\begin{rant} Do you have a team/party you can play with? If so, proceed as per normal. No? Then welcome! Welcome to the wonderful solo queue experience we've designed for you! Here are some guidelines to ensure that you have the best time possible: Always play either Celeste, Vox, or Skaarf. They're the most OP, which means they're the best for winning the game, even if you don't like playing any of them. If someone instalocks, just soft-lock and forfeit the game. There will be no...

Not sure if this is already documented, but while waiting for the Kraken to spawn in Practice Mode today I got bored and decided to cover the map with scout traps... only to realize that there's a limit on how many you can place! Look at the minimap to get an idea. I had to move out of the way in order for the hero icon to not block any traps...

On the contrary I've seen Adagios with so many lives you would swear they are immortal :P

Time to wait for casual/bot play to come out in the next update and see if it solves those problems...

A sufficiently high win ratio (normally brought about by win streaks) bumps you into the next tier.

I realize that I'm having a huge amount of difficulty dealing with Celeste while playing Vox in lane. Especially in the early game, unless I sacrifice all my damage to build shield items, a single hit from Celeste takes out a good chunk of my HP. I frequently try to close the gap with Sonic Zoom, but the skill cooldown means that after I get off my requisite four hits I'm a sitting duck, and the difference in damage output and range means that even if I run, I take more damage than I gave...

It's hard to say without looking at the exact composition, but as a Koshka player going up against a Saw with Aegis, Fountain, Sorrowblade and Serpent Mask, here's how I would analyze it: 1. Fountain means absolutely nothing to me. It's only good if you can activate it, and even so only at critical levels of HP. I'd expect a team's tank to carry it rather than a Saw (because the laner should favor higher damage output), which tells me that the Saw might or might not know what they are...

I'm definitely not qualified to speak about The Hotness, since I'm still stuck trying to break Hotness Bronze. As for my quote, I really meant that to be a snipe at the people who continually cite the whole "be l33t" concept. My personal opinion is that a game in which a single person is solely responsible for the success of the entire team is just flawed. Note that I'm not saying that teams don't need carries, but I find that in many soloQ cases, the skill level composition of...

I don't think they changed the lifesteal from Serpent Mask? I'm not 100% sure about that. Taka was always a bursty damage character. If they build stacks in the jungle before going out to hit the Saw, the Saw is on the receiving end of not just the Tension Bow damage, but all the crits from the stacks. If they did build a Tyrant Monocle somewhere in there you're definitely going to feel the pain unless you have defence items prepared. I don't play Taka, but as a Koshka in early game, if I...

VG "recommended" solution, which may not be the most practical, is that you tough it out with the horrible players until you get to the point where you are good enough to carry the team come hell or high water. If the team instalocks Celeste and Saw, you play a tank even if you've never played him before! In theory doing this makes you "worthy" of the higher tiers, and while I don't like the reasoning behind it, one can't deny that it really does make you a better player...