So, anyone playing League of Legends?

[Renegen]

Yeah, so rough. I was reading finally a Riot message on Nocturne and they were saying that his ultimate had so much power that having any sticking power on him was bad, hence justifying the unannounced fear nerfs. What's funny is that they are overvaluing the power of Nocturne ult and are stuck in S2 with regards to how they see him. Same thing with Pantheon, I mean having 2000 range on his ult (same as Nocturne), thats a joke! Just an absolute joke. They are giving his ult lower channel time however which wasn't reported yesterday but it means they stick by their plans and want his ult to be used more as a reposition tool in teamfights now. Less global range and more teamfight reposition for that OP late game Pantheon. Thanks Riot.

Some runes are finally getting changed! More cooldown reduction, better yellow seal options and more mana regen. The only nerf is to lifesteal quints, predictable given how hard they've made it to get that stat. It's also cheaper to buy runes for 1 month.

 

[Darth Roxor]

FFSRiot

why are you never on irc anymore faggert

 

[Stereotypical Villain]

I thought you stopped playing this game hundreds of years ago, Roxor? What's wrong? Feeling some withdrawal syndromes all of the sudden?

 

[Azael]

He misses my company, obviously. Yeah, going to try to remember to log in to the chat every now and then.

 

[Azael]

Not sure if Silver I is just harder than previous tiers I've visited or if it's bad luck or bad plays on my part, but smooth incline through the ranks have hit some bumps. Probably need to unleash my secret weapon in ranked: support Vel'koz.

 

[Ulminati]

AP Sona—best Sona.

666 AP with pots. Metal. As. Fuck.

 

[Erzherzog]

I notice something thats off from the enemies teamcomp...

 

[PlanHex]

I notice something thats off from the enemies teamcomp...

Just the enemies'?


Also, didn't AP Sona take quite a hit from the new lich bane nerfs?
The few times I've gotten her in ARAMs, I've noticed she doesn't really burst squishies as well as before at least.
Lead to me charging in and dying like an idiot a few times because I thought r+q+powerchord+lichbane could melt a carry.

 

[Azael]

All support teams are always fun. Hook city bot?

 

[Darth Roxor]

0 gangs

 

[Demnogonis Saastuttaja]

Bah, if itpeople weren't such cunts about ADHERING TO THE META I'd never play anything ranged in bot. Leona Pantheon duo Q, best thing ever.

Swain is such a fucking boss, I love this champion, so relaxing to play a mage who isn't about this kiting poking crap or mobility tricks, you aren't sniping or maneuvering to the back lines - instead you brute force through the frontlines with your bruiser brethren. This is what I like to do in all games really. Fighters, frontal assaults with big armies, potence vampires, Jeffrey and Wolf in virtua fighter, the biggest gun class in fps games.... My RPG group used to call my characters "compensation characters" for some reason

 

[Azael]

Jarman/ Leona is my favorite for a lane like that, or J4/ Pantheon for that matter. Ignoring sustained AD and going for sustained AP with something like Cass/ Soraka is p. fun too.

 

[Darth Roxor]

riven/karma never forget

 

[Renegen]

I bet something like Yasuo / Lulu can work really well.

 

[Jvegi]

I came back to League after 2 years (finally fixed my gaming PC). I'm a chickenshit, so instead of playing on my lvl 30 account, I set up a smurf, so I could relearn what I have learned. It was a good decision, because I was so bad I was actually feeding very badly despite playing with noobies (and probably 1-2 other smurfs on average, which could explain it, but still).

Anyway, after a dozen of games or so I started to get the hang of things and carry consistently. I was thinking about switching to my main account, since it's not really fair to stomp newcomers. But I just collected enough IP to buy my favorite champion, my main, my beloved Lux. I was very, very good at Lux. Godmode good.

I'm not godmode on her anymore. I miss over half of her skillshots (I used to pride myself on missing no more then one skillshot every 2 games), I die sometimes (should never happen on Lux), my lazor doesn't kill everyone. I'm still winning games (that's what Lux does, she wins games, even if she's behind she destroys everything), but I'm amazed how badly I'm doing compared to what I was able to do 2 years ago.

So because I'm a chickenshit I'll hang out on my smurf untill I can get my act together.

 

[Erzherzog]

I don't think the game is necessarily as friendly to Lux as it was in the past. There have been some fundamental changes to MS, a ton of champions released with excellent mobility (Seriously, before Vel'koz release the last champion without a gapcloser, dash, or large MS steroid was Nami. Jinx is obviously harder to proc but still, Nami came out in 2012.)

Plus the nature of mid lane has changed pretty large, what with the rise of the AD mid in the last couple years that turned Lux from THE ultra safe pick into one with very significant counters. (If Talon is level six, and hasn't fed then a rush from him from the sides of the lane is usually lethal.)

I main Lux for my mid, though overall I main jungle. I still think she's the best mid for siege situations (being that her ult is a low enough cooldown when maxed that you can actually poke if you're in a high health standoff situation, her Q has tons of utility, her W is a significantly powerful shield that can shield ltieraly the whole team, and her E's use it obvious)

Plus I think she's great for low ELO dragon fights, being that usually those involve only 3 to 4 champs on each side, and happen at midgame, means that shes in an ideal situation to make use of her kit, since positioning becomes super easy.

Plus she has amazing cleanup potential.

So yeah, less laning ability, similar teamfighting. Still a worthy pick for low level solo queue.

 

[zerotol]

I have now evolved to nasus, i play with 5 friends so i am top everytime.

It's unfortunately not that exciting, since Top is an island but nasus with 300 stacks and tank gear really wrecks opponents!

 

[Ulminati]

This is an actual thing. Live right now. I just had a game and it was pretty lulzy.

RIOT wins Aprils fools.


As an added bonus, TSM vs Cloud9 play Ultra Rapid Fire tonight on the LCS stream.

 

[Azael]

Live all week? Good, I have no time for LoL today. Sounds amazingly fun actually. Not taking the chance to remove Teemo from the game though? Booh!

 

[Ulminati]

36 second Karthus ults is lulzy. Also, nidalee everywhere. Nidalee is beast.

 

[Azael]

Still sucks that they've dropped the tradition with Urf skins, but at least this is Urf related unlike C.H.E.W.

 

[Ulminati]

Sona is beast mode in U.R.F. Possibly even more hilariously broken than Nidalee.

[edit]

Cloud9 vs TSM URF stream is live now!

http://www.twitch.tv/riotgames

[edit]


Aaaand it's over. 78 kills in 18 minutes. Bjergsen fed. Jungle Urgot carried hard.

 

[Erzherzog]

If you play URf and don't play as Kayle you are doing it wrong. At level 11 I could perma slow everyone, heal ever 3 seconds, push towers 100-0 without minions, and ult every 15 seconds. I literally just ran at them, fuck towers, fuck everything.

 

[Ulminati]

Sona with Zhonya can do that too. And Nidalee is cray-cray.

So what did valve do for the DotArds on URFday? Allow them to buy a hat?

 

[Renegen]

Wow, the C9 mechanics were so insane. I guess Bjergsen did feed, like how can they push against a Lux with a 10 cd ult?

Fucking Nidalee though, I'm perma banning her. Soraka is also really OP. I saw so much crazy shit. Cho'Gath is legit because if he lands 1 Q on you, you are slowed enough that he can land a 2nd Q on you, it never ends. Leblanc is like the best burst and sustained damage dealer. Wukong is the same annoying self he is on live. AP Xin Zhao doesn't care for anything, he just gets towers.

I had fun with a game as Varus, his wave clear is so good and his ult is great for locking people down that dash every 3 seconds. There's a really fun choice to make with summoner spells, Flash to get an early lead or Teleport/Revive which is really good late game. The game is quite fun, not perfect but for a troll mode it's good.