League of Legends - F2P MOBA (like DOTA) part 2

[Fenixgoon]

I dont play ranked for that reason, ATOT should make a team, and have the best 8 play ranked 5 man as much as possible. I play normal almost exclusively (over 850 wins ~740 losses) because of how much I get shafted in ranked with teams.

In fact, should we create a team here? I'm willing to pay for website service (to an extent) And help with anything and everything.

I have lead a couple teams in StarCraft (original) and did quite well (my final team lasted over 4 years, won many tournaments and were well known) - IM not looking to be a leader by any-means just would like to see a group get together and be closer than just a single thread in AT PC gaming section.

we do have some pretty solid people here who could make for some killer teams. i like the idea.

 

[Firsttime]

Yeah that would be sick. My biggest problem with LoL is if I don't know everyone on my team I seem to get screwed every time. I know a bunch of us play pretty regularly. Might as well stop raging at randoms and play together haha. Even if I couldn't be on a rotation it would be fun just to have inhouse games where there were no randoms to worry about.

 

[HumblePie]

I dont play ranked for that reason, ATOT should make a team, and have the best 8 play ranked 5 man as much as possible. I play normal almost exclusively (over 850 wins ~740 losses) because of how much I get shafted in ranked with teams.

In fact, should we create a team here? I'm willing to pay for website service (to an extent) And help with anything and everything.

I have lead a couple teams in StarCraft (original) and did quite well (my final team lasted over 4 years, won many tournaments and were well known) - IM not looking to be a leader by any-means just would like to see a group get together and be closer than just a single thread in AT PC gaming section.

There is a reason I haven't done the team ranked games yet. I wanted to make sure I could get some solid players together before doing so.

 

[ImpulsE69]

I haven't had time to play much lately, but just a reminder that I have a vent server up that the ATOTers can use for their team games. It can fit up to 3 teams at once. I haven't looked to see if anyone is using it or not but feel free. PM me if you need the info.

I think the ATOT teams is a good idea and really have been trying to push for it, but everyone's schedules are here or there and makes it difficult sometimes

 

[crownjules]

We've been using it Impulse.

I think between the AT regulars and their friends/family, we've got at least 10 solid players that have played together regularly enough for the last few months. And we usually play well together. We haven't had too much difficulty fielding a team of 5 on any given night for the last few weeks.

 

[Malak]

I don't think I've ever lost a game when I was playing with humble.

 

[Firsttime]

Yeah most of the games I've played with At'ers have gone really well. Especially when we are fielding 5.

 

[LurkerPrime]

I don't think I've ever lost a game when I was playing with humble.

Thats because I think all humble plays is xin, and he's perfected it for the most part.

 

[LurkerPrime]

I dont play ranked for that reason, ATOT should make a team, and have the best 8 play ranked 5 man as much as possible. I play normal almost exclusively (over 850 wins ~740 losses) because of how much I get shafted in ranked with teams.

In fact, should we create a team here? I'm willing to pay for website service (to an extent) And help with anything and everything.

I have lead a couple teams in StarCraft (original) and did quite well (my final team lasted over 4 years, won many tournaments and were well known) - IM not looking to be a leader by any-means just would like to see a group get together and be closer than just a single thread in AT PC gaming section.

Feel free to hit me up for a game anytime you see me on. I've been trying to work my way up the solo ranked queue and its pretty daunting (in the 1350s currently). The best bet for anyone solo queuing ranked is to play a carry, that way you at least have a chance to carry your crappy team to a win.

 

[HumblePie]

Thats because I think all humble plays is xin, and he's perfected it for the most part.

Xin, nidalee, amumu, and rammus I play the most. Those guys I have perfected pretty well.

I'm decent with shen, tristana, sivir, mf, kogmaw, anivia, and brand.

I can play just about anything, but muscle memory for the other champs has led me to screw up on occasion

 

[Malak]

The only champ I perfected was Gragas. I'm pretty good shot with ashe arrow though too, which just won me a game.

 

[ImpulsE69]

Xin, nidalee, amumu, and rammus I play the most. Those guys I have perfected pretty well.

I'm decent with shen, tristana, sivir, mf, kogmaw, anivia, and brand.

I can play just about anything, but muscle memory for the other champs has led me to screw up on occasion

This. This is why I don't play very many characters. I find myself hitting the keys as if I'm someone else ;p

 

[crownjules]

Did that a few times last night. I played a bunch of games as Brand and then the last one I switched to Lux. A few times I hit W thinking I was still playing Brand and was surprised when instead of a flaming pillar I got a useless shield baton (because I wasn't trying to shield anyone).

 

[zebano]

I dont play ranked for that reason, ATOT should make a team, and have the best 8 play ranked 5 man as much as possible. I play normal almost exclusively (over 850 wins ~740 losses) because of how much I get shafted in ranked with teams.

In fact, should we create a team here? I'm willing to pay for website service (to an extent) And help with anything and everything.

I have lead a couple teams in StarCraft (original) and did quite well (my final team lasted over 4 years, won many tournaments and were well known) - IM not looking to be a leader by any-means just would like to see a group get together and be closer than just a single thread in AT PC gaming section.

Regarding teams, I always accept invites from fellow ATers if I'm not in champ select or a game already.

I've actually seen the metagame shifting a little bit back toward carry/Nuke/Tank/offtank/support from the glut of off-tanks that has been so prevalent for months. Games against Alistar and Janna are quite annoying. In fact an alistar with maxed CDR is annoying by himself. I played against Alistar with Shureliyas Revrie and a Janna the other day and I simply couldn't get to their carries reliably.

 

[Malak]

I don't play gragas much anymore because I feel he is too easy to play, but I just played again... yeah he is too easy to play. I could tank towers while they had 2-3 people shooting at me. I was playing hybrid too, had a triforce and everything. I just lollerskate around...

 

[Fenixgoon]

last night i went pro-chogath all over everyone's face, then the next game i played morde and played like crap (i was also getting lagged like a mofo)

i hate inconsistency

 

[Malak]

I finally got jax and went to play it, but had all kinds of trouble... my leap was not working or something. I died repeatedly to an eve because of it. They eventually surrendered, but I did shit to make them want to...

 

[LurkerPrime]

I finally got jax and went to play it, but had all kinds of trouble... my leap was not working or something. I died repeatedly to an eve because of it. They eventually surrendered, but I did shit to make them want to...

I got jax and all the dodge runes a few weeks ago(spent an unbelievable amount of IP btw). I usually take him jungle, as he does decent and with his jump is able to close to melee rather fast (unlike an Olaf), plus if you get them close to thier minions you''ll easily get a dodge almost instantly so you can then stun.

I find that once you hit six, go hit a minion till your extra damage hit is next. At that point go leap + W an enemy champ and if E pops of course use that to and its pretty rediculous burst damage. The only down side is his leap animation is kinda slow.

I haven't played him enough yet to figure out a good item build order though.

 

[zebano]

ugg sorry about last night.... I felt like I was playing a decent Irelia, never fed in lane but we just couldn't win one and by the end I was way too drunk to do anything but stumble to bed. I'm not sure it's possible to miss a last hit as Irelia, but she is pretty mana intensive and that makes it somewhat hard to harass in lane.

 

[HumblePie]

ugg sorry about last night.... I felt like I was playing a decent Irelia, never fed in lane but we just couldn't win one and by the end I was way too drunk to do anything but stumble to bed. I'm not sure it's possible to miss a last hit as Irelia, but she is pretty mana intensive and that makes it somewhat hard to harass in lane.

Irelia is an odd champ in my opinion. AD assassin that does slightly less burst damage than xin with a little more innate survivability when not including xin's ult. This is because her Hiten style (W) a bit more consistent with life drain at later levels and for slightly more health. She is decent in a lane with her bladesurge (Q) to allow last hitting and still stay in the lane without being too mana intensive.

Her big problems for me are her Equilibrium Strike (E) and her ult (R). The E dashes forward to slow, like xin but with a faster cooldown, but doesn't do the same damage either. The E is a great for it's slowing ability, but only stuns if she has less % of health. If you are trying to run, this is hardly the best thing to do to get away as if you are lower and needing to get away then dashing back at your foes into melee range is very bad. Sure you stun them, but then you are in their grasp again. So to make use of the stun you need to be focused first, but have people on your team nearby to help out to capitalize upon a stun you did because you are low life. It's decent for chasing as an ability though since it does slow them down while bringing you into melee range, but the stun part is way too inconsistent. You CAN try to make it so that she is just slightly under 100% health before a team fight so that you can get a stun off on the enemy from the get go. But there is a chance that will bite you in the butt for not starting the fight at full if she is focused first.

Her R suffers as well from being 4 skill shots in a row. Sure they hit everything they pass through and the damage can be substantial if they all hit. However, it is very hard to line up multiple targets sometimes and then have all your targets stay in easy hitting range for all 4 of her ult attacks. Which means you rarely get to hit your target(s) with all 4 attacks of her ult. The less you hit the less damage her ult will do ultimately and can be significantly less damage.

She is a decent jungler, and decent in a lane, but I have never liked her as a character. She is similar to xin without having it true burst damage potential for slightly more survivability compared to when xin's ult is not up. Her CC is also very inconsistent and hard to capitalize upon unlike xin's knock up. Xin's isn't perfect since it is a delayed affect that requires three hits, but it always goes off on that third hit for a 1 second knockup which is like a 1 second stun.

Just never been a fan of irelia because of those shortcomings.

 

[Malak]

I got jax and all the dodge runes a few weeks ago(spent an unbelievable amount of IP btw). I usually take him jungle, as he does decent and with his jump is able to close to melee rather fast (unlike an Olaf), plus if you get them close to thier minions you''ll easily get a dodge almost instantly so you can then stun.

I find that once you hit six, go hit a minion till your extra damage hit is next. At that point go leap + W an enemy champ and if E pops of course use that to and its pretty rediculous burst damage. The only down side is his leap animation is kinda slow.

I haven't played him enough yet to figure out a good item build order though.

Build order I'm thinking... rageblade, starks, infinity edge? Double stacks, super fast and hitting hard? I always get an avirice blade first, which builds into yoshi blade which is also good for CDR and armor pen, and is cheap.

 

[zebano]

I actually really like her ultimate, the four skillshots and the way you can fire them even behind you while fleeing. That said, I do agree about the stun/slow. I very rarely got to use the stun and it was more by accident than design.

 

[gothamhunter]

I've been playing Sivir a bit lately; I'm really enjoying her. Pumping her up with AS and LS at first and then adding in a lot of AD mid-late game; I've been going positive pretty much every match, some with no deaths. It's easy to stay in lane and both farm and deal some good damage to champs because of her multi-hit - she's kind of an annoyance at first, but enough of one to not mess with head on, until I start adding that AD, and then she's a force to reckon with. Add her shield in with that and I think she's awesome.

I'm still only level 6, but I think I've found the champ I'll stick with so I can save up for my runes n stuff. Going down a lane with her and a cho gath by my side oooh man, sucks to be you guys

 

[Malak]

I actually really like her ultimate, the four skillshots and the way you can fire them even behind you while fleeing. That said, I do agree about the stun/slow. I very rarely got to use the stun and it was more by accident than design.

The stun great I think. You basically have 2 skills for 2 different situations. One being you are trying to chase, one being you are being chased.

 

[Kabob]

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