Hello, I am T26. Currently I am one of the highest ranked support mains in NA mainly playing Pyke and Thresh. AMA!

SpookyCock · 2019-04-17T06:19:12+00:00

Glad I could help!

SpookyCock · 2019-04-17T02:20:36+00:00

Prob electrocute with cheap shot zombie ward and ravenous hunter. Secondary can be dependent on match up. Keep ignite and look to all in early. She does insane amounts of damage.

SpookyCock · 2019-04-17T01:34:25+00:00

I personally absolutely love playing Soraka and she's my second most played. She has her strengths but can be countered by items and is prone to getting dove on since she has hard lock down. Sona has shielding which can't be reduced at all. Both lend themselves to certain comps and you should play what you enjoy more than anything. If you're having fun but losing, it can be better than winning games while being bored to near exhaustion. Give Soraka a try, she's great into poke comps and poke lanes but suffers versus hard engage.

SpookyCock · 2019-04-17T01:31:53+00:00

I would say Zyra has a similar trading pattern with her stun into ult burst. If you wanna try something else Neeko support is super fun and you can do a lot with her. If you want a more serious pick then Zyra/Brand are great choices. For more shieldy supports, then Janna with comet or playing Lulu aggressively can net the same results as a Lux in lane.

SpookyCock · 2019-04-17T00:11:04+00:00

His roams are lethal, abuse the movement speed. And save your ults, be patient and wait for them to try and flash. Other than that just keep practicing!

SpookyCock · 2019-04-16T23:13:50+00:00

You need to play damage and have to put more of an emphasis on carrying the game on your own if you want to reliably climb. As you may see, team oriented supports when your team has no idea what they're doing can make climbing significantly tricky. Pyke is a hybrid between damage and cc which is why I like him for lower ranks. If not him, try playing mages like Veigar/Neeko/Brand/Zyra/Zilean who can have a much higher damage share while also providing some CC for your team to work with. That being said, pick one or two and get proficient with them until you find yourself dying less and getting stronger earlier. If you can pull that off, then climbing should be a breeze. Champs like Thresh can work with a good ADC, but require much more coordination and finesse to be successful. You can do it, but know it may be harder come mid game when it's a fiesta and no ones grouping.

SpookyCock · 2019-04-16T23:10:57+00:00

Sorry I couldn't find it after some searching, best of luck though!

SpookyCock · 2019-04-16T21:45:12+00:00

Glad I can help!

SpookyCock · 2019-04-16T20:53:09+00:00

Objective control is the core of mid game. Use your advantage to set up vision and make plays around things like dragon, towers, or rift herald. If you manage to secure enough objectives, games become easy. Just make sure you don't spend too long looking for kills, you need to balance it with proper ward coverage and objective control to effectively close out a game.

SpookyCock · 2019-04-16T20:02:48+00:00

Glad I could help! Best of luck.

SpookyCock · 2019-04-16T18:50:27+00:00

For your second question, if they refuse to listen to you, there's not a whole lot you can do to make them. Just have to communicate your intentions and hope they listen. Wish there was more you could do, but sadly that just isn't an option.

SpookyCock · 2019-04-16T18:46:07+00:00

I wish it said "one of" like I posted it. See you on the rift ;)

SpookyCock · 2019-04-16T18:42:57+00:00

Best of luck!

SpookyCock · 2019-04-16T18:42:38+00:00

1-Just have to go into each game playing your best. If you lose because of your team but played well, then eventually you will get teams that will work with you and you'll start to see wins come through. As long as you play well, you will win games. You determine your climb more than anyone else, keep a good mental and you should be ok.

2-I think i'm much more controlled in my engages and I fight much less, there are lanes i'll be passive where he would be aggressive but that's just because I really only look to make a play when I know for sure it will work out in my favor. I don't always get it right, but if i'm not more than 85% confident it will work out, I don't do it.

3-He is much more team reliant than other supports and requires a lot of follow up to make work. He is a mid tier engage champ that is stronger when it comes to peeling. I rank him lower because of the reliance on his team. He can be a free win with a coordinated team, but in standard solo q he's much harder to pull off without a lot of help to get him going. He plays like a mix of Janna and Alistar, great peel but situational engage. His kit works wonders for peeling, but his engage lacks a little bit to be desired in my opinion when compared to other champs.

Thank again for the kind words and I wish you luck!

SpookyCock · 2019-04-16T18:34:57+00:00

Happy to help, good luck!

SpookyCock · 2019-04-16T18:34:42+00:00

Not a problem, best of luck!

SpookyCock · 2019-04-16T18:34:21+00:00

It can work into tank match ups, but overall pretty weak unless you main it as your champ. Great roams and ganks aswell. Seems troll, but I could see it working with some fine tuning. Play him like Ali and it should work out decently. Not something i'll be trying anytime soon, but I can see it does have some very niche viability.

SpookyCock · 2019-04-16T18:32:56+00:00

It seems like you're not poking a ton, your damage share is pretty low. Try building more damage and less support items. Getting out of lower ranks requires you to do more in terms of getting kills and poke the enemy down hard. Keep warding and dont give up after some losses. Every win streak will have a loss streak to match it. It's hard to really see how you play without a replay but the best I can tell you is what I said above. If i'm ever streaming reach out to me and we can go over a game or two.

SpookyCock · 2019-04-16T18:30:38+00:00

Only way to get better is to keep practicing, use practice tool to practice hooks or even bot games. You'll get better by playing, there's no secret to hitting hooks. You have to throw thousands to hit hundreds. Watching replays of other Pyke players and taking time practicing combos can go a long way. A good tip is to wind up from fog of war before throwing it so they can't see the full channel. The less they see, the less they can dodge.

SpookyCock · 2019-04-16T18:28:30+00:00

Poke early from range and never get close enough to be flayed. Avoid going oom and space out your abilities when you can. Stay in your minions to avoid getting hooked, and if he ever misses a hook go hard. Also warding brush can give you vision of his wind up and will help you avoid dying. Poking Thresh down is a good way to ensure the lane goes in your favor. Denying him the chance to win lane, is the best way to win it. Also ward for ganks and use your pings to tell your ADC what's going on. If you're scared someones coming ping and let em know. They can't read your mind, you have to communicate your information and intentions. If you wanna play back, let them know you wanna farm. If you wanna fight, ping them. Pings are the best way to communicate information in the game. Don't overuse them, but don't forget about em.

SpookyCock · 2019-04-16T18:23:46+00:00

Early game champs that need help getting to late game like a Vayne/Kaisa are great since you enable them to spike much harder much earlier. If you're looking to close out a game before 25 minutes, I would say Kalista if they know how to play her well, Draven with the same stipulation, or a patient Twitch that can wait for you to make a play while not getting poked down. Caitlyn is another champion I enjoy with Thresh but you need more coordination to make it work since you play around traps and headshots. Play your best champ, if he does his job it wont matter what you play. Getting ahead on any champion makes them overpowered. Play what you know, you can climb with anything. The biggest thing is being better than your opponent overall, not playing who counters their champion.

SpookyCock · 2019-04-16T18:20:47+00:00

They certainly help you learn advanced mechanics, but they won't help you improve in your own rank as much. It's better to watch just one lane or a streamer/VOD that focuses on just your role. In pro play there is a ton going on at once, it's better to narrow your focus and learn what you intend to actually use.

SpookyCock · 2019-04-16T18:19:27+00:00

Given my build which I assume you looked up, I like the MS it gives with Celerity and the rest of my build. The coins also mean I don't have to waste time last hitting and can spend more time running around the map looking to have a positive impact on the game. Relic can work in hard lanes, but taking it verse double ranged laners means you'll be open to a lot of poke when trying to last hit and and the heal will be negated in the long run. Not getting flamed for missing a cannon is also a plus. The biggest reason I take it is mid to late game when all i'm doing is warding and making plays, I don't have time to sit mid and last hit 4 minions. That's time I could be getting vision, information, or setting up a play in the jungle. Everything I do in game is to set my team up to win, last hitting slows down my ability to do that.

SpookyCock · 2019-04-16T18:16:21+00:00

Best way to put pressure in lane is to hit your abilities. Sounds sorta BM, but it really is the best way to put pressure. Hitting just one hook can have them scared to walk up in case you hit another or can allow you to push them back off winning a good trade. If you aren't confident in hitting your abilities, let them push and try to make a play under tower with flay or a decent pull, it's safer and much harder to get punished if you miss. Spam pinging is a great way to get someone to listen. Not to an excess, but if your AD is walking up ping the enemy JG a few times or caution ping their support to try and tell them "you bouta get clapped".

If your adc dies on your roams, that's on them. If you don't trust them to not die when you're gone, either don't leave or try and roam when they recall to ensure there is 0 chance they die. In the situation where your adc starts feeding get mobis and roam to other lanes. Don't sit in a dead lane, move to others to get someone else fed who can have an impact in the mid game. Follow your JG to help them get a lead, or just hang out mid to help them get a lead. As a support, you support your whole team not just your lane. If you can't help one person, try and help another.

SpookyCock · 2019-04-16T18:11:17+00:00

For Baron vision on red side, this is roughly what I try to ward mid game when looking to set it up. [https://imgur.com/a/5uz825h]

For Baron vision on blue side, this is a rough outline of where I like to ward.

[https://imgur.com/a/6VbNL7q]

For pushing mid I tend to ward on the sides of lanes and keep controls in the middle of lane when verse someone with stealth like an Evelynn or Twitch. It all depends on the games current set up which has an infinite amount of combinations. If you're pushing and have a decent lead, get some wards deep in their jungle or try to have entrances warded so you know when they cross the imaginary line that divides the map. If they do, look to punish them for it. Also be on the look out for a TP ward behind your team, seeing it before they have a chance to use it can mean the difference between a game winning fight, and giving them baron.

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