League of Legends

Ascended Annie is a terror to behold. It's also demoralizing for the enemy team when they fight too close to one of the pads and I get a triple kill immediately after respawning by dropping tibbers on them

Actually, when it comes to Ascension, I've come to learn the hard way that Ascending isn't everything you need to win. Being an Ascended makes you a big target because it gives the enemy 5 points if they kill you and you become visible to the enemy so they can keep track of your movement. And if you cannot score kills well, it's kinda useless to become Ascended, because you do not rack up 2 points per Assist. I think the biggest priority of Ascension is how well you can secure those Relics of Shurima, because nabbing two of them are worth one point more than killing an Ascended and they respawn quicker than any Ascended things. They're worth killing 3 champions too. So it goes more like one or two champions capturing the relics, and then the others guard the place and do not let other enemies interrupt the channeling.

So... being an Ascended seems to be more of a buff to make your loot easier, kinda like Baron Nashor buff.

Well, if you look at the majority of the Lore forum goers and Reddit, it's like those who are okay with Riot's lore direction to be the silent minority (or rather silent because these 'majority' will silence them with their 'explanations' on why Riot Lore Team sucks in their eyes)

edited 13th Sep '14 5:20:11 AM by ChrisX

"Getting kills easy" is what about is all about. It worked out alright

I never once won an Ascension match because my mindset was like "How do I kill more people quickly". When my team finally suggests "Secure the Relics more, it's more worth than the kill", that's how I finally scored my first Ascension victory.

Yeah, you've got to do both. Making the enemy spend as much time dead as possible worked for us that round, let us cap in peace

Well, if you happen to ascend a champ that is good at escaping via various mobility means, there's this chance that enemy team will spend time trying to murder the Ascended while you can either pick them up one after another or get those Relics.

I'm reminded of this old Dominion Tier list thing. Essentially: if it has a speed buff, it's good. Otherwise, well, tough luck.

Actually, the relics of Shurima are located atop of the speed boost. So, yeah. Speed and Health Boost still existed like in Dominion. In fact, in Ascended mode, your health regen is halved.

Which Kinda sucks when your Champ is kinda reliant on Health regain...

Huh. Cassiopeia got reworked. Dat new passive. =D

Huh, looking at her new splash art and then comparing it to her old splash art. I'm a bit baffled how her 'top' stays on in both of them. o.O

Kind of looks like she's got a band under it in her new splash but it doesn't quite look attached and with the pose, kind of feels like gravity should have pulled it off. Though her old one is even worse in the splash. Not even a hint of any sort of band keeping it attached. (checking her in game model shows a band around the back, but that's not visible at all in the old splash)

Whoa. That new Ori splash. O.O

Considering Human!Cass had a similar profile view, the Headdress might be part of the curse.

Now I might actually want Cassieopeia as a champ. That passive is too intruiging to pass up.

Magic.

Plus a touch of space-age clothing technology and design.

But mostly Magic.

So I played a bot game with Cass to test out her new passive. It was problematic. I'm so used to the mana cost reduction that I was just burning through my mana at ridiculous rates. Probably didn't help that I forgot to start with a tear.

Also, I have a flawless record in Ascension! I've only played one match and managed to win it.

It's just boring stats, though.

and you don't get xerath's "I cast all the things" ability which is laaaame I'd love to W in three directions at once with annie.

edited 14th Sep '14 12:05:54 AM by Lanceleoghauni

I'm pretty sure if it turned you into a playable Doom Bot it be too unfair to the other team. Lowered healing or not

How would you even work the ability to aim at 3 different locations anyways lol

IDK

All i know is a Doombot Lux would be murder

doombot galio > doombot lux

Aim? Pfft.

*randomly mashes keys*

edited 15th Sep '14 1:09:58 PM by Watchtower

MY EMPEROR!

So question, when did they boost free champ rotation from 10 to 20?

I've failed a barrel roll!

edited 15th Sep '14 4:10:07 PM by VutherA

Just for now because of the Shurima stuff