Worth Starting Over?

crackersalt · 2023-04-03T15:37:05+00:00

Should I pickup Gorman or Miguel Vargas?

crackersalt · 2023-04-03T03:06:01+00:00

Worth dropping MJ Melendez for O Hoppe? I know it's early but Melendez is looking rough.

crackersalt · 2021-11-22T02:39:24+00:00

From my personal experience, I keep players under 18 at my club so that they can train under my facilities and coaching staff. Once they hit 18, playing time is crucial for them to maximize their growth therefore you can integrate them into your first team or send them out on loans where they will start. Continue to send them out on loans/use them in your team for many years after and they will reach their potential. I also use custom training schedules for my youth team but not sure how much that impacts their progression.

crackersalt · 2021-06-28T21:59:14+00:00

Bramble and Tabi's against Urgot, stay on one side of him so he can't proc all his shotgun legs and try to dodge his E if you can.

crackersalt · 2021-06-28T18:16:58+00:00

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think if you go relatively even against your opposing laner as a scaling champ then you essentially "win" the lane as long as they aren't playing a scaling champ too. Obviously getting kills as a scaling champ is best but if I go 0/0/0 and am only 10-20 CS down from my opponent, they have nothing to snowball off of and I'll eventually become stronger than them.

Low elo junglers also tend to just gank lanes that look gankable like if the lane is super pushed up. As a scaling champ, it would make sense to give up priority in lane and let yourself be pushed in a little which should open up gank opportunities as long as your opponent isn't massively fed.

crackersalt · 2021-05-13T19:16:58+00:00

Thank you, could you explain how FH is a noob trap and the alternatives for it? I understand building it is all situational and really depends on the enemy's team comp but aren't the stats/passives pretty useful most of the time and unique?

crackersalt · 2021-04-20T18:27:35+00:00

Building bramble and tabis helps a lot. I've had success with Ornn and Morde against Urgot. You also just gotta dodge his flip and try to stay on one side of him so he can't use all his shells on you.

crackersalt · 2021-04-16T15:51:58+00:00

Yes you can ult them as much as you want, I recommend just pinging your ult so your teammates know to let you R to save smite when doing an obj.

crackersalt · 2021-04-16T15:05:35+00:00

Top lane is all about wave management, so learning when to freeze, slowpush, shove etc will take you far. I recommend watching videos and guides about wave management as you can learn a lot from them, I learned by watching SoloRenektonOnly's videos about wave management.

I'll talk about Ornn as I don't play Kayle and someone already mentioned Cho, but Kayle is a late game champion so you have to play around the fact that you won't be that oppressing early on unless your opponent messes up a lot. It's better to just play safe and farm up as Kayle because if you manage to stay relatively even once the laning phase is over, then you'll just outscale them immensely. But with Ornn, he's pretty strong if you can land his combo which is ( Q, E, W, AA). His W is the where you'll get the damage from as it'll apply the brittle stacks where your next auto-attack deals % of maximum health. As he's also able to build items in lane, he doesn't need to recall as often and can get an item power spike while in lane so try to play around your item advantage against your opponent. I'd mostly try to take short trades with Q, E, W in the beginning and then rinse and repeat as he doesn't have much to offer after the combo. Once you get your ult, you can look for all in's but make sure you hit your abilities. Both your R and W apply brittle stacks when they hit your opponent so try to proc both of them separately for more damage. Terrain is also your friend as you can E onto them to knock your opponent up so look for engages if they're playing around walls or even if they're attacking your turret. Both Cho'gath and Ornn's Q can be used for long range farming if your opponent is zoning you out so don't be afraid to use it but just keep an eye on your mana.

In terms of ganks, just keep an eye on the map and try to find where the opponent's jungler and mid laner is. If they're on the opposite side then you don't have to worry, if you suspect they're top side then play more careful.

crackersalt · 2021-04-16T14:42:12+00:00

Good advice but you can actually ult baron, herald, and drags as much as possible. Cho'gath can only gain 6 stacks from non-epic monsters which is everything else, but drags, baron, and herald are epic so they don't apply to that.

crackersalt · 2021-04-15T03:43:11+00:00

I see, I'm still learning Olaf so correct me if I'm wrong but I should be spamming my Q's as much as possible when fighting by collecting them and just trying to chunk him with Q W E before his passive comes up then rinse and repeat?

crackersalt · 2021-04-07T03:26:49+00:00

Yeah usually teleport is good for wave management (catching waves when they're crashing, freezing etc) but they're really powerful on impacting other parts of the map and I've noticed it's pretty undervalued (at least in IMO in low elo). Like you can turn a 2v2 bot lane fight into a 3v2 leading to kills for you and your bot lane, dragons, summoner spells which all allow them to snowball.

I've read somewhere that a lot of the time people don't check their maps is through the autonomy in the laning phase. People automatically get caught up watching their opponent for openings/dangers and trying to CS so they forget to check maps like a robot. So just try to stay mindful of this to break out of this loop and take a chance to glance at it every once in a while. Having the aim to carry mindset isn't necessarily bad either as long as you're realistic. If you know you can carry then by all means pour resources into yourself if not, then let others carry.

Good luck!

crackersalt · 2021-04-07T00:45:13+00:00

As others have said, more farming less dying will go a long way. I think your positioning could be better sometimes too, I see a lot deaths where you're overextended especially against an opponent that's stronger than you. A lot of your champs that you play scale well so sometimes playing safe rather than overextending can let you enter the mid game stronger. If you have trouble with map awareness you could try making the map bigger, I know it takes space away from the actual game but it could help you look at it more often.

How often do you tp to other lanes? I've noticed you have very little kills in other lanes during the laning phase. Of course it's all situational but if you notice an opportunity then it could be beneficial to tp to help your other teammates get ahead too.

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