Current Rank - Silver V TP 92
The dreaded "promotion game." I'm last pick. Hope I can run Sylvanus supp. Oh god. I get left to my worst role. I'm mid against Agni. I decide to pick Vulcan, but I'm not confident about it.
Well, as it turns out Vulcan is a great counter to Agni. I'm able to use my 1 all during the laning phase to position myself out of his reach. I keep popping him with my 3 and using my cannon to control space. I defend my tower well. I keep two wards out on either side and I have vision and I don't get ganked.
I take his tower before he gets mine. I am crushing it. I am really feeling where to drop his ult. I end up running roughsod on this game and beating a gold leaderboard Agni during laning phase and at top damage. I ended up going 12-7-10 with 58K player damage and 19 wards placed.
This was a really close game. It went 45 minutes deep and had prolonged sieges of phoenix on both sides, and I was arguably the superstar of my team from last-pick in my worst role. I crush with my ult in teamfights late-game. I'd like to say it feels bad man, but at the same time it was a well-fought game where just a couple things went the other team's way and they ended up with the W.
Maybe I'll get that promotion soon, but it won't be tonight. The big lesson I learn here is to start trusting my instinct. I was trying to come up with a counter to Agni, and I thought Vulcan's ability to hunker down, hop around, and control the location of the fight would make a difference. It did. If I can't get a win, I can at least learn something.
Friday, June 29, 2018
Sunday, June 24, 2018
Tales of a Bronze Bastard XX
Current Rank Silver V: TP - 59
I'm last pick. Let's see what happens. I'm Sylvanus with Ullr into Kumbha and Iza. This should be a bit of stalemate early. I hope this is a good Ullr. Let's do this. Daddy needs some TP.
Well we straight pwn duo lane. 3 kills early. We get both towers by 8 minutes. The enemy Iza just quits. They surrender in under 11 minutes. That's a good start.
Well we straight pwn duo lane. 3 kills early. We get both towers by 8 minutes. The enemy Iza just quits. They surrender in under 11 minutes. That's a good start.
Game II: TP - 70
The jungle and carry from my last game are back. I'm 3rd pick. I'm going with Sylvanus again. The ADC is 5th pick and takes Apollo, with the Ullr being banned. My guess is that someone predicted we'd be playing together again, and so they banned Ullr in the second round of bans. Interesting. Let's do this.
This is a much more competitive game. This ADC and I are on a rhythm, though. Jing Wei is playing in the jungle early, and Apollo catches here. I am almost there, and Blink through to nail her with my 1. We don't kill her, but we force her back as the lane arrives and are easily able to take the purple buff.
The enemy Thanatos is a factor early, and swings solo in favor of the other team and does a pretty good job of salvaging what we're doing to his outmatched duo. The game is close and teeters back and forth. It is pretty obvious we are the better team, though we are not grouping up well and Thanatos and Cu Chulain are keeping the other team alive. Ultimately, its not enough as we just steamroll the late game and get the Bronze Bastard a win!
Game III - 81 TP
I get Izanami as the last pick. Wow, I get destroyed this game. Its clear I am not practiced with her. My supp is BM-ing me minute 3, so I have to mute him. Turned out to be a good move. I was behind and not hitting hard early, but I finished OK. This was just a bad build with an out-of-practice god. But the teamfight was strong, and we were better than the other group. GG.
3 wins for the Bronze Bastard, lets call it a nice afternoon.
Saturday, June 23, 2018
Tales of a Bronze Bastard XIX
Current Rank: Silver V -- TP X
I wait 7 minutes and am last pick. This should be a good sign for me. I can usually hold my own well from last ELO, but usually have a rough time when I'm the best on my side.
Apollo goes Solo. Calls it three times. Then 3rd pick takes Zhong and calls solo. These saturday jokers are just clowning around on smurfs. Ironically, Apollo is the only person to take his tower and we surrender because the team is horribly outleveled. In the disarray of the loss-in-lobby, I built T2 boots and no blessing because I didn't know if I was going to have to play the mid role because they were talking about duo-ing solo. I ended up dying as a result of this decision. FML.
I wait 7 minutes and am last pick. This should be a good sign for me. I can usually hold my own well from last ELO, but usually have a rough time when I'm the best on my side.
Apollo goes Solo. Calls it three times. Then 3rd pick takes Zhong and calls solo. These saturday jokers are just clowning around on smurfs. Ironically, Apollo is the only person to take his tower and we surrender because the team is horribly outleveled. In the disarray of the loss-in-lobby, I built T2 boots and no blessing because I didn't know if I was going to have to play the mid role because they were talking about duo-ing solo. I ended up dying as a result of this decision. FML.
Friday, June 22, 2018
Tales of a Bronze Bastard XVIII
Current Rank Silver V TP 73
I'm fourth pick, our top ELO goes Cu Chu for solo. I'm going to lock in Sylvanus against an unknown supp. My ADC is our last pick and goes with Cernunnos. We'll be up against Fafnir and Hou Yi.
We bully these guys off the map. We don't get a kill, but we push them way back. We steal their purple buff. We put pressure on the tower. Our whole team gets pressure. We're up 15-2 and about 5K gold when we start taking towers down. Sylvannus may be my new BAE. He's fun. A win's a win.
Game II
I'm 2nd pick and the top ELO gives me Guan Yu for solo. I debated just sticking with Sylv support since it is going so well, but an OP god at my favorite role got through bans and my top ELO wanted someone to have him...so I think this is a sign from the Universe. Let's do this. The opponents take Cerberus. Maybe these signs were of the warning variety...
I'm going to get T1 Genji to start. Welp, I dominate solo and our duo gets absolutely pubstomped by a troll Anhur Susano enemy comp. I take both my towers and we are pushing for a win. Then, the enemy team clears an FG and pushes my entire right side all the way through phoenix. I literally dominated this match, 4-0-11 at the 18 minute mark. But the only other person on my team with any competence was the Serqet. We could not carry this trash. Frustrating, for sure. A loss. blah.
I'm fourth pick, our top ELO goes Cu Chu for solo. I'm going to lock in Sylvanus against an unknown supp. My ADC is our last pick and goes with Cernunnos. We'll be up against Fafnir and Hou Yi.
We bully these guys off the map. We don't get a kill, but we push them way back. We steal their purple buff. We put pressure on the tower. Our whole team gets pressure. We're up 15-2 and about 5K gold when we start taking towers down. Sylvannus may be my new BAE. He's fun. A win's a win.
Game II
I'm 2nd pick and the top ELO gives me Guan Yu for solo. I debated just sticking with Sylv support since it is going so well, but an OP god at my favorite role got through bans and my top ELO wanted someone to have him...so I think this is a sign from the Universe. Let's do this. The opponents take Cerberus. Maybe these signs were of the warning variety...
I'm going to get T1 Genji to start. Welp, I dominate solo and our duo gets absolutely pubstomped by a troll Anhur Susano enemy comp. I take both my towers and we are pushing for a win. Then, the enemy team clears an FG and pushes my entire right side all the way through phoenix. I literally dominated this match, 4-0-11 at the 18 minute mark. But the only other person on my team with any competence was the Serqet. We could not carry this trash. Frustrating, for sure. A loss. blah.
Wednesday, June 20, 2018
Tales of a Bronze Bastard XVII
Current Rank: Silver V -- TP 59
I'm last pick. Recent history makes this a loss for me. Sylvanus supp. This has actually gone well. Can the good luck of Sylv supp overcome the bad luck of last pick? Tune in!!!
I don't know what I'm doing wrong, but I'm just missing everything. My mechanics are way off. I make 5 or 6 plays that are totally the right play, but I just miss. I die once early, and then stay out in lane too long and get behind on the power curve. With only T2 boots, I'm having a hard time hitting my moves. Sylv is a lot like Herc, I have worked out the mechanics expecting to be moving at a certain speed. Before I have it, the movements I make are wrong. That's my main problem here, as I'm just missing things a lot.
I also take a couple of bad paths through the jungle, and our Hou Yi and Ravanna complain about it in chat and VGS spam "OK". I tell them I was distracted by the VGS spam and took a bad path. Yes, I made a mistake. I can admit it. From there, I eventually finish my boots and get a Healing Crown.
Our Ravanna jungle is on point, and our Nu Wa is rock solid. Despite the early rockiness, we fight well as a team in the midgame. Around the 17 minute mark, we really start hitting hard. We take an FG. We push all the way through the left lane and take the phoenix fairly easily.
I've been doing well with Supp, another win for the Bronze Bastard.
I'm last pick. Recent history makes this a loss for me. Sylvanus supp. This has actually gone well. Can the good luck of Sylv supp overcome the bad luck of last pick? Tune in!!!
I don't know what I'm doing wrong, but I'm just missing everything. My mechanics are way off. I make 5 or 6 plays that are totally the right play, but I just miss. I die once early, and then stay out in lane too long and get behind on the power curve. With only T2 boots, I'm having a hard time hitting my moves. Sylv is a lot like Herc, I have worked out the mechanics expecting to be moving at a certain speed. Before I have it, the movements I make are wrong. That's my main problem here, as I'm just missing things a lot.
I also take a couple of bad paths through the jungle, and our Hou Yi and Ravanna complain about it in chat and VGS spam "OK". I tell them I was distracted by the VGS spam and took a bad path. Yes, I made a mistake. I can admit it. From there, I eventually finish my boots and get a Healing Crown.
Our Ravanna jungle is on point, and our Nu Wa is rock solid. Despite the early rockiness, we fight well as a team in the midgame. Around the 17 minute mark, we really start hitting hard. We take an FG. We push all the way through the left lane and take the phoenix fairly easily.
I've been doing well with Supp, another win for the Bronze Bastard.
Tuesday, June 19, 2018
Tales of a Bronze Bastard XVI
Current Rank: Silver V 70 TP
I am last pick on a Tuesday evening when SK is playing Mouse. First two picks are going Supp and Jungle. I am Nike into a Herc.
Oh man, the duo gets rolled. Our jungler is weak. Our Supp trolled in lobby, and just BMs all game. And this person was first pick. Yay. Ranked is fun. -11 TP me.
I am last pick on a Tuesday evening when SK is playing Mouse. First two picks are going Supp and Jungle. I am Nike into a Herc.
Oh man, the duo gets rolled. Our jungler is weak. Our Supp trolled in lobby, and just BMs all game. And this person was first pick. Yay. Ranked is fun. -11 TP me.
Saturday, June 16, 2018
The Bronze Bastard - Summer Split XV
Current Rank: Silver IV 0 TP
I didn't have many to begin with, but have become a victim of TP decay. Can I save it on this Saturday AM ranked? I end up being last pick and take Sylvanus supp, which has been working well for me in casuals. Our 4th pick goes The Morrigan solo and claims "I counter Loki". The team is skeptical, but I personally am relieved to see the enemy team first-pick Loki. That's usually a recipe for losing.
My Chernobog ADC dies a couple times early, but per my usual I survive. People really underestimate Sylvanus's survive-ability and damage early. I get a couple of early kills, per usual. People just don't see the stun and damage, especially the ranged damage that Syl can do. I start my rotations to mid early, and we have a back-and-forth of kills. I drop my flower behind the mid T1 tower for Ra mid, something I'd never done but the Mercury suggested. Good suggestion, I will do this moving forward.
I get a sick pull on Agni and get him under tower and wail on him to save our Mercury. It was so smooth even Merc calls it out in chat. We eventually just coordinate and play a team comp that is better than the enemies. We have healing, and they take no Anti-Heal. I go a healthy 6-5-22. I think I've found my new supp main. Score a win on return to action, for the Bronze Bastard.
I didn't have many to begin with, but have become a victim of TP decay. Can I save it on this Saturday AM ranked? I end up being last pick and take Sylvanus supp, which has been working well for me in casuals. Our 4th pick goes The Morrigan solo and claims "I counter Loki". The team is skeptical, but I personally am relieved to see the enemy team first-pick Loki. That's usually a recipe for losing.
My Chernobog ADC dies a couple times early, but per my usual I survive. People really underestimate Sylvanus's survive-ability and damage early. I get a couple of early kills, per usual. People just don't see the stun and damage, especially the ranged damage that Syl can do. I start my rotations to mid early, and we have a back-and-forth of kills. I drop my flower behind the mid T1 tower for Ra mid, something I'd never done but the Mercury suggested. Good suggestion, I will do this moving forward.
I get a sick pull on Agni and get him under tower and wail on him to save our Mercury. It was so smooth even Merc calls it out in chat. We eventually just coordinate and play a team comp that is better than the enemies. We have healing, and they take no Anti-Heal. I go a healthy 6-5-22. I think I've found my new supp main. Score a win on return to action, for the Bronze Bastard.
Saturday, June 9, 2018
The Bronze Bastard - Summer Split XIV
Current Rank Silver IV TP: 15
I take Bacchus with Cernunos into Sobek/Xba. But the real story of this game is the 2nd pick who autolocks and snipes the top ELO's role, who had picked Janus to trade for a jungler with the fourth pick.
Yadda yadda yadda, we lose after the Serqet farms with no ganks and DCs at minute 8. Yay, ranked is fun. My friend jumps on and we decide to play casuals.
I take Bacchus with Cernunos into Sobek/Xba. But the real story of this game is the 2nd pick who autolocks and snipes the top ELO's role, who had picked Janus to trade for a jungler with the fourth pick.
Yadda yadda yadda, we lose after the Serqet farms with no ganks and DCs at minute 8. Yay, ranked is fun. My friend jumps on and we decide to play casuals.
The Bronze Bastard - Summer Split XIII
Current Rank: Silver IV TP 28
OK, let's see what happens this morning. *throws dice. I'm 4th pick. Bans are Xba, Achilles, Guan,
He Bo. Our top goes Raijin Mid with our 2nd pick Aphro solo. Tyr Jungle, so I take Fafnir Supp. Last pick will be our carry, Neith. We'll be going against Sobek/Anhur. Let's do this.
This Neith is so toxic. She can't chase down kills that would be easy autos. And as it turns out, Sobek is going solo and the enemy supp is Fenrir. I underestimate how effective the Fenrir supp can be, and he catches me numerous times early and through great coordination with this Anur, chop me down.
I get down levels and struggle to be relevant early. However, I item up pretty well and become a good team fighting supp in the end game. Only problem is my team has a tendency to run away from problems instead of converge on a single target. We are repeatedly separated by enemy peels, with everyone too focused on chasing a fleeing target while a healthy one swoops in behind. We hold our own for a bit, but eventually lose left tower and phoenix. A loss is a loss. Ouch.
OK, let's see what happens this morning. *throws dice. I'm 4th pick. Bans are Xba, Achilles, Guan,
He Bo. Our top goes Raijin Mid with our 2nd pick Aphro solo. Tyr Jungle, so I take Fafnir Supp. Last pick will be our carry, Neith. We'll be going against Sobek/Anhur. Let's do this.
This Neith is so toxic. She can't chase down kills that would be easy autos. And as it turns out, Sobek is going solo and the enemy supp is Fenrir. I underestimate how effective the Fenrir supp can be, and he catches me numerous times early and through great coordination with this Anur, chop me down.
I get down levels and struggle to be relevant early. However, I item up pretty well and become a good team fighting supp in the end game. Only problem is my team has a tendency to run away from problems instead of converge on a single target. We are repeatedly separated by enemy peels, with everyone too focused on chasing a fleeing target while a healthy one swoops in behind. We hold our own for a bit, but eventually lose left tower and phoenix. A loss is a loss. Ouch.
Sunday, June 3, 2018
The Bronze Bastard - Summer Split XII
Current Rank - Silver IV TP 24
Well, yesterday was quite a grind. I start this morning out with 2 Do Not Accept match players. Hope that filtered everyone out, and this third one is the charm. I'm 3rd pick. I end up taking Artemis for the duo, against Xba and Terra. My last run with Artemis was not the best, but I learned last time that I need to be very cautious of the jungle and patient against a very mobile Xba. At least this time, we don't let He Bo through. My lane partner will be Kumbha. Aight, let's do this.
Oh my, I have horrible lag jumps. My ping is fine, but every 15 or 20 seconds I get a huge jump forward. I ask my girlfriend to take pandora off the network and things get better. I'm 2 levels back, though. And the team is unhappy with me. They are not BM-ing too much, so I just stay focused on trying to make the comeback.
I overextend some early while farming, and learn the importance of only pushing the wave .5 to .75 towards the tower. I keep my back corner of the jungle warded and farm my face off on the side minions and back harpies and buffs. I grab the middle minions a couple of times when our Scylla is back. I eventually work my way to relevance. The enemy team has come to dismiss me from my poor early game, and my Tusky wins us to big team fights in the jungle that strongly swing momentum in our favor. I help us clean up a Fire Giant. I destroy the Gold Fury. I'm a tower crushing machine, making up for my early game impotence. The Bronze Bastard works back from adversity and gets the win. I'm now 25-24 in ranked Conquest. The Bronze Bastard is above .500!
Game II Silver IV TP 48
OK I'm 4th pick and will be going Solo. I like solo from this spot because I can hopefully pick against my enemy, assuming he isn't the one to pick after me. They take Cerberus second, but no other frontliner so I still don't know for sure who is going solo. And a lobby-leaver pushes us back to queue. A do not accept gives us a third attempt. Three's a charm! Negative, we are going to 4th attempt.
I'm last pick, this time around. Let's see if we can make it to a game. *crosses arms. nope, let's try number 5. literally. I'm 4th pick. My guess is this match doesn't happen. Wow. We made it all the way through picks and bans, I am impressed. I'm Terra with an Iza against Athena and an X-1 star Xba.
Ok so the toxic Aphro ruins this game. I don't even want to talk about this game.
Well, yesterday was quite a grind. I start this morning out with 2 Do Not Accept match players. Hope that filtered everyone out, and this third one is the charm. I'm 3rd pick. I end up taking Artemis for the duo, against Xba and Terra. My last run with Artemis was not the best, but I learned last time that I need to be very cautious of the jungle and patient against a very mobile Xba. At least this time, we don't let He Bo through. My lane partner will be Kumbha. Aight, let's do this.
Oh my, I have horrible lag jumps. My ping is fine, but every 15 or 20 seconds I get a huge jump forward. I ask my girlfriend to take pandora off the network and things get better. I'm 2 levels back, though. And the team is unhappy with me. They are not BM-ing too much, so I just stay focused on trying to make the comeback.
I overextend some early while farming, and learn the importance of only pushing the wave .5 to .75 towards the tower. I keep my back corner of the jungle warded and farm my face off on the side minions and back harpies and buffs. I grab the middle minions a couple of times when our Scylla is back. I eventually work my way to relevance. The enemy team has come to dismiss me from my poor early game, and my Tusky wins us to big team fights in the jungle that strongly swing momentum in our favor. I help us clean up a Fire Giant. I destroy the Gold Fury. I'm a tower crushing machine, making up for my early game impotence. The Bronze Bastard works back from adversity and gets the win. I'm now 25-24 in ranked Conquest. The Bronze Bastard is above .500!
Game II Silver IV TP 48
OK I'm 4th pick and will be going Solo. I like solo from this spot because I can hopefully pick against my enemy, assuming he isn't the one to pick after me. They take Cerberus second, but no other frontliner so I still don't know for sure who is going solo. And a lobby-leaver pushes us back to queue. A do not accept gives us a third attempt. Three's a charm! Negative, we are going to 4th attempt.
I'm last pick, this time around. Let's see if we can make it to a game. *crosses arms. nope, let's try number 5. literally. I'm 4th pick. My guess is this match doesn't happen. Wow. We made it all the way through picks and bans, I am impressed. I'm Terra with an Iza against Athena and an X-1 star Xba.
Ok so the toxic Aphro ruins this game. I don't even want to talk about this game.
Saturday, June 2, 2018
The Bronze Bastard - Summer Split XI
Well, my browser crashed before I could post the blog of my last couple games, but the Bronze Bastard fought his way back to top by going with an old friend, surviving a weak effort at one more pre-nerf Cu Chulain and winning my promotion game by turning in my best performance to date with a dominant 8-0-12 effort on my old love, Nike. This will be my first match after patch 5.9.
Current Rank - Silver IV (!!!) 1 TP.
Game I
After one fail from the last player in the lobby not selecting a god, I get into a game with a 4th pick Nike solo play. Looks like either Amaterasu or Xiang Tian on the enemy lane. Let's freaking do this.
This is a great match with Ama. We fight to an asbolute stalemate. I keep advantage and steal her buff several times, but that sustain just keeps her in the game. I can't use my TP for a quick advantage because I just can't kill her. I should have built more aggressively.
I get half her tower and am in full control of lane, but our Hun Batz jungle decides to DC. This team was barely good enough for 5v5, we are certainly not prepared for 4v5. RIP. Only silver lining (:)see what i did there?) to this is that losing 11 TP doesn't matter because I only had 1.
Game II
Current Rank Silver IV - 0 TP
I'm 3rd pick. I'm going Nike solo again. Let's do this.
This time I draw the rarely seen Osiris. He definitely has pressure on me early, with two kills. However, in both advances I had him so low he was forced to back and couldn't touch my tower. Unlike against Ama, I do force him back so I can take my early tactical back to get shoes and more pots.
As we continue our dance, I force a back when his TP is down. This allows me to get half his tower. About this time, the enemy jungler DCs. We end up rolling in a 4v5. Not the best way to go, but we deserve one after the last effort.
Game III
Current Rank Silver IV - 0 TP
This game is lost in the lobby when the last pick starts spamming "dont supp" "wont supp". You know its going to be one of THOSE types of games. sigh. I take Guan second planning to go solo. However, I end up having to go supp since the last pick takes Vulcan and the Ra volunteers to try solo. FML.
Yep, we lost. Duo lane took tower. Then Ra ragequit because both Vulcan and our jungler sucked. Game Over. RIP.
Game IV Silver IV
I get top ELO. Oh No, here we go. I banned out He Bo and Achilles. I take Guan solo while 2nd pick goes Xba. We have the same jerk Vulcan in our lobby this time. I decide not to say anything and just let the last game be the last game. He was 4th pick this time, so didn't have to do the "no supp" thing. He ended up getting Mid this time and takes Kukulkan. Hopefully he plays better.
I end up going into a tough Cu Chulain solo. He beats me, but not by a lot. I survive and early 2v1 from their Jungler. I get pressured, but I don't lose much ground. Eventually I am able to get the enemy tower first, through quick backs and better sustain. The other team has a rage quit. We roll to an easy victory. Maybe the next game we will get a full run.
Game V - 11 TP
I pick 3rd this game and take Artermis. Our supp takes Kuzenbo and we are going against Khepri and Xbalanque. The enemy team has He Bo. Uh Oh. RIP us, i'm guessing. But let's do this, anyway.
He Bo owns the game for a solid run. I play horribly and feed Xba early. This is no bueno. I pull off the teamfights and farm my face off against minions. By about the 28 minute, I finally even up my levels and start to be a force. We are about to lose to a left lane push to the titan, when I res and drop ult/3/2 and crushed He Bo and forced two others to flee. Wow, what a defense and save for me after a rough game. We then go and push FG and take them down.
A rough game turned into a win by finishing better than you start. I'll take that. A win for the...Silver Sucker? I gotta work on this, just in case.
Bame VI- Silver IV i24 TP
I'm last pick this time. Finally, don't have to have much pressure. I get supp, of course. Terra is there, so I take her. We have a Medusa who thought she was going solo, but was supposed to jungle. the Thor that was going to solo offers to Jungle.
This Thor is on point. I do a good job stopping the duo early, but we don't have the power to kill. There comes Thor, like a brilliant bright light. He crushed the enemy. This ends up being the best game of the day. Both teams are solid and there's no BM-ing. I end up 0-2-16, doing some great jobs with my rotations and loving Talaria Shoes.
Current Rank - Silver IV (!!!) 1 TP.
Game I
After one fail from the last player in the lobby not selecting a god, I get into a game with a 4th pick Nike solo play. Looks like either Amaterasu or Xiang Tian on the enemy lane. Let's freaking do this.
This is a great match with Ama. We fight to an asbolute stalemate. I keep advantage and steal her buff several times, but that sustain just keeps her in the game. I can't use my TP for a quick advantage because I just can't kill her. I should have built more aggressively.
I get half her tower and am in full control of lane, but our Hun Batz jungle decides to DC. This team was barely good enough for 5v5, we are certainly not prepared for 4v5. RIP. Only silver lining (:)see what i did there?) to this is that losing 11 TP doesn't matter because I only had 1.
Game II
Current Rank Silver IV - 0 TP
I'm 3rd pick. I'm going Nike solo again. Let's do this.
This time I draw the rarely seen Osiris. He definitely has pressure on me early, with two kills. However, in both advances I had him so low he was forced to back and couldn't touch my tower. Unlike against Ama, I do force him back so I can take my early tactical back to get shoes and more pots.
As we continue our dance, I force a back when his TP is down. This allows me to get half his tower. About this time, the enemy jungler DCs. We end up rolling in a 4v5. Not the best way to go, but we deserve one after the last effort.
Game III
Current Rank Silver IV - 0 TP
This game is lost in the lobby when the last pick starts spamming "dont supp" "wont supp". You know its going to be one of THOSE types of games. sigh. I take Guan second planning to go solo. However, I end up having to go supp since the last pick takes Vulcan and the Ra volunteers to try solo. FML.
Yep, we lost. Duo lane took tower. Then Ra ragequit because both Vulcan and our jungler sucked. Game Over. RIP.
Game IV Silver IV
I get top ELO. Oh No, here we go. I banned out He Bo and Achilles. I take Guan solo while 2nd pick goes Xba. We have the same jerk Vulcan in our lobby this time. I decide not to say anything and just let the last game be the last game. He was 4th pick this time, so didn't have to do the "no supp" thing. He ended up getting Mid this time and takes Kukulkan. Hopefully he plays better.
I end up going into a tough Cu Chulain solo. He beats me, but not by a lot. I survive and early 2v1 from their Jungler. I get pressured, but I don't lose much ground. Eventually I am able to get the enemy tower first, through quick backs and better sustain. The other team has a rage quit. We roll to an easy victory. Maybe the next game we will get a full run.
Game V - 11 TP
I pick 3rd this game and take Artermis. Our supp takes Kuzenbo and we are going against Khepri and Xbalanque. The enemy team has He Bo. Uh Oh. RIP us, i'm guessing. But let's do this, anyway.
He Bo owns the game for a solid run. I play horribly and feed Xba early. This is no bueno. I pull off the teamfights and farm my face off against minions. By about the 28 minute, I finally even up my levels and start to be a force. We are about to lose to a left lane push to the titan, when I res and drop ult/3/2 and crushed He Bo and forced two others to flee. Wow, what a defense and save for me after a rough game. We then go and push FG and take them down.
A rough game turned into a win by finishing better than you start. I'll take that. A win for the...Silver Sucker? I gotta work on this, just in case.
Bame VI- Silver IV i24 TP
I'm last pick this time. Finally, don't have to have much pressure. I get supp, of course. Terra is there, so I take her. We have a Medusa who thought she was going solo, but was supposed to jungle. the Thor that was going to solo offers to Jungle.
This Thor is on point. I do a good job stopping the duo early, but we don't have the power to kill. There comes Thor, like a brilliant bright light. He crushed the enemy. This ends up being the best game of the day. Both teams are solid and there's no BM-ing. I end up 0-2-16, doing some great jobs with my rotations and loving Talaria Shoes.
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