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[League of Legends] Preseason is upon us!

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  • SpectrumSpectrum Archer of Inferno Chaldea Rec RoomRegistered User regular
    https://clips.twitch.tv/tsm_bjergsen/UgliestOwlCoolCat

    Bjerg was too early, he's supposed to find the mid lane bugs during games and then get champs disabled

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  • Red RaevynRed Raevyn because I only take Bubble Baths Registered User regular
    Getting put in your secondary role and watching someone take your main champ and make the dumbass mistakes you used to when you started playing them (Vi diving in alone/way too far ahead of team for follow-up and dying), costing you the chance to close out the game you're ahead in multiple times... this is a very painful way to lose.

  • JoshmviiJoshmvii Registered User regular
    Moridin889 wrote: »
    Sprout wrote: »

    My problem is Zyras that think they are initiators and don't just murder people who come at them. Support zyras who want 2v2 murderlanes but forget that everyone but sona has more health.

    Yeah, I mean, you can initiate with Zyra, but it's like initiating with a Morg binding. You are just locking someone down so that the rest of your team can blow them up. You aren't a front line getting in the shit kind of character

    Zyra is the queen of the counter initiate to me. When they force a fight you drop some plants and your strangethorn. Now they are no longer happy with having forced that fight

    Zyra is great in that she's so versatile, amazing at counter initiate, and good at throwing the kitchen sink at the enemy with an initiate too.

    I used to love watching those C9 comps with Ashe/Zyra where they'd just counter initiate every fight until they had built a gold lead they were happy with, then use the same comp to tower dive if necessary to win objectives.

  • KoregKoreg Registered User regular
    I played Viktor for the first time last night. One of the games was against a Kassadin. Is Kass underpowered? Or was this Kass just an idiot? As soon as he ulted at me or I thought he was going to, I would drop my Gravity thing at me feet. If he did ult in, I would E,Q, Auto,R and then back off ASAP and he would die like 90% of the time.

    Once I had my first Hextech upgrade and my Sheen I would basically instantly pop him.

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  • Hiryu02Hiryu02 Registered User regular
    Looks like Blood Moon Jhin and perhaps Yorick incoming?


    Sev: Your gameplay is the most heavily yomi based around. Usually you look for characters that allow you to force guessing situations for big dmg. Even if the guess is mathematically nowhere near in your favor lol. You're happiest when you have either a 50/50, 33/33/33 or even a 75/25 situation to go crazy with. And you will take big risks to force those situations to come up.
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  • Red RaevynRed Raevyn because I only take Bubble Baths Registered User regular
    Koreg wrote: »
    I played Viktor for the first time last night. One of the games was against a Kassadin. Is Kass underpowered? Or was this Kass just an idiot? As soon as he ulted at me or I thought he was going to, I would drop my Gravity thing at me feet. If he did ult in, I would E,Q, Auto,R and then back off ASAP and he would die like 90% of the time.

    Once I had my first Hextech upgrade and my Sheen I would basically instantly pop him.

    Sounds like a newbie, or someone who doesn't know how to dial it back when they're behind. Kass is really strong but I don't think he's very easy. I only see Kassadins (in my games) occasionally and it's always been some Kassadin master riftwalking all over the place popping fools like balloons.

  • JoshmviiJoshmvii Registered User regular
    Kassadin is a solid champ into that matchup. If he was using R to gap close on a Viktor who had his W up, that tells you pretty much everything you need to know about that Kassadin's level of experience with that matchup, heh.

  • Joe KJoe K Registered User regular
    Has anyone played mechs vs. minions?

    Also, they finally shipped Magma chamber in it :)

  • MarthMarth Registered User regular
    Joe K wrote: »
    Has anyone played mechs vs. minions?

    Also, they finally shipped Magma chamber in it :)
    I have it and I played the first mission! It's pretty good! The starting rules aren't too complex, and it looks like it's gonna introduce more stuff at a good pace. It has very little in common with actual League, which is kind of the point.

    Also you don't put anything on the player character pieces so you can use pretty much anything that's not a minion as a game piece (as long as it fits on the board). :D

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  • IvelliusIvellius Registered User regular
    Joe K wrote: »
    Has anyone played mechs vs. minions?

    I really want to....
    Joe K wrote: »
    Also, they finally shipped Magma chamber in it :)

    Too soon. :(

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  • Joe KJoe K Registered User regular
    edited January 2017
    Ivellius wrote: »
    Joe K wrote: »
    Has anyone played mechs vs. minions?

    I really want to....
    Joe K wrote: »
    Also, they finally shipped Magma chamber in it :)

    Too soon. :(

    The production values on the gameset are through the roof. I was initially turned away by the price, but damn if it isn't a MUCH better value than something like Warhammer. inside jokes, easter eggs and helmet bro can all easily be found.

    Now you have to wait until May if you didnt order one :biggrin:

    As for Magma Chamber. They've been promising that since S2... How is this possibly too soon??

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  • IvelliusIvellius Registered User regular
    Joe K wrote: »
    As for Magma Chamber. They've been promising that since S2... How is this possibly too soon??

    Well, it's not the real Magma Chamber. Technically you could also count that 1v1 All-star map back from Season...3ish? 4? (I don't really care to look it up.) So it's a comment on continuing disappointment.

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  • MarthMarth Registered User regular
    They canceled magma chamber years ago :(

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  • Joe KJoe K Registered User regular
    Marth wrote: »
    They canceled magma chamber years ago :(

    It shipped in Mechs vs. Minions :biggrin:

  • Hiryu02Hiryu02 Registered User regular
    How the hell am I supposed to watch all the LCS games with the simultaneous broadcasts? lmao.

    Sev: Your gameplay is the most heavily yomi based around. Usually you look for characters that allow you to force guessing situations for big dmg. Even if the guess is mathematically nowhere near in your favor lol. You're happiest when you have either a 50/50, 33/33/33 or even a 75/25 situation to go crazy with. And you will take big risks to force those situations to come up.
  • facetiousfacetious a wit so dry it shits sandRegistered User regular
    edited January 2017
    FLY is the perfect team name abbreviation, if only because FLY Hai works far too well.

    Also hi Hai welcome back to to LCS. <3

    Edit: More I think about it, FLY Balls is also pretty damn good.

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  • facetiousfacetious a wit so dry it shits sandRegistered User regular
    edited January 2017
    Wow, FLY/NV ended, and I went from watching incredibly crisp shotcalling from Hai utterly controlling the game and swapped over to the other stream in time to see CLG make the worst baron call I've seen in .. a while.

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  • Carson VendettaCarson Vendetta Registered User regular
    Does anyone else have trouble mashing up skin shards?

    I got one for championship kallista and I don't have any plans or desire to play her. But converting the skin to was hard even for a firefighter Tristana skin.

  • IvelliusIvellius Registered User regular
    Does anyone else have trouble mashing up skin shards?

    I got one for championship kallista and I don't have any plans or desire to play her. But converting the skin to was hard even for a firefighter Tristana skin.

    Not if they're skins I don't want or like. My completionist mentality isn't that strong.

    (Um, this does not apply if it's a champion for whom I don't have a skin, because that is part of my completionist mentality.)

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  • credeikicredeiki Registered User regular
    Hiryu02 wrote: »
    Looks like Blood Moon Jhin and perhaps Yorick incoming?

    YES PLEASE GIVE ME BLOOD MOON JHIN

    (I *love* the blood moon aesthetic and I love Jhin but I do not love cowboys so a cool skin for him would be so good!)

    Hm what if they made blood moon Nautilus so there could finally be a Nautilus skin I wanted...

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  • credeikicredeiki Registered User regular
    I have lost every game since losing my promos D:
    Need to get smarter about how to play when assassins are about.

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  • LoserForHireXLoserForHireX Philosopher King The AcademyRegistered User regular
    credeiki wrote: »
    I have lost every game since losing my promos D:
    Need to get smarter about how to play when assassins are about.

    i

    feel

    you

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  • vagrant_windsvagrant_winds Overworked Mysterious Eldritch Horror Hunter XX Registered User regular
    I was so happy to see Biodaddy Thresh in an actual LCS game.

    And he dominated on it.

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  • facetiousfacetious a wit so dry it shits sandRegistered User regular
    I'm so happy Fly Quest is 2-0.

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  • facetiousfacetious a wit so dry it shits sandRegistered User regular
    "Raptors travel in packs..."
    "Where did you hear that?"
    "Jurassic Park."
    "That's a questionable source."

    Sometimes LCS commentary is real good.

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  • vagrant_windsvagrant_winds Overworked Mysterious Eldritch Horror Hunter XX Registered User regular
    facetious wrote: »
    I'm so happy Fly Quest is 2-0.
    I'd be happier if TSM was 2-0 as well. I miss shotcaller DL Sempai.

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  • facetiousfacetious a wit so dry it shits sandRegistered User regular
    Both C9 squads 2-0. I'm so happy.

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  • IvelliusIvellius Registered User regular
    facetious wrote: »
    I'm so happy Fly Quest is 2-0.
    I am so happy that Cloud9 and old Cloud9 are tied alone for 1st place after the first week

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  • AstharielAsthariel The Book Eater Registered User regular
    Blood Moon skins for Diana, Jhin, TF and Talon incoming.

    credeiki
  • IvelliusIvellius Registered User regular
    Asthariel wrote: »
    Blood Moon skins for Diana, Jhin, TF and Talon incoming.

    Aw, but the memes...

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  • credeikicredeiki Registered User regular
    I think my new goal is to play normals until I believe I can successfully win a game of League of Legends before diving back into ranked.

    Damnnnn I want all of those blood moon skins. Too cool, and I don't have skins for any of those champions, although I suppose I only actually play Jhin and Diana.

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  • IvelliusIvellius Registered User regular
    @Sir Landshark You need to see this:

    Bite'Sai Top

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  • TcheldorTcheldor Registered User regular
    credeiki wrote: »
    I think my new goal is to play normals until I believe I can successfully win a game of League of Legends before diving back into ranked.

    Damnnnn I want all of those blood moon skins. Too cool, and I don't have skins for any of those champions, although I suppose I only actually play Jhin and Diana.

    Just play! You'll get better!

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  • vagrant_windsvagrant_winds Overworked Mysterious Eldritch Horror Hunter XX Registered User regular
    Watching SKT Huni makes me wonder what the hell he was doing last year when he was getting solo killed by Hauntzer over and over again.

    The guy's in fantastic form over in Korea and his Poppy is the stuff of nightmares.

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  • credeikicredeiki Registered User regular
    Tcheldor wrote: »
    credeiki wrote: »
    I think my new goal is to play normals until I believe I can successfully win a game of League of Legends before diving back into ranked.

    Damnnnn I want all of those blood moon skins. Too cool, and I don't have skins for any of those champions, although I suppose I only actually play Jhin and Diana.

    Just play! You'll get better!

    No, I'm distracted by irl concerns and I need to play normals until I'm convinced that playing ranked isn't going to just involve me losing due to inattention.
    Don't want this to be like season 5 where I just constantly played ranked on tilt/distracted and never got to gold and accrued a lot of frustration to boot.

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  • SproutSprout Registered User regular
    My problem with ranked is that I have no interest in "maining" anything. If I play the same champ three times in a row I start getting really bored and looking around for something new to do.

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  • MrGrimoireMrGrimoire Pixflare Registered User regular
    Sprout wrote: »
    My problem with ranked is that I have no interest in "maining" anything. If I play the same champ three times in a row I start getting really bored and looking around for something new to do.

    I solved this by playing a completely different game in between Jhin rounds. And LOTS of ARAM.

  • Red RaevynRed Raevyn because I only take Bubble Baths Registered User regular
    edited January 2017
    I was enjoying try-harding in ranked but my last 5 ranked games were either off-role or Vi banned, then I went away for a week. When I came back my wife was super tilted - she's been trying to play 2 ranked games a day and climbed B4>B3 while I was gone then got slammed back with a LLLLWLLLL streak. Of course she plays a part in her losses but she's had some really bad luck - B4 is a tough place to be support. Between that and never getting to play Vi (even in normals I can't get her most of the time) ranked just hasn't been appealing. So I've been playing ARAMs and working on my chests in normals, and it's been pretty darn fun. I wanna try to get all my chests this season and so far I'm on track :]

    Red Raevyn on
  • KoregKoreg Registered User regular
    So how do you deal damage and kite out as Azir? Or do you just ult them and flee like the giant sandpansy you are?

    Hes a fun champ. But I am unsure how to play him yet

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  • IvelliusIvellius Registered User regular
    edited January 2017
    Sprout wrote: »
    My problem with ranked is that I have no interest in "maining" anything. If I play the same champ three times in a row I start getting really bored and looking around for something new to do.

    Although it's sub-optimal, I'm not sure this is really a problem.

    Edit: For instance, at the pro level, you have Faker who often just plays whatever.

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