11-23-2011, 01:12 AM
I'm going to fill this out, but I want to make something apparent that I'm not sure I've openly voiced recently. When I've played, a lot of my game play, for honestly close to a year now, (at least in non-ranked) has been me playing characters for enjoyment or with full intentions of improving on that character (...Shaco). The entire reason has been specifically to improve and broaden my range of character play because, nearly a year ago when we first started doing ranked, I would get into games and find my couple of characters banned (or taken) and I would be sitting there being told "Dariden, play a support" as the last picker and me being completely blank and playing a character that "is god tier" but I haven't played more than single digits (Taric long ago). I still know full well which characters I would consider my go to if I want to be serious and who I feel the most in control with, and honestly I don't play those characters all that often due to some of the fun fading from that exact experience.
That said, I would say my most competent role would be AP mid and I feel that I'm fairly adept at gauging the MU there (whether it be knowing when I've been counterpicked hard, or knowing who I should pick for a situation). I've been really working on my jungling lately because that is my second preference of role but I haven't really played the characters I think I am most competent with because I feel I need to broaden my range there, as well as grow more adept at timings and paths. My third preference for a role would be solo top, which I've worked on a lot after past times where I would be told "You are going to solo top, don't feed noob" and I'd just get crushed going Malphite (as suggested) against a Poppy Ryze lane. I enjoy duoing bot the least, although I think I'm a competent enough AD Ranged, although it is weaker than my other roles by now.
That said, I would say my most competent role would be AP mid and I feel that I'm fairly adept at gauging the MU there (whether it be knowing when I've been counterpicked hard, or knowing who I should pick for a situation). I've been really working on my jungling lately because that is my second preference of role but I haven't really played the characters I think I am most competent with because I feel I need to broaden my range there, as well as grow more adept at timings and paths. My third preference for a role would be solo top, which I've worked on a lot after past times where I would be told "You are going to solo top, don't feed noob" and I'd just get crushed going Malphite (as suggested) against a Poppy Ryze lane. I enjoy duoing bot the least, although I think I'm a competent enough AD Ranged, although it is weaker than my other roles by now.

