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League of Legends: Let's Talk About uhhh??
- Thread starter Thorns
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Lose Singed game where I admittedly played pretty badly but it doesn't help when the enemy jungler pitches a tent in your lane and your team somehow still manages to give up two early Dragons, and every god damned thing else, 4v3 across the rest of the map. Lose Galio game where I dumpstered a REALLY bad Kayle top (Lich Bane rushed into Morello and Hurricane what in the world) despite her getting first blood red buff off my shitter Yi jungle. Sadly, Yi never got any better and it is apparently possible for a Cho'gath to feed Swain. Win game where my support is Nidalee and I have two people bitching at each other the entire game about whether Varus or Ezreal is a better mid laner.
The essence of solo queue.
also if you didn't realize GP is bugged but it's convenient and hilarious that rito is passing the lore event off as the reason for disabling him
The essence of solo queue.
also if you didn't realize GP is bugged but it's convenient and hilarious that rito is passing the lore event off as the reason for disabling him
that's what you get for playing singed
so does anyone like the new event game mode? i kind of wanted the tf/graves icon because i ship it but all i play is squishy supports and they disabled morellos (best waveclear item on some of my supports). if i wanted every single fight to be decided by some unholy sine wave of creep aggro i'd go play top lane. also the objectives are dumb because you have to win with the new items and most are bad midgame-at-best items with interesting functions that are just plain performed better by an existing item, e.g. that support shield gold gen item which is outclassed in lane by spellthief's edge and relic shield and outclassed after lane by being able to have a shurelya's or frost queen's claim / spending your money on locket of the iron solari or even face of the mountain. i'm pretty sure 150 HP doesn't even shield you from a fully upgraded brawler attack.
i was pretty disappointed by that because i liked some of the ideas behind the items for a for-fun game mode (e.g. that disguising thing) and the event's been pretty good otherwise and it's the first time in a long time we've gotten so much cohesive effort from all the departments, especially the lore department
other than 'unkillable fighters' what champs/comps are effective?
i was pretty disappointed by that because i liked some of the ideas behind the items for a for-fun game mode (e.g. that disguising thing) and the event's been pretty good otherwise and it's the first time in a long time we've gotten so much cohesive effort from all the departments, especially the lore department
other than 'unkillable fighters' what champs/comps are effective?
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i was playing quinn in the new game mode, got left by an assassin at 6 hp
my apc annie teammate ran by me in jungle as i was retreating, transformed into 6 hp quinn, went to mid lane and looked innocent and unassuming
let's just say that the enemy diana that flashed in for the kill on "quinn" was not best pleased
my apc annie teammate ran by me in jungle as i was retreating, transformed into 6 hp quinn, went to mid lane and looked innocent and unassuming
let's just say that the enemy diana that flashed in for the kill on "quinn" was not best pleased
thoughts on bmb after playing a bunch of it:
-games are decided by whoever gets an inhib first (baron also but not as much as the inhib)
-minions are poorly balanced, you decide between 5 tanks and just shove every lane or go 5 razorfins and watch as everyone randomly dies, other 2 are useless
-new ap items are strong af, i hope riot doesnt plan to implement anything similar to them in SR because the early 20% cdr component is so good on almost all ap dudes
-vayne is either picked or banned and i dont understand why
-i actually like the new support item a lot because it can create favorable trades in lane very easily and just randomly shielding anyone taking damage brings in $$$, early 20% cdr is also hot
-tp boots are probably riots experiment to see if it nerfs teleport usage (they said they wanted to nerf teleport a while ago) and im not sure what to think of it
-all the other new items are too niche to be any use
-matchmaking is broken (im constantly playing against dudes much higher rank than i)
all in all its a mode of snowballing and easy cdr items with poorly balanced minions, fun if you like playing ap champions.
-games are decided by whoever gets an inhib first (baron also but not as much as the inhib)
-minions are poorly balanced, you decide between 5 tanks and just shove every lane or go 5 razorfins and watch as everyone randomly dies, other 2 are useless
-new ap items are strong af, i hope riot doesnt plan to implement anything similar to them in SR because the early 20% cdr component is so good on almost all ap dudes
-vayne is either picked or banned and i dont understand why
-i actually like the new support item a lot because it can create favorable trades in lane very easily and just randomly shielding anyone taking damage brings in $$$, early 20% cdr is also hot
-tp boots are probably riots experiment to see if it nerfs teleport usage (they said they wanted to nerf teleport a while ago) and im not sure what to think of it
-all the other new items are too niche to be any use
-matchmaking is broken (im constantly playing against dudes much higher rank than i)
all in all its a mode of snowballing and easy cdr items with poorly balanced minions, fun if you like playing ap champions.
Lemme grab a snippet from a gamefaqs post of mine.
Relic Shield is worth max 5.5 gold/10 and 6.7 HP5 (split with partner), plus a flat 75 HP.
Ancient Coin is worth max 6.3 gold/10 and 5.3 HP5, plus 25% mana regen.
Murksphere is worth max 10 gold/10 and 20 HP5, plus 25% mana regen and 5% CDR.
[And for reference, Spellthief is worth max 7 gold/10, plus 25% mana regen and some bonus damage. It's harder to compare directly.]
Furthermore, Murksphere is perfectly usable in a solo lane where Spellthief is difficult to utilize and Shield/Coin completely impossible. Murksphere is basically stupid broken and unless you're doing some Level 1-2 cheese shit, where you'd prefer more raw stats, you should just start with it on literally every laner (not junglers though). Even if your lane opponent(s) refuses to oblige, and some can't avoid it like most DoT mages, you can force the gold generation from minion aggro or a single turret shot. Most of the other items are just fine or at least situationally useful, like the whole Lost Chapter trio basically being an alternate Morello/Grail or Martyr being a good anti-assassin item for tanks to support their carries.
The Brawlers kinda disappoint me. It seems to place more emphasis on using champions with good waveclear, however the bar is lowered on what is considered "good" waveclear. For example, I got into a lategame teamfight where the enemy Lux survived and despite all three inhibs being down, she was able to single-handedly keep her base up which would've been in shambles with actual Super Minions in play in normal Summoner's Rift. I'm not sure the inhib-powering-up-brawlers thing is even working properly because that shouldn't be possible, that's bullshit. On the other hand, I proxied a Shen player in lane once and he couldn't tank/freeze a wave outside turret range because Razorfins chewed his ass up.
Decent game mode but it's more of a "preseason 6 sneak peek" than its own thing. The biggest issue I have is that it's so similar, yet it has its own MMR so most of the games just end up so lopsided because you've got Diamonds stomping Bronzies every game it feels.
Ocklepods are okay because the bonus MR and shields they hand out make it harder for AP champs to waveclear them, the random CV rarely ends up being useful as well. Plundercrabs are the only shitty ones; they'd be fine if they could shoot multiple minions instead of just champions since then they'd be the optimal pushing minion.
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tfw you and Celestavian duo and get stuck with a bot lane Braum+Vayne duo that goes 0/6 by 7 minutes, gives up inhib at 11, then doesn't play the rest of the game
and then says that its everyone else's fault for not helping them : (
and then says that its everyone else's fault for not helping them : (
I'd feel grateful in your place. At least it's better than my bot lane
TheValkyries
proudly reppin' 2 superbowl wins since DEFLATEGATE
Yeah I mean, I know everyone else was gonna let that slide but holy shit. Bro. Are you like, are you feeling okay? That's a real low point there...
at least you guys played long enough for them to get baron
we lost at like 15 minutes : (
VKCA
(Virtual Circus Kareoky Act)
hilarious mid vs bursty champs, %hp runes out the ass, scaling mr and 0/30/0, laugh when eve tries to gank you, build banner zzrot farm with ew ez pz
http://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/1888782814
http://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/1908834549
(not sure if you should actually build banner first it seems kind of alright to help you farm with the ap and stuff and mr + early aura is nice (since you group super early but it's a jerk to build so idk)
also play it with fiora top or something
it's the mf buff that did it.
Who needs a meta anyway?
http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/riot-games/announcements/riot-pls
(also replays are never coming)
That sandbox quote is really fucking dumb, even for them.
(also replays are never coming)
I've been hoping for replays for over five years. God dern it.
And yes, that sandbox quote is disgusting. Rito Games is on acid.