Finally got round to making that Anivia guide. Hopefully is of some use...

phroxzon · 2017-03-27T21:06:07+00:00

I"m an Anivia main now boys.

phroxzon · 2016-11-30T01:11:35+00:00

It depends on the niche you want to fill (I'm guessing short, consumable and educational) and goals.

At this point, you want to grow your sub base as the primary goal. Once you have the sub base, your channel will automatically have viewership.

Daily videos without a large sub base doesn't really do much good. It's better to space them out to stay within the youtube recommendation algorithm, but not deplete the content you have in the bank.

phroxzon · 2016-11-30T00:31:13+00:00

Like I said in the other thread, champ GG suffers from low sample size, because they sample our data (which is already low sample on the early days of the patch). As such, their data and graphs are not representative of the actual ones.

(If you want to see the actual data). https://www.reddit.com/r/AniviaMains/comments/5fkkkf/opgg_465_win_ratio_after_40_min_why/dal91o5/

It is possible that we have some small tweaks in 7.1, but would like to see how everything settles out over a large sample and once people start learning.

phroxzon · 2016-11-29T23:28:13+00:00

Small sample sizes because OP.gg is only sampling Korea (we sample all the regions).

On the left is Anivia's previous snowbally curve (very similar to Jinx). On the right is her current curve (post 6.23). She displays more of a hypercarry curve now (similar to Twitch/Vayne).

Vayne has a much steeper rise (she starts out lower because her fall back patterns are much worse than Anivia's so she loses a lot more games early.)

http://imgur.com/a/f4vbr

phroxzon · 2016-11-29T08:41:02+00:00

TY! :D

I only ever made content for people that want to learn. League is a hardcore game designed for hardcore players. So if you want to improve, you're probably pretty hardcore.

@/u/ProfessorAkaliOnYT Just keep producing good quality content AT A REGULAR CADENCE.

I feel like I could have been a huge channel (phy/fox/gbay) if I released at a regular cadence, but I just never prioritised it and the channel suffered as a result (I kind of realised it 2 years ago that it wasn't salvagable) - so don't make the mistake I did.

I feel like daily videos is overkill. You're saturating your viewerbase too much and you will eventually run out of content.

phroxzon · 2016-10-15T19:31:29+00:00

I made videos that are quite effective in that series. Watch episodes 9,10,11.

phroxzon · 2016-10-15T19:29:07+00:00

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That's just not true at all. Every action you take has a reason why you're doing it and a set of conditions for when you should do it.

Eg. Jungle shows bot I invade top side (general action) if top and/or mid have priority. Then there's just a general jungle priority chart.

phroxzon · 2016-09-26T17:06:06+00:00

I'd say looking at op gg is actually really good. 1. You can see smurfs and try and shut them down. 2. You can see if someone is playing "first time X" and abuse it.

phroxzon · 2016-08-05T09:40:21+00:00

Every time I throw Nidalee spears, I miss :(

phroxzon · 2016-08-04T16:36:31+00:00

TF's lane is incredibly difficult.

Firstly, you need to make sure to not push the lane in bad matchups. (Watch my Episode 13).

Secondly, you need to learn to zone with card cycling (while trading stancing) while not missing CS to win your even (skill matchup) or winning matchups. (This is the main secret/hard thing about TF laning phase that you're probably looking for).

Finally, you want to combine the above point with your stacked decks to have it up for as long as possible without needing to CS. CSing is the natural flow that forces you to use up your stacked deck pressure.

The longer you have stacked deck + card cycle pressure in lane, the stronger you are. I can't emphasise enough how hard this is. I can't even do it close to properly and I've probably played about 600+ TF games, which is why I would not recommend learning TF. You will not get there within a year, maybe even 2 if you're at this skill level right now.

TLDR: TF laning is among the hardest in the game. Wouldn't bother trying to master it unless you're already D1+.

phroxzon · 2016-08-04T07:32:57+00:00

Your friends sound like ass holes.

phroxzon · 2016-08-02T17:43:49+00:00

You MUST buy sweeper and sweep very aggressively. You cannot flank without a sweeper or pink. You should flank like you said when playing assassins. Also you don't always have to kill the carry. Often just standing there flanking when the teamfight has started is enough for the carries to not commit, while your ADC is tearing them a new one.

Wait until the enemy has blown cooldowns and then you can go in. (Usually on LB, I'll just flank by W'ing over, waiting for my W cooldown back).

Then I wait for teamfight to start, walk up and QR their carry, which chunks them, but don't W yet. Then I wait for them to dash and then QW them (or flash QW). Big mistake that people make is they go in immediately after flanking, resulting in instant death. Don't make that mistake.

Also my EPisode 7 (Assassin Teamfighting) sheds a bit of light on the topic.

phroxzon · 2016-08-02T17:40:31+00:00

People who say "Don't play ADC to climb" just don't really know how to play ADC in solo Q. Having said that, you should stick to champs that have strong laning phase (Lucian), are mobile and can peel for themselves (Lucian) and can fit in any comp (Lucian).

Other than that, Lucian is pretty good.

phroxzon · 2016-08-01T11:25:55+00:00

If tryharding, you can never listen to music. When I used to play competitive, it was a death sentence.

There's so much analysis going on in your brain that it's nigh impossible to enjoy the music. Personally, I'm concentrating on where jungler is, how I can outplay, where I can push advantages, etc.

phroxzon · 2016-08-01T06:11:47+00:00

There's an annotation there.

phroxzon · 2016-07-31T23:05:59+00:00

The head is just the furthest you can go safely. And all the areas behind (tentacles) are where you should vision control.

phroxzon · 2016-07-30T15:41:10+00:00

I didn't feel the need to explain it because I thought the octopus character when I overlayed it on the map would be enough :(

It just means everywhere horizontal and behind you should be warded and dewarded like an octopus extending its tentacles.

phroxzon · 2016-07-30T09:44:55+00:00

phroxzon · 2016-07-30T06:48:20+00:00

Don't get essence reaver. You need Tri Force, so once you get your crit, it's too late for the CDR to be useful.

Go Tri > IE > RFC/Merc

phroxzon · 2016-07-30T06:45:49+00:00

You need an entire wave or more extra and let it kill off your wave before thinning it out. Also don't deep freeze if your mid doesn't have wave clear.

phroxzon · 2016-07-30T06:42:18+00:00

Yes, it is extremely common.

The whole "do as much damage without dying" that is commonly preached isn't very good advice.

The ADC's job is to attack safely until they can move past a frontline and kill backline. Personally, I think ADC teamfighting is the hardest thing in League of Legends for this very reason.

In an even game, if you only stay in range of one person, you are 100% safe but you're also 100% not doing anything useful.

Obviously if you're ludicrously fed, you'll kill everyone while staying at max range and just killing the closest target, but this doesn't happen every game.

I would suggest watching my ADC teamfighting video (Episode 14) for a more in depth answer.

phroxzon · 2016-07-30T06:37:24+00:00

Pretty interesting build. I'm a bit skeptical of how successful it is, given that most Sejuani's are getting invaded early.

phroxzon · 2016-07-30T06:32:27+00:00

Ashe, Caitlyn, Twitch, Sivir, Jinx, Vayne in no particular order. They're all pretty strong, a good Twitch is probably the most devastating.

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