League of Legends

Jarvan IV is out, AKA Xin Zhao 2.0 His passive is Xin's ult in lesser form. His Dragon Strike combined with his Demacian Standard is Three Talon Strike and Audacious Charge rolled into one, plus a team buff. His Golden Aegis is a free Randuin's Omen. His Cataclysm garentees gank success, not to mention it allows every single Ao E spell in the game to hit accurately. Gentlemen, I predict a hotfix within the week.

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Haven't found him all that excessive right now. Though I'm just watching my brother (don't got him myself), so maybe he just sucks.

edited 2nd Mar '11 7:15:40 PM by VutherA

Apparently, Riot finally released a not-lackluster champion which is actually kind of fun to play.

As opposed to Caitlyn.

Haven't seen him keeling people yet, but scores of my familiar players tend to be like 7-0.

edited 3rd Mar '11 3:51:54 AM by Aminatep

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http://www.leagueoflegends.com/news/champion-sneak-peek-nocturne

See how cool he looks? He's going to be more popular than Jarvan IV and Maokai combined. Here's hoping he's not annoying, otherwise I may have to take a three week vacation from Lo L until everybody stops insta-locking him and his free week is over.

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We'll have to shots of the in-game model or the finalized official artwork though, they can change quite a bit from the concepts.

Just to be safe.

The new Jo J is really total Fanservice. I love it!

Hey guys, I just got into Lo L a few weeks back, and I love it. Can't get in much time due to having a Mac, but I find PC's to play on. My main is Nasus, who I play as a DPS/Tank.

For the sake of conversation, I's like to know what everyone thinks is the most overpowered Ultimate. Personally, I say Karthus' "Press R to Win". Any other ones?

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Eh, Karthus's ult becomes a much lesser problem with Banshee's Veil.

In terms of overpowered ultimates...I'll just say the ones that give me a hard time, since I'm no good at game balance.

Kassadin's is quite annoying. Ult in, BURST DAMAGE HAPPY FUN TIME, ult out. Really need to save your stuns just for that.

Shen's can also make or break a game if the guy knows about map awareness. Speaking as one who as played as, against, and with the champion. Luckily, it's worthless late game.

Poppy's is also annoying, since it either ensures a kill or ensures a save if used right.

...Let us in...

Sivir's, because by the time it ends she's taken down 2 towers and well into a third.

Has anyone noticed that around the level 10-15 mark there are no pushers? Everyone seems addicted to having a big bash in mid and hoping that it will win the game somehow. (yes I am a push/carry how did you know.)

I'm at the level 19 mark, and I've go to say that sneak pushing becomes very viable at this level. One man pushes aren't uncommon, and it's vital to have someone with either teleport or fortify just in case (for teleport, preferably another pusher to counter push)

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I'm of the opinion a number of champions are just need to be improved rather than certain ones being overpowered.

Though Rammus does have a lot of stuff that the other tanks can't compare to...

Rammus has the basic build of an excellent tank: a taunt, initiator, damage mitigation, armor scaling and some tower pushing ability to boot. The only disadvantage he has is that I can't really see him building against magic damage without sacrificing his overall effectiveness. I think the basic tank abilities he excels in still makes him a very viable tank. Pair him up with someone with a good silence and you're good to go.

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Udyr and Karma tie for best ultimate. Worst is probably Malzahar's.

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Why not? The armour bonus to Defensive Ball Curl is more of a bonus then something to stack items and take advantage of, I'd say. The maximum a single champion can hit you with that on is 2.5 attacks X 6 seconds = 15 attacks. A single Chain Vest for 700 gold... makes it do 4.5 damage per hit meaning it will cause... 67.5 damage more. A Pickaxe for 975 gold gives you 25 damage per hit, meaning (ignoring armour and magic resistance...), you'll do much more damage in the same six seconds by using the Pickaxe. Of course, that armour reduces the physical damage you take by a lot.

Basically, I'm saying armour and magic resistance is made for saving yer life, and everything else benefiting from it is mostly just a little bit added to it.

Good points. I haven't done the math and never played Rammus, but the numbers make sense. I'm just one of those wierdos that want to make the most out of passives/skills like that. That's why I avoid those kind of champions. Still prefer my Shen over him.

For Malzahar, people tend to forget about Quicksilver Sash. There's nothing like Malzahar setting up his imba insta-death combo of doom and you just turning it off with a press of a button. It's a large price to pay to counter a single attack, but I think it's worth it. That ult is something fierce if left unchecked. Early game and in mid lane however...yeah. Good luck with that. Hope your friends know how to gank.

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Yeah, it's a newbie mistake. No worries, many people have stack only attack speed excessively (yeah, uh, there's pretty much no character on which that's advised, get some other stats).

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I played with one in my last game, damn near won the match for us himself.

Can someone recommend a good push character? I've been playing as Sivir lately, and while she's been a powerhouse mid to late game, she's a bit too squishy early on and if I'm in a lane with a good PV Per I tend to get own'd a fair bit (and accused of feeding to match).

I'm much more concerned with 'winning the war' than getting a high K/D Ratio, as that's what wins games in the end.

I think there are a lot of good push champions. It really depends on what role you want them to play as well. The "push" factor is more of a detail. Riot's tags (although not 100% reliable) are a good indicator of who is good at pushing and who isn't. You can check out the list here.

In my experience:

• Alistair is the only tank that is really good at pushing, due to his passive, ultimate for taking tower damage and his minion heal.
• Master Yi and Twisted Fate are pretty good at backdooring, if you can call that pushing.
• Mordekaiser, for better or worse, pretty much lives for pushing. His passive promotes spamming multiple target enemies and his ultimate can give you a really strong ally if you use it on their carry.
• Most mages have an easy time pushing, with a few exceptions (LeBlanc, Soraka, Sona)

There are probably more. Just make sure they have a cheap aoe skill they can use reliably.

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Morde is also an anti-carry. He can easily make your early-game become hell with all the pushing and harassing.

...crit-based AD Soraka completely obliterated the enemy team (16:1:13 at the end of the match). To say nothing of AP Malphite that RAPED everyone with his Ulti. And Tank Ashe being the perfect Schmuck Bait.

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Damn well better not be an April Fools joke.

'nother Lo Ler here; name online is Garbeld.

I don't actually play much for various reasons, and I basically suck. Strongly. Can play at pretty much any time, though.

I wanna shoot something!

edited 23rd Mar '11 11:52:11 PM by Garbeld

Lee Sin seems to be real.

Should the character page move him outta non-player characters? Or keep the old one, but give the new one a section where appropriate?

Urf in all the screens?

This close to April?

Aint happening man...