HOW TO WIN BAD MATCHUPS - ROAD TO RANK 1

[@ShokLeague]

A lot of you ask for me to show more of these types of games but IMO they aren't as valuable to learn from, let me know what you guys think!

[@nightwave6963]

Agree

[@pooplord6688]

Your thought process is informative and your discipline is inspirational. I appreciate how much content you can cram into 20 minutes bro

[@snowys4168]

Not as valuable but still valuable, I wouldn't mind these once or twice a week.

[@toothyhoofy]

There is still value in seeing and learning to play with a team thats behind and trying to make the most of it to claw back a win. Also helps seeing how others do with frustration and keeping up your mental game too. Love your vids dude, thanks for the awesome content

[@godofm3tal1]

what about it are you not thinking is as valuable? games where you struggle are the only games worth reviewing. stomps are stomps. obviously everything went well and we all know how to play when everything is going well. seeing how you think when everything around you is crumbling is solid gold. the only way i think this could have been a better example of top tier gameplay is if you somehow won despite all the fuckery that took place.

[@remjob2296]

What impresses me the most is how you always have a gameplan in mind and you're always thinking of what you can do next. Meanwhile I just autopilot and end up not capitalizing on important stuff

[@elandberg110]

This was still a great game to learn from! I love how you kept your head up even when everything went wrong out of your control.

[@marvbarf]

The games, where I do fine, but pretty much the whole teams feeds, have been so frustrating, but this commentary showed me, that I just need to remain level headed and accept, that there are games, which I just can't carry. Keep up the great work!

[@godofm3tal1]

bro actually called a bunch of master level players "noobs"

[@flyrehash5124]

🙃 me barely scraping diamond

[@andrewe165]

and they proceeded to prove him right lmao

[@abeljakopec646]

I mean the difference between master and challenger players is pretty big I think

[@flyrehash5124]

@@abeljakopec646 true but it's just funny to hear players who are objectively in the top 0.5% of the playerbase be called "noob"

[@godofm3tal1]

@@abeljakopec646 this could be debated till the second coming of Christ. Obviously there's a difference between them and master is still 2 tiers below challenger. But to call them "noobs" is comedy bro lol these are still sub 1% of the top players in the region.

[@letlifemoveyou]

i love to give you shit on stream about ryze and maxibons but your attitude is why i watch these, i dont often play anymore but i enjoy your narrative and thought process. So personally i dont mind what the game quality is in terms of elo, i like the unbiased opinions you have based on whats happening, thanks for all the content legend.

[@umbrastella2118]

Hey love the educational content and how you talk about draft impact a lot in solo q. What do you think about one tricking?

[@ShokLeague]

1 tricking is reallllyy good for learning the game (probably the quickest way tbh) but I think once you're master+ you will suffer from only playing one champion (unless it's very well rounded)

[@kentjesuz]

I would love to watch you review each of your losses! Maybe not in the same video but I would watch the hell out of a sub series of your road to rank 1 where you review your losses, maybe even your wins!

[@deltaghost707]

Can someone explain what priority is please?

[@ShokLeague]

If you have push over the way you have the first priority to move from mid lane, essentially it just means you have push on the lane

[@deltaghost707]

Gotcha. Thank you very much for the response!

[@hyper1579]

Hello. I play on BR server on jungle and i rooted on Diamond 3/2/1 in last 2 Seasons . I started see you vídeos and swaped to mid. Curiosly i like too. Syndra,Vex,Ori. And i learned so much about waves, and Control of the game. Improve my jungle gameplay and i promoted to Master on last day. Thanks so much Bro ❤

[@ShokLeague]

Congrats bro!

[@yGKeKe]

5:50 God I wish lower ELO support players had brains like this guy. This cow is an MVP for this. Also why are so many junglers like this? They will bitch and moan about mid, demanding wards, rotations and all sorts of shit....but they completely ignore the lane when it's FREE while inting in other lanes for nothing. It's insane to me that this still happens in Challenger. In fact, I keep seeing people in these Challenger lobbies that have like 5cspm. What the hell happened to high ELO?

[@ShokLeague]

High elo has never been as good as people think it is...

[@yGKeKe]

Yeah, I noticed, but I was kind of hoping I was just delusional and on copium. However, I think each region does have a few players who are REALLY good and are probably multiple divisions above other Chals if the ladder went that high. It's crazy how big of a gap there can be even between challenger players. Still, I always enjoy things like the clips from Faker's stream where he's just watching the two teams throw poop at each other in the jungle 4v4 and he's like "What are they doing over there?" XDD@@ShokLeague

[@turtlesdohurtles528]

"shok tilted" is me after dying once I would have lost my mind this game

[@Illmatic1994]

Damn your mental game is as good as your gameplay itself. Keep it up man. Also, Akshan? :D

[@airchampion4658]

Amazing vid! Even with unbalanced teams you showcased how you can control the game against a tough matchup. Just wanted to say that your advice about teamfighting you gave me in another comment section helped! I watched my replays and isolated the teamfights and how I played them. I applied what I saw to my games and went from gold 4 0 lp to Gold 2 50 lp in a single day. I wasn’t focusing enough on the mid-late game teamfights and wasn’t drafting the right picks for the lategame. Was solely looking at mid champ and playing around them. Thanks for the help!

[@ShokLeague]

Damn good shit homie

[@uncleshay303]

What do you think are the best blind picks mid now?

[@ShokLeague]

AP: Ori >>>>> Syndra/Azir/Ahri AD: Jayce or bust

[@uncleshay303]

@@ShokLeague you don't believe other Ad mids could be played?

[@ShokLeague]

They can be played but imo they shouldn't be blinded@@uncleshay303

[@therealjif]

syndra should have showed up to lane first and started the push aggressively because she can always play her range advantage against you with the first q, right? how should she have played her favorable matchup better?

[@therealjif]

besides not using her abilities on the wave as much

[@ShokLeague]

Yeah pushing the lane earlier is better, she also has shorter CDs than I do so she should use that advantage to zone me off wave + get more push

[@kingsjoke]

You deserve so many more subs

[@florian86000]

Not sure why you didn't wait a bit for her to flash before using R again since you were already close enough to land your abilities at 4:55

[@yGKeKe]

Their entire bot side and jungler are visible right outside of the dragon pit. He'd be dead if he waited. Only chance to do anything here is to immediately burst Syndra with Pantheon and Alistar while she's isolated away from her team. This is literally like a 2-3 second window to try and kill her, otherwise you either A) Do nothing and completely waste the ult or B) follow her over the wall and get stuck/fully collapsed on and die. What Shok did is pretty much the best case scenario for this skirmish.

[@ShokLeague]

Maybe i coulda, seemed risky with more people coming though

[@Wonilonlol]

Good vid as usual shok

[@SusanooVaL]

sorry i am new so wondering why this itself is a bad matchup.(sorry if i missed it)

[@ShokLeague]

In general Vex sorta struggles against mages because she is outranged by them, Syndra also has shorter CDs than Vex which makes laning hard since she can abuse you while your CDs are down and hers are up

[@SusanooVaL]

@@ShokLeague thank youuuu

[@juanpabloloaiza7910]

love the videos

[@getrightw1tcha]

thx for sharing c:

[@MufazaPT]

Bro, I wish I had your mental honestly

[@daleking8654]

lol at masters being "noobs" (I'm bronze... barely)

[@snowys4168]

It's subjective, anyone worse than your current rank is a noob, anyone better than you is lucky/has no life/meta abuser/etc.

[@davidszathmari3296]

really oceania server? i thought it is on fucking euw or na but wtf is this? i mean its not against you youre a good player just what is this?

[@ShokLeague]

My bad for being born here bro

[@davidszathmari3296]

@@ShokLeague i mean no offense. I thought you are from eu or usa and go there just because there are easier to hit rank 1 like some people do. I didnt know you was born there.

[@davidszathmari3296]

@@ShokLeague dont get me wrong i love your videos and you too very high skill level player and try to help others appreciate have a nice day

[@felix-vx2om]

I want to see more bad matchups and playing from behind