I Thought It Was Draft... (3:30AM)

DaFluffyPotato·May 10, 2017·1 votes·296 views

It was 3:30AM in the morning and I wanted to play a draft game. Apparently I accidentally picked ranked. I played my "for fun" champ(Irelia) against a Yasuo and went 12-5-9. xD

I was gonna try to play Diana(who is on the free rotation) because I thought it was draft and then couldn't so I asked if anyone else wasn't able to use the free rotation in the chat. Nobody told me it was ranked. Then, when the game started, the Lee on the other team asked if it was draft and my team's support said it was. xD

I had no clue the whole time. I end the game at 24:42 and see that I qualified for promos. [slayer-pantheon-rainbows]

7 Comments

Silly NeekoMay 10, 20173 votes

Very nice! But that is pushing your luck if you cant tell the difference between ranked and draft..... So might be best to get some sleep before doing your promos xD

DaFluffyPotatoMay 10, 20171 votes

Yeah, I was only gonna play one game anyway. :P

Silly NeekoMay 10, 20171 votes

One thing you could probably take out of that is playing stress and worry free, just do what comes naturally..... Is the way to go for winning xD even in ranked :p

If only I had team mates that were like that more often ._. Lol, ahh well, congrats again.

DaFluffyPotatoMay 10, 20171 votes

I tower dove and went all in a lot because I didn't care. I wonder if that had anything to do with it.

PisykanMay 10, 20172 votes

it does, if you can remove the factor of ''i must not die'' and think more along the line of ''ok cait, leo they always follow up i can engage here....doing it! IM DOING IT IM IIIIIINNNNN!''

really does help, if you hesitate you miss your chance especially in ranked where people generally position a LOT better as they ''care'' if you can go in with a relaxed, going to ''give it to em!'' attitude you'll be golden.

Silly NeekoMay 10, 20171 votes

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it does, if you can remove the factor of ''i must not die'' and think more along the line of ''ok cait, leo they always follow up i can engage here....doing it! IM DOING IT IM IIIIIINNNNN!''

really does help, if you hesitate you miss your chance especially in ranked where people generally position a LOT better as they ''care'' if you can go in with a relaxed, going to ''give it to em!'' attitude you'll be golden.

^especially on a champion in the class of "Diver" like Irelia.... Because if you play them right, you can dive in and get out, or atleast come out ahead. If you see an opportunity, take it.

If this tactic does not work, either because of no follow up or because the enemy team has better counter engage/disengage.... Then you have to find a different opening. You may also have to politely request that your team gives some follow up if need be.

One good dive and they will follow you without hesitation. If you failed the dive, they will not trust your diving and wait for their own opening normally. So if there is any that you should think about it is the first dive, the rest will come naturally. If they eventually counter the dive (which is much less likely the more times you dive normally because people get way too tilted way too easily).... Then change it up. Which one made the engage bad? Were you missing someone or did you all target the wrong one?...... The best time to think about a dive is after it.

Me personally I listen to parodies while playing and it keeps me calmer, makes me think less, but does not interfere with my reaction time.

While playing tired and thinking it was draft in this case....worked similar. However it does effect reaction time, so it is not recommended..... But hey, if it works it works.

Sorry if i kinda rambled xD i just find it kinda interesting the psycology that goes into the game that is to be considered when playing the various champions especially when your solo lol.

DaFluffyPotatoMay 10, 20171 votes

The weird thing was that that was my first win with Irelia in ranked. I had lost 4 games with Irelia before that. My KDA is 6/6.8/7. .-.