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We should really start just playing ranked team games when we have 5 on. Realised that we played 5 games with our normal 5 today and never thought of ranked teams.
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naGAF and believe!
We should really start just playing ranked team games when we have 5 on. Realised that we played 5 games with our normal 5 today and never thought of ranked teams.
Sivir+Kiunch's leona = Fed sivir
IsayFever
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yo son, na is up. play time
Heavy's Sandvich
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Played with a gaffer, he destroyed the team so I decided to play hide and seek as Teemo.
Possibly the most fun I've had in a while.
Possibly the most fun I've had in a while.
Vayne hits were deserved. I literally can't remember the last game I played where she wasn't picked by at least one team. Most of the time she was on both. Yes, yes, I know that is why you don't play blind pick. But Draft Mode takes 5x as long to find a game, and then you get 5-6 quitters before you finally get a match that actually starts. I don't want to spend 30 minutes to get a game going.
The Skarner nerf puts a big nail in his coffin for me. I've lost all interest in jungling with a team full of tower pushing pugs. I sure as hell don't want to do it with a perpetually empty mana bar.
Those Vlad changes make him look mighty tempting now. My champ listing is starting to look like a who's-who of AP mids though, and I need to branch out a bit more. Still though, free Hemos? I'm ok with that.
The Skarner nerf puts a big nail in his coffin for me. I've lost all interest in jungling with a team full of tower pushing pugs. I sure as hell don't want to do it with a perpetually empty mana bar.
Those Vlad changes make him look mighty tempting now. My champ listing is starting to look like a who's-who of AP mids though, and I need to branch out a bit more. Still though, free Hemos? I'm ok with that.
I JUST bought Skarner over the weekend too. I'm hoping Blue will keep me topped off until I get into my build (which includes Frozen Heart and Sheen). Makes no sense that they pretty much just brought Slash back to the same cost it was before.
EDIT: Actually, just as this post on Reddit. A valid commentary, IMO -
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A big wtf that they removed Winter from the map rotation. We need more not less in terms of map variants IMO.
PS: Awww Rammy got nerfed. I won't QQ though as he was pretty OP. LOL
PS: Awww Rammy got nerfed. I won't QQ though as he was pretty OP. LOL
SouthernDragon
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I laned against a Vlad top. He made me angry and think "Man, this is so busted!"... as GAREN. So I expect you to solo top as Vlad.
Well, I keep rotating Funkasaurus to include whomever is available. We can do more 5Ranked.
Also, I miss Leona/Jarvan bot.
throwawayname
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This guy was on my team. His name means "The n***** butcher". He had more than 300 wins and apparently hadn't received any reports before. smh.
How do you check how many reports a person has?
forgeforsaken
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Wukong is a bruiser. Some other bruisers with gap closers are Jax, Irelia, Renekton, Xin, Pantheon. That should get you started.
If you like his clone ability, look at Shaco, but he plays pretty different but is the only other one really where you get to play mind games.
I contacted support right after the game because I was really shocked by the name.
You should try Renekton or Irelia. Renekton is free this week and perhaps the one that resembles Wukong's play style the most.
Edit: or go with some of the suggestions in the post above mine.
FallingEdge
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Trist/Alistar baby!
And I'm thinking about buying the new champ and using her as a support although I think her best role will prolly be jungle.
Wolf Akela
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Intermed fun. I tried messing around with a tank + hybrid DPS wick. I'd replace Malady with Madred if I had enough money. Friend tried Mundo for the first time.
Well, I got really tanky lol. There was one looooooooong team fight near the enemy tower and I still had full HP by the end of it. Gonna try it on Normal some time.
Well, I got really tanky lol. There was one looooooooong team fight near the enemy tower and I still had full HP by the end of it. Gonna try it on Normal some time.
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aztek is ok
I love Renekton. His W hits like a truck early game, and following it up with a Q and an Ignite is basically a guaranteed kill against most characters.
I would suggest Frozen Heart on WW as well. The CDR helps him get his ult quicker and also solves any mana issues. My typical WW build looks like Doran's ring/Boots/Spirit Visage/Wit's End/Frozen Heart/Madred's Blood Razer.
Ya, believe is 2 for 2. Win our first 10 games then hang up our belt!
I always get philostone for my skarner when jungling, seems to be an even better first item now.
So back to crying about OP Vlad. Suddenly it feels like 2010 again.
davidpdong
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I do have a 100% win ratio with gaf ranked! 3/3.
While I don't rage I do take ranked as real serious internet bizness. If you pick a weak champion or take bad summoner spells, I'm not super pleased. Like, if I wanted to troll and make the jokes I'd just play normal (Kiunch AP kogmaw with archangels and manamune). To me, playing ranked together is the unspoken agreement that we're all here to win.
With the vlad buffs, I guess its time to polish up kennen and katarina.
While I don't rage I do take ranked as real serious internet bizness. If you pick a weak champion or take bad summoner spells, I'm not super pleased. Like, if I wanted to troll and make the jokes I'd just play normal (Kiunch AP kogmaw with archangels and manamune). To me, playing ranked together is the unspoken agreement that we're all here to win.
With the vlad buffs, I guess its time to polish up kennen and katarina.
The buffs were just crazy. He's clearing the lane like nothing, doesn't really have any big drains on his health anymore, and has a strong early game with the new timers. Even if he's getting pushed he can tank creep waves without issue after just a few levels. Right now there isn't really any reason to play another AP mid than Kennen and Vlad unless they're taken/banned. I don't really get why Riot thinks these champions with no weaknesses are okay.
I don't understand the passive nerf on Vayne. The damage I can understand and the Ult stealth i can sort of understand but that passive is what made Vayne quite a unique carry. Ugh. This is so stupid. People think soloqueue/pubstomping champions should always be freaking nerfed.
Are there any reasonable counters to kennen or vlad? I know Xerath has long range, but I really had trouble hitting his combo stun near teamfights since you have to land a skillshot after the target click.
I thought about playing vlad way back in the day since I heard vlad and shaco were two champions that could really troll the other team, and I like trolling the other team (as long as I win and do well in the process). It sounds like with the buff it's finally time to try him for real.
ELECTRASTAR TEACH ME THE SECRETS OF VLAD
Morgana can do alright if by some freak act of God she isn't banned. Not a direct counter but she can hang with them or win the lane.
Kennan doesn't scale very well. 2nd, its not hard to shut him down either. Exactly the same as Fiddle where some decent warding and a knockback/lockdown takes care of it. Janna or Alistar being the big two.
Vlad never made sense to me. Same with Aki. Specifically the pool and shadow. Those skills have always provided ult level utility to the character, but at level 2 in both cases. It gives each of them far too much lean way in a lane.
I don't really get the comparison to Fiddle at all. He is really bad right now. Fiddlesticks has some of the worst farm in the game, especially into late game because he can't clear waves. That is like...the opposite of Kennen. Fiddlesticks is a close range champion based around catching the opponent off guard and ulting in.
Not sure I'd agree that Kennen doesn't scale well either. His damage remains strong, but even if it didn't, he would still bring stuns and massive amounts of AOE to the table.
Ya, it's a nice item for shyvana I think too. More reason to pop a abyssal scepter on her. Though she's still going to suck.
SouthernDragon
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oh gosh, really?
Depending on testing, I feel like Wriggles and Ionic Spark combo will be great items for junglers and possibly a new meta building around it.
XeroSauce
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AP Shyvana?
How? That sounds interesting but the only thing I can think of that scales is her E?
IsayFever
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Health, Attack speed, an aoe farm ability. No downside! I mostly got it cause we had a huge lead and wanted to dick around, but it turned out to be pretty damn strong overall
SafeinSound
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He's ugly.
davidpdong
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I have a feeling spark is going to be nasty on top lane volibear as well.
SouthernDragon
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HRRRRRRRM
Solo Top Jarvan will make a few test runs this week, I think.
Solo Top Jarvan will make a few test runs this week, I think.
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