User blog comment:Deshiba/Pre-Season Theor Craft: Twitch/@comment-1330314-20131219172004/@comment-4022742-20131221130547

You say it's highly unlikely for people to ball up and that they will spread out the moment they see the orb of Runaan floating along side you. And that I shouldn't base my strategy on them balling up. However, why do people even play things like Oriana or Jarvan then? These also have a lot of benefit from People balling up, Oriana especially focuses on the enemy doing just that in order to be effective in a teamfight.

Jut because I'd build runaan's would suddenly mean that Twitch would deal no damage? Sure, it's less then when you build PD, but a bruiser is not going to melt you that easily as you suggest. Your assumption that their entire team will be on you completely negates the fact that you have a team too. You make it sound like the enemy will be able to do exactly what they want, when they want, and your team doesn't exist.

If you can't find a group to focus, then Runaan's is less effective. But you'd still have 2.5 Aspd when you drop out of stealth. That counts for something in a 1 v 1 situation, Especially now that you have the element of surprise a lot easier with the changes to pink wards.

And the second situation states that their bot lane will be able to push and zone, but your own mid lane in the same 2 v 1 situation would somehow not be able to do the same? Then you state that you'd be in trouble mid when the jungler decides to gank along side the top or bottom lane and be in a 4 vs 2 situation max. However the whole premise of this strategy is to push and zone the mid lane to clear the tower and THEN roam when you have the gold advantage. That same 4 vs 2 could easily happen from your side out, in fact you have more options to do so, seeing as how the middle lane is easier to roam from.

Somehow you give the impression that all of your enemies are going to be pro's and that your own team is going to be bunch of fuck-ups 100% of the time. Which looses you the game even when you stick with the meta... It's unrealistic and comes across completely closed minded.