Now stop whining "The map's unfair, won't let me walk out of base!" - WATCH THE VIDEO AND STOP BEING HORRIBLE. USE YOUR TRINKET. -_-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_IqW6zWeJU&feature=youtu.be
Excellent educational vid. Perfect for getting my noob friends up to date.
This is a cool vid. Nice work dude. ^_^b
High Mobility and AOE damage champs are also good Ascension picks.
We got our Perfect Game off an Ezreal steal, an (epic) Kassadin steal, and a Xerath steal all of whom could either kite forever or deal blanket AOE's.
It helped that we had the Best Rammus In North America just capping capture points like they were free and he was completing a triangular map on mario cart.
A mobile champion like Ezreal can cat and mouse an ascension even with low health for a good five minutes and Ive seen fifteen, while someone like Xerath can quickly pick up a triple or quadra kill but cant hold it past a second teamfight.
OK, this is just awesome, a great break down and a helpful video at the same time. Awesome Job!!!!
My favorite pick to get ascension is Vlad. He may not have Mundo's ult but he sure can use that added health.
Kills are worth 1 point, Relics are worth 3. Let me repeat that: Kills are worth 1 point, Relics 3. So while helping in teamfights is nice and all, if you don't have a chance at a multiple kill and a relic sometimes it's best to go for a free relic and even out a losing fight. Not to never help your team, but if you see the enemy has 3 members at 50% hp maybe it's best to leave them be and get a relic.
Also sometimes it's best to sacrifice yourself to save a relic. Because remember, a kill is worth one point where a relic is worth 3. If you can slow down someone doing a relic long enough for your team to arrive and get either a revenge kill or the relic then you will have gotten a net gain.
Losing an Ascension is not always a bad thing, if you hurl 3 members onto a desperate Ascension and lose all three with no kills the enemy will have gotten a huge gain, more than the 5 normally. Remember that if the enemy gets an Ascension and you kill them before they can get any kills it's as if no one got it in the first place. If you didn't lose members to a smite battle then nothing gained or loss. Of course try to steal it, but tunneling on it with all your member may not always be the best option, try using one Champion and some AoE poke from afar to steal, even a single DoT spell can get you the buff.
Succeeding in Ascension is both learning advanced concepts and strong judgement. Every point above is pointless if you don't think about how they're being used in a specific situation. Knowing how points are distributed and how to delay and score points is crucial, as much as getting the best Champions.
Nice video, thanks for posting it.
its just tanky bruisers.
If you are trying to get the icon, play galio, hes the best to control xerath with his ult, as most team stack around xerath and you can flash ult or even just walk in ult everyone, stop all enemy damage on the boss and let your team or even you free take it.
I really like Xin Zhao for the mode. Great frontloaded damage while being reasonably tanky. I scoop up loads of kills with him regardless of if he's ascended, and when he does ascend, he becomes an absolute beast because of his relatively good AD scaling and the fact that the extra AP allows his W heal to outscale the reduction.
ww cause epic sustain and decent damage that and he uses all stats.
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Nice video, belthazor. I think people still don't fully understand Ascension as a game mode, and as you said, capturing relics and controlling Xerath is more important than battling all the time with the enemy team. I have been called for not helping them when i was racking some points for us getting free relics, but i have won some games with that strategy. Like you point out, it is better to inform your teammates about this map's objectives before the match starts.
Won all my icons using only Maokai. Enjoy that tidbit.
as good as this is, after 3 games you could teach this guy how to play, he's just a youtouber.
