League of Legends

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11 Dec

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Originally posted by Leichenstrand

idk Phreak, u played that game longer than I did but u seem to have forgotten that tanks should be durable against "carries" with unreliable DPS, or am I wrong?

Maybe we can soon return to the Rock-Paper-Scissor system that League used to be and not have "fed" carries literally destroy everything in their eyesight

Show me a Rengar that can win a teamfight by going through the Leona first and I’ll show you a team that already had a 90% winrate from their gold lead.

Show me a split pusher that can’t threaten a side lane against Ornn and I’ll show you a tank meta.

Assassins can’t kill tanks fast. But being unable to scratch them is not something you actually want.

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Originally posted by eoR13

Not to mention that ekko’s job isn’t to kill tanks. What kinda logic is “if they can’t one shot squishy’s how are they supposed to kill tanks”. Assassins have burst they aren’t meant to kill tanks.

Ok let’s keep going then: if fed Ekko can’t kill squishies quickly when ahead why ever pick Ekko? Seriously what damage numbers do you need to give the champion for 2 maxed abilities and 600 AP and Lich Bane to not meaningfully threaten 1500 hp and 42 mr? Why build a Deathcap when the AP ratios are 0.15. Why pick the champion at all when the base damages are all 190?

The point still stands that marksmen are very viable. The point still stands that marksmen have the same average durability as mages. What one-shots Ashe also one-shots Syndra. Vayne is currently the single best ban in the game. Outside of Yasuo and very specific single-champion duos there are no strong farming melee champions in bot lane.

Assassins and burst champions one-shotting squishy champions is healthy for the game.

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Originally posted by Era555

Thanks for letting him know he's allowed to sleep.

Thanks I’m headed to bed now. Good night!

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Originally posted by Icy_Locations

What's your stance on this?

In general if fed carries can’t oneshot squishies how are they meant to kill tanks? Like yeah your tactical gameplay is completely shot when you’re Ashe here but also if AP Ekko doesn’t actually obliterate you with Deathcap Lichbane Rocketbelt Void, then why even bother building anything but tank on him?

I’m back to playing bot lane this season and so far I’ve never felt like any of my deaths are unreasonable. Fed assassins do hella damage. Good. Otherwise they’re not viable.

In this exact case I’m not sure a new mechanic like 50% damage reduction in the fountain would be an improvement to the game. Maybe. But the game is already over when you start getting fountain snipes so just let them have the high point.

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Originally posted by tltwatwitme

last death was avoidable he just had to sell all his items and stack mr and hp /s

I don't think hp/s was going to do it for him. He died in like .1 seconds.

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Originally posted by Skwiw

Nice. Much thank!

Submitted a volume adjustment that brings tones down the Auto Attack On Cast and On Hit sound, as well as the W proc sound! I think it'll update on PBE sometime within 1-2 days.


10 Dec

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Oh dear.... Noted, thank you!

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Originally posted by Traditional_Lemon

Wouldn't she be a poisonous deer, since she doesn't inject anything into you?

I thought poisonous was if you eat it ?

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Originally posted by Skwiw

The only Gnar skin I actually like the look of!

My one small problem with the skin is that the aa and Q boomerang sounds are seemingly quite loud. Would you, please, consider lowering their volume a bit? I am a big fan of the quiet whooshing sounds the Super Galaxy Gnar autos make (I don't really the thematic of the skin though). Autos and the boomerang are used all the time and as such I can see the noise become truly annoying - for the player and the enemy.

Sincerely, a Gnar main.

Thank you for the feedback! I'm the sound designer who worked on the Gnar's SFX. I'll adjust the volume so it matches Base's volume. :)

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Originally posted by Kinkyyuumi

To Romain : Will we be lucky enough to see you on stage again this year, this time dressed as a samurai?

Hello KinkyYuumi. If there is a stage, there will be cosplay !


09 Dec

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Originally posted by Nameless_One_99

When it comes to in-game knowledge and the way you deliver that knowledge I think your casting is top-notch among all tier 1 esports casters.

Sadly I do feel the LEC in general, and not just you, bog downs the broadcast with way too much "narrative" especially around G2 and FNC. And I'm probably not the main audience anymore since the LEC is growing but my patience for that kind of narrative has run out.

I still enjoy your cast a lot when it's not G2/FNC or on international games, great job at Worlds.

Perfectly reasonable opinion mate

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Originally posted by Xhalo

especially on Fnatic or G2 games when I'm told to put a larger focus on them

As an NA viewer, the LEC bias for these two teams always seemed insane and it sounds like you are confirming the LEC pushes the casters to talk about it.

inb4 quickshot USUPERS OF THE THRONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's not as simple as "The LEC forces casters to" it's more like we get new viewers all the time who have never even heard of these teams, so we're encouraged to talk about their history for sure. They're also two fan favourites, so a lot of fans just want to hear a lot about them. It's never as simple as "The lec made me!! :(" Ultimately as casters we can say what we want so it's on us at the end of the day. People will always disagree on what is too much though, that just won't ever change

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I think a lot of the feedback here is valuable.

I do want to point out that the Q travel time change (while slightly better for being aggressive), makes peel/disruption much better for the Janna player, where the Live version is pretty inconsistent.

There's definitely some parts of power that are being drawn from, but overall there's still a lot of skill expression added with August's changes beyond just spamming your E.

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Originally posted by Accomplished_Ad_2321

Man I like you, but you're the most biased caster in the LEC. By far. Just any game with Fnatic and G2 is the same story with you. On and on about how big of a favorites they are and how much the other team will have to fight for it and even when the other team is somehow stronger at the moment we must not forget it's still Fnatic yadayada etc...

And it's cool, I get it, those are legendary teams and many people support those teams, but you're blowing it out of proportion and it's difficult listening to the desk when the desk is clearly not being impartial. The LEC isn't Worlds, you have to at least try to be impartial.

It's alright though, you don't need to take any of this as valid criticism. I'm using my mute button liberally anyway.

I think it's perfectly fine for you to not enjoy my casting. I also think it's fine if you think I overdo narratives, especially on Fnatic or G2 games when I'm told to put a larger focus on them. As they are historic orgs, during downtime it wouldn't surprise me if I often relied on their extensive history to fill time if there aren't many things to focus on in the moment. It's not my place to tell you what is too much or too little as casting is ultimately subjective, people have their favourites and their dislikes and what they see as too much to too little is up to you.

The only thing I wanted to challenge was bias. I have no affinity or favoritism towards either of these teams. In fact, it's much better for the league when they lose. I was really happy that MAD won back to back splits, I care about the success of the LEC as a whole and the more competitive teams we have, the better! Feel free to be as liberal with your mute button as you want, you should do whatever giv...

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Originally posted by Accomplished_Ad_2321

Man Vedius will be insufferable in Fnatic/G2/Vitality games. Medic is cringe and Quickshot is MIA?

Drakos and Sjokz are going to have a rough split.

What?