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20 Dec

This Is The Most Unpleasant Preseason That I've Ever Played As A Non-Bruiser

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Originally posted by androidnoobbaby

The fact that you think solo laners with early game agency should be able to hard carry a game like an ADC that needs to be babysitted by a support and doesn't exist before minute 20 tells me everything I need to know about the garbage mentality driving the game's most awful changes. Classes are different for a reason.

I didn’t say solo laners with early agency should be able to hard carry a game like an ADC. There are plenty of scaling top laners who don’t have early agency. Why are you inventing strawmans to fight against?

This Is The Most Unpleasant Preseason That I've Ever Played As A Non-Bruiser

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Originally posted by Taztingo

I wanted to inverse your statement into a question to get a bit more out of it. I'm not and never will be a game balancer lol.

Should these melee champions be able to hard carry the same way that a Twitch or any other ADC has been able to for like a decade? I have emphasis on same way because of the trade offs between roles.

Also, do you think it's possible or fun to decouple more ADCs from supports? I say more as a safe clause for edge cases such as kindred, graves, quinn, akshan.

I don’t really see a way to reconcile a champion being able to fully 1v2 with the other players having agency over their lane.

But obviously there are degrees. Ziggs and Ezreal can farm from a distance and would get more farm than Vayne in a weak lane.

This Is The Most Unpleasant Preseason That I've Ever Played As A Non-Bruiser

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Originally posted by bz6

In my opinion its important to have positional power diversity in League. If all agency is streamlined, the game loses a bug chunk of strategy.

That being said, my current gripe with the game is that it feels like you're playing with and vs items, rather than champions. Items are warping kits a bit too much. Some are even giving champions mechanics that belong within a kit, class, or role.

If agency is too unequal, strategy is streamlined. Why ever play for top? Everyone should only play for bot lane. That’s been one of League’s problems for like 10 years.

This Is The Most Unpleasant Preseason That I've Ever Played As A Non-Bruiser

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Originally posted by DownloadedHome

What's your opinion on the situation of AD bruisers right now when it comes to their damage output and survivability?

It’s tough. For the first time it feels like individual melee champions can hard carry a game the way that Twitch or almost any other ADC has been able to for like a decade.

That said, an ahead ADC can be oneshot if the Akali just plays well. You don’t have that same luxury vs. Aatrox. But also Aatrox doesn’t 1v9 unless you actually keep screwing up into him.

Idk. I’m not done thinking about it.

This Is The Most Unpleasant Preseason That I've Ever Played As A Non-Bruiser

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Originally posted by Sandalman3000

I recall some of the meme involved transcendence using the overstacking CDR to add up to a lot of AD. I know Malphite during this time could do a Seraphs + Frozen Heart stack into all AD teams.

Yes transcendence was part of it.


19 Dec

This Is The Most Unpleasant Preseason That I've Ever Played As A Non-Bruiser

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Originally posted by ultradoomslaya

Where you around during league of Bork, league of mogs, or league of cleaver? Those felt way worse than now.

FWIW League of Cleaver was never actually a thing. It was a meme build. People just pretended that 5x Black Cleaver was good but it never was.


16 Dec

Riot failed with energized items.

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Originally posted by LeVentNoir

Thanks Phreak! I'll try it out in my games tonight.

GLHF!

Riot failed with energized items.

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Originally posted by LeVentNoir

Hey Phreak, 800,000 mastery silver jinx here.

What build order do you see Stormrazer on Jinx fitting into? Kraken, Stormrazer, Rapidfire? KS, PD, SR? It doesn't seem to fit in anywhere nciely.

Kraken Stormrazor IE.


14 Dec

Dash wins Esports Host of the Year

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Originally posted by CaptainFlowers22

IT'S ABOUT TIME LET'S GO DASH

f*ck YEAH, DASH!


13 Dec

Riot failed with energized items.

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Originally posted by Foucz

Yes that is fair, however i do not recall frozen mallet begin good for the slow even as 7th iteam and stormrazor slow is very short, i think stormrazor was good before because it was cheap and the proc did enough damage. ADC mythics are so good that picking stormrazor does not feel like a good option anymore and after laning phase it does not give enough opportunity to be used well.

Kog'Maw had some Frozen Mallet builds, since he didn't care as much about the other traditional scalars and just wanted to ensure someone died during the W duration. Permaslow aided that.

There's no shot you're in the laning phase at two items unless you're giga-fed. It's all ad-hoc mid-game fights at that point. You'd be surprised how often that slow can matter.

Riot failed with energized items.

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Originally posted by FlaccidFather15

Don’t forget Cait. Easy trap/net follow up

Yep, she's good with it, too. Similar to Jinx: Setting up a pick just by being able to auto.

Riot failed with energized items.

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Originally posted by Razetony

I'm gonna give you a build I think is strong and want you to tell me if I'm calling the next ap shyvanna or going bronze brain.

Crit Ezreal. Essence Reaver > Any mythic (I like kraken) > Navori Quickblades (Q is 1 sec CD on hit) > Storm razor. I know Q can't crit, but with Navori you can stack the attack speed passive up so you aren't just relying on Q damage like the Divine Sunderer/Muramana build.

It could be good. I think in the average game, standard ability haste poke Ezreal is better, but if you find yourself needing sustained damage at the end of champion select, there might be room for it.

Kinda does sound like AP Shyvana a bit, as it's not the most powerful build for the champion but there may be reasons to run it.

Riot failed with energized items.

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Originally posted by Needleburst3

Why would jinx or tristana ever build stormrazor over PD 2nd why would jhin ever not build rfc 2nd when it’s a staple item that prevents inting

Why would Jinx or Tristana build it? Because crowd control can be useful.

Why would Jhin ever not build RFC? At risk of appealing to authority, Masters+ Jhins build Collector (edit: 2nd) more often than they build RFC, so maybe ask them. Stormrazor and Collector both deal substantially more damage than RFC. Maybe re-examine how you're playing and figure out if you actually need RFC after all.

Riot failed with energized items.

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Originally posted by sd_pinstripes

But can't you just go Krakens --> BF Sword --> PD/ RFC ---> Finish IE

That build sounds very bad.

Riot failed with energized items.

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Originally posted by Beerspaz12

Stormrazor is actually strong and has several very good users, such as Jinx

Would I buy it second as Jinx? I feel like that's my zeal spot, then IE, LDR and likely BT. Am I Jinxing wrong? I mean my winrate and rank says I am but I still want to read you say it

You don't need a zeal every game. You don't need life steal every game. You don't need tank busting every game. You have all these spots spoken for and yet you don't need those spots filled every game.

Maybe slowing Darius to make it easier to dog-pile him is more important than ~20 movement speed.

Riot failed with energized items.

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Originally posted by Foucz

slow cannot really be a big deal enough if none of those champions build frozen malllet when it existed

The damage compromise on Stormrazor is essentially zero, while the damage compromise on Frozen Mallet is rather large. That's not a very apt comparison in my view.

Riot failed with energized items.

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Originally posted by UNOvven

What are you basing this on? Looking at Jhin, I can't see him wanting an item that has such meh stats for him over either collector (the biggest raw damage spike for Jhin early on) or RFC (movement speed is too good), and by the time you can get it as your fifth item, you dont really value the slow. Tristana and Jinx also dont seem like they would want Stormrazor, they want raw attack speed, and then IE and armour pen, and again, at fifth item stormrazor is just not worth it.

Auto attack making W undodgeable is a LOT of power.

Jinx loves raw attack speed in rocket form. And applying a big slow at 725 range is a big deal.

Tristana wants enough time to get her four post-E autos off. Not requiring rocket jump for the slow is a big deal.

In all cases, no ADC wants to skip a +AD item second.

Riot failed with energized items.

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Originally posted by darksidedearth

have you guys considered readding statikk shiv? i know me and a lot of other adcs would love to have it back, ik it had a soft return through hextech drag but the concept was so fun

btw why did yall remove it in the first place?

Yeah I love Statikk shiv myself.

Riot failed with energized items.

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Originally posted by Mysaladisdead

But like that would be expecting adc players to build good which would be too much to ask

I mean yeah I think a lot of bot laners exhibit pretty poor critical thinking. But also, if across the entire world for three seasons the item doesn’t get bought, something should probably be done with the item to make it more exciting.

Riot failed with energized items.

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Stormrazor is actually strong and has several very good users, such as Jinx, Tristana, and Jhin.

But it’s never found its home among bot laners for whatever reason. So it definitely needs something to make players feel differently but the item is actually good.