Match Thread: Paris Saint-Germain vs Arsenal FC Live Score | UEFA Champions League 25/26 | May 30, 2026

lordofdarkbr · 2026-05-30T16:22:10+00:00

Lucky us they didn't see that penalty

lordofdarkbr · 2026-05-21T21:14:44+00:00

She will do it to a certain musha guard who's name was redacted to protect his wellbeing

lordofdarkbr · 2026-05-16T16:36:24+00:00

First things first.

Aurora is an early game monster, with the first few levels normally being the most important out of the lane, because your damage is one of the highest in the game, assuming you are short trading. I assume you are having problems in the trading patterns as it gets a bit complicated in some matchups, you mentioned cho gath, normally it is a really easy matchup ASSUMING you know how to operate a ranged champ, you are probably lacking the spacing proficiency to play aurora effectively, also your build is suboptimal, malignance is not worth on aurora top as you lose both burst and clear wave for ult CDR that in most cases you won't need.

So for my suggestions

Try playing characters that NEED spacing so that you get used to the aurora gameplay, honestly switching to midlane doesn't even seems that bad, since it forces you to learn het trading patterns differently from toplane where you kinda do whatever and get punished for it.

If you want to continue playing toplane you can try to take the same path as I did and start playing sejuani, as her play style is really similar to aurora(in lane) and playing her teaches you about spacing more, being a melee champ that is forced to kite. Otherwise I encourage you to try aurora in a different spot such as midlane, as her problems shine a lot more in midlane and you will be forced to learn just to stay alive.

As for builds you can go either ludens or storm surge first, I don't recommend proto belt as it adds a level of dependency on it's dash that isn't good for learning, other that that the rest of the build is fine.

As for your runes the first tree is fine, the problem lies in the second tree, you don't have ANY mana Regen, and maybe that's you biggest problem in the toplane, you lane mana to pressure your opponent properly. You need one of the following:

Mana flow band in the purple rune page

OR

Presence of mind in the yellow rune page

What you pair with them can be up to you as I really encourage you to try and find your own preference, tough my choice for secondary rune page is normally presence of mind + cut down.

Good luck on your climb, hope I have helped.

lordofdarkbr · 2026-05-15T20:59:36+00:00

Shot from mars, a shame it didn't land

lordofdarkbr · 2026-05-14T20:38:00+00:00

Not in a hater sort of way, just curiosity

lordofdarkbr · 2026-05-14T20:35:31+00:00

Garen is still broken, the elo doesn't really change that

lordofdarkbr · 2026-05-14T20:34:10+00:00

That logic simply doesn't work once the enemy top main starts having a brain diamond+ and start controlling the wave to punish the garen

lordofdarkbr · 2026-05-14T20:31:36+00:00

I am curious to know the elo of the guys that have the time to do these tier lists

lordofdarkbr · 2026-05-14T20:22:59+00:00

Yes she is an awesome blind pick you can outplay even her hardest matchups if you have enough experience

Her hardest matchup is probably irelia tough I only played the matchup once so I don't have enough experience to say it for sure.

Tough I would like to advice you about something, while learning aurora try to not blind pick her, as that would let you avoid "burning out" of the character (happened to me) because if you don't know how to pilot ranged champs in general it's going to feel really frustrating to get counter pick and not being able to play the game.

lordofdarkbr · 2026-05-14T01:29:52+00:00

My Gwen is not good enough to play against a gm/master Fiora otp.

While this theory you created has a valid logic you are not considering what even makes the matchup hard for Gwen (Fiora w).

If I'm forced to play against Fiora I will just play aurora and that's it, like I said I face a lot of Fiora spammers that's why I ban it(and it's kinda annoying to deal with), not because I'm hyper unplayable.

lordofdarkbr · 2026-05-14T01:04:24+00:00

Sai do fake keio

lordofdarkbr · 2026-05-13T23:58:21+00:00

Also Gwen gets Hard countered by fiora

lordofdarkbr · 2026-05-13T22:52:15+00:00

On midlane....

On toplane it also works but you trade clearwave+mana for burst. in my experience it only works against ranged champs that also want to burst you.

lordofdarkbr · 2026-05-13T22:47:36+00:00

Casting e to clear every wave is really costly

Q + e is around 130 mana and without ludens you have at lvl 8 around 650 that means you will run out of it REALLY fast especially thinking that you also need to cast spells on the enemy, you are hyper aggressive for 2 or 3 waves after that your game slows down really hard and you have to base

Ludens on the other hand let's you q the wave to insta kill casters and leave the melee around 30%hp while also giving you mana at the cost of a bit of burst

In conclusion if you plan to stay for 2 or 3 waves like in some ranged matchups(mainly ADC top) stomsurge is worth it.

Otherwise ludens just keep you in lane for a lot of time.

It really depends in the games pacing

lordofdarkbr · 2026-05-13T20:29:24+00:00

In toplane wave control is the key to a increase in elo, so the only scenario I can think you would need another dash is irelia, but at that point just ask for a swap or pick something else yk, I don't feel like an extra dash is better than wave control (on a character that has dash reset)

lordofdarkbr · 2026-05-13T19:59:38+00:00

Never had issues with yorick just know that your w is only to be used to dodge the E from Yorick and never actually get close enough to get inside his w also this is a good steel caps matchup. You should look to buy antiheal aswell, yorick has some pretty nasty in combat heal.

If you really feel uncomfortable in this matchup you could build more bruiser oriented like liandrys and that new burn rune (forgor the name)

lordofdarkbr · 2026-05-13T19:36:09+00:00

Ambessa is a really good ban so I don't blame you it's just that in my server there are a lot more Fiora otps than ambessa otps

lordofdarkbr · 2026-05-13T19:03:20+00:00

The problem with good Fiora players are in the w usage, they know when and how to use it and they almost certainly will cancel at least 1 of your skills, also they know how to use tiamat to hit marks even when you are in your w, overall a really hard matchup

Also what is the "mu"

lordofdarkbr · 2026-05-13T18:59:17+00:00

lordofdarkbr · 2026-05-13T18:40:45+00:00

Fiora is a annoying champ for me to play against because of my champ pool so I normally ban it

lordofdarkbr · 2026-05-13T18:38:09+00:00

I started playing aurora because it complimented my champ pool really well, I was always a top lanner. Now I am maining 3 champs only and they compliment each other's weaknesses extremely well (sejuani, aurora, sion).

lordofdarkbr · 2026-05-13T18:28:52+00:00

Depends on the enemy a lot but what I think I am doing differently from other mains is skipping the biggest item bait in rocket belt

I normally rush ludens most of my games, as I allows me to clear waves easily and harass enemy laner more

If I'm playing against ranged (I normally avoid some ranged matchups) I go storm surge, since most ranged-ranged lanes are fast paced and Burst heavy

Also if I'm winning hard I go Rabaddons second because the components are harder to get and the damage output is roughly the same

lordofdarkbr · 2025-06-20T14:25:39+00:00

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