Tales of a Bronze Bastard LXIX

Current Rank: Silver II - 36 TP During this week of casual-ing, I've worked on Arachne jungle. The idea started with "what other gods besides Merc can abuse Golden Blade?" I decided that Arachne would. I also envisioned Silverbranch Bow with her. I have been straight owning people. Unfortunately, my third pick doesn't get to take jungler because our 1st ELO goes Thanatos. Our second goes Ra. The enemy team has a Baron, which I figure for solo. I try to decide what might go well into him, and I decide to take Odin. I immediately second guess myself, though I think he's a random enough pick that I may be able to work it. I feel like I can bully Baron, which is a good way to approach him. The enemy team drafts an Erlang, which could spell trouble for my Odin. They still don't have a supp, so the Baron could supp and I may have to deal with Erlang in solo. The other team takes Geb with the last pick. I'm guessing Baron solo with Erlang jungle and Geb support. Well this ends poorly. I decide to start playing Duel Game 1 - Fall Qualifiers I pick Arachne, the enemy takes Tyr. I handle him pretty easily. I mess up my build. After a slow start, I stay way ahead after level 4. I use all the farm on the map, and keep him pushed back. I methodically win a 5-0 surrender at the 16 minute mark. Game 2 The second game, I draw Ullr. This guy gets me a lot. I foolishly run away from him, and get stunned from behind a lot. In retrospect, I shoudl have bought Magi's Cloak to protect against that, or been more aggressive. It was hard once he got the level edge, though. I couldn't stick to him. Game 3 I decide to go Cupid, I'll be into a Guan Yu. I get handled pretty easily. Game 4 I take Anubis into He Bo. Aye, this could be bad. For He-Bo. I dominate. I use my 2 very well Game 5 What do do here? I'm going to try Anubis again. Why not? Looks like I'll be playing against Nox. Spicy. This was by far the most competitive game. I held the edge for most of this 29-minute match, but I made a couple of mistakes in the end. That's all it took for Nox to rock me.