League of Tanks
Last 2 picks
With my last 2 auto draft picks, I ended up with Charles Sims and Kyle Rudolph. I don't know much about these guys except Sims is a running back and Kyle is a tight end. I suppose it's not too bad since I think Sims handcuffs Doug Martin since they are both running backs for Tampa Bay.
On the whole, I think I got a decent team. At least I filled all positions…2 teams ended the draft without a kicker and one missed out on a tight end. I think the season starts next week so I'm sure they'll have things worked out by then.
League of Tanks
I am so tired of all the tanks in League of Legends these days. All my mains are useless with this current meta. Morgana is my best champion, but I can't even do much successful with her right now. No one is afraid of her ultimate any more. I go in, fire off my ultimate, and no one runs away. I hit my hourglass, if the lag isn't too bad, and everyone waits around to kill me. No one dies except me. My hourglass seems to barely protect me and none of my spell cool downs are quick enough to recast after Zhonya's is done. With all the HP that champs have these days, I can't chew through it fast enough to make a difference. Even if I grab a Rod of the Ancients and try to stack HP and Defense myself, my ultimate still is my Achilles heel – how can I run into the middle of the enemy team and expect to survive when I barely dent their stack of health?
Anyway, I am just grumping about how bad the current meta has made my gameplay and I am not happy.
I've tried out a few champions outside my standard stable with mixed success. Ahri works pretty well but to get better with her, I have to learn more patience. Heimerdinger also works ok, but takes a different play style that I need to get used to. Both still have issues with all the HP of the current juggernaut meta and I feel that I am being pushed out of the game. I never considered myself all that good at the game, but I certainly think I am better than the game has me playing right now.
I'm currently thinking of focusing on Support at this point because unless you play someone with tons of HP or an escape move that's on a low cool down, things are really rough at this point.
Odd, the tank meta shifted in about six months ago and has seemed to shift back out with the last couple of patches.
Still, if you’re going support, it’s best to have a couple of tanks ready for that lane. Braum and Nautilus are two that I recommend. Top lane tanks are still prevalent, but I’ve seen mostly bruiser/assassin junglers recently. The juggernauts patch probably brought a few off-meta picks back into steady rotation as well.
I don’t have issues playing Morgana, can I ask what you’re building on her? I find she is overpowered in most scenarios, and her ultimate can be game changing as long as you have teammates who recognize you’re going in and follow through.
I think I need to learn more patience with her. I am currently building Abyssal/Hourglass whichever I am facing first (Ap or Ad), sorcerers boots, morellonomicon, deathcap, Void staff. This only works some of the time though and I end up grabbing RoA after Zhonyas because I don’t survive after my HG is done.
Perhaps my issue is with the teammates I am getting these days 🙂
I’m sure it could be a combination of the two. Always rush sightstone. I used to rush morellonomicon for the mana regen + AP but I typically rush RoA followed by zhonyas (or rush zhonyas after the crystal component of RoA). Those two items are core. Everything else (abyssal, other supporty items) is for late game and dependent on the enemy team. Deathcap and voidstaff aren’t items a support should be building, particularly because that new item with the charges on it is beast mode.
From there, I only jump in and use my ult after someone else has initiated, unless we’ve outright caught someone out, or I have to use it as a disengage. Usually if a tank jumps one of their team, they will all attack him, at which point you just run over and ult + zhonyas then flash out or pick off the remainders. Otherwise, practice hitting that Q as much as possible and spell shielding your carry from CC. I’ve won the most games in ranked with her, and have the best winning percentage over all my other played champions. Practice definitely makes perfect.