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SuckHerWee·7/13/2018, 8:13:52 AM·6 votes·2,955 views
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i had forgotten smite as kayn jg, aatrox instantly wanted to ff but we kept going. i was throwing positivity all over the place, saying "good job" or "nice!" after irelia had gotten first blood and our lux quickly picked up another 300+g bot lane. things were lookin smooth, but I started having trouble gaining any xp because of no smite. it was a struggle, being lvl 4 in a game of lvl 8's. we started losing a lot of fights. i tried to boost morale by strategizing the map and reinforcing the team by spreading your average words of confidence, "we got this" or "i believe in u guys". irelia and aatrox were deep down in the dumps, and kept trying to ff. at one point irelia told me to stfu and then proceeded to explain why we "lost this game" by calling out multiple ppl on the team. i ignored it and simply kept telling her gj after every kill she picked up. come late game the towers are pretty even, 4-4 on each side. their team is packed with some big boys, like fed fiz and nocturne, not to mention twitch and his sly invisible ways. we started losing fights again. i know it probably wasn't the best idea, but i took shadow assassin kayn because i love his mobility. aatrox and irelia ridiculed me for it but i kept chuggin on. we lost 3-4 barons to the enemy because of the no-smite competition. after another fight that we lost, and another failed surrender vote, irelia threatened to afk if we didn't ff again and proceeded to call me out on my kda with a bunch of fun insults. and then we rolled into late game, everyone lvl 18 with almost full builds. the fights started to get even, and i kept telling my team that we had this. (i remember in the lobby i typed out Winston Churchill speech, lol.) eventually we caught their big boys out, instantly killing nocturne and an R-kill from me for fizz. we picked off the rest of them and pushed like the beaches of Normandy to their nexus which was down 1 turret. me and draven and lux were keeping the respawning enemies at bay while aatrox started banging on their dying objectives. about 10 seconds later, we had done it. through all the hard times we went through and the many, many teamfights we lost, we won. it felt so euphoric. the thing is we couldn't have done it without the whole team, including aatrox and irelia. everyone put forth their effort into winning. the message of this story is that even though you may get insulted, you may die many times, you may feel like giving up. but my friends, do not give up! grit your teeth and share words of confidence with your allies and tell them that they can do this, compliment them on their every action to boost their self esteem. it will take effort and time, but that one game you might think is over because of a couple bad teamfights could be winnable. it is the best feeling ever to comeback, despite the odds, and win as the champs.

sorry for the long paragraph. i hope at least even a couple people read it and get inspired. gg![slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

8 Comments

Leyruh7/13/2018, 10:26:17 AM3 votes

I had a match similar to yours once. I was ADC, and when mid game came around, we had a Rengar on the enemy team that was able to oneshot anyone who was squishy.

Since our team was Jax top, Vi jungle, Zoe mid, me Xayah ADC and Rakan support, most of our team was oneshotable.

I died 10 times, they had a fed Taliyah and Rengar. I couldn't pick any kill and ended up 0/10/16. ( I never die that much )

Since there was at least one person who got oneshoted per teamfight, we were always at a disadvantage. I wanted this game to be over, so I voted yes to the FF vote. There was always two people saying no.

Very well then, I'll keep fighting. I don't have much hope, but let's try.

Somehow we take their mid inhibitor. The enemy is distracted enough to let our mid waves take a Nexus turret, leaving the last one with less that 50% HP.

The enemy is too focused on the kills, and down goes the second Nexus turret, minions doing all the work, once again.

My support is about to respawn, and I've just respawned myself. They write in all caps in the chat : "OPEN NEXUS" and the Jax answers : "I'll go backdoor."

Me and Rakan take it upon ourselves to distract them.

They are mid, pushing towards our base. We walk forward, throwing some abilities here and there, as if saying "Yea, we're down to fight you" even though it was a 2v4.

When they realize Jax is slapping the hell out of their Nexus, they start to back off and try to recall. Rakan Ults and uses W onto them and I follow him, but it's already too late for them : as soon as we're onto the recalling enemies, the game ends.

We won.

Yes, it was through a backdoor. Yes, we didn't ace them and destroyed their Nexus as a team.

But we strategized as a team. We knew we couldn't win if Rengar was alive and always oneshoted someone.

However, my story didn't have anyone toxic in it. The Vi said a few times that they wanted to report Zoe since she was struggling with Rengar camping her, but saying that she could be reported for harassment by saying that seemed to do the trick.

I admire the fact that you kept encouraging the players insulting you. If someone insults me, I'll mute them and won't talk to them again. I'll ping to communicate with them, of course, and not in a spamming fashion. ( however in one of my most recent matches I had a Kayn who was quite toxic. I muted him but said "nice job" whenever I felt like he deserved it. Perhaps he was still flaming, I don't know, but I encouraged him from time to time when I saw that he did good. )

Furthermore, I've had junglers who forgot summoner 11. I always wish them the best of luck. Anyone can forget to take Smite, and it happened to me too. ( though I don't jungle anymore :p )

It doesn't matter that you have 19 deaths. You have 9 kills and 24 assists. Out of the 57 kills, you were in 33 of them. You were there. You helped a lot.

Aatrox was in 13 kills out of 57. Lux was in 25 kills out of 57. Irelia was in 31 kills out of 57. Draven was in 27 kills out of 57.

Some of them made fun of you, but you're the one who was the most present in the teamfights, since your kill participation is higher than anyone else on your team.

Dying a lot doesn't mean you're useless and you're a feeder. Dying a lot doesn't mean you deserve to be insulted.

What matters is that you never gave up. You kept on being positive even with jerks.

It is with this mindset that even games that look lost can be turned in your favor. However, and like you said : you need your team to fight with you.

deathgod57/13/2018, 9:50:15 AM2 votes

TBH I dodge a game if I forget to smite as a jungler, I don't consider it fair for my team to get stuck with my mistakes that early on.

Summonah123697/13/2018, 8:15:46 AM1 votes

Jesus I'd give up if I had someone get a score like that...especially since you're not playing a very difficult champion like Nidalee or Elise. Not trying to be mean but just saying.

Naymliss7/13/2018, 2:49:29 PM1 votes

Honestly, I would've just tried to surrender at 15. It's a normal game, and if I didn't have smite it wouldn't be very enjoyable, so I would just ff to get into a game I can enjoy.