The Bronze Bastard Qualifies for Summer Split - VI

2-6 with 2 games to go.  Uggh. Less than 2 minutes to queue, though.  I'm fourth pick.  Takes some of the heat off. Cu Chulain and Apollo go first.  Against Bellona and Izanami on the enemy team.  Opponent's add Serqet, and our third god is Agni. I'm taking Mercury.  He's a comfort pick.  Let's hope it translates.  I'll need to get my farm on, hard.  This Serqet will give my team trouble. The opponents last-pick Ganesha.  Our 5th spot takes Anhur support.  whoo boy, here we go.  This will fly high, or crash hard.

I start off with the build I got from Weak3n, Assasin's blessing with the Kitana for movement speed and power early. I make a solid rotation and appear in both the solo and mid lanes to establish my presence.  I get the right-side harpies and loop back around to the red buff.  Duo already took care of purple, so I hit the back right harpies and get back to my speed buff right as it rematerializes.  I'd call that textbook. 

My first back I am able to get 2 levels of boots.  My build is slow, but it's great for harrassing.  I can swoop in and pound the mid and duo lane for a couple solid hits and then just be on my way.  I run into Serqet early and take my first whoopin.  I knew it would happen like that, she's going to kill me early.  This tends to be the story of most of the first 15 minutes of the game.  Serqet has the edge on me, but I stay at least 1 level to her at all times.  I'm having to overburn some farm.  I don't really get any kills, but I have learned that ganks don't always need to be.

As I finish hastened katana and get my T1 Poison star, I start hitting a lot more consistently. I get my first kill.  My farm this game is really good, and I need it because I keep meeting Serqet and losing.  This team is playing pretty well, over all. Apollo is a beast and Anhur is getting good pressure in each of the three lanes.  The other team just doesn't know how to deal with this comp, and I can't say that I blame them.  I start split pushing objectives, and eventually land a double kill in the duo lane and then crush the tower. 

We chip this team down with wards, communication, and strong individual play.  The Bronze Bastard picks up his third win of Qaulifiers. I was not great, but wasn't horrible either.  I call it a solid performance. 


Game 10 - Final  qualifier

I am an Odin solo into a Cu Chualin.  BOTH teams have a DC.  Their Jungler, our Mid.  4v4 for my last ranked qaulifier.  Woohoo. I play Odin well into Cu Chu, we are tied the whole way.  Eventually Poseidon comes back, so we are 5v4.  Even after this game, I can safely say that the Bronze Bastard has never been beaten when he's 5v4 in ranked.  Final qualifying status....Bronze III.  I am the Bronze Bastard. 


Game I - Bronze III  Current TP 0
Our first maych has the last pick call Jungle, then at the last pick say "oh we need a supp, right?" and then picking Kumba.  After I'd picked Fafnir support.  Wow, that's how it goes sometimes.  One guy got so triggered he left lobby and kicked us all back to queue.  Bless that bastard. 

OK.....and game 2 ends as the ADC also decides to disconnect in lobby.  There was no toxicity this time, but oh well. 

Third time's a charm....I hope.  I come in as the 4th pick. As it has been going, things come back around to me and I am solo with Cu Chulain being banned in the second round of bans.  I find myself looking at perhaps the best option  being Odin.  Hell, I won two in a row with him.  May as well go for 3.  I am up against an Erlang Shen.  First one of those I've seen in the solo lane.  I think Odin will match will with him.

Once again, I find myself stalemating the solo lane.  With little support from my jungle, around the 10-minute mark I start winning lane, but only by the edge of a minion wave. I utilize my The Duo lane is running strong, and our Jungle is maintaining a strong presence on the right side of the lane.  Their Da Ji never even sniffs my lane, so I don't mind the solitude.  The right side gets a tower.  The mid gets a tower.  The Bronze Bastard holds the solo lane while his team rolls to a win.  The other team F6s.  wow.  Score one more for the Bronze Bastard

Game 2 - Bronze III Current TP = 15
I get kicked out of another lobby.  At this point, I'm considering it good luck.  I come in at 2nd pick on the next game.  I calaim solo after the 1st ELO wants Jungle.  I take Cu Chu.  We took He Bo when they banned Achilles and Thoth.  He trades with our mid for Odin Jungle.  I like how this is shaping up so far.  We round out with a Medusa/Sylvanus duo.  They ask me if I want any solo bans, I have him ban Herc.  I friggen hate Hercules.  This leads the opponent to draft Chaac.  Chaac is my only 1-star X, so I know how he rolls.  I *should* be able to hold my own and eventually get the best of him.  I think I will go T1 Stone of Gaia to nullify his ult and get some sustain, I'll need it against the Mayan god. 

Welp, I play against Chaac very well.  I win the whole lane the whole first 13 minutes or so.  The rest of the team just can't hang.  It's a slow burn, but we lose after having a 3 tower and 1 phoenix lead.  They had a better team comp and teamfight than we did in the late game, and two big wipes cost us.  Simple as that.