Please Read, this is about a rank game that I lost but still had fun playing.

Rew711·5/20/2015, 6:59:26 PM·3 votes·571 views

So, I'm going top. There's just one problem, I usually only support. So, I have to decide what champion, out of the half I have to go top. I could go with the usual and go Aatrox Chogath DrMundo or Garen, or I could go more unusual and chose Teemo Udyr Swain or Mordekaiser. But I chose none of the above. I went as the one person you'd never expect to be seen in a ranked match... Yorick.

Our team comp, as I knew from the champion select was a little... unusual, so I had doubts of us winning but I went ahead.

In mid lane, it was our Nidalee vs Karthus. We had a Udyr, they had Hecarim in jungle. We had Jinx and Soraka vs Vayne and Ahri in bot lane. And I was against Kennen in top.

Now, Nidalee was the one that made me worry. She was being very peticular about who would select what champion for their position. She had asked for Sona over Soraka but it didn't happen, and someone about to play Twitch was asked to get a champion "with a better kit" was the exact phrase she'd used, so that person went as Udyr in the jungle.

We get into the match and I'm doing great against Kennen. Having played Yorick a lot in Normal matches, I knew his strength came from being tanky in late game, but he also had the ability to be able to use items like item 3151 while also being able to use items like item 3508 for proper use. I started getting item 3027 knowing it would benefit both his massive mana use and passive (+ a bonus for his W) and was able to get 1 kill out of Kennen and was also able to push to tower and eventually, using my ultimate, destroy it with minimal damage to myself.

Things went down hill after wards, though we had pushed hard and even got the bot turret; Udyr couldn't get a good gank, and I believe Soraka had a hard time healing everyone and being of proper use.

Those things didn't annoy me at all, since people lag and stuff, but the one thing that really made me wonder was no one would try to push or initiate.

When in a team fight, Soraka stood off in the back ground trying to use her Q and W, not sure if she use the E. Udyr would mostly use his W to stun an enemy but not use his Q to initiate with. Jinx had a bad lag, so I feel bad for her... And Nidalee would also stand in the background, fling a Q and turn into panther to run away.

It wasn't until we lost and went into the lobby that Ahri said something that made my day. She said I was the Yorick best she'd seen, ever. The first to be able to use Yorick so well.

I don't really know myself if I am one of the best Yorick players. I also began to wonder why Nidalee said she hated this team...

The other team was the ones who reported her.

I think, yes its nice to win, but don't (please don't) go toxic when you're losing. Its ridiculous and immature. I kept silent the whole time we were losing just so that we didn't have to bicker. I'd rather have fun playing Yorick and lose with both teams saying things to each other of their good moments in the game rather than to win a game but have no fun player whoever with a team that cares more about winning than sportsmanship and having fun.


And one last thing, if I'm allowed. Yorick is a lot of fun to learn. Once you understand how to play as him, it might make the game a little more fun.

I like playing as champions people barely play. It's hard, but a lot more fun that you think. With the constant changes to items, runes, masteries, and the area, the champion also changes (even if they never changed his kit over the period of time).

1 Comments

AJStarhiker5/20/2015, 7:31:53 PM3 votes

It's always great when you can have fun in a game, regardless of the outcome. There's a few champions I play that are just fun for me.