u/ShleepMasta

Samira is not Katarina

We all hate supports who stand behind us and thus, make it hard for us to do our jobs, but I've been noticing a contingent of support players who do the opposite. There are Leona players, and other tanky engagers who essentially spend the entire early game dancing in front of the enemy turret, running into obvious traps, and blaming you when that inevitably leads to their death. They will dive full health enemies who have both summs, and it's actually your fault for not following up.

It seems like because they're superficially similar, non-Samira players have this perspective that she can sort of blink in and out of fights and delete people without a thought, like Katarina. But the fact of the matter is that Samira can only dash TOWARDS danger, not away from it. She has no escapes. She has an abysmally short range. And finally, she can't use her ult at will. This means that overcommitting when the jungler is waiting nearby is almost always a death sentence unless you're already snowballing. As a result, you have to be careful and AVOID FIGHTING ON THE ENEMY SIDE WHEN POSSIBLE.

Everything I described also means that if you do happen to get ganked or give the enemy an accidental double kill, coming back online is like climbing mount Everest. You can't slowly KS from safety like other ADCs.

But these supports don't seem to understand this. They have no regard for you, your position, or your cooldowns. I've seen Kat players get rewarded for playing poorly because she has so much mobility. It seems like these support players view Samira in the same way.

What do I do when I get this kind of support? Eventually, they get angry and leave the lane, essentially forfeiting your early presence and ensuring that you remain irrelevant for the first half of the game.

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u/ShleepMasta — 6 days ago

Why Domination Secondary?

Title. I've checked a lot of the major champ stat sites, and it seems like people are opting for Domination secondary, picking Taste of Blood and Treasure Hunter. This doesn't make sense to me, as ToB seems negligible on her at best. Her short range makes it difficult to apply regularly. Treasure hunter can't really be utilized optimally, either, as she's stuck bot lane, so she's limited in how many stacks she can get for the majority of the game.

I've edited the search parameters to only show the high ranks, like Emerald, Diamond, or Master+, and it seems like they're still using ToB and TH secondary. I don't get it. All the big Samira content creators use Inspiration secondary, and from my perspective, the theoretical value is just way better for Inspiration.

Why do these sites show that even high-ranked players are taking ostensibly bad Domination runes secondary?

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u/ShleepMasta — 6 days ago

Title. I need to update my US passport which currently doesn't have my middle name. However, the passport was issued more than a year ago. It is still valid and unexpired.

I just had an over hour-long phone call in which we were trying to figure out which form to fill. Throughout the day, I was given 3 different answers from multiple passport workers, and I'm still unsure of which one I'm supposed to complete.

I used the form filler on the official site, but after accurately entering all my information, the form filler always assigns me DS-5504. The problem is that this form seems to only apply to passports that were issued within the year, which mine wasn't.

DS-82 seems to apply to individuals who had their name legally changed, which I didn't. My social security card and ID have my full name, and it just seems like there was a clerical error which omitted my middle name on my current passport.

DS-11 seems to be for those who, for whatever reason, cannot provide their current passport or their current passport is invalid/outdated. My passport is readily available to me and still valid. Plus, the process for DS-11 seems to be the most arduous and would require me to contact my parents.

Can any experts or anyone who faced a similar situation give me some insight on what to do?

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u/ShleepMasta — 25 days ago