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[Orochinagis]

yea no joke they absolutely deleted leblanc

i think leblanc might be the weakest lvl 1 champion in the game, every point you put into anything feels like you're not gaining any power, your waveclear always falls a bit short, it's terrible :/

there's just no reason to play leblanc anymore, they 100% ruined her

Dat Illaoi carrying lebanc corpse

 

[Talents]

That's the best way to learn a champ though, go ham and see when you're strong.

I learnt that Camille is not stronger than Malz with ignite level 2.

The more you know.

 

[Newt]

Haha, these assassins always get cheesed so hard by the Kayle ADC.

 

[TheFlow]

look at my last game and tell me what is wrong with the picture. outside of the hella bad jinx rushing a night of edge. or the vi jungler with no lane pressure. The colossus azir pick. I even told him don't pick azir. azir is bad. most bronze game I ever played. Ugh. If I lose I don't want to lose because a couple of bronze players snuck into my game.

https://na.op.gg/summoner/userName=7flow



edit: we just talked about building correctly. so this is a good example of why building paths makes a game

 

[zkylon]

meanwhile anivia is the most braindead champion ever and it's super broken

literally no pressure for you to do anything, you win just by time moving forward lol

Dat Illaoi carrying lebanc corpse

yea lol

she had like two 1v4 quadras so we dove fountain to get her a penta in the end

 

[Newt]

Filthy Anivia abuser.

 

[TheFlow]

someone please duo with me. trash teammates. holy shit.

 

[Talents]

someone please duo with me. trash teammates. holy shit.

I can duo with you tomorrow

Spoiler

If I'm allowed to play Camille when she's up

 

[Orochinagis]

Most of the jungle poppy are dominating the jungle right now in bronze, one just simply charge and me and one shot me as Jinx

 

[Calvero]

tilted newt by getting a quadra in a game i was inting

 

[TheFlow]

I can duo with you tomorrow

Spoiler

If I'm allowed to play Camille when she's up

fine by me.


Also holy shit is Janna the most easiest champ in the game. I felt bad for the enemy wu who kept trying to dive us.

 

[zkylon]

Filthy Anivia abuser.

little incentive for playing a champion that takes skill if riot nerfs her to the ground while i can just play this braindead risk adverse champion that always has broken numbers but riot doesn't care cos not enough ppl play her or she's not popular in competitive or whatever

rip

 

[Orochinagis]

Whats happening to her leg

 

[Talents]

Bjerg's playing Camille mid and feeding as well :thinking:

 

[zkylon]

had some good moments in ranked today

also this amazing anivia highlight lol

Whats happening to her leg

distortioning i guess

 

[TheFlow]

note to self don't play late at night. made so many mistakes in my game with newt. still won though wooh.

 

[HowZatOZ]

So, I haven't played LoL in a good year or so, probably just before the new dragons came in and around the time aioli sauce was introduced which felt like a really broken champ. A friend at work keeps nudging me to play and I'm half tempted to jump back in on a casual basis. Is there perhaps a roundup of where the game currently is, including the latest changes?

I was silver in competitive, almost on the verge of gold before I quit. I know mages got a massive change, but from memory I mainly played jungle amumu or a top bruiser. Though Annie always had a sweet spot in my heart for mid.

 

[faridmon]

Just to be absolutely clear, are we talking about the Quick Silver Sash? Because in that case no, why would you buy that on a support.

Oh my bad guys, thought you meant FQC

my bad, ignore the whole thing

 

[Peanut Butter]

Oh my bad guys, thought you meant FQC

 

[Leezard]

Oh my bad guys, thought you meant FQC

my bad, ignore the whole thing

You probably don't want to purchase FQC on most champs nowadays. It's a tad bit expensive and you need a lot of other support items.

 

[MrCookiepants]

yea no joke they absolutely deleted leblanc

i think leblanc might be the weakest lvl 1 champion in the game, every point you put into anything feels like you're not gaining any power, your waveclear always falls a bit short, it's terrible :/

there's just no reason to play leblanc anymore, they 100% ruined her

edit: wrong stuff so editing it out :T

I like the idea of the W nerf. Using it for damage was always the most boring way to play old Leblanc. The problem is that they've taken all the fun out of the rest of her kit, so the champion has nothing left now.

It's like the ingredients are all the same and recipe hasn't changed... but you have a new chef who's untalented and using poor quality produce to make a shittier version of a dish you love.

 

[Hydrophobic]

Whats happening to her leg

She is a digidestined, being transported to the digital world to begin her Digimon adventure.

Oh my bad guys, thought you meant FQC

my bad, ignore the whole thing

lol Asking questions for clarity saves the day again!

 

[Leezard]

So, I haven't played LoL in a good year or so, probably just before the new dragons came in and around the time aioli sauce was introduced which felt like a really broken champ. A friend at work keeps nudging me to play and I'm half tempted to jump back in on a casual basis. Is there perhaps a roundup of where the game currently is, including the latest changes?

I was silver in competitive, almost on the verge of gold before I quit. I know mages got a massive change, but from memory I mainly played jungle amumu or a top bruiser. Though Annie always had a sweet spot in my heart for mid.

You might have some luck in the r/summonerschool subreddit on reddit. They do post meta update summaries every now and then. You might find a recent summary there.

 

[zkylon]

I like the idea of the W nerf. Using it for damage was always the most boring way to play old Leblanc. The problem is that they've taken all the fun out of the rest of her kit, so the champion has nothing left now.

It's like the ingredients are all the same and recipe hasn't changed... but you have a new chef who's untalented and using poor quality produce to make a shittier version of a dish you love.

they haven't really taken all the fun out of her, i liked her better before since you actually felt like a deceiver rather than a mage, but i was having a lot fun playing her last week, but sadly they've nerfed her to the point they've landed on numbers that feel really absurd because they have to balance everything around a passive which they cannot nerf

katarina has the exact same issue, all her damage was moved to her passive so she's busted in high elo where ppl can optimize her passive, while her high base numbers mean she's also pretty strong for the average player too. she's not super popular in competitive yet and idk if she'll become 100% P/B like leblanc since she's less of a mage but she's on an upward trend and she has the exact same problem

 

[Stone Ocean]

Kat does not have the same problems as Leblanc lol

Nowhere near close. You have way more opportunities to deny Kat her damage than you have with LB.

 

[zkylon]

Kat does not have the same problems as Leblanc lol

Nowhere near close. You have way more opportunities to deny Kat her damage than you have with LB.

I said problem, singular

Also Kat has the unique problem of being fucking lame :>

 

[scy]

Also Kat has the unique problem of being fucking lame :>

those are fighting words

 

[Ever]

Sexy redhead assassin

That's pretty much it

 

[zkylon]

those are fighting words

haha

honestly i don't disagree with lotion, i just think champions with centralized, always-on dmg like leblanc or katarina are impossible to balance

 

[Stone Ocean]

Sexy redhead assassin

That's pretty much it

What you mean "pretty much it"

What else do you need

 

[scy]

Sexy redhead assassin

That's pretty much it

Oh, from a design aesthetic. Sure, I can see that. She's mostly gameplay hook and fanservice hooks.

haha

honestly i don't disagree with lotion, i just think champions with centralized, always-on dmg like leblanc or katarina are impossible to balance

It's always going to be the problem with the champions designed about outplay or hype reel moments probably? That you do sort of end up designed into this spot they're always 'live' so they can have their moment so they live or die based solely on the execution level above and beyond most anything else.

Or they get gutted to the point they can't achieve what they're supposed to in the first place.

 

[zkylon]

It's always going to be the problem with the champions designed about outplay or hype reel moments probably? That you do sort of end up designed into this spot they're always 'live' so they can have their moment so they live or die based solely on the execution level above and beyond most anything else.

Or they get gutted to the point they can't achieve what they're supposed to in the first place.

idk, that's not how zed and ahri work, and they can have their big outplay moments. so did pre-rework leblanc

for kat i can kinda see it since overall her rework was an improvement, but for lb i feel like they just designed themselves into a corner

 

[SenorArdilla]

They should give her the Trickster's Glass active as one of her abilities.

 

[Orochinagis]

Oh my bad guys, thought you meant FQC

my bad, ignore the whole thing

Kill me, softly.

Supports are chained with starter relic<Sightstone + pinks<upgraded starter relic or upgraded relic sightsone +pinks<Redemption+pinks<Solari+pinks.

Unless you want to go full AP after sightstone

 

[zkylon]

They should give her the Trickster's Glass active as one of her abilities.

heh that would be super bullshit

 

[Peanut Butter]

I had a dream that Riot reverted Rengar's rework and I was able to play the old Critgar again.

=(

 

[Stone Ocean]

I had a dream that Riot reverted Rengar's rework and I was able to play the old Critgar again.

=(

As if old Rengar was getting past draft

 

[Newt]

Not like LeBlanc really took that much skill. You didn't even have to land the chain to kill someone.

 

[zkylon]

no one takes skill in ur opinion

speaking of champions that take great skill

lol.....

 

[BreezyLimbo]

Is that a Vayne nendo

 

[zkylon]

nope, just a regular riot's

 

[SenorArdilla]

At least it's not a Funko Pop.

 

[Newt]

no one takes skill in ur opinion

Champions that take skill list:

Ashe
Azir
Bard
Caitlyn
Cass
Choggy
Draven
Elise
Ezreal
GP
Gnar
Gragas
Jayce
Jhin
Kalista
Karma
Katarina (maybe...)
Kindred
Koggy
Lee Sin
Lissandra
Lucian
Lulu
Morg
Nami (fine :/)
Nid
Ori
Renekton (early is braindead, but you gotta play smart later on)
Rengar
Riven
Rumble
Ryze
Shen
Sivir
Syndra
Kench
Taliyah
Taric
Thresh
TF
Twitch
Urgot
Vayne
Varus (post nerfs)
Viktor
Vlad
Yasuo
Yorick (I don't even know what this champ does, and it's not worth the effort to find out)
Zed
Zilean

 

[EzekelRAGE]

I'm just a koggy.

 

[Newt]

I think Lucian might be a good pick again, but he has so many bad matchups holy shit.
Dude lost tower at 7 mins with a Soraka.

 

[Calvero]

I think Lucian might be a good pick again, but he has so many bad matchups holy shit.
Dude lost tower at 7 mins with a Soraka.

Lucy just dominates the Caitlin Zyra matchup tho :^)))

 

[Ever]

>renekton takes skill
>mfw

Spoiler

why do you think I play him lol

 

[Peanut Butter]

Champions that take skill list:

Yorick (I don't even know what this champ does, and it's not worth the effort to find out)

This is why I take your thoughts on Rengar with a grain of salt lol

 

[JulianImp]

Post-rework Yorick is a decent-ish fighter/bully (I think), but ultimately relies on landing his Es to sic ghouls onto your enemies and some prep time to harvest them in the first place. His ult can even be used to splitpush while you roam elsewhere, but it often felt to me like Yorick wanted his ghost thing to be in fights so he can get that bonus damage on all his attacks, on top of it being kind of weak if you leave it alone.

He's definitely not the best toplaner in his class by any means, but I've heard he's much better off than he was before his rework, at the very least.

 

[Quonny]

did someone say yorick

did someone say 3v3