Because my teams ask me to, and I don’t know any higher priority bans other than GP/Amumu, so if the other team bans one of them I shrug and ban Trynd.
Mark_L
4302
Pre-patch I’d have the 3rd ban be Orianna. Now I’m not sure. I know this sounds weird but, how bout Alistar? With Amu and Alistar gone, they kind of have to pick a b-level tank.
Hanacker
4303
If you’re going after tanks, is Singed not ban worthy after his slight buff?
MrCoffee
4304
He was ban worthy even before it.
Had my first outright griefer tonight. Broke a 6-game winning streak… I almost carried despite him, but the constant kills he fed their Caitlyn forced me to spend all game ganking Caitlyn, which let their Lux get fed… and nobody on my team build magic armor…
sigh
Oh well.
MrCoffee
4307
I can’t believe you never got a troll before.
maxle
4308
In fairness, I suspect a fed lolamere can be hell at lower levels, so it’s not the worst idea in the world.
Jarvan, Galio, Rammus, Trundle, Udyr and a few others told me they’d be happy to tap dance on your face until you reevaluate their worth relative to Alistar.
Ali’s the best support tank, sure, but since they nerfed his ult he needs a bit more farm than before. Which he won’t get if he’s playing support, and if you’re going to give your tank solo lane or jungle there are better choices.
McKnight
4309
Morgana, Orianna and Lee Sin are all faaar higher priority then Tyrnd. Although he’s not an awful ban by any means, especially at low elo :)
So I started playing ranked the other day, just to grab that Jarvan skin. Got to 1498 yesterday morning and then was absolutely trolled all day (like afk, int. feeding, champ select shenanigins, was some really weird shit in the air yesterday) and ended up back at 1440. Tonight I got back to 1500 easily, only to have Riot shut down the servers before I could queue for my last game :(
Cho’Gath’s fixed walk animation is far more epic than I expected.
bluemax
4311
Low skill face roll champs like Tryn and Mord tend to be better bans in the sub 1400 range.
McKnight
4312
Morde’s a good ban at any elo, or was anyway before this patch.
@Coffee: Oh, we had a troll before. AP Gangplank, specifically. We won anyway, because he didn’t feed, he just… built AP Gangplank.
McKnight
4314
Mageplank! Oh memories of when that was considered a halfway decent build :)
maxle
4315
Mid morde, right? Cuz it’s been over nine months since I’ve lost top to a morde and I was under the impression he gets wtfpwned by most bruisers.
From 7-1 to 7-4, due to three consecutive games with trolls or griefers. sigh
In all three games I was this close to carrying it, but carrying a 4v5 as Vayne requires not just doing well, but doing significantly better than the other team’s Caitlyn or Ashe. Le sigh.
Cougar
4317
There’s a drop down for Season 1, Season 2. They are still there :)
~C~
I learned a valuable lesson with Riven; if a team mate at champ select says he’ll jungle with Riven, dodge fast.
MrCoffee
4320
Yes i actually came to post that just now hah.
