So, anyone playing League of Legends?

[Wulfstand]

What do you guys think: should i get Yorrick, or get Trynd+ runes for him? Or should I just wait for the new hero? He seems pretty interesting, his ult reminds me of Barathrum.

 

[Ulminati]

Yorick is decidedly meh. Trynd used to be a lulzy jungler, but it seems his recent makeover has slowed down his jungle path by almost a full minute. Wait for skarner imo.

Also, the escapist has hi-res pictures of the new map: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/gallery ... 2066/407.1

 

[Phage]

Honestly, I'd rather have a new map for normal play. But I must admit, it looks interesting.

This article: http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/04/leagu ... n-preview/ has the most information so far I think.

There are a couple concepts in there that I hope carry over to the main game, namely Personal Score.

Regardless, I believe this is what Riot needed to make more than anything at this point. With DotA2 coming around the corner, League needs to really differentiate itself from its competitor. Yeah, I do know that LoL is a very different game than DotA, but new modes like this help a lot.

 

[Grunker]

I dunno. MOBA-games are simple things. A new game-mode is essentially a new game; champions work very differently across them. This means Riot will have to balance champions across even more fields, and they will have to do maintenance on two modes.

I'm curious, but sceptic.

 

[Markman]

Im not all that excited about Dominion. Could be fun.

Ive discovered a new spell and its called Teleport. Found myself using it with Grag, Nasus and Malph. Gets useful when I have solo top, can gank other lanes if theres wards nearby and a quick comeback to my lane.

 

[Wulfstand]

Check it out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHN0PlLK ... r_embedded

 

[Ulminati]

Tanky DPS with self regen are going to rape everyone it seems.

 

[Wulfstand]

I was thinking the same thing. I think this is going to be Twisted Treeline all over again, Mundo, Xin, Jarvan, Morde, etc. I sure hope I'll be wrong, else I'll barely be playing the map.

 

[CrimsonAngel]

SO as Trundle became free to try for the week i have tested out jungle trundle and i most say i like it.

Way better then Olaf the slow and weak.

 

[Markman]

I got Xin today to add him to my jungle squad. By looking at the guides he uses same runes as Warwick so I saved some IP there. Was watching Guardsman bob and one thing hit me, Xin can gank at level 2, so even if someone fucks up your jungle its not that big deal.

 

[Markman]

169w-169l. Reaching 1200 is like climbing Mount Everest. Win one, lose one and so on. After pwning with my tank Gragas I got another game with a guy that seemed to be playing the game for the first time. 0-9-0 was his score with Khartus and the game ended with a sweet /surrender. Fuck this shit.

Played a bit with Xin, he's only viable if theres no hard cc, I got stunlocked several times like a noob but theres no going back when he initiates anyway. Either he rapes anything that moves or gets raped. Also requires team with a clue. Several times Id initiate and our Galio shielded himself and run away. I was soooo pissed that game. He jungles easy and his burst is godly. With the red buff theres no escaping.

 

[Ulminati]

3 games today
3 2-man polish premades
3 utter defeats because poles fed, refused to join teamfights, didn't know how to farm and spammed their inane moonspeak in team chat.

GIVE ME THOSE GODDAMN SERVER TRANSFERS ALREADY! POLAND IS THE CANCER THAT IS KILLING LOL!

 

[Damned Registrations]

Cancer is the Poland that is killing old people.

Brasil or Poland, which is worse and why? Discuss!

 

[Markman]

@Ulminati, its gonna be the same dude, only difference is gonna be people raging on german and french instead of potato.

Lets talk about meta-game. Playing ranked seems people are in this closeminded set that we should all play the same way as top teams do.1100-1300 elo dudes want to play like top teams.
That means
Tank - solo top
AP carry - solo mid
Jungler - in the jungle
AD carry and Support - bot lane

But this is the thing, people forced to play that way cant make the cut. Ie, Ad carry that sucks at lasthitting, positioning and actually carrying the team. AP carry that usually whines at the jungler when he gets raped(Usually by Kassadin), and cant even win his lane, not to mention gank or farm as hes supposed to. Tanks that cant tank or handle 1vs2 lane. Guys that are unsure what their roles in the game are and playing it wrong from the start. People should really stay away from this playstyle(atleast in my elo) cause in one game it could work for them and another it works against them. Id rather have 2 AP carrys bot with a clue and a ward then a wannabe AD carry and his Support that only heal himself.
Normal games seem much more interesting now cause people pick mostly wtf they want and dont care about metagame.

 

[Ulminati]

Morgana buffs!

Morgana buffs leads to:

And:

Now all I gotta do is wait for S2 to tick over. If it does so before Aug 28th, I won't need to play any games to keep my silver badge. Silver badge is the key to not being lumped with all the 1200-elo trash when they normalize ELO for Season 2.

 

[Markman]

Your elo decays by 25 points every week if you're over 1400 so you gotta play. :p

Oh, and there are server transfers in the store for those that want to learn other languages.

 

[Ulminati]

It decays every 2 weeks. So if "season 2 starts before the end of august" means before aug 28th, I'm good to go. Riot seems to patch every 2 weeks. If they keep the schedule, next patch is in 1½ weeks. If they want to time S2 to come out the same time as a patch (and before the end of august), that's pretty much when it'd have to be. :D

I guess I'll stay east until S2 ticks over just to be on the safe side. I'm on a 10-game winning streak in ranked. Been carrying most of them too. Playing against slavs is basically free wins, so long as your team has less poles than the enemy.

 

[Ulminati]

Fun fact: If you get matched up with a finnish 4-man premade and say the following:

"Spamming the team with moon language. Swearing. Feeding and stacking Heart of Gold. Finns are truly the new russians"

They'll rage incoherently at you for half an hour and tell the other team to report you for being "A bigger racist than hitler".

 

[CrimsonAngel]

Morgana buffs!

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Seems kind of weird that they would buff morgana. It is true lot of people don't play her, but she is DAM GOOD already.

 

[Grunker]

Morgana buffs!

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Seems kind of weird that they would buff morgana. It is true lot of people don't play her, but she is DAM GOOD already.

Only in low-mid elo, and they seem to be focusing increasingly on how champions function in high elos these days. Which I think is a good thing.

 

[Ulminati]

Server transfers are finally up. Within seconds of logging onto EU West I had british, german and french mates dropping mesages welcoming me back to the civilized world. So far, I haven't had a single game where someone didn't speak english. Also, noone seems to be raging and yelling "bg noobs" at the end of a game.

It's good to be home

 

[Markman]

No, Irelia is not OP.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aKuY0SR ... r_embedded
Look at nr1 play, and that bonus clip is epic.

 

[Phage]

ULMINATI, BRO

What's your skill/build order for Morgana? I started playing her in normals because I like the idea of a character with a lot of CC, some support, and some damage.

Also, do you jungle Amumu? If so what's your jungle/build/skill order there?

 

[Markman]

Morg is easy. RoAx6 and pwn everything on map.
Or you can try this one
http://www.solomid.net/guides.php?g=1625

Imo, when it comes to champs like Morgana or Lux, positioning, timing and playstyle are much more important than the build. It helps, but if you cant read when to ult or snare the champ itself becomes useless.

 

[Ulminati]

Son, don't make me hurt you with sharp implements.

If you build RoA on Morg, you are doing it horribly wrong. RoA is terrible value for money.

You want a chalice (for infinite mana + mr when you're laning against the opposing teams AP carry), zhonyas hourglass for immortality when channeling your ultimate and rabadons deathcap. Heck, if you're a halfway decent morgana player, you can even get away with rushing a mejais. Last time I did that at 1500 elo ranked I ended up with 17 stacks.

ULMINATI, BRO

What's your skill/build order for Morgana?

I am glad you asked

If you look at the comments section, you'll see tha tthe guy who did the guide marksman mentioned was asking me permission to use parts of mine