League Of Legends

No champ can solo carry if your team is just that bad. However, your best options for carrying a game are mid or jungle. As a mid you can shit on your lane then proceed to shit on bot or top as the opportunity presents itself. So winning two lanes from one role. Top can't really do it because of distances involved and bot is team dependent and really can't roam either. Jungle for the obvious reason that you can just snowball multiple lanes if you play well.

Jungle champs that can carry and dominate right now are Vi/Xin/Hec in that order. They all pretty much do the same thing with vi being the most offensive oriented of the bunch and probably the best overall. Xin is great for a team that lacks initiation or tankiness and hec is like a hybrid of the two. I honestly wouldn't play another jungle in solo queue right now outside of those three. Play them aggressive and tanky your win rate will go up if you are decent.

Honestly, I think Pantheon going mid is one of the better options for getting out of the lower tiers. I dont see Pantheon played a lot in the upper tier, which Im sure is because his late game drop off. But with him middle, his ultimate allows him to reach top or bottom. See a gank on bot? Dive in from behind and fuck it all up. Their mid wont be able to get there in time to make the fight uneven again. Best case, you get a double or triple kill. Often enough though, you just cock block what could have been a bad situation. I really see Pantheon do well as a tanky bruiser and thats how I like to play him as well. Watching people go pure dps on pantheon with little to no survivability is really hit or miss, though.

best bet is eve mid or possibly jungle. people can't handle her invis roam in low tier.

Daidraco_sl said:

Honestly, I think Pantheon going mid is one of the better options for getting out of the lower tiers. I dont see Pantheon played a lot in the upper tier, which Im sure is because his late game drop off. But with him middle, his ultimate allows him to reach top or bottom. See a gank on bot? Dive in from behind and fuck it all up. Their mid wont be able to get there in time to make the fight uneven again. Best case, you get a double or triple kill. Often enough though, you just cock block what could have been a bad situation. I really see Pantheon do well as a tanky bruiser and thats how I like to play him as well. Watching people go pure dps on pantheon with little to no survivability is really hit or miss, though.

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That isn't bad advice. I'd also give Kha'zix a shot mid. He craps all over traditional mids and can roam very effectively. Kha is also the single most broken lane champ in the game right now, but he won't be banned often in your bracket. Ride him to victory Guardian.

If you're good at mid, try to get mid and pick someone that can roam well and has a real strong mid game. Ahri, Kat, Diana, Khazix and Panth just to name a few.

Vimeseh said it best, Vi and Xin can both jungle like bosses. Playing Vi, gank a lot and even if the gank fails just E the creep wave and steal the CS. If they bitch, just don't type anything back but still be nice and give them blue (assuming they aren't feeding constantly) or maybe ward their lane for them. Or just say it's better to push it because if the guy stays you can dive him and kill him, if he goes back he loses all that cs. The last Vi game I played I went something crazy like 18/3/12 or so from doing exactly that.

Top you can Riven or Singed imo to carry low elo games very hard. Start Fort Pot + ward + pots on Riven and most people won't expect the damage you can do at level 1, starting Q, with a red pot. Once you get first blood, keep wards down and continue to crush. A fed riven is a nightmare for the enemy team because of how mobile she is and how tanky she is because of her shield that scales off AD. Singed is pretty much the same, if the other top laner sucks and you get ahead you can just tower dive 24/7 (assuming you have your ult up). You just split push all day, eventually you just run into the enemy base, take all 3 lanes worth of CS, spam laugh and win the game.

Bot lane is much tougher to carry. If you can, do something like Graves/Draven/MF + Taric/Leona/Blitz since these are great aggressive kill lanes that can usually allow you to snowball out of control.

Commander Vimeseh_sl said:

No champ can solo carry if your team is just that bad. However, your best options for carrying a game are mid or jungle. As a mid you can shit on your lane then proceed to shit on bot or top as the opportunity presents itself. So winning two lanes from one role. Top can't really do it because of distances involved and bot is team dependent and really can't roam either. Jungle for the obvious reason that you can just snowball multiple lanes if you play well.

Jungle champs that can carry and dominate right now are Vi/Xin/Hec in that order. They all pretty much do the same thing with vi being the most offensive oriented of the bunch and probably the best overall. Xin is great for a team that lacks initiation or tankiness and hec is like a hybrid of the two. I honestly wouldn't play another jungle in solo queue right now outside of those three. Play them aggressive and tanky your win rate will go up if you are decent.

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This.

When Vi first came out I tried playing her top with mediocre results. The first week I went like 1-6 in ranked with her and kinda gave up. Then I decided to try her in the jungle after the other team picked my go-to jungler and I ended up carrying that game. Since then I have been playing almost exclusively Vi jungle and it is helping me climb steadily through the leagues. Currently on a 5 game win streak with her and I have won about 12 of my last 15 games jungling with her.

I've been seeing a lot of Vi played to great results and would just throw my lot in with that pick if you can't shoot for the evolving prehistoric bug of death and destruction to all lanes simultaneously. Seriously, Kha'zix is overpowered. If you don't like the playstyle of bug or just can't get the hang of him, a well played Kayle mid or top can have devastating effect. Your ultimate can save whoever the enemy team dives/catches/targets and your consistent sustained damage every time righteous fury is up allow for you to punish traditional mids and out-trade several tops early. Her W also allows for some decent mobility from mid lane to allow for a moderately effective roam, especially if being fed blue buff.

It all depends on your playstyle. Right now there are several viable champions that allow you to really be the driving force behind a victory in solo-queue.

The problem with picking MID to make a big difference in ranked games(especially if you are in a low tier) is there is almost certainly someone who also wants mid and refuses to play another role, and may decide to troll your team if they don't get it. Jungle and Support don't have this problem.

Eh, Kha'zix mid while awesome isn't as powerful as you think if you end up against someone who knows what they are doing. Namely build a bit of HP and keep the lane pushed so he can't wander. Also if you can play a champ that can punish Kha'zix every time he tries to get CS pre-six, it is even better since it puts him behind.

Fucking lol'd so much.

The Ancient_sl said:

The problem with picking MID to make a big difference in ranked games(especially if you are in a low tier) is there is almost certainly someone who also wants mid and refuses to play another role, and may decide to troll your team if they don't get it. Jungle and Support don't have this problem.

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While perhaps a valid argument against only picking mid, someone who is going to be toxic like that in champion select will likely also be a toxic(read: negative) force in your game itself as well.

Tortfeasor_sl said:

This.

When Vi first came out I tried playing her top with mediocre results. The first week I went like 1-6 in ranked with her and kinda gave up. Then I decided to try her in the jungle after the other team picked my go-to jungler and I ended up carrying that game. Since then I have been playing almost exclusively Vi jungle and it is helping me climb steadily through the leagues. Currently on a 5 game win streak with her and I have won about 12 of my last 15 games jungling with her.

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This is really how you do well in Solo Queue. Find a character you enjoy and carry hard with them. It doesn't even really matter if they're a 'Tier 1' champion as long as you do well with them. I did the same thing with Ziggs in Season 2. He's never been considered OP, but I loved playing him and I did well enough to carry myself to Gold.

I'm currently playing the hell out of Zyra. I like her a lot because she's a great mid, but if someone higher pick goes mid, I still have the option to support as her and ensure my ADC wins lane.

Xalara_sl said:

Eh, Kha'zix mid while awesome isn't as powerful as you think if you end up against someone who knows what they are doing. Namely build a bit of HP and keep the lane pushed so he can't wander. Also if you can play a champ that can punish Kha'zix every time he tries to get CS pre-six, it is even better since it puts him behind.

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Yah you can counter anyone. But a well played Kha isn't losing his lane and you hand him blue buff so he can shove with the best of them. Honestly the only champ I auto ban at this point. Everyone else is manageable in a far easier fashion. If he picks up an early kill and the kha player knows what to do then its pretty much GG. Although I have seen Lux's have a decent time against him.

crs vs ggu game @ lcs was pretty beastly. definitely worth a watch.

holy shit muffinqt got fat.

balroc_sl said:

crs vs ggu game @ lcs was pretty beastly. definitely worth a watch.

holy shit muffinqt got fat.

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Because he keeps eating those Quicktrip muffins

I've been getting into LoL a little bit and was looking for some confirmation about Runes. My google searches have only found articles that are a bit older and I don't want to go off bad info.

Marks: Armor Penetration, Attack Damage & Magic Penetration
Seals: Armor & Mana Regeneration (Per Level)
Glyphs: Ability Power (Per Level) & Magic Resistance (Per Level)
Quintessences: Health, Attack Damage & Ability Power

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Is this a good shopping list of Runes to work towards?

For a basic set of runes those are fine. I'd also get GP5, Move speed, and attack speed quints. Once you get those + whats on your list you can start branching out in to champ specific runes.