Road to Silver IV - Part 19 - Darius vs Cho'Gath

[@kasunplays]

50 minute broze (?) lobby ending in loss is brutal. Didn't watch the whole game but i loled at 138 deaths @ 51 minutes. Good job.

[@mattcronym]

I hope you did find the timestamps helpful, I can’t fault anyone for not committing an hour to the video! Ending a 51 minute game with a loss was definitely a bummer but we shall move forward!

[@orlonshammer9145]

OOH WHEN THERES A YI TIME 2 END QUICK XD

[@mattcronym]

On this day I learned my lesson… 🥲

[@pawner100]

Ah, I felt your sigh at the end. I'm in Bronze 4 currently so I know how these games feel, once a game goes past 35 minutes I start getting worries because in low elo people don't know how to close games and the longer they go the greater your time in grey screen if you die. There were so many pointless fights that build up and give the enemy advantage. When you win a teamfight in low elo, or if you get a good pick on one of them, it's imperative that you press your advantage and get an objective (turret, baron, dragon, inhibitor.) Again, the problem is your teammates usually like to waste time chasing kills or farming jungle (farming jungle is fine if you first get an inhib or turret then while you retreat back to base you can stop by and clear the enemy camps to siphon gold from them.) Anyways, I really enjoyed watching you play and I'm positive that your positive attitude (pun 100% intended lol) alongside growing your game knowledge will eventually lead you to climb. I'm eagerly awaiting your next video :]

[@mattcronym]

It seems we are in the same boat my friend, we are down in the trenches together! I am positive as long as we stay positive, we shall both climb! (Pun also fully intended) haha

[@MegaSLVK]

The amount of times "black cleaver is the next item" 😂

[@mattcronym]

I swear, my mouth and my brain have two different masters 😂

[@ranepratt4985]

Youre not terrible bro, youre inexperienced 😊

[@mattcronym]

Thanks bro! I'm trying my best to get better with every game 😌

[@foryoutoenvy1]

im a d2 peak, could coach u if u want, would prolly be a fun vid for both of us

[@mattcronym]

OOooo, I am enticed by the offer but as of now I am too socially anxious, I'll remember you for if I ever do turn to coaching, all the best my friend!

[@foryoutoenvy1]

@@mattcronym bet, lmk

[@kingwavy4701]

What’s ur specs on your pc i can try to help you out with your problem 😊

[@mattcronym]

Lemme check it’s been so long since I’ve looked

[@mattcronym]

CPU: I7-9750H GPU: GTX 1660Ti RAM: 16 Gigs Is this the info you meant?

[@kingwavy4701]

@@mattcronymprolly upgrade ur ram and graphics card but if u aren’t able to it is understandable

[@mattcronym]

I have 16 more gigs coming in Thursday!! Though since it's a laptop I can't mess with the gfcs card

[@zouontop13]

i could coach u a little on darius if u want or give u some tips, im really good at darius!!! 600k pts emerald rank!!!

[@mattcronym]

Any tips you have are especially welcome, feel free to drop any in the comments of the Darius vids whenever you can!

[@zouontop13]

@@mattcronym so! first of all u can auto attack and then W for more damage and for that extra passive stack, i didnt see u abusing it much, a great tip for darius is to know ur damage before u use the ultimate, so that you can press R immediately after u have enough damage to kill the enemy, if u wait to see how low on hp they get and then R they might have time to escape or heal or kill u even. Also i saw you trade flash for flash a lot, you need to value your flash more, darius with summoner spells is really strong so you need to be a bit more hesitant, unless youre being ganked, then flash before they damage you even, thats the difference between good and bad flashes, dont flash after you take the damag, flashe before u take the damage so that u can stay in lane. Ur cs is alright, but i see u trading without purpose sometimes, the main objective is not to fight, but to farm, only when ur opponent miss steps or an opportunity for a trade comes up without leading to u losing cs. So about the late game, what I do is help in team fights when i have summoner spells because it makes it easy to get kills, otherwise i stay in lane and farm/take towers or small ojectives. In low elo they ignore split push, and this could even work in high elo too, when the enemy is getting drake/baron you can split push in the opposite side of the map or help, depends on how strong you are. VERY IMPORTANT NOTE! Build stridebreaker every game, it gives u movement speed when you damage enemies with anytning so bleed gives you movement speed and it has the better stats for darius. also you should have build steraks because it block cho gath R, usually when the enemy has execute abilities u should buy steraks ASAP. A good strat is to build boots early if both their jungler and top laner are AD/AP because u build resistance for both. Also never build thornmail, i prefer mortal reminder for antiheal. ANYTHING YOU NEED TELL ME!!! IM ALSO GOOD AT AKALI

[@mattcronym]

Everything single thing you said will help me greatly, read this over a couple times!!! Super super thank you for the advice!!! The steraks seems so obvious now that I’ve heard it out loud, facepalming myself irl 😂

[@mattcronym]

If I one day venture into the midlane, I may call on you for your guidance again, akali style 🥷🫡