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League of Legends |OT| Free to play Dota clone (PC)
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DarkAngelYuna
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I'm still new but this chogath guy I've been playing as for a few days seems pretty amazing.
Legato.Reborn-
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slayzz said:
Indeed, and so am I. But after watching Dan Dinh* play him on high ELO matches, you'll see he's actually viable. The trick is hybrid tank nunu, not just full on AP nunu.
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thepotatoman
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I like to play amumu but everyone complains about me every single game. Thing is i have almost 300 games under my belt so you would think my elo is accurate enough to make me go at least 50/50 win loss. Funny thing is i actually have a positive win loss record (170-130). I guess amumu's amazing tanking and team fighting more then makes up for a stupid death here and there, problem is the team only remembers about the stupid death and poor k/d ratio.
Son of Godzilla
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A level one rune book is *totally* worth it. 60% the power for 5% the price? It is totally worth the cost of delaying one or two tier 3 runes to fill a book of tier 1s.
Mr_Guillotine
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I need to get to 20 so we can ban that bastard.EviLore said:
Legato.Reborn-
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Mr_Guillotine said:
Less TT, More SR.
y2dvd said:
http://www.alienwarearena.com/news/119/league-of-legends-nightmare-cho-39-gath-giveaway/
DarkAngelYuna said:
I love Cho'gath. An awesome AoE silence and FEAST.
Most of the tanks in this game are very fun to play as. Rammus' Powerball, Shen's ult, Mordekaiser's superb defense and pushing ability(despite Riot thinks he's pretty bad).
DarkAngelYuna
Banned
Just wondering if most people play 3s or 5s? I've been focusing on 3s since I got the game and I'm just wanting to make sure I don't need to make a switch to 5s asap.
Nay. While HoN is just Dota, LoL is an evolution of the formula.dmshaposv said:
http://eu.leagueoflegends.com/learn/dota_and_lol
Teknopathetic
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"HoN is basically DotA with slicker graphics, is this the same thing?"
Yes and no. A lot of the base mechanics and strategies are (somewhat) similar but there are quite a few major differences. The summoner system for one which gives a bit of persistency, you have a page of runes that you can customize outside of the game for increased health, ability power, damage, regen, blah blah. Also, you have a "mastery" tree which is basically like an MMO Talent tree for further customization and you can select 2 additional spells to bring into the game that do things like blink, heal, increase move speed, etc. Spell power can be increased by items so casters scale at all phases of the game. Runes don't spawn in the river but instead are on neutral creeps. There's brush which conceals players inside it. None of the champions are direct ports from DotA (to my knowledge) but a lot of the skills from dota do exist in some form. There's no denying. Tower AI is very different, *only* targets nearby creeps unless you attack an enemy player near one then it automatically targets you. I think that covers all the noticeable changes.
Leezard's link probably gives a more in-depth answer.
Yes and no. A lot of the base mechanics and strategies are (somewhat) similar but there are quite a few major differences. The summoner system for one which gives a bit of persistency, you have a page of runes that you can customize outside of the game for increased health, ability power, damage, regen, blah blah. Also, you have a "mastery" tree which is basically like an MMO Talent tree for further customization and you can select 2 additional spells to bring into the game that do things like blink, heal, increase move speed, etc. Spell power can be increased by items so casters scale at all phases of the game. Runes don't spawn in the river but instead are on neutral creeps. There's brush which conceals players inside it. None of the champions are direct ports from DotA (to my knowledge) but a lot of the skills from dota do exist in some form. There's no denying. Tower AI is very different, *only* targets nearby creeps unless you attack an enemy player near one then it automatically targets you. I think that covers all the noticeable changes.
Leezard's link probably gives a more in-depth answer.
Tip: When you're on a multiple game winning streak, don't get cocky and play one more game to try to get another win. Unless you're superman, most likely you will feel the effects of LoL fatigue and play really sloppily and end up losing quite miserably, ending your run on a sour note.
Herbspiceguy
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My LoL name is Tribalsoul. Been playing since beta. I only play tanks or melee dps, with Singed being my main pick atm. Normally I only solo queue, but I wouldn't mind playing with some GAFers. I only do 5v5. Got mic & vent, but I don't think it's necessary for good teamplay.
Son of Godzilla
Banned
Practice games are disabled currently for some reason...eznark said:
DarkAngelYuna
Banned
Only level 5 since I did a lot of practice games over the past 2 weeks but I'm pushing normal games now.. Never had a game over 45 minutes until just now.. hit the 2 hour mark with the entire other team in our base for like 90 minutes just getting pushed out rofl.. my ass hurts =\
thestopsign
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DarkAngelYuna said:
That's the longest game I've ever heard of by like 40 minutes.
DarkAngelYuna
Banned
Hah, we lost and its like the first time I've had a game break 50 minutes or so. It was fun as hell running around as chogath with 5 stacks of feast though. Btw, this was 5v5.caromelo said:
DarkAngelYuna
Banned
I know at my level I'm fighting all new players but is Cho'gath supposed to be easy to play or does he just fit me well? I'm going like 10 kills + and 1-2 deaths a match sometimes these 5v5s with him make me feel like I'm just soloing all the other players and turrets. He's so fun to aoe champions into the air - silence em - then feast 1 shots em
I'm definitely enjoying LoL more than HoN at the moment.
At first it was the reverse because of LoL's clunky interface (ingame and launcher) and less variety in moves/skillsets but now they have sort of evened out.
Now LoL's persistent stats/masteries/runes and more consistent updates makes it more appealing than HoN.
...Also a lot less bickering and more positive attitudes overall make it a much friendlier experience.
At first it was the reverse because of LoL's clunky interface (ingame and launcher) and less variety in moves/skillsets but now they have sort of evened out.
Now LoL's persistent stats/masteries/runes and more consistent updates makes it more appealing than HoN.
...Also a lot less bickering and more positive attitudes overall make it a much friendlier experience.
Shrennin
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IceIpor said:
From what I've heard about HoN's community has made me absolutely frightened to even try it. LoL's community used to be the worst community that I have ever been in (now I'm not so sure because I've only encountered one or two people who made games a pain to play because of their complaining, whining, etc. since season 1).
Shrinnan said:
Well... one really bad thing about HoN is that there is also voice chat built into it.
Yes, you can mute them, but it's still rather annoying having some random guy whine and complain all game and having to hear his unappealing voice at the same time.
Not so with LoL! (Yet...)
Shrennin
Didn't get the memo regarding the 14th Amendment
IceIpor said:
I think Riot has really cracked down on the community because it really doesn't seem that bad now. Before season 1, however, uh...
I still hope that there isn't any built in voice chat though, that seems like a really bad idea.
The one feature I can't wait for is the replay feature. If Riot just works on that then I'll be happy.
Also, are they removing Flash? Not that I am against its removal necessarily, but I've heard how it's going to be removed and yet it still stays. I've been trying not to use it in case it gets removed but if it stays then it would really go well with Fiddle.
DarkAngelYuna
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I can't wait for voice, its the one thing that seems really lacking atm.IceIpor said:
So, I have enough points to buy a hero. Question, is AP any good now? I don't think I've pulled of a single AP build yet except with Morgana. I'd like to buy Veigar, who was my favorite back in beta and he's pretty much pure AP stacking.
Edit: Weird, he was only 600-ish yesterday. Do the prices change daily?
Edit: Weird, he was only 600-ish yesterday. Do the prices change daily?
With HoN, S2 tried to build the game around the hardcore DotA fanbase.
The problem with that strategy is that the hardcore becomes very niche the more you listen to them. You start to build complex mechanics and stratagems at the expense of viable alternatives and accessibility.
They might have started trying to build a game for everyone, but it seems like now it's becoming a game for just the hardcore few that argues over every little detail.
Anyhow, I doubt they'll remove Flash. Seems too much like a unique useful move to just pull it.
Maybe they'll put some kind of limiter or something on Flash though.
The problem with that strategy is that the hardcore becomes very niche the more you listen to them. You start to build complex mechanics and stratagems at the expense of viable alternatives and accessibility.
They might have started trying to build a game for everyone, but it seems like now it's becoming a game for just the hardcore few that argues over every little detail.
Anyhow, I doubt they'll remove Flash. Seems too much like a unique useful move to just pull it.
Maybe they'll put some kind of limiter or something on Flash though.
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