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cuz everyone thinks she looks kinda beaaaaaaaaaad
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certainyt not.
PhillipCostigan
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I think the map release and all the preseason stuff took away from the Kalista hype, because that stuff's a much bigger deal honestly.
I have my IP saved up for her. I'll play her, fail at using her but still enjoy it.
I have my IP saved up for her. I'll play her, fail at using her but still enjoy it.
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u forgot something.
Baaad? She looks amazing.
She and Jinx is my bot goddess duo. No matter how they look!
(Well, Jinx is hot, but Kalista does not need to be "hot" to be cool.)
PhillipCostigan
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Yeah he did. I remember watching him streaming and being in bits with a cold recently, around when the season ended
PhillipCostigan
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I expect her to be like Zed and Yasuo. People will think she sucks, then get the hang of her, and then she'll dominate before she gets nerfed and will be amazing in great players' hands and bait for the rest of us mortals.
although they need to buff Yasuo a bit I think
Stone Ocean
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Yasuo is fine.
I'm expecting sub 40% winrates for Kalista at first. Mechanically intensive adc that relies on teamwork and focuses more on utilitu than raw damage? People will feed so hard
I'm expecting sub 40% winrates for Kalista at first. Mechanically intensive adc that relies on teamwork and focuses more on utilitu than raw damage? People will feed so hard
Yasuo was really broken in D2/D1 within a couple of days of release. I was really surprised when they buffed him in the following patch.
I think you are right in that it will take some time for most people to learn her auto-attack-leaping mechanics properly though; she will only get stronger as the days pass.
The ultimate will probably be really unreliable in soloq before people get used to her like people used to forget about thresh lantern.
Despite all this I still expect her to be really strong a couple of days/ a week after release.
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meh, she seems to have a relatively simple kit minus the fact that you can't cancel your aa animations. The only real "complex" mechanic involved is the ultimate.
EarlyEarly
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I just watched Nightblue play Vi with Kalista adc and they were pulling some interesting dives.
Kotetsu534
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I think, if she can hold lane against Lucian and Corki, she will be nuts in competitive. So much kill pressure, especially since two of the most popular competitive supports are Thresh and Braum who are happy to dive in.
And what works in competitive will come to solo queue, whether it should or shouldn't.
And what works in competitive will come to solo queue, whether it should or shouldn't.
Stone Ocean
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Lucian should be rough because she looks like an awful duelist
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idk, she could be a strong duelist depending on how strong rend is but level 1 rends are basically just there for the slow.
Stone Ocean
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I dunno, you'll need a ton of stacks for it to hurt, in the meantime you'll eat Lucian's entire kit
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I'm not saying that Kalista can out-duel Lucian (because nobody can right now) but she has the potential (CLG style) for having decent 1v1s. All depends on what people max first on Kalista.
Stone Ocean
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Looking at her kit I see no reason to max anything but E first
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NICE QUOTING STONE
YOU BROKE IT
ARE YOU HAPPY NOW
Besides, you and I both know that people do stupid shit when champions are first released. Or it could be a case of Vayne where you either max your damage skill first or your mobility/damage modifier.
YOU BROKE IT
ARE YOU HAPPY NOW
Besides, you and I both know that people do stupid shit when champions are first released. Or it could be a case of Vayne where you either max your damage skill first or your mobility/damage modifier.
Orochinagis
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So much new people in Team builder, so much babysitting and let them die because I hate them
Stone Ocean
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I fucking hate mobile GAF
Anyways, all maxing Q gives is increased base damage. E increases the slow, the damage amp and the base, in theory it should do better damage early-mid
Anyways, all maxing Q gives is increased base damage. E increases the slow, the damage amp and the base, in theory it should do better damage early-mid
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shes all fun and games until lucian comes into lane and qs for half of your health.
E will be ace for the extended trades, like Twitch. I can see her being weak in short burst trades unless her numbers are insane, but she has the kit to prolong a trade. Choosing the right support will probably be important. Braum should be great.
Stone Ocean
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She shouldn't be that bad in short trades if you use the minion reset thingy
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yeah but how many times will you be in a position to do that?
lucian literally just dashes up to you, autos you twice, qs you, autos you twice and you're already half dead.
lucian literally just dashes up to you, autos you twice, qs you, autos you twice and you're already half dead.
Stone Ocean
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Thats not a short trade, thats Lucian players being frauds
Seriously though, she's sorta tanky so maaaaaaybe it won't be a fucking nightmare
Seriously though, she's sorta tanky so maaaaaaybe it won't be a fucking nightmare
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Braum - Obvious reasons. He can stun on her ult as a bailout move and then jump back to her to cover escape or he can ult and buy her tons of time to stack damage up.
Zyra - Toss her in, have her use her ult with seeds and cause all kinds of havoc. Even just her E at point blank range would guarantee a root.
Blitzcrank - Can be thrown in and do his knockup and static field crap.
Thresh - He can get thrown in and pop his ultimate for an insane CC combo.
I'll stop now, because I think she just makes any support extremely dangerous with her ult. I imagine that Braum and Thresh will be especially strong with her though.
I feel like Kalista will be pretty weak to Blitzcrank. Have to see though.
Oh god please don't.
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what
I was thinking more about laning rather than her ult. Pre-6 is important.
She should be easy to hit with any sort of skill shot if you have good timing since she can't cancel her autos. Blitz is probably decent.
How is Zyra going to die? Don't they get stunned upon impact, giving her plenty of time to ult and leave?
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they get knocked up for about half of a second, and then they're free to just blow zyra into pieces.
Stone Ocean
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Unless you hit like half their team you just put one of the squishiest champs in the game on gap closer range
Her and everything else. This patch is fucking massive. New champ, Maokai VU, balance updates, Season 5 changes, 6 new skins. Can't recall a bigger patch. The Frejlord (sp?) event is probably the closest thing to it.
PhillipCostigan
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PBE update going out
new skins:
Blood Moon Elise
Blood Moon Thresh
Snow Day Malzahar
Winter Wonder Orianna
and...
PORO RIDER SEJUANI
new skins:
Blood Moon Elise
Blood Moon Thresh
Snow Day Malzahar
Winter Wonder Orianna
and...
PORO RIDER SEJUANI
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the biggest patch was obviously the one that changed league of legends into a dota custom map.
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i cant wait to have newt play kalista once and then go back to playing nothing but sivir.
Stone Ocean
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AN ORI SKIN
IT'S A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE
IT'S A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE
PhillipCostigan
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Snow Day Malz
Blood Moon Thresh
Blood Moon Thresh
Orochinagis
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She looks like a lot of effort to gain a kill compared to other adcs who can destroy her with dashing towards her
Ah, it's a knock up. I thought it was a full stun. I guess that would only work if it was a big team fight and you could be sure you're catching out 2-3 champs with the combo.
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nah, the effort probably won't change, just the jumping mechanics will probably need a bit of getting used to (or people will find ways of circumventing it like they did with Riven's Q animation.)
PhillipCostigan
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