January 2013 – Page 4 – League of Stories

First Win of The Day

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I honestly only played this game because I wanted my First Win of The Day bonus. However, when Ezreal disconnected after we traded two for one in bot lane, Leona and I were left to fight Zyra.

Zyra really held her own until Shaco came to gank. We had it warded so we backed up. Shaco stood in the bush at half health. I figured we could fight him and just lock him up as Leona and blow him up with Twitch. Instead, we ended up eating a newly-acquired Zyra ultimate and we both died, putting Zyra on a rampage! Nope, bot lane is going just fine and dandy.

At this point I was 1-2, but I had just saved up enough to start getting my build rolling so I showed back up to lane with a B.F. Sword. I stealthed so I could walk right past my creeps and I unloaded my damage on Zyra, dropping her very quickly. I then pushed out the lane, and started damaging Zyra’s turret. When Zyra returned we killed her quickly again. We had gotten the attention of Shaco again.

Shaco came bot, but this time I was ready. He tried to fight me and Leona again. This time I had him to 50 health in just a few auto attacks and my E primed. Blinking as Shaco doesn’t stop you from dying to Twitch poison. I then turned to Zyra and finished her off. I was 6-2 now. I knew we had the potential to win this game, especially with Ezreal disconnected.

We took mid inhib after we caught two people out and noticed the rest were trying to do Baron. Shaco and Garen both flashed the Baron wall to get away, so we got ourselves handed a lovely Baron buff which we used to siege the mid-lane inhibitor. With that objective successfully destroyed all we had to do was stand in a side lane and wait. When we had taken the inhibitor I had stayed to make sure that both towers were down as well. Their Nexus was unprotected and vulnerable. If we just stayed in a side lane and dragged out a fight we would win.

This is where the story has to stop. I can’t pin the blame on anyone because it was a team effort. I think once I hit 16-5 and the announced called me legendary, the enemy team knew who to focus. We really lacked focus and just put ourselves in situations where we were going to die without achieving anything for it. Multiple fights resulted in the enemy team acing us, only to run back and save a tower or another objective before our minions had a chance to destroy it.

Ultimately, I think when mid inhibitor was down I would have had time to walk into the enemy base, stealth when I got close to creeps, come out of stealth with the attack speed buff and take the Nexus, but only if I had creeps backing me up. Without any creeps I would take too much free damage from the creeps spawning at their Nexus and I’d be too low to survive hitting the Nexus while being chased by the enemy team. Maybe it could have worked, but maybe I’m just telling myself that because I hadn’t lost a game in eight games. All good streaks come to an end.

AHGL vs Oracle Game 2

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We had already broken the meta. We had already beaten Oracle. We just needed to prove that Jake (or senor Choppez) is the best player on the planet.

SirSpam’s opinion in champion select was “Let’s pick LeBlanc and then do whatever.” While this sounds humorous, it is actually the strategy that we decided to go with.

Something I’m constantly saying to myself when I play LeBlanc in mid lane is “I hope none of my team mates die before I can get First Blood.” I don’t mean this in a negative way, I’m just confident that I can get that bonus gold for myself to secure that I get ahead in gold and maintain a commanding lead from the get-go. This game, I wasn’t fortunate enough to have that opportunity. Here’s why:

I wasn’t watching Jake’s lane when this happened, but watching the VOD’s and the replay meant that I got to fully enjoy this moment. Two things just happened, thus the blue numbers near Evelynn and Elise; Evelynn just used Ravage on Elise to drop her critically low (within one ax low), and Elise just used Cocoon on Evelynn to disable her under the turret. Evelynn is forced to stand and tank turret for 1.5 seconds, but Olaf isn’t close enough to take advantage of it. If we roll film from there…

Poor Olaf’s ax missed Elise by a fraction of a second before she sucked herself up into her web. When she came down she immediately used her burst and execute to finish Olaf off. Great, now I had to play catch-up to pass Jake in gold or else he’s going to start thinking that the “power of the mustache” was making 2013 his year as well!

However, despite Jake’s tactics to ensure gold for himself, including a last minute attempt to beat my gold-earned record, Jake was very close, but just cigarless.

Who last-hits a Nexus for 50 gold?! This guy was pretty desperate to pull ahead at that point. The score screen says it all. We tied! 13.3k each! Nice work! A tie is always the best way to end a game.

Unless you have a competitive bone in your body, then first feels better!

Good work, Jake. I last-hit two minions while you were chasing Olaf after the Nexus turrets were down, just in case you got that Nexus kill. I know you too well.

11 Days Until Minions Spawn

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At my wife’s baby shower we took the opportunity to celebrate minions spawning by making League of Legends themed onesies. As terrible as making onesies could have been, when we made Teemo and Singed onesies it made the whole experience that much better. Now I just need an elderly woman to tell me “11 days until minions spawn!”

AHGL vs Oracle Game 1

My Most Recent Infatuation

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With the start of Season Three many new favorite champions have been discovered. We’re seeing more Pantheons, Kha’Zix’, Talons, etc. My favorite champion is still LeBlanc, but the most recent addition to my champion pool is Lulu.

Lulu has the best laugh in the game. Her abilities are fun, yet effective. She has multiple abilities that work in more than one way. For example, her W spell can be cast on an enemy or an ally. Ally cast grants the target bonus Ability Power and movement speed. An enemy cast of her W results in Lulu screaming something ridiculous like “Transmogulate!” or “Cuddly incoming!” It gets better. Her E on an enemy deals a significant amount of damage (you see those three big kills down there, don’t you??) but also places her annoying pixie on that target, which lets her shoot her Q from that new target. This is very effective at slowing both enemies in bot lane. Her E also provides a shield when cast on an ally, also allowing that ally to use the power of her pixie to aid their attack damage. This actually adds 87 damage at level 18 to her shielded target’s damage.

I love buying Homeguard Boots of Mobility on Lulu. It’s so satisfying to shoot out of the base at 900 move speed and then cast W on yourself to propel yourself even faster. You’ll also notice Shurelya’s. With Lulu you can get out of almost any situation. With Twin Shadows you can also close the gap on just about anyone, slowing them and enemy nearby enemies.

I do build a chalice on her because her abilities are so fun. I feel like I’m constantly abusing my mana pool. I felt a bit childish building a Chalice of Harmony on Lulu as a support because I was basically building Magic Resistance in a lane with mostly physical damage. However, I was watching a stream for the TSM weekly tournaments and the guy who played Lulu three games in a row copied my build. I’m not saying that it was perfect, but having mana to endlessly throw out shields for your carry is never a bad thing.

Also, we didn’t lane against Kog or Nunu. Singed swapped lanes at level one and came bot. We just worked to pick on him all game. We kept him very behind. That also helps justify my Chalice purchase!

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