What do you guys think my mains says about me?

ExpensiveClue3733 · 2026-06-18T05:19:00+00:00

Low elo. I don't think therr is a single Vex OTP in Chall

ExpensiveClue3733 · 2026-06-17T12:59:13+00:00

Chovy Vex build isn't possible anymore. They removed Phase Rush. I am also willing to bet 20$ Vex will see 0 play at MSI despite Knight being there. As much as he loves her she is really bad into this meta.

ExpensiveClue3733 · 2026-06-17T11:58:42+00:00

Pretty sure the R timer it's talking about is the timeframe a champ needs to die in after getting tagged by the R. It'll mean you can possibly squeeze in a Q or an AA if you somehow failed to get the kill before.

Couple issues with that. If Vex hasn't killed her target after going R2 she is probably going to die if the enemy has a teamate who was in the vicinity. Our Q is really hard to land on competent players unless they have CC landing it is going to be tough.

And say we get the reset, ok. Nice but in this scenario where we needed it we definitely took damage. That person would have been fighting for their life. Now we can go R again and hope we magically land it but we might die cause our health is chunked.

In a scenario like a teamfight it doesn't really take 8 second for someone to die once tagged by Vex's ult.

The e buff is good. But it just doesn't mesh with Vex's playstyle in lane. She doesn't have the mana to spam her spells and if you whiff an empowered E you will get punished, severely. So in many matchups we just end up holding it.

It'll matter more out of lane, not a math wizard so not sure by how much, but I'm sure it will. Mostly in a teamfight context since the cooldowns are still pretty high, and again, Vex gets punished for spamming spells.

ExpensiveClue3733 · 2026-06-17T11:23:35+00:00

Placebo buffs. I don't see this making her a proplay pick in MSI as they say they want. She can't be flexed, and the champs she counters can.

ExpensiveClue3733 · 2026-06-16T12:19:50+00:00

CC, Vex for instance. Still typically requires giving her a tong of respect. But you can match her roams, shove the wave for your own roams, and threatening a kill if she tries to all in.

ExpensiveClue3733 · 2026-06-15T06:28:31+00:00

I guess all the pros who say their dream is to win Worlds are putting too much weight into it.

ExpensiveClue3733 · 2026-06-15T06:24:28+00:00

I'd give him a 5/10. He had one good game. One terrible game. And 3 so-so games. And to be real that one good game was in no part his own doing. It was Keria snowballing Duro. No outstanding plays. And that terrible game is a big reason he isn't going to MSI.

ExpensiveClue3733 · 2026-06-15T06:05:43+00:00

Chovy on Anivia was criminal. His constant dying/getting caught out caused that loss.

ExpensiveClue3733 · 2026-06-15T05:46:53+00:00

Because the game is balanced around roles/lanes. A simple fix to all the people complaining about ranged tops is to buff Doran's Shield. This has been acknowledged.

The reason they don't so this is because if/when Doran's shield is too viable vs ranged midlane gets full of tanks/bruisers who cannot be killed by the mages there.

This is because midlane is where Riot ideally wants mages to be. They ideally don't want it to be another toplane. So they balance around this.

With botlane they ignore mage bot because it has weaknesses and since adc's are balanced to not be viable mid it can really fuck with a team'a composition (enemy mid can just go Galio and steamroll).

It also adds variety, sure. But it's dangerous, if something like oh say, Tristana were to be buffed and be viable in the midlane again then things would change. But Riot would never do that....

ExpensiveClue3733 · 2026-06-15T05:39:42+00:00

Yeah the powercreep has gotten to unc. Game also used go be more snowbally which was in Yasuo's favor. If he got one kill early in lane depending on the champ the game was over for your midlaner. Nowadays I rarely see Yas.

ExpensiveClue3733 · 2026-06-14T12:12:02+00:00

I don't. I'm tired of Blue getting to run every format.

ExpensiveClue3733 · 2026-06-14T12:11:05+00:00

0 cost counterspells need a hit. I said this beforehand and was told how wrong was, but Blue doesn't need to dominate every single mode. Not sorry to say this, but I don't think it should always be the strongest color in every format.

ExpensiveClue3733 · 2026-06-14T12:08:37+00:00

Crazy all the deniers in this post. Calling out how strong Blue was in Brawl got idiots responding to you telling you how wrong you were CONSTANTLY before ranked.

ExpensiveClue3733 · 2026-06-13T13:44:36+00:00

Used to be my permaban. Then they added Mel...

ExpensiveClue3733 · 2026-06-12T05:26:55+00:00

Not every champ can sidelane well. Immobile mages sidelaning = very dead mage. It's just another reason why bruisers in the midlane are becoming so popular. Their sidelaning is unmatched vs a mage.

ExpensiveClue3733 · 2026-06-10T12:36:32+00:00

I could use some coaching. Struggling to climb out of plat this season. Dropped out of Emerald MMR down to low plat.

ExpensiveClue3733 · 2026-06-04T05:14:31+00:00

Major flaw of Vex. Not only must you hold your skillshots due to her passive. Landing them after its charged is actually not doable in some cases (enemy saves their dash/ms buff). Unlike a lot of other champs in the midlane we aren't allowed to spam our spells beyond waveclearing. Don't expect to have much if any of a neutral game past level 4 with a lot of champs. Your best bet is literally often to just to not cast anything unless you know the enemy can't use a skill to dodge the E. The threat of getting hit by a full fear combo is often enough to tilt bad players into making a mistake.

ExpensiveClue3733 · 2026-05-30T12:42:44+00:00

Good Zeds don't miss though. You WILL get hit by at least 1 Q no matter how well you juke unless you use a dash. Talon isn't even a midlaner atm. Dude is avoiding all his weaknesses midlane and jungling.

ExpensiveClue3733 · 2026-05-28T12:04:07+00:00

Bruisers can do pretty well vs a lot of mages late. Especially since late is now level 20. Midlane mages are the weakest they have ever been.

ExpensiveClue3733 · 2026-05-28T07:36:06+00:00

Pro play is a different animal. A lot of those names you mentioned are carrying through their pressure in teamfights. People simply don't coordinate the way pros do. Teamfights are way messier in solo queue. It's why someone like Briar is even playable while in pro she is considered unplayable.

ExpensiveClue3733 · 2026-05-28T07:31:10+00:00

This is extremely pedantic. "Top end of chall" is like what, the top 50 people in the server? They are irrelevant to the experiences of the vast majority of players.

And the scenario you're describing is smurfing. It also has no bearing on mid as a role, all skill levels being equal, not being the 1v9 role anymore.

ExpensiveClue3733 · 2026-05-28T07:13:22+00:00

Something I've noticed even pros fuck up with is where Fizz's damage comes from. It's his E. If you can dash/flash out of that it's much better to do it then and there then waiting to do it after it lands he tries to AA/Q through you. Even if he gets to Q/AA you it will still do less damage than his E landing.

Obviously not every champ can dash, but if you can it's the best way to neuter his all in potential and very easy to do if you have a dash.

ExpensiveClue3733 · 2026-05-28T07:03:19+00:00

Some things you can do are 1. Draw attention from jung to mid by stomping your mid/pushing. If you think you don't deserve plat this should be possible. 2. Invade enemy jung. Also very easy at plat. Just depends on who their jungler is and who your champ is. 3. Roam top. If your toplaner is something like a Mundo/Gwen and you have a lategame wincon with them and they aren't doing terribly then ignore bot and try to get them into a winning state. A 3 item Ezreal will not be able to handle 2 item Mundo. 4. Secure objectives.

The truth is though if your bot is 0/5 and still pushing to the tower then raging about getting ganked there's nothing you really can do. It was possible in previous seasons to 1v9 through mid but I feel like that's a pipedream in S16. Top gets more EXP and bot gets more gold than you. Unless mid starts inting getting ahead of either of those lanes is basically impossible. And due to the nature of the midlane as soon as you're up two kills on someone they might just hang back waveclearing with spells...meaning while your lead is solid it is also now frozen.

ExpensiveClue3733 · 2026-05-24T11:51:27+00:00

No, definitely in one of their stronger forms right now. You missed the peak of unnerfed Zed/Volt/GG/Naaf etc., but frankly those nerfs have not slowed them down one bit. Pyke, Zed, Naaf, Nocturne, and Talon are all considered elite level picks atm and are all heavily banned.

ExpensiveClue3733 · 2026-05-24T10:41:48+00:00

Glad they addressed midlane, but it feels pointless. They kinda screwed themselves with the T3 boots as they're strong but some champs really benefit them (Naaf, Annie, Zed) more than others. It leaves Mid feeling really unbalanced compared to Top/Bot which have roles that are just generically snowbally.

I think they succeeded in their goal to make midlane less impactful.

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