u/TXC_Sparrow

seriously

league is a fighting strategy game. but as soon as the strategy gets interesting and creative y'all shit your pants cause you want to play the exact same thing for the rest of your life.

Support roaming is supper interesting. it makes so much since strategically speaking. it makes the game so dynamic and thought intensive. as opposed to mind numbingly farming in lane for 10-20 minutes as we've been doing for the past 15 years, people are doing something smart and getting rewarded.

this is what strategy is all about. thinking what makes sense, trying it out, being rewarded for it.

Ranged toplane works because it utilizes the current emphasis on botlane objectives - pulling jungler away from the toplane.

Try new things. have fun.

go duo mid. take 5 tanks. play river shen. camp with teemp mid lane and gank lvl 1. holy shit just have some fun will ya?

no one is to say one meta is better and league is not "supposed" to "be" anything. it will constantly changes and that is for the better - otherwise we'd be sick of it a decade ago.

My first post here :) I read the rules and hope this post is alright. I've been seeing the viral vids for a couple years now, but the recent Rogan-Devon interview got me thinking "hell, maybe I want to try this out a bit?".

I had a few questions though and would like to hear from your experience - feel free to only answer the questions you feel like answering:

1. I weightlift and do various fitness, and have a good strength baseline. However I would like to have some more "fun" strength training included from time to time, get that good "burn" in. Especially in the upper body-forearms section. Will doing armwrestling help with stuff like that? Building muscle size and functional strength?

2. I am in it for the fun of it. Devon made it sound like a fighting sport, and I really like competition. However I am a smaller guy (5"5, 170 lbs). How much is the sport dominated by pure genetics and how much of it is actual technique/training? Can I expect to improve after a 10-30 workout sessions considerably?

3. Injury worries. I use my hands for a lot of things and don't want them injured. Is there a way to train responsibly so that this is a "healthy" workout kind of sport, and not a damaging one?

4. Finally - practically speaking, how do I get into it? Just meet up with similar strength friends who'd like to try it out? Watch youtube videos/tutorials? Find local communities? I assume if I were to go to a local club that I'd get demolished by everyone. How long is a workout usually? How often can you do it?

Thank you all very much!

It's just so stressful you know?

I mean, everybody acts like it’s the ultimate power role, like you're supposed to just walk in, assert dominance, and completely take control of the entire situation. But one must recognize the sheer, exhausting labor involved. You’re expected to do all the heavy lifting, maintain the tempo, and constantly watch the other person's positioning while sweating your balls off for twenty minutes straight. One tiny miscalculation in your rhythm, one bad angle, and suddenly you’re stuck in an incredibly awkward, soul-crushing position.

And the pressure to perform is unreal. You know I'm not some pantheon with a giant ass spear that can inflict massive damage. You gotta work with what you got.

And god forbid I am getting pushed back and I barely manage to hang in there, and I call for some help. Like, there is a lot of space to go in from behind, can't you just take a minute to get in here and help me finish this guy off?

But I will keep trying, no way I am trying bottom again.

It's a rare scenario but plenty of us seen it (especially in gold and under). It's like 45 minutes, you are full build with like 6-7k gold. You've already sold boots for GA and bought boots again while it's on cd.

Do you ever find yourself TOTALLY switch up your build at this stage?

I'm talking you're ad shaco and you just sell 5 items and replace them all for AP build?

or ditch a lethality build on something like Briar and go full crit?

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