March 2013
1 post
Update on Climbing Mt. Elo Hell
I kind of stopped playing on VVin because:
writing up the blogs was too time consuming (main reason)
Lolreplay is constantly broken from new patches
they put in the league system and starting from Silver IV was too demoralizing
What I’ve done since I stopped working on this project: I have another smurf that I play on (I don’t play on VVinrar too much anymore because I don’t...
February 2013
3 posts
Ranked Game #21: Jax
Today’s game was played as a solo queue. I just bought Jax, one of my favorite champions, so of course I wanted to try him out after purchase. Unfortunately, LoLReplay has been having some issues lately since the last patch, so I wasn’t able to go into it and spectate the game. I’ll do most of this post from memory, but it’s kind of spotty.
Draft Order:
Jax (VVinrar)...
Elo Hell Recap: Ranked Games 11-20
Luckily, I played my 20th match right before Riot implemented the League system, so I’m proud to announce that I have reached the stunning League of Silver IV (I’m so good, right?).
W/L Change: 4-6 Cumulative record: 118-66-177, 4.47 kda (.16 kda decrease) 10-Game Elo Gain/Loss : -107 (1239)
Jungle: 0-1 (1-1 overall)
ADC: 0-2 (0-4 overall)
Support: 1-0 (2-1 overall)
Mid: 0-1 (2-1...
Ranked Game #20: Nunu
Today’s game was played as a solo queue game. Amazingly, for only the second time in twenty games, I had to take a support role as last pick, which is some pretty stat-defying stuff. Anyways, my opinion is that at this level, support can carry just as hard as a solo lane (or even higher) if they provide superior ward coverage — after all, the top mistake in low Elo is being caught...
January 2013
10 posts
Ranked Game #19: Garen
Today’s game was played as a duo queue game with RoG forum member NGAF. Our ratings were only 10 Elo apart, so we were naturally 4th and 5th pick — I’ve found that when you have two players duo queuing together with similar Elos, you will be 4th/5th 99% of the time. Anyways, this game is still fresh in my mind since I just played it (for once), so I’ll try to go more in...
Ranked Game #18: Fiddlesticks
Today’s game was played as a solo queue game as Fiddlesticks. I’ve found that my rating is so damn low that there isn’t a single person out of the dozens that have added me that are close to my Elo (if they’re on). Sorry :( But anyways, since I’m in the low 1200 range again, I thought I’d press my luck and try a Fiddlesticks game — and I haven’t...
Ranked Game #17: Akali
Today’s game was played as a solo queue game as Akali. I’ve been playing a bit of Akali lately on my main, so I thought to continue the trend on this account (minus an Akali runepage). By some miracle of luck, I managed to get a solo lane even without calling a role, so I was able to get a strong “counter”pick for the other team. It should be noted that this game was a...
Ranked Game #16: Garen
Today’s game was played as a solo queue game that I played a few days ago. I haven’t had time to play or write much in the last few weeks, so bear with me in the post delays. Under an optimal schedule, I would put out a new post every 2nd or 3rd day. This was the first game where I played a champion repeat as Garen. Unfortunately, I’ve played almost every single champion...
Ranked Game #15: Tristana
I received a comment the other day from a player that is better than me that I focus too much on kills and winning lane. Let me rant a little about that before I start today’s post. From my experience, this level of play is more dependent on people being at the wrong place at the right time than the actual results of lane. What else am I going to write about? How shitty everyone’s...
Ranked Game #14: Nasus
Apologies for the delay since the last post, I’ve been busy on official Reign of Gaming business lately. I played Game 14 as a solo queue. I decided to take a “weak” pick because since I’ve been losing so many games lately, why the hell not Nasus?
Draft Order:
Evelynn Shyvana Annie Nasus (VVinrar) Master Yi Taric Renekton Caitlyn Nunu Graves
I’m going to preface...
Ranked Game #13: Pantheon
I played Game 13 as a solo queue game late at night. Please note that I may be slightly biased against my bottom lane (as seen in my end-game screenshot) in my post-game analysis because they continually flamed each other for 20 minutes straight.
Draft Order:
Akali Warwick Twisted Fate Pantheon (VVinrar) Elise Alistar Malzahar Draven Taric Graves
I’ve started to notice at the high...
Ranked Game #12: Ryze
I played Game 12 as a solo queue game late at night because my ISP no longer allows me to play during the day — I disconnect and lag when I play, so I haven’t been able to play/update this as much as usual. That being said, I didn’t have that many problems this game except when I died once in lane to a dc.
Draft Order:
Leona Vayne Alistar Lux Lee Sin Ryze (VVinrar) Renekton...
Ranked Game #11: Kayle
I played Game 11 as a duo queue with ZRF. Unfortunately, the replay to this game is corrupted because I dc’d a couple of times during the game, so I’m basing most of the analysis of this game off of my (spotty) memory because I played this game almost a week ago.
Draft Order:
Kayle (VVinrar) Maokai Malphite Graves Taric Soraka Pantheon Viktor Mundo (ZRF) Ezreal
Looking at the...
Elo Hell Recap: Ranked Games 1-10
Well, it’s been 10 games so far and I’ve been having trouble keeping track of my stats and I thought to throw together this fun post.
W/L Record: 5-5 Cumulative record: 64-35-98, 4.63 kda. 1346 Elo. Total Elo Gain: +7
Lanes decisively won: Game 5 (Kennen), Game 6 (Sion), Game 7 (Sivir), Game 8 (Garen), Game 9 (Morgana)
Lanes with slight advantage: Game 1 (Ashe), Game 2 (Soraka)
Lanes even:...
December 2012
12 posts
Ranked Game #10: Olaf
I played Game 10 as a solo queue game kind of late at night. This is the first game in a while where the result of the game wasn’t blatantly obvious after the first 10 minutes, although there were still unorthodox picks on the other team in Volibear and Fiora.
Draft Order:
Fiora Lux Mordekaiser Amumu Morgana Miss Fortune Olaf (VVinrar) Volibear Tristana Lulu
Looking at the team...
Ranked Game #9: Morgana
I played Game 9 as a solo queue game. Like the previous 2 games, it was a bit quicker to play and rather mismatched, so there’s less to talk about. Our team had an unorthodox team comp, but my team seemed to think that support Maokai is viable at 1300 and I went along with it.
Draft Order:
Nunu Malphite Morgana Ezreal Ahri Varus Maokai Olaf Riven Jayce
Our team had a minor advantage in...
Ranked Game #8: Garen
Merry Christmas to those and happy holidays to the rest! Shorter post today because there wasn’t a whole lot to talk about.
I played Game 8 as a solo queue game. It was the first game in a while I have played in ‘optimal’ circumstances, so I was expecting to win. My first and last pick announced they were a duo queue in champ select, so we let them take bottom lane.
Draft...
Ranked Game #7: Sivir
I played Game 7 as a duo queue with Fluxyyy, a member of the Reign of Gaming forums. His Elo was about 150 points higher than mine, so we ended up being first and last pick on our teams.
Draft Order:
Lux Zyra (Fluxyyy) Shen Dr. Mundo Darius Fizz Singed Kog’Maw Nunu Sivir (VVinrar)
Coming into the game, I thought both teams had a pretty equal chance of winning. The enemy team had a...
Ranked Game #6: Sion
I played Game 6 after being up for 20 hours, taking two finals, and moving everything in my uni apartment back into my house. This means I was in ‘this is low Elo I don’t give a fuck mode’ but then I found out that nobody else gives a fuck either, as evidence by this conversation I had in champ select.
ask “you guys mind if i ad sion?” katarina...
Ranked Game #5: Kennen
I played Game 5 at the end of my day yesterday as solo queue game after 2 hours of sleep. This means I wasn’t exactly playing at peak performance, but at the same time Kennen is one of my best champions (71% win rate in 41 games, Season 2) and when combined with my effective APM it didn’t matter a huge deal that I was using MS quints and low alertness.
I want to make a special note before I...
Ranked Game #4: Karthus
I played Game 4 last night as a duo queue with Z Quickly, a member of the Reign of Gaming forums who added me to his friends. After about half an hour of queue dodges (trolls are pretty epic), we finally managed to start a game (with trolls) as 1st and 2nd pick. Hilariously enough, Shen wasn’t banned by the other captain and at the same time nobody on the team actually owned him…low...
Ranked Game #3: Nunu
Game 3 was played right after I woke up in a duo queue with Da Best Summoner. As with my previous duo partner ZRF, I have a relatively low winrate when duoing with Da Best Summoner. With about 100 Elo difference, we ended up with 1st and 5th pick.
Draft Order:
Xin Zhao (Da Best Summoner) Ezreal Talon Kennen Fiddlesticks Vladimir Leesin Kog’Maw Nunu (me) Taric
After winning ranked game...
Ranked Game #2: Soraka
After losing ranked game #1, I decided to take a go in solo queue. I ended up in last pick overall for my team.
The draft order was:
Corki Ezreal TF Anivia Amumu Yorick Malphite Olaf Garen Soraka (me)
As with the last game, I went with Soraka because…surprise, it’s the only support I own on this account. Especially since I had last pick, it wasn’t a terrible idea because of...
Ranked Game #1: Ashe
I played this game yesterday duo queuing with my friend ZRF. I should note that my duo queue win rate is abysmal, and its even worse than average when I duo with this guy. I wasn’t expecting a great chance of winning, but then again I was starting at 1339 Elo. Sadly, we ended up in 4th and 5th pick but amazingly neither of us had to support.
The draft order was:
Jayce Taric Tristana...
a new twist on an old idea
The League of Legends blogger that I admire the most is chickenmoo and his series ‘Climbing Mt. Elo’ . It represents the first honest effort by anybody in the League scene to ever accurately look at their League performance and find ways to improve on it. I’ve always looked up to this blog as a huge personal inspiration and I wanted to do something like that as I enter my...
