League of Legends Thread XV - aww lookit the cute little BLARGHARGH

[Aba Matindesu!]

CHOO CHOO TIME TO ROCK THOSE MINESKI ICONS

[Raikaria]

For a few moments I was almost convinced ELO Hell actually exists.

Allied jungle Hecarim.

Executed twice.

Never ganks any lane. Includeing a perma-pushed-to-T2 Annie Top.

In teamfights literally sits BEHIND THE VAYNE, and does nothing; except trying to ult away when he was dying [But his reaction speed was so slow he usually died anyway.]

Then I remembered ELO Hell doesn't actually exist, reported the Hecarim for Assisting enemy team [His teamfighting was basically making us 4v5... and he was flameing anyway] and went -_[._.]_- he probobly brought his account or something because you don't even see players that bad on SaltyTeemo.

[チソウ タイゼン]

Playing nothing but ARAM has proven to make me somewhat of a lopsided player. I'm okay at handling a large array of champions and super kick ass at teamfights sometimes, but I'm terrible as fuck at laning, need CS practice, can't harass without skills, and am free ganks every game. My ARAMs clock in at about 1300 (I was getting 1400 last season) while my ranked games are only 950 or so. I've fallen to bronze 3 :qq:

[Bardiche]

Then I remembered ELO Hell doesn't actually exist, reported the Hecarim for Assisting enemy team [His teamfighting was basically making us 4v5... and he was flameing anyway] and went -_[._.]_- he probobly brought his account or something because you don't even see players that bad on SaltyTeemo.

I picked this game up a few days ago (Amumu 5ever), and yesterday had a Twisted Treeline game where, as Veigar, I dominated the entire enemy team 1v3 because apparently Game Is Hard at level 10 Twisted Treeline PVP. My own team mates? I don't know what they were doing. Pushing bot or something silly and absurd. I just know the enemy came up to me and I melted them instantly because Game Is Hard. EDIT: What I mean to say is, I think you do see terrible players every now and again. Games like DOTA and LOL are complex and require a keen understanding of basic concepts as harassment, Not Feeding and map awareness. Some people just don't have that, or they're not very serious and just consider dying funny at start.

Not everyone has the mindset that every minute is precious, every death a waste and every kill for the glory of Demacia.

[NekoNekoRex]

I've had some moderate success so far playing, tried teambuild and it's usually a coin toss for if I win because my team was fed or because the enemy wins because they were fed. Mostly playing Ahri and Annie, although Jinx and Garen are free this week and I liked them playing as a noob so I might pick them up again.

Been playing Annie as support. She's fun as support, good build.

Also apparently Dragons Matter because once you get one or two you start steamrolling.

[Bardiche]

although Jinx and Garen are free this week and I liked them playing as a noob so I might pick them up again.

Garen can be got for free if you follow the LoL Twitter. I'm not at home so I don't have a link handy to the site, some woobox or something. It also comes with a Dreadknight skin. The more you know!

[Raikaria]

Garen can be got for free if you follow the LoL Twitter. I'm not at home so I don't have a link handy to the site, some woobox or something. It also comes with a Dreadknight skin. The more you know!

Which actually begs the question: Why is Garen on the free rotation? Tristana and Alistar are excluded from it because they can be obtained for free.

[Mr. Sacchi]

Garen has been on the whole "get it for free" thing for less time than the other two, Riot probably just forgot to remove him from it.

[Raikaria]

It's been several weeks since Bard's release and I still can't figure out if Jungle Bard has any potential at all or not.

It's so... different to any other jungler; yet it can do things no other jungler can. Like stun towers. Or gank through walls.

[Ryuu]

jungle bard has 0 potential rn because his damage is just way too low to clear at all and the chimes don't make up for the exp discrepancy. maybe if his damage gets buffed but i don't think he'll fit into the current meta very well. it might be a thing that could potentially work in 5s after his damage gets buffed, but i don't see it working in solo queue b/c his duel is super super weak

[Garlyle]

IT'S HAPPENING

This time with champion specific balance changes to buff or nurf outlier champions and some bloody hilarious patch notes

[Raikaria]

There is no NURF; only URF.

Also; despite being banned last time; there are no champion-specific changes to Nidalee. [Sure there's the heal nerf but that isn't what makes Nidalee Nidalee]

Wat. Rito we know you blatantly favoritism Nidalee but seriously.

Also Rumble is playable [And by playable I mean not a steaming hunk of overheated junk] this year. YAAAAAY [Although relatively his Q still has a 3 second cooldown so he still gets owned.]

[Ryuu]

isn't that 100% uptime tho

[NekoNekoRex]

Lifesteal and stuns are deadly in NURF, as I have found out. Any spammy stun or silence can be used to destroy any champ 1 on 1. Lifesteal just takes advantage of the ridiculous power creep.

And yes, even with the debuff to heals, won't stop early game from making them unstoppable. With no mana cost and zero cooldown there's no reason not to play medic as support, unless you have a stun instead.

[Raikaria]

isn't that 100% uptime tho

100% uptime on a DoT while everyone else nukes you with sub 3 second cooldown spells which are not DoT.

It's like Swain. Sure he can perma-ult but what good is it if everyone else can constantly blast you?

Also my salt levels are at maximum right now due to 5 games; 5 losses; and general idiots.

Game 1: This one was actually good, aside from the enemy LeBlanc that was spamming allchat with XD every time she got a kill and derp every time she died. Which was a lot.

Game 2: AFK Ezreal. Also I had to 1v2 lane against Lulu/Shen. Fun.

Game 3: AFK LeBlanc. Also I had to 1v2 lane against Urgot/Zed.

Game 4: Someone picked Karthus. Karthus' Q dosen't benefit in URF and his harder to land. Karthus' Defile is the same. Sure he has R; but he's kinda garbage. Also had to lane against Jayce/Jinx. Fun. Also the other lanes fed while mine did OK.

Game 5: Someone picked Soraka. 50% heal nerf, and she's still killing herself. Also her Starfall and Equinox are never hitting anybody ever.

More importantly however was that our Jinx was an utter moron; at 1/7 [She got worse] acting like she was queen of the world and talking down to everyone else at which point I snapped because by this point I was fed up with idiots after she was talking about 'what are you guys doing we don't have towers look at the map' [When my lane has taken T1 and T2 towers...] and said 'Look at the 1/7 Jinx what are you doing?'. That didn't shut her up and she kept going on about stupid things. [EG: I trade 2 for 1 and she goes on about how trading 1 for 1 isn't worth it. Despite their streaks. And the fact I traded 2 for 1. ]

Needless to say; I think I've played enough URF for the day. When my rage meter explodes like that it's generally a sign to stop.

Although to be honest I never *really* liked URF anyway. Was funnest when people were still figureing out what's dumb.

[triangles]

Soraka is absolutely silly in this mode if you know what's up (I was holding my own and then some in a 1v2 lane) and now I can wear a cute little fruit hat with my banana staff today is the best day.

[Bardiche]

So Leona. Let me tell you about the girl with a 2.2s CD on a 1.25s stun, a 2.8s CD on a 3s duration Shield+AoE burst, a 2.6s CD on an awesome root and somewhere in there there's a 15s CD on her ult or some shit.

Step 1: Hit E. Hit E like it's your F5 button.
Step 2: Use E to enter the battlefield.
Step 3: Use Q to hit a mofo.
Step 4: Use R to hit a mofo.
Step 5: Use Q to hit a mofo.
Step 6: Use E to chase down mofos that try to run or that try to fight.
Step 7: Use Q to hit a mofo.
Step 8: Repeat from 6 until everything's dead.

[Mr. Sacchi]

It's like Swain. Sure he can perma-ult but what good is it if everyone else can constantly blast you?

You mean like the Swain that can use Zhonya's while ulted and still kill people and heal while ulted while they can do nothing

You mean the swain that can stack his DoT for redonculous damage

You mean that swain

Because that Swain is far from bad y'know.

And somehow I doubt that Rumble's 100% uptime on shield and Q and permaslow is all that bad either.

Also Sona is still fucking ridiculous in this mode, you just bang your head on your keyboard and things die, you don't even need to AA lol.


Also, Bard has a surprising amount of damage if you give him Luden's Echo and Lich Bane. Since BOTH proc on his passive.

Especially when you consider that at max level his Q can permastun enemies if it hits a wall :V (Okay there's like a 0.15 sec window where they can move but still.)

[Ryuu]

yeah tanky dot champions are still good, you just have to build defenses a lot earlier than usual b/c everyone gets their items so much faster

[Aba Matindesu!]

4 mirror matches in a row; LB, Sona, Nidalee, Nidalee

I was always the better one so I won all of them :V

[Raikaria]

Oh Buddha [This filter] this URFitational.

Froggen hacking the tournament realm to kill NURF.

The accents.

And outfits.

Wow.

[Sahgren]

I'm impressed by how far they're going with this. Even roping in the players for the production is great.

[Raikaria]

Even the slides are funny during the downtime.

Curse is 4th.

CASTER COACHES WITH THE TEAMS. Phreak is one of them.

The other casters seem to be making up for Phreak's puns. 'A Phreakishly large bag'.

[theshirn]

༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ GIVE FURY ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ

[Garlyle]

Nautilus is so stupid in this mode.

It's great.

[Mr. Sacchi]

Evelynn.

Just... Evelynn.


Combine a Luden's Echo for maximum stupidity.

[Garlyle]

Evelynn.

Just... Evelynn.


Combine a Luden's Echo for maximum stupidity.

Luden's Echo is great on basically every caster ever in this mode

[theshirn]

basically no matter who you are if you're going ap you get a fucking luden's echo full stop

[Mr. Sacchi]

You don't even need to AA people though, you just Q them while you gently kite their skillshots around with your W.

Luden's only makes that worse :V

[Bardiche]

So for normal mode, I like Leona as a bot support, Amumu for jungle (AMUMU!!!!!), Annie for mid (maaaaaybe Veigar since I bought him), and I played Leona top once and it was funny but not really great. I generally like the champions who are either great at:

A) Getting out of a fight
B) Being very tanky
C) Wrecking shit when they go fight

Who can you recommend? I like Vladimir on paper (haven't played him yet, though!), but none of my current heroes really fill all three. Annie has A/C, Amumumu has B/C, Leona is B/C, Veigar is only C. Is there a hero that fills all three?