Mundo skin is okay, but where the hell is my Lollypoppy? I've been playing her a ton lately because she fits really well with the team of guys I run with. But Noxus Poppy just doesn't bring the humiliation like I know I could with Lollypoppy.
Server being completely dead increases the possibility of the universe achieving balance by nullifying my missing win with the potential loss vaporization. Do want.
Just managed to play a game. Got ~140IP for the win but I don't really know if that is doubled or whatnot. My First Win bonus disappeared and is now on cooldown but it wasn't applied either?
Guess I'll try it again and see what happens, just a shame I can't get to the store to capitalize on the theoretical double IP.
ehh, from the breakdown it was just a little extra IP for a win streak, no first win (even though now its lost!) and no double.
double edit: and the IP wasn't even for real, hopefully it syncs back up later.
The sooner people realise that lots of HP doesn't make a tank, the better it will be for everybody. It doesn't make Dr. Mundo a tank, it doesn't make Mordekaiser a tank, and it certainly doesn't make Vladimir a tank. Hell, it doesn't even make friggin Cho'Gath a decent tank - you're way better using this guy as a very beefy caster than using him as your designated punching bag.
Apologies if I sound harsh, but this has seriously been nagging me for a good while.
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Did you look at the spoiler/build before you spewed?
Because, if you build someone as a tank, they're a tank.
And in Vlad's case, he makes a great tank.
And you didn't sound harsh, just dumb.
Your screenshot proves nothing, save for that possibly you were playing against awful people. Your proposed build does pitiful damage and is not an appreciable threat, has worse defenses than other tanks (this just in, HP does not a tank make) and with worse CC.
Vlad is not a tank.
Yeah, basically this. Hell, I had to restrain myself from not laughing when Slicer said he was tanking all the time with Morde - the guy has NO CC WHATSOEVER. No stun, no slow, no initiate, no nothing - the only thing approaching CC on Mordekaiser is his ultimate, and it's either a) a coup de grace, or b) a beacon for other that means "TARGET THIS GUY". Compare that with, oh, let's say other tanks like Amumu and Singed: Amumu got TWO stuns, including an AoE one, and damage enemies around him based on % so you can't just ignore him. Singed got a ranged AoE slow, can throw your carry to his hungry teammates, and will punish you for chasing him. Both of them got enough HP and armor to take the focus of the enemies and not immediately die, both of them can initiate, both of them can disrupt the fight hard enough as to be a real annoyance and have a reason to be taken out even though you should focus the carries and squishies.
That's what a tank is. Mordekaiser is not a tank (no CC), and Vladimir is not either (isn't enough of a disturbance with a tank build to actually matter).
Hey, I do tank all the time with Morde.
And I happen to be awesome.
To be honest considering how wrong you are I'm just gonna go with: The people I play with know I'm awesome at tanking with him and that's what counts.
I initiate with Morde by just charging forward. Sooner or later the enemy has to face me or their base is destroyed! And likewise, if they don't focus me I dish out nonstop heavy AoE damage.
I also run with a team that doesn't entirely lack initiation so they compensate for what I lack.
After all, this game is about teamwork!
Edit: Oh hey Probad mentioned my Morde skills. Yay.
Yes I will admit that whenever I say I'll tank as Garen terrible things happen. In fact, many terrible things happen no matter how I play Garen! I just have the worst luck with that guy which sucks because I really enjoy his playstyle.
Guys, my IP isn't going up. I think something's busted.
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IME, Morde is an acceptable off-tank but doesn't work well as a main tank. His shield gets exploded under focus fire and he starts feeling real pain soon after that, but he can work just fine as a bulldozer as the laning phase transitions to more ganking. I just wouldn't want him tanking for the entire team if you only have squishies behind him because the enemy team will just IGNORE him and run past.
If you build lots of Sunfires on Mord, they just nuke you with spells instead since you spent all your gold there and you aren't tanking particularly well. It's somewhat of the same problem Malphite has. If you want his Ground Slam to do megadamage, you aren't going to have great MR.
more time travel experiences to come with this bullshit
but this time as kog'maw
also this just in: i still shit on people with living artillery, but i am saddened i did not kill this one amumu because after the 5th living artillery he stopped running in a straight line
if you see ANYONE playing a 6300 IP character (or one you know requires skill)
just dodge
why did i not dodge as soon as i saw twitch?
he would run in alone every time, break stealth 1v3, shit like that
then he proceeded to say, after the 9th death "fuck twitch how do people play this guy successfully" and i was like "i think it might be you...". he responds: "well normally i carry"
i kind of went off and told him he didn't know basic game things like backing up when the enemy team is MIA, and he engaged against people 5 levels above him
he also skipped boots entirely to get to his infinity edge faster
Well, I've been farming out some IP in practice mode since the lag is so bad. Man oh man I've had all sorts of moonwalking time travel adventures.
Last game I started attacking a Ryze right by the mid inhibitor. I saw more show up so I ran back and spammed some qs and whatnot while running. Next thing I know I warp backwards to the inhib from down by the river and everyone is dead while I helplessly get killed by a creep.
Plus 3 kills while I guess I autoattacked them all to death, -1 for dying to purple caster minion #2.
IME, Morde is an acceptable off-tank but doesn't work well as a main tank. His shield gets exploded under focus fire and he starts feeling real pain soon after that, but he can work just fine as a bulldozer as the laning phase transitions to more ganking. I just wouldn't want him tanking for the entire team if you only have squishies behind him because the enemy team will just IGNORE him and run past.
If you build lots of Sunfires on Mord, they just nuke you with spells instead since you spent all your gold there and you aren't tanking particularly well. It's somewhat of the same problem Malphite has. If you want his Ground Slam to do megadamage, you aren't going to have great MR.
Also, that new hero looks totally hot.
i guess if you're somehow completely oblivious to how they are dealing damage then yeah, if you bought lots of sunfires and then realized they are caster heavy you are in trouble.
but if you play smart and actually check out who is doing damage (should be apparent before your first major purchase) you can build accordingly!
also I am not sure "I can just run towards the squishies and kill them" is a valid complaint against any champion in this game. maybe I'm a retard, but which tank is the one that completely stops anybody on the enemy team from attacking your squishies (While still letting your squishies hit them)?
IME, Morde is an acceptable off-tank but doesn't work well as a main tank. His shield gets exploded under focus fire and he starts feeling real pain soon after that, but he can work just fine as a bulldozer as the laning phase transitions to more ganking. I just wouldn't want him tanking for the entire team if you only have squishies behind him because the enemy team will just IGNORE him and run past.
If you build lots of Sunfires on Mord, they just nuke you with spells instead since you spent all your gold there and you aren't tanking particularly well. It's somewhat of the same problem Malphite has. If you want his Ground Slam to do megadamage, you aren't going to have great MR.
Also, that new hero looks totally hot.
i guess if you're somehow completely oblivious to how they are dealing damage then yeah, if you bought lots of sunfires and then realized they are caster heavy you are in trouble.
but if you play smart and actually check out who is doing damage (should be apparent before your first major purchase) you can build accordingly!
also I am not sure "I can just run towards the squishies and kill them" is a valid complaint against any champion in this game. maybe I'm a retard, but which tank is the one that completely stops anybody on the enemy team from attacking your squishies (While still letting your squishies hit them)?
soal i was fat gragasing earlier because everybody's free
annie had 20 stacks and was owning but i got 200 magic resistance + drunken rage 18% damage reduction and 3k health and just kind of fatted myself on her every time she tried to one shot my teammates non stop
that game looked so so so so so so grim and we turned it around with a hilarious ace
teach me more fat gragasing i just kind of made it up
at first i was like "randuin's omen seems cool" before annie was 5-0 mostly due to their tryndamere ezreal and teemo
edit: that is, the randuin's omen was due to their tryndamere ezreal and teemo
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Zen VulgarityWhat a lovely day for teaSecret British ThreadRegistered Userregular
edited July 2010
Apparently I am not banned from playing Janna in inhouses
hilarious burst damage (AT LEVEL 2), long ass range stun, fantastic control from wall+nice way to check out potential ganks, AoE slow, ALMOST FORGOT EGG OLOL
and almost all of her abilities being skillshot/placement means you feel like a korean gamer
tempted to buy her
maybe just with RP though to save my IP
but real money on a champion, am I that terrible?
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Zen VulgarityWhat a lovely day for teaSecret British ThreadRegistered Userregular
edited July 2010
Real money on a champion that's been out forever
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i always either harass champs to their tower as amidia or get first blood, level 3 is the sweet spot where you have 1 flash frost and level 2 frostbite
IME, Morde is an acceptable off-tank but doesn't work well as a main tank. His shield gets exploded under focus fire and he starts feeling real pain soon after that, but he can work just fine as a bulldozer as the laning phase transitions to more ganking. I just wouldn't want him tanking for the entire team if you only have squishies behind him because the enemy team will just IGNORE him and run past.
If you build lots of Sunfires on Mord, they just nuke you with spells instead since you spent all your gold there and you aren't tanking particularly well. It's somewhat of the same problem Malphite has. If you want his Ground Slam to do megadamage, you aren't going to have great MR.
Also, that new hero looks totally hot.
i guess if you're somehow completely oblivious to how they are dealing damage then yeah, if you bought lots of sunfires and then realized they are caster heavy you are in trouble.
but if you play smart and actually check out who is doing damage (should be apparent before your first major purchase) you can build accordingly!
also I am not sure "I can just run towards the squishies and kill them" is a valid complaint against any champion in this game. maybe I'm a retard, but which tank is the one that completely stops anybody on the enemy team from attacking your squishies (While still letting your squishies hit them)?
IME, Morde is an acceptable off-tank but doesn't work well as a main tank. His shield gets exploded under focus fire and he starts feeling real pain soon after that, but he can work just fine as a bulldozer as the laning phase transitions to more ganking. I just wouldn't want him tanking for the entire team if you only have squishies behind him because the enemy team will just IGNORE him and run past.
If you build lots of Sunfires on Mord, they just nuke you with spells instead since you spent all your gold there and you aren't tanking particularly well. It's somewhat of the same problem Malphite has. If you want his Ground Slam to do megadamage, you aren't going to have great MR.
Also, that new hero looks totally hot.
i guess if you're somehow completely oblivious to how they are dealing damage then yeah, if you bought lots of sunfires and then realized they are caster heavy you are in trouble.
but if you play smart and actually check out who is doing damage (should be apparent before your first major purchase) you can build accordingly!
also I am not sure "I can just run towards the squishies and kill them" is a valid complaint against any champion in this game. maybe I'm a retard, but which tank is the one that completely stops anybody on the enemy team from attacking your squishies (While still letting your squishies hit them)?
IME, Morde is an acceptable off-tank but doesn't work well as a main tank. His shield gets exploded under focus fire and he starts feeling real pain soon after that, but he can work just fine as a bulldozer as the laning phase transitions to more ganking. I just wouldn't want him tanking for the entire team if you only have squishies behind him because the enemy team will just IGNORE him and run past.
If you build lots of Sunfires on Mord, they just nuke you with spells instead since you spent all your gold there and you aren't tanking particularly well. It's somewhat of the same problem Malphite has. If you want his Ground Slam to do megadamage, you aren't going to have great MR.
Also, that new hero looks totally hot.
i guess if you're somehow completely oblivious to how they are dealing damage then yeah, if you bought lots of sunfires and then realized they are caster heavy you are in trouble.
but if you play smart and actually check out who is doing damage (should be apparent before your first major purchase) you can build accordingly!
also I am not sure "I can just run towards the squishies and kill them" is a valid complaint against any champion in this game. maybe I'm a retard, but which tank is the one that completely stops anybody on the enemy team from attacking your squishies (While still letting your squishies hit them)?
i want to play this tank cause they sound busted
That would be shen.
Shen/Taric/Rammus
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edited July 2010
omg Twitch is perfect for my 5~10fps computer. it's all in the positioning!
new favorite carry
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For the first time I feel like I fully carried my team to victory. Enemy had a Heimer (fuck), Twitch, Eve, Katarina, & Panth gank-city team where Heimer cockblocked mid from going anywhere (stalemate against my Vlad) and the two stealthers had a gank fest.
By the time I was mid-level and rocking my team was ~20 behind on kills and pushed hard. I decided "fuck this" and bought an Oracle's Elixir and called for teamfights/wards. Queue me pointing out and de-stealthing by nukes Twitch and Eve from here on out to my team for free kills and ganging up on their Panth so bad that he ragequits. Suddenly Heimer can't push back when his entire team is getting killed and two different paths are being attacked at once. We storm their base and then pretty much stay there.
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Guess I'll try it again and see what happens, just a shame I can't get to the store to capitalize on the theoretical double IP.
ehh, from the breakdown it was just a little extra IP for a win streak, no first win (even though now its lost!) and no double.
double edit: and the IP wasn't even for real, hopefully it syncs back up later.
Hey, I do tank all the time with Morde.
And I happen to be awesome.
To be honest considering how wrong you are I'm just gonna go with: The people I play with know I'm awesome at tanking with him and that's what counts.
I initiate with Morde by just charging forward. Sooner or later the enemy has to face me or their base is destroyed! And likewise, if they don't focus me I dish out nonstop heavy AoE damage.
I also run with a team that doesn't entirely lack initiation so they compensate for what I lack.
After all, this game is about teamwork!
Edit: Oh hey Probad mentioned my Morde skills. Yay.
Yes I will admit that whenever I say I'll tank as Garen terrible things happen. In fact, many terrible things happen no matter how I play Garen! I just have the worst luck with that guy which sucks because I really enjoy his playstyle.
If you build lots of Sunfires on Mord, they just nuke you with spells instead since you spent all your gold there and you aren't tanking particularly well. It's somewhat of the same problem Malphite has. If you want his Ground Slam to do megadamage, you aren't going to have great MR.
Also, that new hero looks totally hot.
White FC: 0819 3350 1787
I'mma try ez!
but this time as kog'maw
also this just in: i still shit on people with living artillery, but i am saddened i did not kill this one amumu because after the 5th living artillery he stopped running in a straight line
if you see ANYONE playing a 6300 IP character (or one you know requires skill)
just dodge
why did i not dodge as soon as i saw twitch?
he would run in alone every time, break stealth 1v3, shit like that
then he proceeded to say, after the 9th death "fuck twitch how do people play this guy successfully" and i was like "i think it might be you...". he responds: "well normally i carry"
i kind of went off and told him he didn't know basic game things like backing up when the enemy team is MIA, and he engaged against people 5 levels above him
he also skipped boots entirely to get to his infinity edge faster
how long has that skin been in the skin screen
Solo ranked ftw!
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Last game I started attacking a Ryze right by the mid inhibitor. I saw more show up so I ran back and spammed some qs and whatnot while running. Next thing I know I warp backwards to the inhib from down by the river and everyone is dead while I helplessly get killed by a creep.
Plus 3 kills while I guess I autoattacked them all to death, -1 for dying to purple caster minion #2.
i guess if you're somehow completely oblivious to how they are dealing damage then yeah, if you bought lots of sunfires and then realized they are caster heavy you are in trouble.
but if you play smart and actually check out who is doing damage (should be apparent before your first major purchase) you can build accordingly!
also I am not sure "I can just run towards the squishies and kill them" is a valid complaint against any champion in this game. maybe I'm a retard, but which tank is the one that completely stops anybody on the enemy team from attacking your squishies (While still letting your squishies hit them)?
i want to play this tank cause they sound busted
don't care what nisi says
these cats are still good.
Amumu! Kind of.
annie had 20 stacks and was owning but i got 200 magic resistance + drunken rage 18% damage reduction and 3k health and just kind of fatted myself on her every time she tried to one shot my teammates non stop
that game looked so so so so so so grim and we turned it around with a hilarious ace
teach me more fat gragasing i just kind of made it up
at first i was like "randuin's omen seems cool" before annie was 5-0 mostly due to their tryndamere ezreal and teemo
edit: that is, the randuin's omen was due to their tryndamere ezreal and teemo
shame she costs roughly the GDP of kenya
e: ELABORATION
hilarious burst damage (AT LEVEL 2), long ass range stun, fantastic control from wall+nice way to check out potential ganks, AoE slow, ALMOST FORGOT EGG OLOL
and almost all of her abilities being skillshot/placement means you feel like a korean gamer
tempted to buy her
maybe just with RP though to save my IP
but real money on a champion, am I that terrible?
also help me fat gragas
i always either harass champs to their tower as amidia or get first blood, level 3 is the sweet spot where you have 1 flash frost and level 2 frostbite
It was still fun, I kept getting kills and escaping from their team when I really shouldn't have been able to.
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i might have to buy him but hurrrgh 975 RP
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Amumu sort of if you have good enough burst.
That would be shen.
Vlad + 20 stacks of Leviathan and Mejai
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Gimmick teams are the best.
By the time I was mid-level and rocking my team was ~20 behind on kills and pushed hard. I decided "fuck this" and bought an Oracle's Elixir and called for teamfights/wards. Queue me pointing out and de-stealthing by nukes Twitch and Eve from here on out to my team for free kills and ganging up on their Panth so bad that he ragequits. Suddenly Heimer can't push back when his entire team is getting killed and two different paths are being attacked at once. We storm their base and then pretty much stay there.
Lesson Learned? Oracle's Elixir's WINS FUCKING GAMES!
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