this is a really good point, but if we insta-lock there's a higher chance of playing in a less-balanced team; on the flip side if we wait with a character highlighted and someone else insta-locks him we can still play another character to balance the team but we'll probably suck with it because of unfamiliarity (I'm almost exclusive with Taka and hoo boy I've lost matches playing support/lane characters I haven't the foggiest how to use properly)

haha don't you know it! as a Taka main I become super happy when I see a Celeste on the opposite team. because she's new a lot of people are trying to maximize her crystal damage and don't build up any sort of defense - minimal at best if they bother remembering - otherwise it's incredibly easy and satisfying to burst her down and make battles 3v2 (assuming my teammates see me coming and move in closer while avoiding her skills) of course I run into trouble later because after bursting...

not that I've played her but in a game just now I owned her as a CP Taka she doesn't move that fast, and nearly all her abilities are easy to avoid (i.e. you can see them coming) I come in X-Retsu, land one or two basic hit depending on how many crit stacks I have from House Kamuha, then a Kaiten to finish her could depend on the player's skill though, seeing as she's brand new, so this view will definitely change (but this is first impressions) although when she did catch me holy...

I was going for the extra crystal and mana regen effects with Aftershock is there a more effective way for these? I'd like to fill up the least amount of slots possible so I can completely fill up with crystal items

haha yeah I toyed with the idea of Broken Myth too but I'm a little nervous about staying in a fight long enough for my health to go down and maximize it's effect I solo qeue Taka when I can if there aren't other junglers on my team (I let them pick first), though once I fill up on enough crystal items - usually around level 8 or 9 depending on the situation - then I become a cute pet fox that follows my teammates who want to attack basically, at that point: if they farm, I farm; if...

you pop up on every Taka thread I visit I'm starting to seriously feel a need to prove myself to you LOL why don't you start a thread for people to offer comments and advice to Taka players? if we're so horrible at least tell us what we're doing wrong all in one place (I'd definitely check in every day to see new posts) I love playing Taka and it's pretty disheartening to see my favorite hero on the receiving end of so much hate

as a Taka user I do try my best to avoid being a horrible human being. it would be pretty awesome though if people would give me a chance to show I'm not a bad Taka instead of sabotaging my desperate attempts at farming gold for my crystal items in the jungle...and then in late games I'm literally cannon fodder: throw me into the fryer => shoot the cook while he's stirring my ass in the oil because I either don't have my boots to run fast or I didn't get all the items I need to...

hi all, I just bought Taka and my first couple games with him I went pure CP with the following: -Aftershock (2) -Alternating Current -Frostburn -Broken Myth -Travel Boots I keep the speed so I can run around my teammates and do bursts on targets or enemies attacking a teammate in need like a good assassin I can do massive bursts and kill an enemy pretty quickly. my last game I ran literal circles around SAW, Ardan, and Catherine, though if I mistimed my Kaiten and X-Retsu I...

finally earned enough glory to buy Taka because I've always wanted him. read through this thing so I can avoid being an @assh0le Taka player (I want to enjoy the game with my favorite hero too) and contribute to the team effort (IT'S FUN TO WIN) can anyone give me more pointers on not being a useless Taka from another hero's point of view? all I know is that I need to farm desperately to level 6 and to buy appropriate items (which makes me a bit of an @ssh0le anyway oops) I swear...