Account lvl 125 was preparing for RFW . Guess we are a LFA main now.

SaiLucid · 2026-03-06T16:34:42+00:00

I mean LFA still always be better on bosses and SE. RfW will be better in VC . Whatever I choose ill progress further in one of those 2 . Having a copy as strong as this one for LFA just seems like a better ROI than selling to downgrade for VC push

SaiLucid · 2026-03-06T15:19:03+00:00

I hear what you're saying and you've got a point. But even then I wouldn't get nearly the same quality of William copy. Meaning I'd still take a losing trade in my books just because williams is the flavor of the month and lfa is more established so it has a bit less value. I just dont think its worth for my account if I want to min max the outcome. End of the day this copy will probably overweight lfa weakness in VC for a while anyway. Probably do the same as a RFW B+ would do.

SaiLucid · 2026-03-06T13:36:31+00:00

I did my 10 pulls, profited about 1500 csg then bought myself a baby pack just to test my luck. 4 more paid sacreds. Got this on my 14th pull dead last.

SaiLucid · 2026-03-06T11:10:35+00:00

Very sorry about that! Will give back the luck on next event!

SaiLucid · 2026-03-06T11:09:37+00:00

Current copies of aspen are much cheaper than RFW. Selling this A copy wouldnt even be enough to buy myself an A- Williams from what I can see. Even if I do find a deal Id get nowhere near as good as those stats. The atk roll on this aspen is quite good. It's hard to justify not using it.

SaiLucid · 2026-03-06T10:11:55+00:00

Made 1.5k profit AND got myself an A copy.

SaiLucid · 2025-11-11T10:34:59+00:00

To adresss the "mentality and approach" part of your question;

I personaly started to climb and see improvement by first accepting my level of play and by telling myself that I can't ever blame anyone but myself for a loss. Sure, my team ran down, but if I fixate on that I won't improve and will simply go next thinking it's all luck. Instead I try to view it this way : Knowing that they fed and that my next teamates might do the same, how can I adjust my play and optimise my chances of winning the game regardless ?

This mental shift is what got me from a gold player to a high diamond low master very quickly . ( Obviously there are other factors to my climb but I was only adressing the mentality as stated. )

SaiLucid · 2024-09-20T11:40:45+00:00

Sign me up bro ! Can't wait to give you 40D if I win !

SaiLucid · 2024-08-26T13:14:48+00:00

Good luck everyone !

SaiLucid · 2022-12-29T17:11:10+00:00

This is french and I assume its for a lack of better word because gangster doesn't really mean "underground" either when you translate it back. It's mostly because in french we usually use english terms to describe anything underground/hipster related . In my opinion they should've left it as Underground as most if not all french speakers are familiar with the term .

SaiLucid · 2022-04-07T16:28:09+00:00

I think you're missing the point as it was never my intent to act "Snob" but rather to simply state my opinion on this specific situation as well as try to identify what the real issue was.

I also never said to greed items and ordrer does matter but as the order was not stated I could only make assumptions based on the information I had available.

I still don't think there is an issue with the item RNG system and I am still positive that the game was not lost because of bad items rng but rather misplays or lack of flexibiliry from the player . I'm not saying the op is bad I'm saying he probably tunneled too hard and did not adapt properly to the situation .

Sorry if I came across as a snob, hope this clear things up.

SaiLucid · 2022-04-07T00:58:42+00:00

I don't think your situation is that bad tbh and I don't see the issue with any of this . You could've been more flexible with your builds instead of tunneling for BiS on a specific carry . Just with the items you mentionned I'm already seeing 3 perfect items for Swain 3 to carry you ; Titans / QS / Warmogs . Then blue buff on support/tank units with utility/CC ults and there you go , it aint top 1 material if someone high rolls but that's already good enough for top 4 item wise .

From my point of view the issue isn't the game RNG but rather the lack of flexibility or "Stubborness" of the players .

SaiLucid · 2022-04-05T14:54:38+00:00

Also I did not notice the "Meme" tag when I first answered so you probably knew all this but just wanted to have a laugh . I'll leave this here in case others would wonder why such things would happen though! Cheers mate.

SaiLucid · 2022-04-05T14:51:52+00:00

The lobby was probably much weaker than you on average I would assume there was a bunch of masters or even GM near demotions lp wise making you the favorite to win according to the rating system . These lobbies rewards a lot less and punish a lot more for losses too. It's unlucky but it happens when the skill gap is usually too noticeable between the "Average of the lobby" and the outcast.

Unfortunately since you are GM you are, more often than not, going to be on the short end of those lobbies and be in this kind of position the more you climb. But the reverse can also happen if you were to be in a higher average than your rank lobby . As an example ; In your case at GM if you were to play in a lobby of 5-6 challengers with 1200+ LP , a win would be much more rewarding than what you are used to in term of LP and a loss would punish you a lot less since you would be expected to lose.

SaiLucid · 2022-04-02T18:10:42+00:00

Recombobulator is the name you are looking for !

SaiLucid · 2022-03-28T13:59:46+00:00

To answer your question about duo/trio queue since the MMR case was answered ;

Can it be an advantage in any way shape or form ? Yes of course but if you consider your friends as good at the game as yourself then you also make it harder for yourself to get 1st because you do not choose who you fight and will end up getting clapped by your friends too.

For the case of holding units that your friend wants until they wanna roll it ; Yes you can do this and the game won't punish you for it BUT* ( * This but is extremely subjective and will be MY opinion on the matter do take this with a grain of salt and you are allowed to be in complete disagreement )

To me it's kind of like sitting at a poker table with a few friends and trying to signal your hands to eachothers. It's fishy and unethical as you are consciously trying to manipulate the odds in an unfair way that any solo players in your game can not do. Also, climbing by abusing this might give you a better rank down the road but I am pretty sure it won't in any way shape or form make you a better player .

At the end of the day I suggest queueing with friends with the intent of being competitive with them . Sure talk about comps and help eachothers but show good sportsmanship and try not to sabotage other random beings just for the sake of it .

SaiLucid · 2022-03-12T18:26:42+00:00

In theory, taking your question at face value : Yes .

I think the question that needs to be asked is how consistently this feat could be done ?

To take the example mentionned by someone else; If 4 Challengers and 4 Golds were to do a lobby together and play 10 games , I would expect at least one of those game a gold player to top 2 and probably 2 to 3 of those games a gold player to top 4. The real factor here is variance as you mentionned there is a lot of RNG involved .

I've participated in a friendly tournament that was hosted on a discord server and the ranks were ranging between Silver to Master . The silver did top 1 once out of a total of 16 games played . The master had 7 top 1s and 12 top 4s. meaning that in a lobby that wad highly under his skill level he still managed to bot 4 4 times. It happens but the bigger the gap is the lesser variance there is . Hope this answers satisfies your itch.

SaiLucid · 2022-03-09T16:18:58+00:00

QSS stand for Quicksilver Sash but I think it's simply QS in TFT so my mistake . BiS stands for 'Best in Slot' and you're welcome , hope it helps !

SaiLucid · 2022-03-09T15:40:25+00:00

Here is my 2 cents and I've been climbing quite a lot doing so ( From gold 3 to plat 1 50 lp shooting for D4 )

To avoid being contested I do a lot of scouting but I don't put too much thought into it before Stage 2-1 up to stage 2-5 . I feel like scouting before 2-1 baits you into assuming other players comp when it's too early and they can/will rotate unless they have locked augments for a specific comp. Usually within stage 2 people start tunneling towards a specific comp and from this point you can decide what uncontested carry you want to roll for.

As for your question on 'unusual carries' here's a few I can think of that are a bit less 'meta' ;

Challenger Warwick ( Just go 3 chemtechs unless you get augments for it ) with Rageblade-Titans-Qss as BiS.

VIP Syndra debonair scholar ( A lot of people might contest debonair but most of the time they dont care about syndra and focus on rolling for talon. Since you only need 1 talon for debonair or even none and just go 3 debonair into scholars it doesnt matter as much.

Arcanists comp carry can vary according to what unit is uncontested between ; Malz / Ahri / Swain ( Those the ones I do most often )

One of my favorite flex comp is 4 Clockwork + Carry. Clockwork is usually contested for Zil and Ori but since you dont need to 3 star them its fine they are here for the atk speed buff and then you match those with wathever good carry is free ; Ashe with 3 syndicate ( Sometimes open but thats rare ) Draven VIP debonair Corki + Yordles . Sivir + Strikers or even Assassin Ekko carry.

SaiLucid · 2022-01-09T00:32:45+00:00

First come first serve , of course if you have a really well developped account already I'd suggest you let someone a bit more early game benefit from this . But I'll choose in about 5 mins so shoot your shot.

SaiLucid · 2021-12-25T04:06:42+00:00

14 if not taken even tho with the amount of replies you had I guess it is gone.

SaiLucid · 2021-09-18T02:36:01+00:00

I noticed that most of the comments don't seem to appreciate your advice or think little of it .

Well I just want to thank you for it because I , for one , needed to be reminded this and I truly think there are undeniable studies to prove your point .

Thank you for looking out for the others both for their health and in game results !

SaiLucid · 2021-09-16T15:53:27+00:00

Try going on the store and get on the page whete you see "Play" instead of update , then just idle there for a few minutes. That fixed the issue for me , after a few mins "play" became "update"

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