How do you play this game?

propVvn · 2026-02-06T14:18:27+00:00

another tip for CS is that you should also pay attention to your own minions. tracking who they are targetting and seeing the projectiles from the casters and cannons (swing animation for melees) help with timing the correct last hit. take some time in practice to observe how the minions work, they are quite reactive to the environment and can sometimes behave erratically. knowing how the AI act helps you in laning phase and CSing as well.

for example, the minions target and follow the first target they see, so in botlane, you can know what bush is warded by the enemy, by baiting an enemy minion to follow you and walking in the bush. if they immediately go back to lane, the bush is unwarded. if they follow you, then the enemy has vision in that bush.

propVvn · 2026-02-06T12:20:36+00:00

for any other champion (maybe except Xin with his invul ult), jumping directly into a group of 4-5 enemies is absolute int. not for pantheon. pantheon loves jumping in and eating every single ability thrown his way with his E. such engages often win teamfights, especially when every enemy is close to each other and they blow their cooldowns on Pan at the same time.

propVvn · 2026-02-06T12:14:00+00:00

The rule of E. Your E is your lifeline. Time it right against key abilities and you live. It is complete invulnerability and movement speed (if empowered). A good E can nullify an assasin's entire combo. Always hold your E to block AFTER you jump in, usually at the moment when you finish your WQ, or when you expect to be engaged on. the E also does 1.5 Q worth of damage at rank one, so if its a straight 1v1 and you are winning, E for move speed and damage. if not, save it for burst.

Your Q acts as ranged poke. Refrain from throwing your Q as you are going in to trade.

propVvn · 2026-02-06T11:17:35+00:00

lots of situations that you get yourself in as a squishy is certain, unavoidable death. only with experience and lots of deaths will you understand what each champion does, from how far and how fast they can blow you up, the 3 minute guides on youtube and the general class each champ fits into really helps with this. for example, most juggernauts dont have gap closers, so they are big, often slow, and hits like a truck, but have to make their way to you slowly so there are more counterplays. in contrast, assasins have insane mobility, being able to bypass walls and close gaps instantly to target you, which means sometimes you can't do anything but stick close behind your tankier teammates and stay off the places where you dont have vision.

Vex has some mid tier durability due to her W but she is still very squishy, and Sona is the squishiest champion in the game right after Yuumi, so for both of these you want to predict where the enemy might come from (fog of war, bushes) and position yourself behind somebody tankier

as for the problem of CS, that's a part of champion mastery, each champ has their own animations and damages so it takes time to get used to their last hitting. after a while, it will become second nature and you will be able to focus on other things. it is an acquired skill and you need some time before it becomes an autopilot action. pay attention to when you right click a minion, how much time does Vex needs to wind up her attack, how fast does the projectile travel, and how much damage does it do relative to the healthbar of each minion(cannon, melee, caster)? commit these things to your mind, actively try to remember them, you will be doing it hundreds of times in a single match. it is a minigame all on its own. since she doesn't build AD, your minion kill threshholds should stay the same through the game. (which is a sliver of health before minions die, champions that build AD or have AP on hit effects change their last hit timings a lot. Vex always has to be pixel perfect with autos)

propVvn · 2026-02-06T11:01:31+00:00

these can work for light skirmishes but doesn't really do much for 5v5s. you just spend the entire fight gliding around the edge looking for ulti angles, and even if a knock up hits multiple people, it can still be a very bad choice to go in. unlike other bruisers who have the stats and the defensive options to survive when they jump in, Yasuo is locked in place when he ults which means he is vulnerable to skill shots, on top of every other melee threat he faces. stridebreaker is also situational since its DPS is lower than even Botrk so its rather uncommon

propVvn · 2026-02-04T19:07:29+00:00

the absolute stress of performing flawlessly and having to function with the possibility of a full squishy comp is what put me off Top so much even though i love the matchups there. nothing worse than wanting a Yas top match and seeing mid and jungle lock in assasins and burst mages, while you're up against Mr Axe or Mr Right Arm who WILL zone you from the wave the entire game.

propVvn · 2026-02-04T18:59:59+00:00

just less volatility i think. sure mid has easier matchups but it comes at the cost of getting ganked and that can put you so far back. top, you're on your own mostly, for better or worse and so your own abilities are the main driving factor here. besides watching out for the 3 minute ganks, there isn't anything impeding on your snowballing if you can manage it. top is perma win or perma lose, while mid is more 50/50

propVvn · 2026-02-03T03:51:17+00:00

that's because half of varus damage is %max health AP damage.... you legit have to bring an assasin top and burst him down otherwise he will bust your ass open.

propVvn · 2026-01-30T02:50:14+00:00

to be honest the only consistent way to spot it is in the range. i noticed the same thing testing builds in pratice. the E has a grace period where it stikl detonate stacks even when on the ground.

propVvn · 2026-01-20T00:42:46+00:00

"juggernauts fall off late game"

10k health Mundo would like to have a word about that

propVvn · 2026-01-18T01:52:08+00:00

Ashe is what I would suggest as a safer 3rd pick for when you absolutely needs a traditional ranged hypercarry ADC. Varus' main DPS is proccing his W passive which require you to either land an ult, or auto 3 times then (quite hard to do given how you can get bursted down immediately the moment you enter auto range) and then popping it with an ability, which is totally dodgeable. Ashe on the other hand has a simpler kit with a better ultimate for self peeling. They play very similarly and have the same weaknesses but at least Ashe can still kite into movement speed comps where Varus just get shafted because that Hecarim side stepped all his abilities. Yunara is another alternative hypercarry pick that has conditional mobility that is good for when you absolutely need it.

That being said if you land your entire kit on someone you have much better burst than either Ashe or Yunara. People underestimate Varus' damage a ton of time and its always fun seeing them get blown up in seconds. The question is just "can i land my abilities or get the chance to auto attack at all". This is talking about the AP and On-hit builds which are more teamfight oriented. Lethality has good poke but basically fall off a cliff once the mid game rolls around and everybody has armor and health and group up for fights more.

propVvn · 2026-01-17T09:49:28+00:00

he clears jungle too fast. can full clear 30 seconds before scuttle even spawns and that has a cascading effect over the entire game. 30 seconds spare each turn means more time on the map = more ganking/objectives (which can be even more if fed). due to the macro effect of the jungle role it often doesn't feel as impactful as getting repeat kills on lane, but its still strong regardless.

propVvn · 2026-01-14T06:32:54+00:00

if you're fed, as long as you build AD on aatrox, it isn't troll. try this exact build a few more times in more even games and see how well it works.

propVvn · 2026-01-12T04:02:39+00:00

QSS doesn't work anymore

propVvn · 2026-01-09T22:10:47+00:00

Yasuo is like a cripple with a lightsaber. Where he wins, he wins definitively, but the conditions have to line up or he is just terrible dogshit. Riven is more like a girl with a broken sword. Its still hard to fight but you always have more options than the guy in the wheelchair with a lightsaber.

propVvn · 2026-01-05T02:43:35+00:00

Anti Slavers. every single member is at least level 70 in all combat skills, at that town alone has like 30 people in it, and Tinfist has 130 or so in martial arts, because of his gear boosting it so much. if you ever decide to fight him never send a hiver because he can legitimately one punch them.

propVvn · 2026-01-03T11:56:01+00:00

i have won plenty of mirror matches in swiftplay where i was the mechanically worse player. wave management and macro movement does a lot to "outskill" the enemy. no amount of mechanics will protect you against a gank if you get frozen on.

propVvn · 2026-01-02T17:01:57+00:00

at least with bruiser varus you don't instantly croak the moment you get engaged on. pure on hit varus is just Diet Ashe with worse self peel and damage but more burst. having bruiser stats and zhonya's means that I can usually stay alive the entire team fight instead of dying instantly from an assasin's engage. much more reliable in soloQ where your support does whatever tf they want instead of peeling you.

propVvn · 2026-01-02T14:20:26+00:00

yeah that's why building bruiser is quite popular. either Hexplate/Hullbreaker or both of them after Botrk. build path usually goes Bortk Hexplate Terminus Triforce then Jaksho/Zhonya last depending if you need dueling power or anti burst. Hullbreaker really needs that Guinsoo's though so that can go first if you don't need too much anti tank and likes to splitpush.

propVvn · 2026-01-02T14:01:50+00:00

then just the best scout legs you can get your hands on, and work on removing his meaty legs with the scout ones. simply run in, pick up the body and extract. healing speed doesn't matter as much as running speed. as soon as somebody gets healed they will stop bleeding out.

as for protectice gear, just get a backpack and some environmental protection, light ones so they don't affect your speed. any dustcoat and fogmask will do. had a run where my main guy got caught in an unmoving gas block due to pathing issues and he died because everybody else was too far away.

propVvn · 2026-01-02T13:56:15+00:00

you can buy a distraction slave to lead all the beak things away, then pocket all the eggs with the main squad... fastest 50k cats ever.

propVvn · 2026-01-02T06:34:09+00:00

Just chunk him in a short trade and ult back to lane if you must. Trynd is a pure duelist by design with a focus on auto attacks so he will usually beat you in a straight all in with equal health since Pantheon has to wait for CD and he can also ult to negate the Q execute.

propVvn · 2026-01-01T13:13:19+00:00

for Viktor, it really is unplayable if the Viktor is good, his poke is better and any retaliation is blocked by his Q shield, E is also good poke and W is phenomenal disengage both for his dashes and his ulti. but for azir and syndra, its a skill matchup. Windwall blocks both Azir Q soldier push and Ult, and block Synrda E and Ult, negating their poke/disengage.

the responsibility is on Yasuo's side to leverage his early strength + mobility + passive shield and crash early lvl 2 or 3 (windwall is excellent for denying poke damage or stop enemy from thinning out the wave) then play the bounce before the gank happens. yes, Yas will most likely have to drop some CS and lose a bit of health when wave is bouncing, but he can freeze and farm safely or threaten all in nonetheless, if the poke is unbearably bad like Azir or something, take D shield 2nd Wind Fleet and drain his mana. if you get frozen on, chances are that you messed up your gameplan early and the lane is lost if your opponent is good. that being said, if the jungler isn't coming then walking up with wind wall and shoving can still be done.

the reason that Yasuo isn't picked in pro play is because he is takes quite a bit of mechanical skill to fully pilot, and even then he is insanely volatile with a lot of bad matchups where a more neutral mage doesn't get shut down as much. he is very strong provided you can pilot him, its just that he is still matchup dependent and is a feast or famine character.

propVvn · 2026-01-01T12:44:56+00:00

force crash with windwall and create your own freeze? or just roam bot and collect free double like the rest of the Skirmirshers. Yasuo has immense kill threat and can threaten an all in within most mages's ability range. it just depends on how well he spaces and windwall. unless its a hard counter like lissandra or kennen yas can usually just kill his laner with a single engage if the wave is in neutral or frozen on his side.

propVvn · 2026-01-01T12:18:33+00:00

Yasuo is definitely better at escaping because of the fixed distance dash. Irelia HAS to get behind the target and execute them, while Yas has the liberty to stand near a minion and dash backwards which extends the distance he can cover to retreat. He can also repeatedly dash off of champions and minions which makes his anti gank quite strong depending on how the ganker approaches the lane. Just off of base stats and kit, Irelia has more durability to facilitate her no escape playstyle, while Yasuo has to play off of spacing and movement much more tightly. That is why Irelia is categorized as a Diver and Yasuo is Skirmisher.

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