Finally hit Diamond

Scorpio Szn··14 votes·11,141 views

Peaked P1 my first season (8) with D4 mmr and finally hit D4 this preseason. Never thought I’d advance so far in a game I just began playing but I guess I should thank all my friends who got me started into League to begin with and gave me tips I never would’ve learned myself.

Wish me luck season 9 as I aim for masters!

24 Comments

NodirjonSattarov9 votes

Must be hard playing Irelia

Z3Sleeper4 votes

More like good luck next patch cuz your mains are about to take a well-deserved hit.

Currently on PBE:

Irelia

  • Ionian Fervor (Passive)
    • [Removed] No longer deals bonus damage to shields at max stacks
  • Bladesurge (Q)
    • Minion damage changed from [Deals double damage to minions] to [Deals 45/60/75/90/105 bonus damage to minions]
  • Vanguard's Edge (R)
    • wall damage increased from 75/125/175 to 125/200/275
    • slow potency increased from 60% to 90%
    • wall duration lowered from 2.5/3/3.5 to 2.5 at all levels
    • [Removed] No longer disarms enemies passing through the wall

Jax

  • Base AD lowered from 69.67 to 68
  • Leap Strike (Q) damage lowered from 80/120/160/200/240 to 65/105/145/185/225
Scorpio Szn1 votes

Doesn’t matter I’m still gonna clap cheeks top lane with both of them lol (and btw Irelia gets buffed the following patches after that one)

Z3Sleeper1 votes

Lol best of luck dude. The Irelia nerfs don't look too big but the Jax one is gonna make your early worse than it already is.

Are you playing Irelia top btw?

Scorpio Szn1 votes

Yeah I primarily main her top but occasionally will take her mid. I tend to only play Jax when I see our team has near zero potential winning a full on 5v5 teamfight (to many mages, to squishy, etc) so I just split to victory.

Z3Sleeper1 votes

You're definitely gonna find that Diamond 4 -> Diamond 2 is essentially the same-ish skill level. Once you get to Diamond 1 though expect to be there awhile. Every 20 LP in Diamond 1 is like a whole new skill division.

MarcReady1 votes

May irelia burn in hell. May she rot unburied and unmourned

Paravozikchoocho3 votes

Sometimes I feel a bit jelaous for newbies who get in game and hit plat+ right away.

BigfootNamedYeti1 votes

Truth

Scorpio Szn1 votes

I mean like I said I had A LOT of help when I first began starting the game. My friends (who are all P2 - D2) practically bugged me into starting saying that I won’t be ass when I begin cause I’ve played mobas in the past and the Irelia trailer is actually the reason I truly began to play League.

Paravozikchoocho1 votes

good for you, I didn't mean to sound pitful, it is just something that I wanted to say, no more.

Scorpio Szn1 votes

Aight no problem just seemed otherwise

DuskDaUmbreon2 votes

Congrats!

Qunoxic2 votes

Good job!

PlsLoLMMO2 votes

Dont know how it works on NA but on EUW-Servers reaching Dia 4 meant to be stuck in Bronze 5 elo Hell or smth. i mean srsly basically a percentage of 99% or higher in EUW Diamond 4 is playing like silver 4 or below. So i´ll just hope ur not stuck or be a part of that elo hell :3 for me it will be forever: playing with dia 4 so i have to dodge CS or just enjoy my freelose. There exist nearly no good players in dia 4 :(

Radiant Wukong1 votes

Literally took me 3 seasons of being B5 before I climbed to diamond. Then you have new players that just join and dominate.

Then again, I had 0 CPU experience and dived into the moba world completely ignorant of how anything worked. Level 1 right clicking enemies and getting owned by minions and turrets.

TL;DR I'm super jelly, but congratulations. Welcome to diamond. If you ever make it to D1 though, screw you lol

Lv60 Retri Pala1 votes

Ahahahaha so much salt in this thread I love it! Good luck climbing further, I never left Dia 5 (now Dia 4).

Zed genius1 votes

Welcome to hell.

Blåbæret1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Infinite Irelia,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=KtZUZbN2,comment-id=,timestamp=2019-01-20T22:49:11.759+0000)

Peaked P1 my first season (8) with D4 mmr and finally hit D4 this preseason. Never thought I’d advance so far in a game I just began playing but I guess I should thank all my friends who got me started into League to begin with and gave me tips I never would’ve learned myself.

Wish me luck season 9 as I aim for masters!

You should quit before the game takes your sanity.

Sir Prepuzius1 votes

well congratulations... can you share those tips with us? (first tip don't play botlane, checked)

Scorpio Szn1 votes

1 - Focus primarily on csing and punishing enemy mistakes second in lane. 2 - Buy a control ward every time you back (EVERY SINGLE TIME). 3 - Check the map every 30 or so seconds. 4 - Keep track of the enemy jungler. 5 - Build to counter enemy team comp (a lot of crit? Randuins. A lot of overtime/repetitive magic damage? Adaptive Helm) 6 - Make calculated aggressive plays 7 - Focus on objectives. 8 - If you play top lane I recommend taking teleport so you can make tp plays throughout the whole game. 9 - Never flame (I typically just mute all every game so I can focus 100% on the game) 10 - Play snowbally champions so if you get a lead early you can actually push it to carry the game. Getting two kills early game is way more impactful on a champion like Jax than Malphite (unless they’re full ad of course) 11 - Do not, under any circumstance, throw shutdowns. If you’re worth like 1k gold you need to be extremely careful of dying cause giving that to the wrong enemy can literally throw the game.

Sir Prepuzius1 votes

oh i see, thanks for that i see a lot of streamers and korean replays so i think i've got the basics down, in theory at least, but i don't understand a thing about buying control wards i usually buy plenty but a lot of them goes to waste since a new ward replace the other.. in that case if the ward is well positioned i should conserve the new one, right?

Scorpio Szn1 votes

Tbh I personally got used to buying two control wards at once cause whenever one gets destroyed either by a jungler or the opposing laner I have another to place down. By the time that one is destroyed I’m ready to back anyway. Its a useful tip I got from my friend so that I can always have effective ward converage if I plan to go aggressive or take herald.

The Bad Touch1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Infinite Irelia,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=KtZUZbN2,comment-id=,timestamp=2019-01-20T22:49:11.759+0000)

Peaked P1 my first season (8) with D4 mmr and finally hit D4 this preseason. Never thought I’d advance so far in a game I just began playing but I guess I should thank all my friends who got me started into League to begin with and gave me tips I never would’ve learned myself.

Wish me luck season 9 as I aim for masters!

Well like 1/3 of the player base quit... so someone had to fill the slots.

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