Bronze Bastard 1

tales of a bronze bastard
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i play a casual game with an atypical comp.  i called solo, but then the support went Odin.  I decided to try Cabrakan solo because i need a Mayan god for a quest.  early on i made a couple of build mistakes.  i thought spear of the magus would proc off his abilities, but it does not apear to.  so i sold that and got pestilence since the enemy supp was Artio and we were shifting towards midgame.  this was a very competitive match that went back and forth.  we lost in the 45th minute.

Pick/Ban Phase
well, i called solo pref then stepped down to get a glass of wine and the top ELO picked Cu Chulain, just because he was available. he had me pick Sylvanus.  Then, one of the guys exited the lobby so we all got spit back to queue.

Game II
Pick/Ban Phase
i'm fourth pick, asking for solo.  quiet group.  my top ELo throws out an Ullr ban and an Artio.  The other team benches Thanatos and Serqet.  The 2nd ELO asks for the surprisingly available He Bo, mid.  Top takes it.  I like this.  Third ELO takes solo, and the Nike that I wanted.  Can't say I blame him.  I ask the last guy which he'd prefer, he'd like ADC.  Guess I'm jungling.

I haven't done much successful ranked jungling.  I'm thinking Mercury is my go to, though Da Ji tempts me.  Arachne is the enemy jungler.  I decide to stick with Merc.  With Nike solo and He Bo mid, I figure we are going to have some early pressure and that I can farm jungle, so I just stick with Mercury and hope I can get to the late game quickly enough.

i got destroyed.  i haven't played mercury in a probably at least 10 days.  it seems like so much longer. i miss my ult numerous times.  i can't get any damage in.  i fall behind in levels.  at 8 mintues in, i decide to focus on farm.  i fail at farm, and fall far behind.  the team surrenders at 16 minutes, and it probably stayed on longer than it should.

i go for a casual game and end up ADC.  I cake AMC because he's my fav hunter, and I still need a Mayan god quest. we have an Achilles jungle.  my supp is a Sylvanus.  he is on-point with the pulls, which i think is a big deal because they are hard to hit for me.  i end up cruhsing, going 16K damage, 4K more than the opposing team's best.  11-2-6.  enemies surrendered at about 26 minutes.