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  • florada34florada34 Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Every game I see Reginald play with Kiruur, he plays like a nub.

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  • OremLKOremLK Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    zerg rush wrote: »
    Well, can play is different from being able to carry the game on my shoulders. I can play just about every char passably well. But I can singlehandedly induce a 20 minute surrender on Karthus in a good game. My concern is that I'll devote myself to a champion, then watch him get crushed under nerfs and have my heart broken. Hence I need somebody who's secretly OP. Like, somehow Shen is still getting buffs even so I doubt he'll get nerfed soon. I just wish there were one of him for every role.


    Also, I saved this screenshot just for you OremLK.
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    Nice work! I would definitely suggest getting a LW when their frontline champs have that much armor, however :)

    I don't know that I agree Trist is secretly OP but she is at least balanced and is stronger than most people give her credit for. I think she is kind of like Morgana in that sense--she is probably in the top half of the champs of her type but is picked far less frequently than you'd think she would be as a solid or above average champ.

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  • ThaneThane Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    you know what i love? i love how they will never make a decent kennen skin.

    Alvin and the Chipmunkskins do no nut count

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  • ShankyShanky Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    so that was why she (Genever) was SCREAMING about thornmails while I was trying to sleep. This is your fault.

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  • MazloMazlo Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    zerg rush wrote: »
    I've gotten pretty happy with my current stable of picks, and want to start branching out more.
    Currently use - Shen (tank), Tristana (AD), Zilean (Support), Karthus (AP).


    I feel the same way. I'm still pretty low-level (14) and have only been playing for a few weeks but I think I've been doing fairly well with a few characters and winning games by choosing whatever champ will fill out the team. Trist if there's no carry, Amunu if there's no tank, Sivir if there's no support (but she's feeling weaker as games last longer...) I also had some fun bouncing folks into towers with Alistair too.

    I've got the 40 champs and need to branch out. I think I might get Garen too since he's cheaper (at least right now) and is getting buffed.

    I'm absolutely terrible at mages. I can't quite seem to control the battlefield / kill half the team the way others do when I play Annie or Ryze or whatever mage. I just get team focused/wtf-pwned. I'll have to watch some streams.

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  • Alfred J. KwakAlfred J. Kwak is it because you were insulted when I insulted your hair?Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Sivir gets stronger the longer the game goes on (ricochet carpet of doom, group steroid), unless she gets focused down immediately in which case she's no threat yeah

    she's an AD carry in my books though and not support

    man Sivir and Sion ult combo has to be quite nasty

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  • DemonStaceyDemonStacey TTODewback's Daughter In love with the TaySwayRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Looking for the Moba Doba thread. Is this it? I could not tell.

    Also, I need some Shaco tips. Not build wise, going AD. Just like... general non-jungle play tips. He requires a finesse that I'm having trouble with.

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  • florada34florada34 Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Sivir gets stronger the longer the game goes on (ricochet carpet of doom, group steroid), unless she gets focused down immediately in which case she's no threat yeah

    she's an AD carry in my books though and not support

    man Sivir and Sion ult combo has to be quite nasty

    Sivir's only real use now is side pushing with teleport. She is so much worse than every other ranged carry since they nerfed her q to the ground.

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  • RentRent I'm always right Fuckin' deal with itRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    her ult is fucking trash except for pushing turrets (where admittedly it's unparalleled)

    her q is fucking awful now and she has no range

    sivir just sorta sucks now except for pushing turrets, and it almost feels like caitlyn's better at that too since she's got escapes and her q does more damage to minions

    Rent on
  • florada34florada34 Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    No one does more damage to minions than sivir. Q + W bouncing off of towers is unparalleled.

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  • initiatefailureinitiatefailure Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    damn I'm lv 14 but I've been playing for months. I either don't play nearly as much or win nearly as much as you do.

    I'm in a similar boat. I'll have a few staple characters (High five on Amumu love) for each role but I try to spend most of my games trying everyone out.

    Kennen needed a dr skin to round out the three of them ninja pillars of justice but I feel like that skin isn't very good. Although I do like the shuriken made from scalpels

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  • RentRent I'm always right Fuckin' deal with itRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Mazlo wrote: »

    I feel the same way. I'm still pretty low-level (14) and have only been playing for a few weeks but I think I've been doing fairly well with a few characters and winning games by choosing whatever champ will fill out the team. Trist if there's no carry, Amunu if there's no tank, Sivir if there's no support (but she's feeling weaker as games last longer...) I also had some fun bouncing folks into towers with Alistair too.

    you shouldn't be laning amumu. he is p much the worst laner in the game

    also sivir isn't a support champ, and is also a late game champ (she's incredibly powerful at the endgame when she's farmed)

    also what sort of level 14 games are you playing when there's no carry? my times pre-20 were defined by "everyone choose a carry"

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  • florada34florada34 Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    I've been playing since week 15 and I'm like +34 win spread with like 270ish wins i think. -.-

    Amumu's great though, my first tank, however Shen is so much more useful and Alistar is much more fun and Rammus is OP out of the jungle.

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  • RentRent I'm always right Fuckin' deal with itRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    florada34 wrote: »
    No one does more damage to minions than sivir. Q + W bouncing off of towers is unparalleled.

    nope

    caitlyn's q does more damage to minions and has a lower damage reduction, and a damage reduction cap

    caitlyn has longer range and can attack faster, and her passive does more damage to minions

    the only advantage sivir has over caitlyn vis a vis turret pushing is her w and her ult, which imo doesn't negate caitlyn's escapes, her traps making her able to push safer, and her Q being better than sivir's in literally every way

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  • initiatefailureinitiatefailure Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Rent wrote: »
    also what sort of level 14 games are you playing when there's no carry? my times pre-20 were defined by "everyone choose a carry"

    I can say that my time at lv 14 has just entered the load into champ select and the 4 other people instalock a carry stage

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  • florada34florada34 Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Rent wrote: »
    florada34 wrote: »
    No one does more damage to minions than sivir. Q + W bouncing off of towers is unparalleled.

    nope

    caitlyn's q does more damage to minions and has a lower damage reduction, and a damage reduction cap

    caitlyn has longer range and can attack faster, and her passive does more damage to minions

    the only advantage sivir has over caitlyn vis a vis turret pushing is her w and her ult, which imo doesn't negate caitlyn's escapes, her traps making her able to push safer, and her Q being better than sivir's in literally every way

    I mean't q in addition to w. Caitlynn is a much better ranged carry, but that is because Sivir is now just a pusher/bder.

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  • florada34florada34 Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Rent wrote: »
    also what sort of level 14 games are you playing when there's no carry? my times pre-20 were defined by "everyone choose a carry"

    I can say that my time at lv 14 has just entered the load into champ select and the 4 other people instalock a carry stage

    It get's worse at 30 when you show someone like Ryze and immediately 2 people after you auto lock AP champions, there are no tanks and no junglers. You would think by now people would know how to build teams.

    Actually that's less annoying then showing smite Rammus and then a Tryndamere locks at the last second with smite and then asks when the game loads, "rammus jungle?" god help me

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  • OremLKOremLK Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    I would not say Sivir's ultimate is trash. It's a solid ability. Thing is it feels more like a regular ability than an ultimate. (It's quite comparable to Nunu's Bloodboil, for instance.) But that's not necessarily a bad thing, her other abilities ARE really good. The only thing I would maybe change is lowering the cooldown some. It feels like it should always be up when there is a fight, but have a long enough cooldown that you never get to use it twice in one battle. Somewhere around 45-60s would be fine.

    Sivir's niche is still late game AoE AD carry. She is not only useful for split pushing, her best use remains standing in a teamfight and bouncing blades through the whole enemy team, while being protected by babysitters like Janna, Zilean, Shen. The thing is, that only works in a relative handful of situations now because they re-nerfed her laning phase and it's much harder for her to get superfarmed.

    That's probably as it should be. She fills her niche pretty well now and is marginally balanced, instead of being borderline OP. I don't think there is a way to make her strong in the laning phase/strong without babysitters in teamfights, without her becoming overpowered again.

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  • TalithTalith 変態という名の紳士 Miami, FLRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Garen is going to be strait baller again. This is going to be great.

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  • RentRent I'm always right Fuckin' deal with itRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    they need to either un-nerf sivir's q or make her r better in some way (more move speed? prevents slow? something)

    as it stands she's just...so..bad

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  • florada34florada34 Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    It has to be an unnerf to q.

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  • RentRent I'm always right Fuckin' deal with itRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    OremLK wrote: »
    I would not say Sivir's ultimate is trash. It's a solid ability. Thing is it feels more like a regular ability than an ultimate. (It's quite comparable to Nunu's Bloodboil, for instance.) But that's not necessarily a bad thing, her other abilities ARE really good. The only thing I would maybe change is lowering the cooldown some. It feels like it should always be up when there is a fight, but have a long enough cooldown that you never get to use it twice in one battle. Somewhere around 45-60s would be fine.

    Sivir's niche is still late game AoE AD carry. She is not only useful for split pushing, her best use remains standing in a teamfight and bouncing blades through the whole enemy team, while being protected by babysitters like Janna, Zilean, Shen. The thing is, that only works in a relative handful of situations now because they re-nerfed her laning phase and it's much harder for her to get superfarmed.

    That's probably as it should be. She fills her niche pretty well now and is marginally balanced, instead of being borderline OP. I don't think there is a way to make her strong in the laning phase/strong without babysitters in teamfights, without her becoming overpowered again.

    her q is awful. period. too slow, too short of range, does no damage, and ends up hitting 0 after it passes through five things

    her w is...okay. it's compounded by her awful range that makes it incredibly hard to get good positioning in teamfights without dying

    her e is amazing. don't change.

    her r is, as you said, a really weak ult that almost feels like a normal ability. it needs to be buffed, especially since she has no range. maybe have it extend her autoattack range (i don't think her having a 500 range when ulting makes her OP, but it allows her to not have to be in the enemy team's fuckin face to do any damage)

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  • OremLKOremLK Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Rent wrote: »
    they need to either un-nerf sivir's q or make her r better in some way (more move speed? prevents slow? something)

    as it stands she's just...so..bad

    I disagree, she can still powerfarm in some lane matchups, and if her team can get her to late game, she can still carry the same way (demolishing whole teams with her AoE). If they un-nerf her Q then we're back to square one and she is OP again because nobody can stop her farming. If they buff her ultimate to make it so that she does more damage and/or needs babysitters less, she is too strong in teamfights.

    I think she could use some very slight tweaks (like I said lowering the cooldown by 25-50% on her ultimate would be good) but she's right at the borderline between UP and balanced right now. I don't think she's straight garbage or anything like Twitch became.

    Edit: Her W is fucking amazing and her Q is still one of the highest damage single target nukes in the game (even though it's a tricky skillshot, the numbers are good).

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  • RentRent I'm always right Fuckin' deal with itRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    i mean i love sivir don't get me wrong but i just feel like caitlyn is better in every way besides clutch pushing (which cait is still excellent at)

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  • RentRent I'm always right Fuckin' deal with itRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    the problem with her w is as always the fact that her autoattack range is shit

    if she didn't have shit autoattack range her w would be awesome. as it stands you have to be too close to the enemy team as a carry to take advantage of it. that is the problem here

    it was mitigated pre-nerf because her Q had such insane range she could harass safely, and she could kill the minions before they got close so her w was only hitting the enemy champs. she doesn't have that any more and it makes her kit awful.

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  • florada34florada34 Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    OremLK wrote: »
    Rent wrote: »
    they need to either un-nerf sivir's q or make her r better in some way (more move speed? prevents slow? something)

    as it stands she's just...so..bad

    I disagree, she can still powerfarm in some lane matchups, and if her team can get her to late game, she can still carry the same way (demolishing whole teams with her AoE). If they un-nerf her Q then we're back to square one and she is OP again because nobody can stop her farming. If they buff her ultimate to make it so that she does more damage and/or needs babysitters less, she is too strong in teamfights.

    I think she could use some very slight tweaks (like I said lowering the cooldown by 25-50% on her ultimate would be good) but she's right at the borderline between UP and balanced right now. I don't think she's straight garbage or anything like Twitch became.

    Edit: Her W is fucking amazing and her Q is still one of the highest damage single target nukes in the game (even though it's a tricky skillshot, the numbers are good).

    If you lowered the cd of her ulti that would only cement her to towers, like she should be doing anyway. Her Q is also awful, I have no idea where you are getting your opinion out of this.

    Also every single ranged carry is superior at being a ranged carry than Sivir is in every single way.

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  • OremLKOremLK Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Rent wrote: »
    i mean i love sivir don't get me wrong but i just feel like caitlyn is better in every way besides clutch pushing (which cait is still excellent at)

    The two aren't even comparable in my opinion. They play completely different roles in virtually every way possible while both still being AD carries.

    Caitlyn is an early to midgame champ. Sivir is a late game champ.

    Caitlyn focuses on abusing her long range and mobility; she is a very self-reliant carry. Sivir focuses on standing in the thick of things and letting loose while being babysat by supports.

    Caitlyn is utility and pokes. Sivir is balls to the wall damage.

    Apples and oranges, IMO.

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  • RentRent I'm always right Fuckin' deal with itRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    OremLK wrote: »
    her Q is still one of the highest damage single target nukes in the game (even though it's a tricky skillshot, the numbers are good).

    caitlyn's Q is better in every single way besides damage base. it scales better, has a floor of damage, is faster, is over twice as long a range, costs less mana, and is on a lower cooldown

    i mean the diff between rank 5 cait q and rank 5 sivir q is 50 damage. that's it

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  • PacificstarPacificstar Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Q nerf hurt a lot because her ability to do real early game damage is much lower.

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  • florada34florada34 Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    OremLK wrote: »
    Rent wrote: »
    i mean i love sivir don't get me wrong but i just feel like caitlyn is better in every way besides clutch pushing (which cait is still excellent at)

    The two aren't even comparable in my opinion. They play completely different roles in virtually every way possible while both still being AD carries.

    Caitlyn is an early to midgame champ. Sivir is a late game champ.

    Caitlyn focuses on abusing her long range and mobility; she is a very self-reliant carry. Sivir focuses on standing in the thick of things and letting loose while being babysat by supports.

    Caitlyn is utility and pokes. Sivir is balls to the wall damage.

    Apples and oranges, IMO.

    Saying Caitlyn is not a late game champ is like saying Ashe is not a late game champ.

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  • OremLKOremLK Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    florada34 wrote: »
    OremLK wrote: »
    Rent wrote: »
    they need to either un-nerf sivir's q or make her r better in some way (more move speed? prevents slow? something)

    as it stands she's just...so..bad

    I disagree, she can still powerfarm in some lane matchups, and if her team can get her to late game, she can still carry the same way (demolishing whole teams with her AoE). If they un-nerf her Q then we're back to square one and she is OP again because nobody can stop her farming. If they buff her ultimate to make it so that she does more damage and/or needs babysitters less, she is too strong in teamfights.

    I think she could use some very slight tweaks (like I said lowering the cooldown by 25-50% on her ultimate would be good) but she's right at the borderline between UP and balanced right now. I don't think she's straight garbage or anything like Twitch became.

    Edit: Her W is fucking amazing and her Q is still one of the highest damage single target nukes in the game (even though it's a tricky skillshot, the numbers are good).

    If you lowered the cd of her ulti that would only cement her to towers, like she should be doing anyway. Her Q is also awful, I have no idea where you are getting your opinion out of this.

    Her Q does 255+0.95*AD damage from one hit (20% reduced on subsequent targets). It can hit one target twice. Do the math, compare it to other non-ultimate nukes. The numbers are fine.
    Also every single ranged carry is superior at being a ranged carry than Sivir is in every single way.

    Twitch is definitely worse and I would argue Caitlyn is also still worse (although this patch may change that), but again, Sivir fills a very specific role and any direct comparisons are apples to oranges. On the scale of all champions I'd put her a little bit below average.

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  • RentRent I'm always right Fuckin' deal with itRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    OremLK wrote: »

    Caitlyn is utility and pokes. Sivir is balls to the wall damage.


    See but here's the thing, if we define these two roles as that there are so many ranged ad champs that do so much better, easier, safer damage than she does

    trist does a shitload of damage in addition to having not one but two flashes at her disposal, in addition to being the longest range champ in the game

    ashe can initiate teamfights in addition to being the best kiting champ in the game. her sustained damage when combined with her passive and w is unparalleled

    mf has one of the best ults in the game in addition to a kiting ability and range

    i could go on but you see my point, if we defome sovor as "balls to the wall damage" there are champs that are simply better than her at balls to the wall damage

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  • OremLKOremLK Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Rent wrote: »
    OremLK wrote: »
    her Q is still one of the highest damage single target nukes in the game (even though it's a tricky skillshot, the numbers are good).

    caitlyn's Q is better in every single way besides damage base. it scales better, has a floor of damage, is faster, is over twice as long a range, costs less mana, and is on a lower cooldown

    i mean the diff between rank 5 cait q and rank 5 sivir q is 50 damage. that's it

    Sivir's Q doesn't take a second to charge, and more importantly, can hit one target twice, which is HUGE in the laning phase.

    And I just have to laugh at the guy who thinks Caitlyn is comparable to Ashe in the late game. One of these two brings one of the strongest and the longest range CC abilities in the game... the other brings... traps. Which you can see sitting there and walk around.

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  • RentRent I'm always right Fuckin' deal with itRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    florada34 wrote: »
    Saying Caitlyn is not a late game champ is like saying Ashe is not a late game champ.

    ashe is not a late game champ. ashe is a mid game champ

    <- mained ashe from 1 to 20

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  • RentRent I'm always right Fuckin' deal with itRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    OremLK wrote: »
    Rent wrote: »
    OremLK wrote: »
    her Q is still one of the highest damage single target nukes in the game (even though it's a tricky skillshot, the numbers are good).

    caitlyn's Q is better in every single way besides damage base. it scales better, has a floor of damage, is faster, is over twice as long a range, costs less mana, and is on a lower cooldown

    i mean the diff between rank 5 cait q and rank 5 sivir q is 50 damage. that's it

    Sivir's Q doesn't take a second to charge, and more importantly, can hit one target twice, which is HUGE in the laning phase.
    unles you get hit at the tip of sivir's q, if you get hit twice by sivir's q you are a bad player. like, once okay i understand she probs threw it a foot away from you

    coming and going? you're bad at dodging skillshots

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  • PowerpuppiesPowerpuppies Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Caitlyn has no steroid to speak of and her 'w' is ass... the traps are easy to avoid and don't provide any sight if nobody walks over them. I guess her 'q' is nice for farming, but I tend to see lategame caitlyns who don't bring anything mroe to the table than 2 nukes and an escape. She's as squishy as a real carry but doesn't pack the same punch.

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  • florada34florada34 Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    It is apples to oranges only because you are comparing a pusher to a ranged carry. However it is not apples to oranges since you are trying to equate Sivir as a ranged carry which she isn't anymore.

    Also where is all this Caitlynn hate coming from? She is easily top 5 ranged carry with Ashe, Corki, Ezreal and Urgot.

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  • OremLKOremLK Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Rent wrote: »
    trist does a shitload of damage in addition to having not one but two flashes at her disposal, in addition to being the longest range champ in the game

    Trist's damage is single-target and she WILL do a lot less damage if she stands there auto-attacking in a teamfight than an equally farmed Sivir. Trist's role is pretty hybridized; she splits the difference between late game damage and kiting/mobility.
    ashe can initiate teamfights in addition to being the best kiting champ in the game.

    She's not the best kiting champ in the game, it depends entirely on the enemy team comp. She's extremely vulnerable to champs with innate blinks or who are immune to slows (Olaf, Yi). Ashe isn't even the best kiting carry, and once you get into Kassadin, Nidalee... it's not even close.
    her sustained damage when combined with her passive and w is unparalleled

    If you're talking about Ashe this is nonsense, her damage is much lower than other carries. She makes up for it with the best utility of any carry in the game (amazing CC ultimate, built-in Clairvoyance, AoE poke and AoE slows).
    mf has one of the best ults in the game in addition to a kiting ability and range

    MF's ultimate is amazing in midgame teamfights. It tapers off SIGNIFICANTLY late game. She's kind of like an early to midgame focused version of Sivir. She fits better on an AoE team which wants to win before the game goes late, whereas Sivir is best on an AoE team which wants to scale into the late game.

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  • VaregaVarega Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    florada34 wrote: »
    It is apples to oranges only because you are comparing a pusher to a ranged carry. However it is not apples to oranges since you are trying to equate Sivir as a ranged carry which she isn't anymore.

    Also where is all this Caitlynn hate coming from? She is easily top 5 ranged carry with Ashe, Corki, Ezreal and Urgot.

    She has no steriod, her escape is very weak, her traps are easily avoidable, and her ult needs a buff. Her base stats are a little lacking (though this patch should help). She needs work.

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  • Super NamicchiSuper Namicchi Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    yeah i dunno that i'd put cait over MF in terms of ranged carry

    despite her ult tapering off lategame, double up, impure shots and make it rain are all pretty damn good

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