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I don't think Elementz has a bad list I just think he has the only list, and others have commented on how subjective it is at times. Still, I think he's pretty right in general about Tiers 1 and 4, but everything else blurs together.

theamericandream38 said:
Or is it that everyone that plays LoL competitively is an uncreative fuck and just copies whatever strategy was most successful at the last tournament (I highly doubt this is accurate)?
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You just summed up "metagame" in a nutshell. A metagame is based entirely on what other people are doing. Dreamhack proved to people what high ELO players already knew, that ranged support bot was unbeatable. Now is the time to experiment and try new things, and that's exciting. Another reason why metagames shift drastically with big tournaments is because the American and European metagames, which aren't the same, clash together and compare strategies, adjust to each other, so on.
 
I generally prefer a boots start when solo laning while instead opting for a doran's blade if duo laning AD. Other than that I don't really start with doran items.
 
shen is only useful lategame now, usually his team will get dicked too hard to stretch the game to 35+ minutes for him to be useful
 
Thorns said:
shen is only useful lategame now, usually his team will get dicked too hard to stretch the game to 35+ minutes for him to be useful
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What build makes him useful late game? He used to be useful early game before the bases at rank 1 and 2 of Stand United were higher, after those were decreased I wasn't sure where Shen fit into teams, and how.
 
Shen isn't amazing any more because AD+Support bot is incredibly difficult for any other comp to beat unless you're running an extremely aggressive tanky bot comp like Poppy+Leona or something similar. Shen doesn't have too much of a role - in terms of main tanks, Amumu is the only one who excels in the current state of the metagame and that's because of his fantastic jungle prowess, his ganking power, and his game-changing ultimate.

Shen simply doesn't do as much any more, given the current farm-heavy bot and top lanes. He's a tank that needs farm to be really effective and as manisier said, he's only useful late-game, when he can split push extremely effectively and jump into team fights. Early on though, your ultimate may save a teammate but it doesn't change the fact that you're going to get zoned and out-laned, as well as out-harassed, by any current AD+support duo bot.

He can't hold up against current solo laners and his jungle is incredibly slow. He was powerful before because the bottom lane composition couldn't beat many teams with a Shen, but with AD+support being so popular now, he's being forced out and is nowhere near a top pick/ban any more. Couple that with the nerfs to his ultimate and it's pretty clear why he's fallen out of favor.
 
Man, Garen is so easy mode for me in my normal games. Farm for armour and MR, and the rest is mostly spinning, running, occasionally silencing... raging when they get out of ult range aspdksportk
 
http://www.mobafire.com/league-of-legends/tournament/take-your-best-shot-4/details

MOBAFire is hosting a tournament! The prize pool is a total of $2500 USD, combined with a lot of free merchandise for first and second place!

The winner of the entire tournament gets to scrimmage against CLG. If that wasn't motivation enough, we have big names already enrolled in the tourney, from Severity Gaming to Atlanta's team to Cursed Gaming (who should be coming) and Team SoloMid.

So if any of you have a premade 5s tournament team, now is the best opportunity to sign up. Hell, the chance of scrimming some of the top teams out there is amazing to have.
 
GUINSOO REPORTING SHEN BUFFS

RiotGuinsoo Steve Feak
As a peace offering I offer you a tidbit. We are shipping some Shen buffs next patch. Earlier listed stuff, plus a lil more #leagueoflegends

still not sure if real
 
Rodan said:
ok so i just purchased poppy, any tips
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As a pretty good Poppy player I think I can help a bit. Most of those deaths are from me diving an entire team when I get bored
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Kinda busy atm but read Crumbzz's guide on Solomid.net. I pretty much always follow his build unless there's a good reason not to, and I kinda dont like madred's as a last item so I get IE or Deathcap.

I'll come back later with actual tips on playing Poppy
 
As far as I can tell, the AoE glitch has been fixed, and both Karthus and Cass are now pickable and have been for a while. I haven't noticed anything unusual lately about other champs that were affected by the bug, like Brand and Caitlyn, so I've been assuming it was fixed.
 
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