League of Legends v35 - Gangplank appreciation thread - Games

Nah I give 'em 2-3 games in a custom. [i]Then[/i] I immediately put them to work as first pick support in ranked.

Funnily enough I did just try the new Yorick for the first time in ranked. Not for the joke or to fuck with my team, I just panicked because the pick before me got who I was going to play. Got a pretty good score, so did the ADC, but we won by virtue of good calls and proper positioning more than anything Anyway: I think he's a pretty fun pick. Bit weak in the early game but then again, I was playing against a pretty aggressive Kled so maybe not that bad? The wall is easy to land, and raising a shitton of ghouls then marking an enemy with E is more satisfying than anything old Yorick had to offer. The Q heal is great, not as unnecessary as I figured at first. The ult is a total letdown though, not very dynamic or interactive

I used to spam old Yorick in the older seasons so I did like 6-7 games of new one once he went live I'm sure my undertaker skin convinced my team But yeah his builds right now are completely uninteresting. Maybe you could do the irelia Tri>Yommus>Dusk blade for shits and giggles and try to 2 shot people

illaoi is ridiculous ulting and pressing W once pretty much wipes an entire team, AND she's tanky to boot

She's a champion designed to do nothing unless you walk into her or let her walk into you. You play around her very similarly to how you play around Darius: He goes in, you stun him and blow him up. He doesn't go in, you poke him out. You let him start getting abilities off in a clustered teamfight, you threw.

[QUOTE=Zukriuchen;51037708]but we won by virtue of good calls and proper positioning more than anything[/QUOTE] Road to diamond in a nutshell

[QUOTE=Dawnkiller;51038157]Road to diamond in a nutshell[/QUOTE] Good luck finding people like that in solo que though.

[QUOTE=Lijitsu;51038131]She's a champion designed to do nothing unless you walk into her or let her walk into you. You play around her very similarly to how you play around Darius: He goes in, you stun him and blow him up. He doesn't go in, you poke him out. You let him start getting abilities off in a clustered teamfight, you threw.[/QUOTE] The difference is that she uses summoners better, a flash ult is immediate compared to Darius wanting/needing stacks and she has a decently ranged skillshot that still let's her apply cleaver and beat the shit out of whoever, so it's not just letting her walk into you, you have to be careful about walking into her as well. She's not as bad as Darius when trying to be kited just because test of spirit is so good

Man why do I still play this game. I either do great and get a bot that combines for 0/3000/12, or do mediocre and still get a bot who goes 0/3000/12

How to make the enemy mid-laner feel inadequate: be a good Syndra. Seriously, it's just [I]humiliating[/I]. It doesn't matter what you do against a good Syndra, you just lose. Plus you get the bonus of having his team yell at him for feeding.

There's counters to everyone - if you haven't lost lane yet, you haven't found someone who knows how to exploit her weaknesses I'd argue a good Ori, Talon or Fizz will shit on you 100% of the time.

[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;51069096]How to make the enemy mid-laner feel inadequate: be a good Syndra. Seriously, it's just [I]humiliating[/I]. It doesn't matter what you do against a good Syndra, you just lose. Plus you get the bonus of having his team yell at him for feeding.[/QUOTE] Yasuo can stand up to her pretty well. Syndra does best when she has a little space between herself and her opponent, so Yas getting up in her face botches a lot of her combo potential; not to mention his windwall can block both her stun AND ultimate.

yup yasuo is the only person that can properly counter me as syndra it seems, fizz is a little dick too

Kassadin, Ahri when ahri is good Viktor Vel (rip taliyah) are my preferences because you can shove her a lot

So I haven't played on my league account for a year, and a friend of mine sees it online and playing ranked, I reset my password and this guy bought RP and shit on my account, I got it back without even contacting riot support and this guy says he bought the account from Ebay, how does this even happen? :V

I work at a cyber cafe in the bay area and riot called us earlier to ask if 3 chinese teams could use the store this weekend to practice at cuz their hotels aren't ready or something, so that'll be cool.

Star Guardian Jinx, Janna, Poppy and Lulu coming. [url]http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/featured/skins/star-guardian-2016[/url]

Gotta get my hands on that Janna skin.

I was really hoping the Lulu skin would be better, it's really... eh. I'll probably get the Jinx skin eventually, even though I already have Slayer and like it better.

Saw jinx poppy and lulu coming especially after the fanart someone made of lulu [url]http://allisonperryart.tumblr.com/post/148992249929/star-guardian-lulu-design-turnaround-vfx[/url] [editline]19th September 2016[/editline] Though the fanart looks better

so, took a 6-month haitus since my group sort of disintegrated to go do other things (mostly overwatch), and I'm getting the moba itch, anything new or especially cancerous I need to be aware of before diving back in?

6 months? Not really. Depending on your skill level, it probably hasn't changed that much. Yorick and Kled aren't OP or anything. Just remember Yorick's ult minion lets him do %HP magic damage if they both hit the same target, Kled's ult gives MS to allies that follow him. Yorick's wall can be killed by autos, and Kled gets a brief moment of untargetability/invulnerability when he loses the bigger health bar and dismounts.

Graves is a jungler now, was that more than 6 months ago?

[QUOTE=Lijitsu;51076971]Kled's ult gives MS to allies that follow him.[/QUOTE] Which is honestly the most terrifying thing about it. Not that Kled comes barreling at you from the jungle or river, but the fact that there's a very real chance he's got 2-3 allies barreling along with him.

[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;51075880]Star Guardian Jinx, Janna, Poppy and Lulu coming. [url]http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/featured/skins/star-guardian-2016[/url][/QUOTE] Gotta get my hands on that Jinx skin.

i've been playing tons of illaoi and she's been pretty fun, except against mobility. that's been the biggest issue, anyone with movement speed modifiers mostly due to the slow response of tentacles. on that note, hitting the test of spirit fully is kind of underwhelming but *only* because tentacles rarely hit them. i'd trade damage for reliability in those god damn tentacles, just reduce their damage by 25% but make them 25% quicker would make me so happy, but then again she is kind of simple to play outside of deliberate tentacle setup on that note, what do you guys build on her? i typically get the precursor to sterak's if i'm against ad, then go BC. otherwise it's hexdrinker -> BC. is trinity worth it over frozen gauntlet?

Getting Jaurim's delays your BC too much, just rush BC. It gives you a huge powerspike. You want Death's Dance as a second/third damage item, Hexdrinker/Maw as the other unless against all AD. Tank boots, GA, and probably either Deadman's or Randuin's depending on enemy team comp. Bruiser builds are fairly flexible, but in general for Illaoi you always want BC early and a Death's Dance.

Illoai wins every match up where the opponent isn't mobile so just pick her then [editline]20th September 2016[/editline] Idk if you still see shens post nerf but she absolutely shits on that lane so hard

[url]https://www.facebook.com/leagueoflegends/videos/10157715969660556/[/url] Freaky as fuck [editline]20th September 2016[/editline] Nightmare fuel [url]https://www.facebook.com/LeagueOfLegendsItaly/videos/926797057426374/[/url]

Yep, definitely giving him a shot as support.