League of Legends v35 - Gangplank appreciation thread
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Not exactly thrilled about Tahm Kench and Zed being in the free rotation this week. Ziggs looks pretty fun though.
[QUOTE=Rudevinny;50425169]I'm not sure if I really dig these upcoming changes to Trinity Force.[/QUOTE]
Since I play a lot of Gangplank, I don't know what to feel with the changes either. It means I lack that early movement speed and crit from Zeal, but I get AS and CDR. It sounds like a trade off, but it just feels weird. Getting CDR feels like a punishment nowadays anyway, since so many items give CDR so if you're trying to avoid going above 40%, you're limited in item choice.
[QUOTE=Rudevinny;50429869]I like building Trinity Force on some ADCs. For me, it's a core item on botlane Ezreal and obviously Corki, but I also sometimes build it on Lucian as a last item if I'm certain we're winning the game. At that point it isn't probably necessary anymore, but I just have a soft spot for Spellblade items.
The new Trinity Force doesn't sit so right with me, it might be useful on champions like Jax but it sounds just weird on AD casters like Gangplank and Jayce, who would benefit more from critical chance than attack speed.[/QUOTE]
That's where building shit like Essence Reaver and a general crit item is good, since CDR is generally good.
[QUOTE=Rudevinny;50429942]Of course you can pair Trinity Force with Essence Reaver and another crit item, but it won't be as gold-efficient since Essence Reaver grants a total of 30% cooldown reduction with the necessary crit items and Trinity Force grants 20%, which obviously means that about 10% CDR will go to waste.
[editline]31st May 2016[/editline]
The 10% CDR is not a horrible loss, only about 300 gold but I still prefer the current iteration of Trinity Force.[/QUOTE]
In that case, Essence Reaver and Trinity and Boots of Lucidity would give you 40%, but you can't get Infinity Edge in that case.\
Also, the random ass price of Trinity Force. 3733, what a nice and round number.
Man, I wish you could turn those S-rank tokens into a bit of blue essence.
At least you'd have to earn those, I'm stuck on getting Master 7 on GP at the moment since I have no blue essence.
[QUOTE=Rudevinny;50429869]I like building Trinity Force on some ADCs. For me, [B]it's a core item on botlane Ezreal[/B] and obviously Corki, but I also sometimes build it on..[/QUOTE]
I don't think Trinity has been considered "core" on Ezreal ADC in a very long time. Gauntlet is generally just a lot stronger and allows for heavy kiting, plus way more CDR.
For GP there's been a lot of discussion about what's going to change with the new Triforce. Riot has (supposedly) said they're going to give him compensation buffs after a patch or two. Ultimately I think the assumption is his build isn't going to change that much since he abuses Spellblade too well, he'll just have a later powerspike. It might change his runes though, assuming you care about overcapping CDR.
I hope the Trinity Force change makes Tri-force Ezreal a thing now. About time he fights like a real man without needing slows from IG.
[QUOTE=Moofy;50429071]Essence
Firecannon
IE
Swifties
Lord Dominik
Mercurial
(Not in order but you get it)[/QUOTE]
Also is it just me or is he horrible against tank characters like amumu and Cho gath? Even with dominik he doesn't do much damage with he's crit shots and neither with Q or W.
I'm kinda new to LoL right now btw. Some friends that are higher rank than me are teaching me the ins and outs and I'm still practcing characters and my game feel on bot matchs.
As someone who doesn't play ranked, and therefore having no context, what's the difference between solo queue and dynamic queue?
Guys, with the whole club thing now being a thing, we outta make a club.
I've already got the facepunch name secured on eu west, we just need 2 more to get the FP tag too.
[QUOTE=Mayor Luigi;50436188]As someone who doesn't play ranked, and therefore having no context, what's the difference between solo queue and dynamic queue?[/QUOTE]
The difference is rather small, to be honest. As solo queue just means that you queue up solo, you can still face a premade group like you can do in dynamic queue.
Dynamic queue is role selection (ADC, Support, Mid, Jungle, Top) and then you go into queue, you can still meet premades on either side. But it is more frequent now, since they removed 5 man queue.
Dynamic queue has severe flaws in that it makes queues extremely long in high ELO (Diamond, Master, Challenger)
Riot then came up with the brilliant idea of telling us what the real deal was with dynamic queue and what their plans are for it in the future:
[QUOTE]1. SOLO QUEUE IS GONE. (They didn't want to tell us this for a long time, it took several months before we get to hear it from RiotPwyff in a video that was the most unprofessional garbage. I've ever watched)
2. In the upper levels of competition we will restrict Premades from making 5 man groups. (Meaning a 5 man group of friends can no longer play with eachother in high ELO)
3. In the upper levels we will also introduce a autofill that will give you a random role that you didn't pick (eliminating the entire purpose of picking your role)
4. This will eliminate toxicity and give greater game quality! ([B]What?[/B])[/QUOTE]
League is really going the wrong direction and the only thing that's enjoyable to do with League anymore is watch its' competitive scene.
I thought soloq always meant the old queue where you at most only meet duos
[QUOTE=KillRay;50436810]I thought soloq always meant the old queue where you at most only meet duos[/QUOTE]
I forgot if there was a limitation of premades in the old queue system. Might've been duo, I forgot honestly. Yes, you're correct that soloqueue in this case refers to the old queue system.
[QUOTE=Tools;50436562]Guys, with the whole club thing now being a thing, we outta make a club.
I've already got the facepunch name secured on eu west, we just need 2 more to get the FP tag too.[/QUOTE]
We already got a club, FPEU.
[QUOTE=Firecat;50436985]good
game actually gets hard around diamond with the fact that mmr is skewed especially dont need playing vs parties allowed
esp since the big cases of carrying people happen in this elo, gross gore went from d3 to dynamic to challenger back to d3 and i love the guy but he practically got elo boosted[/QUOTE]
to be honest, getting carried isn't that big of a problem since eventually their luck runs out and they end up where they belong
If anyone is interested in investigating and analyzing shit. I did a long writeup about Dynamic Queue, Player skill, and the ranking system. It's posted on the [url=https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/4m52o0/a_philosophical_analysis_of_dynamic_queue/]League Subreddit[/url]
I'd copy it here but its kind of long. And I don't want to invade the thread with something crazy like that. Anyways. I can't vouch for how good it is, not too popular to start, but I put a lot of effort into it and just enjoy that kind of discussion.
[QUOTE=Scytone;50440815]If anyone is interested in investigating and analyzing shit. I did a long writeup about Dynamic Queue, Player skill, and the ranking system. It's posted on the [url=https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/4m52o0/a_philosophical_analysis_of_dynamic_queue/]League Subreddit[/url]
I'd copy it here but its kind of long. And I don't want to invade the thread with something crazy like that. Anyways. I can't vouch for how good it is, not too popular to start, but I put a lot of effort into it and just enjoy that kind of discussion.[/QUOTE]
TL;DR
But up-voted since you put a lot of work into this
wtf lol how is caitlyn balanced, in the patch notes they keep spouting shit about trying to make every champions healthy and have counterplay, meanwhile in the middle of a teamfight as Vayne, Caitlyn hits me in the back with a stray headshot and it crits me for 1200 while I have 1500 health and she was about 4 kills behind and lots of farm behind. What am I supposed to do against that? How is that considered healthy? Fuck this game jesus christ.
Also a nice reminder Dynamic queue is not Role Selection. Apparently since Riot released both at the same time the assumption is that Dynamic queue involves Role Selection.
However, the cause of the issues that are in the game with long queue times that are being adressed in the upcoming changes are related to the new champion select. NOT the queue system.
Just keep that in mind, but basically it still means they are doing this because their new champion select is not good enough and they decided to band-aid the problem with autofill for upper tier players, since they hope that they aren't outspoken about the issue. (Since the minority is well, rather small in comparison to the majority. Which the majority has nothing to do with these changes, at all)
Either way, I think Riot will have to deal with a lot of criticism for the next weeks. Whether or not they backpedal is a good question. We'll see, we definitely see some changes though from this.
7 report feedbacks the past 15 games, watch out I'm the EUW toxic hunter
[editline]2nd June 2016[/editline]
Also [URL="https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/4m0gpr/league_of_legends_needs_optin_voice_chat_there/"]this looks quite interesting[/URL]
Lol autofill why even make a queue where you pick your role.
[QUOTE=GentlemanLexi;50436887]We already got a club, FPEU.[/QUOTE]
welp fuck invite me then :v: summoner name is Toools
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feels good mang
Okay seriously once again today: 6 report feedbacks so far.
Is the system really childish and just bans everyone for anything or do I just find a goldmine of toxicity?
[QUOTE=Moofy;50449371]Okay seriously once again today: 6 report feedbacks so far.
Is the system really childish and just bans everyone for anything or do I just find a goldmine of toxicity?[/QUOTE]
well, we don't know how late those are. could just be a big delay
[QUOTE=Moofy;50449371]Okay seriously once again today: 6 report feedbacks so far.
Is the system really childish and just bans everyone for anything or do I just find a goldmine of toxicity?[/QUOTE]
well I called somebody a slob and that was worthy of a chat ban
