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League of Legends |OT| Free to play Dota clone (PC)
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Legato.Reborn-
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we all know that feelKod1ak said:
Ark said:
Was playing at work. Had 12 hours to kill. There's only so much you can do on the internet before you run out of websites/forums to read.. especially at 3am.
And it was more than 6. That's all that show up at a time in the LoL client. I had about 3 more Dom games and a failure of a SR game as well. At least I got my one win of the day bonus game in there somewhere.
Champs that suck on SR can be pretty good in Dominion, this scores major points.
Also highlights those in need of a real look, like Karma, who sucks on both maps.
Not to mention better IP/min, exciting team fights right out of the gate, more interesting items, no need for a dedicated jungler, etc.
Many of my problems with League of Legends (spammy, too much farm, simplistic items) actually contribute to the fun of Dominion, which is basically Arathi Basin where you don't have to grind for a week.
Also highlights those in need of a real look, like Karma, who sucks on both maps.
Not to mention better IP/min, exciting team fights right out of the gate, more interesting items, no need for a dedicated jungler, etc.
Many of my problems with League of Legends (spammy, too much farm, simplistic items) actually contribute to the fun of Dominion, which is basically Arathi Basin where you don't have to grind for a week.
Teknopathetic
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Seriously. Do something about Karma someone. Anyone. Please. She's so bad they didn't even bother to nerf her heals when they nerfed everyone's. It's like she doesn't even exist except when there's a typo in her tooltips.
Both modes are fun.. However, I like the fast pace of Dominion. You can nearly finish a game of Dom before you get out of the laning phase in SR. I just hate taking 15 min to last hit and skirmish or having to run through a jungle clear or two before you really get started with the action.
Plus, I usually play a jungle on SR, so it's nice to not have to worry about jungling. And, like Haly said, you get to play some champs that aren't viable otherwise.
Plus, I usually play a jungle on SR, so it's nice to not have to worry about jungling. And, like Haly said, you get to play some champs that aren't viable otherwise.
Rayven said:Maybe b/c you don't play with Haly, Legato, and I
What is Dominion missing in your opinion?
The fact that you need three towers to even begin getting points is an artificial way of making the games 'closer', you should be generating points depending on how many towers you have. If you have one tower, then you should generate points.
I also feel that the games are too fast paced (I know it's supposed to be a quick game based gametype (there's a hyphen in there I'm missing)) but all of the champions are designed for SR and the classic Dota style game play, putting them into a auto-gold-feed 15-20 minute gametype doesn't work with everyone and infact there are times when I play Dominion that it feels even more unbalanced that SR does.
On top of that, I find Dominion very tedious. I see no replay value in it. I get points for doing stuff? I still don't even know how the Dominion points system works
At the end of the day, I compare Dominion to Arathi Basin (Because they're so similar). I played countless hours of AB back in my WoW days but Dominion has me fairly bored after a few games. Oh, and this will sound silly, but the turrets dealing tonnes of damage in Dominion just encourages more turret hugging, THAT get's very frustrating very quickly.
FutureZombie
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I wouldn't say Dominion is bad; I just don't like it very much. Many of the reasons I like LoL are not present in Dominion. I like ganks. I like the ebb and flow of lanes. I like how every character is viable. These things are not present in Dominion. Plus I actually like longer games.
Teknopathetic
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"I like how every character is viable."
Excuse me?
Excuse me?
FutureZombie
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Teknopathetic said:
There's something for everyone to do. People say Sivir and Eve suck, but they can backdoor really well. Meanwhile, there are some champs that are broken in Dominion. That isn't true for classic.
SouthernDragon
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Um, you get points if you have only one more tower than the opposing team. I've had several successful games where all we did all game was neutralize their points and run away, so we had 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, and 3-x towers, always generating points.
I meant... I could finally learn a jungler...
You can't! Where the hell will we find a 5th?!
IsayFever said:
I meant... I could finally learn a jungler...
IsayFever said:
You can't! Where the hell will we find a 5th?!
Sivir, Karma and Eve do suck and I think you are a horrible and inconsiderate person who is wasting the time of everyone else in the game if you pick them. They aren't even good backdoor champions if that's what you want to do. Sivir is slow as heck, can't tank a turret until late, late game when turrets might as well be speed bumps, and has no escape. How is she even "backdooring"?
The kind of trolly people that play Eve btw (NSFW): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWwdR6AeoGE
The kind of trolly people that play Eve btw (NSFW): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWwdR6AeoGE
Mister Wilhelm
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I was thinking about picking up the runes for my first jungle character, and I honestly really want to do jungle Cho'gath.
I was going to do WW or GP, but GP always, always gets bant in ranked and WW...I just don't like the way he plays.
I've heard jungle Cho is extremely good but he's just better at solo top so it's rarely seen.
Anyone have experience with this?
I was going to do WW or GP, but GP always, always gets bant in ranked and WW...I just don't like the way he plays.
I've heard jungle Cho is extremely good but he's just better at solo top so it's rarely seen.
Anyone have experience with this?
SouthernDragon
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Ya'll bitchin' about lack of coordination with teammates...
We have LoLGAF and two different Mumble servers at our disposition. No excuses! And I've rarely met an ass who wouldn't listen.
We have LoLGAF and two different Mumble servers at our disposition. No excuses! And I've rarely met an ass who wouldn't listen.
I jungle Cho sometimes. Very strong but most people won't play him because hitting the puncture can be tough, so ganks can take some effort and you aren't going to be guaranteed a kill like you would with some other champions.Mister Wilhelm said:
This is a decent guide for it: http://www.solomid.net/guides.php?g=2762
You might also want to watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eteuU7pKCMg
Cho doesn't need runes to jungle, so just try him out and see if you like him before you go and buy all the jungle runes for him.
Edit: It also looks like Riven is available on the free champion list this week, but Yorick isn't. His obscurity continues on.
Mister Wilhelm
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Dance In My Blood said:
TY. Where is the rotation available before the front page?
kiunchbb said:
Hate it when good morganas do this
Push to the tower, put down a puddle at the caster minion then go gank top or bot. So hard to call her mia just because her pool of sludge is still there. When you do call mia, its pretty much a second or two before she appears out of the brush to gank.
FutureZombie
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Free Vayne and Kog'Maw in the same week. I'm excited to try both of them. I'm also looking forward to killing even more terrible Rivens than usual.
Teknopathetic
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If all you have to contribute to a team is trying to solo a tower while your team gets dumped on in a team fight, you're not playing a viable character.
Mister Wilhelm
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Teknopathetic said:
Backdooring is a viable strat as long as you are all on the same page and defend correctly.
In 99.9% of games it isn't a viable strategy, so having a character who can only do that is pretty worthless. Backdooring is easy to spot with proper warding, and offers no real counter unless you are able to deliver a finishing blow. Otherwise the team with five people in the team fight crush the team with one person MIA and go destroy the nexus before your backdoor gets anywhere, and maybe even send one or two guys back to destroy you while you think you're getting fancy with the spices on some turret.Mister Wilhelm said:
Sivir and Eve aren't even worthwhile backdoor tier. Go Yi or Trynd if you want to do that.
Well I complain about balance issues on champions I play too, like Morgana and Gangplank. But in those kind of situations I'm also the one laughing the whole game too.
Lee Sin is a different kind of imbalanced though. He's just like...this character that can build tank and still do great damage because of these obscene ratios. Dude is listed as an assassin, is somehow still one of the better tanks in the game, has great ganks, good ranged attacks/gap closers, jungling that does itself, isn't mana reliant so he can give up Blue easily, and even has utility with a shield. He is getting kicked down a little in a patch that is supposed to not change much for tournaments, and I would be amazed if he doesn't come down further in the future.
Lee Sin is a different kind of imbalanced though. He's just like...this character that can build tank and still do great damage because of these obscene ratios. Dude is listed as an assassin, is somehow still one of the better tanks in the game, has great ganks, good ranged attacks/gap closers, jungling that does itself, isn't mana reliant so he can give up Blue easily, and even has utility with a shield. He is getting kicked down a little in a patch that is supposed to not change much for tournaments, and I would be amazed if he doesn't come down further in the future.
CrazedProfessional
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I've been playing AP Sion lately and he just seems like a really fucking good anticarry and backdoorer. Go double Dorans Rings into Needlessly Large Rod + Boots 1 and watch as you kill all the squishies with your shield.
You can wipe out entire minion waves by mid-game so he can REALLY push lanes fast. He seems like Yorick, Awesome as fuck but underplayed. By end game you shield and Stun do about 900 magic damage each and since the shield procs enrage you will have around about 3k HP if you farm well enough with your shield. It's just crazy fun.
You can wipe out entire minion waves by mid-game so he can REALLY push lanes fast. He seems like Yorick, Awesome as fuck but underplayed. By end game you shield and Stun do about 900 magic damage each and since the shield procs enrage you will have around about 3k HP if you farm well enough with your shield. It's just crazy fun.
lot of action in the current match: http://www.own3d.tv/live/3633/_EN__IEM_China_League_of_Legends
came first in all my yorick dominion games. beat second place by at least 300 points every time too
The guy is a beast. Took down a full health renekton with his ult when i was 300 health after soloing a brand and ezreal. Spirit visage +his E just brings your health back to full after 3 spams.
its ridiculous
The guy is a beast. Took down a full health renekton with his ult when i was 300 health after soloing a brand and ezreal. Spirit visage +his E just brings your health back to full after 3 spams.
its ridiculous
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