Yo Phreak, I don't have the energy to come up with a real reply. I'm retty burnt out with the game right now, so I simply don't care enough. Also I should be working right now heheh.
But I wanted to let you know that you've been absolutely killing it lately. I think this is peak Phreak, it's so cool to see how much effort you put in with all the long ass videos and the community interaction. This game and community clearly means a lot to you. Happy new year!
Happy new year!
[removed]
LMAO
Wasn't he a challenger ADC main that was trying to crack the scene? Or am I thinking of someone else?
He was a challenger (or nearly so) Hecarim one-trick a few years ago.
at first glance it looks like a random diamond
LCS players in a nutshell PepeLaugh
OK you got me
Phreak you’re my favorite caster and I f**king loved your casting this yesr
Thank you! <3
Locket used to have the "new" passive back in the day, it came from aegis. They removed it and now added it back in because ???
FWIW this is a decent example of what I think was done well.
Current Locket does two things well, IMO:
But wouldn't that also hurt other champs using said items?
Going after items instead of the champion itself seems like using a grenade to dig a hole.
It really depends on where you think the problems lie.
Day 1 of preseason the top 8 champions in virtually every role were tanks. Tank Mythics were OP and this wasn't up for debate. So you have to nerf those items into line, or at least into a point where you're comfortable with their power level. Then sort out individual champions from there.
I don't like this approach. I'd rather them hammering the problem so it is guaranteed to disappear for sure the next patch AND THEN if the hammer was too big, buff them back up the following patch. Instead of these pats on the wrists for sequential patches until finally, the accumulated nerfs are enough.
A few thoughts on this:
Anyways, I still agree that they could assume how impactful thei...
Read moreWhat's something you enjoyed that other people haven't figured out? I play mostly top and jungle
Galeforce Yone / Master Yi.
Hi Phreak, I just wanted to say, I really enjoyed your casting this year. I wish you the best in 2021.
Thank you! You too :)
Curious as to how galeforce is broken. Ive only ever seriously seen jhin build it and it seems like an odd pick on other champs. Also noticed a few sett using hail of blades and galeforce because they could galeforce + E at once then burst, but that seems like a niche interaction.
To be fair "giga-busted" is hyperbole. Maybe not the place for it. My bad.
It's ultimately the most damage and in many cases the most survivability of all the competing mythics. The cherry on top is also the target access.
Most champions who are building Shieldbow/Kraken should actually be building Galeforce and just haven't realized it yet. The cooldown cut to 60 seconds is really meaningful and it's snowbally as hell since you're pretty much always in range of whomever you want to kill.
I'm not sure it's SUPER out of line, but I'd confidently call it the strongest of the three crit items. It's even singlehandedly turned Master Yi's best build back into Crit because it turns out giving Yi a free-target dash and more move speed is really really strong.
Looking at the publicly available info I can see that Trinity Force and Galeforce outperforming Divine Sunderer makes sense but I don't think the 47 -> 49% winrate with lower playrate would qualify as "heavily" outperforming.
2% winrate lift is a pretty big deal for something as small as "pick a different first item."
In general though, GP's winrate is low is because people are building him wrong. People will eventually figure it out. You don't buff a champion because people are misplaying him. Something as simple as "buy the right first item" puts him easily within normal winrate bounds. Anything but a very small buff would just be wasted work that could go to a champion more in need.
Yeah, I can understand after what happened to Amumu they want to be more cautious
I mean Amumu is in a completely reasonable spot right now. I'd say they aimed their nerfs pretty accurately.
Incredible
Is there an item balance framework?
Yeah they posted about it before the preseason changes hit.
If this is true this is basically what the community has been asking for (nerf either the champion or the item first and then wait to see what the result is).
And this is why sometimes Riot does both. And sometimes they do it perfectly. Jhin got weaker with his lethality builds, took a Q nerf, and is still the #1 ban in the game. (OK yeah Galeforce is giga-busted)
It's funny how reddit usually howls and complains when a champ gets nerfed at the same time as his items.
Yeah Reddit doesn't always leave the best opinions upvoted.
I think Riot went and nerfed champions + items when they had like a 57% win rate or higher. Otherwise, I like the idea of them hitting items first and knocking champions into line once the season starts.
Agreed, but it's notable that malphs biggest counter (magic damage, preventing armor stacking) has been needed with mythic giving MR (i.e. It's impossible to build your first item and not have mr in your build).
His damage has always been pretty crazy, but with more ability armor scaling introduced in the last few years as well as this preseason introducing exclusively MORE dmg through sunfire, he's a strong boi.
Phreak, how do you feel about the current state of the game, especially compared to season 10 (or even seasons before)
I'm having a great time. It's cool figuring out builds and getting to try out stuff that other people haven't caught onto yet.
Any inside infos on why riot chose to ignore GP for so long?
The scaling base AD buff was a joke and didnt address any of his problems
He is still sitting at 46% wr across all ranks. Even in grandmaster and challenger
I know at least one designer was looking into him. I forget what happened and why there aren't any changes at this time.
FWIW people are building him wrong. Not that he's outstanding or anything, but Divine Sunderer is incorrect. Trinity Force and Galeforce both seem to heavily outperform it.
This is off topic, but you're one of my favorite casters. Every time I play a game, I imagine you shoutcasting the silly names in my head.
Keep doing tons of damage to my heart. <3
Thanks! <3
devtrackers.gg