League Of Legends

A repost from private messages, regarding how to build MF. I figure others might want to chime in. My way might not be the best but it works for me

howdy,
So i guess my questions regard gearing atm. I have been either starting building boots, then going blade of ruined king then infinity edge. I have also tried starting with relic shield, but im not sure yet which way will usually get me more gold more often. I have also played with getting MR items, as many of my deaths seem to be due to magic damage, i live a little longer, but my damage is low. I think im figuring out to hang back and snipe until i get to 10 or so, when i can start making a difference.

Thanks for all your information.

Cheers.

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Starting items:
Doran Blade + 1 Health Pot is optimal.

Relic shield doesn't give you more gold and it hinders your last hitting ability. Relic Shield donates gold to your support. It is not a bad idea to buy relic shield IF you want to help feed your support, but just know you gain no extra gold from the item. Relic is a support item. It basically means both players get gold from a last hit.

I would recommend being selfish and buy Doran Blade.
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Next items: I normally rush Bloodthirster next. I try to save up for BF Sword but if Im getting pressured Ill buy Vamp Scepter and then BF. If I have extra gold Ill buy boots but normally Ill avoid buying any boots until after BT. Normally Ill buy Berserker Greaves after BT.

MF's passive means she is already fast without needing boots right away.

After BT & Berserker Ill then determine what Im facing against and build appropriately.

Normally I build Phantom Dancer & Last Whisper next. The order in which to build this items is dependent on the game. If you are grouping as a team and team fighting, build LW next so your Ult does MAJOR damage.

If you are still in laning phase than build PD since the opponent ADC has minimal armor and attacking faster means you trade better and sustain better.

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At this point I have a really solid build: BT, Berserker, LW, PD with 2 item slots to spare.

One item should be defensive, and can be bought 5th or 6th depending how you're doing. If you are dying a lot buy defense as 5th item. GA, Banshee Veil or QSS would be ideal defensive items. GA is great most of the time. Banshee Veil helps counter certain assassins and mages. QSS is necessary when against a team with Warwick, Skarner or Malzahar.

The last damage item is kinda preference.
Normally Ill build a Black Cleaver for even more penetration for my Ultimate.
BotrK is nice to help kite from bruisers and also provides even more sustain so you can 1v1 nearly anyone. (BT+BotRK is TONS of lifesteal)
Stattik Shiv is OK, but normally you either build PD or Stattik and I prefer PD for the crits. Going Stattik is fine if you like it.
Hurricane is just a wtfbbq fun item that I only buy if I know my team isnt going to lose. My first Penta Kill was after buying a Hurricane, but I was also really fed and my team was way ahead in the game.
A 2nd PD is always good for even more damage, a 2nd PD is usually my 7th item, though, Ill sell boots and buy it if it's REALLY REALLY late game.

My final build is typically:
BT-->Berserker-->LW/PD-->BC-->GA/BV/QSS/BotRK-->PD

(Sometimes Ill not buy a defensive item and will get both BC and BotRK).



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General:

As ADC, especially as MF, positioning is key.
Your ult has awesome range, stay in the backlines and try to land a good ult, once the targets are softened up than go in and clean up.

The key to dominating with MF is to use your Double Up to refresh your auto attack. This allows you to attack 3 times while the enemy adc only attacks 1-2 times.

To do this, once you get off an Auto Attack than immediately use your Q (Double Up) on the target, click the target again to Auto Attack again immediately after the Q. You'll burst down targets rather fast, all the autos+Q will proc lifesteal, too.


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To add:

I completely forgot about IE. I rarely build IE tbh. My build focuses on MF's ult for team fights, the ult can't crit, so IE doesn't help as much. Armor pen helps tremendously. IE actually does help her ult do more damage due to the AD though and you could forfeit attack speed (PD/stattik) in favor of a pure damage/armor pen build going something like:

BT/LW/IE/BC/Boots/Defense or PD or BotrK

This was a very common build when MF was being used in LCS. Basically you are an ult bot. Due to minimal attack speed you rely on team fights and landing a good ultimate.

Draegan_sl said:

Leona is just broken. I tied my best score with 40 assists yesterday. I also played a normal with a level 10 friend of mine; carried that game with a crazy K/D ratio. I think I had something like 14 kills.

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Leona and Taric are my 2 support picks if I ever get stuck supporting. I haven't picked Leona yet in preseason though but went Taric 2x and just manmode the whole game.