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[wonderdung]

I just started this maybe 2 weeks ago. I'm level 13. I really like Ahri even though it's not the easiest champion to play, and I do best with her.

I was playing with some friends yesterday, and had a decent game I thought. I was ahead in farm the whole game, and at one point kited 3 people from their base all the way back to mine after a bad team fight which I thought was pretty epic. Had one stupid death due to bad positioning, but I ended with 3 deaths and a handful of kills and assists.

After the game one of the guys on my team was like "That Ahri was terrible"... I understand it when I have a bad game but when I thought I played well it stings a little. At least I sort of knew the guy so I could talk with him after to figure out how I need to improve.

Having a lot of fun with this game so far, it's hooked me a lot more than HoN did, or anything in a long time.

 

[Pjodor]

I just started this maybe 2 weeks ago. I'm level 13. I really like Ahri even though it's not the easiest champion to play, and I do best with her.

I was playing with some friends yesterday, and had a decent game I thought. I was ahead in farm the whole game, and at one point kited 3 people from their base all the way back to mine after a bad team fight which I thought was pretty epic. Had one stupid death due to bad positioning, but I ended with 3 deaths and a handful of kills and assists.

After the game one of the guys on my team was like "That Ahri was terrible"... I understand it when I have a bad game but when I thought I played well it stings a little. At least I sort of knew the guy so I could talk with him after to figure out how I need to improve.

Having a lot of fun with this game so far, it's hooked me a lot more than HoN did, or anything in a long time.

Although it might hurt sometimes you shouldn't think too much about what other people are saying if it's not konstructive.

 

[dimb]

A lot of people just talk mess and don't really mean it. Just laugh it off, most of the time it's just funny.

 

[SouthernDragon]

If they aren't offering positive feedback, don't bother.

Did you play your role effectively? That's what matters most. KDA isn't as important. Yesterday we had a GAFfer with a 0/0/15 with 7 CS. A perfect support score, no one is going to rag on him for getting no kills.

Finally, I invite you to join us in the GAF chatroom!

 

[Ark]

The LoL community is awful, it's just full of trash talking for the sake of trash talking.

Once you get past the trash talking and learn to just either keep quiet or brush it off, you can really start to enjoy the game

 

[garath]

The LoL community is awful, it's just full of trash talking for the sake of trash talking.

Once you get past the trash talking and learn to just either keep quiet or brush it off, you can really start to enjoy the game

Yeah. There are a lot of trash talkers just for the sake of talking trash. It's easy to ignore.

Most of the people at the low teens blind game level really have no place to talk anyways. It's a mess compared to the ranked games.

I found a LOT of smurfs in the low 1-9 level range but less as I level up into the teens. Probably a lot of guys starting smurf accounts then getting bored of the smurf account and going back to their main.

 

[bjaelke]

So many smurfs these days. I was playing a game earlier and everyone kept saying stuff like "i'm usually 1700 elo" and "fight me on my main, bro!" It was so pathetic that it was funny. I also found out that I could use the same Nasus code twice across servers

 

[Boken]

If they were really the ELO they said they were they wouldn't have lost.

 

[y2dvd]

I can't beat you bot, but ill alisupport you anytime

I had good support and jungler so that helped. I forget if you were the support or Graves. If you were Graves, just gotta work on that last hit. I was outpacing you with my items.

I think facing off vs his Vayne with my Cait would be fun.

That would be fun. I'm still fairly new to Vayne so I need the matchup experience more. I loathe Cait + Sorkara combo.

 

[bjaelke]

If they were really the ELO they said they were they wouldn't have lost.

I said something similar, but he was being a real Tryndamere about it.

 

[Ark]

Really think Xerath is one of my favourite champions. And yes, my blue screen scores are back

Although to be fair, some of those guys were quite silly.

EDIT: Ok I just checked and only Vayne was level 30, and he/she only had 130 odd wins. Either way, it's still a victory.

 

[EXGN]

I just started this maybe 2 weeks ago. I'm level 13. I really like Ahri even though it's not the easiest champion to play, and I do best with her.

I was playing with some friends yesterday, and had a decent game I thought. I was ahead in farm the whole game, and at one point kited 3 people from their base all the way back to mine after a bad team fight which I thought was pretty epic. Had one stupid death due to bad positioning, but I ended with 3 deaths and a handful of kills and assists.

After the game one of the guys on my team was like "That Ahri was terrible"... I understand it when I have a bad game but when I thought I played well it stings a little. At least I sort of knew the guy so I could talk with him after to figure out how I need to improve.

Having a lot of fun with this game so far, it's hooked me a lot more than HoN did, or anything in a long time.

Did he explain how you were bad? Did his explanation make any sense?

At any rate, sometimes you just need to take things people say with a grain of salt. Just wait until you start jungling and all three lanes are bitching at you for not babysitting 24/7 even though you have like 4 assists and 1 kill and have counter jungled their jungle into oblivion.

 

[SouthernDragon]

Really think Xerath is one of my favourite champions. And yes, my blue screen scores are back

Although to be fair, some of those guys were quite silly.

EDIT: Ok I just checked and only Vayne was level 30, and he/she only had 130 odd wins. Either way, it's still a victory.

Why teleport? Good job though. And why are your screens blue again?

P.S Got Malzahar.

P.P.S. Putting up links to streams so I don't forget.

http://www.solomid.net/streams.php
http://clgaming.net/

 

[Ark]

Why teleport? Good job though. And why are your screens blue again?

Because for some reason Fraps and f.lux clash and I can't be bothered to work out how to fix it.

I took teleport because I'm very rarely close enough to use ignite or exhaust during the game, especially if my team consists of mostly melee dps (as it did that game), so I like being able to have the ability to teleport to lanes/back to my lane in an emergency. I've saved many a tower with a well-timed teleport.

 

[dimb]

Teleport on Xerath can also open up the opportunity to roam more after you push the lane. I still usually just stick to Ignite though.

 

[wonderdung]

Did he explain how you were bad? Did his explanation make any sense?

At any rate, sometimes you just need to take things people say with a grain of salt. Just wait until you start jungling and all three lanes are bitching at you for not babysitting 24/7 even though you have like 4 assists and 1 kill and have counter jungled their jungle into oblivion.

Yeah I think he was thinking that I was out of position in team fights, which is probably true as that sort of thing comes with a lot more experience. When I play with my more experienced friends on vent they tend to point out stuff like that mid-match which is a lot more helpful.

 

[Ferga]

Noooooooooo Vayne free next week!

 

[Blizzard]

Noooooooooo Vayne free next week!

Almost as good as free Viktor week, yet even squishier. >_>

 

[Uchip]

The LoL community is awful, it's just full of trash talking for the sake of trash talking.

Once you get past the trash talking and learn to just either keep quiet or brush it off, you can really start to enjoy the game

you can mute people now though

 

[Blizzard]

you can mute people now though

On the flip side, solo queue players can mute everyone and refuse to cooperate even easier now, and your warnings and pings won't help them at all, instead of barely helping them at all.

 

[Uchip]

On the flip side, solo queue players can mute everyone and refuse to cooperate even easier now, and your warnings and pings won't help them at all, instead of barely helping them at all.

I dunno
talk talking back to them may actually prevent them from being assholes

 

[XeroSauce]

Who are Arm Pen Quints viable on?

I'm running:
3 x Flat AD Marks
6 x Arm Pen Marks
9 x Flat Armor Seals
6 x Flat MR Glyphs
3 x Scaling MR Glyphs
2 x Arm Pen Quints

I'm Level 29 and this was all I could afford for my AD page.

 

[dimb]

Who are Arm Pen Quints viable on?

Champions that hit stuff.

 

[les papillons sexuels]

Who are Arm Pen Quints viable on?

Any champion that deals physical damage.

 

[XeroSauce]

Any champion that deals physical damage.

Overkill if you have Marks and you get Brutalizer etc?

 

[Blizzard]

Patch notes up, nerfs for everyone! Quick, buy the new 6300 IP champion before they get nerfed like Ahri. >_>

http://na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=1715859

 

[Flare]

Why nerf movement speed at all =\

 

[Inskipp]

Overkill if you have Marks and you get Brutalizer etc?

The more the merrier.

 

[IsayFever]

Rot in hell you op bitch.

Riven

Base movement speed reduced to 320 from 325
Base health regen reduced to 10.4 per 5 seconds from 12
Health regen per level reduced to 0.9 per 5 seconds from 1
Broken Wings base damage increased to 30/55/80/105/130 from 30/50/70/90/110
Ki Burst base damage reduced to 50/80/110/140/170 from 50/90/130/170/210

 

[Blizzard]

Summoner's Rift (Winter) has been removed from matchmaking

I'm happy about this. I mean, cho is a great counter to riven, and I got owned by cho since I was stupid, but his Q is SUPER hard to see against the snow.

Rot in hell you op bitch.

Whoa, why the rage. Did you even play her? She was so bad initially she got an almost immediate buff, or no one would have even paid IP or RP for her, right?

 

[XeroSauce]

Blessing of the Lizard Elder no longer triggers on spell damage

What.

Tryndamere
Base attack damage lowered to 56 from 59.2
Base health regen per 5 seconds reduced to 7.9 from 10.9
Mocking Shout attack damage reduction lowered to 20/35/50/65/80 from 20/40/60/80/100
Fury decay now begins after 5 seconds, as opposed to 8 second previously

SOGOOD

Nunu and Jarvan got buffs, Graves continually getting the nerf hammer to the face.

VAYNE GOT NERFED HARD.

 

[Mechazawa]

What the hell was the point of nerfing Skarner? Was he decimating jungles or something?

 

[Blizzard]

Blessing of the Lizard Elder no longer triggers on spell damage

What.

Tryndamere
Base attack damage lowered to 56 from 59.2
Base health regen per 5 seconds reduced to 7.9 from 10.9
Mocking Shout attack damage reduction lowered to 20/35/50/65/80 from 20/40/60/80/100
Fury decay now begins after 5 seconds, as opposed to 8 second previously

SOGOOD

Nunu and Jarvan got buffs, Graves continually getting the nerf hammer to the face.

VAYNE GOT NERFED HARD.

Yeah, Tryndamere, Vayne, and Graves nerfs seem reasonable. Ahri's ult being nerfed seems reasonable since she was nearly impossible to gank, though I doubt it will hep much.

 

[Inskipp]

What the hell was the point of nerfing Skarner? Was he decimating jungles or something?

Yes.

 

[Ferrio]

Wow, they smacked a lot of champs. Funny thing riven looks outta place all the others that got smacked. Vayne I don't agree with either, but I guess they took a go at her since they smacked graves.

Also why reduce riven's base speed.. that one I don't get at all.

 

[dimb]

Summoner's Rift (Winter) has been removed from matchmaking

Infinite sadness.

Not sure how Jax will be looking at the numbers. He is losing a lot of survivability, gaining a lot of damage. Looks kind of boring to play though. Skarner mana nerfs are going to hurt.

Also, the heck is this?

Blessing of the Lizard Elder no longer triggers on spell damage

Bad Riot, bad.

 

[Inskipp]

The lack of Shen- changes disheartens me

They seemed to have updated most of the splash, so looking forward to those.

Skarner mana nerfs are going to hurt.

Yeah Skarner's mana problems are going to return now. It won't stop him from being played, but these numbers are kinda overkill (they are very close to the values they used to be before his mana-costs got adjusted to 15 at all ranks, which was the time when people were complaining about his mana- issues)

 

[dimb]

Yeah, Tryndamere, Vayne, and Graves nerfs seem reasonable. Ahri's ult being nerfed seems reasonable since she was nearly impossible to gank, though I doubt it will hep much.

Ahri got off so lightly compared to other champs. These nerfs are not enough.

 

[SouthernDragon]

JARVAN GOT BUFFED

 

[XeroSauce]

PVP.net v1.52
Ranked Teams
Ranked Team roster size has been increased to a maximum of 9
Provisional Ranked Teams will now be automatically disbanded after a certain period of time to prevent name squatting
Made it easier to invite members of your Ranked Team to a group chat
Team Tags will now show up in more parts of the PVP.net and in game UI
Team Game invites will now play a different sound to differentiate from normal invites
Team Member status will now show up in the Team Profile screen so you can see who is online and available to play
Cleaned up the Ranked Team creation process to be more clear
Tweaked the Ranked Team matchmaking algorithm to be more accurate
Spectator
Fixed a bug where Spectators would sometimes get stuck at the loading screen
Fixed a bug where the last few minutes of a spectated game get sped up
General
Summoner's Rift (Winter) has been removed from matchmaking
Chat windows and buddy tooltips have been re-skinned to be visually consistent with the rest of the buddy list
The horizontal “arrow button” scrolling (for when you have more than 4 chat windows) has been removed. Chat windows will now scale down their presence in the task bar so they all fit.
Text input focus stealing on new incoming IMs has been removed
Fixed a bug where chat windows would scroll down to the bottom for every incoming message, regardless of your current scrolling position

League of Legends v1.0.0.132
Sejuani, the Winter's Wrath
Frost (Passive) - Sejuani's basic attacks apply Frost, reducing enemy Movement Speed by 10% for 3 seconds.
Arctic Assault - Sejuani charges forward to deal magic damage and apply Frost to enemies. Sejuani stops upon colliding with an enemy champion.
Northern Winds - Sejuani summons an arctic storm around her which deals magic damage to nearby enemies every second. Damage is increased against enemies affected by Frost or Permafrost.
Permafrost - Sejuani converts Frost on nearby enemies to Permafrost, dealing magic damage and increasing the Movement Speed reduction dramatically.
Glacial Prison (Ultimate) - Sejuani throws her weapon, stunning the first enemy champion hit. Nearby enemies are stunned for a shorter duration. All targets take magic damage and are affected by Frost.

Ahri
Orb of Deception mana cost increased to 70/75/80/85/90 from 60/65/70/75/80
Spirit Rush cooldown increased to 90/80/70 seconds from 80/70/60

Dr. Mundo
General
Base attack speed increased to .625 from 0.595
Attack speed per level increased to 2.8 from 2.5
Magic resist per level increased to 1.25 from .75
Burning Agony health cost reduced to 10/15/20/25/30 from 20/25/30/35/40
Sadism ultimate cooldown reduced to 65 from 75

Fizz
Implemented the following changes to Chum the Waters which were in Ahri patch changelog, but not actually moved into the patch:
Fixed a bug where Chum the Waters stopped working if Fizz died
Hitting an enemy who is immune to the Fish now causes the Fish to drop on the ground instead of fizzling
Using Quicksilver Sash now drops the Fish on the ground instead of causing the shark to emerge immediately
Added a 3-2-1 timer like Time Bomb
No longer hits nontargetable units like Vladimir in Sanguine Pool

Graves
Buckshot Mana cost increased to 60/70/80/90/100 from 60/65/70/75/80
Collateral Damage
Initial damage reduced to 250/350/450 from 250/375/500
Explosion damage reduced to 140/250/360 from 140/275/400
Cooldown increased to 100/90/80 from 80/70/60

Jarvan IV
Mana per level increased to 40 from 30
Golden Aegis mana cost reduced to 65 from 75
Demacian Standard mana cost reduced to 55 from 60

Jax (remake)
General
Base health increased to 551 from 506
Health per level increased to 88 from 83
Armor per level increased to 3.5 from 3.2
Added an animation to Jax's Joke
Relentless Assault - Passive (Remade)
Every time Jax attacks an enemy he gains 4-14% increased attack speed (stacks up to 6 times)
Leap Strike
Cooldown changed to 10/9/8/7/6 seconds from 13/11/9/7/5
Damage changed to 70/110/150/190/230 (+1.0 bonus attack damage)(0.6 ability power) from 20/45/70/95/120 (+1.0 total attack damage)(0.7 ability power)
Empower
Cooldown reduced to 7/6/5/4/3 seconds from 9/8/7/6/5
Damage changed to 40/85/130/175/220 from 60/95/130/165/200
Ability power ratio increased to 0.6 from 0.4
Mana cost increased to 30 from 20
Counter Strike (Remade)
Jax dodges all incoming basic attacks for 1.5 seconds. At the end of the effect, Jax deals 40/70/100/130/160 (+0.8 bonus attack damage) physical damage and stuns nearby enemies for 1 second. This spell deals an additional 10/15/20/25/30 damage for each attack dodged.
Grandmaster's Might (Remade)
Passive: Every third consecutive attack deals an additional 100/160/220 (+0.7 ability power) magic damage.
Active: Jax gains ability power equal to 25/45/65 (+ 20% of his ability power) and attack damage equal to 25/45/65 (+ 20% of his bonus attack damage) for 6 seconds.

Nunu
Base attack speed increased to .625 from .613
Attack speed per level increased to 2.25 from 1.08

Rammus
Powerball duration reduced to 7 seconds from 8
Powerball initial speed increased to 30% from 25%
Defensive Ball Curl damage return reduced to 15/25/35/45/55 from 20/30/40/50/60

Riven
Base movement speed reduced to 320 from 325
Base health regen reduced to 10.4 per 5 seconds from 12
Health regen per level reduced to 0.9 per 5 seconds from 1
Broken Wings base damage increased to 30/55/80/105/130 from 30/50/70/90/110
Ki Burst base damage reduced to 50/80/110/140/170 from 50/90/130/170/210

Shaco
Jack in the Box duration lowered to 60 seconds from 90
Jack in the Boxes now show their remaining duration (in seconds) in their mana bar

Skarner
Crystal Slash mana cost adjusted to 20/22/24/26/28 from 15 at all levels
Crystal Slash slow decreased to 20/25/30/35/40% from 25/30/35/40/45%
Impale cooldown increased to 130/120/110 from 110/100/90

Tryndamere
Base attack damage lowered to 56 from 59.2
Base health regen per 5 seconds reduced to 7.9 from 10.9
Mocking Shout attack damage reduction lowered to 20/35/50/65/80 from 20/40/60/80/100
Fury decay now begins after 5 seconds, as opposed to 8 second previously

Vayne
Base movement speed reduced to 300 from 305
Night Hunter movement speed reduced to 30 from 40
Tumble bonus damage reduced to 30/35/40/45/50% from 40/45/50/55/60%
Final Hour Tumble stealth duration reduced to 1 second from 1.5

Veigar
Fixed a bug where killing a unit with Baleful Strike would not create the particle effect

Vladimir
Transfusion cooldown reduced to 10/8.5/7/5.5/4 seconds from 12/10/8/6/4
Crimson Pact ability power to health conversion reduced to 1.4 from 1.8
Hemoplague no longer costs 15% of your current health and is now no cost to cast
Tides of blood health cost ramp up reduced to 25% from 50%

Volibear
Base armor increased to 20 from 17.5
Rolling Thunder
Damage increased to 30/60/90/120/150 from 25/50/75/100/125
Volibear now gains 15% Movement Speed for the duration. This bonus increases to 45% Movement Speed when moving toward enemy champions.
Fixed a bug where Rolling Thunder's attack would sometimes cancel against fast moving targets
Frenzy bonus health to damage ratio reduced to 15% from 18%
Majestic Roar damage increased to 60/105/150/195/240 from 60/95/130/165/200
Chosen of the Storm (Passive) cooldown no longer resets on death

Warwick
Hunter's Call cooldown reduced to 24/22/20/18/16 seconds from 30/27/24/21/18

Xerath
Fixed a bug where Mage Chains could sometimes stun the target for 2 seconds instead of 1.5

Items
Ionic Spark is now purchasable on Summoner's Rift and Twisted Treeline
Nashor's Tooth
Total cost reduced to 2735 from 2885
Ability Power increased to 65 from 55
Ninja Tabi
Dodge has been removed
New UNIQUE Passive: Reduces the damage taken from non-turret basic attacks by 10%
Stinger total cost reduced to 1090 from 1140
Sword of the Divine has been removed

Summoner Spells
Surge cooldown reduced to 180 seconds from 220

General
Colorblind Mode
New mode which improves visualization of health bars and various graphical effects and animations for colorblind players.
Location (while in game): Options > Video > Advanced Options > Colorblind Mode (checkbox)
Blessing of the Lizard Elder no longer triggers on spell damage
Updated several Champions recommended items

Patch for those on a phone.

How big of a deal is Volibear now?

 

[dimb]

Patch for those on a phone.

How big of a deal is Volibear now?

He will still suck, he'll just be slightly less annoying to play with the movespeed changes to his charge.

 

[kiunchbb]

Overkill if you have Marks and you get Brutalizer etc?

Unlike magic resistant, armor stack with level, so its never an overkill. Unless most of the enemy team have over 150 armor, then you might as well get last whisper instead.

Ranked Team roster size has been increased to a maximum of 9

May be GAF team can finally work it out without kicking so many people.

Summoner's Rift (Winter) has been removed from matchmaking

Hidden Cho'Gath and Kog Maw nerf.

Ahri

Orb of Deception mana cost increased to 70/75/80/85/90 from 60/65/70/75/80
Spirit Rush cooldown increased to 90/80/70 seconds from 80/70/60

ROD OF AGES

Blessing of the Lizard Elder no longer triggers on spell damage

AKA getting hit by skarner's slow is no longer an instant kill at level 3.

 

[Inskipp]

Patch for those on a phone.

How big of a deal is Volibear now?

Not very.

Now with Skarner nerfed to the ground, this gives other junglers more playing room. Volibear is a potential candidate, with all of his damage (except W) buffed.

Then again Lee Sin is still king, so meh.

 

[dimb]

How dumb is it that every champion in the world gets nerfed but Kennen. I mean, c'mon.

 

[Jazzy Network]

Woot Jarvan mana buffs. Was running out of mana alot while jungling this should help it a bit.

 

[Ferga]

Graves nerfs aren't that bad and jarvan buffs! So happy

Vayne nerfs though :\

 

[Drkirby]

So no more dodge?

 

[Odrion]

^^^ Yup, I think dodge is now out of the game for good. Now get to work on removing crit. :E

Some of those nerfs are very nice (evem though I bought a couple of the ones getting hit hard during christmas...), but I really wish they focused on bigger issues such as buffing Eve to make her more of a valuable champion again or reworking Shaco's flash to stop him from being one of the few champions remaining that is truly not fun to play against.

 

[_woLf]

But I love the winter map.

 

[les papillons sexuels]

riven nerf will be interesting, she got a substantial buff in her dmg output on broken wings though, so she'll fall back into a tanky dps roll.