#427
On June 05 2013 23:44 InfSunday wrote:
As a top laner, what do you do when you take down your opponent's tower?

This happens to me a lot (people pre-ranked don't know how to play against Teemo, huehue) and I don't know what to do. It feels like if I try to gank mid, which isn't always successful, or go back and buy, my top opponent then gets a huge amount of time to get free cs. If I stay in lane, I'm pushing too hard and I die when their jungler comes, as long as he doesn't hit a mushroom and gives me time to escape.

How do I press the advantage?

/is noob

A single ward and some shrooms and teemo specifically can push to 2nd tower pretty easily and safely.

Generally speaking, grouping for dragon or a push on mid is a good option in that situation.
Or just don't push so hard and zone him.
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YouGotNothin
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States907 Posts
June 07 2013 03:51 GMT
#428
why is there no good AD+armor items? There are two decent AD+MR items as well as an AS+MR item. All we have is Wriggles, which is pretty bad now, and I suppose you could say Atma's but Atma's doesnt make sense to me, it gives crit chance, yet is for people who build tanky, but who is building tanky and also relying on crits?
I got nothin'...
iCanada
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada10660 Posts
June 07 2013 09:22 GMT
#429
On June 07 2013 12:51 YouGotNothin wrote:
why is there no good AD+armor items? There are two decent AD+MR items as well as an AS+MR item. All we have is Wriggles, which is pretty bad now, and I suppose you could say Atma's but Atma's doesnt make sense to me, it gives crit chance, yet is for people who build tanky, but who is building tanky and also relying on crits?


GP?

That about it.
oZe
Profile Joined January 2011
Sweden492 Posts
June 08 2013 00:28 GMT
#430
On May 26 2013 05:39 FalconPunch wrote:
Just started playing LoL, so I suck pretty bad. One thing that helped me tremendously in learning SC2, was watching first person views of pros (idra), especially with commentary.

1) Is there a resource where I can find high level LoL first person views of specific champions? I'm trying to play Elise now because she reminds me of a blink stalker.

2) Also, is there one go-to site for LoL champion guides? Or the equivalent of TL in terms of SC2?


I prefer the guides on http://www.mobafire.com/

I play a lot of lol but it seems you're usually paired with people who are either good enough to carry you when you play like shit or people who are so bad it doesn't even matter you went 12 1 10... What to do =)

Also how come I get 2-7 points for a win but usually lose 16-27 points for a loss?!?!? I mean it seems a little to demanding to require a sustained 80-90% win rate to get promoted.
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iCanada
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada10660 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-08 20:51:41
June 08 2013 20:36 GMT
#431
On June 08 2013 09:28 oZe wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 26 2013 05:39 FalconPunch wrote:
Just started playing LoL, so I suck pretty bad. One thing that helped me tremendously in learning SC2, was watching first person views of pros (idra), especially with commentary.

1) Is there a resource where I can find high level LoL first person views of specific champions? I'm trying to play Elise now because she reminds me of a blink stalker.

2) Also, is there one go-to site for LoL champion guides? Or the equivalent of TL in terms of SC2?


I prefer the guides on http://www.mobafire.com/

I play a lot of lol but it seems you're usually paired with people who are either good enough to carry you when you play like shit or people who are so bad it doesn't even matter you went 12 1 10... What to do =)

Also how come I get 2-7 points for a win but usually lose 16-27 points for a loss?!?!? I mean it seems a little to demanding to require a sustained 80-90% win rate to get promoted.


Dont use Mobafire.

-.-

The whole premise of the site is bad. Its fine if you know what you are doing, but if you dont it just gives you bad advice and is counterproductive. There are good guides on there for sure, but you need to be able to find them, and new players dont have the knowledge to be able to find a good guide.

I'd say some of the best guides are actually here at TL lol. If you dont like the format or whatever then I'd reccomend the "featured" or "Approved" guides on Solomid.net

If you are looking for the TL of LoL, you here already. TL LoL best resource imo. You have a question? Ask in the GD. We have a lot of really good posters that know what they are talking about. In particular, TheYango, Seuss, Slayer91, Scip, Mogwai, etc etc all drop knowledge bombs on a pretty regular basis.

I think best things you can do to improve as a player are to just improve mechanically and improve your game sense in general. I think people put far too much stock into laning. Many people think that just winning lane should win games, but it doesn't. Having good map vision wins games. Having more objective pressure wins games. Being able to make your team follow one collective strategy wins games. Roaming wins games. Team based items (Aegis, Locket, shuryelias, Randuins, spooky ghosts etc) win games. Teamfighting well wins games.

In my experience however, zoning your lane opponent and beating him by 30-50 CS rarely wins games by itself. Hell, I'd say in most games of LoL ever played one laner gets beat by 30-50 CS and loses the game regardless because other team was better in other faucets of the game.
thenexusp
Profile Joined May 2009
United States3721 Posts
June 10 2013 17:02 GMT
#432
On June 07 2013 12:51 YouGotNothin wrote:
why is there no good AD+armor items? There are two decent AD+MR items as well as an AS+MR item. All we have is Wriggles, which is pretty bad now, and I suppose you could say Atma's but Atma's doesnt make sense to me, it gives crit chance, yet is for people who build tanky, but who is building tanky and also relying on crits?

Atmogs/Fratmogs (warmogs+mallet+atmogs) used to be the dominant top lane build before Atma's nerf in s2. Atma's wasn't always this bad. Most tanky bruisers rely on autoattacks to some extent, so crit isn't wasted.

If you need armor + AD, why not just get it on two separate items? There is no rule of building tanky fighters that "all items shalt have at least some AD" or "thou must finish your big item before you can start building your other items"


On June 08 2013 09:28 oZe wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 26 2013 05:39 FalconPunch wrote:
Just started playing LoL, so I suck pretty bad. One thing that helped me tremendously in learning SC2, was watching first person views of pros (idra), especially with commentary.

1) Is there a resource where I can find high level LoL first person views of specific champions? I'm trying to play Elise now because she reminds me of a blink stalker.

2) Also, is there one go-to site for LoL champion guides? Or the equivalent of TL in terms of SC2?


I prefer the guides on http://www.mobafire.com/

I play a lot of lol but it seems you're usually paired with people who are either good enough to carry you when you play like shit or people who are so bad it doesn't even matter you went 12 1 10... What to do =)

Also how come I get 2-7 points for a win but usually lose 16-27 points for a loss?!?!? I mean it seems a little to demanding to require a sustained 80-90% win rate to get promoted.

mobafire is pretty bad. a lot of the advice on that site is suboptimal / just plain bad, and it's really hard to tell what is the actually good advice (especially if you are new). lolking.net has guides too, and I'd think they'd be better since you can see the author's rating / history. I can't speak personally how good the guides are, since between when I realized mobafire's guides were bad and now, i mostly try to theorycraft builds myself / watch pro players / read discussion on teamliquid than actually read guides to champions.

Also, when you lose a lot more LP for losses than you gain for wins, that means your MMR is much lower than your division, and it's trying to pull you back down to your MMR. If you win a bunch of games in a row, then your LP gains/losses will equalize as your MMR comes up to match your division (or, conversely, if you lose enough LP, your new division will be now equal to your low MMR and your gains/losses will equalize).
catplanetcatplanet
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
3834 Posts
June 11 2013 02:49 GMT
#433
I was playing Anivia and I got pretty fed, but by the end of the game their vayne could 4 shot me. What should i build accordingly? (sorry, lvl 17 nub here)
I think it's finally time to admit it might not be the year of Pet
Tooplark
Profile Joined October 2008
United States3977 Posts
June 11 2013 03:16 GMT
#434
Ideally you shouldn't have to build anything. You should rely on good positioning and team support. Of course, that's easier said than done, and if you want to pick up a defensive item I'd recommend Randuin's Omen or Frozen Heart.
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Simberto
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Germany11781 Posts
June 11 2013 03:32 GMT
#435
RoA might also be a good call for a semi-defensive item on Anivia.

But as vayne could 4-shot you, you could probably also kill her during a stun yourself. So if you hit that stun, she i dead, if not, you are. (This is in a vacuum, of course)
catplanetcatplanet
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
3834 Posts
June 11 2013 23:50 GMT
#436
^ thanks both for the advice. RoA is my first big buy, actually. I tend to basically rush that after my tear along with boots.
I think it's finally time to admit it might not be the year of Pet
sob3k
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States7572 Posts
June 12 2013 04:27 GMT
#437
Against a huge AD carry like lategame vayne, the real defense is good positioning. She shouldn't be able to attack you without eating a disable from you or your teammate and you should easily burst her during that time. If she is so big that she can run in and blow you up before your team can really react then hourglass is the best option. The second you see that she's going for you and you miss the stun then just pop the glass, if you have any sort of positioning this should give your surrounding team plenty of time to cc and blow her up with maybe a spell from you after it wears off.
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Sachs
Profile Joined June 2013
4 Posts
June 14 2013 21:08 GMT
#438
Anivia's ulti also reduces attack speed (a little known fact).
#swag
RavenLoud
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada1100 Posts
June 15 2013 01:56 GMT
#439
On June 07 2013 18:22 iCanada wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 07 2013 12:51 YouGotNothin wrote:
why is there no good AD+armor items? There are two decent AD+MR items as well as an AS+MR item. All we have is Wriggles, which is pretty bad now, and I suppose you could say Atma's but Atma's doesnt make sense to me, it gives crit chance, yet is for people who build tanky, but who is building tanky and also relying on crits?


GP?

That about it.

Garen too, because spin2crit, it's quite good.

A noob question, if you take armor pen runes, does it go into negative armor on minions? If so, how much does it help you last hit compared to full ad runes?
incinerate_
Profile Joined October 2010
172 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-15 17:56:35
June 15 2013 13:11 GMT
#440
On June 15 2013 10:56 RavenLoud wrote:
[...]

A noob question, if you take armor pen runes, does it go into negative armor on minions? If so, how much does it help you last hit compared to full ad runes?


Armor Penetration does not go into negative armor, see here.

According to the lolwiki melee creeps start with 0 armor and increase their armor by 2 every 3 minutes. So assuming that we are 9 minutes into the game a melee creep has 6 armor. If you hit for 70 damage (which is about what lvl6 renekton with no items/runes does then you will do ~ 66 damage to a melee creep without any penetration. If you run at least 6 armor pen it will obviously be 70. Ranged creeps have less armor. So I think as far as minions go it doesn't really help. Jungle monsters might be a little bit different (at least wraiths and buff monsters have higher armor).

The general consensus as far as I know (I haven't done any math on that) is that ArPen usually is better vs champions while flat AD is more beneficial for last hitting.

Edit: Accidentally butchered the quote. Sorry 'bout that.
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