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My climb from B5 and question for Viktor/Leblanc player

Orcmaniac··2 votes·876 views

I started league in season 4 I believe because i had a few friends that played. I pretty much only leveled to 30 that season and couldnt believe how long it took getting to 30. I think i got placed Silver 5 and quickly got demoted to Bronze. I played very few games in season 5 but still was reading the updates and new champs in league. I dont remember if i played ranked or not but if I did it was very few.

In season 6 with the announcement of role picking I decided to play ranked again. Mid was always my favorite position and I could JG better then other position. I think i went 7-3 in placement but still got placed bronze 5. Didnt care too much figured I could use the practice. I was actually stuck in bronze quite longer then I initially guessed. I was in B1-B2 for quite a bit and 2 times I was 1 game ayway to get promoted to silver but lost. the second time actually tilted me pretty hard and I played fill and tried many new champs (dont do this in ranked im an idiot). actually droped to Bronze 3.

I took a break and when I came back I made some changes. My champion pool was already pretty smallish but I decided that I would reduce it even more. So I went with 1 champion for mid (viktor) and 1 for jg (Volibear) with 1backup for each but tbh except for a small period where voli was banned a ton I mostly got them.

I had immediate success on voli because well hes not rocket science so I could concentrate more on objectives and helping lanes. Viktor wasnt bad but i was going around 50% win and was struggling agaisnt all assassin type. I still kept at it and actually never banned any assassin becuase I wanted to improve. I became actually quite good at most match up with Viktor and started carrying quite alot of games with him. Im now way more comfortable with him then any character even voli.

Right now im sitting in silver 2 and im climbing pretty steadily. There is 2 match up where I still feel quite hesistant. Yasuo and Leblanc both are very mobile and especially leblanc I feel i can never poke back or trade. It could be that I just faced so few so I dont quite understand the mathc up yet but any tips vs her is appreciated. Even just in general, Leblanc player what would you do against yourself ?

Anyway im not the best player obviously but if you are in bronze and wanna get out my few tips would be reduce your champion pool alot, focus on objectives and play way more safe when behind and adapt your build to the current game not just a build you saw online.

Here some stats/info if anyone care: http://www.lolking.net/summoner/na/48386825

6 Comments

Dukues1 votes

good stuff man you figuring it out quicker than most. I got out of bronze fairly quickly when I started trying in ranked but getting past silver took me 2.5 seasons. I was just too stubborn to try and learn new things and limit my champion pool and stick to two roles. Finally got my shit straight over the last year, still only gold 4 but climbing still has been fairly easy. I actually currently have 3 accounts in gold 4 so feel I have mastered the silver/bronze climb. Its a lot more fun when you focus on improving than blaming your teammates for every loss and complaining about "elo hell". Keep doing what your doing and focus on improving a little more and you should be gold in no time. Honestly everything seems so mixed right now I get matched with plat 4 to silver 2 players all the time and I just look at everyone as the same. So its just staying calm and collect each game and focusing on winning.

Handy Sandy 1 votes

For Leblanc, know her cooldowns and attack when her Q or W is down. She usually takes ignite so get barrier. If she uses her W on you, drop your stun thing on her previous position if you can, this way she can't go back. I'm no expert at fighting leblanc, I always really struggle vs. her. Same with yasuo t_t

Anu3isII1 votes

One first step would be to have rune pages for any situation. You fight a heavy Magic Damage bully? Get Magic Resist Glyphs and HP/HP per level seals. Fighting AD champion? Armor Runes are very powerful in the Early game.

Sincerely, my first problem when I started to play ranked was my limited amount of Rune Pages. If you have the same problem, it would be better to solve it first than getting new champions. If not, not only you, but your whole team is in disadvantage.

Orcmaniac1 votes

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One first step would be to have rune pages for any situation. You fight a heavy Magic Damage bully? Get Magic Resist Glyphs and HP/HP per level seals. Fighting AD champion? Armor Runes are very powerful in the Early game.

Sincerely, my first problem when I started to play ranked was my limited amount of Rune Pages. If you have the same problem, it would be better to solve it first than getting new champions. If not, not only you, but your whole team is in disadvantage.

Yea I do have 2 diff page for mid. One vs ad and one vs AP. For jg I never change my runes. Also very often i run teleport (and flash obv) but versus heavy burst champ ill run barrier. I never felt ignite very usefull on viktor. I recently saw most high elo player run ghost on viktor. Maybe ill give it a try.

Anu3isII1 votes

Ghost is good on Viktor, but you have to keep in mind that you are still very squishy. Also, even if the Pro Players pick Ghost , I would suggest you to follow your personal preference.

One note that may be useful is that Exhaust has situations where it is straight out better than Barrier. Still, it requires you to be closer than you want to be in some moments.

I'm not a Viktor player, but if I fight a Low Range Champion, and I know I can burst him/her faster, I would try Ignite too. But again, it is a risky tactic, that has very few particular cases where it works.

Heal can work too sometimes, you just have to be prepared to use it before enemy's Ignite. The Movement Speed buff helps a lot, and you can save your allies too from time to time.

The next step would be the build. What do you get on Viktor in general?

Orcmaniac1 votes

{quoted}

Ghost is good on Viktor, but you have to keep in mind that you are still very squishy. Also, even if the Pro Players pick Ghost , I would suggest you to follow your personal preference.

One note that may be useful is that Exhaust has situations where it is straight out better than Barrier. Still, it requires you to be closer than you want to be in some moments.

I'm not a Viktor player, but if I fight a Low Range Champion, and I know I can burst him/her faster, I would try Ignite too. But again, it is a risky tactic, that has very few particular cases where it works.

Heal can work too sometimes, you just have to be prepared to use it before enemy's Ignite. The Movement Speed buff helps a lot, and you can save your allies too from time to time.

The next step would be the build. What do you get on Viktor in general?

Yea I see heal/barrier as somewhat the same utility spells but since alot of mid I face run ignite I figured it would cripple my heal and barrier was better. Like I said I run teleport 90% of game. Notable exception are vs Fizz for example. My goal is simply to never let him all in me and barrier work great for that.

As for my build im always flexible but my core items are viktor staff (obv), rylais, cdr boots, lich bane. rest depends. Alot of ap on enemy team, abyssal, lots of ad or zed zhonya, they build magic resist void etc.

What I improved most is my positioning both in lane and teamfight and facing assasin in lane.

the problem I expect right now is what do I do if viktor is picked or banned. Right now id probably pick Velkoz. I also like Syndra and feel she would be pretty good vs Viktor.

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