Adventures in Ranked Joust :: Zilby's Blog

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So as some of you know (maybe) I've been doing my best to climb the joust 1v1 ladder. I recently achieved platinum almost exclusively playing , with occasionally AMC if she's banned (although I'm thinking of switching that to since I'm not an amazing AMC). In any case, just wanted to share my progress. Some extra stuff:

My first ban is since it's a bad matchup. If my opponent does not ban I will then ban him (I personally believe he's the strongest 1v1 jouster in the game, and I don't like to mirror match with him). If my opponent bans (which is most of the time) I'll then likely ban or depending on how I'm feeling that day. You might question why I allow through, but I'm playing soooooooo.... yeaaahhhhh...

In any case, I've had a 70% winrate with in this gametype (it's actually been getting better over time), so I hope I'll keep rising until I'm definitively the greatest Chang'e to ever Chang'e.

And in case you're wondering what happens when I mirror match other mastery X s....

get dunked on

That was a 14 minute match for me to take down her titan. I don't think my tower even took a hit of damage. And to top it all off, she had 1700 more worshippers than me! (She deserved it though, went in there with that ****ty Lunar Tango skin, I knew I couldn't show any mercy).

In any case, just posting this for the heck of it. Feel free to comment whatever on it, or just comment on your own adventures in joust 1v1 or anything else that comes to mind.

*edit: played a game against SamDaDude (popular streamer, Masters Joust player) vs . Game ran for almost 40 minutes, we went back and forth for ages (at one point around 2:35:30 I got DC'd pushing his phoenix and died, that was one ulti I didn't whiff, smite did the thing where people keep moving in the direction they were going until you reconnect so on my screen I had hi her, by the time I reconnected my death timer was almost done, I cry every time QQ), but in the end he pulled through. Thought I'd post the video so you guys could see some gameplay if you want. I could have played better, whiffed a few ults which is kinda embarrassing, but it was a really close match and despite losing, I ended 11/5. I also probably should have gotten , I underestimated 's sustain. Match starts at ~2:11:00.

Video is here

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(132) |

Is queue dodging a thing in ranked joust? I just got into a match where I picked and my opponent picked and then the screen paused for a second and I was thrown into another queue without any new tp or explanation...? Did they at least lose tp for dodging? WHAT IS THIS NONSENSE.

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Wasn't sure if I wanted beads to get out of your special delivery or shield for the damage reflect, but yeah in hindsight I see what you're saying.

(105) |

Your is what killed ya, you have your 2 you didn't really need it. would've discouraged me to go crit.

And yeah, that's still uber strong, especially against hunters and assassins who go crit aka Ne Zha/Merc/Hun Batz.

(10) |

All right, thanks for the advice guys!

Is + viable anymore? I used that a lot a while back, but I'm not so sure now.

(132) |

I've been wary of baiting out actives in the past, I almost always try to wait for my opponent to grab actives before I do so that I can counter them. The only reason I grabbed sprint at that point was because the only reason I was even able to make a slight comeback at that point was by using it. Regardless, I was far enough behind that no matter what I did I probably would have lost, but not grabbing those actives would have been suicide with me being so far behind.

Merc's burst damage still surprised me though. Made me kinda wonder if it would be worth it to grab 3 defensive items and get most of my power from pots and red buff late game.

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Yeah, baiting actives out works the other way around too. Like you see people rush and and then your enemy goes and you're kinda screwed as a mage unless you're Poseidon and kinda Chang'e. She's fast too :>. It's still a good item even if the enemy picks up though, I just didn't have enough room in my build for and (I should've gone DB).

(50) |

I wanna do Ranked Conquest again (I only tried 4 games) but some people on there are worse than ****ing casuals.

I had a go 1-11 in the first 15 mins of the game, like how is that possible? Another one I got ****ing owned as in solo lane (I had to rotate even with my tower down and enemy duo got semi-fed), then got owned again next game as to , without jungler help (I also got ganked AND strictly aimed for me instead of the waves)

I only won one game in ranked as support with a full curse call group and AWESOME comp. Went negative but helped so much getting fed.

I have to admit that i wasnt experienced enough back then, but some people on ranked are so toxic compared to casuals that I dont want to go back.

(132) |

For that match I went -> -> -> -> -> , never completed soul reaver though. I also went greater purification] for the 3s CDR and [[improved sprint to get slow immunity and so I could catch up to him even with his hives everywhere when I started pushing for the titan kill. I'd still consider replacing with depending on what the AMC builds though. (In regards to GGF's comment, I find that > for shutting down attack speed).

Just played a custom round with Greenevers earlier merc vs chang'e, he thoroughly thrashed me but it was fun :]

New tips I've learned: can be great because of objective damage, albeit it does do less damage to enemies, + red buff is probably a more viable start than I've been giving it (I usually go blue buff + and a health and mana pot), although I still don't like the risk factor of contesting red buff early game as , even with power pot, baiting people into buying with is a strategy that can work, but only in certain circumstances. Regardless you should be wary of it.

Anyways, kudos to green, that's quite a lot of stuff to consider as I ascend the ranks! Not to mention a variety of counter specific tactics I picked up now that I've seen a really skilled one. In other news, I also went from plat V to plat I. Hopefully I'll be able to keep climbing to diamond :]

(50) |

can shut down their attack speed by a bit, but as idk its viability with her.

(10) |

Hey Zilby, what else do you get to beat AMC with ? I've been thinking about getting back into Ranked Joust, but I really dislike fighting AMC and .

(132) |

FINALLY won a game against an AMC. Turns out > just because anti-lifesteal is so strong.

(132) |

Thanks green :]

Also it just seems impressive to be playing NShadow when he's the guy I go to when I want to look for joust tier lists xD
I'll be sure to look at the vid to see if he does stuff different with his chang'e tho, can never stop learning new techniques :]

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