i told one of my coaching clients to jerk off to riven r34 and it fixed his single worst matchup
let me explain
riven top was his personal counter for THREE YEARS.
every time she locked in he lost the game in his head before minions spawned.
the fear was in his bones
i tried everything a normal coach would try.
i 1v1'd him as riven over and over.
taught him every cooldown, every animation cancel, every all in window. drilled it for hours.
nothing worked.
so i went to the source
told him. finish to riven r34
a couple days later, he messages me
"i don't fear the matchup anymore"
and sends a screenshot of himself absolutely DISMANTLING a riven top.
dumpstered her and kept one shotting her
he told me something profound had happened.
he no longer sees riven as a threat.
he looks DOWN on her now.
after his study sessions he understands everything she's capable of, every movement of her body and her kit on a primal level.
so the lesson here is simple.
if a matchup keeps beating you
stop trying to win the conventional way
beat your meat.
overcome your fear so you can start climbing.
Study the Saskio way
Hey @drewlevin has the team at riot considered revealing what champs are where 20 secs b4 loading screen? So that way you can run the correct rune set ups for the matchup. Playing top lane this year has been awful and allowing us to to see what enemy is playing in top would help
quick summary of every Master+ game
1: camille support E top, mid or enemy jungle lvl 1 and oneshotting whoever she hits
2: mages on ADC just staring at eachother while farming 12cspn
3: top lane is anivia vs vayne, cause anivia is mid fill and vayne is an adc fill
Somewhat lost amid all the last hit indicator and T1 skin discussion and DM reporting:
RANKED FIVES IS BACK STARTING THIS FRIDAY
IT’S LIVE EVERY FRI/SAT/SUN NIGHT AT 8PM FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS
if you want this kind of League, pls play it and let us know what you think. ty!