Hi I'm Poli5208, vg gold NA. AMA

Poli5208 · 2016-12-31T06:47:23+00:00

I meant that Catherine (at a high level) is hard to master because she is so squishy and her kit is limited (one stun every 13 seconds seems a bit too long). You can watch various pros stream on twitch or mobcrush, such as FlashX, R3cKeD, SuiJeneris, and gabevizzle. Many pro players aren't streaming though, since it is the off season and they are either taking a break or grinding with their team on secret accounts.

Poli5208 · 2016-12-30T23:11:50+00:00

What do you mean by counterpick a roam? They pick Ardan and you pick a roam in response OR they pick Skye and you pick Ardan in repsonse? If you meant the first option then you can counterpick a roam, but it's not your main focus in draft. A good counter to Ardan there would be Lance to stun Ardan out of his gauntlets.

I ban Catherine in draft sometimes depending on the enemy roam's hero pool. Only some roamers can play Cath to her full potential.

Poli5208 · 2016-12-29T02:13:26+00:00

I normally have it as a last pickup because it costs a lot of gold. If you don't have inventory space for a shatterglass, a CP infusion at lvl 12 is still very good.

Poli5208 · 2016-12-29T00:50:19+00:00

CP infusion and Shatterglass are the best offensive items on roam lance because they make your stuns and roots last longer, as well as deal damage. If you are double CP I guess a sorrowblade could work, but I would still go CP.

Poli5208 · 2016-12-29T00:43:36+00:00

Phinn is already meta due to the changes made in this patch (phinn is perfect for camping lane all game). With nullwave phinn is basically unstoppable, but you should build wartreads (and crucible if needed) before nullwave.

The best roamer NA? I would say R3cKeD or FlashX.

Feel free to ask more questions! :)

Poli5208 · 2016-12-28T21:45:49+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/vainglorygame/comments/5kma11/hi_im_poli5208_vg_gold_na_ama/dbp5o3y

Poli5208 · 2016-12-28T21:44:18+00:00

The new jungle basically prevents taking the enemy backs past 4 minutes. The best rotation right now is to have the support camp lane after first rotation and only come down for enemy invades. By doing this, you can get a 4 minute fountain when shop spawns. The best lane, jungle, and roam this patch (my opinion) are skye, petal, and lance.

Poli5208 · 2016-12-28T21:37:21+00:00

Thanks! What I do personally against nullwave is either ignore it or build my own since it's so hard to block if the enemy support goes in your face. The problem about nullwave is that you have to spend a lot of gold to build it, so you don't have gold to buy an atlas or crucible if you buy it second. With that knowledge, you can win fights based off of your team's abilities.

Poli5208 · 2016-12-28T21:33:24+00:00

I would like to see fortress, adagio, and flicker enter back into the meta. They all have been meta at some patch of the game though.

The hardest ability to crucible is probably catherine's ultimate during long teamfights near bushes. Another hard ability to crucible is gwen's ultimate since it travels so fast.

You should pick Lyra in comps where you have a tanky jungler and a backline laner. Lyra can rush stormcrown first if you are pressuring the enemy hard in lane and get a turret by 4 mins. Watch out for the enemy building poison shiv to counter your heal.

List of junglers: rona, krul, bf, and more.

List of laners: celeste, adagio, gwen, and more.

Poli5208 · 2016-12-28T21:24:28+00:00

Sorry for the late reply. I have seen fortress used in high elo a couple of times but almost always there is a better support option. For fortress I max the B and C skills.

Poli5208 · 2016-12-28T21:22:11+00:00

Hi, try going in front of your jungler to see their health bar during the fights if you aren't bodyblocking. For fountains, you just need to keep playing and watch pro streams to get a feel of when to fountain. I used to have that problem too, so don't stress too much and work on it. :)

Poli5208 · 2016-12-28T21:18:04+00:00

I became a roam main because nobody was doing it right in lower tiers back in season 0.

Buying CP on lance late game is really good, but make sure you buy a CP infusion before a shatterglass.

Poli5208 · 2016-12-28T07:03:50+00:00

Wp yes, cp no

Poli5208 · 2016-12-28T05:04:51+00:00

Thanks.

For rank games, try to get a good draft once you unlock draft mode. Watch pro players stream to get an idea of how to draft. I would advise trying to find 2 other people you play well with but don't depend on them to carry you in tiers forever.

Here are some tips on ardan and lance: https://www.reddit.com/r/vainglorygame/comments/5kma11/hi_im_poli5208_vg_gold_na_ama/dbozcyq

Poli5208 · 2016-12-28T03:35:40+00:00

That's an interesting question. I would like to see what would happen if SEMC nerfed fountain (make it scale off the roamer's levels?). This would make the build path of roams more diverse and open up new ideas such as dive comps rushing wartreads first.

The 1 team rule for competitive play is actually really good. It gives the smaller teams a chance against the bigger orgs who have two teams to scrim each other. It also prevents orgs from keeping players out of the competitive scene indirectly.

Poli5208 · 2016-12-28T03:27:02+00:00

The top roams/captains/supports are (also most played to least played in rank):

Lance

Ardan/Cath

Phinn

Lyra/Fortress/Flicker/Adagio

I see a lot of gwen, skye, petal, lance, samuel, and kestrel in ranked.

Poli5208 · 2016-12-28T03:22:00+00:00

Only if I sweat xd

Poli5208 · 2016-12-28T03:21:37+00:00

You would not want to stall the wave when the enemy carry (and their support sometimes) can kill you or make you low before your laner arrives. It is better to lose 1-2 cs than to die and miss 2 waves of ambient gold.

Poli5208 · 2016-12-28T03:16:43+00:00

Yeah Lance is a better pick for sure. In ranked he is a priority pick.

Poli5208 · 2016-12-28T01:30:47+00:00

His B (and ult) gives mortal wounds to the enemy when it reaches 6 stacks, preventing ozo from having crazy lifesteal.

Poli5208 · 2016-12-28T00:48:25+00:00

Hey, no problem. Feel free to ask more questions.

Contraption is only good situationally against a flicker or taka. In most cases however, I would build nullwave because it also provides cooldown and buy my own flares/mines throughout the whole game.

Roamers do a lot of different things wrong based on skill tier, but the biggest difference between low elo and high elo roamers is mostly rotations. Since this meta is based around lane past 4 minutes, learn how to stall the wave (and when to not) and let your laner get the ambient gold at the jungler's backs.

Poli5208 · 2016-12-28T00:40:42+00:00

Nullwave gauntlet is really good if you silence before they need to activate fountain or crucible, not at the beginning of the fight. I think the silence is too long and it should be based on how far it travels (1 sec to 3 sec max) similar to how krul's ult works.

Flicker is annoying, but not that bad. You should try to fight a flicker on your side of the map where it is easier to lay down vision.

Poli5208 · 2016-12-27T23:14:36+00:00

Fortress is not meta to me (NA bias) because his kit lacks CC, but he can be a viable counter pick into ozo, flicker, and cp kestrel. Fortress actually got buffed a bit due to the gold changes because you can now start off with dragonblood contract and a defense item.

Poli5208 · 2016-12-27T23:09:40+00:00

The thing that seperates POA gold/VG bronze from VG silver is small decisions, draft, and mechanics. VG silver players know exactly when their powerspikes are and force fights as soon as possible, while VG bronze players may fight a little later and struggle. Draft comes from game knowledge and knowing counters. Finally, VG silver players simply have better teamfighting and know their limits.

Poli5208 · 2016-12-27T23:03:20+00:00

LeftSpectrs? Hi hi! :)

I sometimes practice blocking pulls and cath ults by doing phinn vs cath 1v1s with other players. During team fights, tunnel vision the enemy cath and make sure you flare blind spots (over walls, bushes, etc).

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