Current Rank: Silver V - 79 TP
Time to see if this 10.5 minute queue was worth the wait. Our top ELO picks a Gold Mercury jungle. I'm second-picking Athena into Hercules and Scylla. My 3rd pick decides to pair with me as Anhur, and the enemies take Neith. Our team rounds out with Aphrodite and a Gold Sol. The last-pick supp for the other team is Ganesha. Let's do this.
This is my first time playing Athena in ranked in a while. I've been doing OK with her in casual, so I am hoping this time around feels better than last. I start with Guardian's Blessing, then T1 boots. I go 4 Health Pots with 2 Multi Pots, down from my usual 5/1 split.
Laning phase goes smoothly, as we stalemate duo. Our solo laner gets crushed in the early going. Our jungler gets frustrated and starts giving the solo Aphro major BM. I remind everyone we are a late game team and try to stay cool. Eventually, the Aphro starts getting under my skin too. I don't maintain my cool and I fuss back.
I end up getting shook and stuck at level 10 for what seems like forever. I'm more worried about Aphro lecturing me than I am at what the enemy's might be doing. I decide to remain quite after a struggle, because some of what Aphro was saying made sense. He was just being holier-than-thou about it and it made it difficult. However, when I swallowed my pride and listened, he was making good calls.
We ultimately turn around a rough start and begin dominating team fights. My weak 0-4-1 start becomes a 1-5-6 finish and our late game team comp really shines through. We methodically crush the other team and win in convincing fashion. The Bronze Bastard gets a win. My return to Athena in ranked is fruitful, if frustrating.
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