Picking Champs

[quote=Buranri]How exactly does draft mode work? And how does picking champs to counter a certain character go with that? I only play blind picks at the moment, since I'm still at level 14. The only characters I really play well are Taric (support), Ziggs (mid), and Fiora (top). Should I learn more before I venture into draft pick?[/quote]

[quote=Luther3000]Basically in draft your team is ordered by their Elo in Ranked or randomly in normals (in normals, premade groups get priority). The highest Elo guys on each team get to ban three champions in this order. -Blue team bans -Purple team bans -Blue team bans -Purple team bans -Blue team bans -Purple team bans -Blue team #1 player picks -Purple team #1 and #2 players pick -Blue team #2 and #3 players pick -Purple team #3 and #4 players pick -Blue team #4 and #5 players pick -Purple team #5 player picks You need at least 16 champions to play draft. Normal draft allows you to use free week champions as part of the 16, Ranked doesn't let you as of next week. If you want to actually see it I suggest you watch a LoL stream on twitch.tv or own3d.tv[/quote]

[quote=PerpetualDuplicity]Draft queues are a little longer and I've never played a normal draft. Has anyone else?[/quote]

[quote=The Overmyynd]I have. There tend to be less retards in draft than in norms. And luther gave a great description of the mechanics of the thing. And as far as more champs, i suggest you get used to playing at least two for each of 5 roles, or 3 each for three roles, before you start doing draft. And thats just a start. Counter picking at low ELO is almost non existent, so you would be better off at that point just playing a character you are really good with. As far as counter picking goes, basically it means picking a champ to play a role that negates the power of the opposing champ of the same role, or if you want to get really fancy, you know what the entire enemy TEAM is going to do, so you counter-pick team strategy. for example, [[ryze]] counters [[veigar]] because his power scales off of max mana as well as ap, so he doesn't need to build near as much ap as other mids, which makes [[veigar]]s [[primordial burst]] not nearly as effective. and [[sivir]] counters [[caitlyn]] because her [[spell shield]] totally negates the zoning effect of [[yordle snap trap]] and can also block [[piltover peacemaker]]. Hope this helps![/quote]

[quote=PerpetualDuplicity][[Sivir]]'s E counters everything <3[/quote]

[quote=Lugignaf][quote=PerpetualDuplicity] [[Sivir]]'s E counters everything <3 [/quote] Doesn't counter AoE DoTs.[/quote]

[quote=PerpetualDuplicity]It counters the first tick![/quote]

[quote=Lugignaf][quote=PerpetualDuplicity] It counters the first tick! [/quote] No. No it doesn't. It doesn't even prevent the instant damage from [[Spirit fire]].[/quote]

[quote=Luther3000]It also doesn't work on Karthus' [[wall of pain]]. The more you know![/quote]

[quote=PerpetualDuplicity]Oh rly? I did not know this. Thanks for the help. Explains why some of my E's never seem to work. :( I love trolling with Sivir.[/quote]