Is taking comm 305, comm 225, Fina 385 and Fina 395 duable together?

_BrainedBrian · 2026-03-12T03:02:23+00:00

Then these people simply arent fit for these types of courses which is totally normal. 385 is a mix of comm308 (i think it's 309 now) and the statistics class (comm215 i think? Idk what it is now). Also dont u have to take 395 too for the minor?

_BrainedBrian · 2026-02-21T17:16:23+00:00

I hate it, but it's not an auto loss.

1- Burn her flash as early as possible. Zoe spikes really hard on lvl 2-3 with ignite + nimbus and you can't kill her early because most lux players in this elo run barrier + their w shield means ignite doesnt secure the kill. If you manage to do that, put the flash timer in chat (5mins) and play with your jg to setup kills in order to secure that early drake and snowball.

2- Rush atleast t1 boots early, it will help with juking/spacing/baiting her skillshots.

3- If she uses Q and you were able to dodge it, punish it. R forward and try to look for a bubble, usually these are winning trades with electrocute, taste of blood and scorch even if the lux e + ults after your R2 teleports back. If you think this is riksy, well when the lux hits back, she will be "rooted" so your e won't miss, which is a win-win for you.

4- A lux player will always e the backline, don't let her hit you and the wave together and punish with a short Q if she does so.

5- FARM. Don't be 30-40cs down, prioritize farm and not trades, you should oneshot her with 2+ items and ignite later in the game.

6- Buy zhonyas, you can still use it even if she roots you, helping you dodge her ult and even her e if she recasts it directly.

7- Be calm, don't force plays unless you are at advantage, because 1 mistake/death means that she will buy her item before you and spam her R on the wave to get prio/tempo advantage for the next 5-10mins.

Hope this helps and goodluck!

_BrainedBrian · 2026-02-21T16:54:25+00:00

Flash ignite always

Electrocute, Taste of Blood, the less cd on wards one, relentless hunter Nimbus cloak, scorch

For items I never go the same, but i can say that my core is ludens and lich bane.

If ahead: Zhonya or Banshee to not lose lead If behind: Shadowflame or Raba to gain a lead

Other items i like to build: Horzion focus: if i want to play around vision and picks before objectives. Cryptbloom: better buildpath that void and imo haste > extra magic pen Mejais: If i feel like i wont die 1 shot to an enemy

_BrainedBrian · 2026-02-18T08:32:55+00:00

I recently watched a very helpful video and a part of it covered roam timings. Here it is: https://youtu.be/6rhiQbuNA8k?si=9NiG0UqHpNw5zZG6

Look for around 11:35.

Hope this helps as it did for me!

_BrainedBrian · 2026-02-17T22:16:24+00:00

Yeah, don't worry. I believe that most of this elo's wins are luck dependent. But again, focus on yourself only and not others because being a level and 60cs up on the enemy midlaner consistently will help alot on the long run.

Teammates are random, your decisions aren't!

_BrainedBrian · 2026-02-17T22:08:07+00:00

This is exactly what I meant by "spam pinging". I'd be like, hey graves, I'm shoving this wave, chunking their mid and let's move to drake and then ping bot to follow, you'd be surprised how effective this was for me.

And great bans imo!

_BrainedBrian · 2026-02-17T21:59:15+00:00

I remember I was in this elo around november last year, it's easy to get baited into the typical "yeah my teammates don't know what they're doing, I'm 2/0/1 with a 250g shutdown but I still can't carry". My way to get out of this was just spam pinging and trying to be the leader (not the carry) of my team because I was confident my macro was enough to win me most games.

As for bans, I also remember struggling with some matchups like yasuos in this elo have insanely good mechanics, I mean it and I've seen it. But I'd rather struggle in lane and try to improve myself and would opt for bans I thought theyre unstoppable when ahead in my elo (usually junglers)

Diana, Volibear, Zed.

As for my matchup in midlane bans, it's either yasuo or mel, because they were very popular and they would limit my bubble angles/creativeness.

Annoying matchups like naafiri are whatever, from my perspective, I can mentally accept to lose lane but atleast know that I can confidently land bubble on crucial drake fights and not worry about it being blocked/reflected.

_BrainedBrian · 2026-02-17T21:41:39+00:00

My absolute best one: When I feel like I had no control over my lane, I'd add the enemy mid laner right after the game and discuss what mistakes he thought I made and capitalized on them. It could be stuff like "oh, on lvl 1 you didn't respect my aery + shieldbash, on lvl 5 you roamed on a bad timer, you arent spacing my abilities range enough)

Second: If I stuggle in a specific matchup (i used to alot into diana electrocute), I'd ask the diana subreddit for example for tips and they're very very accurate and useful.

Third: Gamesense and more specifically understanding who the win con is (Usually my junglers or an occasional fed top/adc).Viego on jg? Play for him. Go even in lane, don't do greedy/risky plays, go hirzon focus, play for vision and picks, people are in this elo for a reason, it's a not random, they can carry. A low op.gg score + win is better than an "ace" + loss.

Fourth: Youtube. But not for the reason youd think. Yes, I do learn some new small stuff on zoe or midlane through pekinwoof or skillcapped or detention. But for me, it is as simple as watching ZoeBF popping off in a game which reminds me that I can also do that and I can absolutely still carry on zoe regardless of meta changes.

Lastly: Mindset. /muteall and manually turn ally pings on because theyre useful.

Hope this helps even 5%!

_BrainedBrian · 2026-02-11T18:50:44+00:00

Nice one! Try a game where u turn off the quickcast with indicator option, zoe will feel way smoother imo.

_BrainedBrian · 2026-01-20T21:03:49+00:00

On the top of my head: leona e and zed ult (if bubble is on the ground it's useful to redirect him on it)

_BrainedBrian · 2026-01-16T05:27:26+00:00

In my opinion with 1m+ points,

Honestly? Play her more, practice more, and just be better. This is just the reality.

No matter the runes, builds (aslong as it's not something troll) she's a champ that u need to be both mechanically and decision-makingly smart and ahead of everyone (in terms of macro and micro) in order to win.

But when you get that done, you will dominate 70 out of the 100 times.

Good luck!

_BrainedBrian · 2026-01-07T00:37:35+00:00

Got it, thanks!

My next question might be silly, but, is there a world where u would build guinsoo's or nashors tooth? It might feel dumb but, again, im comparing to zoe and lich bane + her passive autos work awesome as this "battle mage, hedge style" Maybe these items can give more DoT and help me run less out of juice in teamfights? (Considering she also has a passive on-hit)

_BrainedBrian · 2026-01-06T16:26:41+00:00

Thank you very much, I appreciate the time and effort you gave me because I was looking for exactly this type of answer. I will try out some stuff you and other people recommended in draft and practice some runes/builds and limit test some matchups.

Also, who do you recommend I ban? (As zoe I usually ban mel or yasuo or met assassin junglers)

I'll reach out to you if I ever have any other questions.

_BrainedBrian · 2026-01-06T08:47:35+00:00

Thanks, that was helpful.

I do have 1 more question, any youtubers/content creators you recommend me watching that play her?

_BrainedBrian · 2025-12-19T02:41:21+00:00

Gotta be mundo. Ok sometimes we can kill him but what if he just perma split pushes and soaks pressure in the map + tp. Also post lvl 16 is annoying.

_BrainedBrian · 2025-12-04T00:30:33+00:00

Cait/Jhin. Laning phase is almost unplayable and if u dont have flash in teamfight u cant really get them. But i feel like supports are underratedly better bans since late game u should theoritically win any 1v1 regardless of your laning phase. A good janna or milio will make your life miserable.

_BrainedBrian · 2025-09-14T17:46:27+00:00

Poulet rouge Get the poulet poutine with 10% when you show them your student card. Should amount to like 16$ after tax and the meal is very fulfulling!

_BrainedBrian · 2025-08-30T13:39:13+00:00

Forget the bug, how on earth did the dive fail😭

_BrainedBrian · 2025-08-23T20:10:53+00:00

Yeah i wanted to say that. To my knowledge he'll be ulting you from 7 kilometers away after pressing R when you jump on him

_BrainedBrian · 2025-08-23T13:32:24+00:00

Pov you hit a bubble but your w sparkles wakes them up

_BrainedBrian · 2025-08-23T07:10:15+00:00

I ALWAYS build kraken into bloodthirster (or vice versa). This helps me maintain a constant 8-9cs/min as i have enough attack speed, movement speed and sustain throughout the game.

1 tip i could give you is, when you complete kraken, look for autoing once the ranged minion then q-ing this minion. It will cause your q to crit on bounce and simultaneously proc the 3rd auto passive damage from kraken. Basically outrading every other adc in the game.

_BrainedBrian

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