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

[Raikaria]

Cassiopeia is getting a rework.

And finally the people ignoreing the 'a' tease from Morello and saying BUT RECALL HE'S TROLLING US when he didn't troll about SGU can shut up because Kah'Zix is getting a non-Ultimate skin. [Giving an ultimate skin to a champion who already evolves seems redundant anyway]

And with this Shiruma update getting even larger [Guess what Kah'Zix's new skin is. A golden scarab. Guardian of the Sands]. You'd have to be more and more in denial if you think the Ultimate is for anyone except Xerath at this point.

[Iryan]

So apparently riot changed the difficulty bars of champions with this update. Most of the ones that used to be at 10 got dropped down to 9~7. Meanwhile, Singed got moved to 10. I have a feeling this was an error. :v

[Raikaria]

Just like Dragon doing True Damage with it's basic attacks.

And you've not even seen how badly Rito has broken the PBE. Dragon spawning on the edge of midlane? Baron spawning in the blue jungle's red buff? Buffs spawning inside people's bases?

[Garlyle]

And you've not even seen how badly Rito has broken the PBE. Dragon spawning on the edge of midlane? Baron spawning in the blue jungle's red buff? Buffs spawning inside people's bases?

dunno, this sounds like a feature to me

I would so play a game mode with wandering aggressive baron

[Yookie]

You're just peacefully laning at level 3 and suddenly Baron pops out of the ground and eats you and your opponent. :V (Then he gets a Player-Buff)
That would be funny and even if you know about it beforehand you won't really see it coming I imagine.

[Sahgren]

The buffs, baron, and dragons eventually group together and form a 6 man roaming gank squad. That'd certainly be one way to change how split pushing is done.  :V

[theshirn]

"taric ward baron"
"I can't he just ganked bot"

[gammaraptor]

New Akali splash yay, but I'm still waiting for a model/visual update, been waiting for 3 years for a new akali skin almost now.

[Raikaria]

Due to a combination of wanting IP for Azir; some FPS issues and somewhat laziness I've returned to ARAM for a while.

Aside from a streak of literally Irelia -> Shyvana -> Warwick -> Udyr -> Shyvana; I just had a Lissandra game where we came from behind to win. Their Ezreal kinda got 2 Quadrakills early [Me denying the penta on the 2nd] because I engaged at Teemo's urgeing on the first one; and because we were behind on the second.

Then they tried to dive out nexus towers multiple times and I just went 'nope' as Lissandra.

We won when Ashe somehow hit an arrow on Ezreal at the same time as I was placing a claw near where he currently was to engage on 3 people. The others backed off because OMG claw but then the arrow slammed into Ezreal who was probobly thinking of shifting last second. Then he got snared and blown up. I still had my ulti which I used on Gnar DURING his transformation animation.

[Ryuu]

imagine thinking that shyvana and warwick were bad on aram

[hyorinryu]

imagine thinking that shyvana and warwick were bad on aram

Eh. I'm not that big a fan of Shyvana on Aram. No sustain at all. On the bright side, diving the backline is super easy and you put out enough damage to build mostly tank. My main issue when i got her was that it took super long to build up fury.

[Raikaria]

imagine thinking that shyvana and warwick were bad on aram

Almost exclusively melee characters who get kited and in WW's case completely shut down by C.C? With no real waveclear or push?

I mean they're apparently not in the bottom 15 on ARAM but still. Udyr is bottom 5.

[Ryuu]

i don't think anyone can argue that udyr isn't almost always awful

[Mr. Sacchi]

I would like to say that he's as bad as Fiora.

But at least he has some form of CC.

[Widermelonz]

Almost exclusively melee characters who get kited

but but but champions like garen are godlike in aram.

[Garlyle]

I would like to say that he's as bad as Fiora.

But at least he has some form of CC.

learn 2 ARAM Fiora.  Q Auto E (resets) Auto Hydra Auto Q Auto and if they're somehow not dead R.  You were the assassin all along.

[Raikaria]

I would like to say that he's as bad as Fiora.

But at least he has some form of CC.

Fiora at least can Hydra-Ult and splash damage people before she dies horribly.

[Suikama]

rip clg

[hyorinryu]

How hard can people throw? That gold lead.

[Garlyle]

How hard can people throw? That gold lead.

This is why I hate surrendering matches.

All it takes is lasting until everyone's level 18, and then one good ace can literally change the entire face of the game. 

oh, and Soraka rework

[Ryuu]

How hard can people throw? That gold lead.

21/1/8 Tristana

I seem to have found the answer to this question

[hyorinryu]

21/1/8 Tristana

I seem to have found the answer to this question

True, though more than 75% of those kills were post 30 min. I know Trist loves that late game, but still.

[Ryuu]

True, though more than 75% of those kills were post 30 min. I know Trist loves that late game, but still.

yeah but you had a really good late game carry who only died once and they had a really eh late game carry

also they all died a ton throughout the game and your team died much less

[gammaraptor]

CLG has now rotated to Relegations!

[Raikaria]

What time are these games airing anyway? I never see them on; even though the NALCS is usually on before I sleep; at least the start.

We know Curse is gonna lose against C9. Then they'll lose the 3rd place game and come 4th.

So 1st = C9 or LMQ; 2nd = C9 or LMQ and 3rd = TSM

I hope 1st is C9 so what is in effect rejects from China don't stomp the NA scene.

Also it's karma for CLG who thought they were 2gud4NAscrimmage [And thus knowing their enemy more!] and went to Korea to train; even throwing away their final week at the LCS. Turns out probobly getting stomped for a few weeks by Koreans dosen't help.

Either that or the general Korean scene [Not the top] is actually worse than the mid NA scene. From what I've seen that is not the case.

The best practise is one where you are challenged but not crushed.

Also: HotshotGG hints that 'change is coming' and he's known the issue for a while

Maybe he'll finally bench that egotistical Doublelift who constantly can't really perform to his level of bluster. [Also is this your fault HSGG if you KNEW all the answers but didn't act?]

Also Regi's calling out Montecristo on his whole critiquing other teams and acting like CLG is god.

[Iryan]

oh, and Soraka rework

Dayumn. You know, I always thought there should be a support who uses health as a resource, in part because that would make giving them a heal ability unproblematic. Guess riot thought that too. Also... dat passive. I am interested in how the starcall-based hp gain scales.

The main thing I dislike is the removal of the mana restore, since it was such a unique thing. Hmm...

Reading the comments, I realized that despite being rewarded for building resistances, the inability to heal herself (ultimate aside) and disincentive for building HP makes it so that a) you are extremely reliant on landing the now-a-skillshot-Q and b) means that you are extremely vulnerable when roaming, which disincentivizes her from making good use of her cool new passive...

[Raikaria]

The Ambulance passive is awesome however.

Although Galio is crying in a corner about the AP-scaleing thing. [Also I thought Rito said they didn't want anymore Y that scales off X' passives]

Watching rebroadcast of CLg vs Dig game 4. Wow Seraph's fail teleport.

[Iryan]

[Also I thought Rito said they didn't want anymore Y that scales off X' passives]

Well, Azir has it. Yes, cdr has a cap, but still.  :derp:

And they have been wanting to give Galio a different passive since forever, anyways.

[Raikaria]

Good point. Although Azir's design kinda mandates it. [CDR for summoning Soliders who attack with you]

Also weee stomping with Lulu support in ranked~ I died right at the end of the game.. by taking 90% damage while tanking a tower for my team during a teamfight after I'd used everything to keep the others alive.

Pretty good reason to die if you ask me.

Also our Jinx never died.

[Aba Matindesu!]

I'm so hyped for WEEWOOWEEWOORaka, but I can't help but feel that 10% MHP per cast is pretty heavy. On the plus side, the cooldown is really really short now, so her overall power remains to be seen.

Also, RIP SKT. Worlds curse is real.