I always go with the same build every game

LazarUltimate·Jun 18, 2017·2 votes·1,253 views

First thing's first I am in bronze and I want to climb,but some games I win and some games I don't with the same build.Then I realized that I need some other items like HP or Armor and what not,but I just get confused and I don't want to build a wrong item on a champ so I end up with the same build.I need help with this,if you can explain to me how this works I would be very thankfull.I play top Kled most of the time and I do know this is all situational but I'm just too stupid to understand this,so yeah i've come here asking for help. halp pls i'm desperate.

10 Comments

SujirenJun 18, 20172 votes

Some champs have core items, that you will usually build every single game, example tiamat and cleaver on kled, and the remaining slots are usually situational depending on situation. You need to get familiar with the items, and understand why you are building them and not mindlessly copy some other dudes build.

Qzply76Jun 18, 20171 votes

Give us a situation to awnser. It mainly depends on who's fed, if you're fed, what kind of damage most of the enemy team does, your team comp, and their team comp.

LazarUltimateJun 18, 20171 votes

Well 1 match on the enemy team 4 of them were AD only Nidalee (which was playing JG) was AP,so yeah they did AD the most,my team comp was mixed AP and AD equally.

archerno1Jun 18, 20171 votes

I suggest u go to google and just type "probuilds Ezreal (for example" and u will see what professional players build in their solo que games.

EschetonJun 18, 20171 votes

Step 1: Build against your laner/jungler.

Top and Jungler both ap? Rush a item 3155 Top and Jungler both ad? Rush or second item a item 3047

Expecting a lot of minor poke over time that can wear down your hp bar? Buy item 1054 Expecting a safe farmlane? Buy item 1083

Got 1 or 2 kills early in lane? Buy item 3142 first to abuse your advantage.

EschetonJun 18, 20171 votes

Step 2: Build against whoever is fed.

Come midgame. Second or third item, some people will be more fed than others. And as such will deal more damage of their type. This is a lot more flexible, and will take some practise. Because you may build a full ad or full tank item depending on the situation. For instance, mid had some issues, and you have a fed Cassiopeia to deal with soon as you stray from top (which you will be doing at this point). item 3194 would be a good idea. But a fed adc could instead be dealt with by buying item 3742 or item 3147 / item 3071 and just diving them till they're dead.

DehitayJun 18, 20171 votes

There are actually a number of champions that are pretty safe to build the same thing all the time on such as Vayne. Until you get better with situational judgements, you can focus on those champions.

Makior72Jun 18, 20171 votes

Need some more info to give you more useful feedback, such as what champs do you main? what role do you play most often? etc

In general, here is how building works (excluding support builds for now)

Determine your needs in lane vs the needs of your team. At the beginning of the game, you should only be concerned about YOUR needs in lane (or jung if that is the case)

Are you confident in your matchup? Build damage then, if not, build defense (HP > armor and MR at low levels)

Things to consider on your first back (Where you actually start building towards a specific purpose)

In YOUR lane, are you ahead/even/behind?
In the other lanes, is your team ahead/even/behind?
are any towers down? (Team fighting about to start)
What are the roles of your team mates vs your role? Do you have engage / disengage, are your carries able to do damage?

if you and your team as a whole are going even over all, a more generic build is fine until you can spot an obvious problem area.

Are there any champions on the enemy team that are ahead that are usually capable of solo carrying the game? In low elo that is usually champions like Tryndamere Yasuo XinZhao MasterYi if so, take a look at what items they are building and build to counter that. Are they building life steal? build a item 3123 or item 3165 Does your team lack natural CC from their kits and you need a bit more peel? consider a item 3025 or a item 3022 or even a item 3143 for the slow effects, its not as good as hard CC but if you don't have hard CC in your kit, that's the best you can really do to provide peel.

every game is its own situation and you will need to build differently for each situation, sometimes it will work out, sometimes it wont. Itemization is important but will only take you so far. My advice for climbing out of bronze, is to get good with a champion that has the potential to hyper carry. MasterYi and take advantage of the fact that at low elo, people are usually slow to group, slow to respond to split pushes, and bad at prioritizing high damage champions in team fights.

LazarUltimateJun 19, 20171 votes

Well I play Top lane,I main Fiora,Yasuo,Kled and more champs that aren't in the top lane.

Makior72Jun 19, 20171 votes

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Well I play Top lane,I main Fiora,Yasuo,Kled and more champs that aren't in the top lane.

So you play top lane carries for the most part then, in that case you will usually find yourself itemizing to maximize your lifesteal, crit, and attack speed. (Generic itemization)

Honestly you just need to look at what the enemy team is building, and build to counter that. Are they building a lot of armor? Get some armor pen. Do they have hard CC to shut you down? consider a item 3102 or item 3814 to counter the CC, if they have ALOT of cc, throw in a item 3139 for good measure.

Do they blow you up quickly? Get some attack items that add health or defensive stats to beef you up a bit, so you can get some damage off before you die. item 3155 item 3022 item 3071

Are you building life steal and they build items to inflict GW on you? get yourself a item 3065 to gain additional healing per hit and help you counter that a little bit, even if they don't have a ton of AP on their team, the life steal benefit to you will be great, you get CDR, and you get health to beef you up a little.

something else to consider, is I see a lot of people even in gold, rush to finish each item before they move on to the next item. there is NOTHING WRONG with leaving an item unfinished for a while. For example, when I am against a fiora top, I will usually build a item 3123 on my first back. this item only has one build path, item 3033 and its expensive. Its also not a super useful item early in the game. So i'll sit there with my for a solid 20-30 minutes, before finally finishing the item as my final item. I only bought it for the GW effect after all.