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[Tizoc]

dont play ad tf.

he's fun, screw you guys :V

Don't forget to build Essence Reaver.

On the one hand I can see WHY it would be good on him, but I personally don't feel like building it on him.

 

[PhillipCostigan]

NA getting new servers in November

Suck it, EUW

been there done that

 

[garath]

NA getting new servers in November

Suck it, EUW

Yay new servers. No more DDoS?

Boo west coast still. Fuck you riot.

To clarify the hearty fuck you, even if they manage to improve routing to the tune of maybe getting 80ms at best, it is still stupid. Having central servers would give the entire country between 40-60 as opposed to completely shafting a whole side of the country with 80+ ping.

 

[Ferrio]

Yay new servers. No more DDoS?

Boo west coast still. Fuck you riot.

To clarify the hearty fuck you, even if they manage to improve routing to the tune of maybe getting 80ms at best, it is still stupid. Having central servers would give the entire country between 40-60 as opposed to completely shafting a whole side of the country with 80+ ping.

My ping would go up about 50-70 if they put it centrally.

 

[pigeon]

i dunno about the mana regen thing

i maybe would rather have the difference between having lots of mana and having lots of mana regen to be accentuated more than just removing one buying option altogether -_-

That would probably mean reducing base mana pool and max mana items, so that buying max mana was the "burst" option and buying regen was the "sustain" option. Tough to balance effectively, but could be interesting.

In some ways the real problem with mana balancing is that there are too many champions that have mana as an explicit non-resource, like Volibear. Basically it's clear from their design that a lot of champs aren't meant to be gated by mana but for some reason have mana as a resource anyway. I am not sure what the point of that is, but maybe they need to go through and take that off some of them.

 

[garath]

My ping would go up about 50-70 if they put it centrally.

Where are you? There's very little of the country that would be much over 60 if they put it in north texas

 

[Ferrio]

Where are you? There's very little of the country that would be much over 60 if they put it in north texas

Alaska.

 

[Nekofrog]

Having bursty mages that go oom fast would guarantee that they would never be played ever again

9.99

 

[Vincent Alexander]

Am I the only player who hardly touches Athenes? I guess I understand the nice resist side of it, if needed. But with the Chalice of Harmony, I never run out of mana for the rest of the game.

 

[EarlyEarly]

I played with an AD TF once in bot lane. I was Leona support and we put in work.

Spoiler

In blind normals lol

 

[garath]

Alaska.

That would explain it lol

 

[Stone Ocean]

Having bursty mages that go oom fast would guarantee that they would never be played ever again

9.99

Annie is very much playable even if you don't buy any regen on her. So was Diana when she was good.

Burst + low mana pool is fine. DPS + low mana that is unplayable.

Am I the only player who hardly touches Athenes? I guess I understand the nice resist side of it, if needed. But with the Chalice of Harmony, I never run out of mana for the rest of the game.

You upgrade Chalice for the damage, CDR and the extra MP5 passives, not for the MR. If you're going to just sit on a Chalice might as well just buy tear.

 

[Diprosalic]

third ranked game in a row where i win lane easily but mid and bot feed 10+ kills in under 10 minutes. T.T

t'was 5-30 @ 15 min


the struggle is real.

 

[Ghost is Bad]

if ur winning lane then u need to roam.

especially if ur a tp top laner. u can use ur tp to get back to top if u really need to.

 

[Diprosalic]

if ur winning lane then u need to roam.

especially if ur a tp top laner. u can use ur tp to get back to top if u really need to.

i know but i'm not good enough to deal with a 8-0 trist at 12 min while my lane gets pushed in hard.

 

[Stone Ocean]

i know but i'm not good enough to deal with a 8-0 trist at 12 min.

You're a mid laner that won lane. Unless you're Vs the likes of Lucian a 1 item ADC is your bitch.

 

[Leezard]

i know but i'm not good enough to deal with a 8-0 trist at 12 min while my lane gets pushed in hard.

Then the opponents won their lane much harder than you won yours. If the opponents win both mid and bot, you really shouldn't expect to win the game by winning top.

 

[Diprosalic]

You're a mid laner that won lane. Unless you're Vs the likes of Lucian a 1 item ADC is your bitch.

i'm top tho

Then the opponents won their lane much harder than you won yours.

i know. i'm not complaining, just saying that i'm not good enough to deal with it. (and i got it three times in a row)

 

[Stone Ocean]

i'm top tho

Oh, I read it as mid. Point still stands, TP down bot, gank the lane, force dragons and TP back up top, you're only irrelevant if you want to be.

 

[Ferrio]

Oh, I read it as mid. Point still stands, TP down bot, gank the lane, force dragons and TP back up top, you're only irrelevant if you want to be.

Against an 8/0 tris at 12 mins? If a trist is that fed that early you going to trust that bot lane to actually back you up on this?

 

[Stone Ocean]

Against an 8/0 tris at 12 mins? If a trist is that fed that early you going to trust that bot lane to actually back you up on this?

If you're going to do nothing then might as well AFK in base until 20 minutes.

 

[Diprosalic]

it's not like i did nothing against it, in fact i was the player that tried the hardest to still win while all other players just gave up.

i'm just saying that i'm not good enough to deal against a similar skilled player with way more kills than me at the 10 min mark. i'm trying to be but atm i'm not.

 

[Ferrio]

If you're going to do nothing then might as well AFK in base until 20 minutes.

Well sure you can try, but I doubt it'll end nicely.

 

[Stone Ocean]

Well sure you can try, but I doubt it'll end nicely.

You're not winning otherwise so might as well give it a go.

 

[Ghost is Bad]

Against an 8/0 tris at 12 mins? If a trist is that fed that early you going to trust that bot lane to actually back you up on this?

u cant play like a bitch as a tp top laner. contrary to popular belief, there are a lot of extremely strong early game champs that can take tp like a lulu or a riven and they can fuck people up. also, if the trist is 8/0, you may as well take the chance to shut her down before she can get her 3rd big item and become god.

 

[Leezard]

i'm top tho



i know. i'm not complaining, just saying that i'm not good enough to deal with it. (and i got it three times in a row)

You can't carry all games, that's a fact. Sometimes shit gets so out of hand nobody could salvage it. Luckily it averages out over time, even if it feels bad when it happens in back-to-back games.

You might have been able to do stuff differently to pull out a win, but sometimes it just gets out of hand, especially when teammates give up.

 

[Purple Cheeto]

Time to try ADC Twisted Fate.
I don't know who my support is...
Although Trinity TF could work but I'm going with a build a gaffer recommended.

What's old is new again. I remember the days of attack speed TF.

 

[DeadNames]

Having bursty mages that go oom fast would guarantee that they would never be played ever again

9.99

top lel

so now they actually have to think about using their spells instead of poking you down then pressing R on you (Hi, Syndra!)

 

[Ghost is Bad]

top lel

so now they actually have to think about using their spells instead of poking you down then pressing R on you (Hi, Syndra!)

thats literally every mid champion in the game.

 

[Nekofrog]

top lel

so now they actually have to think about using their spells instead of poking you down then pressing R on you (Hi, Syndra!)

No it's just the fact that even if they burst down a target then they're probably out of the fight too making it a 1 for 1 trade without even dying. Then they more of a liability than ever because when veils and ga's start showing up then there's literally no use for them

We already see this with shit like LeBlanc even before her nerf. Can get fed as fuck but once those items come out offers next to nothing. So now a burst mana gated champ will fall of faster in multiple ways.

You're like singlehandedly the worst poster in this thread because you don't understand the most basic of champion concepts, then when it's pointed out to you the reason for their existence and why they work the way they do and that there are counters you ignore it and keep bitching pages and pages later

 

[Lone_Prodigy]

If you're going to do nothing then might as well AFK in base until 20 minutes.

I agree. The game is lost, what do you have to lose? You can continue farming your lane until they 5-man gank you top, your team starts flaming each other, and then refuse to surrender at 20.

Or you can make your way bot, die, and learn that if the Trist was 2-0 instead of 8-0 you would've won that fight.

 

[zkylon]

top lel

so now they actually have to think about using their spells instead of poking you down then pressing R on you (Hi, Syndra!)

applies to fighters and bruisers and melee champions all the same

That would probably mean reducing base mana pool and max mana items, so that buying max mana was the "burst" option and buying regen was the "sustain" option. Tough to balance effectively, but could be interesting.

In some ways the real problem with mana balancing is that there are too many champions that have mana as an explicit non-resource, like Volibear. Basically it's clear from their design that a lot of champs aren't meant to be gated by mana but for some reason have mana as a resource anyway. I am not sure what the point of that is, but maybe they need to go through and take that off some of them.

yeah i'm thinking cases like kass or kog ults in which mana costs go high up to levels that are impossible to sustain with just athenes

maybe making some more champions rely on that with very pronounced highs and lows?

or something?

i'm really curious what riot means with all of this, i kinda wish they hadn't said anything as this just makes me confused

 

[Bacon]

No it's just the fact that even if they burst down a target then they're probably out of the fight too making it a 1 for 1 trade without even dying. Then they more of a liability than ever because when veils and ga's start showing up then there's literally no use for them

We already see this with shit like LeBlanc even before her nerf. Can get fed as fuck but once those items come out offers next to nothing. So now a burst mana gated champ will fall of faster in multiple ways.

You're like singlehandedly the worst poster in this thread because you don't understand the most basic of champion concepts, then when it's pointed out to you the reason for their existence and why they work the way they do and that there are counters you ignore it and keep bitching pages and pages later

The ether coming out tonight.

 

[Nekofrog]

I like to call them truthfacts

 

[Ghost is Bad]

100% accurate reason why deadnames hates syndra.

 

[zkylon]

i'm just glad "wrongnames" stuck

100% accurate reason why deadnames hates syndra.

someone please criticize the proportions and hand shapes in this art

 

[Bacon]

I have to admit I've never understood the hating on Syndra, she seems like she is in a really good spot to me.

 

[Ferrio]

I have to admit I've never understood the hating on Syndra, she seems like she is in a really good spot to me.

People die to her ult and get salty. "OMG all you do is hit R and you win game!"

 

[Dreams-Visions]

i'm just glad "wrongnames" stuck


someone please criticize the proportions and hand shapes in this art

Syndra is a bit thin. Not at all accurate.

 

[NCR Redslayer]

100% accurate reason why deadnames hates syndra.

Very accurate in portraying the amount of hate.

 

[Nekofrog]

Like I get some people's hate of ziggs when he was stronger. I didn't agree with it but I understood it. I just can't fathom hating syndra the way she is right now. She has basic mechanics that people can pick her up and be ok with her but to actually be good with her you need a lot of practice in positioning, lane matchups, and power spikes. It's also easy to outplay Her based on your own positioning

 

[Mister Negative]

every champ i don't play is stupid unskilled bullshit, but every champ i do play is noble and good

these are my guns and im stickin to em

 

[DeadNames]

No it's just the fact that even if they burst down a target then they're probably out of the fight too making it a 1 for 1 trade without even dying. Then they more of a liability than ever because when veils and ga's start showing up then there's literally no use for them

We already see this with shit like LeBlanc even before her nerf. Can get fed as fuck but once those items come out offers next to nothing. So now a burst mana gated champ will fall of faster in multiple ways.

You're like singlehandedly the worst poster in this thread because you don't understand the most basic of champion concepts, then when it's pointed out to you the reason for their existence and why they work the way they do and that there are counters you ignore it and keep bitching pages and pages later

Except Syndra provides way more utility and AOE over LB.

The reason I hate Syndra is because her ult turns her from a skillshot reliant burst mage to one who can miss most of her spells and just press R. And her Q costs like no mana. It's annoying but manageable.

 

[Ferrio]

Except Syndra provides way more utility and AOE over LB.

And she's way more vulnerable too.

And her Q costs like no mana. It's annoying but manageable.

I wish that was the case.

 

[dimb]

Syndra stun is too strong. It's easy to hate her.

 

[Fracas]

Syndra isn't a broken champ overall, but she's like Annie in lower elo. What I mean by that is her lack of escape doesn't really mean anything, as positioning doesn't mean jack shit down here.

When I'm playing Syndra in silver, I don't have to worry about the other team peeling for their squishies. I can just walk right in, nuke them and walk out lol. Annie might be even easier.

 

[Nekofrog]

Except Syndra provides way more utility and AOE over LB.

The reason I hate Syndra is because her ult turns her from a skillshot reliant burst mage to one who can miss most of her spells and just press R. And her Q costs like no mana. It's annoying but manageable.

Ok

Go on and get in range to try and use that utility.

Better make sure you have perfect positioning and timing on your skillshots or you ain't coming out alive

 

[DeadNames]

Syndra stun is too strong. It's easy to hate her.

I think the stun itself is balanced per se, but the hitbox is so fucking weird.

Syndra is more annoying than Yasuo #unpopularopinions

 

[Newt]

Syndra is fine. Get rid of that piece of shit Lucian. He was fine on release when you could sidestep his Q.