Grand Old Thread: League of Legends!

[DanGR]

I'm more upset that Riot isn't doing much of anything to appeal to the competitive scene than anything else. This sort of thing seems to happen wherever I go. :/

 

[john!]

anyone else think flash and ignite should just be removed completely? normally i'm not very ban-happy (i want a broad stage list and legal wobbling for instance) but i don't think every character should get another free nuke when they aren't good enough to legitimately get a kill. it's a lot like flash...

if you deserve to die, flash is a get out of fail free card that lets you survive.

if you deserve to live, ignite is a get out of fail free card that lets your opponent kill you.

thus i think both spells allow a larger room for error in the game and reduce it's competitive value.

that could be said for a lot of summoner spells, but these two are by far the most blantantly degenerate.

but mostly they just piss me off the most...

 

[L__]

I remember the days when I started and got heal baited/fort pot baited

oh man those were depressing days lol

[I was getting heal baited prior to the days when they had summoner spells when you clicked tab, and for fort pot baits, I was too inexperienced/lazy to check their items lol]

 

[Scamp]

LoL won't feel the hit from Dota2 and/or Blizzard Dota simply because it's a casual game ATM.


If you remove flash you need to nerf just about every abillity that stuns and/or slows, or else the game will be a turtle fest.

If you remove ignite you may as well remove Mundo too, and also nerf every healing ability again.

Also you'd better add more abilities as well. There's already a maximum of five abilities I choose from. This will whittle it down to three.


Also, people still get heal/fort pot baited all the time at any level of play. It's simply not easy to hold back your killer instincts.

 

[Ignatius]

there are many LoL players who will switch to DotA 2 when it comes out
it just won't happen as badly as HoN

I don't think I'd quantify it as many, moreso than a few. A small amount of the playerbase might go, but a huge amount of people play LoL because its free.

Realistically the playerbase won't really notice any sizable change.

 

[john!]

getting heal baited i remember that lol. made me rage harrrrdcore. maybe that's why i play such a conservative early game when i get a solo lane.

 

[Frolossus]

love the new chinese art
http://www.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=382678

 

[SamuraiPanda]

I continue to lose games where I **** early game and then mid game I'm able to get 0 kills and 15 assists. Its like everyone is in on a "lets KS the pirate" game but nobody told me about it.

 

[Juno McGrath]

I honestly dont think flash is a problem

 

[SamuraiPanda]

After thinking about it, I'm pretty sure that I'ma just put GP to the side for now and look for other characters I enjoy. I guess to make the reasoning really short, GP doesn't truly require skill to play per se. When I win with him it is generally entirely due to me outsmarting my opponent, there is no real opportunity to outplay them, nor do I get any epic "**** yeah I just did that" moments with him. Thats why GP has always been my 2nd, and switching him to a main just made that problem way more evident.

Hmm I guess I'll look at Blitzcrank and maybe Akali next. I enjoy high mobility melee, so its not like there is a whole lot to choose from lol.

 

[Vyke]

We need to hire some sort of psychologist for this thread.

 

[EC_Joey]

We need to hire some sort of psychologist for this thread.

Too much untreated depression in here?

 

[RockCrock]

Wow Frolossus, that chinease art was really good.

I like it a lot.

 

[Juno McGrath]

Wow Frolossus, that chinease art was really good.

I like it a lot.

How much do you have to pay for that again?

 

[Virgilijus]

I continue to lose games where I **** early game and then mid game I'm able to get 0 kills and 15 assists. Its like everyone is in on a "lets KS the pirate" game but nobody told me about it.

I've noticed in most of my Pirate games, once a team fight happens, for some reason without fail, I am always targeted first, even if I am one of the worst options to target. Happens all the time, don't really know why. Guess people just like killing Pirate; maybe revenge for denying them like crazy earlier.

 

[Ignatius]

How much do you have to pay for that again?

HoN is $30. I personally don't know if I'd pick it up were I you, as it has a somewhat small playerbase that I personally think will be impacted pretty highly by DotA 2.

Notice that's all my opinion however. If you wanted to try it, I'm sure rock could send you a 10 game trial.

 

[RockCrock]

How much do you have to pay for that again?

Gift giving season is just around the corner...!

 

[Juno McGrath]

Wait i have a choice of playing a free game or one that cost 30 dollars more?

Damn choices choices

 

[Leacero]

That's like two astronaut teemos, totally not worth it.

 

[Ignatius]

Conversely:

That's like two astronaut teemos, totally worth it.

If you're spending money on virtual skins/hats, you've made a fairly poor decision.

 

[john!]

lol hon

i looked at the heroes and they didn't really seem that inspired, like blacksmith, scout, engineer, torturer, electrician...

but bubbles the turtle looked cool. is he good? if bubbles is good then MAYBE i'll try hon.

OMG the image of two astronaut teemos locked in a laser battle just entered my mind. nvm **** hon.

 

[SamuraiPanda]

I've noticed in most of my Pirate games, once a team fight happens, for some reason without fail, I am always targeted first, even if I am one of the worst options to target. Happens all the time, don't really know why. Guess people just like killing Pirate; maybe revenge for denying them like crazy earlier.

Its the Teemo effect. Pirate's passive is an AoE taunt. Whenever the other team sees him they all attack him first.

After awhile it seriously does feel like that :X

 

[Ignatius]

lol hon

i looked at the heroes and they didn't really seem that inspired, like blacksmith, scout, engineer, torturer, electrician...

but bubbles the turtle looked cool. is he good? if bubbles is good then MAYBE i'll try hon.

If you've played DotA at all, Bubbles is just puk and he's pretty good.

 

[Dekar173]

Puck is disgusting.

 

[SamuraiPanda]

Ooookaaaaaay. .8s cooldown on Overdrive with Blitzcrank... all I need is a manamune and I'm never run out of mana... This is fun :D

I've also discovered that Shurelya's and Kindlegem stack, so Shurelya + kindle = 25% CDR for fairly cheap with pretty decent stats.

 

[john!]

just demand every golem buff and you can build better items lol

oh wait, i forgot about mana barrier... yeah manamune is nice for that

i did my first two ARAM's today. first one i got udyr (of all people) and was basically just a stunbot. second one i got zilean (LOL) and harassed hardcore. won them both without losing a tower.

 

[StealthyGunnar]

do u guys think that more of a attack/life steal or an ability power build is better for Miss Fortune?

 

[Octave]

Attack Damage is better on MF by far.

Actually, come to think of it, I've never seen anyone go AP on MF. I doubt it would be good, though. I have no idea how her skills scale with AP so I can't even guess.

 

[Mogwai]

do u guys think that more of a attack/life steal or an ability power build is better for Miss Fortune?

AP MF is Terrible.

Players either stack Bloodthirsters (usually with a Last Whisper after a BT + BF Sword or so), which is meant to maximize your ult's damage output, or they do standard IE + LW for better autoattacks.

 

[MalcolmM]

http://www.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=383790

O_O hype! Revive smite eve top EU solo queue player...and HES NOT TROLLIN!!! SOOO HYPE!

 

[Mogwai]

I wonder if it's a DD alt account. That thread was posted by Samurai, which is Dan's primary smurf.

 

[kirbywizard]

Free Karthus makes my Veigar very happy.

But anyway should I invest on the locket or rod of ages first for my AP Gragas build?

 

[Mogwai]

Locke t

 

[KevinM]

Always Chhoooooseeee Locket

 

[Leacero]

Conversely:

That's like two astronaut teemos, totally worth it.

If you're spending money on virtual skins/hats, you've made a fairly poor decision.

I have spent $0 on this game.

But it does not change the fact that Astronaut Teemo is baller.

 

[Zolga Owns]

My new favorite character is Akali. Something about her just...meshes completely with my play style.

 

[SamuraiPanda]

My new favorite character is Akali. Something about her just...meshes completely with my play style.

Look up westrice. Best Akali in the US.

I've played against him quite a few times... its never been fun. He's ****ing nuts.

 

[Frolossus]

Look up westrice. Best Akali in the US.

I've played against him quite a few times... its never been fun. He's ****ing nuts.

he has a stream iirc
edit: found it http://www.own3d.tv/live/1838

 

[L__]

Look up westrice. Best Akali in the US.

I've played against him quite a few times... its never been fun. He's ****ing nuts.

right as you mention that I go to TreeEskimo's livestream and I see westrice lmao

 

[SamuraiPanda]

You know, I honestly think I'm worse when I use the awesome blitz boxing skin because I don't know the hitbox for the grab on it. My glove was literally over someone at one time but it didn't grab them.