League of Legends

[Elite Ninja]

Nice job Eva =3

Much better than the other games I've seen you have =P

[Evascythe]

A lot better... Thanks!

[Micah_]

A lot of my Xbox friends started playing LoL competitively... I have yet to try it.

[speeddemon]

Originally Posted by Kirbyman1990

I'm only level 21 and still learning a few skills, but I'm ok. Having some people help me out. Sucks the servers are down... By the way, who do you guys use to tank? Love Amumu and especially Leona, but want more variety.

Singed is generally hilariously fun, but he'll get harder to be effective with when you start doing ranked. Blitzcrank is always insanely fun, and usually strong, but he's pretty overused lately. Taric is fabulous, and usually is my go-to tank. Cho'Gath Is pretty easy to pick up and is great at shutting down casters, and his ult can help take out problem enemies fast. Galio would be my go-to tank if I ever bought him, his ult is devastating and he utterly shuts down most ap mids if you decide to play him there. Maokai is generally a pretty fun tank to play. Short range low duration wards, a snare, and a small knockback make him pretty decent. His ult is pretty ignorable most of the time, unfortunately, as most enemies are smart enough to take the fight out of it. Nautilus has absurd amounts of sticking power and cc, he's a great tank and a great jungler, would definitely recommend. Rammus has been hit by the nerf bat pretty hard, but is still semi-usable. His taunt can pretty much make it gg if you can land it every time. I've heard Sejuani is completely useless, but I've never played her. Shen is pretty strong, but I've had difficulties picking him up, so i can't give you a whole lot of information on him.

Then there are a few tanky dps that can fulfill the role semi-decently. Hecarim works pretty well for it, as he only really needs a triforce to do decent damage and can cause quite a bit of disruption. Skarner can tank pretty well, and his ult is a great initiation/shut down. Nasus can generally be pretty tanky and can shut down a ranged AD pretty hard, but he has no method for peeling really so it's shaky. And so on down the list.

Hope that helps.

Edit: Forgot Alistar. He's great at cc but he always felt insanely squish to me. If I failed to get that early game snowball rolling I'd have a really hard time coming back from it.

Also generally your role as a tank is going to be to initiate, disrupt, and peel for your carry. If you go bot lane support you're going to have to balance your item building with your warding. You're going to have to understand how to build fluidly to match the enemy team, and know when it's a good time to start a fight. For instance, when playing singed you can toss on your ult and dive, flipping out the carry and dropping an EXTREMELY inconvenient slow for the enemy team. Most people will see your giant purple cloud and go to hit you. This is okay. If you were, however, playing Taric, generally you aren't going to want to run in guns a-blazing. Wait for someone to stick their toe over that line, stun them, and watch your team mercilessly devour them. You'll be soaking the majority of the damage, so if you die it's okay, so long as your team comes out the winning party. If you are part of the survivng group you CAN tank towers without a creep wave there, depending on how late the match is. Don't be afraid to push without a wave.

[00Razor00]

Originally Posted by Evascythe

A lot better... Thanks!

Look into getting DFG to strengthen your burst damage on Annie. Not necessary in some cases tho.

[Winrar]

Shen is probably the most OP tank in the game. He starts off slow as a jungler since he really only has q and auto attacks, but at top he's devastating and has so much sustain. His ult is global and can either save your life or your teammates. He has a taunt that's also a dash so it can affect multiple enemies and can even be used to jump over walls. If you can taunt the enemy carries in a team fight it's pretty much gg.

[_Zenith_]

@Speeddemon, AP/Tank Alistar is the way to go.

~+16 AP, 3.2MP5, and AD @ 18 runes and quints.
~21-24 in Defensive Masteries, with some in Utility and 1 in Offensive.

You'll do plenty of damage prior to your AD carry hitting them, which makes their job easier and the CC is great for any stun or last minute decisions.

You're heal (E) is pretty potent so use it whenever you can.

I usually grab Exhaust Flash, but anything could work to your liking.

This is my own build for AP/Tank Alistar but everyone has preferences.

1st item: CD Boots
2nd item: Catalyst -> RoA
3rd item: Frozen Heart
4th item: Game usually doesn't last that long BUT Sunfire Cape
5th item: Reverie (This can be made early, like before RoA, but you have a Catalyst)
6th item: FoN, Warmogs, Thornmail (Whatever needed)

[DarkZtar]

Originally Posted by _Zenith_

AP/Tank Alistar is the way to go.

~+16 AP, 3.2MP5, and AD @ 18 runes and quints.
~21-24 in Defensive Masteries, with some in Utility and 1 in Offensive.

You'll do plenty of damage prior to your AD carry hitting them, which makes their job easier and the CC is great for any stun or last minute decisions.

You wont survive in bot lane with those runes/masteries early, I guarantee that.

[25thhour]

Why the hell are there hour long queues again... Ffs. Were the servers down again last night??

[_Zenith_]

Originally Posted by DarkZtar

You wont survive in bot lane with those runes/masteries early, I guarantee that.

All my ranked games played have been wins and I wasn't feeding.

[00Razor00]

Originally Posted by 25thhour

Why the hell are there hour long queues again... Ffs. Were the servers down again last night??

Server instability.

With all the money they make, why wouldn't it be their first priority to upgrade their servers ?__?

[xferrarix]

if you're support you want heart of gold + philos, RoA is so expensive and the AP is really unneeded

build something that helps your team out. shurelyas is usually the best choice since its cheap, maybe aegis if your jungler chooses to go more offensive

[DarkZtar]

Eh, those runes will work up to a point I guess, but higher up on the ladder you need armor reds/yellows or else you will just get destroyed early levels.

[Magicturbo]

Originally Posted by 00Razor00

Nice score.

Ty Ty

Originally Posted by Winrar

Kana, try buying a Zhonya's Hourglass. When you run into the entire enemy team you can use your ult then activate Zhonya's and you'll be invulnerable

Zhonya's was up next, but the way the other team was playing, I probably could've skipped to the deathcap. But yeah, I'm figuring out her flash, ult, zhonya combo. Been working it a bit more often, but a lot of the time my team tends to decide That the slow my ult causes, is exactly what they need and when they should time their run away, and I'm like ~_~

[All_That_Chaz]

I mainly play support. Lots of Soraka, Alistar, Nunu, and I'm going to make a point to learn how to play Janna, Blitzcrank, and Nidalee effectively. What runes, specifically reds and quints, should I run? Right now I have flat armor yellows, cooldown/level blues, and HP quints.

And as long as I'm talking about support, where do you feel Sona falls now? Honestly I don't really like her. Besides her ult she's pretty much useless late. At least Soraka has a silence and starcall to mess with their mag res.

[DarkZtar]

armor reds and gold quints for pure support, armor reds and armor quints for tankier/offensive supports (leona/blitz). cdr/lv blues are ok I guess, but you end up building a lot of cdr on supports anyway so I usually take mr/lv.

Sona isn't that great overall, just because many of the other supports are a lot better in lane as well as late game (the aura nerfs hurt her a lot)

[MinaciousGrace]

i use 1 hour q times for my support rune page

only in quints tho

[hi19hi19]

They should make queue reducing runes


$$$$$$$$ instantly

[Winrar]

Lmao this champion is so overpowered and people at 1200 elo are so easy.
Props to that top Kayle after randoms questioned his champion choice.

[Coolboyrulez0]

What can I say? Top Shyv got destroyed.
Mid got annihilated.
And bottom got obliterated. Truly beautiful.