PhillipCostigan
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he was really underpowered before this patch, but they may have overshot it a little.
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League of Legends |OT6| My AP Mid Can't Be This Cute
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he was really underpowered before this patch, but they may have overshot it a little.
i'm just like, you know, maybe don't give him a .5 buff to his shield? you know, on top of the many other buffs you gave him?
like rito you really don't wanna just try .2 or .3? maybe see how that works first since you're already giving him 40 more base shield and 40 more base damage on his w?
take it slow rito pls
everyone is happier when you do
Mister Wilhelm
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How did he manage the laning phase? I can't see him having a good lane unless he is against say Nidalee or another passive lane.
Terbinator
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He's definitely not as pick/ban as he was, now he's rewarding if played correctly or not played against correctly - specifically versus AP mid.
The ratio on his shield could do with a slight knock though. .5 per AP is competing with a supports shield isn't it? OTOH, he's a good LeBlanc counter, I guess?
The ratio on his shield could do with a slight knock though. .5 per AP is competing with a supports shield isn't it? OTOH, he's a good LeBlanc counter, I guess?
Warwick and Jax are up there as well. Jax is so stupid with Feral Flare. Warwick becomes impossible to kill. I ban both every game I can.
Kassadin's shield ratio is 0.8 per AP, then you combine with 15% reduced magic damage from his passive. If he gets a lane against an AP champion and he doesn't die early, they're going to have problems.
They're rolling it back to 0.3 per AP, if they do what's on the PBE (wouldn't shock if me they did). I saw Kassadin do fine a lot of times before they buffed him. Post buff, if he gets ahead he just wrecks people because there's very little most magic users can do against him.
They're rolling it back to 0.3 per AP, if they do what's on the PBE (wouldn't shock if me they did). I saw Kassadin do fine a lot of times before they buffed him. Post buff, if he gets ahead he just wrecks people because there's very little most magic users can do against him.
Terbinator
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1 ADC (Urgot doesn't count) in this weeks champion rotation? A bit poor IMO.
PhillipCostigan
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He has to have a large shield though because he doesn't do anywhere near as much damage as he used to. Like they completely gutted Riftwalk.
You can just build him pretty tanky now and not die and reposition around the fight a lot. He's probably even more cleanup reliant, and he has to go in more because a lot of his damage is in his W.
I think he's far more balanceable than he was before, and I think straight reverting the Q buff would be bad, especially considering it's only a magic damage shield. Could probably knock it to .6 AP.
He's not great against all AD teams either cos he has to go off his optimal build quite a bit and his shield is useless against them.
The most trouble I had was against a Zed.
I still didn't lose though. I'm 3 for 3 with him.
You can just build him pretty tanky now and not die and reposition around the fight a lot. He's probably even more cleanup reliant, and he has to go in more because a lot of his damage is in his W.
I think he's far more balanceable than he was before, and I think straight reverting the Q buff would be bad, especially considering it's only a magic damage shield. Could probably knock it to .6 AP.
He's not great against all AD teams either cos he has to go off his optimal build quite a bit and his shield is useless against them.
The most trouble I had was against a Zed.
I still didn't lose though. I'm 3 for 3 with him.
Terbinator
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(not trying to discard anything else you said)
This is the main problem both for and against him. Mid is still heavily skewed towards AP and his shield gives him a super strong platform. In the Kayle game I mentioned a few pages back I had to go AP as we had no one else and even though I beat him in farm (as expected) and was reasonably fed (like 4/1 by about ~20mins) the shield was skewing any 1v1 advantage I should have had given our gold differences.
New Kassadin demands more than just Riftrolling in and out of teamfights compared to before but he is still, perhaps, too strong.
Terbinator
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Stone Ocean
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It's one of the most requested lore champions, but that's about it.Is this a new champ?
maybe somedayIs this a new champ?
i think it's hinted somewhere, maybe joj or something
Stone Ocean
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Yeah. JoJ had Malz kidnapping Kass' daughter, hopefully to do some evil voidy things to her.
Terbinator
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The new EU "superteam" Rest In Pepperonis, is playing in the Solomid Invitationals tournament right now.
This is the team that includes Alex Ich.
http://www.twitch.tv/tsmtournaments
This is the team that includes Alex Ich.
http://www.twitch.tv/tsmtournaments
Stone Ocean
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So he's going to top lane? What the fuck
Terbinator
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Maybe he was last pick.
Stone Ocean
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He would be supporting or jungling in that case.
PhillipCostigan
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we knew he was going to top.
he was going to top for the original super team instead of wickd but decided to stay in Gambit.
he was going to top for the original super team instead of wickd but decided to stay in Gambit.
Stone Ocean
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Damn. I hate when players I love switch roles.
Maybe it'll get him to win but I'm not feeling it.
Damn I wish I could get last pick top.
PhillipCostigan
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no matter how good Kassadin is, there are some games you just can't win
had a 4v5 followed by this:
completely outplayed the other Kassadin in lane and roaming but...
man. this was so sad.
edit: the Alex Kha'Zix. man.
had a 4v5 followed by this:
completely outplayed the other Kassadin in lane and roaming but...
man. this was so sad.
edit: the Alex Kha'Zix. man.
Freaking Feral Flare...
I swear that FF is ruining the game. I can't believe how many times I've been in 4v5 fights simply because the dumb crap jungler wants to build his stacks and he refuses to be with the team. Lost two games last night because of that crap. It's an item that totally encourages bad players to be much worse for team synergy.
I swear that FF is ruining the game. I can't believe how many times I've been in 4v5 fights simply because the dumb crap jungler wants to build his stacks and he refuses to be with the team. Lost two games last night because of that crap. It's an item that totally encourages bad players to be much worse for team synergy.
Isn't he old enough this fall?
PhillipCostigan
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end of september or something I think.
Terbinator
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I've not even left champ select and our Yi has already said don't expect ganks.
Stone Ocean
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Patch 4.7 can't come soon enough
At least he's letting you know and you can play accordingly.
Sure, but the problem is that they refuse to deviate from their plan to pile up stacks, even if a lane gets into trouble or the perfect gank opportunity comes up. I like FF in concept, but in practice it's become a bit of a mess. Otherwise good teams get penalized so hard by one greedy jungler.
Terbinator
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He's missed three kills - not ganks - kills because he's farming wraiths. Unreal.
PhillipCostigan
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took kassadin into ranked.
turns out he dumps on Malz. lol
turns out he dumps on Malz. lol
PhillipCostigan
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don't be that guy
Didn't say it was necessarily the smart choice, but at least he's letting you know. There's value in that information.
zkylon said:feral flare's what happens when you trust people to be smart rito
Swap "feral flare" for whatever comes to mind and I think you're onto something.
waddya mean
you can't say that about my dear athene's unholy grail :3
PhillipCostigan
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Stone Ocean
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Fizz players are pretty close up there with Lee and Vayne players
Athene's rush vs Zed while you have blue buff
Tizoc
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Rito pls.
I want to try Vi already.
OK about to buy my Yellows soon, so do I get Flat HP or HP per Level?
Gonna get a few armors and MGR too and make my Rune pages accordingly.
EDIT: Would 3 Health/per level, armor/level and MGR/level be good seals to have? 3 of each? I have an OCD in having stuff balanced like that >_>;
I want to try Vi already.
OK about to buy my Yellows soon, so do I get Flat HP or HP per Level?
Gonna get a few armors and MGR too and make my Rune pages accordingly.
EDIT: Would 3 Health/per level, armor/level and MGR/level be good seals to have? 3 of each? I have an OCD in having stuff balanced like that >_>;
PhillipCostigan
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because she was by far and away the best top laner in solo q and one of the best competitive mid laners at the time.
She's not picked now because she was nerfed but she was hugely popular before the nerfs.
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