AWKWARD ZOMBIE

I don't feel like it's too much of an exaggeration to say I fall into the category of "stupid noob". I do have some fairly good games but they often occur against people who do blatantly stupid stuff, like the Alistair who used his Ignite on the Fiora I was supporting and nothing else during his first harass. The best game I've had as Lux so far went 11/0/10-ish, but I've also been recently schooled in mid by an Anivia who then went on to steamroll our team almost single-handedly and the most I could do was feel bad.

Teammates for normals would be fun though sometime. Summoner name of DiggerPat.

I can't win a freakin' game

Shoolis wrote:would masamune be a good purchase on blitz? I don't play blitz, I'm just wondering hypothetically.

He's like the very champion it was made for. Maybe not support blitz, but if you do toplane bruiser blitz then it's worth a try.

I'm level 30 and I still feel like a noob in some respects.

Shoolis wrote:would masamune be a good purchase on blitz? I don't play blitz, I'm just wondering hypothetically.

Season 2 AD Blitz would always build Manamune anyway, so definitely. Muramana's toggle works with basic attacks AND single target abilities, which means your Q and E will also deal bonus damage. Not to mention it helps your max mana pool immensely for the passive shield.

I just feel like I'm not getting any better

Ablu2 wrote: He's like the very champion it was made for. Maybe not support yorick, but if you do toplane bruiser yorick then it's worth a try.

ftfy

Tammerath wrote:I just feel like I'm not getting any better

Try a different strategy, or play a new champ for a while. If you can find an ARAM that's worth your time, that's a great way to force you to learn new champs and stuff, I do that sometimes when I feel like I'm in a rut.

Also, try spectating a few games, either random ones or a friend's game, if you can. Sometimes when you've just observing you can notice things you wouldn't otherwise. Once you find something you think you can work on, focus on getting better in that area, whether it's last-hitting or build strategies or even bigger stuff like team composition or learning a champ in a new role.

Also also, remember that winning isn't necessarily reflective of your personal skill level. Since it's a team game, it has a lot more to do with how the team as a whole interacts. Working as a team is a skill in itself, but there's only so much you can do on your own. If you're focusing on getting better, think more about what you're doing personally, and then add those skills into a team setting.

Tammerath wrote:I just feel like I'm not getting any better

If you're trying a bunch of things at once, that might be why.
Try to get the same lane for a few matches in a row, ideally even the same champ, cause then you'll have what you can improve on from the last match fresh in your head.
If you bounce around a lot from role to role, you won't get to practice what you want to practice, and usually won't retain it.

Fun times when the teammate selecting Darius suddenly instalocks Leblanc without warning and claims mid with ADC, Support, and Jungler all settled. Since the only champs I've ever touched in PVP are Lux, Ashe, and Blitzcrank you can imagine my semi-panic trying to get a Singed build pulled up on my tablet in the last 10 seconds of champ selection. Fortunately I'd seen a bit of Singed play before and our Graves, jungler Tryn, and Blitz were rather reliable despite it only being Blitz's second win.

okay here's how you play singed

1. have a rune page full of just flat mana
2. Don't listen to me

I'm beginning to see the potential monetary dangers of this game. Blitzcrank and Singed were both fun when experimenting with them but I don't have nearly enough IP for either at the momet, let alone runes for them. Interesting decisions will have to be made I imagine...plus whatever entertaining champs come up in rotation next week.

...unless someone wanted to gift me something because it's my birthday today.

So with the newest contest you can win a giant HD cintiq (and a fortune in RP).
I'd participate, but apart from knowing that I wouldn't stand the slightest chance anyways, the rules state that the picture has to be in atleast 3000 pix and 300dpi/8 quality, which is something I can't do on my drawing computer.

Here's the trick. Draw something in crayons and say your 7 1/2 year old niece wanted to join the contest. You are obligated to draw a yordle though.

I wish there was some sort of pick order in normals. Like, instead of draft, just give the first person about 10 seconds to pick. Then, whether they lock in or not, the next person can pick while still letting the first person decide if they haven't already, and so on for everyone else.

You can still chat or ask for roles, but if the randomly-generated first person picks a role I think there'd be less fighting over it if the others can't pick yet.

Oh and if you queue-dodge because you don't like the order you automatically get placed at the back of the pick order next game.

...maybe I should just play draft pick, but ugh so many try-hards and people still fight over roles anyway.