Wolf’s Den: Solo Queue and You, The Basics

by Wolf on Jul 14th, 2012 (340 days ago)

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Trouble in "Hell"? Not sure what to do to get better? A few simple tips will give you the head start in getting that Gold badge for Season 2.

Normally I would be giving advice on upcoming patch notes and how it will affect champions in the current meta, but I decided to do something a little different to help out those of you who may be stuck in this so called “Hell”.

First off,  I recently acquired platinum (1900 ELO, Top 1915) while my rating in Season 1 was non-existent and my rating for most of Season 2 was in the 1200-1400 brackets,  I managed to claw my way from 1250 all the way up to platinum at roughly +12 ELO per win (trust me… it was annoying).  But how do you do it?  There are feeders and leavers and AFKers and Ragers.  Below will be a guide, albeit long (its very long),  with a few of the basic tips along with general rules that you should always follow.  Future Articles will include the different lanes and most effective methods of winning them.

 

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Wolf’s Den: Jayce’s Ability Video

by Wolf on Jun 26th, 2012 (358 days ago)

Jayce's abilities with visuals! We take a closer look at them to see what extra added effects we can see from the video

According to the Video (courtesy of Skin Spotlights) it shows that Jayce’s shift ability will be his ultimate, This is unconfirmed as the guys over at skin spotlight also say there is a chance it may not be his ultimate to swap forms, Once Jayce is released on PBE (hopefully he will be, and not just thrown into live realm) We will be able to test him fully and bring full videos showing proper builds and runes before RIOT releases their own champion spotlight.

According to the video and what we have this is the current order of his skills,

Q – Thunderleap/ Shock Blast (ranged ability added effects not known)
W – Lightning Field/ Energy Charge
E- Thunderstrike (knocks target back stunning them for 1 second)/ Gate of Speed (appears to give the Auto attack AoE properties when firing through the gate)
R – Shift Hammer/ Shift Cannon (also it appears the first Auto attack after shifting is granted bonus damage)

 

Also in respect for Uli’s wishes the original Reddit post can be found here

Below are the previous notes on his abilities.

Passive: Jayce gains 40 bonus Movespeed and ignores unit collision for 1.25 seconds after each shift.

     Hammer Form:

Q – Thunderstrike: Deals magic damage based on % of target’s max HP and knocks target away.
W – Thunderleap: Jayce jumps to target location, dealing physical damage and applying a slow to all enemies hit.
E –  Shift Cannon: Shifts into cannon form, gaining increased range and new abilities.

     Cannon Form:

Q – Gate of Speed: Jayce summons an electrical gate boosting the Movespeed of teammates passing through. If Jayce’s ranged attacks pass through this gate, the projectiles gain damage/range/speed.
W- Energy Charge: Jayce charges himself with electricity, gaining attack speed for a few attacks.
E- Shift Hammer: Shifts into hammer form, gaining passive armor and magic resist and new abilities.

R- Lighting Field (Both forms): Passive: Jayce gains Mana on Auto attack.   Active: Create a Lighting field dealing AoE damage over time. (Think Kennen ultimate)

 

So from what we had before it seems RIOT switched the ult to be his weapon swap (maybe).  Still no Beta footage to be found or  released for us to make our own video,   stay tuned because once hes up well be bringing you ways to build him to get the advantage on the field for day 1 release.

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