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[zkylon]

They made an event like the summer event, with points and rewards for the community to unlock by playing.

LAS unlocked every single milestone, with the last one being a free mystery skin. LAN didn't, we only made it half way to the free mystery skin.

LAN complained it was unfair that we didn't get anything when we were so close, specially because in LAS people were still in holidays/vacations while in LAN we were either working or already on school (and in exams/projects)

Riot LAN felt bad too so they announced they would do a 50% off of mystery skin.

LAS complained that it was unfair towards them to give us even half the reward.

mind you i don't think people on las was asking for lan not to get anything, but for the 50% off mystery skins to be on las too

not myself cos i barely heard about this a couple days ago but u know

overall yea pretty whiny on both sides

also it's kinda funny that the 50% off mystery skins was pretty scary for rito cos it meant u could buy mystery skins with the 400 free rp from new accounts lol

I don't get it these are nerfs right? Except removing the hit her when she lands E thing which is weird because that's like the most interactive thing about facing her

i think the idea is to make her e less extreme and maybe remove some design dirt around it that created some weird decisionmaking

idk, illaoi feels like such a strange design

 

[PhillipCostigan]

Once I eventually get over the Shen buzz I want to try make Illaoi work. I heard some of the design folks saying Black Cleaver and stuff is a trap build, should go Ghostblade and a bunch of high damage stuff.

But yeah, she's not in a good spot. I really love her design and I think there's a cool kit in there, it's just not working in its current form.

 

[Fracas]

Once I eventually get over the Shen buzz I want to try make Illaoi work. I heard some of the design folks saying Black Cleaver and stuff is a trap build, should go Ghostblade and a bunch of high damage stuff.

But yeah, she's not in a good spot. I really love her design and I think there's a cool kit in there, it's just not working in its current form.

As someone who has only played her maybe twice, I think an assassin build is pretty fun for her. Her abilities have nice ratios, especially the Q. That thing hits like a truck.

 

[Orochinagis]

Making Illaoi focus on her E vessel ignoring the enemy and her passive putting the tentacles in "inaccesibles" areas is a weird mechanic I guess.

 

[jerd]

Idk she already seems pretty squishy even on tanky builds and she still has the problem of her kit just being not very good. Her stuff is just too easy to dodge. If you could reliably land abilities maybe it could work.

 

[clemenx]

When I read her design and lore and stuff I loved her right away but the gameplay is severely lacking. She has no place in league of mobility as it is.

She should have more control over her passive tentacles imo, make them swing with Q or whatever and they definitely need to swing faster.

 

[pigeon]

mind you i don't think people on las was asking for lan not to get anything, but for the 50% off mystery skins to be on las too

not myself cos i barely heard about this a couple days ago but u know

overall yea pretty whiny on both sides

also it's kinda funny that the 50% off mystery skins was pretty scary for rito cos it meant u could buy mystery skins with the 400 free rp from new accounts lol

That's a classic terror moment in F2P world. Honestly it's pretty bad that Riot ever gave 400 RP for free that early, because it puts a hard cap on anything giftable ever being 400 RP or less (as Riot LatAm apparently just figured out). It is not at all surprising to me that they're going to change that.

I think they could probably just figure out the sale percentage that puts mystery skins at exactly 401 RP and run that sale.

 

[Edwardo]

The best is destroying low health people offscreen.

 

[Blizzard]

Illaoi probably isn't good, but boy she feels oppressive to play against if someone does poorly.

The weirdest thing to me is the enormous spirit debuff time. If you get that when you're low health, you're presumably too low slow to dodge tentacles and then kill them, and too low health to tank them and then kill them. So instead you get this like 40-second nightmare where you slowly walk back to base, possibly escorted by a teammate. There's not much in the game like it.

 

[AzureSkies]

I bought bard.

I then tried to play Bard in a match and he wasn't selectable.

riot pls

 

[Hard]

Illaoi is the case example in that a champion can have too much counterplay.

 

[NCR Redslayer]

I bought bard.

I then tried to play Bard in a match and he wasn't selectable.

riot pls

They actually trying to make you play ilaoe

 

[jerd]

Her Q doesn't have to do a billion damage. Just lower the damage and make the cast time fast enough so you can actually land the thing against a lane opponent who is awake and looking at the screen.

Wouldn't fix her but it would at least make her an acceptable lane bully

 

[zkylon]

That's a classic terror moment in F2P world. Honestly it's pretty bad that Riot ever gave 400 RP for free that early, because it puts a hard cap on anything giftable ever being 400 RP or less (as Riot LatAm apparently just figured out). It is not at all surprising to me that they're going to change that.

I think they could probably just figure out the sale percentage that puts mystery skins at exactly 401 RP and run that sale.

they're considering doing a 2x1 in mystery chests instead

it sort of accomplishes the same thing (tho not really) and saves them the trouble of dealing with ppl spamming new accounts for free mystery gifts

 

[AzureSkies]

They actually trying to make you play ilaoe

its hard to play her when i want bard instead

 

[Tizoc]

Once I eventually get over the Shen buzz I want to try make Illaoi work. I heard some of the design folks saying Black Cleaver and stuff is a trap build, should go Ghostblade and a bunch of high damage stuff.

But yeah, she's not in a good spot. I really love her design and I think there's a cool kit in there, it's just not working in its current form.

Yummy ghostblade on illaoi sounds odd mainly because the active is wasted on her due to her low atk spd ratios

 

[Troubled Bat]

I just got Final Boss Veigar from the chest. Fuck yes!

 

[drawkcaB]

First two Kindred games have been complete disasters, so I got that going for me. I'm sure looking at those replays will give me an aneurysm at how badly I did. Ah well.

 

[Quonny]

Death's Dance Littleowie.

It's incredibly good.

 

[Newt]

Poppy 1v5ing teams is so stupid.

 

[drawkcaB]

What situations should I be looking for using Kindred's ult? Seems quite situational.

 

[Hard]

Poppy 1v5ing teams is so stupid.

It's game like this where I need to post my "Renekton Bar" diatribe. Shit's ridiculous.

 

[jerd]

What situations should I be looking for using Kindred's ult? Seems quite situational.

It's tough to use because a lot of the time it's better to just hang onto it if you're winning the fight rather than use it to save one person. You'll get a feel for it eventually. If you're fighting from range it's actually often not to hard to ult someone behind your real target and keep their back line outside of your ult.

Kindred took me forever to use reliably but they're one of my better champs now.

 

[subtles]

I got Spirit Guard Udyr and Dragon Trainer Tristana from the chests.

 

[Peanut Butter]

LoLGAF, would you exclusively play your most hated champion for a year if you got to go on a date with your two biggest celebrity crushes?

 

[Calvero]

you can get champions you already own from chests? dammit.

LoLGAF, would you exclusively play your most hated champion for a year if you got to go on a date with your two biggest celebrity crushes?

yes

 

[zkylon]

LoLGAF, would you exclusively play your most hated champion for a year if you got to go on a date with your two biggest celebrity crushes?

gross

 

[jerd]

Most hated as in least favorite to play or least favorite to play against?

Because I'm not sure I could physically endure a year of Warwick

 

[Troubled Bat]

I got Spirit Guard Udyr and Dragon Trainer Tristana from the chests.

Whaaaaat? You damn lucky! I wish I had those two skins. >.<

LoLGAF, would you exclusively play your most hated champion for a year if you got to go on a date with your two biggest celebrity crushes?

Yes, yes I would. No doubt.

 

[mcz117chief]

LoLGAF, would you exclusively play your most hated champion for a year if you got to go on a date with your two biggest celebrity crushes?

Two evenings for a year of tedium? No way, mate.

 

[Edwardo]

LoLGAF, would you exclusively play your most hated champion for a year if you got to go on a date with your two biggest celebrity crushes?

Ya def

 

[jerd]

Two evenings for a year of tedium? No way, mate.

You're assuming no second date with either of them tho don't sell yourself short cmon

 

[zkylon]

what's the consensus on posting pictures like this that aren't super nsfw but like just posting a picture of leblanc is kind of nsfw because rito artists are perverts -__-

 

[kenbo]

what is she trying to show me with her hand

 

[zkylon]

it's better that i don't say

honestly that hand is a disaster, i hadn't noticed but it's super bad

 

[dimb]

what is she trying to show me with her hand

http://i.imgur.com/LfcIFc6.png

 

[Edwardo]

I'd say it's more than kind of nsfw

 

[killatopak]

Finally back to diamond in 58 games.

I dunno why it took that long considering I got plat 2 on provision and I got to Diamond 5 from Silver 2 in less than 80 games last season. (edit: just checked my photos. It's actually 145 games to D5.)

I'm guessing it's because Riven is not that good of a champ anymore compared to last season. I find myself using Renek and Irelia more a few patches back and just used her sparingly until now when I changed my overall build for her.

 

[contologics]

I had read that Illaoi is the relic of a champion Rito wanted to put out years back called Seth .. if you know is the inspiration for Azir. Seth's kit was a combination of what Azir and Illaoi somewhat. So, in a way, Illaoi has been out since way back when lol. She does need changes though..

 

[Black-Wind]

I got Spirit Guard Udyr and Dragon Trainer Tristana from the chests.

Nice.

GL getting the orange dust to unlock both.

 

[powerdrain]

I had read that Illaoi is the relic of a champion Rito wanted to put out years back called Seth .. if you know is the inspiration for Azir. Seth's kit was a combination of what Azir and Illaoi somewhat. So, in a way, Illaoi has been out since way back when lol. She does need changes though..

It would take away what makes her unique somewhat, and weaken her "fantasy" as a mythical God conduit or whatever, but what if her E worked like Thresh Q instead of having the trials debuff. It would mean it would harder to run away from her Ult. I think she's fun as is, but I don't have HOURS of gameplay with her. Maybe she does need some changes but she's only just came out.

LoLGAF, would you exclusively play your most hated champion for a year if you got to go on a date with your two biggest celebrity crushes?

This is such a specific question. Probably wouldn't bother since I'd be gushy and embarrass myself at a date anyway. I'm not sure who my most hated champ is either. Possibly Yasuo.

 

[contologics]

Yea, somehow she rose to my third most played champ so I can say she's sorta useless. Rather, she punishes players who misstep really hard. I don't think she needs like a complete makeover since her lore and what she is is awesome. She needs like, more quality of life changes, something. Maybe make the q land faster, allow the tentacles to smash faster or smash in conjunction with another spell.

Make her tankier(?), I feel like late game she's still squishy. I don't know about the black cleaver rush since I usually rush Icebourne Gauntlet with Frozen Mallet along with the suppressor mastery and that's likely all the damage needed. Anyone with mobility really, really, really messes with her. I play her like my top dawg Nasus of sorts, which is.. lock down top lane until I get the first two turrents then group or go bot and do the same.

She also feels really useless when she roams since she depends so heavily on those tentacles, I think that mechanic needs a change, the way how her tentacles spawn. I don't know if making it a ammo system would help but it can help somewhat I guess.

 

[dimb]

help me understand what i need to do to earn key fragments.

always playing in a group. sixteen wins one key fragment...

 

[Orochinagis]

what's the consensus on posting pictures like this that aren't super nsfw but like just posting a picture of leblanc is kind of nsfw because rito artists are perverts -__-

Cuz is a suggestive pose?

 

[killatopak]

Illa-whatever is pretty annoying though. Her soul pull skill is literally endless if you keep getting pulled since its cooldown is much lower than the duration. Happened to me earlier. She's also unstoppable unless you send half of your team to her if she gets a decent lead. Her only weakness is that she is pretty immobile.

 

[Orochinagis]

Thanks god her E is slow as hell

 

[contologics]

The buff they gave her to make the delay shorter after missing the e was well deserved though <3.

 

[Newt]

Illaoi was the female champ league needed.

 

[Hard]

1. Illaoiaoiaoiaoiaoiaoiaoiaoiaoiaoioi is useless. She's like the Blitzcrank of top lane, plus lots of unreliable damage and minus the utility of Blitz. She relies more on opponent misplays than the player doing well.

See below

Illaoi will never be good tbh

Illaoi is like cyber-bullying, the easiest way to beat it is to walk away

Cant roam

Cant CC

Can't disrupt

Can barely tank

Kited so hard

there's just damage, and who needs that when ADC's exist

all she can do is sit there and throw out tentacles that any competent player will dodge

muda muda muda muda muda muda muda muda muda muda muda muda muda muda muda muda muda muda muda muda muda muda muda muda muda muda muda

Needs a soft rework tbh

 

[Mostmanlyman]

Illaoi was the female champ league needed.

I agree with that, too bad her kit is shit.