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[League of Legends] Leona delayed, Champion Spotlight videos still dumb
Eddy
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League of Legends
Think of it as an RTS where you only control the heroic commander. You have your pick of the beefy, the sneaky, the kind that sets up turrets and hangs back. Your aim is to destroy the enemy's HQ and intervening towers. The AI sends out waves of minions to act as cannon fodder and will give you delicious gold when killed, which is used to buy items and customise your champion in all manner of ways.
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leagueoflegends.com, the game database provided by Riot (who make the game).
leaguecraft.com, there are a lot of fan sites out there with general information and builds. This is just one; and, it is slow and full of ads. Regardless of where you look for builds keep in mind, most of them make assumptions that are not clearly conveyed and there are a lot that are just plain bad. Tread lightly.
KillerCodeMonkey's wiki, add your brilliant shit to it.
Game mechanic shit, stuff like how attacks and magic and things work.
Rune break-dancing, good info about what runes you should buy.
leaguecraft.com, there are a lot of fan sites out there with general information and builds. This is just one; and, it is slow and full of ads. Regardless of where you look for builds keep in mind, most of them make assumptions that are not clearly conveyed and there are a lot that are just plain bad. Tread lightly.
KillerCodeMonkey's wiki, add your brilliant shit to it.
Game mechanic shit, stuff like how attacks and magic and things work.
Rune break-dancing, good info about what runes you should buy.
Here is a list of live streams. They are quite nice for picking up tricks and build orders. My personal favourite is Guardsman Bob.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND REAL CASH DOLLA MONIES FOR CHAMPIONS
Drop $20 for the Retail Box (Amazon, Best Buy, GameSpot, Newegg, Target, and Wal-Mart typically have this) It gives you $10 in Riot Points, take those, then buy $10 in Riot Points and $5 in Riot Points. Spend all of them on the second champ pack.
That's $35 for 40 champs permanently unlocked; none of the post-40 have ever been in a bundle AFAIK.
Q: How can I get champions and save money?
A: You won't have to spend a cent if you simply play games and earn enough IP to buy them all. If, however, you wish to hasten the process you may buy champions with real money. The most cost effective way to buy champions is by purchasing the two bundles on offer.
For $45 you can buy 6380 Riot Points, which are used to buy champions and skins. 3900 of those points gets you the Digital Collector's Pack, which contains 20 champions and includes 1380 Riot Points (huh?). If you were to buy the champions individually it would cost 37800 IP or 9620 RP. The Digital Collector's pack can also be bought in stores or online as a boxed copy, which may save you a significant amount of money.
3410 Riot Points gets you the champions bundle. This contains some more expensive champions. Bought individually they would cost 60750 IP or 14350 RP (ish).
This leaves you with 450 RP, enough to buy yourself a single skin!
Here is a list of all the champions available. Not for the weak of bandwidth.
Valiantine has a lovely spreadsheet that you can add your summoner name to. It is horrifyingly large.
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Ap5qFqD3oLKndHNfOGJ1VFNZVVZ6c1NtZVktdXpsTVE&hl=en&authkey=CJPuh4wG#gid=0
OP stolen from Bagel
"and the morning stars I have seen
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
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and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
So even if the champion sucks and I hate him, I'm going to have to own that skin and force myself to play him?
Well played, Riot.
Well played.
I'm not sure what happened
I haven't played in a while, renekton was the latest champ. So could you maybe, try, to put it into words? What's up with alistar?
also, morgana is the new meta for hotness. her splash art is, anyways.
small number tweaks. the biggest difference is that people actually play him. passive is also now sunfire cape for 3 sec after ability use.
Also, his pulverise is one of the strongest crowd controls and has something of an 8 second cooldown with 30% cdr.
This man speaks truth. And if they do mess with Gangplanks new passive I hope they just reduce the numbers a bit but leave it mostly intact. It really does have synergy with his kit really well.
Have you had a chance to mess with Udyr post-patch?
He's in every game, he has way too much CC and damage for how tanky he is naturally, and he needs to get nerfed and hasn't been.
That about sum it up?
Took mid against Yorick, shit all over him, got Nashor's, Beserker's and Rageblade at 25
I guess that curse removal really helped 8-)
Edit, i meant to say his comeback should be kayle
that guy was silly
edit: both skins are 975 I think. there's a bundle with the undertaker skin and the double bundle iirc
I said calmly I'm still trying to figure this guy out and the fact that our lane got shit on early and often meant crappy farm. sorry me and panth can't farm against ranged harass and no lane switch.
The enemy yorick took an ap tome first item though so I feel i have moral superiority over him at least.
I had manamune, swift boots and atma's at the end of that one.
I have been going manamune, merc, frozen heart.
EDIT: still can't figure out how to build him though. frozen heart seems key. manamune is nice but may not be a priority. tear early is the only reason I build the manamune.
then tanky shit
Glass cannon AD. Lots of crit and AD. Lots of AD.
Twitch is one of the weakest champs in the game though so be warned.
He seems too squishy for an in-your-face bruiser. I tried building him tanky/lifesteal, but that failed pretty hard as you can see. Will need a few more games to see if he's just not my champion.
That said, I've been on a gross losing streak lately:
So it's difficult to judge something new when I'm performing so poorly lately.
These patch notes? http://www.leagueoflegends.com/news/league-legends-v100120
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League of Legends v1.0.0.120
Yorick, the Gravedigger
Omen of War: Yorick’s next attack will deal bonus physical damage and summon a Spectral Ghoul that deals additional damage and moves faster than Yorick’s other ghouls. While the Spectral Ghoul is alive, Yorick moves faster as well.
Omen of Pestilence: Yorick summons a Decaying Ghoul that arrives with a violent explosion, dealing damage and slowing nearby enemies. While the Decaying Ghoul remains alive, nearby enemies continue to be slowed.
Omen of Famine: Yorick steals life from his target and summons a Ravenous Ghoul that heals Yorick for the damage it deals.
Omen of Death (Ultimate): Yorick conjures a revenant in the image of one of his allies. If his ally dies while its revenant is alive, the revenant sacrifices itself to reanimate them and give them time to enact vengeance.
Unholy Covenant (Passive): Yorick’s attacks deal more damage for each summon that is active. Meanwhile, Yorick’s ghouls deal some percent of Yorick’s Attack Damage and have some percent of his total health.
Annie
Fixed a bug where Molten Shield wouldn't trigger if the damage was shielded
Blitzcrank
When Blitzcrank grabs a champion with Rocket Grab, he will now attempt to attack them as well
Cho'Gath
Feast will now correctly show a particle on an enemy target when they can be killed by it
Evelynn
Hate Spike missile speed increased
Shadow Walk now applies a 3 second 30/35/40/45/50% slow instead of a stun
Malice and Spite
Passive heal reduced to 150/225/300 from 350/500/650
Attack speed bonus reduced to 25/50/75% from 50/75/100%
Fiddlesticks
Drain
Range increased to 475 to 450
Heal is no longer reduced if the damage is shielded
Dark Wind damage increased to 65/90/115/140/165 from 65/85/105/125/145
Crowstorm
Ability power ratio increased to .45 from .4
Channel duration reduced to 1.5 seconds from 2
Galio
Idol of Durand will now correctly increase its damage when the damage taken is shielded
Gangplank
Grog-Soaked Blade
No longer reduces healing and regeneration, but now slows movement speed by 7%
Now stacks up to 5 times, but duration reduced to 3 seconds from 10
Damage changed to 4-21 from 5-19
Parrrley
Fixed a bug where Parrrley could sometimes restore gold to other players
Now applies Grog-Soaked Blade
Raise Morale duration increased to 7 from 6
Cannon Barrage damage increased to 75/120/165 from 65/110/155
Garen
Recuperate
Fixed a bug where Recuperate could sometimes activate immediately after taking damage
Now marks Garen as being in combat even if the damage is shielded
Now shows the particle on Garen even if at 100% health
Heimerdinger
Fixed a bug where his turrets would not assist him if damage from an enemy champion was shielded
H-28G Evolution Turret mana cost reduced to 70/80/90/100/110 from 120/125/130/135/140
Irelia
Transcendent Blades
Now heals Irelia based on the actual damage dealt (instead of a % of the raw damage dealt), but the heal is not reduced if the damage is shielded
Heal versus Champions increased to 25% from 20%
Janna
Tailwind now deactivates while dead
Jarvan IV
Demacian Standard
Armor reduced to 10/13/16/19/22 from 10/14/18/22/26
Attack speed reduced to 10/13/16/19/22% from 10/14/18/22/26%
Martial Cadence damage reduced to 8% from 10%
Jax
Leap Strike attack damage ratio reduced to 0.7 from 1
LeBlanc
Fixed a bug where Leblanc's clone would be permanently disabled if disabled when it spawns
Kassadin
Nether Blade
Passive mana restore increased at earlier ranks to 8/11/14/17/20 from 4/8/12/16/20
Active changed to 20/30/40/50/60 (+0.15 ability power) bonus magic damage dealt on hit instead of 7/15/25/38/50 armor penetration
Malzahar
Null Zone
Damage reduced to 4/5/6/7/8% from 5/6/7/8/9%
Ability power ratio reduced to 1% per 100 ability power from 1% per 80 ability power
Cooldown reduced to 14 seconds from 16
Nether Grasp's ability power ratio reduced to 1.3 from 1.5
Miss Fortune
Damage that is absorbed by a shield now properly removes Strut
Mordekaiser
Iron Man's shield generation is no longer reduced if the damage done is shielded
Fixed a bug where Children of the Grave could steal enemy passive abilities permanently
Morgana
Black Shield magic damage absorbed adjusted to 95/160/225/290/355 from 100/150/200/250/300
Nidalee
Javelin Toss and Bushwhack will no longer target the wrong location when cast immediately after transforming back to human form
Nunu
Consume damage reduced at earlier ranks to 400/525/650/775/900 from 500/600/700/800/900
Ice Blast slow reduced at earlier ranks to 20/30/40/50/60% from 40/45/50/55/60%
Orianna
Clockwork Windup
Fixed a display error on the tooltip.
Fixed a bug which was causing Clockwork Windup to add less damage than intended
Fixed a bug with Command: Protect that was causing the shield particle to not display
Fixed several interactions with clones or unusual movement types
Poppy
When Poppy Heroic charges a champion, she will now attempt to attack the target immediately afterward
Rammus
Fixed a bug where Defensive Ball Curl had an ability power ratio
Renekton
Cull the Meek's heal is no longer reduced if the damage is shielded
Fixed a bug where damage absorbed by a shield wouldn't mark Renekton as in combat
Rumble
The Equalizer
Burning damage reduced to 100/140/180 from 120/160/200
Burning damage ability power ratio reduced to .2 from .25
Cooldown increased to 105/90/75 from 90/75/60
Shaco
Hallucinate clone now correctly benefits from critical strikes
Fixed the dance animation to loop properly
Sion
Cannibalism is no longer reduced if the damage is shielded
Sona
Fixed a bug where shields and Ignite could sometimes cause her spell sounds to get cut off early
Swain
Ravenous Flock now heals Swain for 50% of the actual damage he deals (instead of 50% of the raw damage he deals), but the heal is not reduced if the damage is shielded
Teemo
Move Quick is now removed even if the damage is shielded
Tristana
Fixed a bug where Rocket Jump's cooldown reset could fail if Tristana's damage output was fully absorbed by a shield
Tryndamere
Fixed a bug where Undying Rage improperly showed "Endless Rage!" to represent damage being prevented
Twisted Fate
Blue Card mana restore is no longer reduced if the damage is shielded
Loaded Dice now deactivates while Twisted Fate is dead
Fixed a bug with Gate where activating Zhonya's Hourglass during the channel time would not interrupt it
Udyr
Mana cost of shifting decreased to 55/50/45/40/35 from 75/65/55/45/35
Turtle Stance now heals Udyr based upon the actual damage dealt (instead of the raw damage dealt), but the heal is not reduced if the damage is shielded
Phoenix stance's activation damage increased to 15/25/35/45/55 from 10/18/26/34/42
Urgot
Fixed a bug with Terror Capacitor where when attacking a champion, it was slowing for less than the tooltip stated
Fixed a bug with Terror Capacitor where when using Acid Hunter with Terror Capacitor, it was slowing based upon Acid Hunter's rank rather than Terror Capacitor (but for the correct 20/25/30/35/40%)
Vayne
Silver-Tipped Bolts will no longer interact with spell shields
Tumble bonus damage reduced to 40/45/50/55/60% from 55/60/65/70/75%
Final Hour
Movement speed bonus now triples instead of quadruples
Attack damage reduced to 25/40/55 from 35/55/75
Condemn damage reduced to 45/80/115/150/185 from 50/90/130/170/210
Vladimir
Transfusion
Cooldown adjusted to 12/10/8/6/4 from 12/10/8/6/3
Damage adjusted to 90/125/160/195/230 from 70/115/160/205/250
Warwick
Hungering Strike's heal is no longer reduced if the damage is shielded
Xin'Zhao
Crescent Sweep
Percent health damage reduced to 15% from 20%
Bonus armor and magic resist per champion hit reduced to 5/8/11 from 7/10/13
Items
Boots of Mobility will now mark you in combat for receiving/dealing any damage, even if it is shielded
Fixed a bug where Spirit Visage was granting too much bonus regeneration
Philosopher's Stone health regen per 5 reduced to 18 from 22.5 and mana regen per 5 reduced to 8 from 10
Eleisa's Miracle cost increased to 500 from 400
Quicksilver Sash cooldown decreased to 90 from 105
Hextech Revolver spell vamp reduced to 15% from 20%
The gold per 10 component of Philosopher's Stone, Heart of Gold, Kage's Lucky Pick, and Avarice Blade is now unique to itself
General
Fixed a bug where minions were playing their particles multiple times when attacking
Updated tooltips for many Champions
Lifesteal and spell vamp are no longer reduced if the damage done is shielded
Healing reductions now reduce lifesteal and spell vamp
Spirit Visage now increases your lifesteal and spell vamp
Maximum gold for killing a player on a long kill streak reduced to 500 gold from 1000
Minimum gold for killing a player on a long death streak reduced to 15 gold from 90 gold
Gold rewards for kills where the target is on a 3 kill or 3 death streak or less should give comparable amounts or even more gold than before
Experience granted for kills is now determined by the dying champion's level. Killing champions higher level than you will now grant more experience while killing champions lower level than you will now grant less experience. Killing equal level champions is unaffected
Wards and spawned minions that don't attack are no longer targetable/manipulated by spells (except Summoner Teleport). This means, for example, that wards will no longer be able to block Rammus' Powerball, Mushrooms will not block skillshots, and Jax is no longer able to Leapstrike onto a ward
I used to play him a ton. He relies entirely on popping up where he isn't expected and blowing up a person or two before flashing away. But between his nerfs and the rise of tanky dps he can't perform anymore.
Man he was great when squishy was in though, but dudes like Jarvan just destroy him.
Shaco only because you can ult yourself... thus making a clone.
But Mord is clearly the father.
How are people feeling about him?
Edit: I see I was beated. Hmm, not sure if I should buy then.
Just patched and gonna give him a few random build games.
But the consensus is tank-ish and dps or just go for damage?
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edit: hes too squishy if you don't build tank, but I think he has some problems for other reasons