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League of legends... A DOTA style game.
I recently started playing this game, its a lot of fun although I am not particularly good at it.
Of course, this is a free game. But not yet available on Mac.
Has anyone played it, heard of it, playing it?
My name in game is 3Joshua so if anyone wants to join me...
http://www.youtube.com/user/RiotGamesInc
http://www.mobafire.com/
Yep, really fun game. Haven't played it in quite a while though. I believe there is already a topic for it buried here somewhere. Also, i'm pretty sure they shut down the Mac version to just focus all their efforts on the PC just fyi.
I play it.. A lot. So much so that I own almost every champion. >.> It's sad, I know. But alas, I have no life.
My name is St Arkyn if anyone is looking for a game. There are about 20 or so of us St's as well. So you've probably run into a few of us before.
I play with friends. I usually play the support role, occasionally tank. I play Janna and Lux for support.
My account is InfernoJesus
I haven't played in a while though.
I played it for a few months a year or two ago. Just for everyone's info. Heroes of Newerth (HoN) is pretty much the same thing, based on DOTA from Warcraft 3 and it is cross-platform. There are installers for Windows/Mac/Linux. Its a little more based on Good vs Evil theme where 2 factions have their own version of similar heroes. and I recon there are 3 general types of heroes like Tank, DPS.. and I dont recall the 3rd type perhaps carry.
Quote from: Prosper on December 14, 2011, 09:43:51 AM
I played it for a few months a year or two ago. Just for everyone's info. Heroes of Newerth (HoN) is pretty much the same thing, based on DOTA from Warcraft 3 and it is cross-platform. There are installers for Windows/Mac/Linux. Its a little more based on Good vs Evil theme where 2 factions have their own version of similar heroes. and I recon there are 3 general types of heroes like Tank, DPS.. and I dont recall the 3rd type perhaps carry.
HoN also costs money. Is glitched beyond belief and sometimes even playability. Has DotA's unforgiving and unwelcoming community. You left those parts out. There should be more than 3 as well. Tank, DPS, Caster, and Support. On top of the base 4, there are combinations of those as well. Such as Support-Caster and Tank-DPS.
I play it competitively in my country. We've won some local tourneys, but recently stopped playing because our support role had some bad shit happening in his personal life. There is 5 of us, so I'm currently converting from ad carry to support role (same lane, so more playing experience than my teammates) -.-"
I mostly play Vayne, Caitlyn, Tristana, Kog'Maw and Ashe... But since I'm forced to move to support (since in my team nobody is willing to) I'm playing Sona, Soraka and Janna.
Quote from: T-Rok on December 14, 2011, 12:25:27 PM
Quote from: Prosper on December 14, 2011, 09:43:51 AM
I played it for a few months a year or two ago. Just for everyone's info. Heroes of Newerth (HoN) is pretty much the same thing, based on DOTA from Warcraft 3 and it is cross-platform. There are installers for Windows/Mac/Linux. Its a little more based on Good vs Evil theme where 2 factions have their own version of similar heroes. and I recon there are 3 general types of heroes like Tank, DPS.. and I dont recall the 3rd type perhaps carry.
HoN also costs money. Is glitched beyond belief and sometimes even playability. Has DotA's unforgiving and unwelcoming community. You left those parts out. There should be more than 3 as well. Tank, DPS, Caster, and Support. On top of the base 4, there are combinations of those as well. Such as Support-Caster and Tank-DPS.
Actually, HoN is free to play now. Can't say anything about the rest, never played it.
Anyways, used to play LoL, used to play DotA for that matter, never really caught my interest enough to keep me addicted. I personally never liked the entire Rune concept in LoL, I prefered DotA's straight and simple skill vs. skill, no background statistics involved. It also kept nerfing the heroes I enjoyed the most, like Twisted Fate. I remember in the old topic I was so in to Twisted Fate that I wrote up an entire guide on how to play him effectively. I'm sure the changes were necessary, and he's probably fine and dandy nowadays, but he's no longer the character I once loved.
It's a fun game, I'm glad they finally brought the concept of DotA out of its little Warcraft shell. They did try once before, anyone remember Demigod? I actually really enjoyed that game.
I actually until reading this had no idea LoL was free. I've seen many people playing it at school so I figured I'd make an account and give it a shot. Been pretty fun so far, I've always sucked at DotA because purchasing items was too confusing of a process, but in this game it's much more straightforward which I enjoy. If any of you want to add me, IGN is "Wartika".
Quote from: Lucifer on December 14, 2011, 03:19:45 PM
It also kept nerfing the heroes I enjoyed the most, like Twisted Fate. I remember in the old topic I was so in to Twisted Fate that I wrote up an entire guide on how to play him effectively. I'm sure the changes were necessary, and he's probably fine and dandy nowadays, but he's no longer the character I once loved.
TF pretty much sucks ever since they nerfed the global teleports for Pantheon and TF. Now, their ults have a radius around them of from middle lane to between Dragon and the side lane bushes. He's still viable, but it's just that he's not as powerful as other big time carries anymore.
Anyways, my opinion towards HoN is that they're merely emulating the style of DotA rather than trying to expand, and that'll hurt them once DotA 2 comes out (assuming Valve doesn't utterly fail at improving the game). In addition, their business model is pretty terrible, one of the kinds of games that only allow you to access a portion of the content until you shell out the cash, and this reflects in the competition levels in tournaments and such when comparing LoL and HoN.
My point is : LoL > HoN
LoL = Crap with Wine
HoN = Can install on native mac or linux
So if you dont run windows and want to play a DOTA like game well you are left with HoN.
Yeah so...we kinda won this game.
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Quote from: Mr Pwnage on December 26, 2011, 12:11:42 AM
Yeah so...we kinda won this game.
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No Atma's Impaler? D:
Badump.
Gotten myself re-addicted, thanks to that turdmongler Wart. Been reacquainting myself with Twisted Fate, moreso on AP this time around. Level 21 now with ~40% of my rune page filled up, slowly making my way towards 30. If anyone wants to playc add SatansPenguin to your friends list, nudge me on MSN (Check my profile), or hop on Scotty's Teamspeak.
Love this game, i used to play on the west european server (europe server before the split). My favourite champions where Nidalee (i made a guide for her), anivia and sometimes veigar. Never really played ranked games, i liked the unranked casual games more.
I got into ranked games, and currently have a 6 game winning streak with Soraka XD
Badump.
Finally level 30! Mainly using Twisted Fate, Teemo and Graves, slowly learning to jungle with Nunu and Kayle. Got Gragas yesterday, and starting to play him a bit.
Twisted Fate is pretty awesome.
Miss old Twisted Fate, but he was pretty crazy OP.
I'm playing a lot of Nidalee,Nasus,Kassadin,Ahri, and Trundle these days.
Quote from: Titan on March 28, 2012, 05:50:09 PM
Miss old Twisted Fate, but he was pretty crazy OP.
I'm playing a lot of Nidalee,Nasus,Kassadin,Ahri, and Trundle these days.
Beta-old TF had AOE on his gold card, and his global tp wasn't his ulti.
Also, came back from a short stint with HoN. Decided Lulu wasn't appealing enough, so I finally bought some AD runes :u (former runes were Magic Resist Reds, MP5/level Yellows, a random assortment of Blues, and flat Health Quints).
Quote from: EpicPhailure on March 28, 2012, 06:18:26 PM
Quote from: Titan on March 28, 2012, 05:50:09 PM
Miss old Twisted Fate, but he was pretty crazy OP.
I'm playing a lot of Nidalee,Nasus,Kassadin,Ahri, and Trundle these days.
Beta-old TF had AOE on his gold card, and his global tp wasn't his ulti.
Also, came back from a short stint with HoN. Decided Lulu wasn't appealing enough, so I finally bought some AD runes :u (former runes were Magic Resist Reds, MP5/level Yellows, a random assortment of Blues, and flat Health Quints).
TF with his gate as his e was the most fun ever.
But yeah I haven't seen Lulu once since her release, so I don't really know what to think of her.
Quote from: Titan on March 29, 2012, 06:45:27 AM
Quote from: EpicPhailure on March 28, 2012, 06:18:26 PM
Quote from: Titan on March 28, 2012, 05:50:09 PM
Miss old Twisted Fate, but he was pretty crazy OP.
I'm playing a lot of Nidalee,Nasus,Kassadin,Ahri, and Trundle these days.
Beta-old TF had AOE on his gold card, and his global tp wasn't his ulti.
Also, came back from a short stint with HoN. Decided Lulu wasn't appealing enough, so I finally bought some AD runes :u (former runes were Magic Resist Reds, MP5/level Yellows, a random assortment of Blues, and flat Health Quints).
TF with his gate as his e was the most fun ever.
But yeah I haven't seen Lulu once since her release, so I don't really know what to think of her.
I really enjoy having Lulu on my team. She provides great support. 2 slows, 1 shield, 1 knockup, 1 speed boost, 1 polymorph, 1 instant health increase. That being said, AS Lulu is stupidly powerful ._. Like AD Sona before nerf.
Quote from: T-Rok on March 29, 2012, 02:11:38 PM
Quote from: Titan on March 29, 2012, 06:45:27 AM
Quote from: EpicPhailure on March 28, 2012, 06:18:26 PM
Quote from: Titan on March 28, 2012, 05:50:09 PM
Miss old Twisted Fate, but he was pretty crazy OP.
I'm playing a lot of Nidalee,Nasus,Kassadin,Ahri, and Trundle these days.
Beta-old TF had AOE on his gold card, and his global tp wasn't his ulti.
Also, came back from a short stint with HoN. Decided Lulu wasn't appealing enough, so I finally bought some AD runes :u (former runes were Magic Resist Reds, MP5/level Yellows, a random assortment of Blues, and flat Health Quints).
TF with his gate as his e was the most fun ever.
But yeah I haven't seen Lulu once since her release, so I don't really know what to think of her.
I really enjoy having Lulu on my team. She provides great support. 2 slows, 1 shield, 1 knockup, 1 speed boost, 1 polymorph, 1 instant health increase. That being said, AS Lulu is stupidly powerful ._. Like AD Sona before nerf.
I suppose Lulu is a great team support if your team synergizes well together as players.
As a solo queue support, I'm guessing I haven't seen anyone find her niche, which is probably the case. Everybody has a niche that they fit in with really well, and possibly change the meta; it just takes time for someone to find out. From what I've seen from solo queue, the Lulus aren't even very good; they're usually failing at even general support concepts such as warding and counterwarding.
Her skills seem to be more preliminary fight based -- basically giving her team the best outcome they can get so that the ensuing teamfight is more favorable. Slows and movement speed to catch opposing champions out of position usually don't make much presence in a midst of a teamfight, and the shield and life increase are for general use, like most shields or heals are.
Ahh, those just sound like bad players. I've seen Lulu lane with both a random Vayne and myself as Graves. Dear god she saved me so often after getting a kill. We were laning against an Ezreal and a Corki. They destroyed our health. So if it was risky to kill one cause the other would destroy us. With her supports though, it was boss. I'll admit she pales in comparison to other supports early game, (Soraka ._.) but her mid-late game is quite beautiful. Considering her ult is on a 60 second CD without CDR.
Still not as good as my epic quadra kill after the enemy steals our baron. But I did manage to pill off a couple triple kills.
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You finally had a good game! :D
Most of my games go like that now :(
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Where'd all the champs go? :o
What do you mean where'd they go? That's what my champion store page always looks like.. Excluding the first hour of champion releases, but that doesn't count.
My League of Legends dick is definitely shorter than you guys. Speaking of unnecessarily spending money, I finally bought myself some skins :3, Tango Twisted Fate & Bladecraft Orianna. Lovin' them both. <3
Hey T, you play Karma right? I know she generally builds into Rod of Ages whilst midding, but what might you recommend for a 0CS support role? I'm kind of at a loss... Last game I ended up jumping around between a lot of items, starting with dorans into philo stone and kage's lucky pick, picked up boots of lucidity when I could, and finished with morellos, rabadons, frozen heart, and aiges of legion. They made me sell my philo stone for wards :X.
You sure they didn't replace that freshly bought RP in your pockets? :D (and a bit of IP)
Quote from: Lucifer on May 29, 2012, 05:47:29 PM
My League of Legends dick is definitely shorter than you guys. Speaking of unnecessarily spending money, I finally bought myself some skins :3, Tango Twisted Fate & Bladecraft Orianna. Lovin' them both. <3
Hey T, you play Karma right? I know she generally builds into Rod of Ages whilst midding, but what might you recommend for a 0CS support role? I'm kind of at a loss... Last game I ended up jumping around between a lot of items, starting with dorans into philo stone and kage's lucky pick, picked up boots of lucidity when I could, and finished with morellos, rabadons, frozen heart, and aiges of legion. They made me sell my philo stone for wards :X.
I love spending money.. It's just that spending it on LoL gives it a purpose rather than spending it on food and junk. I support a good business and I enjoy the game.
As for Karma, I don't generally play her outside of All Middle games. But as a support role you'll want to rush a philo stone. Getting the mana component first, 3 wards and 3 red sodas. This is possible with the support tree gold bonus. Boots. Philo stone. Lucidity. And then buy as needed. I like to include Aegis usually too.
Quote from: T-Rok on May 30, 2012, 12:49:16 AM
Quote from: Lucifer on May 29, 2012, 05:47:29 PM
My League of Legends dick is definitely shorter than you guys. Speaking of unnecessarily spending money, I finally bought myself some skins :3, Tango Twisted Fate & Bladecraft Orianna. Lovin' them both. <3
Hey T, you play Karma right? I know she generally builds into Rod of Ages whilst midding, but what might you recommend for a 0CS support role? I'm kind of at a loss... Last game I ended up jumping around between a lot of items, starting with dorans into philo stone and kage's lucky pick, picked up boots of lucidity when I could, and finished with morellos, rabadons, frozen heart, and aiges of legion. They made me sell my philo stone for wards :X.
I love spending money.. It's just that spending it on LoL gives it a purpose rather than spending it on food and junk. I support a good business and I enjoy the game.
As for Karma, I don't generally play her outside of All Middle games. But as a support role you'll want to rush a philo stone. Getting the mana component first, 3 wards and 3 red sodas. This is possible with the support tree gold bonus. Boots. Philo stone. Lucidity. And then buy as needed. I like to include Aegis usually too.
Then you wont mind spending money on me for LoL right?
This is me begging for Warlord Shen or some friggen Rune pages! :(
Quote from: Seifer on May 31, 2012, 06:38:29 PM
Quote from: T-Rok on May 30, 2012, 12:49:16 AM
Quote from: Lucifer on May 29, 2012, 05:47:29 PM
My League of Legends dick is definitely shorter than you guys. Speaking of unnecessarily spending money, I finally bought myself some skins :3, Tango Twisted Fate & Bladecraft Orianna. Lovin' them both. <3
Hey T, you play Karma right? I know she generally builds into Rod of Ages whilst midding, but what might you recommend for a 0CS support role? I'm kind of at a loss... Last game I ended up jumping around between a lot of items, starting with dorans into philo stone and kage's lucky pick, picked up boots of lucidity when I could, and finished with morellos, rabadons, frozen heart, and aiges of legion. They made me sell my philo stone for wards :X.
I love spending money.. It's just that spending it on LoL gives it a purpose rather than spending it on food and junk. I support a good business and I enjoy the game.
As for Karma, I don't generally play her outside of All Middle games. But as a support role you'll want to rush a philo stone. Getting the mana component first, 3 wards and 3 red sodas. This is possible with the support tree gold bonus. Boots. Philo stone. Lucidity. And then buy as needed. I like to include Aegis usually too.
Then you wont mind spending money on me for LoL right?
This is me begging for Warlord Shen or some friggen Rune pages! :(
I've paid for a few things for people. Usually just $5 name changes though. I don't see why not. Give me a week. :P
yay!
Hey guys! I'm back on the forums! :D
I just wanna post that I've been playing this game on and off since season one (though I'm still only lvl 24 lol) and I absolutely love it. I wish I had more patience to get to lvl 30 because I'm sure I'd play it a lot more once I get with more competent players...
Anyway, I just wanted to say that I'd like to play with you guys sometime hopefully, maybe once I get lvl 30 sometime within the next few weeks. My username is That One Bro in case you guys would like to add me.
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Ouch! That looks painful.
That Malphite build was way too stronk.
Quote from: Lucifer on June 04, 2012, 02:11:43 AM
That Malphite build was way too stronk.
Haha it wasn't like that the whole game. Pretty sure he was just trolling the last minute. A lot of his teammates started raging at him.
Quote from: Mr Pwnage on June 04, 2012, 02:50:03 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on June 04, 2012, 02:11:43 AM
That Malphite build was way too stronk.
Haha it wasn't like that the whole game. Pretty sure he was just trolling the last minute. A lot of his teammates started raging at him.
No way he would've gone 3/11 with that much blasting wands
More like 11/3.
Something I've observed, which is really pissing me off because I have a terrible sleep schedual, is that the quality of player goes down drasticly as it gets past midnight.
I've been playing ranked, and throughtout the day, my games go well, no one is just dumb as !@#$, or bitches non stop, we dont get feeders or trolls etc, nothing terrible. Past midnight, I get the worst teams ever, lose non stop, everyone feeds, it's shit. Ive literally been going WIN WIN WIN WIN during the day and LOSE LOSE LOSE LOSE at night... So frustrating!
Whenever I play I constantly get the worst teams ever, they feed massively, bitch about everything, defend badly, and then blame me because I'm doing the best and can't help because they fail so much.
Quote from: Chaos111 on June 08, 2012, 06:31:21 AM
Whenever I play I constantly get the worst teams ever, they feed massively, bitch about everything, defend badly, and then blame me because I'm doing the best and can't help because they fail so much.
Yeah happens to me a lot as well, and other times I end up on a well-coordinated team several games in a row. Like just a few days ago I was on a 9-game loss streak. As of now, I'm on a 10-game win streak. It's kinda funny how it happens some times haha
Solo que will always have that fault. The best way to play this game is with a team of peeps you know and can instantly communicate with. Myself, Wartika, Seifer & whomever we can scramble together are usually on Scotty's Teamspeak when we play, feel free to hop on anytime and solve your solo-que problems.
Address: jicamadickables.dyndns.org
Quote from: Chaos111 on June 08, 2012, 06:31:21 AM
Whenever I play I constantly get the worst teams ever, they feed massively, bitch about everything, defend badly, and then blame me because I'm doing the best and can't help because they fail so much.
It's funny - everyone always says this. :P
I started playing again (DotA 2 will still always have my love <3)... gotta dust off that ol' King Rammus skin. Though lately I've been having too much fun with Darius, who is just a dick.
On a sidenote, if you guys follow the competitive scene, MLG Anaheim's LoL stream is live:
http://www.twitch.tv/mlglol
Quote from: EpicPhailure on June 09, 2012, 02:15:49 PM
On a sidenote, if you guys follow the competitive scene, MLG Anaheim's LoL stream is live:
http://www.twitch.tv/mlglol
Yeah man I've been watching all day/yesterday. TSM just barely beat out CLG.EU; that last game was great.
MoscowFive [M5] is gonna dominate everyone on the scene, it's so obvious, but most of Americans are ignorantly bitching about how good TSM is. The point is, they're not, they're just not that good anymore which is something you should get over. Even guys from Dignitas without Voyboy are a better team. Chaox and Reginald are forced to carry 3 braindead players.
I also dislike those cocky Korean players that always bitch about how good they are, yet not even one of their teams can be called top-tier team.
What are your opinions on Fnatic, now that Shushei has been kicked out of the team?
Quote from: krele on June 09, 2012, 09:16:31 PM
MoscowFive [M5] is gonna dominate everyone on the scene, it's so obvious, but most of Americans are ignorantly bitching about how good TSM is. The point is, they're not, they're just not that good anymore which is something you should get over. Even guys from Dignitas without Voyboy are a better team. Chaox and Reginald are forced to carry 3 braindead players.
I also dislike those cocky Korean players that always bitch about how good they are, yet not even one of their teams can be called top-tier team.
What are your opinions on Fnatic, now that Shushei has been kicked out of the team?
I feel like M5 has already fallen out of influence. They're constantly being beaten by CLG.eu, who are probably the best team in Europe at the moment.
Asian teams can never play with the rest of the world because the Asian servers are a patch behind.
Shushei was in a long slump, and Fnatic needed to get rid of him before MLG Anaheim if they wanted to make best use of Lamia and Extinct. So far, the substitution for their support seems to be doing decent, and their new top laner can hold his own.
By the way if anyone is interested in trying out Twisted Fate, I put the builds I use up on Mobafire. I mainly use the first AP build, the second only if I've farmed very well. The only truly "core" items are Sorc Boots -> Rabaddons Deathcap -> Lich Bane, everything else depends on the match. Haven't written a guide yet, dunno if I will, there's plenty of decent guides out there already.
Anything else I've put on there isn't entirely finished.
http://www.mobafire.com/league-of-legends/build/twisted-fate-186079?revision
Quote from: krele on June 09, 2012, 09:16:31 PM
MoscowFive [M5] is gonna dominate everyone on the scene, it's so obvious, but most of Americans are ignorantly bitching about how good TSM is. The point is, they're not, they're just not that good anymore which is something you should get over. Even guys from Dignitas without Voyboy are a better team. Chaox and Reginald are forced to carry 3 braindead players.
I also dislike those cocky Korean players that always bitch about how good they are, yet not even one of their teams can be called top-tier team.
What are your opinions on Fnatic, now that Shushei has been kicked out of the team?
Woah Krele, I think you've got the wrong idea about TSM.
They are a great team and have dominated every team so far, 2-0ing many teams and 2-1ing teams like CLG NA, as well as CLG EU, who has beaten out M5 as of late. Chaox and Reginald don't carry the whole team... OddOne is one of the best junglers in the competitive scene and Xpecial has great mechanics even if he is only support. Dyrus holds his own in top lane, playing a deadly Vlad with Regi as Kennen in their double AP comp. Dyrus, Chaox, and OddOne have really been the most commited on the team but the team overall is still very consistent as a whole. They have won the last 3 NA competitions they played in, and may win GESL this weekend. They are definitely a strong team and have only become stronger with the addition of Dyrus. Just throwing that out there as one who has really supported CLG and Dig in the past and has watched TSM really grow as a team in the last few months. All the teams are really great though, but TSM shines through with their ability to communicate effectively and it's really just their team's synergy that wins them so many games. Don't try to tell me otherwise either-- I watch all the pro's streams/scrims as well as almost every match of all professional tournaments and am a proud supporter of the competitive LoL scene as a whole.
EDIT: As of just now TSM just took 1st at GESL against CLG.B in the finals. Great overall tournament and TSM only lost one game during the whole tournament. Great play by TSM definitely, they are nearly unbeatable.
Quote from: Kiegruen on June 17, 2012, 02:53:39 PM
Quote from: krele on June 09, 2012, 09:16:31 PM
MoscowFive [M5] is gonna dominate everyone on the scene, it's so obvious, but most of Americans are ignorantly bitching about how good TSM is. The point is, they're not, they're just not that good anymore which is something you should get over. Even guys from Dignitas without Voyboy are a better team. Chaox and Reginald are forced to carry 3 braindead players.
I also dislike those cocky Korean players that always bitch about how good they are, yet not even one of their teams can be called top-tier team.
What are your opinions on Fnatic, now that Shushei has been kicked out of the team?
Woah Krele, I think you've got the wrong idea about TSM.
They are a great team and have dominated every team so far, 2-0ing many teams and 2-1ing teams like CLG NA, as well as CLG EU, who has beaten out M5 as of late. Chaox and Reginald don't carry the whole team... OddOne is one of the best junglers in the competitive scene and Xpecial has great mechanics even if he is only support. Dyrus holds his own in top lane, playing a deadly Vlad with Regi as Kennen in their double AP comp. Dyrus, Chaox, and OddOne have really been the most commited on the team but the team overall is still very consistent as a whole. They have won the last 3 NA competitions they played in, and may win GESL this weekend. They are definitely a strong team and have only become stronger with the addition of Dyrus. Just throwing that out there as one who has really supported CLG and Dig in the past and has watched TSM really grow as a team in the last few months. All the teams are really great though, but TSM shines through with their ability to communicate effectively and it's really just their team's synergy that wins them so many games. Don't try to tell me otherwise either-- I watch all the pro's streams/scrims as well as almost every match of all professional tournaments and am a proud supporter of the competitive LoL scene as a whole.
EDIT: As of just now TSM just took 1st at GESL against CLG.B in the finals. Great overall tournament and TSM only lost one game during the whole tournament. Great play by TSM definitely, they are nearly unbeatable.
They are far too overrated IMO. 80% of the competitive scene doesn't even like their games. Always the same teams, always boring, always slow. CLG.eu and M5 are currently the only teams that make the competitive LoL interesting.
http://i.imgur.com/WdtGf.jpg
I've finally gotten 0CS Karma Support down. The trick is maxing her E (Soul Shield) first, which as it turns out is actually much more mana efficient than her Q (Heavenly Wave) when used correctly. As a percentile based heal her Q is outshined earlygame by the sustainability of champions like Soraka and Sona, but provides just as much if not more lategame healing for the entire team. I actually max Q last, instead prefering her W (Spirit Bond) which when combined with her shield allows your ad carry to abuse like no tomorrow.
But of course I've yet to try her in higher level and/or ranked games and I'm sure there's a reason why she isn't used there, I just enjoy knowing that it's possible.
Quote from: krele on June 18, 2012, 07:28:20 PM
Quote from: Kiegruen on June 17, 2012, 02:53:39 PM
Quote from: krele on June 09, 2012, 09:16:31 PM
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They are far too overrated IMO. 80% of the competitive scene doesn't even like their games. Always the same teams, always boring, always slow. CLG.eu and M5 are currently the only teams that make the competitive LoL interesting.
I'll take that, the LoL scene is pretty stagnant and nondynamic and CLG.EU as well as M5 have made it interesting. I do agree that TSM is overrated but I've been following them since the beginning. I think they need to use their great synergy and team mindset to pioneer genuinely new strategies and get everyone out of the mindset of the current meta because it's really restricting the creativity and ingenuity of the scene. I know Chauster of CLG Prime has talked about how the current meta can be countered and such but no one has really tried anything in competitive play.
Quote from: Lucifer on June 19, 2012, 05:15:38 AM
http://i.imgur.com/WdtGf.jpg
I've finally gotten 0CS Karma Support down. The trick is maxing her E (Soul Shield) first, which as it turns out is actually much more mana efficient than her Q (Heavenly Wave) when used correctly. As a percentile based heal her Q is outshined earlygame by the sustainability of champions like Soraka and Sona, but provides just as much if not more lategame healing for the entire team. I actually max Q last, instead prefering her W (Spirit Bond) which when combined with her shield allows your ad carry to abuse like no tomorrow.
But of course I've yet to try her in higher level and/or ranked games and I'm sure there's a reason why she isn't used there, I just enjoy knowing that it's possible.
Sounds like you've got it figure out, Luci. I think I'll try it sometime.
Quote from: Lucifer on June 19, 2012, 05:15:38 AM
http://i.imgur.com/WdtGf.jpg
I've finally gotten 0CS Karma Support down. The trick is maxing her E (Soul Shield) first, which as it turns out is actually much more mana efficient than her Q (Heavenly Wave) when used correctly. As a percentile based heal her Q is outshined earlygame by the sustainability of champions like Soraka and Sona, but provides just as much if not more lategame healing for the entire team. I actually max Q last, instead prefering her W (Spirit Bond) which when combined with her shield allows your ad carry to abuse like no tomorrow.
But of course I've yet to try her in higher level and/or ranked games and I'm sure there's a reason why she isn't used there, I just enjoy knowing that it's possible.
Ooh, I must try this. I have now have a reason to try Karma.
Here's my builds for her, #1 being Mid, #2 Support. Comments & suggestions always appreciated.
http://www.mobafire.com/league-of-legends/build/karma-mid-amp-support-221190?revision
My suggestion is to not use Mobafire ;D Upload on Solomid or something; Leaguecraft at the very least.
The reason many champs aren't used in professional play is purely because there's someone else who does the job better. Like you said, Soraka and Sona outshine Karma in laning phase with pure sustainability. Janna's AD bonus on her shield is why it's better than Karma shield. Late game, her heal may catch up, but initiations are more important, as catching someone out of position is a game-changer. Aggressive supports like Leona and Taric are more important than Karma at those times.
Karma is under the same category as Caitlyn or Amumu in tournament play. Someone else can do what they do, but better. In the case of Caitlyn, her long range is basically negligible in the face of pure dps (Graves). Amumu's bandage toss ganks are basically what Nautilus specializes in, except his toss brings the target into range as well as allowing him to escape by terrain. The hooks through wall isn't worth it because if you're trying to initiate through a wall, how would your team follow up?
It's just the issue of maintaining balance on a large scale. With 99 champions, it's difficult to keep even half of them viable.
I am however, looking forward towards the Karma rework :D Saving IP for her the instant it comes out, as well as saving IP for Leona or Lulu. Those are pretty much the only common supports I'm lacking right now.
Just by looking at karma's kit and base stats you can clearly see that she's underpowered. Yes of course, she can dominate games, but so can fed AD Carry Soraka. She's a far tier 3 pick in competitive play IMO.
Haven't played LoL in a long time, this topic makes me want to play again.
Start next week or something
The server's been on and off since Sunday, when they botched an early patch release.
Sounds like an every patch day kind of thing with Riot though.
http://i.imgur.com/MYhzT.jpg
Ev OP.
Quote from: Lucifer on June 26, 2012, 05:55:00 AM
http://i.imgur.com/MYhzT.jpg
Ev OP.
Looking at every build on the enemy team, I'd see an Eve roll being pretty viable. Seriously...Anivia got swiftness boots.
Anivia had clarity and it looks like nobody wanted to play support so Shaco got heal and bought a philo stone and thought he was the best support ever to grace the PVP client.
Quote from: Lucifer on June 26, 2012, 05:55:00 AM
http://i.imgur.com/MYhzT.jpg
Ev OP.
Meanwhile in 400 elo.
I know its nothing to brag about its normal and all that shit but tbh, my team didnt have over 3 kills until 30 minutes, all targeted garen with his GA, sat in fiddles ult whilst voli flipped him towards us. Gangplank is a mate of mine and this is his first normal win. They wernt to bad considering my team fed 3 or 4 kills each early.
(http://i46.tinypic.com/eqbcjm.png)
Hardly anything to really brag about, you just got last hits, look at your teams assists...they at least were there to help gank...
Im looking for some PBE players to go for some troll games.
A full team with whacky builds or playstyles. Just4Fun.
Anyone interested?
http://na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?p=26754549#post26754549
tl;dr Eve and Twitch reworks are completed and are undergoing PBE testing for finalization. Eve is going to be more of the long-term stealth assassin while Twitch's stealth is becoming short-term and focus shifted to poison.
I saw this earlier today,
My body is ready.
Azubu Blaze vs TSM in the MLG Summer Arena was simply amazing.
spoilers in white:
Azubu Blaze absolutely dominated TSM, coming out nowhere. It was sort of like how M5 beat out all of the teams in IEM Kiev, except this was a complete shut-out (3-0 in a Bo5).
Their strategy seemed to be to pick champs that thrived early game and get as much gold as possible in the form of towers and teamfights, which snowballs them to late game when the enemy team can't react to their plays. Similarly to M5, a major reason why they dominate so hard is because of their team coordination, a trait that the Asian e-sports scene is famous for.
Quote from: EpicPhailure on August 04, 2012, 12:09:45 AM
Azubu Blaze vs TSM in the MLG Summer Arena was simply amazing.
spoilers in white:
Azubu Blaze absolutely dominated TSM, coming out nowhere. It was sort of like how M5 beat out all of the teams in IEM Kiev, except this was a complete shut-out (3-0 in a Bo5).
Their strategy seemed to be to pick champs that thrived early game and get as much gold as possible in the form of towers and teamfights, which snowballs them to late game when the enemy team can't react to their plays. Similarly to M5, a major reason why they dominate so hard is because of their team coordination, a trait that the Asian e-sports scene is famous for.
Yeah I saw all 3 games, that was freakin' rediculous.
So, since Valve has decided to !@#$ me out of a dota 2 invite, I've been playing this for the past week or so.
fiddlesticks is !@#$ing scary.
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/578790_443593819018019_1637233448_n.jpg
Quote from: Yankyal on August 04, 2012, 01:28:52 PM
So, since Valve has decided to !@#$ me out of a dota 2 invite, I've been playing this for the past week or so.
fiddlesticks is !@#$ing scary.
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/578790_443593819018019_1637233448_n.jpg
Scary until you play any champion with a stun, silence, or any other form of hard cc, and take ignite as a summoner spell. Then fiddle will be horrified of you.
Told you that TSM sucked donkey balls... Fanboys, fanboys everywhere.
Quote from: Mr Pwnage on August 04, 2012, 06:14:56 PM
Quote from: Yankyal on August 04, 2012, 01:28:52 PM
So, since Valve has decided to !@#$ me out of a dota 2 invite, I've been playing this for the past week or so.
fiddlesticks is !@#$ing scary.
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/578790_443593819018019_1637233448_n.jpg
Scary until you play any champion properly.
Fixed.
Quote from: DR4N3 on August 07, 2012, 07:01:22 AM
Quote from: Mr Pwnage on August 04, 2012, 06:14:56 PM
Quote from: Yankyal on August 04, 2012, 01:28:52 PM
So, since Valve has decided to !@#$ me out of a dota 2 invite, I've been playing this for the past week or so.
fiddlesticks is !@#$ing scary.
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/578790_443593819018019_1637233448_n.jpg
Scary until you play any champion properly.
Fixed.
I've seen videos of pros get penta killed by fiddlesticks. I'm only level 14 or so but I play with my friend who is 30 so I usually face higher levels :S
The new login music for Diana can be on a movie's commercial trailer easily transcends many movie soundtracks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ajX6oFoegU
Quote from: EpicPhailure on August 07, 2012, 11:13:28 PM
The new login music for Diana can be on a movie's commercial trailer easily transcends many movie soundtracks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ajX6oFoegU
That graphics designer isn't going to be a graphics designer for long....
Quote from: Mr Pwnage on August 08, 2012, 05:07:24 PM
Quote from: EpicPhailure on August 07, 2012, 11:13:28 PM
The new login music for Diana can be on a movie's commercial trailer easily transcends many movie soundtracks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ajX6oFoegU
That graphics designer isn't going to be a graphics designer for long....
(http://t.qkme.me/3q1j8s.jpg)
Holy crap. I always have login music disabled by default. This is.. Too awesome.
I left the login screen in the background and it played for hours before I even noticed. What the !@#$.
Alright I played a ton more games. I can say I'm not as shitty as I used to be. I've made a ranking of the best things in the game so far:
1. Killing Teemo
2. One shotting another AP carry as Veigar
3. Cross map Ashe arrow
4. Flashing over a wall just before death
5. When the last tick of ignite kills the target
6. Stealing Baron
....
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9001. Laning against Garen early game
9002. Someone escaping from you because you got slowed by a Teemo mushroom
Yep.
Quote from: Yankyal on August 13, 2012, 07:03:02 PM
9001. Laning against Garen early game
Not so bad if you're...
teemo :D
Garen isn't even good at all. Why do you think they are buffing him? Lol..
Quote from: T-Rok on August 14, 2012, 03:08:38 AM
Garen isn't even good at all. Why do you think they are buffing him? Lol..
He's too strong early game and weak late game, which is why laning against him is suffering whereas slaughtering his ass late game is easy mode.
Quote from: Yankyal on August 14, 2012, 11:15:17 AM
Quote from: T-Rok on August 14, 2012, 03:08:38 AM
Garen isn't even good at all. Why do you think they are buffing him? Lol..
He's too strong early game and weak late game, which is why laning against him is suffering whereas slaughtering his ass late game is easy mode.
He's not strong. ._.
Darius, Fiora, Yorick, Teemo would like to have a word with you.
Quote from: T-Rok on August 14, 2012, 01:46:57 PM
Quote from: Yankyal on August 14, 2012, 11:15:17 AM
Quote from: T-Rok on August 14, 2012, 03:08:38 AM
Garen isn't even good at all. Why do you think they are buffing him? Lol..
He's too strong early game and weak late game, which is why laning against him is suffering whereas slaughtering his ass late game is easy mode.
He's not strong. ._.
Darius, Fiora, Yorick, Teemo would like to have a word with you.
FFFF I don't even own any of those.
I know Fiora though, bitch be crazy. Every game I'm in, she gets fed because people underestimate her lunge and then it's ENEMY PENTA KILL for the rest of the game.
Quote from: Yankyal on August 15, 2012, 02:15:58 PM
Quote from: T-Rok on August 14, 2012, 01:46:57 PM
Quote from: Yankyal on August 14, 2012, 11:15:17 AM
Quote from: T-Rok on August 14, 2012, 03:08:38 AM
Garen isn't even good at all. Why do you think they are buffing him? Lol..
He's too strong early game and weak late game, which is why laning against him is suffering whereas slaughtering his ass late game is easy mode.
He's not strong. ._.
Darius, Fiora, Yorick, Teemo would like to have a word with you.
FFFF I don't even own any of those.
I know Fiora though, bitch be crazy. Every game I'm in, she gets fed because people underestimate her lunge and then it's ENEMY PENTA KILL for the rest of the game.
My friend tops Fiora. I believe the only time he lost his lane was after the Rumble buff that made him stupidly OP with his fire. She is in my opinion THE best top or at least tied with Yorick. First time I ever ran top I played Fiora and was against a Teemo. He was no match till mid-late game, which didn't matter cause we destroyed his tower soon enough.
ok so i'm pretty much used to league now. new updates:
-ap eve 2 stronk
-jayce and ez getting nerfed after world finals
-75 teemo deaths a second in an official report by riot games
-playing ashe when the other team has rengar is the worst experience a human being can have
i bought ezreal and he's retarded strong. flash on like a 10 second cd who thought that was a good idea
Quote from: Yankyal on October 13, 2012, 07:15:52 PM
ok so i'm pretty much used to league now. new updates:
-ap eve 2 stronk
-jayce and ez getting nerfed after world finals
-75 teemo deaths a second in an official report by riot games
-playing ashe when the other team has rengar is the worst experience a human being can have
i bought ezreal and he's retarded strong. flash on like a 10 second cd who thought that was a good idea
-AD Eve jungle stronger, I play her
-Jayce definitely, Ezreal no they just nerfed him although they might undo the "nerf" to his W.
-It's a beautiful thing
-Ashe is a terrible ADC unless it's a counter pick to another terrible ADC, play graves or ezreal.
Quote from: T-Rok on October 14, 2012, 11:34:01 AM
Quote from: Yankyal on October 13, 2012, 07:15:52 PM
ok so i'm pretty much used to league now. new updates:
-ap eve 2 stronk
-jayce and ez getting nerfed after world finals
-75 teemo deaths a second in an official report by riot games
-playing ashe when the other team has rengar is the worst experience a human being can have
i bought ezreal and he's retarded strong. flash on like a 10 second cd who thought that was a good idea
-AD Eve jungle stronger, I play her
-Jayce definitely, Ezreal no they just nerfed him although they might undo the "nerf" to his W.
-It's a beautiful thing
-Ashe is a terrible ADC unless it's a counter pick to another terrible ADC, play graves or ezreal.
i wish you knew how wrong you were about that eve. trust me ap eve is beyond broken.
and they are definitely nerfing ezreal, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clNNhy3UM0I first half minute or so.
hnnng just went man mode xin zhao on some fools. glorious.
i like to go bot as xin when i'm bored, and just destroy their adc repeatedly
I just started playing, so I'm a little noobish still, but my name's Kronoa.
Awesome. Always glad to have more players in our crew, honestly I will always prefer someone inexperienced over a random pub player... a vast amount of people in this community are simply not very nice. I wish you luck learning the game, I've seen quite a few posts on reddit about the lower levels filled with raging smurfs. The game is definitely most enjoyable with a team of five people that you know, preferably in teamspeak or skype, etc.
If you have any questions on characters, builds, game mechanics, etc, ask away! The league reddit is also a great place for not only news but fantastic tips, like this post (http://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/12nxl8/the_psychological_aspect_of_lol/) for example. My account name is Hackettbear, I don't have internet at home at the moment, but I occasionally pop over to my friends' house and set up my computer there.
Quote from: Lucifer on November 06, 2012, 04:09:45 AM
Awesome. Always glad to have more players in our crew, honestly I will always prefer someone inexperienced over a random pub player... a vast amount of people in this community are simply not very nice. I wish you luck learning the game, I've seen quite a few posts on reddit about the lower levels filled with raging smurfs. The game is definitely most enjoyable with a team of five people that you know, preferably in teamspeak or skype, etc.
If you have any questions on characters, builds, game mechanics, etc, ask away! The league reddit is also a great place for not only news but fantastic tips, like this post (http://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/12nxl8/the_psychological_aspect_of_lol/) for example. My account name is Hackettbear, I don't have internet at home at the moment, but I occasionally pop over to my friends' house and set up my computer there.
impossible to feel mad about losing if you are playing master yi. lol.
Being the fan of Luxanna that I am. I must share this.
http://www.finalesfunkeln.com/
So far my favorite characters are Soraka, Morgana and Caitlyn. :3 I really want to try Syndra though. And I've never played Rammus, but does anyone think he's freakishly cute? lol.
Quote from: DarkTrinity on November 23, 2012, 09:08:15 AM
So far my favorite characters are Soraka, Morgana and Caitlyn. :3 I really want to try Syndra though. And I've never played Rammus, but does anyone think he's freakishly cute? lol.
I never see you on! How will we ever play and dominate. D:
Quote from: DarkTrinity on November 23, 2012, 09:08:15 AM
So far my favorite characters are Soraka, Morgana and Caitlyn. :3 I really want to try Syndra though. And I've never played Rammus, but does anyone think he's freakishly cute? lol.
http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/9/97398/1829305-king_rammus.jpg
best skin for him.
also did anyone just watch dreamhack, CLG.EU vs wolves? froggen carried that game so !@#$ing hard. they had like 25 kills at the end and froggen was involved in 22 of them. he should play lux more.
I main jungle amumu/shyvanna and mid diana. I play almost exclusively solo-queue though and I'll play any role other than support. I'm starting to get pretty damn good with shen top/jungle too though.
I feel like diana is a totally underrated mid. She has BY FAR the best gap-closer in the game and her burst combo is strong and spammable with its low CD. Everyone knows how strong jungle amumu is but he is rarely banned and isn't picked too often either.
Aw man, you play Torchic? Awesome! Yeah I don't see Amumu banned too often, but I ban him every time I'm first pick. His ability to single-handedly win lategame fights is rediculous.. first character I ever penta'd with, and that was my first time jungling him! Crazy! Morgana can have the same effect with even more damage, however her plays are slightly more difficult to pull off and more reliant on flash &/or zhonyas.
What's your Summoner name? I want to pway witchuuuu! I personally am most comfortable mid with Twisted Fate, Lux, and Orianna, however I hardly get to play it.. :C, an IRL friend I play with plays pretty much mono Leblanc & Xerath, and occasionally Vladmir top if we can convince him. That's forced me to branch out into different lanes, so I experimented with Tops and fell in love with Gangplank. I'm soo excited for Season 3 Gangplank, I have a full mark/quint page of flat Armor Pen just for him, and with the new armor calculations, ermagerd, that's going to be Awesome! Plus Sword of the Divine, the new Tiamats.. so much to play around with! I've also enjoyed playing him Jungle, but other than him I don't actually own any really proficient Junglers other than say, Nunu.. Jungle isn't really my strongsuit at the moment, but I'm saving up for Hecarim. I recently got my brother playing and we've been kicking ass and taking names in the botlane. I bought (I know.. free game.. shh!) Ezreal & Vayne whilst they were ~4bucks each, and I'm having fun learning the intricities of AD Carry & Support. A couple months ago I was pretty much only Mid, but I'm quite happy in any position these days.
I still lack internet at home, but I might be able to change that in the near future..
Quote from: Torch on November 24, 2012, 05:37:06 PM
I main jungle amumu/shyvanna and mid diana. I play almost exclusively solo-queue though and I'll play any role other than support. I'm starting to get pretty damn good with shen top/jungle too though.
I feel like diana is a totally underrated mid. She has BY FAR the best gap-closer in the game and her burst combo is strong and spammable with its low CD. Everyone knows how strong jungle amumu is but he is rarely banned and isn't picked too often either.
Ah Torch. I too demand your summoner name! Play with us!
Quote from: Torch on November 24, 2012, 05:37:06 PM
She has BY FAR the best gap-closer in the game
akali would like to have a word with you
Yeah definitely add me up! Username is InfernoJesus
@luci: Orianna is a lot of fun to play and my Morgana is not so great, but I get stomped mid by Morganas that can land Qs. I tried old TF and I wasn't a fan of the whole card-switching mechanic but I see they changed it a bit with the card being displayed over his head, he looks fun. I haven't been following any of the upcoming S3 patches. Been playing a bit of the new TT though. And yeah Nunu is kickass, such a strong counter-jungler.
@yank: Well maybe not by far but I'd argue Diana's is better. A bit more range, a bit better AP scaling, has 0 CD with Q. Obviously Akali's is more spammable though (you can do 3 almost instantly) so its definitely debatable.
Seasons 3 is turning out quite great. I've spent the past month or so on the beta server testing all the new things out, and also reporting the occasional bug. By far the biggest change is the jungle. Characters like Fiora and Jax now free farm in the jungle like nobodies business. And when you throw the new items into the mixture, it's not a good moment for your team when they go peekaboo.
I've personally been doing a lot of Fiora jungle and trying to get the sequence down to perfection, and if there's any advice I can give you it's either A: You counter jungle her like no tomorrow or you'll regret it. And B: You protect her from counter jungling like no tomorrow.
My last game as her I started a 1v3 fight, and my teams been feeding hard. This Darius is 17/2, I'm only 5/7 (Teams slacking on following through with ganks), and the team scores are 11-25. So this fight is Fiora vs Diana, Ahri and Darius. I destroyed Diana and Ahri's health, and just as Darius was going to ult I cast my ult, effectively canceling his and healing me to full health while killing all three of them. Ezreal and Taric are coming down during this, but when I'm out of my ult and they see I'm at full health they start booking it back to their base. I tower dive them both, killing both in maybe 5 seconds and walking away from double tower targeting with half health.
If there is no teemo or large amounts of CC -> Wriggles, Berserkers+Alacricity, Hydra, Black Cleaver, Ruined King, Blood Thirster. This mid-late game build (Yes, mid game, jungle puts out money like no bodies business.) usually warrants me 500 ad and 50% lifesteal + 4% current health as damage + Hydra splash on my ult. So that's 1100+4% current health in damage that splashes from Hydra up to 5 times. In total that deals up to 3740+4% current health in damage per target to 5 targets standing beside each other. And I have armor pen/shred out the ying yang. On top of which most characters don't finish with more than 3k health. That's 18700 damage in about 3 seconds while untargetable, healing for 9350 of that. I understand that this is a best case scenario, but you can see what I'm getting at here.
TL;DR: Morale of the story, fear or praise Fiora. Incoming item/jungle nerfs more than likely. Unless people can adapt and make counter jungling more of a thing. And I'm sure Jax is more terrifying if not the same amount as Fiora.
Quote from: T-Rok on November 26, 2012, 01:31:16 PM
TL;DR: Morale of the story, fear or praise Fiora. Incoming item/jungle nerfs more than likely. Unless people can adapt and make counter jungling more of a thing. And I'm sure Jax is more terrifying if not the same amount as Fiora.
jax is already !@#$ing terrifying. nothing like being a cute little kogmaw and running into a 10/0 jax. holy shit.
Quote from: Yankyal on December 02, 2012, 07:44:28 AM
Quote from: T-Rok on November 26, 2012, 01:31:16 PM
TL;DR: Morale of the story, fear or praise Fiora. Incoming item/jungle nerfs more than likely. Unless people can adapt and make counter jungling more of a thing. And I'm sure Jax is more terrifying if not the same amount as Fiora.
jax is already !@#$ing terrifying. nothing like being a cute little kogmaw and running into a 10/0 jax. holy shit.
Well the patch came out today, so you'll see what I'm talking about. Teemo and Kog'Maw got huge buffs with the new items as well.
Oh man, AP Teemo & the new Malady/Spellsword Mastery? I'm scared! Ya'll should hop on Scotty's Teamspeak tonight and we can do some fives, I should hopefully be getting internet by then...
Totally down for it.
Also if we can get 5 people for a premade something I'd be interested in trying...
A duo top with one person being primarily a counter jungler/roamer. This is because despite what Riot thinks, from my experiences and others, jungle gold is actually lower than it was before. This coupled with the fact that the jungle is more dangerous sets up good opportunities for ganks at the enemies red buff. This person would also take smite to secure dragons/barons and to help counter jungle. Thinking it would also be good to build GP5. This way, you can shut down their jungler fairly easily. Let me know if you guys are down to try it.
That sounds viable, add me up, I'm down to try it. I would argue that a bot lane counter-jungler would be superior though, since dragon is on bot and having more people closer to it is beneficial. Also red is on the blue team's bottom and the purple team's top...
Quote from: Titan on December 04, 2012, 05:38:44 PM
Totally down for it.
Also if we can get 5 people for a premade something I'd be interested in trying...
A duo top with one person being primarily a counter jungler/roamer. This is because despite what Riot thinks, from my experiences and others, jungle gold is actually lower than it was before. This coupled with the fact that the jungle is more dangerous sets up good opportunities for ganks at the enemies red buff. This person would also take smite to secure dragons/barons and to help counter jungle. Thinking it would also be good to build GP5. This way, you can shut down their jungler fairly easily. Let me know if you guys are down to try it.
I have one word for you. Sejuani.
Aw man, I've been wanting to do some serious fives & theory-crafting for a while, especially with this new season. I've finally got some decent internet, however I might not be on much, finals week!
I sent you an invite, Torch, did you get one from Hackettbear?
Quote from: Lucifer on December 05, 2012, 04:57:32 PM
Aw man, I've been wanting to do some serious fives & theory-crafting for a while, especially with this new season. I've finally got some decent internet, however I might not be on much, finals week!
I sent you an invite, Torch, did you get one from Hackettbear?
I didn't, you sure you added InfernoJesus? I'll add you.
Also I'm loving the new season 3 items. Runaan's Hurricane is incredible for ADCs. I've been using a crit-less build of runaan's, berserker greaves, bloodthirster, last whisperer, blade of the ruined king, and a GA and it's been working okay.
Crystaline flask, 1 ward, 5 pots is my new go-to starting build for most top and midlaners, and for adc I just go flask and the rest on pots. Soo much lane sustain, I've ended up staying in lane until 3-4k gold on multiple occasions. Since the boots nerf, I feel like crystaline, cloth armor, and that new jungle item will become the norm for starting builds.
Also for bruisers, instead of merc treads, I'll often build the new boots of swiftness and a zephyr (new tenacity item), to get slow reduction and tenacity. Depending on the champ, black cleaver is now a kickass bruiser item too, particularly on wukong and garen.
The new ravenous hydra (tiamat upgrade) is okay and the new aegis upgrade is very solid.
There are a lot more items I want to experiment with, such as the active item that stops a tower from attacking for 2.5 seconds. I feel the game's builds are much more diverse now and you're not as locked in to a specific build.
Have you tried Muramana yet? That thing is godlike on GP and many others. 3% current mana*2 as damage is a beautiful thing. Even if that's your only mana item, it provides about 120+40ish extra damage when your mana bar is full.
So I added InfernoJesus, my IGN is GiantEvilKitten, just so everyone knows.
Quote from: T-Rok on December 05, 2012, 07:07:13 PM
Have you tried Muramana yet? That thing is godlike on GP and many others. 3% current mana*2 as damage is a beautiful thing. Even if that's your only mana item, it provides about 120+40ish extra damage when your mana bar is full.
The thing is really overpowered on Ryze. It's really silly at first to build this instead of Archangel/Seraph's, but Muramana outclasses Seraph's on offensive aspect, especially with Ryze.
Seraph's Embrace fits in as a good defensive choice though.
thresh is great.
he's like blitzcrank but even more overpowered.
Figured I'd remind anyone who forgot, it's 2/7/13! Official League games are now going to be streamed live every week, TSM vs CLG starts now commentated by Phreak & Rivington.
http://www.twitch.tv/riotgames
Todays games are from last patch, nunu/olaf nerfs not applied.
Been streaming ranked games recently, if anybody would be interested:
http://www.twitch.tv/wartika/new
Heres 2 back to back Maokai games I played last night which I think anybody interested would find rather entertaining:
http://youtu.be/L6d9i2VYkJI