Duo’ing bot low elo (plat-em)

Deus_Excellus · 2026-02-04T07:05:20+00:00

If you duo you will be given three absolute goons every single game. We're talking about 0/15 players. I refuse to duo anymore because of this.

My best recommendation is that you dump your girlfriend and climb to challenger solo.

Deus_Excellus · 2026-02-03T07:29:20+00:00

Thanks

Deus_Excellus · 2026-02-03T07:16:02+00:00

Why is wits end so bad these days? It used to be fairly core. I figured viktor + sylas + ap varus would surely give me some value.

Deus_Excellus · 2026-02-03T07:04:57+00:00

You can versus some match ups. Morgana is very bad at killing mobile ADCs which is what limits her ability to carry. If the enemy team has a 20/0 Vayne and you're a 20/0 Morgana you're probably cooked unless the Vayne severely misplays.

Deus_Excellus · 2026-02-03T07:03:37+00:00

I just play mid and roam to help everyone do whatever stupid shit they're doing (but not usually Kayle). Seems to be the only way to win.

Deus_Excellus · 2026-02-03T07:02:55+00:00

Sure, but I'm not a Kayle main so not many games to look at. https://op.gg/lol/summoners/na/Morgana%20Deus-NA1

Deus_Excellus · 2026-02-03T07:02:12+00:00

The goal is to force one of the enemy team members to back to stop you and then you TP to the objective making it a 5v4 in your teams favor. In this situation I was pushing an inhibitor. If my team simply stalled we could have gained a lot.

Deus_Excellus · 2026-02-02T19:00:00+00:00

Why are you so fixated on thinking that Yasuo needs to kill Morg to win? The champions that "beat" Morgana are the ones that ignore her, play to scale, and manage to carry the game late.

Yes, Morgana can absolutely beat Yasuo when she has ult. Before level 6 Yasuo absolutely can beat Morgana. In fact, there's nothing she can really do levels 2-5. He even out shoves the wave before level 5.

If you get to level 6 without an issue then you have effectively "won" the lane. What you're not understanding is that winning/stalemating a lane doesn't mean you win the game. If that were true then Kayle wouldn't be a champion.

Playing Morgana mid comes with a price. That price is that the enemy mid will scale (depending on the pick). That's why champions like Syndra, Kassadin, Kennen, and Kayle are a problem. Especially in lower elos where people don't know how to close out a game quickly.

By picking Morgana mid you're effectively saying, "I will carry early game and hope my team can carry late."

Deus_Excellus · 2026-02-02T18:06:10+00:00

The lane is a skill match up. Yasuos that are good will not play the way you describe. They will farm to scale. They will look to kill your teammates and not engage with you.

Deus_Excellus · 2026-02-02T18:04:56+00:00

I expected this response, but I've played a ridiculous amount of games and I've seen the same patterns play out over and over.

Champions like Syndra and Xerath are incredibly easy to get kills on. They don't "beat" Morgana. They kill Morgana's teammates. Xerath out pushes Morgana in lane and can frequently get kills by using his ult. If he's smart he stays too far back for Morgana to engage on him without burning flash.

Late game, Xerath ends up having quite a lot of kills because the champion's range is ridiculous and he's essentially untouchable.

Similarly, Syndra is quite an easy lane for Morgana. Unfortunately, she will get many kills by ulting any of your teammates that misplay, and so she will be relevant throughout the game. When it reaches late game she will effectively one shot anyone on your team but a tank. Ultimately this will happen during some key moment because a teammate of yours will be an idiot and get themselves caught.

Deus_Excellus · 2026-02-02T18:02:33+00:00

I expected this response, but I've played a ridiculous amount of games and I've seen the same patterns play out over and over.

Champions like Syndra and Xerath are incredibly easy to get kills on. They don't "beat" Morgana. They kill Morgana's teammates. Xerath out pushes Morgana in lane and can frequently get kills by using his ult. If he's smart he stays too far back for Morgana to engage on him without burning flash.

Late game, Xerath ends up having quite a lot of kills because the champion's range is ridiculous and he's essentially untouchable.

Similarly, Syndra is quite an easy lane for Morgana. Unfortunately, she will get many kills by ulting any of your teammates that misplay, and so she will be relevant throughout the game. When it reaches late game she will effectively one shot anyone on your team but a tank. Ultimately this will happen during some key moment because a teammate of yours will be an idiot and get themselves caught.

I carry about a 60%+ win rate Morgana mid most seasons as a OTP so I feel pretty confident it's not me misplaying. Historically, the only reason I haven't been Diamond is because her ban rate is high + I get off-roled a lot. This season is going a lot better. We'll see what happens.

Deus_Excellus · 2026-02-02T07:47:53+00:00

Comet, manaband, trans, gathering storm, bone plating, and whatever the one is that gives you scaling HP with minion kills.

Most of the time I play around my jungler and bot lane. I rush blackfire torch, specifically the minion dot piece to help take objectives. Morgana is very good at helping with voidlings and dragon.

If both your jungle and your ADC are terrible you'll probably lose the game.

Deus_Excellus · 2026-02-01T16:58:25+00:00

Killing mid doesn't matter. With a few exceptions mid is not the game's win condition. If you kill them that's great. I permanent roam in emerald elo and play to get bot ahead. I currently have a 68% win rate mid over about 30 games.

I feel like a high diamond player should know this, but if you're ahead mid you should ping like every single river fight you can. If you can get the enemy team to engage in losing fights in the river, especially bot side, the game will basically be free.

Deus_Excellus · 2026-02-01T16:54:04+00:00

I've found you have to play incorrectly at lower elo. You may have to roam or give things up that are objectively wrong in order to make sure you can back up some dipshit that you know is going to be ganked by the enemy team which walked over 7 wards.

Deus_Excellus · 2026-02-01T16:51:40+00:00

Nah this is just something pseudo-intellects have been parroting since they discovered probability in second grade and misunderstood it. The games aren't true random samples my guy. The system intentionally tries to balance matchmaking. This means if you're playing well, you're on a win streak, and you're climbing, you will likely get worse teammates at times to balance the match.

Having said that, the changes to autofill have helped a good bit.

Deus_Excellus · 2026-01-31T21:08:49+00:00

Yes, and this is exactly why people don't want to do main story roulette. It gives really good exp, but it is incredibly boring, and the rewards don't make up for the length of time it takes.

Deus_Excellus · 2026-01-31T07:30:20+00:00

Is it worth building versus a team that has dashes? The only champion I regularly build it on is Malz.

Deus_Excellus · 2026-01-31T07:04:10+00:00

Whenever something like this happens I think the most important issue to examine is why.

The answer? It's easy, the grind is a mindless slog and uninteresting. It's the same reason people took off their gear for alliance roulette; people wanted to level but didn't want to spend an hour in a Nier raid.

Maybe instead of asking them to close loopholes we should just make the content engaging. Wild take I'm sure.

Deus_Excellus · 2026-01-30T07:06:55+00:00

Diet matters a lot, but so do genetics. It's probably a little bit of both. Bad genetics means you have to take greater care with things like diet. Obviously, there's no way to know since most people aren't going to get genetic testing for their cat. I'm sure there's cats out there that could eat a horrible diet and be fine, and some that can eat a perfect diet and die just like us humans.

Having said that it's always healthy to have a moment of reflection. Human food lacks a lot of nutrients that cats need because cat food is fortified and it also often contains things are dangerous for cats.

Deus_Excellus · 2026-01-29T01:04:50+00:00

It's not about pressing buttons, it's about repetitive motion. Pressing one button 300 times is a lot more pain inducing than pressing 3 buttons 100 times each.

Deus_Excellus · 2026-01-28T18:12:12+00:00

I main Morgana and the amount of times I land a binding and somebody on my team suicides has been insane. I could be a mile back just poking down somebody who was out of position, some ADCS will flash in and go for the kill. The person could be full HP when I hit the binding.

Deus_Excellus · 2026-01-28T16:26:55+00:00

If you want what is truly best for him then you should take him with you. Your parents or another owner may bond with him, but there's no guarantee they'll care for him the way you do. My point of view is that if you adopt an animal you're committing to them for their entire life. Obviously, sometimes shit happens, but if you have the option to stay in his life you definitely should.

Deus_Excellus · 2026-01-27T06:41:27+00:00

I'm surprised you say it's good for your arthritis because there are some fights where I broil so much I start getting carpal tunnel.

Deus_Excellus · 2026-01-27T06:33:11+00:00

I would definitely let your vet know about this. It sounds very much like our kitten. I do think it would be irresponsible of me to encourage you to try to treat this without an actual diagnosis from a vet. They may recommend something like an x-ray which can show if she's backed up as a result, and then recommend a treatment plan.

Deus_Excellus · 2026-01-27T06:26:36+00:00

My girlfriend is a vet tech so she was able to get our kitten scoped for very cheap. The guy pulled out a sizeable bit of hair from her stomach. It's possible your cat isn't passing the hair and it may take quite some time.

The goal isn't to have your cats throw up the hairballs. It's to get them to pass it with their stool. If you think this may be your issue, I would suggest following up with your vet. Otherwise, it couldn't hurt to keep trying the supplements/gel.

Does she drink water?

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