Glad League of Counterpicks isn't going away

Yenn·Nov 8, 2015·2 votes·452 views

Really enjoying going 4-0-6 on Lux, then having a drooling monkey playing Blitzcrank barrel into me at 600+ MS in team fights and essentially invalidate me with no counterplay.

13 Comments

Hayaishi2Nov 8, 20154 votes

Sounds like a lack of positioning.

YennNov 8, 20152 votes

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Sounds like a lack of positioning.

There is no good position when a Blitz with 600 MS and Veil is running at you as an immobile caster.

JustMyBassCannonNov 8, 20153 votes

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There is no good position when a Blitz with 600 MS and Veil is running at you.

Veil doesn't cancel your E slow, and why are you far enough forward that Blitzcrank doesn't have to walk through your team to get to you?

YennNov 8, 20151 votes

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Veil doesn't cancel your E slow, and why are you far enough forward that Blitzcrank doesn't have to walk through your team to get to you?

All of Lux's abilities have animation lock, and he's still moving significantly faster than me for the ~1 second he's in my E. I would have gotten further away by just running than stopping to throw E.

If I'm in range to hit anything with a max range E, I'm in range for Blitz to run past my team and grab me.

JustMyBassCannonNov 8, 20153 votes

Even at rank 1, a 20% slow cuts 600 to 480 MS, the diameter of Lux's E is 700, meaning that unless you centered it on him like an idiot, he's going to take more than a full second to cross it. If you maxed your E instead of your Q first (generally a better idea in most games anyway), a 36% slow will cut his speed to 384, which (a) is almost slower than Lux with T2 boots, and (b) will take him almost 2 seconds to cross.

Furthermore, Blitzcrank could only hit that level of MS with Boots of Mobility. The moment you pop your E while he's walking through, you (a) make him slow down and (b) break his spell shield, if no one on your team already did so.

Got any more excuses that might paint you as a more competent player?

EndlessSorcererNov 8, 20152 votes

I've never actually checked that interaction since I don't usually build Boots of Mobility.

If an ability pops the spell-shield, does it still deactivate the movement speed boost?

TormythNov 8, 20152 votes

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I've never actually checked that interaction since I don't usually build Boots of Mobility.

If an ability pops the spell-shield, do it still deactivate the movement speed boost?

yes, all that is required is to be in combat, which for the purpose of mobi boots any sort of debuff cc etc taking damage to put you in combat, this includes minions damaging you

EndlessSorcererNov 8, 20152 votes

Huh, neat.

TormythNov 8, 20152 votes

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Huh, neat.

dealing damage as well by the way, and even if he dodges the e or is almost in range of you, after popping veil, just move a bit backward and to your left, his hook comes from his right hand, line up a q and you're safe

EndlessSorcererNov 8, 20151 votes

You can't snare him while he charges at you or position yourself so he has to get through your tanks to get to you?

Also, you are still apparently playing that game at the time I post this. Do you usually alt-tab out in the middle of the game to post complaint threads?