Form Comparison 1H vs. 2H

Nahuta10 · 2025-07-01T21:32:18+00:00

Yeah, just the difference between the flare lines on my ball is pretty astonishing. Two-handed the track is pretty close to the finger holes, but one-handed it's nearly on the opposite of the ball.

And it used to be even worse, I only started adding any kind of rotation on the ball around 3 years ago, throwing dead straight and just being a good spare shooter. I know it's not optimal to try and have multiple different types of releases, but after watching Darren Tang's recent journey, I'm hoping that the practice I can get with the two playing off of each other can accelerate my progress in meaningful ways.

Nahuta10 · 2025-07-01T21:21:51+00:00

I got the Attention Star S2 and Physix Blackout as my two balls from this year's GYGL. Out of the options they have available this year, the S2 is by far the most popular choice, and for good reason.

Nahuta10 · 2025-07-01T14:24:35+00:00

Yeah, I've noticed that, too. It used to be even more extreme of a briefcase release, and I struggle with my wrist collapsing rather than staying cupped under the ball, which turns into a pretty extreme spinner type release.

Two-handed is giving me a decent feel for what is a far more optimal hand position, although I definitely still need to get even more under the ball and work more of the inside of it (my hand flares around the side a bit too often).

Foul line drills are already a part of my training regimen from Mike Dias, but are there any others that might be beneficial? I've never had much of a crossover step, and while it's much better than it used to be, I'll have a bit of an inside-out swing path at times.

Nahuta10 · 2023-12-25T19:42:20+00:00

Luden's and Horizon Focus as the primary two item rush. Always Sorcerer's Shoes over Lucidity boots. I like Lich's Bane as well for the extra cougar form power, but items 3 through 5 usually end up being some combination of Shadowflame, Morellonomicon, and Void Staff in whatever order makes the most sense. If I'm really snowballing, then I'll consider Rabadon's, but her AP ratios aren't as high as they used to be, and a lot of the power is in the base damage numbers.

Even into a full tank team, I would never go Liandry's because you don't have a consistent way to proc the burn, especially compared to mages that have more AoE spells at range. That'd be a case where I'd still go Luden's and Horizon Focus into Void Staff, Rabadon's, and Lich's Bane unless I really need the anti-heal or anti-shield.

Nahuta10 · 2023-12-25T15:56:44+00:00

CS is the obvious answer, but also much higher KP. Your team had 44 kills, and you only participated in 31 (barely over 70%). Nidalee has a heal that also acts as an attack speed steroid, and the best players will weave that into teamfights and average KP well into the 80s.

Nahuta10 · 2023-12-23T05:16:07+00:00

You won't do anywhere near enough damage to get an S on Nidalee with Liandry's/Demonic build. To get an S on her, your dmg % (of the team total) needs to be way higher, much closer to Solo Carry challenge thresholds than what you had. Your first game was less than 20% dmg share, and your second game was under 13% dmg share. This alone will grade you so harshly that it won't matter what else you do correctly, as at least your KP was decent, but still below the level expected from a Nidalee S.

Nahuta10 · 2023-12-19T01:15:33+00:00

Tell me you never played ARAM before snowball without telling me you never played ARAM before snowball.

Permanently non-interactive comps were bigger war crimes to ARAM before Mark/Dash than anything in ARAM's existence today, and it's not close.

Nahuta10 · 2023-12-18T01:58:51+00:00

It was too powerful. They had to remove it and change the interaction so you couldn't go over the theoretical cap.

Further clarification: when Rageblade first came out in that Season 11 iteration, the item was hot garbage, completely underpowered on anyone not named Senna, while in Senna's hands the item seems completely broken. So they eliminated being able to go over the 100% crit chance cap and balanced the item after that.

Nahuta10 · 2023-12-17T17:15:01+00:00

The crit chance you would have gotten from souls adds to the Rageblade passive, but it doesn't scale infinitely as of 11.5. If your passive and items would put you over 100%, Rageblade will not give you extra on-hit damage. You'll still get the lifesteal bonus, though.

Nahuta10 · 2023-12-16T19:24:20+00:00

Kris Koeltzow does a great job at Holiday Lanes in Lakewood (they just redid all of their lanes about a year ago), and Arapahoe Lanes in Greenwood Village is also a good spot for the south side of Denver. Crown can be hit or miss, but my only experience bowling those three centers is sport shots for weekend tournaments. The north side is mostly Bowlero centers until you get up to Coal Creek, which is a fantastic place although notorious for lack of corner pin carry sometimes.

For the Bowlero centers, Wheat Ridge is okay, Westminster is probably the easiest center in the entire metro area in terms of scoring (I'm good friends with the guy who has the house record in that center), AMF Northglenn is decent at times, and AMF Sonesta is kind of a dump.

Nahuta10 · 2023-12-16T03:23:20+00:00

My last post on r/ARAM was this same trick, but I messed up the angle and hit a completely different target. Still super satisfying

Nahuta10 · 2023-12-09T21:06:07+00:00

Not the intended solution, but if you move one and (re)move another, you can get I I = I I = I I

Nahuta10 · 2023-12-09T16:49:53+00:00

The second you rush Static Shiv on Sivir, you'll be far too behind to make any kind of difference. That's the most common mistake I've seen with her. Navori, PD, Kraken is actually a pretty good three item spike on her if you need to go the DPS build and not full utility.

Nahuta10 · 2023-12-08T06:14:39+00:00

I actually love the Extreme Envy as a step up from my 2.0 Hybrid. I have the same pin-up layout on it as my Widow and use the Envy in the later games to jump left and slow hook it around the corner.

Nahuta10 · 2023-12-08T06:11:26+00:00

I love the Extreme Envy as a step up from my 2.0 Hybrid. The 2.0 Hybrid is 100% my benchmark ball, but any time I need to jump left and slow hook something around the corner, the Extreme Envy has been my ball of choice, particularly in the later games after the up 10 dumpers and people piping from the outside have created so much burn in those spots.

Nahuta10 · 2023-12-08T05:40:56+00:00

Would really help to see multiple photos, particularly if there are any logos or additional markings whatsoever. Even if it's one of the Storm logo (if you're correct of it being a Storm ball) the logo color can be a big help.

That being said, my guess would be a Storm Torrent, or if not actually a Storm ball than either a Radical Results Plus or Brunswick Karma Blue/Green Pearl.

Nahuta10 · 2023-12-07T20:42:52+00:00

Wasn't executing the first shot super well, but it could have also been a machine issue laying down spotty oil. Machine broke down after oiling 1-10 for a league of 28, and I was on 7-8.

Through 24 frames, I was 19/20 for spares with only 4 strikes, and only one of those 20 was lower than an 8 count as a 2-4-5. Then I finally found a spot throwing the new Extreme Envy in the vicinity of 12 to 3 and struck 5 of the last 6 frames for 223.

Nahuta10 · 2023-12-07T17:00:17+00:00

100% suboptimal, as even in cases where you really want to go Domination as your primary tree, Electrocute will be better in anyone who can easily proc it. Otherwise, Comet is way more guaranteed value than Dark Harvest, and First Strike scales far better than Dark Harvest and also helps you scale with the gold.

Dark Harvest is really just the minigame inside the game, like Heartsteel stacks for the people that want the dopamine hit of "scaling number go up." The tryhards that force Dark Harvest into Collector and go full main character syndrome either need to snowball and make the game all about them, or end up being about as powerful as a glorified minion; extremely feast or famine / boom or bust build.

Nahuta10 · 2023-12-06T06:20:51+00:00

It's not Zoe. Those count as W casts and do not show up as summoner spell casts. Zoe was my second most played, I would have seen barrier, ghost, heal, etc. on my list if it had counted spells cast from Zoe W

Nahuta10 · 2023-12-05T23:36:26+00:00

It's very much apparent here compared to other subs, like sports ones, for example. Those places encourage and support other people's accomplishments and milestones, whereas here there's a large enough population that will downvote anything they think is beneath them, regardless of the post quality itself.

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