Current Rank Bronze III - 45 TP
I 4th pick solo Odin. It's been working, let's do it. We have Thoth, 5.8 buff Xba, a Plat Ganesha, and for jungle we have nerfed Nemesis. Let's see if she still got it after this nerf. I am assuming that Poseidon is my lane opponent. The other option might be Janus. They have only Ymir as a frontliner.
I am going to start with the T1 Genji, with nerfed Warrior's blessing and 3 Health pots. It proves to be a wise call, as I push Poseidon around like a doll for the first 10 minutes. My first back I get Reinforced greaves and a Health Chalice. let's go, baby. I keep crushing Poseidon, but our Xba is complete and utter trash. He can't do any damage or secure any kills with the jacked up Ganesha in his solo. Pretty frustrating, considering how I crush Poseidon solo and start moving my advantage around to mid. I'm clearly the shining light on my team. Jungle is only level 10 when I'm 17 at the 23 minute mark. The team surrenders. I was feeling this game and thought I could carry them, but probably better to just move on from the dead weight. The Bronze Bastard takes a hit.
Game iII
Current Rank Bronze III - 38 TP
3 minute ranked, looks like the new patch is pulling people out. I'm 3rd pick. I notice that the first team doesn't ban or pick He Bo. I call this out, and we wisely draft He Bo. Back to my selection, I take Cu Chulain. Looks like I'll be going against Osiris again. Hopefully my recent match against him will help this one. Unless this person plays drastically different.
This is a better Osiris player. He incorporates the Scythe a lot more, usually getting me with at least one of those two casts. He's pretty experienced throwing this combo. But I do what Cu Chulainn does, and pressured until I had the lead. We struggled a bit as a team early, while I held left lane well. Eventually I am able to win a big engage for my team, trading my life for two of the enemies and freezing lane with no damage to my tower.
I eventually take tower with mine still standing. I'm now too big for the Osiris to handle. I start making my presence known in the mid and right lanes, while using TP to cycle back to the left and keep minions pushed. Since I'm doing well, I take Jotun's third and go next to Mystical Mail and then I have enough leeway to go Stone Cutting sword. I'm virtually walking death right now. This team works well. We are in comms. The freaking He Bo I suggested we take goes 24-3-11 in the jungle. The Bronze Bastard won this one by paying attention during picks and bans.
Game III
Current Rank Bronze III - 54 TP
I'm third picking into a Sol, Tyr, Nike Combo.... with a Hachiman and Thoth on my side. I decide to go Guan Yu support. I feel like his patch will boost him. I had a good run as supp with him in casual early, so figure why not. With Hachi, I should be uber sustain. Plus, if this is Sol ADC then I can T1 Genji. Looks like Sol and Nike will be duo lane, with me and Hachi. We *should have sustain for days. We'll see what happens. The enemy team has no hunters, their siege will be tough so they should agress early. I advise my team to watch out for this as we head into loading screen.
I make one adjustment from my casual game, and take my 1 first this time. Supp should heal, right? Ok, Tyr and Sol are real cheeky and sneak in behind to proxy our minions. We recognize and defend against it, we lose a bit but not much. They do pour on the pressure, though. We hold out for quite some time, the Hachi is a master sustainsmen. I resign myself to losing this lane early, and focusing on my team fight.
Unfortunately, I die 5 or 6 times in the first 20 minutes. My team covers that up though, and doesn't BM. We fight back against their early pressure. This is a back and forth game, pressing 45 minutes by the time it ends. The faith my team had in me was well-placed, as I rebounded with a 3-9-19 line. Not the best ever, and the team made it work despite my early feed, but I pulled off my first go as Guan support in S5. I think he'll work a lot better in solo, though. I don't think I'll try him in ranked supp until I put a lot more polish in on Casual
Game 14
Current Rank Bronze III - 70 TP
I pick Cu Chulainn into a 5-star Bellona. Let's do this, yo. We get Terra and a Xbal. Hopefully this guy is better than the one that lost for us earlier. I decide to go with "the start."
Bellona proxies my wave, and I get flustered. I just stay in lane. Proves to be the mistake, because it gives her just enough of an edge over me that she eventually gets my tower. This is a tough match for me early. I know once I get to 5 that I'll be in real good shape, but she brings enough pressure to keep me from transforming. We stalemate each other for quite some time, so that I'm able to go back and get T2 boots. She's good at backing and then TPing for the win, so I gotta be careful to not get caught unawares.
This Xba is a lot better than others. He's playing hard, keeping up pressure. Terra proves why she's an OP god. Our Zeus pushes past their Isis in another tight match up. It really goes about 35 minutes before this one goes in our favor, but the enemy team decides to F6. I finish a respectable 1-0-4, fighting hard and holding my lane and keeping a Gold Bellona out of the game. Score another win for the Bronze Bastard.
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