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[Orangebottle]

Ladies, gentlemen.

This. Is how you support Janna.

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I secured *so many kills* in that game, with all the hardcore crowd control I brought to the table. Not only does Janna naturally have a knockup(Q), a slow(W), and a knockback(R), but when you add Shard of True Ice and Twin Shadows, you are inescapable. This allowed me to just lock down anyone my team wanted to kill, and also allowed for some marvelous flash+R combos that tossed low enemies straight into the blades of my waiting teammates. Didn't die a single time, not for a lack of trying on the enemy team's part.

[frostshotgg]

Both of those AD's cs make me want to cry. It's pretty obvious to me that Akali got fed and proceeded to pile your whole team on her back and went for a hike.

[Orangebottle]

Both of those AD's cs make me want to cry. It's pretty obvious to me that Akali got fed and proceeded to pile your whole team on her back and went for a hike.

It wasn't just Akali. Take a look at Kayle, who I was supporting.

An early gank on bot lead to Akali having the lead on Vlad, who she proceeded to grind into the dust. Our Kayle already had two kills at the time of the gank, while our Corki was trying his best to throw the game by feeding their top(He instalocked Corki after Kayle called ADC). I'd throw in pokes, shields, and slows where needed. It wasn't that Thresh wasn't landing his q+e+r, but that he and Quinn were doing next to nothing because of the shields and sustain we had down there on bot.

[Graven]

The first semifinal of IEM is happening!
http://en.esl.tv/channel/esltvlol/

Gambit vs CJE Frost

[Sirian]

Akali's definitely very strong, I started playing her recently and she's a true snowballing assassin. Early on she can be a bit tricky to handle, but as soon as you get your ult, you can close the gap and follow twice, and that's more than enough to kill most squishies. Previously, I thought that she was a kinda lame champion with a couple gimmicks but no serious threat unless fed to high heavens, but now I realize that most people simply don't play her properly. There was even one time where i just killed some guys, my HP was super low, and the enemy diana (full hp) jumps on me. A couple seconds later, diana was dead and I was still alive... spellvamp can be a scary thing.

[Graven]

Welp, it's gonna be a korean final on this IEM. Guess who's sad? It's me, I'm sad, because apparently my life is so sad and miserable my mood is affected by things not concerning me at all.

I've watched almost all of Gambit's games in s3 and they basically have two levels of play - "Undoubtedly The Best Team In The World", and "Meh". I cannot understand how this goes. There hasn't been a game where they slowly lose.

Also I've noticed a lot of people getting hostile towards me simply for having the yellow ribbon - "great leader". I don't understand this. I definitely haven't done anything to cause this, since all I say is "hey guys" and possibly ask if people want me to play a specific character. It's getting a bit unpleasant :|

[Sirian]

Also I've noticed a lot of people getting hostile towards me simply for having the yellow ribbon - "great leader". I don't understand this. I definitely haven't done anything to cause this, since all I say is "hey guys" and possibly ask if people want me to play a specific character. It's getting a bit unpleasant :|

It's called "Tall poppy syndrome". Look it up.

[werty892]

Any advice for a support champion to play? I want to be able to play everything and I have a champ for everything except support.

[Sharp]

Also I've noticed a lot of people getting hostile towards me simply for having the yellow ribbon - "great leader". I don't understand this. I definitely haven't done anything to cause this, since all I say is "hey guys" and possibly ask if people want me to play a specific character. It's getting a bit unpleasant :|

It's called "Tall poppy syndrome". Look it up.

But Poppy is tiny, but deadly.

[Jopax]

Thresh and Blitz, able to turn games around, fun and easily dangerous on their own

Also Taric if you want a more classic support role that is also strong on its own and pretty fun to play

[Sharp]

I think I might have to give up LoL for a bit. I've gone from 70 points Silver I to 0 points Silver II.

I am pretty damn good with Singed (and humble as well), past 5 games with Singed in my team I do most damage to enemy champions, I take most damage, I earn most gold, I still lose. 3/5 games that's also including enemy team.

Hell last game I get hard countered by Kayle, score ends me 11/4/8 for me, 6/8/8 for her, me 222 CS , her 226, I only got killed by her once. I tell our jungler just focus mid to shut-down Eve, instead the Lux and Vi just feed. Cait keeps telling me to be careful (me, mo-fucking Singed with Merc Treads, ult ready and ghost) yet she gets caught so many times and doesn't seem to know how to use her Net to escape enemies.

How can I be stuck with idiots who want to fight 3vs5 all the time against a fed enemy team.

[webadict]

Any advice for a support champion to play? I want to be able to play everything and I have a champ for everything except support.

That depends on your play style. There are different types of support. You've got a lot of choices. I mean, for a basic, go Taric. He's easy to learn, easy to master. Lulu is a good as well, but harder to learn, and significantly harder to master. Leona is also good, easy to learn, hard to master. I suggest those three, as they are pretty good at what they do. Leona is super aggressive lockdown. Lulu is passive poke anti-aggression. Taric is a bit in-between. You can also pick up Sona, who has far more poke and heal than Lulu, but is less anti-aggression.

Personally, I enjoy a good support, and I don't care what you support as, so long as you can support. I, myself, am trying to learn support Annie, which I don't recommend, as it's only good use is AoE stuns coupled with damage (multiple assassins, for instance). You should pick to your ADC and team, or you'll have issues.

AND BUY WARDS, YOU FREELOADING NO DAMAGE 0/7 NOOB SUPPORT! <-- Learn to ignore this guy who can't do your job better.

If you have any specific types of supports you want (ranged, heal, shield, cc, etc.) I can help you find the support you're looking for.

[Knirisk]

Any advice for a support champion to play? I want to be able to play everything and I have a champ for everything except support.

That depends on your play style. There are different types of support. You've got a lot of choices. I mean, for a basic, go Taric. He's easy to learn, easy to master. Lulu is a good as well, but harder to learn, and significantly harder to master. Leona is also good, easy to learn, hard to master. I suggest those three, as they are pretty good at what they do. Leona is super aggressive lockdown. Lulu is passive poke anti-aggression. Taric is a bit in-between. You can also pick up Sona, who has far more poke and heal than Lulu, but is less anti-aggression.

Personally, I enjoy a good support, and I don't care what you support as, so long as you can support. I, myself, am trying to learn support Annie, which I don't recommend, as it's only good use is AoE stuns coupled with damage (multiple assassins, for instance). You should pick to your ADC and team, or you'll have issues.

AND BUY WARDS, YOU FREELOADING NO DAMAGE 0/7 NOOB SUPPORT! <-- Learn to ignore this guy who can't do your job better.

If you have any specific types of supports you want (ranged, heal, shield, cc, etc.) I can help you find the support you're looking for.

It also depends on the AD's playstyle. If you're solo-queue or what-have-you, I'd recommend aggressive supports like Taric, Leona, and Blitzcrank who give extremely clear indications when to go in, because most ADs are pretty passive. They'll ignore buffs like Janna shield and Nunu blood boil. If you're duoqueuing with someone, go ahead and play Nami, Janna, Nunu, etc. because they are really effective, but only if the AD knows when to go in or is a generally aggressive player. I'd do well with the above supports just because I play a really aggressive AD. Basically, if you play any supports other than poke/sustain supports, one of you is going to have to lead the charge intelligently.

I'd still recommend Leona/Blitz, though. Not Thresh as much because I don't have a lot of experience with him, but I have oodles of experience with Leona support (which is surprisingly unpopular...) Not the least of which because MORE CC and teams always seem to have never enough CC unless it's a team of bruisers. Also, Leona/Blitz can be as gamechanging as any fed assassin, only without the need to be fed.

[Errol]

If you want to play Leona you need to have a really good sense of when to engage. I like her, but play her a bit too passively - you can win more encounters than you might think, but at the same time you really need to know how much damage you do and how much damage the enemy can pump out if you want to make winning trades.

And as soon as you hit 6 someone's gonna die.

[Graven]

IEM Grand Final - CJE Frost vs CJE Blaze, Frost dominating in the first game. Man, I'm so sad... if Gambit hadn't fucked up their first game, they could've destroyed Blaze at the final 

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