League of Legends (Old)

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Oh wait, nevermind. They changed it so that AoE applies the full slow, but multi-hit (I assume his E is considered multi-hit) doesn't.

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What aspect of old-GP are you actually missing?

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I really wish they'd let her cast E while moving. They answered a post about that about a month ago, implying that it was on their radar.

New W active and changed passive does improve her mobility, though, so maybe it would've been too much.

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It doesn't go away from shield damage anymore; that much is specifically true. So the BT-first build you (AP, I mean) already use a lot will be stronger.

It's unclear what "non-periodic" means.

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You can still give teammates the MS buff using his ult, so it's a little bit preserved. You get to opt into favoring that playstyle, too. ^^

It looks like W heal may be nerfed on PBE, but numbers weren't all up when last I checked.

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I don't like that a multiplier-based, Deathcap-type item like IE ends up being a first buy. To me, that should be a red flag.

Maybe they should just increase the combine cost, so that it's not an efficient buy until you already have some attack speed and other stats that can make the crit passive worth the multiplier investment.

It would similarly be a red flag if mages all built Deathcap-first.

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It's only different than that in that there's lack of regularity in how the output manifests. It's just like deathcap if you have a large enough sample of autoattacks (or other critable things).

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I don't think that's [pedit: the randomness] relevant to the idea that the multiplier item being the standard first buy is a red flag.

Pedit: If a player who is behind WANTS to invest in an item path that allows for fluke "duel-winning" due to crits, I think it's OK if that's a valid choice, but it shouldn't be a choice nested in an item that straightforwardly maximizes DPS when you don't have any other purchases. As is-IE is both the "pray for crits to win when you shouldn't" item, but also a simple "tons of damage" item, and a "you don't really lose any AD if you mainly care about bonus AD multipliers" item. ("Pray for crits" kinda sounds like a noobtrap item if it existed, which is maybe why it doesn't exist, though I guess they could make it cheap and let it scale with IE later. I guess Shiv kinda works that way.)

Riot said at one point that they like that crits can instantaneously change the ideal play decisions that players need to make (e.g., it might make the support need to react and disengage, etc).

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Her on-hit build is

BT
Wit's
Zerks
Black Cleaver
BotRK
X

At least you get to build Wit's. ^^

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I don't think that's bad on its own, because you can still react to the random events.

But you should pay for setting-up the ability to capiltaizing on moments like that with reduced average damage compared to an item of similar price if that's the only item you have.

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Miss Fortune's first name is Sarah.

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Something that I've never really understood:

Why does GP like to rush Shiv? I understand that his Q can proc it and crit, but that's the very same as any ranged autoattack. What makes it viable for GP and non-preferred for, say, any ADC champion?

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Oh wait it's because the base damage on the ability itself can also crit nvm.

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If you make them use TP to return to lane, you get the next objective for free. ^_^

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It's fine to TP back to your own tower if you would miss cs otherwise and it's early. Like, ideally you don't get harassed down to that point, but it's not a "wrong" use if you're forced into it.

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It's often harder to get kills in toplane against tanks, but trivial to get a double kill depending upon the support if you teleport bot.

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Eh, you shouldn't lose your tower unless it already had a lot of damage on it.

Either way, it's worth it if you can get a kill or two, bot tower, and dragon in exchange for top tower and tp.

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You could try fighting games maybe.

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I really want to try on-hit Kayle.

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You basically just enjoy how strong Devourer makes her. Then you get whatever makes your life easier (Runaan for shred/split/team, Wit's for a nice spike with Devourer due to the MR shred synergy, Nashor for CDR and ability damage).

Less vroom vroom than normal Kayle tho.

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I don't think Void Staff is very good for her (unless against a really tanky frontline obvs). If I understand correctly, Wit's applies before Void Staff, so it reduces the efficiency of Void Staff. Her W also doesn't benefit from penetration.

If you can plausibly damage non-tanks in fights, I think deathcap is better (and replacing Zephyr with an AP item).

I wonder which Rylai slow her E procs now.

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His AoE probably applies the better slow now. That's great for him.

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He eats ppl.

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I would only buy rune pages only during the biyearly rune page sale if you can help it. It's usually a 2-for-1 thing and applies to both IP and RP.

I'd say skins on sale that you like as 1st priority and 6300 champions that are on sale as 2nd.

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You got... AP Twitch...?

What?

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Yay, Gold V.

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I'm in a division with basically all of MS.

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I'm in Bronze 1 thank you very much

I have reck, dram, cojin, panzer, and some others.

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Also, the reason mid ez is good with runeglaive is it makes q magic damage. Proccing luden's was a side benefit.

Yeah.

They're removing that next patch, though, so he will truly be crap next patch.

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Ekko's winrate dropped a lot after his passive damage nerf (which was paired with an ult mana cost).

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Instead of looking at winrate, use champion.gg and look at either role placement (for overall ranking) or statistical rating (for individual match-ups).

Stuff like playrate and average games played for champion can interfere with winrate and make it kinda goofy.

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That's fine. The stats game is pretty cool, though. Check out the FAQ on champion.gg if you want a description of the kinds of things he takes into account.

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AD is Malz Jungle.

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So Brand support is pretty fun.

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I thought sated didn't proc on his ult?

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I just looked it up to confirm; it doesn't apply phantom hit (@espy), since phantom hit is proc'd only by basic attacks, distinct from abilities that apply on-hit.

Some Warwick players complained that it may have hurt him as it puts a ceiling on his ult, but I guess the stronger start and aa improvement with sated are outweigh that.

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Does dev work on Vi?

It does proc on her W.

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Denting Blows
PASSIVE: Every third basic attack on the same target deals bonus physical damage

Ya, this. It happens every 2 with sated, similar to sated Vayne's W.

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I love everything about it except the new splash.

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Her VU concept art was so nice looking.



Less nice.

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I think Fakegod's is the touched-up one on today's PBE.

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(The one that I posted is a joke from reddit.)

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I think, based on the art, that fiora is intended to be an older woman, which I actually think is kind of cool if that's the case?

Her lore suggests that she's young, unless they also change her lore. For example, it emphasizes that she mastered dueling at a young age, and Lux is one of her rivals.

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i got my first hate when i tried singed for the first time
good times

You mean from teammates, or from your lane opponent?

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Ardent Censer forever

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Mordekaiser's new passive is very silly.

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Free solo xp seems like it's designed to make it OP while players get used to it.

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The free XP passive only applies if he personally kills the lane minion.

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Idk. Darius might get picked more, but Garen doesn't seem any stronger. Skarner's change could be OK with tweaks, but he won't be in toplane. Mordekaiser won't affect toplane.

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The Cinderhulk change makes me sad.

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i wonder how i can improve my janna play

Ask AP, though he hasn't played in a few months.

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It's pretty normative, even outside the blue build.

There's nothing scary about weird items, though, IMO. What's weird is stuff like knowing when to all-in when you're used to poke (relevant if this started with Psyche).

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Zora we're the same.

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For example, my bronze self could see a conceivable Yasuo-Zed solo lane comp playing with a Ziggs in the duo lane?

I think the issue here is that mages lose more from the level gap than ADCs do (unless Riot lets them cheat ala pbeMorde).

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New WoTA is pretty good if your opponent already responded to you by building magic resist I think.

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Is anyone interested in trading league referrals?

If Titus and Chèvre hit 10, I'll have 3. The system is apparently being vaulted in 30 days D:

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I doubt Titus will play more. Chèvre might, though.

Silly autocorrect accents.

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Give me your prize when you win.

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okay, i think i've nearly had enough of league of legends
this is just not something i feel like i can or want to invest too much more of my time in
hopefully the internet will be bad enough back home that it'll make weaning myself off easier and less dependent on my own discipline

pls no.

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30 ping. ^_^

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Pinging

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I think it has to do with how their client is written. I heard that that was more of an issue before the most recent client update, though.

You can also delete an optional file and get around it; it's something that used to make patches go faster, but has no real effect anymore. The newer installations don't include it at all. I can't remember what it was called.

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Pando Media Booster?

Yeah, that was the one.

I got the league blood thing, too. I hope they let gay people participate somehow. I'm sure they will.

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TIL (well more got reminded) that gay people aren't welcome to donate blood the same way

I had thought they changed the rule to "abstinence for 5 years" or something. Which is still goofy, but different from the old 1977 rule.

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Mine definitely was.

Maybe I'll make my mom donate.

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I tried clearing IE settings/data and checked for Pando (not on my PC at all).

.NET 3.5 won't update because its already up to date, confirmed. I even found it in my system settings and enabled all of it. Still nothing.

I could try video card drivers but not sure how that could be it. I think I recall someone on a support site mentioning upgrading some c++ platform? Either that or DirectX issue? Riot never responded to my support post >.>

QQ.

Rito pls

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Consolation: I saw that you won the first 4v5 ranked that you created several days ago.

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Ya, i get tickets replied to within a day usually.

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Just opened a ticket. Email said it may take a long time since there are a lot of requests currently but we will see.

Ya it always says that I think.

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Post in the thread again maybe.

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Unless there's a warning that that resets your queue position I guess.

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Skarner is finally OP apparently.

Hope AP enjoys it before the next patch.

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The silly arcade game is pretty fun. I made it to the fourth boss and got a power-up. ^_^

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Riot support got back to me and told me to disable all my IPv6 stuff and other startup programs. Of course it wasn't Ipv6 related, come on riot >.>

Its very clearly an issue with starting the program, not my network. I'll probably have to wait another week to hear back.

You're missing Skarner's 65% winrate. ^^

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yeah skarner is broken atm

I played shaco against him and stole 4 reds and 2 blues and bunch of random camps starting from minute 1, killed him in his own jungle twice, and ganked three times as much as he did.

40 min in, this 0/4 Skarner with 2 items can somehow 1v1 me (I have 4 items complete) without even breaking sweat.

what is this madness

His crystal is an extra item or so.

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Shaco's not bad at dueling, though.

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It looks like riot support swept my ticket under the rug.

What do.

Maybe repost in the thread and see if it gets moved to another support person. I've only had good experiences, so good people are out there.

Check if your issue was flagged as "solved." Sometimes they flag that without confirming that it's solved.

Mention the steps that previous people have already done.

Try doing the standard league repair from the launch screen if you haven't done that yet.

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Having played on 30 ping on my computer and 30 ping on AP's computer, I can confirm that the computer makes a big difference. I think I noticed it more on my computer when I visited him, though. Idk.

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I did the league repair, thats the very last thing they recommended.

Tim asked whether you have NET1 or NET2 installed and suggested there might be dependencies to those.

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Did you install something else at the same time as Windows 10?

I remember there being lots of reddit threads about league and windows 10 when it was released, but I thought that stuff was all worked out.

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Doran's Ring x2.

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I'm just describing what double doran's means.

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I'd probably get flask tho.

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Void Staff is the big one. Flat penetration is good no matter how much MR the enemy has, and better at low MR (though it also works well alongside Void Staff, since Void staff is applied before flat pen -- though both are applied after the Abyssal aura).

pedit ya

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Void Staff is only good after they've built an MR item or two, so you shouldn't rush it.

Get it if you find that you end up fighting someone who has 100 MR or more.

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I GOT A SONA PENTASTUN GUYS
A SONA PENTASTUN
IN A RANKED MATCH
AND NOT ONE OF THOSE 'OH I STUNNED EVERYONE AND THEN DIED'
JINX FOLLOWED UP WITH A PENTAKILL

i am officially satisfied with my skill as a sona player

gj

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It used to be Athene + tear and then AP, with 40% CDR via Ionian if not runes.

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Blue buff*

I'd rather just get an extra 5% from runes tho.

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I think you're mostly supposed to wait a patch or two until they change all the marksmen, likely including Quinn.

Currently you can use it to execute or use it to escape while split-pushing.

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Item changes may alter everyone, too. We'll have to see. I'm excited for the changes.

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You play Quinn top, not as an ADC.

You're not my daddy.

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Ya wildly ping an objective whenever you win a teamfight.

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they always b
always

Gotta ping harder.

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Abyssal is stronger against a target with low MR. It's not a good item to build in response to MR because it's weaker with Void Staff (unlike magic penetration) because the aura applies before %pen before flat pen..

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I thought they fixed her stun?

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Floor and ceiling are pretty correlated. They're only differentiated when someone wants to emphasize the secret depth of Sona or whatever.

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"Ezreal requires high skill to perform passably, and you can do doubleplusgood if you have high skill. Even new players can do well with Corki, but they can nonetheless be doubleplusgood with high skill."

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No, ez can't do doubleplusgood. Performing passably with him and amazingly with him is a small band, because you have to land his skill shots, but there isn't much else you can do with him.

Oh, I just misread what you typed.

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Search for her name.

She's not that old really. She's a priestess in Bilgewater from what I can see.

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I think it appropriately shifts his damage to late game.

I'm not sure if 20 is an appropriate number in terms of degree, though.

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I kinda like that they're both always around. It feels like you have a friend, even though it definitely feels like you're playing as Lamb.

I think their intent is that Lamb is the part of Kindred that's amenable to control, and Wolf's behavior is meant to be automatic actions influenced by Lamb's goals (i.e., how his W works). But it would be better if more of the abilities had this theme; I don't think the sustain or E bonus damage feel like Wolf being meaningfully involved.

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You can always take smite as top or discuss alternate plans during champ select.

It's actually more feasible to do this now because you have more time knowing where you're going to end up.

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If you're talking about the entire season, you need to add a lot of variety to your top lane. Orianna hasn't been particularly dominant in midlane.

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Run flat AD, flat armor, and flat AP blues on Eve for a quicker clear and better ganks. ^_^

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I'm really excited about all the preseason patch changes.

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Sounds like this:

Passive gives her zone control if she hangs out for a bit, and all zone control damage on champions heals her.

Q is a linear skillshot that heals if it hits champions.

W empowers her next auto proportional to zone control from passive.

E is a Blitz hook, except that the target can't flash away, but also can't be killed outright unless already weakened. In most circumstances, this will also cause her passive
to also work near the position of the hooked target for a time

R AoE damage, gain zone control for each champion hit, reduce cooldown of W while active.

I thought she sounded boring, but it's a little more interesting now that I type it out.

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I accidentally went MF top, and it actually felt OK because of being able to abuse Lovetap.

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In case you guys are wondering if riot has made an item that should be built on every champion, I have an answer.

If you think the answer is boots. You'd be wrong.

Guinsoo's

Please please please say this is actually true

On a related note, I've heard that my terrible off-builds for sarah are even worse now. Riot hates me.

Yep, but you can build Essence Reaver + IE now and have an amazing time.

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Or ER + Sheen/Zeal if you didn't kill Fiora 4 times in lane already.

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Her W aura now giving the entire team on-hit damage, attack speed, and resistances is pretty fun! It's like old Sona, but all in one aura.

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Yeah, they definitely will. Rito hates my bb.

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I'd be fine with more and more squishiness. I like being the glass cannon that keeps everyone going. The fantasy is more dramatic with Soraka due to her low W cooldown, though.

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Her W aura now giving the entire team on-hit damage, attack speed, and resistances is pretty fun! It's like old Sona, but all in one aura.

Wait, what the fuck does her Q aura do, then?

Her Q damages 2 enemies within range, prioritizing champions, and gives on-hit magic damage to the next 1 autoattack of anyone in her aura.

Ardent Censor makes her shield from W (normally just a tool for trading effectively and sometimes taking the edge off of burst) into a "MORE on-hit damage and attack-speed" delivery system. AC's on-hit damage lasts the entire cooldown of W at 40% (let alone 45%) CDR, so it's basically a permanent buff to all autoattacks on Sona's team. And this patch has lotsa autoattackers!

It's different from how AC works with similar abilities like Karma's E because you don't meaningfully give anything up to use the AC buff AoE (whereas you have to use Karma's ult to apply AC AoE, and on a much longer cooldown). You're basically going to use W on cooldown in team fights no matter what unless you die or are zoned out.

She could probably use a mana regen nerf. It feels like she has infinite mana in lane now, which can't be right.

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Is champion.gg displaying the new support items incorrectly? Maybe games just typically end too soon? It seems weird that some high winrate games don't even appear to include a sightstone.

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You'd think finishing a Sightstone first or second would still be relatively stable in Plat+ ranked games.

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You can just pick Corki ADC now if you really want to get around that. He now deals 70% magic damage.

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This might actually be the age of Taric Top.

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I've been using Bond of Stone, but Intelligence is definitely tempting.

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New IBG is incredible for him (extra 10% CDR, extra 35 armor).

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I think that's pretty much true at 40%, too, though, as long as you're waiting for each sheen proc.

Intelligence means you're forced into an inferior keystone (IMO), because the healing keystone resistance effect doesn't apply to self-healing.

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You do if you kill people. ^_^

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She's getting base health and W nerfs on PBE. But she'll still be OK I think.

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I hope new Poopy is OK.

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http://oce.leagueoflegends.com/en/page/ ... per-hammer

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Her new ult is silly.

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Her test is really fun! I had a fun lane against one as Vlad. Learning to stop the test isn't too bad because the tentacles are so scripted.

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Idk the only low-counterplay part is after you get pulled, but the counterplay is simply to not get pulled.

Even if you get pulled, you have the choice to either try to melee her or run away and deal with 3 tentacles (should never kill you unless you're ambushed).

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If you walk around the tentacles, you should dodge everything. Get earlier boots if you have trouble I guess.

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she sounds sort of like heimer.

oooh

I think it's a good comparison!

An AD, tanky Heimer.

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IT'S A GIRL

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What on earth is so outrageous about Vayne top.

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I don't think you are understanding the character of my incredulity.

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1. Policing what friends want to play is douchey.

2. There is nothing wrong with a high elo player deciding to carry on Vayne, even putting aside (1).

3. I can't say for sure, but my inference is that the causes for the outcome of the game were more complicated than "SAD played Vayne top and made us lose I am outraged."

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I finally built my fancy computer, but the HUD doesn't support fancy resolutions very well it seems like. Kinda annoying.

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Correct.

But if you make Vlad W your combo, you've already won the trade.

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Vlad's W costs 20% of his current health, so making him use it means he either self-inflicted considerable damage, or his health is so low that he has to back or risk csing without his escape for almost 30 seconds.

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Who you gonna play against Trynd or Jax?

Demand bans.

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Taric top was super great last patch, but the new masteries reduce his hypercarry potential.

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If matters if the ADC is terrible enough.

But sometimes the ADC looking terrible really reflects that you're also inferior to the other support, even if you mentally attribute your failings to your ADC. So it has to be really outrageous terribleness.

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Taric Top is now popular enough to make it onto champion.gg (11%).

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I have 13000 IP and I'm not sure what to do with my life.

Am thinking of getting Riven or Talon. Or Zac or Lissandra.

/blog

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Ekko was fun when he was free. It feels good when you press R and get a triple kill.

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You could always buy runes. Don't be like me and buy 80 champions you're not going to play and have like 4 types of runes for each class.

I have 16 rune pages and every rune I could conceivably want. I even have magic penetration quints and mana blues that I bought for pre-rework Ryze.

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I have attack speed blues and armor pen quints, too!

I have 5 crit chance runes for Yasuo, and I don't even own Yasuo.

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I do. I use it on my Greedy Support page, which is similar to your Sona page, I think (hybrid pen, flat armor, flat AP blue, flat AP quint).

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went 15/8/20 as sona again
and yeah i stole lots of kills
oh i forgot that hybrid pen belongs in that build

I think if you wanna make a rune set that goes all-in on getting ahead in lane, it's worth it. I think it falls behind magic pen at level 4 or so, though.

Nami and Karma use it pretty well, too.

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I would find it really awkward to play Vladimir or most Thunderlord champions without rune pages with some CDR. I think Ionian's effect on summoner's makes it nicer now, though.

FWIW Psyche I really like 0/18/12 on Sona because the self-heal/shield benefits from runic armor. Nothing in Ferocity's 12 is that great for her other than ability damage.

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I used to go hybrid, but I don't really ever think it's worth it. Your power from your AAs are in large part coming from magic damage even early on (Q empowering, power chord empowering, spellthief proc).

Yeah, that's why it loses out at level 4.

I only take it in the duo-lane position when I feel like I can trade like hell early on.

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I mean to the extent that the runes have a place ANYWHERE, that's where it is.

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One thing I notice about winrates right now is that the mastery differences have huge winrate disparities. People who are clued-in do much better (e.g., Talons who have the new assassin mastery are at 64% winrate).

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Cleaver + IBG for max CDR feels good.

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Every time I play Zyra I can't kill anyone. I don't get it.

I feel that way, too. But then I play Brand and 1v3.

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She jumped from being bottom of the winrate barrel to being middle-of-the-road due to her using Thunderlord and Intelligence really well.

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lots of the current average winrates seem to be driven by massive supoptimal keystoning

Hmm, that's probably true. Her most common (reasonable) mastery set is at 52%, versus 49% for overall winrate. 57% for the people who grabbed Assassin.

The bad keystoning may not be causal, though. People who have the right Riven keystones may main her and have a dedicated Riven page, etc.

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This game has me tilting recently and I'm not sure why.

I blame Poppy.

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Don't lie. I know you seethed with anger after I last-hit Sona for the 4th time.

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I value killing things expediently a lot more than who got the last hit. It was the nidalee that did nothing all game and a riven who said "as soon as I turn away there's a fight that breaks out"

Meh Riven was just learning Riven. She just wanted to PvE in peace.

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Riot is selling Magnificent Twisted Fate at 50% off right now.

If you buy it at 910 RP, it comes with a mystery skin.

That's a legendary for less than 400 RP.

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It's not great, that's true. Very easy way to start the snowball business IMO tho.

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Wow, the dream.

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Pulse fire is a kinda outdated ultimate, but I think it's cute. I like his taunt.

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Kalista had something like this, though.

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And the Jhin stuff.

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Wait SK plays this game?

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My mechanics are bronze; can I join?

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I'll make a rule where I have to play complicated champions and feed. I will not disappoint.

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SK what's your name.

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K b I added u.

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A few days ago Dan and I played a bunch of games with my friend who's a new 30 and likes to ADC, and our normal MMR fell so far that we entered the flash-less elo from hell.

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Gold V is basically silver.

Silver V is basically bronze.

By the transitive property, it's bronze all the way down.

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SK made me scour rog for a Volibear nerf.

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I checked reignofgaming for an actual Volibear nerf, but did not find one.

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Good Reddit theory on the Deadeye stuff. A poem links everything.

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the system keeps matching us up with people who are not all bronze with some low silvers in between

If you do bad enough often enough, you'll come through the other side.

In general ranked teams are more serious because a certain degree of seriousness is needed to organize them in the first place.

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Rapidfire Rango is my favorite champion.

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Snuggle with someone with cc.

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Snuggle with a player with great reflexes and good cc.

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Or poopy!

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Taric works okay unless Rango is outrageously ahead despite the slow cc because he also mitigates the burst.

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Bad champ select then.

Resume tears.

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I did enjoy playing Rango tho.

I might main him if he had gnarlier flavor.

Press all the buttons to win is my kind of champion.

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I see that your rango does not have rapidfire cannon, so I'm not sure!

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I find that I'm buying sightstone much more rarely than previously, unless I'm a tank support, despite vision being more and more at a premium.

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I'm not saying it's the right thing. I'm just saying that I'm doing it more.

Meaning, doing it ever.

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You're good about responding to pushed lanes and ganking, though (re: Panzer's aggression comment). I don't know what your mental algorithm for it is, but it felt good when I played with you.

Occasionally you'd march up and just kinda hang out in the lane with me, though, maybe because you identified a pushed lane and then didn't re-align your plans as circumstances changed en route.

I'm bad about that too.

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I deserve gold at least.tm

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Pros who play Vayne put a certain number of points into Q (game-dependent)before maxing W. It's not straightforwardly maxed while Q stays at rank 1. That's what Ankamius is referring to.

It's true that the most common champion.gg build overall is a straightforward one that simply maxes W tho.

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Maybe sit on a BF or something while you do it.

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I refuse to be told she scales
"hard" off of as. Ratio on q.

The reason she scales with AS disproportionately well is that it increases W procs and her ult gives AD on its own (so you already have AD to scale with).

You can think of it like her ult is similar to starting the game with a damage item. As a result, AS first is strong on her.

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I might try league again, but I dont have any hopes of it working this time. But who knows, maybe W10 has gotten a little smoother in the last few months. Or LoL or something.

It works fine on my Windows 10.

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reck is gold??
agh
now i have to reinstall league

Did you uninstall it just in the previous 24 hours?

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I like to build Wit's when I'm doing well on a Devourer jungler.

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Maybe itemize more appropriately, or acknowledge that you are personally behind and try to split-push or otherwise farm and stall to catch up.

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I would not have gone for the kill

Liar.

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So has Psyche quit and unquit several times within the last week, or did he sell his account?

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His ult makes me think about Xerath.

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One step closer to bae's update.

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I guess if they left wolves for mana regen.

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Abilities are not supposed to proc both spell and on-hit effects at the same time.

I just miss them doing magic damage ;_;