League of Legends Thread 8 - Shadow Isles Edition

[Garlyle]

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Wondering what's going on?  Shadow Isles update brings a new champion,  Elise the Spider Queen, a remake of the Twisted Treeline, and a small truck of balance changes and new skins.

Also EyeMtheStron9est going triple diamond rank

[Molten]

Can anyone explain to me why they're lowering the mana cost on Trundle's Q? He has a few small problems making him less desirable then all the other junglers, but none of those are mana costs, it's the animations on his Q and his W. Sometimes i have no clue what Riot are doing.

[lumber_of_the_beast]

You should probably remove me from the list; haven't played in months, and I don't see this changing any time soon.

Spoiler:

Dota 2 is better

Spoiler:

in my opinion

[Demonbman]

The new Twisted Treeline looks really cool! And finally, a wall to prevent turtling!!! (at least I hope it stops it, that was really annoying)

[Suikama]

Sona

Health: now 340(+70) , (was 380 (+ 70 ))

MOVE OVER ANIVIA, THERE'S A NEW QUEEN OF SQUISHY

LOWEST HP IN THE GAME FOR ALL 18 LEVELS? AW YEAH


On a slightly more positive note, holy shit Zombie Ryze skin is amazing no way this isn't a new legendary skin

[Rikter]

So it's cool how pretty much nothing changed about TT and the exact same characters seem like they'll be overly dominant with nothing done to try and shake it up

[Suikama]

at least jungling is easier :V


i also like how the shop designs are slightly different between blue and purple :V

[Garlyle]

So it's cool how pretty much nothing changed about TT and the exact same characters seem like they'll be overly dominant with nothing done to try and shake it up

I had the opposite feeling testing it out - like I had no idea how to play any more, sadly.  Or maybe I was just too tired.  The altar mechanic is... interesting, to say the least?  also holy shit giantspiderboss makes Baron look like a pansy.

I dunno.  It's fun... or it would be if I could probably play competently and reasonably.

[DarkslimeZ]

So it's cool how pretty much nothing changed about TT and the exact same characters seem like they'll be overly dominant with nothing done to try and shake it up

...are we reading the same news post

[Cadmas]

Meta on TT is pretty much tanky disruptor, Melee adc, and burst caster. Butt tons of CC.

0 cs supports don't really impact the map much and range adcs take too long to scale up.
The only way the could fix this was by making those new items which I haven't read yet.

TT is likely never to see a drastic change in the powerful picks just b/c of the team size and lack of theory crafting being put into the map.



Dammit I wish I had Brand.

[Suikama]

When you purchase a specific ward skin from the Wards tab of the League of Legends Store, it gets added to your inventory for one week.

>:/

Deadfall Ward ? 200 IP
Haunting Ward ? 800 IP
Tomb Angel Ward ? 25 RP
Widow Ward ? 75 RP
Bat-O-Lantern Ward ? 165 RP

>:/

[hyorinryu]

>:/
>:/

Wall that's disappointing. Expected it to be 800-1000 to for permanent ownership tbh. Don't think rentals are worth the IP( Need to get those Move really fast quints.)

[Cadmas]

Ye the prices are odd. Why have some for ip and some for rp and not both?

Course GD is acting like riot ruined the entire game with these. Not like those scrubs buy wards anyways.

[DarkslimeZ]

Course GD is acting like riot ruined the entire game with these. Not like those scrubs buy wards anyways.

rofl.

They've stated it is an experiment, but a temporary week-long thing as an "experiment" for something where they would potentially sell it to you for a year for a certain price doesn't seem like the best kind of experiment to be doing. hippalus is realizing this now i think.

are people mad about the summoner icons though? because that's just a promotional thing, just like champion bundles and holiday promotions. nothing to get mad about here.

[Raikaria]

Hey, I vanished from my own little separate EUW list!

Anyway, I come with an amuseing red post:

na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=2695663

If Morello had his way, he would have outright REMOVED DFG.

Can anyone explain to me why they're lowering the mana cost on Trundle's Q? He has a few small problems making him less desirable then all the other junglers, but none of those are mana costs, it's the animations on his Q and his W. Sometimes i have no clue what Riot are doing.

Bear in mind the jungle is about to be remade to be harder, like the Season 1 jungle [Although not as hard], and Trundle was pretty much jungle king in S1. I highly doubt any major changes to junglers before the next jungle remake unless something is horribly broken.

That and single-target junglers are going to get some love in items/whatever. Which Trundle is.

Don't expect any large buffs. Just be happy there *is* a buff at all, it's the first time Trundle has had ANY balance changes.

[Cadmas]

Kage's gotta build into something, but I agree with Morello for the most part.

[EyeMtheStron9est]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3g9oYttpF4

[Cadmas]

3 man gank top? Triple kill!

Why u no help us in 3v3s eyem?

[Ryuu]

re: trundle(and also fake patch notes)

all of those patch notes are done by searching for differences in tool tips. qol changes like the animation problems with trundle's spells will not be listed unless a bunch of trundle players testify to it first

there have been plenty of occasions where there were qol changes on the pbe but no one knew about them until the real patch notes

[EyeMtheStron9est]

http://www.own3d.tv/EyeMtheStron9est/live/37961
I am doing 3s now.

[Cadmas]

Finally got me 9 magic res pre level runes.

[Molten]

My point with the whole Trundle thing is that he never had any mana problems and they're reducing the mana cost. That's what i don't get.

[Ryuu]

My point with the whole Trundle thing is that he never had any mana problems and they're reducing the mana cost. That's what i don't get.

it could very well be related to his mana costs after the upcoming jungle change

[Molten]

it could very well be related to his mana costs after the upcoming jungle change

That's true, but i still don't see his mana becoming that much of a problem. i have played him in both the old jungle and the new jungle and i haven't had mana problems in either of them. So, assuming they're going for somewhere in-between i don't see it getting any worse.

Also, i liked it when he was the only champion to not get buffed or nerfed. At least it lasted for quite a while.

[Ryuu]

Also, i liked it when he was the only champion to not get buffed or nerfed.

this is kind of a silly reason to not want buffs


especially when trundle has fallen behind in the current jungle

[Error]

Carrying on from the old thread...

Elise's lore mentions her drinking the venom of a spider "god". Insert shameless Toho plug here.

The triforce slow still remains, doesn't it? Plus, it greatly benefits his Q, which has a low cooldown, and deals tons of damage?


buff nasus

[Yukarin]

I lost a game today, and it taught me something valuable.

Even though you have over 300+ cs, even if you snowballed your lane so hard, even though you itemlocked at 30 minutes,  if you don't win those teamfights, all that shit won't matter anymore.

[Molten]

this is kind of a silly reason to not want buffs


especially when trundle has fallen behind in the current jungle

I know it's a silly reason. I realize now that i wasn't really clear with how i wrote that. It was meant to be like a silly tangent to the whole thing, not one of the main reasons.

[Suikama]

riot pls :<

[Raikaria]

The worst thing is nerfing Sona's HP does NOTHING to solve her problem.

Power Chord still has 700 range. A good Sona can still out-range any ADC and poke them all day long for obscene damage.

This is the wrong nerf. OK, if you get in range to kill Sona it's easier to do so [By the way, we just nerfed Blitz too]. She still has all her obscene damage and lane bullying.

They should have either dropped Valor's range, or lowered it's damage. Or maybe even lower Power Chord's damage instead. THAT would fix her issue, which is POKEPOKEPOKEPOKEPOKE.