I am stuck in Platinum | Unranked to Challenger Top Climb

[@kaplield4565]

You can see Pekin's brain break while he's watching both his enemy laner and his entire team int is honestly so funny

[@brettsteuart]

I’ve seen better individual skill and better macro skills in silver. I’m shocked some of those players were ever able to climb that high.

[@ryanczarnecki33]

It's so funny seeing Pekin witness the absolutely random shit that happens in lower elo games that most of us get to experience in all of our games.

[@thegh0st86-c6r]

He is just not good enough to carry from top. Go watch how good tops can carry shit teammates. I'm sure Pekin can carry the same teammates through mid

[@autumneagle]

"That most of us get to experience in all of our games" needs to be rewritten to "most of us get to experience and partake in all of our games" Too many folks in lower ELOs get this idea in their head that only everyone else does random dumb shit without recognizing that they too often do random dumb shit.

[@ryanczarnecki33]

@@autumneagle I agree, I definitely do things that are probably not the correct play.

[@joschpc6151]

@@thegh0st86-c6r Yes absolutely, he is used to roam and help the other roles or counter invading, but in the top lane there is no such thing, maybe he should focus on stomping the toplaner or pressuring the map with splitpushes

[@ecpgieicg]

In NA, some hours have very clown teams -- even at the same elo they are drastically different. Since Pekin wakes up late, he probably plays right during those hours. Above a certain elo, he should become immune again. (That'd be sadness for content tho)

[@Rave.-]

"I need to just do my own thing and completely ignore my teammates." -Pekin Welcome to Top lane! :D

[@DustinHarms]

It is pretty funny to hear him have these epiphanies as he realizes what low/mid elo is like lol

[@WaffleEvil]

from watching the volibear video, the difference between pekin and zwag is that pekin laughs at his low elo team mates perform poorly instead of zwags complaining. Really just improves my look on him.

[@angellopez5315]

He does complain about teammates on his second channel, but it’s not nearly as unbearable as Zwag’s complaining is.

[@PekinWoof]

@@angellopez5315 Yeah I do complain a bit on stream, although I'm complaining about High Elo teammates who I expect to be good rather than Low Elo which I know will make many mistakes

[@NujabesRiB]

I used to watch zwags content on daily basis and enjoyed him for quite a while. But since a year or two I'm just watching peekins content on both of his channels. Zwag is always playing with a bunch of no elo guys and yet if he miss plays or the team isn't winning, he is just a crybaby. I cancelled my subscription to his channel and only watch peekin on daily basis. Keep up your work and have fun playing. Have a nice weekend everyone

[@johndavis2108]

@@PekinWoof Its not nearly as bad as others - League streamers will literally whine out a 5 paragraph essay on their team.

[@ecpgieicg]

It's not the same. ​@angellopez5315 (Although I am sure you piqued some ppl's interest -- to see a toxic Pekin but they will only find a half-funny Pekin.) I've seen content creators make fun of their low elo teammates to make content. Pekin doesnt do that.

[@indianguy2276]

Your teammates in the first game were hard to watch

[@stream28reasons]

It do be like that, it's league

[@Es3iya]

it's a typical platinum/emerald game :D

[@raquelanselmo6647]

Right?? That brand was killing me

[@cupidok2768]

But he is challenger playing

[@Felixxfb]

During the video all I could think was him saying that the second game was a "defeat" and I was "HOW THE SECOND GAME WORST THAN THIS?".

[@spiralhaze2070]

Pekin last video: "I'm winning every single game!" Can't challenge the universe like that, man.

[@anachronisticlaserbeams4820]

if you're struggling to beat Illaoi, just play some Illaoi games and get a better handle on her. Perfect champ for this top lane series.

[@saiajyn3270]

It's funny how pekin 1 is a completely different character than pekin 2, I think there's a text above his monitor to remind him which personality he should perform.

[@neonrage93]

do you have a moment to talk about our lord and savior Bekin?

[@theangler1922]

You know what they say, the best way to get unstuck platinum top is to play Renata Glasc top.

[@tangahkoncek6841]

Instruction unclear did unstuck platinum per say but now found out that there new tier below bronze

[@Dyanosis]

@@tangahkoncek6841 "new tier". Iron hasn't been new for years.

[@jangambler9998]

@@Dyanosis Well, someone is butthurt about being stuck in Iron "for years".

[@termisaal]

i got robbed out of my breakfast video

[@static3479]

W robber

[@oknc9122]

top lane is just a never ending rock-paper-scissor game of fiora-riven-illoai and then aatrox just floats around in the air because someone has to have first pick

[@solo_1427]

Fiora and riven builds dmg and runs you down, illaoi builds tank misses e and kills you with w and grasp autos.

[@shulamitwhatsittoya6550]

​@@solo_1427 I don't think there's a single top illaoi wins against spamming W. Maybe yorick but post-6 is the opposite. Unless you've died several times already. You have to punish her missed Es. Use your CC when she goes in for a W

[@RawrxDev]

@@shulamitwhatsittoya6550 Yeah shes useless if you miss e, but you can just wait till they hop onto you to get a guranteed e hit

[@shulamitwhatsittoya6550]

@@RawrxDev If you only have 1 tentacle Illaoi loses pre-6 though. Plus Post 6 you have to make sure you don't die during the cast times(close to 2 seconds E+R) or get Sett ulted out of your zone or Darius/Garen ulted. There's definitly ways to beat her. Especially since she got nerfed.

[@shinoobidan]

Seeing Pekin get these kinds of team mates makes my games feel normal.

[@Oh_My_Glob]

Omg i almost thought i wasnt gonna have a new pekin vid to fall asleep to😭

[@MrWazzasupgee]

I feel like thats why top players are more one trick ponies, like to climb top you have to consistently get fed as fuck to influence the game, mid as pekin showed he can play pretty much anything while still having some influence on the game while top if you lose you're just useless

[@mrocto329]

I feel like just being fed top isn't enough either. I tried to play top when I first started the game, and I found myself getting leads here & there but it rarely worked out for me because as a top laner you somehow have to draw all pressure on yourself. Your team wants to fight an objective? You have to pull enemy team elsewhere. You want to join the teamfight? You're likely going in first. This type of gameplay ends up being hard to manage & carry with imo, I find mid lane really chill because you can play the game at your own pace instead.

[@PekinWoof]

Tbh I made many mistakes these games and can probably fix them pretty fast. Especially the volibear game

[@Dyanosis]

TBF - most top laners are bruisers, not assassins/champs that are burst-oriented. They're meant for sustained fighting and being able to duel. They will probably be more healthy and have more overall sustain. On the flip side, mid lane is a short lane so you need champions who can kill quickly because there's not much room to actually chase people down before they're at the tower.

[@noobgoestrapping5084]

⁠@@PekinWoofhonestly I think most of it has been limit testing. These are skirmishes you've never been part of before. And in high plat/emerald people are at least good enough you have to play the match up decently to win. That and not adjusting from challenger brain to lower Elo brain. You still expect your team to act appropriately like they would in high Elo so you have misplaced faith in team plays occasionally. I don't see this phase lasting long after you've had a couple reps on the new picks. I'm curious to see if you'll hit another soft wall come like masters or not. I've always been curious if top vs mid mindsets are different enough to need a certain level of mastery in the role to break through.

[@DanielRBW]

This is blatantly untrue. T1 made challenger playing Top playing honestly dumb picks. If he can do it as a Draven ADC main, Pekin should be able to do it easily enough.He just needs to sort out his champ pool.

[@Netsuko]

You can tell that game 2 was a tilter because Pekin usually RARELY swears in these commentary videos xD

[@PopersIRL]

pekin 2 (bekin) wants more control over the main channel

[@tangahkoncek6841]

Pekin 2 is fine but are we sure main channel can handle the chat that also coming

[@LutraLovegood]

@@tangahkoncek6841 the chat is always coming

[@Mejido]

Wait till he finds out about Skarner top.

[@davidmoak1219]

Yeah that's what I was thinking I just typed a wall of text about it.

[@meowiewowee]

When you get the inevitable vayne top game, you have to upload it--win or loss. We want to share in your suffering of that hellscape

[@Snarfie]

Bonus points if he happens to be playing Singed or another melee champ without a gap closer

[@Mario07101997]

"When you build squishy, you're squishy" Wise words my man, wise words indeed.

[@wikingzkurwabrodaitoporem1382]

For a few moments I got hyped about this top climb and I thought maybe I can come back to league after 3 months break and have fun, but in this one you reminded me how bad teammates can be and I don't want it anymore. Thanks mr Zigzagoon!

[@ChuckCannon]

Now this is the top lane bs I'm used to. Masochism simulator has begun

[@dovakiin_beast6177]

Really enjoying the series and watching you break down your learning process of super unfamiliar situations

[@chrisfrench9257]

Garen does well into Illaoi. Bait her E and then attack her. You can kill her through her ult, just Q her right as she ults, spin and ult when needed. If she's ahead of you, you can just walk away the moment she ults as well.

[@qt_stacy]

yes plz more fiora!! i love playing her lol she’s always been one of my mains - also i am really really pumped for your loss game lol. i am like halfway thru the first game & i feel like your team was literally never playing around you even tho you were constantly playing around them

[@tristanridley1601]

Former Illaui main: Beating her is simple. She even shouts it at you: "move!" Her entire kit is based on her E. It triples her damage at least, healing on her, etc. Dodge that, hit her once she misses, and punish the fact that she can't push beyond her tentacles or really roam. If she hits you with e, calculate whether she has the damage to kill the spirit. If not, avoid leaving the range. If she can, get out asap to cut your losses. She has bad match ups vs countless champs, like almost anyone with a dash.

[@Dyanosis]

You're a former main of a certain champion that you don't even know how to spell their name? Yikes.

[@hachihiraga]

@@Dyanosis that's what you pick to be pissy about?

[@augustdreier6595]

@@Dyanosis lmao ur such an asshole

[@milluvia005]

These games are so strange, yet so amusing to watch lol. Wish you good fortune with the climb!

[@dathore]

Hey Pekin, I've been playing Illaoi since she was introduced, she's my second highest mastery champ behind Malzahar, I normally play against emerald/platinum players, so I don't know quite how useful the insight I have can be. Here's a couple bits on how to engage the big kraken lady, first, you need to avoid the E, the spirit move is her bread and butter, and you can't let that hit you, she's one of the few characters that can potentially do over 100% damage if she's hitting both you and the spirit, since the spirit can take up to 70% of the total damage she's doing, as well as any damage she's doing to you, so, better get those fancy feet moving, the move itself has about 16 seconds CD on the early levels, so any time she misses you can start a trade, but don't get fooled, she heals based on missing HP per tentacle hit, so even with low HP, she's still VERY tanky. Illaoi has some mana problems at first, but later on she has a good enough pool, you need to engage her with a duelist, DO NOT bring in more than one enemy, that's how you end up throwing the match, Illaoi's ultimate spawns tentacles per enemy hit in it's AoE, so if you bring in 2 or 3 people she's gonna be a nightmare to fight, since she can pull someone's spirit before her R and add an additional tentacle to the mix, bear in mind, these tentacles do not count towards her passive spawn or the ones summoned after the spirit is destroyed, so if she ults, RUN AWAY, Illaoi is very slow, so CC and slows can make her waste her advantage, but if she gets a good ult (mind you, she can flash when she ults to gain extra range), the best option to avoid having her out-sustain the whole gank, is to run away from her till the ultimate ends, also, after the ultimate hits and for a few seconds after, all tentacles slam faster and spawn faster for the spirit vessel, so keep moving. Lastly, Illaoi is pretty bad against people like Mordekaiser, Illaoi's whole thing is being a slow, heavy hitting, constantly healing beast of a champion that thrives in short, high intensity fights where the enemy is too busy trying to out damage her, rather than outsmart her, so knowing when to engage and when to step back is crucial to winning, so mind the CD for her skills, also, remember that her W does max % HP damage, so even if you're full HP, you're gonna feel those slams, having some healing cut is a good way to mitigate her long term sustain, and playing aggressive and killing as many tentacles as you can is a good way to delay her, since at low levels the CD for the tentacles is close to 20 seconds, so early tentacles are vital to her lane phase. Overall, this is what I can share from her skills and how to engage her, I'm not a high elo player by any accounts, so I don't know many tricks beyond hiding the E inside your Q (you can slam the wave to open a path and E instantly to animation cancel the Q), but I hope this insight helps a little, in the event you run into the priestess again.

[@angellopez5315]

Yapanese scholar here holy fuck. You could have summarized that much much better.

[@hatezomm]

@@angellopez5315here’s the summarized version: if she misses E go in, the rest is common sense

[@josiejams9018]

@@angellopez5315 pointless comment. perfect or not they took the time to share their knowledge and tried to be helpful instead of just criticize someone for no reason

[@angellopez5315]

@@josiejams9018 because, does he really think a challenger player needs this? Obviously not, it’s not like Pekin was hardstuck for weeks, it was literally just a few games lmao

[@josiejams9018]

@@angellopez5315 Sure, but maybe there are other people watching the video who arent' challenger and could benefit from an explanation. I agree pekin doesn't need it but its pointless to shit on it when its a harmless comment.

[@xMc1]

Damn If i knew the first game would be like that, I would've made some popcorn

[@ParallaxDawn]

pekins character development arc is coming with top lane I can feel it

[@zabrac1566]

It's kinda cool seeing a high elo player get "humbled" (not the right word for what I want to convey) in plat. It shows just how different lanes require different skill sets and being good at one doesn't automatically make you good in others.

[@Miles168]

Morde is probably the most consistent counter to Illaoi. Teemo and Kayle are good too as long as you dodge her E. That being said, Illaoi is unbelievably frustrating and if she ever gets you under tower it's pretty much impossible to recover the lane since she'll either dive you or force a horrendous back with her E spam and if your jungler ganks she'll just kill you both. I don't bother banning her since she's not picked too often but she's pretty much the only reason I ever dodge

[@Dyanosis]

As Petu would say - Dodge her E or dodge the game.

[@stanf9898]

One thing I notice at these lower elos is the pressure Pekin feels (or at least more outwardly shows he feels) that I don't see him having at the higher elos. The pressure of needing to 1v5 every game. The feeling of getting your hopes up from a good early game, just to watch your teammates throw. I could not understand how calm he was at higher elos. But I see the pressure and the need to perform well at lower elos in greater effect.

[@multipogopuschel9131]

I have not played a single ranked game this split yet, because I wanted to wait out a lot of the clown games I faced when playing right after season start (30% wr at the beginning vs 75% wr later on). I thought about starting my climb this week, but being only 10 minutes into this video I'd rather wait another week or so. Thx Pekin 👍

[@guruquenaovendecurso7615]

Karrigan is the goat. His individual play is phenomenal, and his surprising underdog story of the Boston major 2018 where he took a team of relatively unknown rookies to the major finals, shows IGL skil.

[@Aso2nd]

These vids in this specific series with different champs is nice!

[@StefanLopuszanski]

14:51 : Yeah, that's why some people talk about Elo Hell. Some Champions and play styles are just so difficult to climb with no matter how good you are. Riot says Elo Hell doesn't exist, but it does on the short term when you're not talking about 50+ games. I know Rioters who avoid certain supports until they hit Emerald+ for that very reason.

[@aosphere]

This is fun to watch, feels like I'm learning with you. 🤠

[@AdrianWan]

I'm glad you uploaded the first voli game lol happy that challengers aren't immune to low elo bs

[@tyrsin2442]

Rather than ban Illaoi, you should try playing her! I feel like the more you play her, the easier it becomes to play against her

[@derisgaming9773]

I find it absolutely hilarious that whilst watching this Vid I noticed in my Shorts Recommendations to the side was a Zigzagoon Short. Even the KZbin Algorithm can't tell the difference.

[@NyxiconRS]

Awesome vid as usual! First game if you went Nahors instead of ROD I Think it would be a lot easier for you to split sides and 1v1 anyone who comes to stop you, also you'd take towers like a beast. Your team mates though XD Damn they sucked HAHAH

[@chrisfrench9257]

I thought the same thing when I climbed from gold to high plat... where I'm at right now seems like a constant coin flip due to the way my teammates play. Throwing seems to be the current trend.

[@NkenKenY]

or maybe its you gold always be gold even in plat i am better than you all in iron 3 :) i am in high elo filled with annoying smurfs

[@chrisfrench9257]

@@NkenKenY Cope harder newb.

[@NkenKenY]

@@chrisfrench9257 i am not the one whos coping when you are hardstuck gold plat trash emerald iv trash :)

[@chrisfrench9257]

@NkenKenY Why come to my comment to talk your bs? I'm agreeing with a remark Pekin has made, and you've dropped by to talk sht about me with some made-up nonsense. Take your silly ass somewhere else.

[@TheExiledTexan]

I personally would love to see more Camille/Fiora games. If I played top back when I played League, the 1v5 champs would have been the ones I gravitated towards.

[@benbomb3205]

I actually like it when you have a good chance to lose, it makes it more interesting with an unpredictable outcome

[@Tope92]

Welcome to second silver Pekin, I hope you enjoy your stay!

[@Penguinverse]

11:43 "Ima be honest, I think gold elo has better macro play than emerald and platinum at this point". As a player who climbed from silver to emerald 4 for the first time this season, I can confidently say that he is spot on there. Mechanically better, but no brains here.

[@fox4snce]

I enjoy playing voli on aram and maxing e. People dodge in normal games but in aram, they just stand there and take it. I then push toward a more tanky build and it usually leads to a win. My favorite voli story is the first time I played him in aram after several years of avoiding him. I was high as a kite and got a penta. :D

[@GetReide]

love the longer videos documenting your climb!

[@stungun565]

I really enjoy the new series! Lost interest for a while, but this is great content. I really apprecciate if we don't know the outcome or logic behind the chosen games. I feel more suspesion this way.

[@Vael221]

I feel like the Plat/Emerald line is just sort of the area where people who are kinda okay but don't really care to get actually good kinda congeal. So you kinda just have to assume everyone mostly sucks and never make plays that only work when your teammates follow up. Time your plays around teammates when you can but never assume they will time their plays around yours.

[@happyzahn8031]

Pekin pushing top "Am I allowed to keep pushing?" Yes, This is IRON, go ahead. Sure looks like it to me.

[@BH-cs8lb]

Pekin: - He is building wrong Pekin dies before pressing R :D

[@Baaagel]

The way to beat Illaoi in lane is literally to dodge her E. That's where most of her damage comes from, so all you do is basically just bait out the E, dodge it, then you can usually all in her for free (a little dependant on your champ of course). When she hits 6 it's pretty much the same thing, dodge the E but also if she ults you, literally just walk away cause the ult is stuck in place where she casts it.

[@ryanseawell5755]

Hey Pekin, if you wanna hit E consistently use your E while youre in you Q running animation on voli, it makes it take longer for your opponents to see it

[@99temporal]

Ah, yes... The canon event of not knowing how to beat illaoi and perma banning it when you start playing top lane

[@Terker2]

I think this is super cool, but i think Pointy Hat is underestimating how much combat quality suffers without actually taxing the resources of the characters. Thats why there are recomendations on how many encounters are supposed to happen between short/long rests. Thats why i for example severely hindered my ToA group at taking long rests during the hex crawl, only allowing it at designated safe places. Otherwise is have read the system and its pretty neat.

[@hodgmandinio1]

hay! Love watching relatable streamers!

[@mikelezhnin8601]

First game was such a clown fiesta XD

[@shieldgenerator7]

38:05 i hate that too, losing a fight and then realizing i forgot to use my tiamat item. i liked it better when it wasnt an active ability

[@tlo300]

Pretty good example of why gold elo is so frustrating to play when you watch a lot of educational content but having to deal with these type of teammates (and are also not as good as Pekin)

[@BCYoshi]

I feel like a big part of winning top is coin flipping whether your laner is a human or not

[@Woozah337]

With AP Nasus you want a 2nd point in Q by lvl 9. It lowers the cd enough for you to e-q a melee then have Q back up before canon dies to get more than 1 stack per wave on canon waves. If you have a lot of gold from early kills then Q to lvl 3 at level 10 to offset the increased dmg from items.

[@lordcrispen]

What I learned in these 3 games is that I'm not THAT crazy for incorrectly thinking my team sees what's actually happening in the game. The only time anyone below Masters seems to be able to see anything is when they're grey screened, and it's like 10-20% success rate at pointing out what the ACTUAL problem is lol.

[@tonyluiscomedy]

Hearing you say that about Illaoi makes me feel better XD

[@Sadfluffybear]

Finally I'm in the same elo as pekin

[@adarshpatil08]

45:20 i am pretty sure most top mains would take their minion wave behind enemy back so they cant push and end, in case they cant join team fight. may be pekin needs a little bit tips and tricks on top/macro

[@Tephr1te]

pekin doing morgana dirty in the 3rd game, they were getting multiple kills each time he said that they're not very good

[@PekinWoof]

She played amazing. But she is a Morgana. I think I said that during that game too. You can be the best Morgana Mid ever, but you're Morgana (useless in most cases)

[@tonberry50]

thats what i like to see, clean wins. nah im just kidding still great video to see more of this series as a top laner

[@grhann]

hello, if you are stuck in plat, perhaps try lillia, she is giga 1v9 toplane pocket pick. also gnar. gnar. please. gnar.

[@Oh_My_Glob]

Man I second this. Give us a gnar vid 😂

[@wesjanson6979]

yeah it's weird he isn't playing lillia because he actually has familiarity playing her and top is her strongest lane because she decimates melees. trying to play against lillia with any common top lane melee champ is like CBT all game long

[@hotmortyyy254]

@@wesjanson6979 I think that's why he's not picking her

[@tupacshakur5868]

@@wesjanson6979 almost every duelist shits on her. Fiora, Riven, Jax, Yone, Irelia, Camille. But maybe you dont consider them common >,>

[@wesjanson6979]

@@tupacshakur5868 I'll give you Irelia but if you're incapable of spacing properly against the rest of those as Lillia you can't play Lillia in lane. Have you watched any of pekin's videos where he plays Lillia mid and crushes a ranged matchup in challenger? And you think he'd have more difficulty playing against a plat Riven?

[@yGKeKe]

AP Nasus is weird. You can win lane pretty hard with it, but you have to start building tank items after 2 AP items, and then you have to sell your AP items and replace them with tank items. I think that tech switch strat only works in pisslow though.

[@yuliofont271]

Pekin, pick Yorick into Illaoi. The ghouls block her E. After lvl 6 you can just shove her in constantly and farm her like a minion.

[@96Kohaku]

that "uh-oh" when Trist gets a double kill in game 2 is such a league feeling i felt it in my heart. ive never said uh oh yet i experienced the uh oh

[@Croc1579]

That first game is the emerald experience

[@blizzardbeam]

Ranged AP tops do well winrate wise vs illaoi such as Ryze, Cass, Teemo, Swain

[@hachihiraga]

not too sure. they do punish her greatly during the early but if they don't kill, they're just waiting until they get hit by one E

[@VocalMabiMaple]

the most consistent way to climb out of that elo as top lane voli, in my opinion, is to just play to giga split push and force enemies to 1v3 you or lose

[@санякозлов-э4л]

Ah yes, bone plating into volibear, one of the worst rune choices you could ever do

[@Mandragorn]

That voli build looked like it healed enemies, def need better team for that one.

[@wolfy8006]

15:25 pekin is realizing that in our elo we are all noobs and our enemy are all grandmasters

[@Kaleo_kai]

Don’t give up I love the grind you will be challenger top!

[@douwemusic]

Pekin "i reach level whatever pretty soon" woof

[@RoboRobotnik]

Your team in that first game was actually shocking to watch.

[@D34N6232]

The thing people hard stuck low elo need to understand is if you want to climb out you HAVE to be able to HARD carry 1v9 every single game, you can NOT rely on your team at all, if you're not able to do that then unfortunately your probably never going to see diamond +

[@LeWhitekey]

Bruh, the point of that Voli build is that you can take the "Jack of All Trades" rune for free 1000g stats value. Doran's Blade (usually) = AD/HP/Lifesteal RoA = AP/HP(dublicate)/Mana Navori = Attackspeed/Crit/Mov% MR/Armor/Haste boots = MovFlat + other stat for 10 or 11 total different stats Third item according to boots to be able to sell doran's blade afterwards.

[@PekinWoof]

Forgive me man I didn't know of this build and the runepage set up was showing this exact build. In the future I will for sure abuse the jack rune

[@lushrimbaugh3290]

Sorry you're experiencing platinum hell, but it is a bit cathartic seeing such a good player struggle with it too.

[@fishbones8167]

hahhah. ah the joys of learning top lane. keep your head up champ. sometimes thing won't make sense, and thats ok. embrace the chaos, free yourself from the shackles of KDA.

[@daxtonarnold4992]

you are literally going through the same things i go through. probably bc you are my main source of league and learning. i play similarly (but worse) to you.

[@bringo6173]

If I am gold elo should I build the highest win rate items listed for gold elo or emerald+? Does it matter?

[@KasonWhitsell]

4:04 is the most plat shit I’ve ever seen 😭

[@Diergryn]

Hi Pekin! Remember me? I got you to play ASol jungle once and you started E and had a miserable time.... Anyways, Volibear is one of my favorite champions in the game and idk if the Navori build is good but it sure is GREAT. Some big volibear laning tips: early game you can hide your E cast with an auto attack. When you go to last hit a minion, you can E during the wind-up or cooldown of your auto attack animation to hide the cast animation of E. Ranged matchups are tough, but you can catch if you land an E or bait by walking back into Q'ing forward. You can also force them to choose between getting hit by Q or getting hit by E by casting E in the route of their escape. Volibear has an AS steroid for a passive, but typically, you want to play around cooldowns instead. Standing still trading autos with abilities on CD is usually bad, you want to space as much as you can until W is up. I'd also bring flash/ignite basically every game. For the Navori build, you want to run PtA w/ Inspiration secondary because you make good use of Jack of All rune if you start Doran's Blade. Volibear is one of the best traders under turret/divers early game. When they go for a minion under turret, you E QW Auto and walk out with the E shield taking basically no damage from turret. If I get a favorable trade early I'll almost always dive level 3 for first blood. Even if you trade, they're missing 2 or 3 stacked waves under turret and you can get them again on the bounce. Flash Q into your E (and R) is insane burst that catches people off guard all the time. You can W during your Q animation - you lose an auto attack cancel, but having W up earlier is usually worth it. Best build for top lane rn seems to be Shojin rush into Riftmaker into tank/situation. Abyssal Mask has insane value on Volibear, jaksho is great, frozen heart or randuins, you can also build hourglass as your armor item. Cosmic Drive is also stupid busted on volibear. Old best build was IBG into Cosmic into tank. Volibear is cool because you can use basically any keystone and item in the game. There's even a crit and lethality build! Itemization and rune choice is always interesting on him. Lmk if you want to practice some 1v1's with or against him!

[@classiceuphoria]

Wait until you get stuck in emerald. It’s hell, worse delusions than bronze

[@Snarfie]

10:20 peak league of legends mechanical gameplay right there

[@tric30]

This game validated my experience so hard. I’m def of the mindset of focusing on my own play to see how I can improve. Instead of blaming my team, I’ll watch my reply and see what I could have done better. Howeverrrrrrr if a challenger player can’t figure it out, it may be a bit egotistical of me to assume I can figure it out as well. I enjoy this game so much, but the climb to get players that are actively playing the game is too miserable Gl pekin

[@MWhipple2]

It’s a 50-50 based on your team at lower ELOs (up to gold, little better but still not great above that like in this video). If you’re really good in those you can make it a 75-25, but still won’t be 100% cuz teams are so random. But if you’re just above average for your rank, you only make it like a 60-40 chance of winning which isn’t enough to climb consistently.

[@ItsMeMady]

I love watching people fail, thank you peekin 😌

[@twixter0]

the illaoi was so mad lmaoo

[@akizuki2971]

Why did the first game look more troll than my bronze and silver games xd

[@al-lt8pm]

Yo pekin, ways you can giga snowball in top lane super easy, is like abusing roam timers super early on champs like talon in the mid, where you go invade the jungler at lv3, you can do this with most bruisers in the game like darius, olaf, trundle and really abuse how weak most junglers are early on and snowball your lane while relieving pressure from the map, I also suggest if you do not know how to play a specific matchup you can just look it up online.

[@polvuz]

this video reminded me that, in fact, volibear is/was a toplane champ. huh

[@christianjuarez5967]

It's the Pekin weekend baby

[@A1phaz0ne]

Banning Illaoi no matter what? You're a real top laner now.

[@raquelanselmo6647]

One thing that works at low elo is to go straight top and forget everything else. Just break those towers. I swear they only notice you when you get a inib