League of Legends: Official Thread

[maxle]

Marinus, that’s fantastic.

God, I hate my Elo. I feel like every game is decided not by anyone’s skill but rather by who gets more trolls, griefers, or disconnects.

It’s a rare game that I lose when it’s genuinely 5v5, but fuck, most of my wins are because someone d/c’d or griefed or built AP Gangplank or something.

Baddie, uninstall.

[Hanacker]

Is Leona the character under Soraka? If so, it’s too bad Archaon messes up the Support/Tank theme.

Also, panther lady rules, but she’s really tricky to play since you have to be careful turning into a panther since you tend to be squishy. But being able to solo blue at level 6 and heal up immediately after is awesome for an AP carry. Panther form is really just for farming, chasing, escaping, and landing the killing blow when you’ve softened them up a bit first.

[Harkonis]

Why does Malphite get called Malphite and not ‘rock dude’? Consistency people!

[maxle]

Surely you mean The Rock.

[McKnight]

I just want one single decent Ashe skin. I mean, have you seen the Freljord skin? Jesus.

I like that one though because it’s the only way her classic pic is preserved, and to be fair looks fine in game.

[McKnight]

Dude, that one is so awesome I don’t know how you could complain. Though it would be hilarious if they went one step farther and replaced annie with an actual teddy bear, and then when you do her ult, an obese schoolgirl drops from the sky causing untold havoc.

Sorry, that would requite actual effort from the art team. They are try to make money here, like seriously man?

[McKnight]

Well, just tried panther lady. Really disliked her, moreso than any champion I’ve played so far. Now, I always assume I’m playing a character “wrong”. But I just felt like her panther powers were useless. So instead of getting a cool ultimate power, I just had the ability to switch to another set of meh powers. The only thing I liked was her heal.

DingDingDing

Well done, you found out the only reason people play her. Her heal is absolutely ridiculous, well that and her Spears aswell (I’m sure you hit at least one from long distance in that game right? They really, really hurt. Probably one of the most satisfying skillshots in the game between damage and sound effect). She’s an extremely difficult champ to play, but is ban worthy (in fact one of the few 100% ban champions in the game) at pro level. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a team with a dedicated Nidalee player, get Nidalee and lose.

[idrisz]

chiffy lost the other day with nidalee, I forgot who he laned against but he lost.

[bluemax]

Talon champion spotlight:

He’s got a slow and a silence, surprised they didn’t give him a stun and a root too. Oh and he stealths a little. And a gap closing blink attack, because that’s what EVERY melee hero needs.

As someone speculated his passive does indeed proc EVERY time if you have a Frozen Mallet, yeah.

I predict he will be like most assassins, annoying to deal with when you’re playing people with no awareness, but useless against half decent teams.

[bluemax]

Patch Notes

Alistar Nerf
Jax Nerf
Kayle Buff
Lee Sin bug fix
Nidalee rework
Orianna nerf maybe, I dunno
Sona rework
Soraka rework
Taric rework
Udyr turtle stance nerf
Xin nerf

Some score board fixes and some other UI stuff that sounds cool.

[McKnight]

And Riot finally implement the Alistar nerf that people have been recommending for months, after pointlessly dicking around with other parts of the character instead.

It’s also hilarious that Riot are still nerfing Xin, I mean seriously? Do you really need to keep shitting all over a champion that has never once been picked competitively?

[Hanacker]

I picked up Xin not too long ago and he got nerfed right after. I figured at least they were done nerfing him… :(

[McKnight]

They’ll never be done, it’s like they are repenting for the sin of releasing him (check out mx’s link for the hideousness that was Xin on release).

[Hanacker]

Holy crap, they’re murdering the mana regen on Udyr’s turtle stance. Maybe I’ll have to go back to Warwick. I’ve been pretty much maining Udyr lately.

[MarinusWA]

Still no rework on Miss Fortune? After having played that all AD carry game it really became clear to me that she needs it. Especially her ult that is completely useless in lategame.

[Therlun]

Noooooo! not Xin AGAIN.

[Calistas]

So I tried Temo and Urgot again tonight on EU and I have to say I was fairly awful. Urgot! Man, how do I use the homing missiles well? While I’m aiming them, I’m not moving, and moving can be quite handy!

As for Temo, I couldn’t last hit to save myself. I kept relying, or hoping for, poison ticks, and it didn’t pan out most of the time. Lane also got heavily pushed by Nidalee and Miss Fortune and Cho and I couldn’t seem to do much about hit. Harass was healed off. Tough. I prefer my beefier doods I think.

[Fishbreath]

Eh. At least Orianna didn’t take a huge nerf. Means I won’t have to switch to someone else. :P

[MrCoffee]

So I tried Temo and Urgot again tonight on EU and I have to say I was fairly awful. Urgot! Man, how do I use the homing missiles well? While I’m aiming them, I’m not moving, and moving can be quite handy!

As for Temo, I couldn’t last hit to save myself. I kept relying, or hoping for, poison ticks, and it didn’t pan out most of the time. Lane also got heavily pushed by Nidalee and Miss Fortune and Cho and I couldn’t seem to do much about hit. Harass was healed off. Tough. I prefer my beefier doods I think.

What do you mean you are not moving when aiming? if you give urgot a move order and shoot a missile he will stop and start moving again on his own.

[Quitch]

God, I hate my Elo. I feel like every game is decided not by anyone’s skill but rather by who gets more trolls, griefers, or disconnects.

It’s a rare game that I lose when it’s genuinely 5v5, but fuck, most of my wins are because someone d/c’d or griefed or built AP Gangplank or something.

I wonder if the game would benefit from 10 matches against other players in their first ten, to shake out a more accurate elo before you hit ranks.