Just another Diamond adventure story

[quote=SpawnOfHell]So since I rather enjoy reading the other ranked queue adventures that the more well-known MOBAfire-ers (someone enlighten me on the proper term) I thought it'd be fun to start my own starting from my recent achievement of Diamond (and yes, I know the season's over soon, but w/e) So, a bit of info about my prefered champions: [b][u]Top (best role):[/u][/b] [[tryndamere]], [[singed]], [[aatrox]], [[udyr]] [b][u]Jungle:[/u][/b] [[udyr]], [[aatrox]], [[vi]], [[nautilus]] [b][u]Mid:[/u][/b] [[orianna]], [[kayle]], [[zed]] [u][u]Support:[/u][/u] [[nami]], [[janna]], [[zyra]] [b][u]AD Carry:[/u][/b] Dodge. But if I must e.g. promos (spare me T.T) [[graves]], [[varus]], [[corki]] This was my first game after I got Diamond V ([[syndra]]'s Masterminds) [img=http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/958/5qd4.png] Details: 3rd pick, jungle [[udyr]], 0/9/21, 15 AD runes, [[doran's blade]] start. +23 LP. I'll upload actual post-game scores in the future, just don't have this one. So putting aside that [[blitzcrank]] was actually a duo queue Gold V... -.- This was actually a good fun game. [[renekton]] was FB'd by a 5man invade early on (kill went to [[corki]]) but my buffs were protected. Standard clear from Red buff to Blue buff then tried a gank on top but fuck [[akali]] and that stealth. [[aatrox]] got a level above me because I then sat around top for a bit to no avail but w/e. Anyway, the game was pretty even all around. Major screwup on a bot lane tower dive gave [[corki]] a triple kill (but he died) though [[caitlyn]] was farming well. Top was losing since he died for FB but apparently he was against the world's most passive [[akali]] who only managed to kill him twice in lane, one of which she died for. I was 5/1/2 at one point but then a few positioning mistakes and bad teamfights put them at an advantage. We managed to get Baron but almost got aced by the enemy team and nearly lost mid inhib. I think we were overall down on kills the whole game but fortunately we had such strong sieging and poking potential that we were able to pick off several good kills (mostly on Blitz, his positioning was horrible) and push down all their towers and inhibs. At one hilarious point both teams lost everyone except for their tanks (me and [[renekton]], [[blitzcrank]] and [[aatrox]]) and we tried to finish the nexus but neither of us built damage so we both got killed while the nexus was at like 300-400. That dragged the game out even longer because the team decided to mess around and go for the base without us and die... lol. Nonetheless we grouped up, got our second Baron and pushed for the win. Overall, a great start to Diamond. I'd love to continue if anyone's interested.[/quote]

[quote=Wayne3100]How do you play/build [[Aatrox]] top? I'm relatively new to him, so just wondering. Good luck with your games :)[/quote]

[quote=SpawnOfHell][[doran's blade]] -> 1 or 2 extra depending on how the lane's going -> [[sunfire cape]] or [[spirit visage]] -> [[ravenous hydra]] -> other tanky item. Finish the core build with [[last whisper]] and [[guardian angel]]. Edit: Oops, forgot boots. Just standard [[ninja tabi]] or [[mercury's treads]]. Runes/Masteries/Skills: Attack Damage red, Life Steal Quints, tank seals and glyphs. 9/21/0. E -> W -> Q. [[maw of malmortius]]/[[randuin's omen]]/[[zephyr]]/[[warmog's armor]] as situational tanky items. I don't build [[blade of the ruined king]] like most people do, I think it's a stupid build. I feel [[aatrox]] has good enough base damages that he doesn't need a glass cannon build like [[tryndamere]] and he's really unkillable if you build him mostly tanky. His Q is a great pseudo-initiate and he has so many offensive steroids to make him a threat. And thanks for the end comment :)[/quote]

[quote=SpawnOfHell]Game 2 of Diamond V: [img=http://imageshack.us/a/img822/3892/iaug.png] Details: 4th pick, picked at same time as 3rd. 1/12/17 (not sure if this is optimal), Magic pen + health runes. Voluntary support pick since last pick wanted top. Normally I'd play someone else but this comp was practically screaming for a [[sona]] pick (in hindsight [[zyra]] would've worked too, but oh well) so I was like, eh, what the hell. The score might not show it but this was actually a pretty even game up until teamfights started. [[singed]] lost in kills but outfarmed [[kennen]] and took his tower first, and mid was having a hard time. Bot won pretty hard after our first gank from [[xin zhao]]. They were just so squishy that every time I got an ult off it was 1-2 free kills. At one point when [[elise]] and [[singed]] ([[teleport]]) did a 4-man gank [[caitlyn]] survived and I managed to pick off the 200 health [[nami]] with a Q+passive combo before I died, lol. Anyways, when it came to teamfights they pretty much didn't stand a chance, since we had [[kennen]] + [[sona]] ults and [[ashe]] literally missed every important ult (she was probably the only bad player in this game) including one where I was KNOCKED UP BY [[chum the waters]] and it barely missed me. [[fizz]] couldn't get any ults off on important targets (usually hit me or Xin) and [[singed]] couldn't do anything to Cait because Xin and Ken were bosses and zoned their whole team. [[elise]] idk what she was doing, wasn't watching. We won every teamfight and pretty much stomped them mid game for the win. Anyways, Diamond seems disturbingly easy so far. I'm expecting the almighty Riot matchmaking gods to smite me down very very soon.[/quote]

[quote=SpawnOfHell]OMFG this game [img=http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/9712/o8hb.png] Details: 2nd pick, Tiger [[udyr]] top, 9/21/0, 15 AD runes. This [[sona]] literally made me want to kill myself. Or her. Or just anyone in general. Went top against their [[pantheon]] and died to a [[rammus]] gank because I was stupid and tried to kill [[rammus]] ([[flash]]ed and survived [[ignite]]) but didn't lose top too hard. I was about 10 cs down at worst and got [[pantheon]]'s tower after he did an awful ult to bot and died. However, our [[vi]] and [[vayne]] were apparently both experiencing different amounts of lag and [[vayne]] actually disconnected a couple of times trying to fix it up (I think it worked eventually) but this [[sona]]... literally 70% of her deaths consist of her GOING OUT TO AN AREA WHERE SHE HAS NO VISION ALONE AND GETTING PULLED BY [[blitzcrank]] and dying. Then she'd go back to the SAME GODDAMN PLACE even though it's CLEARLY warded. Sad part was that we STILL could've won this game since we were wrecking them in teamfights ([[vi]] ruins [[ahri]] apparently) and [[vayne]] got a triple kill at a dragon fight. But we were losing towers left and right and then while in our base this fucking [[sona]] GOES FOR A WARD THE BLITZ PUT DOWN 1 SECOND AGO AND GETS PULLED AND KILLED. Who the fuck falls for a bronze tier ward bait like that? And the best part is that afterwards she put up an 'idgaf' attitude and I pretty much insta-ignored her at that. We still won fucking teamfights even though they got BARON but this damn [[zyra]] and [[sona]] were flaming back and forth and didn't fucking coordinate at any point ([[zyra]] once got caught by herself at bot by Blitz and died) and I pretty much knew we were screwed. Then the next teamfight we got into I died in about 2 seconds because fed [[kog'maw]] and [[vayne]] fail flashed over a wall so we pretty much got obliterated. G fking g. I fucking called it in my last post T.T[/quote]

[quote=SpawnOfHell]Some more [[udyr]]. He's quite possibly one of my favorite champions right now. Game 1. [img=http://imageshack.us/a/img833/2981/9a22.png] Details: 2nd pick (I think, can't remember) Jungle Phoenix [[udyr]]. 0/9/21. Attack Speed + Movement Speed runes. [[boots of speed]] start. AAARRRGGHHH. We had this game. [[renekton]] and [[draven]] + [[soraka]] lane swapped and it worked in our favor, [[malphite]] was completely zoned and lost his tower long before ours went down. I even decided to forgo tanking and build to force engages and finish the game (hence the [[shurelya's reverie]], normally would never build it) but the team just refused to group despite them being so low on damage that I could tank 3 of them even with my shitty build until we started getting caught and killed. By the time we engaged 5v5s we had to deal with a fed [[ezreal]] and a fed [[ziggs]] who abused every positioning mistake the team made. Idk what the [[wit's end]] was even there for, I was just so frustrated that I bought random items which served no purpose whatsoever. GG throw OP. Game 2. [img=http://imageshack.us/a/img109/7880/rbw0.png] Details: 1st pick Jungle Tiger [[udyr]]. 0/9/21. 15 AD runes. [[doran's blade]] start. Ok. Calmed down a little and decided to work on my personal play rather than focusing on winning only. Turns out it works out much better. Looking at their team I knew I had to make an impact early because I would get kited and be useless late game. [[ezreal]] got first blooded at blue tribush because for some reason he didn't take [[barrier]] and [[vayne]] landed a god [[condemn]] and my Tiger DoT got the kill after his [[flash]]. [[nunu]] didn't even try for my red for some reason so I did my usual clear and roamed around trying for ganks. Camped the lane bushes at top lane expecting [[nunu]] since [[tryndamere]] did the [[long sword]] start with no wards. Lo and behold, he shows up, gets baited by Tryn into the bush, dies, then we dive [[vladimir]] despite his [[barrier]] (idk why he even had that) Unlike last game we made little to no mistakes and continued to press our lead while they were weak, pushed into their base and they surrendered.[/quote]

[quote=SpawnOfHell]God I love this champion [img=http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/4485/xhqq.png] Details: 1st pick. Jungle Tiger [[udyr]]. Same setup as always. Teamed up with [[jax]] top lane for their tower and a couple of good kills while [[lee sin]] camped bot doing the same. Both teams played mechanically decently but our teamwork and coordination was just better. Also this [[vayne]] was the same [[draven]] in the mega throw game (he got really ragey once we started losing) and apparently was being a jerk this game too (plus one of my teammates had him in a previous game as [[corki]], lol) Our teamfights were just better since [[jax]] was playing both tank and carry with his initiations forcing all the focus on him while [[ezreal]] and [[anivia]] did their thing from a range. [[irelia]] would try to dive our carries but just got invalidated by bear slaps all game. I think I unlocked my inner Saintvicious this game though, Lee stole our first Dragon and Baron from us because I missed [[smite]]. Still didn't win them teamfights though. I think I've found my new main. Also, look at all the [[trinity force]]s lol. It's almost like League of [icon=the black cleaver]Cleavers all over again.[/quote]

[quote=SpawnOfHell]*sigh* [img=http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/1834/9sg.bmp] Details: The usual. Enemy team went 2v1 top and kicked [[pantheon]]'s ass, we went something like 1-8 at the start, managed to even out the score to around 9-13 with even gold through catching people out of position but this stupid Panth kept trying to force engages without full vision on the enemy when they were the best disengage team comp in the world. GG.[/quote]

[quote=SpawnOfHell]Welp, after having a few losses that were kinda pointless to put up since they were basically 20 minutes of getting stomped, I actually managed to get carried this game: [img=http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/2261/eytc.png] Details: 3rd pick (every other role was called). ([b][color=#ff0000]WARNING[/color][/b]: If you play ADC this setup will probably make you cry) 21/9/0 masteries, WTF runes (crit/AS/LS runes from [[tryndamere]]). [[long sword]] start (because runes suck) Yeah best [[vayne]] NA. Only player able to win a game as [[vayne]] and still go negative. Anyway I considered dodging once I realized I was playing ADC, but I was sitting at 0 LP so I was like, ohhh great. Anyway I picked [[vayne]] because she was the only ADC I could viably use my lifesteal rune page on, and I pretty much played passively. Or, like, I tried to. I actually landed a good [[condemn]] on a [[xin zhao]] gank which screwed up [[corki]]'s [[valkyrie]] and killed him but past that was only pain and misery. I think I was like 1/4/2 at one point. Xin was being a real dick, pointing out constantly that I was bad even though I [i]said[/i] in champ select that my AD was subpar and my setup wasn't right. I got a few "GG vayne" "vayne so bad" "wtf BT and not BotRK" (yeah the last one might be legit, but my setup was fucked and I wanted AD, and I was maxing [[silver bolts]] last, give me a break) but I remained silent the whole game, and luckily it seemed the other team was also raging and managed to throw the game with horrible positioning mistakes. I built [[guardian angel]] pretty early because I kinda knew I'd get dove and it was unlikely anyone on my team would peel for me, but turns out I didn't even need it in the end. Anyway idk how I even won this, I played horribly. [img=http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/9051/uyx.bmp] (I forgot to screen this one, sorry) Details: 2nd pick, Top Lane Tiger [[udyr]]. 15 AD runes, 9/21/0 masteries. [[crystalline flask]] + [[sight ward]] + [[health potion]]. Totally do not regret buying [[spirit guard udyr]]. Pretty easy game with every lane winning. It turns out [[udyr]] actually does really well against [[renekton]] as long as you can keep up with him in levels and get around rank three with both [[tiger stance]] and [[turtle stance]]. Once I bought health and armor I could literally shield his combo and tear him apart with Tiger, then back off and heal off any damage he did to me. Eventually this became a farm lane since I could harass him but there was no way I was killing him, but fortunately repeated Tiger procs forced him to recall and [[elise]] came to push down his tower. I think Phoenix lane might actually work better against Renek, but I need to try it out for myself. Anyways yay for [[udyr]]. And yes, that is the same [[xin zhao]] player who flamed me last game. I made sure not to give him reason to this time.[/quote]

[quote=SpawnOfHell]So I went quite a few games without posting. Long story short, I got into my series for D4. Jungle [[udyr]] game - 8/2/12 - Win Support [[zyra]] game - 5/8/12 - Win Support [[sona]] game - 1/6/9 - Loss Jungle [[udyr]] game - 5/0/4 - Win And this was the game that got me to promos: [img=http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/8007/ad.bmp] Love support [[zyra]]. Crazy crowd control and damage potential for a support champion. My CC literally saved several sprees on my teammates. I think my high number of deaths was pretty much owing to [[riven]] seeing me as a priority target for some reason and diving me constantly in fights. Didn't stop me from rolling them with my cooldowns before I died.[/quote]