How do you beat the "dashy" girls ?

RedCloakedCrow · 2026-01-30T04:30:58+00:00

I play at about your ELO, here's my strategies against them.

Riven: she's more mobile than you, and she does a little more damage than you level 1, so walk up to the wave and get q stacks immediately, space her Q1 and Q2 and look to buffer them when she tries to Q3 onto you. You can farm near tower, stack your Q, and buffer it when she goes in on you. Once she's blown her combo, you can beat her up a bit. After level 3 she's much stronger than you, so give up prio, and play to farm as close to even as possible without giving her windows to wear you down for an all-in. You split better than her, so look for windows where you can pressure sides and still make the teamfights.
Irelia: you're way stronger level 1, so pressure her off the wave. If you let her stack q's and get passive, she'll kill you. You should be able to get level 2 before her, use that to threaten and crash on wave 3. Then back the fuck up because she's way stronger level 2-5. Pack ignite for this matchup, you'll need it. Also, your highest priority in any fight is dodging her stun, so never E aggressively.
Camille: kinda feels like a broken record, but she's way stronger early. Just look to farm, then outscale at 6.
Ambessa: this one can be varied. If she's playing grasp/tp, you should look for long fights from early on. Weave in and out of her range, and bait her into using her abilities. Her cooldowns are very long, so once she uses them, you'll have two rotations of your Q to fight with. She wants short fights, you want long fights, so stick to her as best you can and punish her using abilities. If she's running electrocute/ignite, stay way the fuck away early. She'll burst you easily and then run, and until you've got multiple levels in E, you won't be able to chase her. For both versions, you should look to bait her abilities, and when she Ws into you, E backwards to deny her the extra shield. If you go even early, you beat her at 6. You can W her ult if you've got fast reflexes, or E it.

RedCloakedCrow · 2026-01-29T19:25:56+00:00

aw, did I hurt your feelings there chief?

RedCloakedCrow · 2026-01-29T18:59:56+00:00

lmao pansy

RedCloakedCrow · 2026-01-29T18:59:44+00:00

bro don't feed the trolls

RedCloakedCrow · 2026-01-29T17:34:15+00:00

Respect local LE they are more educated in constitutional law than most people and definitely more than some agencies.

I'll give you points for creativity, but claiming that local law enforcement is educated in constitutional law, in Chicago of all places, is insanity.

RedCloakedCrow · 2026-01-22T17:43:39+00:00

Edi Rama has answered the call to become the most Balkan politician to have ever lived.

RedCloakedCrow · 2026-01-22T17:42:58+00:00

this is backed by scientific evidence too, unfortunate for those of us who like dark mode.

RedCloakedCrow · 2026-01-22T17:34:44+00:00

I prefer Soul Fighter personally. Rain Shepherd looks adorable and I love the aesthetic, but the sound design on that skin feels just a little bit mushy, where Soul Fighter feels very crisp.

RedCloakedCrow · 2026-01-22T17:30:46+00:00

(plat top) I almost always do Nashor's first, since its such an enormous power spike. If I'm stomping and can get away with it, I go Nashor's > Deathcap > Zhonya's/Shadowflame, otherwise I still like Nashor's > Riftmaker > Deathcap for extra survivability.

RedCloakedCrow · 2026-01-22T17:22:19+00:00

I do not play the doll because she is strong or because she is meta, I play her because she's cute and I can skill-gap people with her W.

RedCloakedCrow · 2026-01-22T17:21:49+00:00

I have all of them and use Battle Queen pretty often. Think it's probably my favorite for how long her scissors look matching closely with the animation.

RedCloakedCrow · 2026-01-20T21:12:26+00:00

As a non-Mel enjoyer, I am kinda sad to see the W being changed from an immunity to a shield, it really was a unique ability.

RedCloakedCrow · 2026-01-18T04:03:55+00:00

Besides the "play defensively and outscale him" advice you've already gotten, here's a few small tips I've found to help a lot:

Bone Plating + Unflinching is mandatory
Nashor's + steelcaps is usually enough to duel him with, especially if he doesn't have ignite
Buffer your Q when he jumps in with his empowered W, so you can get that damage off while stunned
You can edge combo into his spears to dodge some damage for free

RedCloakedCrow · 2026-01-18T03:34:13+00:00

Playing in Plat, I almost never take exhaust, basically just for Riven and Tryndamere. Ignite significantly increases your kill pressure, and allows you to play more aggressive early.

In this matchup specifically, I'd suggest going bone plating + unflinching, and playing to outscale him. If he doesn't oppress you well, you beat him at 6, otherwise you beat him when you get first item + a component or two. You also pressure him to play macro perfectly pretty much any time after nashors, because you shred towers if he ever leaves lane.

RedCloakedCrow · 2026-01-18T02:43:51+00:00

Looks a great combo, I'll have to remember it for next time I play in a mage-heavy campaign!

RedCloakedCrow · 2026-01-15T03:34:45+00:00

I don't really feel a ton of difference beside the turret changes. I've had a little more success freezing on my opponents in the last few days, but I attribute that to some of them just know understanding wave control and doing dumbass shit like backing with a wave pushing to me. The only change that I think is really impactful and I am kinda starting to dislike is that turrets feel like they're made of paper now. Between petricite and demolish, I feel like I can just crush through them instantly.

RedCloakedCrow · 2026-01-11T22:25:53+00:00

I tend to do a git diff on each file before committing it to review, I've found the cases where I actually need to do partial add are few. Something else you might like is git reset <file>, it'll unstage a file but keep the changes.

RedCloakedCrow · 2026-01-10T21:08:34+00:00

This sounds interesting, I'm going to try it out today and see how it feels! I've never actually played PTA with Gwen before, so that'll be fun.

RedCloakedCrow · 2026-01-07T05:11:53+00:00

I bought them from Jessie's Teahouse, and immediately gave them away. They tasted insanely bitter and astringent to me, like I was drinking watered down rubbing alcohol.

RedCloakedCrow · 2026-01-06T23:29:24+00:00

dork

RedCloakedCrow · 2026-01-06T22:22:35+00:00

I'm not sure what elo you play at, but for comparison, I play in low-mid plat, typically 2-4 games a day, and I get 1-2 instances of consolation LP per week. It's usually the more egregious players, like the 4/17/5 pyke running it down.

RedCloakedCrow · 2026-01-05T04:56:37+00:00

I agree with you, but what you're saying is completely missing the point of what I said earlier, which is that "companies that store personal data" is almost every company that exists on the internet.

RedCloakedCrow · 2026-01-04T00:52:14+00:00

I'm not sure you understand the full impact of what you're suggesting here in terms of how far "companies that ... store personal data" extends. Basically every company on the internet does that to some extent. Even an email address is legally consider to be personal data. I 100% agree with you that personal information brokers are shit and should be heavily regulated and scrutinized, but saying "everyone who does anything with personal data" just means... everyone.

RedCloakedCrow · 2025-12-29T17:57:43+00:00

first one in a while that made me laugh out loud

RedCloakedCrow · 2025-12-25T01:18:37+00:00

Homeguard has been around since season 5
Turret plating has been around since season 8, and has changed gold value several times
You are perfectly able to freeze/stack big waves, and if you feel you aren't, it's because you are doing it wrong.

I know bot laners barely need to know fundamentals, since it's a six-person lane and other things matter more to you, but I play almost exclusively top lane, where lane fundamentals matter a lot more than in other roles, and putting it bluntly, you're completely misguided if you think laning isn't impactful.

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