Non-meta playstyle (solo q)

So tell me, how does this work for everyone?

Personally, I've had quite a bit of luck. First of all, if you pick something that they don't expect, you may run into the situation where they attempt to counterpick you but instead gives your teammate that opportunity.

A great example is my AD top nidalee. I've just been starting to learn her, but my last game was honestly one of the most fun League games i've ever played. Her mobility is retarded, even after the nerfs. I just picked her up this week and I've played AP, support and top, and AD top is amazing.

Here's my recent, check this build out. If you're in my elo (gold) players don't even usually lolnexus and start magic resist or some nonsense agianst me, which leaves it easy to auto them to hell and pounce on their asses at 6.

What are your examples of going against the meta that works or doesn't work?

This doesn't include the nonsense like the AP blitz mid that I had yesterday.... the feeds were unreal.

 

[S]

Twitch Jungle
Gragas support (super strong)
Sivir mid (lower elo)

 

[Creatures]

It's not out the meta because it's heard but ez blue mid is unbelievably fun to play with.

I also liked alistar mid, zed jungle, urgot top :3

 

[Heeatz]

I had a Vi mid in ranked yesterday, she went 11/2 lmao.

 

[Sypherz]

I just got my ass handed to me by an Akali jungle. Practicing it as we speak, gonna bring it to solo q.

 

[PijaVenosa]

Sivir mid is amazing, her ganks suck. But the matchups she gets are awesome. It's an alternative to top adc for double adc teams.

 

I just got my ass handed to me by an Akali jungle. Practicing it as we speak, gonna bring it to solo q.

When I jungled akali, I used to clear until 6 and let my lanes know that I wouldn't be ganking. Max e first, and you'll probably be able to clear without backing. It's tough though, I prefer tanky jungles right now. Sejuani is honestly just retarded, the slows and mobility are phenom, especially once I grab mobility boots.

 

[Sypherz]

When I jungled akali, I used to clear until 6 and let my lanes know that I wouldn't be ganking. Max e first, and you'll probably be able to clear without backing. It's tough though, I prefer tanky jungles right now. Sejuani is honestly just retarded, the slows and mobility are phenom, especially once I grab mobility boots.

Sejuani is amazing and I love the champ, but in my opinion she is strongly outclasses by amumu.

 

[PijaVenosa]

When I jungled akali, I used to clear until 6 and let my lanes know that I wouldn't be ganking. Max e first, and you'll probably be able to clear without backing. It's tough though, I prefer tanky jungles right now. Sejuani is honestly just retarded, the slows and mobility are phenom, especially once I grab mobility boots.

Don't be that guy. No gank jungling is such a terrible idea, I don't even do it with warwick. Especially don't do it with akali, who has a pre level 6 slow.
If you don't have lifesteal, though, you won't be able to gank unless you 5pot.

 

[KerokeroCola]

Gragas support (super strong)

+1

Nocturne mid, the roams are insane.
Vayne top versus bruisers who have no dash (Nasus, Trundle, etc)



Btw, non-meta picks are a waste of gold on your team if they don't fit into the style of the game. Nidalee is weak now because the game is all about all-in rape face, and for a mage champion that's AOE damage. Her lack of CC means her contributions to a teamfight are minimal, and that's probably why you ended up going so ham with kills and still lost.

 

[Direchampion]

Most non-meta picks that I do are probably master yi jungle and eve mid. They're not WAY out there, but fairly rare.

 

Don't be that guy. No gank jungling is such a terrible idea, I don't even do it with warwick. Especially don't do it with akali, who has a pre level 6 slow.
If you don't have lifesteal, though, you won't be able to gank unless you 5pot.

Minimizing ganks pre-6 with akali to rush ult is very effective. Her "slow" is shit, as is her kit pre-6.

+1

Nocturne mid, the roams are insane.
Vayne top versus bruisers who have no dash (Nasus, Trundle, etc)



Btw, non-meta picks are a waste of gold on your team if they don't fit into the style of the game. Nidalee is weak now because the game is all about all-in rape face, and for a mage champion that's AOE damage. Her lack of CC means her contributions to a teamfight are minimal, and that's probably why you ended up going so ham with kills and still lost.

Nid doesn't have CC, but her kit makes up for the rest of that. It's near impossible to lose lane, and her peeling and split pushing are great. I almost always run teleport, and with tank item CC, you're near unkillable while still making great plays. Add that to the fact that you can pretty much double your adc's attack speed at max level, and that's a nice teamfight champ. She can take towers hella fast and siege very well.

We lost because their team scaled better.

 

[KerokeroCola]

Talks about how "good" Nidalee is in teamfights, but then says their team scales better. That was my point. Nidalee is okay in lane, good mid-game during seiging, and worthless during a teamfight.

Scaling, by definition, is the ability to do a lot of damage and take a lot of damage during a sustained teamfight. You counter scaling by early-game presence and, specifically, CCing the targets who scale (such as Tristana).

 

[PijaVenosa]

Scaling, by definition, is the ability to do a lot of damage and take a lot of damage during a sustained teamfight. You counter scaling by early-game presence and, specifically, CCing the targets who scale (such as Tristana).

Something that scales is a variable that increases as another variable increases.
i.e: gold scaling damage: Damage that increases as gold increases. Example adc.
Farm scaling damage: Damage that increases as the skill is farmed. Veigar, nasus, thresh, cho gath.
Time scaling armour: Armour that increases as time passes by. Most supports armour with GP10.
Non scaling abilities. Champions whose utility doesn't scale greatly with levels. Sona's aura, blitzcrank's pulls, thresh pulls.

Level scaling champs. Champions whose damage/utility depends on their level. Casters:Fizz, Kassadin, Zed.


P.S: How is nidalee about the all in. She is a long range poker.

 

She's a long range poker if built with AP, I build her AD tanklike.

This was my build last game. Keep in mid, I had a morde in lane that absolutely raped me (I have armor runes and started cloth, wasn't paying attention) but we still won because of my split push.

Between tristana and I, we split their shit wide open. There was nothing they could do. Once I got inhibitor down, I could just hide in bushes and wait until they got tired of killing supers, and push waves. Push two waves and my supers are in your base again. They'd need to send 3-4 to kill me, which let tristana get their other inhibitors. Rince and repeat, we were down over 20 kills but never lost a base tower because I was constantly in their shit.

 

Jungle Darius with ghost instead of flash (necessary) is still one of my favorite cheeses. It's really potent even at high tiers of play.

 

[Proportions]

Jungle Darius with ghost instead of flash (necessary) is still one of my favorite cheeses. It's really potent even at high tiers of play.

I have to say a well played darius is something that always scares me.

 

[PijaVenosa]

She's a long range poker if built with AP, I build her AD tanklike.

This was my build last game. Keep in mid, I had a morde in lane that absolutely raped me (I have armor runes and started cloth, wasn't paying attention) but we still won because of my split push.

Between tristana and I, we split their shit wide open. There was nothing they could do. Once I got inhibitor down, I could just hide in bushes and wait until they got tired of killing supers, and push waves. Push two waves and my supers are in your base again. They'd need to send 3-4 to kill me, which let tristana get their other inhibitors. Rince and repeat, we were down over 20 kills but never lost a base tower because I was constantly in their shit.

I don't quite get the point of this build, but any champ with an autoattack can be built AD.
However, since nidalee has such high AS already, you should get items that give AD instead of more AS

 

[Direchampion]

I don't quite get the point of this build, but any champ with an autoattack can be built AD.
However, since nidalee has such high AS already, you should get items that give AD instead of more AS

Wits end and BOTRK have on hit effects that scale with AS.

 

[PijaVenosa]

Wits end and BOTRK have on hit effects that scale with AS.

Bloodthirster and infinity edge have better on hit effects that scale with AS. And have no AS that doesn't scale with AS.