League of Legends Thread 3 - Dominion edition

[Ryuu]

Esi Get Hype

It's like a mage Kog'maw. I think I'll start saving up for him now, so when he's released I can get him ASAP. Looks like he'll be fun!

"We designed this champion entirely with Dominion in mind. Just like the last two."

[Esifex]

"We designed this champion entirely with Dominion in mind. Just like the last two."

Well, I imagine he'll be able to artillery into the jungle from his lane to harass the enemy jungler trying to steal buffs. He'll probably do well to pack Clairvoyance, even if he's not going to have any true support roles. Alternatively, this will be a champ that promotes good warding habits. Nothin like being able to spot artillery-sniping targets. Depends on how big his range is. If he can cast farther than Kog'maws Ult, at least. Otherwise... why not just play Kog'maw, instead? Dat passive.

I'm really hoping his 'deployed artillery' range is something like the range of Nocturne's ult Launch. Either way, still, he looks like he'd be a lot of fun.

[Cadmas]

But talon and riven are terribad in dominion.

[Bio]

Is anyone else getting terrible kda (i mean like 4/10/6 or something) in dominion or am I just concentrating on capping more than killing.

[Cadmas]

Ye I've never got a positive K/D ratio in dominion. You die and come back so fast even if you pick a really good hero.

[DarkslimeZ]

Is anyone else getting terrible kda (i mean like 4/10/6 or something) in dominion or am I just concentrating on capping more than killing.

I don't think your kda doesn't matter as much as the overall score they give you. I think that score is a much better indication of how you did in a game.

[Cadmas]

In other news many people are too afraid to take a solo lane when I jungle thus causing team failures,
And massive reports.

Ye I'm jugling pick a person that can hold a lane and range stop not wanting to take mid and leaving a melee champ to it.

[linthuslyth]

Kayle is awesome in Dominion, come the 10 min mark and she can take a point from a Garen, or maybe that Garen just wasn't a very good one. I'm almost always top since I get kills on a capture point.

[jaxter0987]

But talon and riven are terribad in dominion.

I don't know about that...I've seen Talon either murder people or successfully defend a point against 4 people just with his ult of his. And Riven with her sheer tankiness at times makes me wanna qq....

[Molten]

Hey let's play a game with these random people on some Teamspeak server... Oh god what is this?

Basically, i just just up against a premade, but not any premade. I was up against my real life friends. What are the odds?

[Ryuu]

But talon and riven are terribad in dominion.

uh talon and riven are absolutely amazing on dominion. what the hell are you talking about?

(actually I meant riven and skarner. I forgot talon existed)

Is anyone else getting terrible kda (i mean like 4/10/6 or something) in dominion or am I just concentrating on capping more than killing.

while dying serves less of a punishment in dominion than classic, you still shouldn't die that much. I normally don't die more than six times in dominion and my kda is usually positive unless I'm having a bad game or something

Ye I'm jugling pick a person that can hold a lane and range stop not wanting to take mid and leaving a melee champ to it.

are you talking about solo top

because almost everyone you should send solo top is melee.

garen, jarvan, nasus, talon, wukong, gangplank, irelia, etc. etc. etc.

I don't know about that...I've seen Talon either murder people or successfully defend a point against 4 people just with his ult of his. And Riven with her sheer tankiness at times makes me wanna qq....

riven's base stats are still pretty squishy and her shield is still outclassed by like most of the other shields in the game. especially lee sin's


fuck you lee sin

[Cadmas]

are you talking about solo top

because almost everyone you should send solo top is melee.

garen, jarvan, nasus, talon, wukong, gangplank, irelia, etc. etc. etc.

No, melee in mid. Two games that I have had fall apart b/c a range champ wouldn't take mid.
Both a teemo and vayne wouldn't take mid and left it to a Pantheon and a Riven.
Fail games as they all fed while I jangled.

In the one game Taric was too afraid to solo lane so he went bot were teemo and shaco were.
Shaco got pissed and started to feed every lane, then Teemo rage quit,

[Ryuu]

No, melee in mid. Two games that I have had fall apart b/c a range champ wouldn't take mid.
Both a teemo and vayne wouldn't take mid and left it to a Pantheon and a Riven.
Fail games as they all fed while I jangled.

In the one game Taric was too afraid to solo lane so he went bot were teemo and shaco were.
Shaco got pissed and started to feed every lane, then Teemo rage quit,

pantheon is a mid-viable character. he's an ad caster.

riven probably shouldn't mid

taric should never solo top or mid. he can but there's no reason for it.

teemo should have solo'd top.

are you even level 30 yet

[Cadmas]

I've been lvl 30 since the release of Jarvan.
Everyone just insta locks terrible heroes. 

Like I said everyone was too afraid to solo since their skill levels were so low.
Pantheon did all right but he was the only one.

[Myschi]

Duo queue is your best friend, man. At least that way, you'll know not everyone is a dumbass.

[Cadmas]

Friends list full of friends that don't wanna play. :V

Just trying to pin point more heroes that I will always win with no matter what.
So far its pretty much.

Kennen and Sion.

Jungle Tryndamere is still netting me loses just b/c of people not knowing the meta.

[Ryuu]

I've been lvl 30 since the release of Jarvan.
Everyone just insta locks terrible heroes. 

Like I said everyone was too afraid to solo since their skill levels were so low.
Pantheon did all right but he was the only one.

y-your elo....

[Cadmas]

y-your elo....

One too many troll games with sivir.  :V
I only play normals so I couldn't tell ya.
currently at a -15 k/l ratio been working it up from -30.


Also free Cass.
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF worst hero ever.
Total dead weight.

[Ryuu]

Also free Cass.
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF worst hero ever.
Total dead weight.

if you seriously think cassiopeia is bad that would explain why you were at -30 w/l rofl

[Cadmas]

Most people are playing her really really bad.
But either way there are caster heroes that are just way better.

Compared to brand, annie, kennen, veigar even heimerdinger.
She doesn't make the big kills that I like.

I'm sure if she was on a team with Teemo, Twitch, Singed. She maybe get a kill.

[Ryuu]

Most people are playing her really really bad.
But either way there are caster heroes that are just way better.

Compared to brand, annie, kennen, veigar even heimerdinger.
She doesn't make the big kills that I like.

it's because she has a high skill cap

i would prefer a good cassiopeia over and average anyone you just listed. sometimes even over a good or even great other casters depending on team comp.

[Cadmas]

But there's the issue why would a skilled player play someone with a high skill cap and be good when you could play someone with a low skill cap and be unstoppable?

Also working my way back to a positive w/l ratio isn't hard I'm just not playing LoL much since there's Minecraft.
Like I said to much dicking around on my part with crap heroes. I just have to carry myself with good heroes.

[Ryuu]

But there's the issue why would a skilled player play someone with a high skill cap and be good when you could play someone with a low skill cap and be unstoppable?

because
-it's more fun
-they can fit into more team comps
-a great cassiopeia or orianna is automatically better than a great annie or ryze
-it's more fun

[Esifex]

Also because those high skill cap champs tend to have better/more unique mechanics that better aid their team in fights or in little skirmishes/ganks.

[Cadmas]

Orianna and Lee Sin seem to do fine but Cass. Idk she just never does much. Maybe gets a lucky ult once and a while but that's about it.
Shes really slow moving, requires tons of good positioning, and is really easily dashed in on. Requires Flash up pretty much all day to even survive.   

But to me "fun" = winning.
And which ever champ nets me the most wins in the most fun.

[Ryuu]

Orianna and Lee Sin seem to do fine but Cass. Idk she just never does much. Maybe gets a lucky ult once and a while but that's about it.
Shes really slow moving, requires tons of good positioning, and is really easily dashed in on. Requires Flash up pretty much all day to even survive.

you have never seen a good cassiopeia

a good cass is a terrifying thing

[Cadmas]

Nobody plays her outside of free week ever.

Like Maokai and Blitz.

[Ryuu]

Nobody plays her outside of free week ever.

Like Maokai and Blitz.

i have friends who play all three of these characters ' 3'

[Esifex]

My friend does a pretty beastly Blitzcrank, too. He especially loves it when I play Singed and we lane together. Lane opponents don't DARE get near our turret when we're near it, not after the first Rocket Grab, Fling, then whatever that knock-up punch is that Blitz does, then Super Adhesive.

It's a very simple tactic and any level player can see it working, but just how easily it comes together and how reliably he can land Rocket Grabs means we farm kills constantly with that combo.

[linthuslyth]

Hey Ryuu, still haven't added me to the list. linthuslyth(linthuslyth)

Any lane with Blitz is pretty scary.

I got Akali but no runes for her. sad. You can sort of by pass that by playing her in Dominion and getting Long Sword and an Amp Tome but then you can only get lv 1 boots. Also playing a lot of Dominion to get IP for Akali's runes.

I want to try out a few of these champs, sad that Orianna's gone, I liked playing as her. Cassiopeia seems fun and hard to get(my favorite type). Rumble seems interesting, as well as Zilean. Also, Miss Fortune's back <3