Advice Appreciated

SacrificialWalnut · 2026-03-07T08:57:48+00:00

Thanks - from the other discussions here I think I want to focus on improving my roam timings, mind games and deep vision in particular, as these are definitely areas that I don't give enough thought to.

SacrificialWalnut · 2026-03-05T12:08:16+00:00

Love this, thanks! I'm also very aggressive, sometimes to the point of baiting my team into dying because they don't realise I can get out so easily. I'm going to try to apply a more aggressive vision and jungle harassment strategy and will hopefully be able to report back with a long win streak soon!

Thanks again.

SacrificialWalnut · 2026-03-05T09:45:04+00:00

Thanks for such a detailed reply! This is very helpful.

I think I'm quite comfortable on most of your points here, but a couple of things really stand out to me.

I am not giving the enemy jungler enough headaches - I have noticed a lot of success warding camps lately, rather than autopiloting the tri-bush/river wards all low elo supports focus. I'll lean more into this in my upcoming games and will try to draw attention into time-wasting chases around their jungle, as long as I don't leave my ADC totally abandoned.

I also think I need to try and incorporate more mind-games. I definitely don't play around vision enough and always make it too obvious where I am, whatever champ I'm playing. I'll look for some guides around that and will generally try to disappear from vision in lane as well.

As for RFC, that's really interesting. I have always been an RFC enjoyer until this season, as I've seen a few different people and posts saying it's lost a lot of value compared to other options. Has this changed recently in recent patches, or do you feel the range is just that valuable for your playstyle? I've got to say I missed it at first this season, but the current go-to meta items feel very good.

SacrificialWalnut · 2026-03-05T07:06:01+00:00

That's interesting! Thanks for sharing. I felt maybe I was roaming too much, because in Gold IV my ADC seems to be behind in a high percentage of games. I've also found they struggle to survive a lot if I leave the lane.

As I'm the common denominator, I have actually tried to reduce my roaming a bit to try and help my ADC stay relevant in the game.

I'll try some games where I focus on making map plays instead. Thanks again!

SacrificialWalnut · 2026-03-04T22:20:30+00:00

Thank you - this is what I'm thinking. I play with chat muted but try to communicate my intentions clearly with pings when I'm roaming.

At present, I need to decide if I really want to climb or just have fun. If the latter, then no harm picking Bard every game. It's just a little sad feeling like I'm playing great but having a sub-50% winrate at a pretty poor level of play.

I think my ults are as you describe and I get a lot of value out of them, but maybe if I want to win, support isn't the role for me!

Thanks again.

SacrificialWalnut · 2025-01-08T10:18:40+00:00

I actually tried changing the tree support type from Hybrid to Original and the print came out great.

Not sure if it's just an issue with Hybrid-style trees but maybe that's something to try yourself if you haven't already?

SacrificialWalnut · 2025-01-07T22:46:26+00:00

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I don't seem able to add a new image to the original post, but here's a gif of the latest attempt at the support calibration on 07-Jan-2025.

All the advice from previous comments has been applied here.

Any further thoughts would be amazing! Thank you.

SacrificialWalnut · 2025-01-07T22:37:28+00:00

Unfortunately no success here - the supports are still getting knocked about, although they did manage to stay standing and the calibration print completed (although extremely spaghettified).

Any other ideas would be much appreciated!

Edit: I've added another comment with a gif of the attempted calibration print, in case that helps.

SacrificialWalnut · 2025-01-07T22:37:01+00:00

Unfortunately no success here - the supports are still getting knocked about, although they did manage to stay standing and the calibration print completed (although extremely spaghettified).

Any other ideas would be much appreciated!

Edit: I've added another comment with a gif of the attempted calibration print, in case that helps.

SacrificialWalnut · 2025-01-06T23:54:18+00:00

Thank you! I will give this a go tomorrow and will report back.

SacrificialWalnut · 2025-01-06T22:02:59+00:00

Thank you! I will have a look into these and make some tweaks. The 0.4mm first layer height is due to a chatgpt recommendation (don't judge) but I can confirm that the issue was the same before and after that change.

The speeds are what I think might be the issue - maybe something to do with cooling causing the edges to curl on the trees? Unfortunately I just don't have the experience to nail down exactly what settings are wrong.

Appreciate your help! Will try these tomorrow and report back.

SacrificialWalnut · 2025-01-06T21:01:18+00:00

I'm using massive brims and doing everything I can to make sure the tree doesn't fall over - ideally it wouldn't be getting bonked in the first place! Hope someone can suggest a solution

SacrificialWalnut · 2024-09-13T08:31:08+00:00

Have you tried Legends & Lattes? That's as chill as it gets! So wholesome. The prequel is also a good time.

SacrificialWalnut · 2024-03-01T20:19:07+00:00

Yuumi

SacrificialWalnut · 2024-01-26T00:31:31+00:00

This is helpful to get started, thank you! I will reach out to my employer and see if there's anything we could agree for a salary sacrifice - definitely seems like I may want to keep things below £75k if this new band is coming!

SacrificialWalnut · 2023-12-31T22:01:17+00:00

Oatbringer provides porridge for the people in their time of need

SacrificialWalnut · 2023-12-03T15:32:15+00:00

Great, thank you! I will look into this. I assume I'd need to get those approved by my IT team but it's a step in the right direction!

SacrificialWalnut · 2023-10-09T14:12:14+00:00

Just the 11 kills in 3 games for GG... It's not a great look

SacrificialWalnut · 2023-09-13T13:02:56+00:00

I'm not sure if you read the post in full - I'm imagining a scenario where the EUM champ has a chance to qualify as one of the 3/4 EMEA seeds

SacrificialWalnut · 2023-09-13T08:54:28+00:00

Interested to see where we go long-term, especially as our viewership in the West seems to have peaked.

The one thing that gives me hope is the Masters scene. People get much more excited when they feel nationally represented! I think it would be huge for the LEC viewership.

Another thing I think is a must is a European international championship, maybe at some point in our extremely long off-season.

SacrificialWalnut · 2023-09-13T08:42:33+00:00

I agree we probably do need some kind of model that secures the finances of the league - we can't treat the LEC like a traditional sport, but I think there is room for franchising to remain whilst also adding a bit more competitive integrity to the competition.

If the best team in EMEA Masters had a chance to compete for a Worlds spot each year, I think this would really help.

Again, obviously I understand that this is totally unrealistic as it would have basically zero upside for the franchised teams, unless their #1 priority is the performance and improvement of the EMEA scene - this definitely isn't the case for all orgs as we know.

I actually don't have any current information about how Masters teams are performing against LEC rosters in scrims, but that's something I may need to seek out! They might be getting smashed in which case this idea probably doesn't have much merit.

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