So, anyone playing League of Legends?

[Markman]

Anyone else got the Strife beta key?
I played 2 games, one with a cow and another with a troll. Lack of numbers in this game makes it very confusing to play. And general lack of mana for abilities. Like do 1 combo then retreat till regen. Its like baby LoL with freemium model like in most mobile games that I dont like.

Edit:
Played 2 more games, gotta say that I'm not all that impressed. Even the game lenght is about the same as LoL,but all seems simpler, shallower. Gonna give it a few more plays, but I doubt its gonna be something I'll spend alot of time in.
Sad really, I had high hopes for this one.

 

[Azael]

Sounds like shit. I doubt we'll see any real "LoL killers" anytime soon. Main threat is LoL getting too bloated and established player base losing interest faster than they can draw new players in. Slowing down the release rate of new champs and focusing more on reworks/VU was probably a smart move in the long run.

 

[Markman]

Well, only Heroes of the Storm left. Still waiting for that email.
When it comes to Strife, I think the game lenght is killing it. 40-50 minute games doesn't really play along with the simplified model.
I did like the minion you have with you that gives you extra ability similar to summoner spells in LoL and boots that give you special ability, like one type of boots allow you to leap, jump over walls(on 35 sec cooldown), another ones speeds you up for 3 seconds(on 12 sec cooldown) etc. Oh well, atleast they tried.

 

[Demnogonis Saastuttaja]

http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/champion-relaunch/karthus-deathsinger

Pretty nice, I wonder if they're gonna buff him in some way though.

 

[Azael]

A bit too much green on his spells. Could be bad for readability. Model looks decent. No skellie, so the chinks don't need a separate model.

The Nid changes are interesting I guess, though giving her cougar form from level 1 is kind of boring. No different from Jayce/Elise now.

 

[Azael]

P. sure Zilean is on the horizon too, but I think he will get a rework as well, so I doubt any VU will be out before that is drawing closer. Same thing for Sion who definitely looks like shit.

 

[Erzherzog]

What about midget Taric?

 

[Azael]

On the list too, like a bunch of other older champs. And apparently Quinn. Because rushing champs out of the door is bad or something.

 

[Markman]

WTF Edward, Gragas supp? Could be worth a try.

 

[Azael]

Graggy support has been a thing ever since his rework. Probably his strongest role together with tanky jungler.

 

[Hellraiser]

Played horsefucker for the first time in an ARAM game. Bloody hell, why haven't I played horsefucker before. Killer Konjad so good, pity they had a sivir and my chasing was a bit lackluster against her ult+shield.

Also played Kennen, turbohamster is not bad at all. Guess I should buy those two now, pretty fun champs.

Also managed to get two pentrakills today in ARAM, one as TF and one as Gangplank.

 

[zerotol]

That Kennen ult is imba

 

[Renegen]

Played horsefucker for the first time in an ARAM game. Bloody hell, why haven't I played horsefucker before. Killer Konjad so good, pity they had a sivir and my chasing was a bit lackluster against her ult+shield.

Played horsefucker in a AI game, I was shocked how hard he was mechanically. I've been wanting to pick him up for a while but the IP gains have been really slow.

 

[Demnogonis Saastuttaja]

I guess Karthus skins have potential to sell while Zilean, Taric etc. also need a mechanical update.

Tried a game with him today because I got excited, and I wanted to see if I can make a sustain build work. Well now I remember exactly why I quit Karthus, it wasn't the meta, wasn't that I got bored of him, no, it's just because games like this where I deal ten times the damage of our ADC and twice the next highest we have. Games like this where I get mad because some fucking pussies run back and forth, too scared that we might win a teamfight when fed Karthus rolls through their lines. It doesn't matter that I can blast through #1:s shield like it was nothing, doesn't matter that WW can't outsustain me, that my Q chunks Lucian for third of his health... Better to shake in your boots at the prospect of actually fighting the enemy and lose by default.

It's like playing Karthus makes everybody else lose their balls.

 

[Erzherzog]

Ehhh, I follow the competitions but not enough to give a damn oustide my favorite team(s).

Go Team Dignitas. Winners of the ZionSpartan(+ Shiptur) sweepstakes!

And hears to another split of C9 dominating TSM.

In fact this season promises to be a tightly run race for second place.

 

[Renegen]

My boi QTPie finally on the same team as ZionSpartan and Shiphtur, yeah it promises to be a really good split. I don't care enough about the fantasy league either, you'd have to research players and shit...

 

[HanoverF]

I'm in one, I did 0 research, The draft suggests picks with how many points it guesstimates the player will get. It'll autopick the highest if you're afk. I got stuck with Diamond

 

[PlanHex]

Funny, seems the roles of NA and EU LCS have switched since last year's summer split.
Now the EU scene is boring as fuck and everything is up for grabs in NA.

edit (after 20mins of C9 vs TSM):
or maybe the NA scene will be boring as fuck too. yaaaaaaaaaaay

 

[Erzherzog]

Team Dig does great, much joy.

LMQ goes 2 and 0, proves NA scene is a joke.

 

[Ulminati]

Kwantards are still going to be chanting for TSM and CLG. Because learning a third chant is beyond their mental faculties.

 

[Erzherzog]

When TSM chants get cut short by their fail my heart grows three sizes.

 

[Berekän]

Baylife died after Chaox got the boot, never 5get

 

[bloodlover]

Team Dig does great, much joy.

LMQ goes 2 and 0, proves NA scene is a joke.

Make it 3-0.

 

[Erzherzog]

DIG DEFEATS CLOUD 9! NEARLY FLAWLESS VICTORY!

A shaky match against EG for the first match of the day but manhandled Cloud 9, amazingly Crumbzz clearly outjungled Meteos.

Wow I was so stoked to see Zion and Ship to go to a better team but this is obnoxious. I've never seen an NA team do so well against C9. Took all the barons, all the dragons, and all their lanes are so strong, can't wait for the rest of the season.

 

[Renegen]

Meteos didn't get 1 gank off, really impressive win by DIG.