Mostmanlyman
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I think Zkylewd is more happy about the fan art that will come out after the skin is released.
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Stone Ocean
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Kalista is obviously the Victorious skin this year
BreezyLimbo
Banned
WE LIFE STEAL NOW
but no more minion target
YO WHAT THE FUCK
They literally halved the damage
killatopak
Member
Lucian buffs makes him a better kiter overall.
Skarner's crystal vision only lasts during the no-recapture period going by the PBE information. So this is hardly acting like wards throughout the map. Still though, 150 bonus movement speed, 35+5%/level attack speed and 3% max health restore when in the area...invade Skarner at your own risk.
The move of stun from passive to E is interesting - I think it'll be easier chain his stun and suppression. Base movement speed nerf is terrible. On the whole I don't see how these changes address the common complaints about Skarner (most of which I thing were bull shit in the first place).
The move of stun from passive to E is interesting - I think it'll be easier chain his stun and suppression. Base movement speed nerf is terrible. On the whole I don't see how these changes address the common complaints about Skarner (most of which I thing were bull shit in the first place).
Pancakes
hot, steaming, as melted butter slips into the cracks, drizzled with sticky sweet syrup OH GOD
They added AD scaling.
His max level AD is likely ~120.
It's, at most, a 25% nerf. And it has a scaling cooldown, from 6 seconds to 5.
Stone Ocean
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Aka buy Gunblade
Gunblade is the perfect item for his new kit.
Lifesteal, Spellvamp, and the ability to keep the enemy close. And his Q scales off AD now too.
BreezyLimbo
Banned
His solo laning is wrecked now
Pancakes
hot, steaming, as melted butter slips into the cracks, drizzled with sticky sweet syrup OH GOD
Wickd's team got DDOS and DOTA2 international get DDOS too. Script kiddies hate mobas.
killatopak
Member
Kinda bummed about the locket aura nerf.
killatopak
Member
The shock must have been too great for Zky.
Riot should have teased school girl ahri slowly.
Riot should have teased school girl ahri slowly.
Like one close up shot at each piece of clothing at a time?
Stone Ocean
Member
Welcome to being a duo laner
What kind of particles were you expecting
Ahri particles suck anyways since they need to be color coded because of her passive
killatopak
Member
Dreams-Visions
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and they will rob you twice if it's necessary to acquire that skin. it is what it is.
BreezyLimbo
Banned
>Needs to be color coded
>Meanwhile riot is testing out cosmetics that change particles
>NO BURDEN OF KNOWLEDGE AT ALL
killatopak
Member
Pancakes
hot, steaming, as melted butter slips into the cracks, drizzled with sticky sweet syrup OH GOD
Congrats.
I might be getting a new (read:better$$$) job than what I have now and I can't wait.
Mostmanlyman
Member
Damn that's sick.
BreezyLimbo
Banned
also one of the new bruiser items give % attack damage based on base, as well as giving you a shield and even more % attack damage if you take X amount of damage
Stone Ocean
Member
Depending on how much AD you have it might be a meaningless difference or a net buff
Base 61 AD plus some runes should give you a 70ish starting AD
Old: 20 + .4 AD = 23,6 damage. Charged increases to 43,6 with no AP
New: 0.32 AD which should give you around 22,4. Charged increases to 44,8 since the charged damage now scales with your total AD
Get Cleaver or Trinity and you should overall do way more damage than before. Also don't forget he gets extra physical damage on his new stun plus it's a 1s stun at all levels
BreezyLimbo
Banned
Riot got BTFO
Seriously though, I dunno what to think about Morde. It seems like a net nerf, that they're lowering his MS, removing functionality on his W, lowering the base damage of his E, literally gutting him for a solo lane.
Like the fuck.
Seriously though, I dunno what to think about Morde. It seems like a net nerf, that they're lowering his MS, removing functionality on his W, lowering the base damage of his E, literally gutting him for a solo lane.
Like the fuck.
killatopak
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Yeah that .5 second stun early was so annoying
killatopak
Member
I mean, Riven has seven unique animations (Q has 3, R has 2, and W/E have 1), so making cool skins for her is easier.
Blitz has one that's tied to his actual model, one that makes him move quicker (minimal), a knockup punch (again tied to his model mostly), and an ult. The ult is the only thing they can really mess with.
Doesn't excuse them for charging so much and producting such an ugly looking skin.
Tizoc
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Sr Kitsune
Member
Guys,guys, did somebody already said the news?
SCHOOL
GIRL
AHRI
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SCHOOL
GIRL
AHRI
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You're ignoring how the skill ranks up. At level 9, he'll have ~84 AD before runes and masteries which is (84)(0.4)=33.6. Right now base Q is 60 + 0.4 bonus AD. That's a significant loss. Itemizing AD doesn't help much here, whether it's 0.4 total AD or 0.4 bonus AD the math is the same when you're talking about items. What muddies things is how the base CD, on-hit CD reduction, and loss of attack speed will factor into the strength of his Q. The crystal zone bonuses muddy things up further. Off the cuff I'd say cumulatively it's a nerf, should be slower at clearing camps and his early game dueling power outside of his crystal zones is definitely worse off.
The extra physical damage on E was taken from his passive. Whether or not it's more damage is build dependent. Factor in Skarner's usual CDR heavy builds but also add the negative of the damage being physical now instead of magic and it's a wash.
Shield strength buff is nice, although definitely he has to dip into a few health items now to make it worthwhile, but going strict armor or MR in defensive items hasn't really been a Skarner thing going back to S3. Cinderhulk + pretty much any health item makes it worthwhile. Movement speed bonus is effectively nerfed because his reduced base movement speed.
I don't see any particular situation where Skarner sees a big increase in damage output. Early game damage nerfed, starting in the mid-game he'll still need Trinity Force to pump out big damage (he already procs it non-stop so making Q even more spammy doesn't help in that regard). Cleaver will be better not necessarily because it'll increase his damage more than it does now, but rather because it seems like he might have an easier time applying the stacking debuff to help out teammates. Doesn't seem like any increases will be due to his base damage. Both Sterak's and Titanic Hydra seem potential good.
Gotta say though...that mana cost reduction on Q is really, really nice. Like...top lane nice...
Sterak's and Titanic Hydra look great in general. Sterak's on Skarner might be very interesting.
Ghost is Bad
Banned
good luck playing skarner vs gnar.
also wtf is this
also wtf is this
killatopak
Member
None of them desperately needs a new splash art so I don't think so.
Irelia is the one who needs a new one asap.
Tizoc
Member
But they gave Kata a new splash art a few months ago :V
Good luck playing melee champion with no gap closer vs. Gnar. Sorry, but that's not a particularly convincing argument to not play a champion you enjoy in solo queue. Statistically speaking, that Gnar player probably won't be very good. We aren't LCS players nor are we playing against them, we don't eek out every bit of a champion's strengths in every matchup. Hell, a quick glance shows that Gnar has losing win rates against champions that he should have a very good time against.
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