Grand Old Thread: League of Legends!

[Shaya]

Azen already got his smurf to diamond I? I think, he hadn't been playing his main guy for like 6 months or something.

 

[Mogwai]

Streaming duo with Phreak: http://www.twitch.tv/SmashGizmo

 

[Scamp]

Diamond III now. Losing streak.

That's Azen's smurf? That's odd.

 

[adumbrodeus]

Streaming duo with Phreak: http://www.twitch.tv/SmashGizmo

Watching phreak cause you're not streaming anymore.

 

[Player-3]

sum1 play in coneytourney with me I can feed

 

[Turazrok]

Me and you man we got this.

 

[Plum]

Man, I stop playing League for almost a year, and now I come back and Mogwai works for Riot?
Belated grats, that's incredible.

 

[Life]

So I spent too much of my spring break playing LoL. Get a group of friends (or in my case, mutual-by-2-to-4-degrees-of-separation friends) on skype and it's pretty fun.

I think Duq throttles LoL though, so no playing at college, otherwise I'd probably post my tag here. Ah well.

In any case, I play top Singed and ADC Twitch so far (though other character recs are welcome).

 

[JTB]

its that time of the month when i begin to think about gangplank again and how to make him better

i think his lane phase would be so much better if he got a ranged auto attack. he no longer has to make the difficult choice of spending his limited mana to either harass or farm (since hes just going to get zoned no matter what)

a good way to do this would be to change his q to be a toggle between his sword (melee) and pistol (ranged). his sword could give gp some sort of stat bonus to give the player incentive to switch, maybe like additional ad or just make his current passive apply to sword stance

another idea would to make his parley manaless, but give it charges that you gain over time ("reloading"). since you no longer have to worry about running oom, you can constantly harass (at the opportunity cost of getting the extra gold from minion kills)

 

[Player-3]

wat

gps lane phase is ****ing stupid already

 

[JTB]

how so

you get anyone with more than 1 damaging attack pushing your lane to tower since you cant trade or poke with q without going oom, then you are forced to sit under tower farming. you cant push back waves fast enough, so your tower falls quick

if you are talking about bankplank though, thats just dumb game design imo.

 

[Shaya]

I run a little bit of mana regen on ye ol GP and I never ever ever run out of mana. In most lanes you're maxing out W anyway for the CHEESE and you're going to get pushed to your tower. Best bet for trying to trade in lane is to try to get a few AAs in at some point and then elongate your passive with Q when possible. Otherwise you try to freeze your lane in the right spots and make minions dance and hopefully shrug off the harass with W until your creep wave catches up; which is the only way to keep your tower going against nidalee or teemo (and you'd be surprised how long they let you freeze if you just completely and utterly avoid any conflict until the lanes in those right positions).

He wins a lot of Mid-lanes though, and I'm surprised you still don't see him being placed there when he's close to Morgana-level lane abuse in mid. Most combatants don't have the early game to make things hard for GP nor do they have the resources (mana) to combat his heal. They're all a lot squishier and don't have super dumb overpowered defensive offensive mechanics that he struggles to deal with.

Seriously, PUT HIM MID and tell your jungler to take all the blues and to give you red instead. You will win every single lane.

 

[Player-3]

how so

you get anyone with more than 1 damaging attack pushing your lane to tower since you cant trade or poke with q without going oom, then you are forced to sit under tower farming. you cant push back waves fast enough, so your tower falls quick

if you are talking about bankplank though, thats just dumb game design imo.

max w and fight them

 

[JTB]

idk, that just seems like such an unnatural way to play a lane. letting your opponent dictate how your lane goes seems wack. midplank is pretty good though

ill try out w shenanigans and see if i fare better

 

[Player-3]

you should definitely try maxing w first

you'll never go back

 

[Ussi]

I run a little bit of mana regen on ye ol GP and I never ever ever run out of mana. In most lanes you're maxing out W anyway for the CHEESE and you're going to get pushed to your tower. Best bet for trying to trade in lane is to try to get a few AAs in at some point and then elongate your passive with Q when possible. Otherwise you try to freeze your lane in the right spots and make minions dance and hopefully shrug off the harass with W until your creep wave catches up; which is the only way to keep your tower going against nidalee or teemo (and you'd be surprised how long they let you freeze if you just completely and utterly avoid any conflict until the lanes in those right positions).

He wins a lot of Mid-lanes though, and I'm surprised you still don't see him being placed there when he's close to Morgana-level lane abuse in mid. Most combatants don't have the early game to make things hard for GP nor do they have the resources (mana) to combat his heal. They're all a lot squishier and don't have super dumb overpowered defensive offensive mechanics that he struggles to deal with.

Seriously, PUT HIM MID and tell your jungler to take all the blues and to give you red instead. You will win every single lane.

Sounds like an idea with an AP jungler like Amumu and Fiddlesticks. Or heck, even skarnar

 

[Vyke]

Yeah, Max W on lane GP. Q hits like a wet noodle anyway.

 

[Mogwai]

streaming duo with phreak: http://www.twitch.tv/SmashGizmo

 

[#HBC | Red Ryu]

Does Karthus just outclass everything Ziggs does?

 

[Asdioh]

I feel like Lux/Xerath are closer comparisons to Ziggs. And they (particularly Lux) certainly outclass him.

 

[ShroudedOne]

Too bad Ziggs taps her. :\

 

[Wave⁂]

I don't think anyone completely outclasses Ziggs. He's got a (questionably strong) combination of zone control, poke, burst, and sustained damage.

 

[Mogwai]

Not gonna front, getting DDOSed every roughly every other game sucks ass. Guess Phreak's just not allowed to stream.

 

[Zero_Gamer]

You guys should try building Sword of the Divine on Master Yi. On top of just feeling phenomenal, I really do think Yi is the best user of the item. I mean, if you think about it, Sword of the Divine has a 3.0 total AD ratio. The damage is freaking nuts. Two Doran's, SotD and you're good to go. SotD, GA, LW, BTx2 or IE for major destruction end-game, but you're pretty much fully built as soon as you get Sword of the Divine.

 

[adumbrodeus]

Not gonna front, getting DDOSed every roughly every other game sucks ***. Guess Phreak's just not allowed to stream.

you guys really need to get your ip address changed and use a vpn to connect to the internet.

 

[Coney]

Hey guys, I know I've been posting about my stuff a lot but...this is the last one! I promise!

I'm starting my show on VGBC, a Twitch channel founded by smashers GIMR and Aposl. The first episode of "The Grind" will go on tonight, and will chronicle my journey from Diamond 5 to Diamond 1.

If you've ever seen me play, you know that I'm EXTREMELY hot and cold...which means the stream will feature as much high-level play as it will missed flashes, far-off skillshots, and general hilarity.

It would mean a LOT to me if you guys could upvote this, and I hope I'll see you guys in the chat tonight!

http://www.reddit.com/r/leagueofleg...t_8pm_ill_be_streaming_the_grind_a_brand_new/

 

[Niko45]

It's a shame GP is miserably shut down by ninja tabi and needs like triple the farm of the average bruiser to be relevant in the game. It's all about wukong mid :D

 

[Kuro~]

i feel like gp top is just a placeholder. He can't "lose" but he can't really destroy bar superb outplaying.


GP mid is certainly awesome.

 

[Teh Brettster]

It's a shame GP is miserably shut down by ninja tabi and needs like triple the farm of the average bruiser to be relevant in the game. It's all about wukong mid :D

I love playing Monkey in the Middle.

I've only ever gotten to do it like 2 times. But both were victorious! Somehow...

 

[jpak]

www.twitch.tv/Exempt_Puddle
watch MY FRIEND lose

 

[Asdioh]

I love playing Monkey in the Middle.

I've only ever gotten to do it like 2 times. But both were victorious! Somehow...

Wukong jungle. Having so much fun with this, I thought it was gimmicky at first but it's beastly.

 

[john!]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bOnrJlxJIw

view this film.



edit: actually this reminds me of www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysletV40Wrk

 

[Asdioh]

It's too bad I can no longer see my own win ratios with specific champs

 

[Okuser]

annndddddddddddd Kass is fotm again.

time to nerf his ****** ass in to the ****ing ground riot.

 

[Teh Brettster]

Wukong jungle. Having so much fun with this, I thought it was gimmicky at first but it's beastly.

Ah. That was my thing to do when playing drunk. I haven't played drunk in a long time, so I haven't done it. I called it Munken Drungle Junkey.

I'm all-around not much good at jungling, but that was almost my best jungler.

I love Wukong.

 

[john!]

i'm going to begin totaling my k/d/a and the k/d/a of my teammates in ranked.

you stupid ****tards who still think that luck doesn't exist, prepare for another round of cognitive dissonance and denial of statistics.

it was fun watching you scramble for rational explanations last time.

 

[Deleted member]

of course chance exists, I don't think anyone is denying that.
also be fair and do the same for the opponent

 

[ShroudedOne]

Luck exists.

Believing that you're cursed with bad luck or something just doesn't make sense, though. And do you still harbor a grudge vs the people in this thread over that? Let it go.

 

[Kuro~]

Luck only exists to a certain extent. The good players will get gold. The great will get diamond. Eventually.

 

[Player-3]

Luck only exists to a certain extent. The good players will get gold. The great will get diamond. Eventually.

you see that dphat i'm great!!!!!!