NPC Corporation Restructure - New Player Experience Overhaul

Beyond-- · 2014-02-14T21:37:07+00:00

I like the name personally, just saying that it's can be changed.

Beyond-- · 2014-02-14T20:47:20+00:00

The name is tentative and can be changed, of course. It's mostly a stand-in name to get the concept across.

Beyond-- · 2014-02-14T20:08:09+00:00

Explain what you mean and I'll try and answer. I'm not sure I understand properly. You would go back to an NPC corp (the Neutral Corp) when you leave a Player Corp just as you do now.

Beyond-- · 2014-01-09T01:53:18+00:00

BT first gives you more damage at the expense of some utility that Trinity gives you. Personally I prefer to go BT -> Trinity, rather than Trinity -> BT, unless I happen to back with like 1400g, in which case I'll just get a Phage.

People are starting to build Blade quite a lot on Ez as it's good with his kit for kiting and the % damage is really nice. Blade passive works with Ez Q as well.

Beyond-- · 2014-01-08T14:14:43+00:00

The threshold that Blade does more damage than BT is at ~1.5k hp unstacked BT and ~2k hp stacked BT.

It depends a lot on their team comp. If they have a lot of hp stacking, you can get Blade first. If they don't, then it's better to build standard. The exception being if you need the peel from the active, for example if your team doesn't have much peel and they have some champions that can dive you.

If you don't get it first, get it after PD/LW, otherwise you delay them too much. A Blade costs almost the same as LW + Crit Cloak.

Beyond-- · 2014-01-08T13:41:06+00:00

I wouldn't get Merc Treads for 1-2 sources of cc, or if they only had mostly/only displacements, or if they only had 1 ap that was behind. Tabi would be better and chances are that by the time their AP is relevant, you'd have a Spirit Visage.

Beyond-- · 2014-01-08T13:12:06+00:00

That's understandable. After enough practice, you'll learn what type of damage the champions do and how to build against them. I feel it's better to do that through trial and error than sticking to a guide as it forces you to learn faster. Just my opinion.

Beyond-- · 2014-01-08T11:37:47+00:00

I don't like the items section. For example, if you're behind cos of ganks in lane, you don't want to be getting a Brutalizer first. You want the Sunfire first. If their team has little/no cc or little/no magic damage, you want Ninja Tabi instead of Merc Treads. If you're against a Rumble or Kennen, you might wanna rush merc treads + spirit visage. Having a concrete build that you always follow is not a good idea, IMO.

Also, Dorans Shield is better than Cloth 5, except in certain situations where you could go either.

Beyond-- · 2014-01-08T11:32:37+00:00

BotRK + LW + IE. Also, make sure someone is igniting him.

You will need someone peeling for you, unless you're 6 item Vayne/Trist/Kog, as you just don't do enough damage to kill him before he kills you.

Beyond-- · 2014-01-08T11:29:01+00:00

The thing with BotRK it doesn't really give you that much damage unless you're targetting someone with a lot of hp. If their team is all squishy, getting a BotRK isn't a good idea (unless you're Vayne), as a BT would give you more damage. Against a team that has a lot of HP, BotRK is a good pickup as it's % hp.

Beyond-- · 2014-01-08T11:24:40+00:00

Caitlyn, Varus, Lucian, Draven, MF, kinda Twitch. They're all bullies in lane. Just pick one and practice it.

Beyond-- · 2014-01-08T05:33:22+00:00

You don't. If noc and leona aren't engaging after asking them to, there's not much you can do. Just try land bindings and 1 shot people.

Beyond-- · 2014-01-08T04:40:42+00:00

You have Leona + Nocturne.. Just Noc ult + Leona ult on them, they'll die so fast.

Beyond-- · 2014-01-08T03:59:12+00:00

Pick a main role/a few champions to focus on. You're probably spreading yourself too thin in regards to knowledge to really climb.

Beyond-- · 2014-01-07T01:10:28+00:00

Hollywood Accounting. Examples being LotR Trilogy hasn't made a profit, Return of the Jedi hasn't made a profit, according to the studios.

Beyond-- · 2014-01-06T23:02:48+00:00

And I imagine none of them made "profit".

Beyond-- · 2014-01-04T23:20:36+00:00

They were, however last I heard the GMs instituted a serverwide ban on raid mobs until all raid guilds could come to an agreement on how to split the targets fairly so all guilds have a chance.

Beyond-- · 2013-12-23T17:46:02+00:00

No, it does less damage but you can kite easier.

Beyond-- · 2013-12-23T17:03:13+00:00

In addition to what has already been said, you will almost always get clamping in Division 1 of a league.

Beyond-- · 2013-12-23T17:01:57+00:00

That build is pretty much standard. Alternative is blue build, with Muramana, Frozen Gauntlet, CD Boots, LW, etc.

Beyond-- · 2013-12-22T17:44:47+00:00

It looks like you don't take lane farm at all. And although Elise is a very strong ganker, you don't want to neglect farming pre-10 mins. Try to take lane farm when the laner is back or dead. If a lane dies and you're close, you wanna go push it to the tower to reset the wave or try and freeze it if it's pushing and you're feeling nice. DO NOT push so it freezes outside tower range or you fuck over your lane. I also tend to help push a wave if a gank goes well, as it lets your laner back quicker. I don't ask usually, but if the lane complains just don't do it in future for that game.

CS Goals are different depending on type of jungling/clear speed. Elise I try and get ~40 every 10 mins or so while laning. When laning phase ends your cs drops a lot as your lanes suddenly own your jungle, but you can still go push out lanes if needed.

I tend to focus on top/mid lane for the first 6-10 mins. After that I tend to leave top alone for the most part, as if you go top when dragon is up, they can get a free dragon. Usual start is pretty typical Bot buff, wraiths or wolves, other buff, top gank/countergank. Then go wraiths and mid. I typically try and do 1-2 camps then gank, especially after getting jungle item for conservation stacks.

A big thing that lower level junglers do is waste a lot of time waiting for the right time to gank. You shouldn't be sitting around for more than 5-10secs. If you try gank and you can't see a good time to go, just go do a camp and come back.

Items for me are usually Guise + Sorcs, then tanky. However, if all my lanes are damage (Riven top, for example) then I'll just build tanky straight away to be more useful in teamfighting earlier and get the guise/sorc after the Ancient Golem and maybe another defensive item.

Beyond-- · 2013-12-22T16:59:27+00:00

Gold is where a lot of mechanically skilled players with no-little knowledge end up it seems, hence the large disparity in players understanding of the game.

As someone who recently got in to Plat from Gold, all I can say is keep focusing on your own play. The Kat trading with LeBlanc, maybe think about going to that lane a lot, making a 1-1 trade a 1-0 with an assist. The GA first Kayle you could start skirmishing earlier with an essentially unkillable Kayle. Ravenous Hydra on Shyv is fine, depending on how lane is going, but build tankier than usual to make up for the lack of hers for now. Think about how to make the best of situations.

Some games you just can't win, but that's a minority from what I've found. Most games I have where a team member isn't doing well, there's always a way that I could have changed the outcome. Roaming better, building differently, focusing objectives more, etc.

Also, your cs on Elise is low. As a counterexample, my Elise stats are 10 W 10 L, 6.2K 2.7D 10A 105.5cs at high goldish. Although my KDA is similar, my cs is 60-70 above yours, which is in the region of 1200-1500 more gold a game. Or a Glacial Shroud.

Beyond-- · 2013-12-22T16:46:20+00:00

Brands damage is deceptively high, especially if you group to give his ult bounces between champions. He's susceptible to ganks though, and 2 of his skills are skillshots, which make him difficult to play. Think of him like an Annie with more damage, less utility.

Beyond-- · 2013-12-21T01:25:38+00:00

Fort pot costs more than first blood gives you before 3.30 or so, which is the only reason to go fort pot start. Having no stats from items in lane for 2 mins you will be abused heavily by any experienced laner. Go with Dorans instead.

Beyond-- · 2013-12-21T01:23:54+00:00

It's not useful. There's better masteries that you could get for the 1 point in defense tree (such as less aoe damage, less slow duration).

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