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[League of Legends] The season of Swain has arrived!

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  • SpectrumSpectrum Archer of Inferno Chaldea Rec RoomRegistered User regular
    Fuck is that really Guan Yu trynd? Fuck fuck fuck I don't want to buy you I literally never play Trynd...

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    Varega
  • LoserForHireXLoserForHireX Philosopher King The AcademyRegistered User regular
    Sampsen wrote: »
    spool32 wrote: »
    Jungler is part of team. Sometimes team decides dragon + tower > maybe Darius gets 1 kill.

    Getting camped top sucks. Recent top game put me against a jungler / top duo queue where the enemy jungler literally never ganked any other lane. Basically a 1v2 lane except one of the 2 was a Lee Sin who started with red buff. Won the game, still frustrating as fuck. Best to acknowledge suffering benefits team. "Sorry Darius, we got a dragon and tower out of you dying, do what you can and I'll help when I'm able." Real risk is top laner raging or team raging at top laner and throwing away a possible victory.

    I played a game recently where
    BEST TEAM LEADER NA

    "spool32"

    YOU ARE SO TERRIBLE

    Loser bans out my top three champions then makes me ADC failjinx just so Ludious can use my tears to fuel a Yasuo gift to him.

    This team is evil.

    Why do you play with them?

    Hey!

    Also it was a normal, so whatever.

    I mean, if it actually hurt Spool's feelings I wouldn't do it. It's all in good fun.

    "The only way to get rid of a temptation is to give into it." - Oscar Wilde
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  • ZomroZomro Registered User regular
    Talith wrote: »
    So. Just in case it is bedtime for someone out there.
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    Whoever made that is history's greatest monster.

  • PrjctD_CaptainPrjctD_Captain iFizzRegistered User regular
    Spectrum wrote: »
    Fuck is that really Guan Yu trynd? Fuck fuck fuck I don't want to buy you I literally never play Trynd...

    See, when you put it like that, people want the skin. Guan Yu's beard still remains a thing to behold.

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  • RaslinRaslin Registered User regular
    So, I went on a losing streak after I hit gold 3. A decent one(probably under ten losses, but no wins). I was being dumb and drinking while playing, etc etc.

    Anyways, decided to play some games. Lost another one, then finally won, 21lp. How in gods name did I not get clamped after that big loss streak, right after getting skipped to gold 3 from 5.

    Riot, you punish me when I feel like I'm doing well, and reward me when I think I'm terribad. I'm confused!

    I cant url good so add me on steam anyways steamcommunity.com/id/Raslin

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  • BethrynBethryn Unhappiness is Mandatory Registered User regular
    Guan Yu should've been fucking Jax.

    Would've made much more sense (polearm character) and left Xiahou Dun for Tryndamere.

    ...and of course, as always, Kill Hitler.
    Spectrumcptrugged
  • SpectrumSpectrum Archer of Inferno Chaldea Rec RoomRegistered User regular
    Bethryn wrote: »
    Guan Yu should've been fucking Jax.

    Would've made much more sense (polearm character) and left Xiahou Dun for Tryndamere.
    They've already done weird things lore wise by not having Xin Zhao/J4 on the same kingdom so I can't argue with that.

    Hmm...

    random others
    Dian Wei - Olaf
    Xing Cai - Leona
    Diao Chan - Ahri?
    Dong Zhuo - Gragas
    Xiahou Dun could also be Garen

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  • Albino BunnyAlbino Bunny Jackie Registered User regular
    Raslin wrote: »
    So, I went on a losing streak after I hit gold 3. A decent one(probably under ten losses, but no wins). I was being dumb and drinking while playing, etc etc.

    Anyways, decided to play some games. Lost another one, then finally won, 21lp. How in gods name did I not get clamped after that big loss streak, right after getting skipped to gold 3 from 5.

    Riot, you punish me when I feel like I'm doing well, and reward me when I think I'm terribad. I'm confused!

    MMR moves in mysterious ways.

    Best to just sacrifice a goat to be sure though.

    Hargaad of OmnarRaslin
  • FrozenzenFrozenzen Registered User regular
    Dong Zhuo grag could be the best skin ever.

    Just sayin'.

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  • RozRoz Boss of InternetRegistered User regular
    oh geez [email protected] has more eve nerfs than RoG did

    Hate Spike moves slower, and Ravage deals physical damage, which means that it procs Elder Lizard again but doesn't scale with any of your pen AND IT DOESN'T WORK WITH DEATHFIRE GRASP ANYMORE

    COME ON

    Riot doesn't want anyone to play Eve.

    This is a good thing.

  • SproutSprout Registered User regular
    Yeah, if these nerfs stay, it kinda feels like Riot's sending Eve back to the dumpster with Sion and Poppy until they can either figure out (another) whole new kit for her. I think you could take most of the sting out of her by just upping the radius that players can see her at, but maybe that has other issues.

  • DeviousRakunDeviousRakun Registered User regular
    I think I understand what they wanted out of the Diana skin.. but it really just doesn't look very pretty to me and I think I figured out why.

    It's that entire chest piece. The faded light blue/purple shirt looks really out of place and just throws off the flow of the clothing on her arms and legs. In between the dark blue and the purple, it just looks.. boring. I hope it'll grow on me once the particles are all there and it's polished because I love playing Diana and she does deserve a skin that matches a title such as 'Lunar Goddess'. That's all just my opinion, of course.

  • EinzelEinzel Registered User regular
    edited December 2013
    Raslin wrote: »
    So, I went on a losing streak after I hit gold 3. A decent one(probably under ten losses, but no wins). I was being dumb and drinking while playing, etc etc.

    Anyways, decided to play some games. Lost another one, then finally won, 21lp. How in gods name did I not get clamped after that big loss streak, right after getting skipped to gold 3 from 5.

    Riot, you punish me when I feel like I'm doing well, and reward me when I think I'm terribad. I'm confused!

    MMR moves in mysterious ways.

    Best to just sacrifice a goat to be sure though.

    The bunny on the zero LP streak knows a thing or two about this MMR business.

    Roz wrote: »
    oh geez [email protected] has more eve nerfs than RoG did

    Hate Spike moves slower, and Ravage deals physical damage, which means that it procs Elder Lizard again but doesn't scale with any of your pen AND IT DOESN'T WORK WITH DEATHFIRE GRASP ANYMORE

    COME ON

    Riot doesn't want anyone to play Eve.

    This is a good thing.


    Boo! Hiss! Boo!

    Einzel on
  • BurnageBurnage Registered User regular
    I'm beginning to wonder if Soraka might actually be decent now as long as you don't play her like a heal bot. Maxing E first gives you a solid amount of costless poke in lane, and if you want to push really hard you can max Q. She can get a decent amount of assist gold very easily with her ult.

    Thinking a good final build for her might look like Talisman or Frost Queen/Sorc Shoes or defensive boots/Sightstone/Frost Mittens/Rod of Ages/Abyssal Scepter.

  • Albino BunnyAlbino Bunny Jackie Registered User regular
    Burnage wrote: »
    I'm beginning to wonder if Soraka might actually be decent now as long as you don't play her like a heal bot. Maxing E first gives you a solid amount of costless poke in lane, and if you want to push really hard you can max Q. She can get a decent amount of assist gold very easily with her ult.

    Thinking a good final build for her might look like Talisman or Frost Queen/Sorc Shoes or defensive boots/Sightstone/Frost Mittens/Rod of Ages/Abyssal Scepter.

    To be honest I'm kinda surprised she's not picked up more simply because of the assassin focused stuff we get.

    If Soraka heals someone part way through or just after an assassin's burst it'll royally fuck them over.

  • BurnageBurnage Registered User regular
    Lulu and Fiddles are the better anti-assassin supports, though. A 2.5 silence still lets them run or auto-attack while a fear or polymorph don't, and most assassins run some way to counter healing (be that Ignite or being Fizz).

  • DraygoDraygo Registered User regular
    Goumindong wrote: »
    As far as I can tell for this season the optimal jungle play is to only gank one side of the map. If the enemy jungler decides to gank on your side of the map you attempt counter ganks. If the enemy jungler doesn't decide to gank on your side of the map then you ignore what he is doing.

    Additionally its generally better to gank bottom since bottom/mid than top/mid. This is both because bottom has more early/mid game objectives but also because assist gold streak means that bottom lane snowballs harder and faster*. And the inability to ward everything all the time means that there will be paths open.

    edit: Additionally this also means that blue side has a strong advantage in the game since they have three paths to gank bottom while purple side only has two unless the purple side jungler has a wall hop (assume wraiths is warded)

    *basically you're snowballing 2 people instead of 1 person because you also snowball your support.

    A side effect of this suggests that strong split pushers should be good top. This is because they can push and then take jungle camps(who will likely be up because the enemy jungle is bottom) and because they're strong at avoiding ganks. So that if the enemy jungle does decide to camp you foolishly you've got the troll power on your side. Spirit of The Ancient Golem might even be a good pickup on them if they're clearing camps often enough

    It may be optimal to snowball bot but bot usually is the hardest to gank and actually get a kill. It is often warded.

    Often I like putting my pre-6 ganks into top lane to get that lane self sufficient, then focus my energy on our worst matchup. When top is self sufficient even if i'm not able to get any successful ganks in mid or bot I know we at least have a winning lane. And because top is relatively binary (you are winning or you are losing) setting your top ahead pays some real dividends.

    Also people that play top tend to be more toxic on average, making them play from behind can pay out in other ways.

  • programjunkieprogramjunkie Registered User regular
    Burnage wrote: »
    I'm beginning to wonder if Soraka might actually be decent now as long as you don't play her like a heal bot. Maxing E first gives you a solid amount of costless poke in lane, and if you want to push really hard you can max Q. She can get a decent amount of assist gold very easily with her ult.

    Thinking a good final build for her might look like Talisman or Frost Queen/Sorc Shoes or defensive boots/Sightstone/Frost Mittens/Rod of Ages/Abyssal Scepter.

    I've maxed E first since Season 2. She's still really weak even doing that. Janna's poke costs a lot more mana, but hits harder and sets up the target for additional harrass by the ADC.

  • KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
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    I don't think there are words for a: How bullshit this was, or b: how angry I am right now.

    Handily won a 2v1 lane. I got first blood, took the first tower, and I was 5/0 by about 7 minutes in.

    I hope that Lulu gets permabanned soon.

    Dropping Loads
  • Smaug6Smaug6 Registered User regular
    edited December 2013
    These caster names are ridiculous.

    Smaug6 on
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  • RendRend Registered User regular
    Felt bad for the opposing team this game. Had a DC for the first few minutes (who came back strong actually), but their Lee went afk 3/4 of the way through the match. Probably a rage quit, considering the game ended 22/4/29 at 20 minutes, but still. Unfortunate.

    +26 LP means I'm still riding the plat train! Gold 2? Please, suckas. By monday I'll be Gold 1, and soon I'll be Plat 5!

    crimsoncoyote
  • PacificstarPacificstar Registered User regular
    Battle of the Atlantic is on! Imaqtpie's interview was next level

  • credeikicredeiki Registered User regular
    Spectrum wrote: »
    Bethryn wrote: »
    Guan Yu should've been fucking Jax.

    Would've made much more sense (polearm character) and left Xiahou Dun for Tryndamere.
    They've already done weird things lore wise by not having Xin Zhao/J4 on the same kingdom so I can't argue with that.

    Hmm...

    random others
    Dian Wei - Olaf
    Xing Cai - Leona
    Diao Chan - Ahri?
    Dong Zhuo - Gragas
    Xiahou Dun could also be Garen

    Okay, I am completely clueless. What do all of these names refer to?

    Steam, LoL: credeiki
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  • RendRend Registered User regular
    edited December 2013
    credeiki wrote: »
    Spectrum wrote: »
    Bethryn wrote: »
    Guan Yu should've been fucking Jax.

    Would've made much more sense (polearm character) and left Xiahou Dun for Tryndamere.
    They've already done weird things lore wise by not having Xin Zhao/J4 on the same kingdom so I can't argue with that.

    Hmm...

    random others
    Dian Wei - Olaf
    Xing Cai - Leona
    Diao Chan - Ahri?
    Dong Zhuo - Gragas
    Xiahou Dun could also be Garen

    Okay, I am completely clueless. What do all of these names refer to?

    Romance of the Three Kingdoms, same setting as all the Dynasty Warriors games

    [edit] Historical era of the Three Kingdoms: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Kingdoms

    Rend on
    Momori
  • MiniwolfMiniwolf Probably somewhere sniffing somethingRegistered User regular
    edited December 2013
    watching the dig vs all game, i wonder if crumbz is actually going to do ANYTHING AT ALL, ALL GAME.

    also fuck zilian ults.

    Miniwolf on
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  • Joe KJoe K Registered User regular
    zilean ults are best ults. just wait for the shurimya event so everyone remembers that zilean exists!

  • MiniwolfMiniwolf Probably somewhere sniffing somethingRegistered User regular
    edited December 2013
    Joe K wrote: »
    zilean ults are best ults. just wait for the shurimya event so everyone remembers that zilean exists!

    He is being played in the OGN and now Alliance are playing him vs dig both as supports. His ult is so frustrating :(

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  • SproutSprout Registered User regular
    Joe K wrote: »
    zilean ults are best ults. just wait for the shurimya event so everyone remembers that zilean exists!

    I did notice what looked like new Zilean splash on the screen behind Kazmitch when he picked Zilean, unless that was just the Chinese art or something. I think that Shurima event might be coming sooner than later, especially considering that they held off on a lore update for Nasus when they did his visual upgrade. My personal theory is that him, Renekton, and whatever the sand mage winds up being are what Sivir and Cassiopeia found in that tomb.

    I may have put way too much thought into this game's dumb lore.

  • VaregaVarega Registered User regular
    America nooooooooooooooooooo

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  • SonelanSonelan Registered User regular
    Varega wrote: »
    America nooooooooooooooooooo

    'Murica sucks :(

    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
  • PhantPhant Registered User regular
    Khavall wrote: »
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    I don't think there are words for a: How bullshit this was, or b: how angry I am right now.

    Handily won a 2v1 lane. I got first blood, took the first tower, and I was 5/0 by about 7 minutes in.

    I hope that Lulu gets permabanned soon.

    Something like three out of five of the games I've played in Ranked in pre-season have been determined by who had the afk guy. Its been a little frustrating.

  • KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
    edited December 2013
    So after the afk support game, played a game with two afks

    Then with a support J4 who immediately threatened to feed unless I joined him in a stupid as all fuck "wait in the bush for level 1 first blood" against a shen/yasuo bot lane, died during it, and then amumu said "well if he's feeding I'm feeding too fuck you all"

    Today is the poster day for ELO hell existing.

    Khavall on
  • VaregaVarega Registered User regular
    Dignitas so garbage, much bad, so wow.

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  • StragintStragint Do Not Gift Always DeclinesRegistered User regular
    Buff transfer complete.

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  • SproutSprout Registered User regular
    So, how many awful Triforce Malphites do you think we'll be seeing in solo queue now? All of them?

  • Albino BunnyAlbino Bunny Jackie Registered User regular
    Sprout wrote: »
    So, how many awful Triforce Malphites do you think we'll be seeing in solo queue now? All of them?

    It's malphite, literally build whatever the fuck you want and it's still scary to fight.

    TalithNaphtali
  • SatanIsMyMotorSatanIsMyMotor Fuck Warren Ellis Registered User regular
    I've been finding that sometimes my Q does no damage as Lucian. It seems to happen if I fire it and turn very quickly. The animation and particle effect goes off but it does nothing to the enemy.

  • Joe KJoe K Registered User regular
    I've been finding that sometimes my Q does no damage as Lucian. It seems to happen if I fire it and turn very quickly. The animation and particle effect goes off but it does nothing to the enemy.

    the number of bugged skills in this game is kinda ridiculous.

  • SproutSprout Registered User regular
    Dig desperately needs a new jungler.

  • TalithTalith 変態という名の紳士 Miami, FLRegistered User regular
    So I've seen my Yasuo ults do 0 damage and double damage. I'm glad we had him on the PBE for so long.

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