Grand Old Thread: League of Legends!

[Fragger]

ya team sucks but thats all games so i just look at myself and see what i can do better

COUNTER TO EVERYTHING YOU SEE IVE BEEN SAYING!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0G5GvXXlI4
chauster says everything i said!! dangr plz watch

Lol Dphat just posted this in chat. The thing is, he's right. People need to look at EVERY champion instead of just the popular ones.

 

[Espy Rose]

Ahri already been done you furry.

Then she obviously needs to be done AGAIN.
Ahri has THREE skins, bro. THREE.

Or even Cass.

Buckets my friend. BUCKETS.

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Guys, Poppy vs. Akali or other AP burst characters in lane. Thoughts?
I was wondering if Poppy's passive would help deal with their damage output and hopefully put Poppy's damage over the edge to handle their pressure and the like.

Just curious, since I've heard things about Poppy vs. Akali and wasn't sure how to think about them. It'd be nice to get an opinion on that, and maybe on other burst champs and the like.

 

[Mogwai]

Then she obviously needs to be done AGAIN.
Ahri has THREE skins, bro. THREE.



Buckets my friend. BUCKETS.

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Guys, Poppy vs. Akali or other AP burst characters in lane. Thoughts?
I was wondering if Poppy's passive would help deal with their damage output and hopefully put Poppy's damage over the edge to handle their pressure and the like.

Just curious, since I've heard things about Poppy vs. Akali and wasn't sure how to think about them. It'd be nice to get an opinion on that, and maybe on other burst champs and the like.

haven't really seen it much, but it's theoretically sound assuming that poppy can burst trade favorably by leaning on her passive (I don't know if she can or not).

 

[Espy Rose]

That's more or less what I was wondering, Moggeh.
Basically gotta build early game Poppy or something, I'd imagine. Her WEQ is just nasty.

Poppy's quickly one upping Rammus as my favorite champion, and the biggest problem I have is what role to use her as. I've had success in the jungle and in bottom lane, but top lane's always been a different case.

I've almost never "won" my top lane as Poppy because I get stomped on by Rumble or other damage-over-time-esque characters (if that makes sense), but I rarely get the chance to try her on those APs like Akali or LeBlanc simply because I feel more comfortable in jungle or bottom as bruiser/harass. Despite losing top very often, I usually manage to pull back into a game by just last hitting creeps the entire time while they build up at the second tower of mine.

However, that puts another champ roaming around and harming other lanes/jungle while I build up to that point, not to mention giving the other team global gold, so my success in those games is primarily based on how well the other lanes can handle themselves with another champion running around. If they can, fantastic, we'll usually win these games because I've farmed up enough to usually nail my Trinity and maybe a Hextech/Bloodthirster (whatever I feel like building into). If they can't, and I haven't farmed up enough, everything just further piles up until it snowballs and we lose the game.

Granted, the champion could just STAY in my lane and keep the harass up, it makes it easier for my jungler to gank them, which is why I assume most champs refuse to push beyond that point.

I'm only assuming I'm doing okay in Jungle as Poppy because the other jungle has yet to harass and counter jungle, or because the other lanes are being too eager and pushing so far in that the ganks more or less come to me, you know? I really don't think she's an excellent jungler at all...maybe a good counter jungler post 2-3?

Just back to you real quick, Mog, I'm thinking that her damage would mitigate it enough if she were to pin the other champion against a wall with her E. In that case, I'd assume that it'd be too unreliable because it'd be solely depending on the other champion's positioning.

Then again, I could easily be dismissing it just because it sounds ridiculous, lol.

 

[A Pimp Named Slickback]

I'm not sure that poppy can trade favorably with akali q + auto, esp since akali is manaless and poppy has some serious mana issues

 

[Mogwai]

I'm not sure that poppy can trade favorably with akali q + auto, esp since akali is manaless and poppy has some serious mana issues

Poppy's burst is huge and she knocks down the damage from Q a lot assuming it's one source of damage when she triggers it (I actually can't remember if akali proccing Q counts as 1 source of damage or 2). Poppy passive is seriously silly.

 

[Okuser]

new vayne skin is the coooooooooolest

 

[Mogwai]

hey Okuser, did you body my smurf last night?

EDIT: with jungle GP iirc...

 

[DanGR]

Poppy does well vs Ryze imo.

 

[Espy Rose]

All I know is that Poppy's passive makes whatever damage that exceeds the 10% of her current health halved, but only the portion that EXCEEDS that 10%, not the entirety of it. If Akali's Q is one source, I'd think it'd definitely do better for her survivability.

@Dan: If Poppy can handle Ryze...
...You have no idea how happy that'd make me. I ****ing HATE Ryze.

...I just wish Poppy could still Heroic Charge out of snares and roots like she used to.

 

[john!]

malmortius streams sometimes, he is a decent poppy player who goes solo top

http://www.solomid.net/livestream.php?s=1062

 

[Mogwai]

I don't see how poppy would be able to do anything but eat a QWQ every time she tried to approach vs. Ryze. I might be underestimating her dash range though.

 

[PhantomX]

Just take GP mid vs LB, and put an AP that can handle top up there. GP murderizes LB.

EDIT: Chauster MAD UGLY. Guess that's why the vid is in black and white.

 

[Okuser]

hey Okuser, did you body my smurf last night?

EDIT: with jungle GP iirc...

HAHAHAHA are you smash gizbro? I was wondering if that was like a friend of yours or some ****. I was trying to get a reaction by saying "smashboards" in all chat. LOL

 

[Espy Rose]

malmortius streams sometimes, he is a decent poppy player who goes solo top

http://www.solomid.net/livestream.php?s=1062

I tried Youtube'ing his name to find some stuff, and I found this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auz8U8jIsKM

I'm DEFINITELY listening to this next time I play Poppy.

 

[MalcolmM]

Spamhappy has a guide on solomid and also streams. The link is in his guide. Hes 2k elo using nothing but poppy. Jungle or Solo Toppy. He gets it done. That's ur idol atm imo.

Edit: He's actually the toplane enemy on doublelifts stream right now.

 

[JTB]

Just take GP mid vs LB, and put an AP that can handle top up there. GP murderizes LB.

EDIT: Chauster MAD UGLY. Guess that's why the vid is in black and white.

GP bodies most ap mids, but the tradeoff is not having a bursty ap to contest dragon (unless you have top take tele instead of ignite)

 

[Espy Rose]

Can you link me? It's cool if not. I'll definitely check out his guides at the least.

 

[fkacyan]

GGs Dphat and friends, enjoyed jungling / supoprting / topping.

Shyvana2good

 

[Coney]

Poppy vs. Singed is the most irritating ****ing lane ever. Can't kill that ***** ever.

 

[adumbrodeus]

I think it's Ezreal's hair and facial structure. Default and Frosted look stereotypical and Sherwood doesn't make it any better. I'll stick to Explorer; I have mother****ing rope on my shoulders. Pulsefire gon' be mad flashy.

Anime logic, the more effiminate looking you are, the more likely you are to be a straight guy.


Seriously.


also he's a ***ing indiana jones expy. what more do you need?

 

[DanGR]

I don't see how poppy would be able to do anything but eat a QWQ every time she tried to approach vs. Ryze. I might be underestimating her dash range though.

He doesnt do any damage to her early, so she just freefarms. So you get philo, boots, and sheen before he even does any damage or has a mana pool big enough to threaten her. At that point she can dash, auto, Q, and trade with him fine that way.

Ryze can't really push the lane and then roam, so that normal strat vs poppy is out the window. All his damage is burst, which is all downsized from her passive. Another plus is he can't itemize specifically against magic or physical as well as he can vs lots of other stuff, and still stop her from farming.

 

[fkacyan]

He doesnt do any damage to her early, so she just freefarms. So you get philo, boots, and sheen before he even does any damage or has a mana pool big enough to threaten her. At that point she can dash, auto, Q, and trade with him fine that way.

Ryze can't really push the lane and then roam, so that normal strat vs poppy is out the window. All his damage is burst, which is all downsized from her passive. Another plus is he can't itemize specifically against magic or physical as well as he can vs lots of other stuff, and still stop her from farming.

Run Kennen mid and give blue to Ryze, **** Poppy up.

 

[PhantomX]

Only works 50% of the time.

 

[DanGR]

Run Kennen mid and give blue to Ryze, **** Poppy up.

Uh... ok there's a counter to it. You got me.

 

[fkacyan]

Uh... ok there's a counter to it. You got me.

Honestly I'm not even really sure you need to give Ryze blue to win that, but honestly that's a matchup I've never seen played.

Poppy always janglan

 

[DallasPhat]

http://www.justin.tv/dphat0 tourney match against random probably going to random jungle.

 

[Lovage]

not gonna lie, that new vayne skin sucks enormous amounts of chode, still shocked people are buying it (cept chix)

 

[DanGR]

Can play it now if you want. I'm online.

edit: @thio

 

[Wave⁂]

2/16 PBE Patch Notes

 

[Espy Rose]

According to the guide I read on Solomid from that ELO Poppy, she does indeed take a crap on Ryze.

His other MUs on top are interesting too. Definitely going to be trying some of these out soon.

 

[Shaya]

Olaf
Ragnarok now provides 30/45/60 Armor and Magic Resist instead of 20/30/40 flat damage reduction

First they take away my 8 second **** machine at 35 minutes, now they're taking my 6 second **** machine at 60 minutes.

As much as I loved Olaf not having a mana cost on E, they're pushing further and further away from actually being a hyper carry. It's been too long since I've felt invincible with the guy, and I doubt I ever will again (not saying that's a completely bad thing, but )

It's kinda like I know that Riot hates ezreal too much to actually allow me to hyper carry with 400 health restoring Qs with a 3 and a half second blink cd.

 

[Arcansi]

First they take away my 8 second **** machine at 35 minutes, now they're taking my 6 second **** machine at 60 minutes.

I haven't done the math on this, but it looks like it could likely be a better thing for his survivability instead of a worse one.

It also makes itemizing against him more possible, which is a good thing.

 

[PhantomX]

Most important part of that is that they basically removed the 0 damage double golem start.

 

[Shaya]

Oh, those armor/magic resist stats I'm sure will be a lot better for the guy throughout most stages of the game; especially as he is a health rushing maniac. Just being a little nostalgic.

kinda like how Olaf could actually afford to get dps after getting two heart of golds

 

[Arcansi]

Note that they also increased his axe GREATLY.

 

[Deleted member]

Most important part of that is that they basically removed the 0 damage double golem start.

no more free 1:40 gank

edit: actually, a lot of people would probably still go for it depending on damage received

i think i would

 

[PhantomX]

Would make the invade on double golems more advantageous/likely to be successful.

 

[fkacyan]

They increased the base damage on axe by FIFTY DAMAGE and DOUBLED the AD ratio.

HOLY **** Olaf will be TERRIFYING in lane if he lands axes.

 

[DMG]

It's bonus AD, not total AD.

And that 50 is only at the end, not early ranks. They basically gave it actual scaling for mid/lategame without super ****ing early game for your opponent lol.