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Venuz Patrol
Mar 27, 2011
i got an s+ on soraka today by not dying once

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Firebert
Aug 16, 2004


A+ game

Propaganda Hour
Aug 25, 2008



after editing wikipedia as a joke for 16 years, i ve convinced myself that homer simpson's japanese name translates to the "The beer goblin"

ImpAtom posted:

Generally the answer is just don't die, harass a lot, ward plenty and get tons of assists. It also depends a lot on the champion. Janna is a stone-cold pain in the rear end to S-rank. I went 3/0/16 and got an A+ while with Nami I went 3/1/24 and easily S'd it.

I've found the major difference between my S and A ranks is that when I get an A rank I'm spending too much time not doing so much. Even if I get a good score I wasn't helping push enough or wasn't there for a dragon take or whatever.

It was Janna, yeah, but I do need to step up my pink warding game.

edit: haha as soon as I post this I run a S- rank Janna game.

Propaganda Hour fucked around with this message at 01:38 on Mar 21, 2016

underage at the vape shop
May 11, 2011

by Cyrano4747
The only way to get an s on a jungler is to do the most damage and have atleast 200cs. Every game where ive done those 2, Ive got atleast an s-

slydingdoor
Oct 26, 2010

Are you in or are you out?
I spec goonmans, sometimes the music does stuff. Props to bard for the deny.

Shoutout to Keeby for the ult too.

curiousCat
Sep 23, 2012

Does this look like the face of mercy, kupo?

rabidsquid posted:

I have gotten ADC/ADC/Mid in my last three fill games.

I have gotten support my last 10 fills

curiousCat
Sep 23, 2012

Does this look like the face of mercy, kupo?

Libertine posted:

"I'm a furry but I like support"
"Surprise me"
*locks Support Rengar*
*team flips out*
*lands every Bola, stealth initiates, 0/0/18 perfect game*

Methanar
Sep 26, 2013

by the sex ghost


Should be 23/0/0

Gridlocked
Aug 2, 2014

MR. STUPID MORON
WITH AN UGLY FACE
AND A BIG BUTT
AND HIS BUTT SMELLS
AND HE LIKES TO KISS
HIS OWN BUTT
by Roger Hargreaves
Lost my first ranked game in a week as my favorite Naut top vs a Rammus. So many play mistakes were made :(

Hermetic
Sep 7, 2007

by exmarx

RealFoxy posted:

I was playing jungle, placed four pink wards, cleared a bunch of vision, got every dragon on spawn after 9 minutes in, flame horrizened the other jungler, and went 4/0/12 and they surrendered at 20 and still got an A- I want my loving keys rito

Oh god. I hate it when you stomp lane on a late-game hypercarry, and some spaz on your team throws a tantrum because they don't know how to be carried, so everyone ff's at 20, leaving you there with a throbbing erection in your hands.

TheIncredulousHulk
Sep 3, 2012

Successfully TP ganking off a Jhin trap is a slick-rear end feeling

The Mash
Feb 17, 2007

You have to say I can open my presents

A Saucy Bratwurst posted:

Jarvan is still really really bad

Full AD Jarvan is so much fun that it's starting to blur the lines and making me think it's also strong. I've been running it both mid and top. One game, I ended with Yomuus, Steraks, Titanic Hydra, Black Cleaver and Maw and managed to take 99% of an enemy ADCs hp in an ult+hydra auto combo (I preactivated Titanic Hydra rather than use it as an AA reset to see how much instant damage I could do)

Bholder
Feb 26, 2013

lucifirius posted:

God forbid you choose "fill" as an option. It's just another way to say support.

So it's working as intended.

Tired Moritz
Mar 25, 2012

wish Lowtax would get tired of YOUR POSTS

(n o i c e)
there's people right now that enjoys playing adcs.

Impotence
Nov 8, 2010
Lipstick Apathy

The Mash
Feb 17, 2007

You have to say I can open my presents

Tired Moritz posted:

there's people right now that enjoys playing adcs.

I always enjoy the first five minutes of playing ADC immensely. Then I get a kill in lane, push up to bully the other guy off their Tower and then the teleport animation starts behind me. There's just enough time to wonder "what fresh hell is this" before the Jax/Fiora/whatever pops out and eats my face, signalling that my time of enjoying the game is now over

Impotence
Nov 8, 2010
Lipstick Apathy
Have you considered queuing with methanar?

Lovechop
Feb 1, 2005

cheers mate

Tired Moritz posted:

there's people right now that enjoys playing adcs.

it's a lot of fun when you play ranged nasus aka graves

rabidsquid
Oct 11, 2004

LOVES THE KOG


I am enjoying Draven quite a lot.

Alris
Apr 20, 2007

Welcome to the Fantasy Zone!

Get ready!
What is Quinn's weakness in top lane? If you're a close range melee champion and someone picks Quinn into you what is the correct course of action?

Luna Was Here
Mar 21, 2013

Lipstick Apathy

Alris posted:

What is Quinn's weakness in top lane? If you're a close range melee champion and someone picks Quinn into you what is the correct course of action?

ping repeatedly for jungler assistance, cry internally when none comes, passive cs when they inevitably shove you in under tower, pray you don't get the 3 man dive

Ra Ra Rasputin
Apr 2, 2011

One of Jarvan's strengths is he could rack up tons of assist gold without having to do much because any ally effected by his flag is going to give him assists.

There are a couple champs like him that have a automatic assist button and those champs have always tended to be overly strong in the top/mid/jungle roles, Jarvan got the poo poo nerfed out of him multiple times tho, as another example Lux has the same hidden power for just throwing out the shield and automatically picking up every assist.

Ra Ra Rasputin fucked around with this message at 11:02 on Mar 21, 2016

underage at the vape shop
May 11, 2011

by Cyrano4747
yeah and he turns that money into being being well below average at literally every other metric inc. gold earned

a bad champion you might say

rabidsquid
Oct 11, 2004

LOVES THE KOG


Alris posted:

What is Quinn's weakness in top lane? If you're a close range melee champion and someone picks Quinn into you what is the correct course of action?

I really struggled with Irelia because of her stun and free gap closer but I suspect that may just be a skill match up. Rammus is probably a hard lane until you get your first armor item / a thornmail then I don't see how you ever die to Quinn.

Outside of specific counter picks Quinn just sorta makes almost every melee top laner miserable.

Verviticus
Mar 13, 2006

I'm just a total piece of shit and I'm not sure why I keep posting on this site. Christ, I have spent years with idiots giving me bad advice about online dating and haven't noticed that the thread I'm in selects for people that can't talk to people worth a damn.
both aatrox and malphite are good against her. you basically need to either kill her in the time it takes you to gap close, or have two gap closers

The Mash
Feb 17, 2007

You have to say I can open my presents
Fiora is fine vs Quinn if you Riposte her weird jumpy thing

seizure later
Apr 18, 2007

Riot have disabled S ranks for Shyvana, Kayle and Janna on account of them being dumb easy noob poo poo

Ra Ra Rasputin
Apr 2, 2011
There is a lot of potential profit in merciless labyrinth today, I found two hidden darkshrines with "keeper of jewels" and in one run got 10 rare jewels, it's pretty RNG, but 3 or 4 stats that work together could run a lot of money.

Catgirl Al Capone
Dec 15, 2007

The Mash posted:

Fiora is fine vs Quinn if you Riposte her weird jumpy thing

Quinn will hold on to it until you riposte. Fiora can win fights later on once her Q has a better cooldown and she has a combat ult where Quinn doesn't, but early game is very rough.

Lady Naga
Apr 25, 2008

Voyons Donc!

I really like the smooth transition between talking about what kind of porn they like to serious game chat.

Sexpansion
Mar 22, 2003

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A Saucy Bratwurst posted:

Jarvan is still really really bad

As a jungler, yes. Brutally slow and painful clear, the only way you can play him effectively is to gank 24/7 and basically give up on keeping any of your jungle or farming at all efficiently.

Midlane/toplane is a different story, he's okay there.

Methanar posted:



Should be 23/0/0

That was some incredible dumpstering, good job man.

Ra Ra Rasputin posted:

There is a lot of potential profit in merciless labyrinth today, I found two hidden darkshrines with "keeper of jewels" and in one run got 10 rare jewels, it's pretty RNG, but 3 or 4 stats that work together could run a lot of money.

??

Sexpansion fucked around with this message at 14:09 on Mar 21, 2016

Elentor
Dec 14, 2004

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

I think he's talking about Path of Exile.

Tired Moritz
Mar 25, 2012

wish Lowtax would get tired of YOUR POSTS

(n o i c e)
How is Soraka now? I expect a 1 page debate on this topic.

Primetime
Jul 3, 2009

Tired Moritz posted:

How is Soraka now? I expect a 1 page debate on this topic.

Still incredibly annoying and not fun to play against

Coca Koala
Nov 28, 2005

ongoing nowhere
College Slice

Tired Moritz posted:

How is Soraka now? I expect a 1 page debate on this topic.

I am terrible at landing her Q and basically everybody else is a savant at landing her Q and landing her Q is an even more important part of her game now so Soraka is a little bit worse for me than she used to be and better for everybody else and it sucks.

Also now to maximize healing I think you want to max W first and then Q, which means you don't start lowering the cooldown on your E for a long time.

That said, if you want to ruin somebody else's night, Soraka is still a really good way to do it, especially if you have something like a jarvan on your team, because having Jarvan ult everybody and trap them in a small space that allows you to cover all of them with your E so that nobody can escape and you just keep healing jarvan while he kills them is a Good Time.

ZenVulgarity
Oct 9, 2012

I made the hat by transforming my zen

Ranked is such a glorious shitshow, lol

Radical
Apr 6, 2011

Tired Moritz posted:

How is Soraka now? I expect a 1 page debate on this topic.

her winrate went up after the changes but everyone in ranked ive played with recently thinks she got nerfed and wont bother picking or banning her

good job to riot for pranking everyone i guess, im sure people will go back to tilting the second they see her in a week or two

ImpAtom
May 24, 2007

I haven't seen a huge change in Soraka honestly. The easier-to-hit slow is a nice boon but her play pattern hasn't changed much. I don't notice much of a difference.

It's a change where I guess it theoretically evens her out but it doesn't feel meaningful. She can more reliably help an ally escape and has a slightly harder to just making someone healtank all damage but at the end of the day it's basically nil.

Nyandaber Z
Apr 8, 2009

Alris posted:

What is Quinn's weakness in top lane? If you're a close range melee champion and someone picks Quinn into you what is the correct course of action?

Start Doran's shield, play it slow and boring, focus on CSing and avoiding as much harass as possible at least until 6. If you can keep up with the CS, you're actually winning the lane. After that it depends on what champion you got. Your ult is probably something useful in fights, unlike Quinn's. If you have some kind of gap closer, get tanky enough to eat the combo so you can keep your dash for after her E. After she used her Q-E, she has nothing for several seconds, which is when you can take revenge for all the misery she puts you through during the early game.

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Tired Moritz
Mar 25, 2012

wish Lowtax would get tired of YOUR POSTS

(n o i c e)
Yeah, I tried Soraka and I don't see much difference. The extra movement speed on her Q is nice. The Q cast speed change from ages ago is loving me up though.

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