6441

Season two hasn’t started yet?

6442

Kog is getting nerfed next patch BTW (along with Cait and another ranged AD I forgot).

6443

Holy shit…

These are some really significant changes, and they definitely further the gap in power between lower and higher levels.

I think they did a creative job that is going to increase the speed of games. It’s going to be somewhat jarring, and make some lane pusher champs (particularly tanky ones like Singed) absolutely beastly.

Also, starting with 3% lifesteal and 4% crit, without any items, is kind of a ridiculous buff to the offensive tree for ranged AD. I like that you can be a caster and go offense now without having to rely on Utility, but I imagine this only makes sense because of the incoming flash nerf which could be a pretty big direct nerf to AP carries in mid lane.

6444

WANT!

6445

And the top Utility Mastery receives a massive nerf. That’ll be interesting…

6446

Which mastery is that?

The new mastery pages are weird, the only thing I can tell right off the bat is that I’ll miss having the +5% xp on every character and the dodge mastery. And now you can make a rune page specifically for backdoor Yi with the building damage bonuses.

6447

Massive CDR on all spells which stacks with actual CDR.

6448

I’m not sure what he’s referring to either, most of the numbers in the Utility Mastery are the same. Duration time for buffs is down to 20% from the old 15%/30%, and movement speed boost is down to 1/1.5/2% from 1/2/3%

Other than that… mana regen, experience gain, time spent dead are the same.

It’s still there, and it’s still the same values of 2/4/6%

And actually, Sorcery in the Offensive Tree is still in the same spot and now gives 4% CDR with 4 points instead of 3%, so casters still have a viable 9/0/21 build for 10% CDR, up from 9%

And there’s no reason to refer to “actual” CDR, it always stacks additively up to a maximum of 40%.

6449

You’re aware that the current end-of-tree point gives CDR on summoner spells, not champion spells, yes?

6450

Shut up, I’m dumb and I never play Utility anymore anyway. :(

6451

Oh shit he was referring to the 15%. Well, that’s still a very powerful mastery.

6452

I keep seeing people buying Lightbringer when the other side has a Graves. Does its passive actually negate his blind?

6453

But the last Utility mastery didn’t change. It’s 15% off summoner spell cooldowns right now and it’s still 15% in that link.

I have no idea if Lightbringer negates Graves’ smoke bomb, but then I’m not idiotic enough to stand in it and wonder why I can’t see people instead of taking a step out. I assume it’s sort of like how some people get poked from long range while trying to uncap a point and then stand there getting shot by the tower for five seconds before they notice.

6454

New fastest time!

6455

Shaco needs to just not exist. Every time he comes out of stealth to gank me right in front of my tower I want to throw my keyboard at my monitor and kill whoever thought that stealth was ever a good mechanic in this game.

And then I play horribly because I’m so mad.

I MAD BRO.

6456

I don’t mind Shaco’s stealth as it’s very temporary. It’s not like Eve/Twitch who can stealth for what seems like forever. Also don’t towers have vision of stealthed units? Some of them do I’m pretty sure.

6457

Shaco’s stealth is long enough to go from out of range of a ward placed in the bush to in range for his stupid auto-critting knife throw that snares, and it has enough range that if you’re close enough to last hit creeps, even if you’re literally 5 steps in front of your tower, shaco can get in on you and melt your face.

Twitch’s ganks are pathetic in comparison, and Evelynn is the worst champion in the game, so I don’t really rage about either of them.

6458

Shaco doesn’t stealth for long at all, actually. It’s just that it has a blink component with a very good range on it. When you lose him because of it, he has actually just faked you out, because that’s what good Shacos do. Then they steal your red and come back to finish you off.

Honestly I think his Twin Shiv is more annoying due to its long range and high damage.

I would be OK with making Shaco less squishy if his damage was lowered, it always feels ridiculous.

6459

I’d be okay with removing Shaco from the game, along with Eve and Twitch.

6460

The thing that makes Shaco’s stealth obnoxious is that it makes him virtually impossible to kill unless you can stunlock him the entire time.

Shaco is one of those champions that I’m okay with being forever nerfed into horribleness, because he is just too goddamned annoying when he’s strong.