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[League of Legends] is having a pool party, and Lucian's invited!

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  • TommattTommatt Registered User regular
    Looking at the patch notes I"m kinda confused about the zac change. They're trying to make it easier for the enemy's to step on the blobs, whlie making them harder for zac to pick up. But unless I'm reading the notes wrong, where before the blobs could land 100 units away, where now if Im reading it right they now will land closer to zac, although he has a smaller range to pick them up. It almost sounds like they'll be more likely to land right next to you.

  • SpectrumSpectrum Archer of Inferno Chaldea Rec RoomRegistered User regular
    10 games to get to Gold I

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    45 games to get back to Gold I

    Moral of the story?

    Fuck Udyr, especially fuck jungle Tiger Udyr, that shit is retarded and doesn't work. Only champ I have a reasonable number of games with and negative W/L

    Shouldn't have needed the rubber match, but on my second game in promo, team insists on positioning poorly and wandering around the map solo against fed Kassadin. Starting 5/0 Nunu can't stop that, even when I buy multiple Oracle's because my support isn't.

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  • RiusRius Globex CEO Nobody ever says ItalyRegistered User regular
    No worse feeling in LoL than watching a trainwreck game while playing it. 12-3 at 20 minutes, headed for a 30 minute win, turns into a 59 minute loss after we get aced + enemy takes 1st of 3 barons > my team runs away from pretty much every engage. Enemy carries farm 75% of the map and go from 2 items to 6 =/

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  • CoinageCoinage Heaviside LayerRegistered User regular
    Throwing a long game is so frustrating I usually just have to take a break for a little while.
    Tommatt wrote: »
    Looking at the patch notes I"m kinda confused about the zac change. They're trying to make it easier for the enemy's to step on the blobs, whlie making them harder for zac to pick up. But unless I'm reading the notes wrong, where before the blobs could land 100 units away, where now if Im reading it right they now will land closer to zac, although he has a smaller range to pick them up. It almost sounds like they'll be more likely to land right next to you.
    From Meddler "Can understand your concern, because of the way distance between Zac and his blobs is calculated though this isn't as big a hit as it appears on paper. Previously Zac would pick up a blob if the distance between his edge and the blob's edge was 100 units or less, now he'll pick up a blob if that distance is 25 units or less. The amount of space the blob itself occupies is unchanged however. As a result you need to get noticeably closer to the blobs but you certainly don't have to run over their exact center or anything extreme like that."

  • TommattTommatt Registered User regular
    Ok I fail at the internets. And the guy that had uploaded game one and 2 of the OGN on youtube, has yet to do farther, and has had one video removed it seems. Can someoby spoil the result for me? Although I think I saw the way it was heading.

  • PacificstarPacificstar Registered User regular
    edited August 2013
    So I promo'd into Silver 4! I didn't skip a division after all, but I am still getting +30 per win and now I'm +60 into the league. Both of my wins have been in the bottom lane, once as MF and the 2nd time as support Janna. Both times I exploited opposing support going 20+ points into the utility tree. The supports were so squishy we just fed off them. The Janna game was especially fun because I picked her to counterpick a Kennen with much success. Our jungler was Cho and I stacked my knockups, so his stomp and then before enemy trist lands my tornado hits to knock her back up. Was HILARIOUS.

    Also, I continue to believe best way to support is by killing shit: @Junlea cause I was all "What would Jun do?"

    Edit: I know 16-15 isn't anything special, but I ended placements at 3-7... It's 100% possible to climb dudes

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  • eeSanGeeSanG I slice like a goddamn hammer. Registered User regular
    edited August 2013
    eeSanG wrote: »
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    Viktor Support Attempt #3. 100% win rate so far!

    Uploaded a replay of Support Viktor:
    http://www.leaguereplays.com/replays/match/3415519/

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  • RiusRius Globex CEO Nobody ever says ItalyRegistered User regular
    Coinage wrote: »
    Throwing a long game is so frustrating I usually just have to take a break for a little while.

    I did something I almost never do; I threw good money after bad. Queued into another game, played Jungle Naut, went 0/0/6 in 20:15 and the enemy team surrendered after we aced them under middle bot tower.

    Total LP adjustment for the evening; +1! =)

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  • TcheldorTcheldor Registered User regular
    Ugh. Tonight I have had the worst teams I have seen in a long time. And not like just bad players, there were plenty of those, but just horrible people. Bitching constantly, being assholes, it was so terrible. Down to 0 LP and I'll get demoted I'm sure if I lose again. It's so frustrating.

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  • SpectrumSpectrum Archer of Inferno Chaldea Rec RoomRegistered User regular
    edited August 2013
    Tcheldor wrote: »
    Ugh. Tonight I have had the worst teams I have seen in a long time. And not like just bad players, there were plenty of those, but just horrible people. Bitching constantly, being assholes, it was so terrible. Down to 0 LP and I'll get demoted I'm sure if I lose again. It's so frustrating.
    The Kha'zix in the game I posted above first blooded Lee, then got dumped on in lane, it was kind of amazing. Started being toxic, MF complained a bit that it was during her promo, Kha'zix started threatening to straight feed. Had to try really hard to get everyone positive again.

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  • The EnderThe Ender Registered User regular
    edited August 2013
    Looked over patch notes.


    Triforce Icy being changed to MS buff is :/
    Following the nerfs to Blade of the Ruined King, we wanted to create more tools to help bruisers stick to their targets. Ultimately we focused on in-skirmish mobility as a valuable and healthy stat for all champions.

    I strongly disagree that a mediocre MS buff allows a bruiser to stick to a target better than the icy proc. All they have to do is hit you with a slow and the buff is gone (and so is your Phantom Dancer equipped target, in all likelyhood).

    Feels like it's going to be a significant nerf to Triforce.

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  • JAEFJAEF Unstoppably Bald Registered User regular
    Because Triforce was such a power house anyway..

    The RNG on Phage was pretty bullshit anyway.

    Procs twice in a row on two consecutive Parrrleys! Doesn't proc after 5 melee attacks in a prolonged fight!

    That's why they removed dodge. Crit is still there, but eh.

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  • The EnderThe Ender Registered User regular
    I agree the RNG was BS, but I was hoping for just a whole hog Icy proc. Like you said, Triforce isn't exactly in a great place right now.

    The reasoning they gave for the change is just nonsense. Old Triforce, random as it is, still does a better job of sticking to a target. Icy proc on Caitlyn before she nets (unless she nets through a wall)? She's dead. MS proc? She gets away, handily. Icy proc on Miss Fortune before she Makes It Rain? She's dead. MS proc? She gets away unless you have a dash off cooldown and either her flash is down or you can follow her flash with yours.

    If it's just a nerf, fine, whatever I guess - but they shouldn't pretend it's a buff.

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  • TommattTommatt Registered User regular
    edited August 2013
    So I'm about to play Maoki in an ARAM. Which got me thinking about the SV on him. Its a buff to him as well as he'd like to build it. Has anybody tried it much lately?

    Maoki pretty beast in ARAM building tanky ap. I got so many kills early thanks to my passive/chalice+ruby crystal start. went tanky AP with ROA/Lyandries SV/FF/ Mag pen boots/ holy grail (not in that order)

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  • Kevin CristKevin Crist I make the devil hit his knees and say the 'our father'Registered User regular
    JAEF wrote: »
    That's why they removed dodge. Crit is still there, but eh.

    You'll pry crit out of my cold dead hands.

    Of which my right one is a lot stronger then my left one.

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  • The EnderThe Ender Registered User regular
    At least you can build for guaranteed crits now, so it's not quite as random.

    It's still BS when Parrrley or Tryn crits you multiple times post-6.

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  • JookieJookie Registered User regular
    I'm amazing. How amazing am I?
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    So amazing that two people on the enemy team gave me teamwork honors. Don't come at me with any of your logic and what probably happened shenanigans let me make believe.

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  • TommattTommatt Registered User regular
    edited August 2013
    I just played zac top lane for the first time, as somebody else took jungle and nobody called. Wow. Maybe (oddone? Bigfat? one of the big junglers) is right. They don't like his as jungle case he's an amazing top. Now they had a fucked up team comp, but that was like singed, but without the worry for mana, and a way better passive.

    I'm going to stick to jungle, but I might try to get jungle top after that before automatically defaulting to support most times.

    edit also no clue how much lp i got, but back up to bronze one. I think I'll hit silve this time, and think I could make it through to gold as long as I keep playing smart. (IE like earlier. Really shitty mood began right as I fired up the client. some shit external happened. So I played 3 or 4 arams, got lucky and got fun champs, and calmed down) Thats a big thing for me. Don't play ranked when 1)in a shitty mood 2) really drunk

    Big elo swings. Well, that and jungle has helped. As tip # 1 is buy wards, and as I usually jungle zac and take nice lane tax, I can buy wards for the map. Wards OP.

    edit, also, I didn't have a page prepared for runes on top zac I liked. So I think I took Mpen red, HP level Yellow, AP lvl blue, and 1 or 2 HP quint with 1 or 2 AP quint. (its an AP and HP page I made for vlad lol) and went 9/21/0. I got first blood and got an early haunting guise, and I must say, having some AP behind Zac was quite fun.

    Edit
    WTF ranked disabled. 2 patches in the same week. And both on nights I had/have time to play. I just missed que time by a minute or so too cause I saw no warning. That sucks :( edit 2, all because I wanted to have a smoke and relax before being up for my promo.

    lol maoki again on araom

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  • chocoboliciouschocobolicious Registered User regular
    ARAM makes me wonder sometimes. Without fail, I'll be on the team with a skarner/udyr/Nasus/Morgana/Kha'zix or something. The other team will pretty much always have Ashe and Lux. Then just insert random Veigar/Zyra/Nami/Sona/Soraka/Kayle/Yi/Heimer/Nidalee combinations in afterwards.

    Five games straight I've been stuck as a melee ranged person against god-tier poke teams. It just makes me sad.

    Also Leona is still amazing and I really want that pool skin for her and Renekton.

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  • TommattTommatt Registered User regular
    edited August 2013
    For everyone that plays top lane, something I just saw in the qualifiers in LCS that I do, and maybe you do, but I've never really thought about the importance. I'll often ward blue if say I'm purple top. And at respwan tim around 7 minutes, I'll often try to take it if I know where the jungler is, or just be a pain in the ass if I have lane control like I hope to and often do. Even if you don't take it, if you can force the jungle to smite and not give it to your mid, thats often a huge gain for your mid lane. One of those things you can do to carry and help other lanes. I've often done this, but just cause I could, not really thinking about what it did until the announcers mentioned it.

    edit also watching this game, I think I should maybe consider ignite more as a support. Especially when I get thresh, as I'm in brozne, and it's probably more useful early than exhaust. Not sure

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  • TommattTommatt Registered User regular
    edited August 2013
    Ya i"m going to bump this up. all you lulu fans? go to twitch. Ad lulu mid coming up in the world qualifier wild card thingy tourny (should be lulu mid even if its ap. )

    I was going to bed, but no, i'm watching this

    edit, ugh, trynd, why, why trynd, whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy. thats solo q bronze shit. Thats gonna hurt lulu

    edit 2, they're playing this so bad :(

    edit 3 ok, sit that close spamming /l you deserve to die. This game is going so bad. I feel bad for them. Think I'll go to bed

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  • FrozenzenFrozenzen Registered User regular
    edited August 2013
    Oh, gonna be nice to see mid lulu played in a semi pro game.

    And it really is hilariously onesided. This shows rather clearly why you don't pick trynd in a serious game :P. They are misplaying it badly, but he is so easy to shut down early.

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  • TommattTommatt Registered User regular
    edited August 2013
    Frozenzen wrote: »
    Oh, gonna be nice to see mid lulu played in a semi pro game.

    And it really is hilariously onesided. This shows rather clearly why you don't pick trynd in a serious game :P. They are misplaying it badly, but he is so easy to shut down early.

    You'd think it'd be a case of not picking Ad lulu. but, besides that stupid /l by tower, lulu has been fine, and the only person good on the team. Trynd has single handely lost this game. Like, i have no clue WTF he has been thinking since 1:21 lol.

    Edit I'm bronze 2 and he's seriously done a lot of stuff I find questionable. That first face check.....

    Edit 2 I'm not trying to say better than him, cause obviously I'm not. But nerves, or whatever, he made some really dumb plays that cost host team the game, starting at 1:20. I assume they lost, I am now in bed watching futurama to fall asleep :)

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  • FrozenzenFrozenzen Registered User regular
    Yeah, the lulu play has been pretty damn nice actually. Starting out vs a first blood orianna is really hard, and he is making it work decently.

    Although their cait/zyra are the ones who are making it possible :P.

  • BurnageBurnage Registered User regular
    My super early impression of Lucian on live is that he's a bit like if Graves and Miss Fortune hooked up and had a really mediocre baby

  • Albino BunnyAlbino Bunny Jackie Registered User regular
    Can we start a thing to get a valentines Lucian called lovesick Woo-cian?


  • RiusRius Globex CEO Nobody ever says ItalyRegistered User regular
    @Roz so, have you played much Nautilus? What are the operational differences between Naut and Sej, in your opinion? I love the Big Daddy but I could always use some variety in my tanky initiator jungler lineup.

  • TalithTalith 変態という名の紳士 Miami, FLRegistered User regular
    Just like they drew Pool Party Leona in front of a live audience, this time they are drawing Dunkmaster Darius.

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  • skyknytskyknyt Registered User, ClubPA regular
    Okay, so how do I make it so that every time I launch LoL I go into the PA chat? it used to do this for me, but it doesn't anymore.

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  • TalithTalith 変態という名の紳士 Miami, FLRegistered User regular
    In the chat room there should be an option you can set that automatically opens the room when you log in. It is the same spot where you can enable time stamps.

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  • VaregaVarega Registered User regular
    Lucian is live.

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  • Albino BunnyAlbino Bunny Jackie Registered User regular
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgFD2ZNpfN8

    Apparently Riot collaborated with the Crystal Method, that group I only know for doing the re-mix in Shootmania's trailer, for Lucian's theme music. It's pretty fantastic stuff but kinda just highlights how under used music is in League when they've got so much talent going into each intro song to only ever be used as a log-in screen.

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  • MiniwolfMiniwolf Probably somewhere sniffing somethingRegistered User regular
    edited August 2013
    BIg thanks to 2sang, Varega, Cass and Fancy Lad for the game last night.


    Cass has shown me the light of toplane Shyvana. She went up against knifekitty and was a total boss the entire time. 2sang does not miss blitzcrank pulls O_O. Also don't fight sej in small enclosed spaces even if your team is ahead.

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  • TalithTalith 変態という名の紳士 Miami, FLRegistered User regular
    One of these days they will let us select our log in client intro. It's kind of silly to make all that content that lasts for a few weeks at best.

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  • Albino BunnyAlbino Bunny Jackie Registered User regular
    Still waiting for them to implement Killing Spree re-mixes ala Awesomenauts.

    Or play the track on Champion select.

    Or do anything with this great little collection of music they have.

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  • PenumbraPenumbra Registered User regular
    Varega wrote: »
    Lucian is live.

    I need to learn to ADC. Maybe I should start with their newest champion!

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  • Albino BunnyAlbino Bunny Jackie Registered User regular
    Penumbra wrote: »
    Varega wrote: »
    Lucian is live.

    I need to learn to ADC. Maybe I should start with their newest champion!

    Looking forwards to supporting the next few weeks.

    Gonna be a wild ride.

  • BurnageBurnage Registered User regular
    Still waiting for them to implement Killing Spree re-mixes ala Awesomenauts.

    Or play the track on Champion select.

    Or do anything with this great little collection of music they have.

    I gave Awesomenauts a spin a while back, and while I didn't enjoy it that much I loved just how different the game felt when you were playing as each character. Turns out that mixing up the music a bit can change the feeling of a game pretty substantially!

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  • Albino BunnyAlbino Bunny Jackie Registered User regular
    edited August 2013
    More importantly guys.

    Draven killing sprees.

    DRAAVEN DRAAVEN DRAAVEN, just building up half way through a teamfight on the first kill, then as the last enemy dies it kicks into full volume.

    Like seriously Riot. Do eet.

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  • FrozenzenFrozenzen Registered User regular
    It would be glorious.

    In general they really should get some new, more crazy announcers.

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