it's pretty well explained on the previous page that while it was streamed, they no longer support on demand games so it looks like it won't be accessible

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oh well, it was an entertaining and very good game and I wish people could see it, but I was there so I won't lose any sleep over it not being up :p.

Southlight

United States11768 Posts

May 05 2010 18:37 GMT

#3623

It was funny 'cause I was watching his stream and thinking "man he is an asshole," and then realizing that's exactly what I sound like.

Edit:
Except I think I'm much more sarcastic, which is probably even worse. He just rants and cusses.

Mogwai

United States13274 Posts

May 05 2010 18:39 GMT

#3624

lol, yea, you're a dick >:O

<3

Southlight

United States11768 Posts

May 05 2010 18:47 GMT

#3625

The funny thing is, I played DotA for like 5 months before Baikin pulled me aside and said, dude, you have to stop being an asshole, and I had no idea I was being an asshole on voicechat because I literally say what's on my mind, then move on. I've actually had to start paying attention to what I'm saying... and what you get now is a slightly more improved and suppressed version of asshole Southlight. Like he'd bring up examples and I'm like I have no idea! I don't remember! It was pretty bad. I think it's tied into the fact that when I'm playing I tend to say exactly what's on my mind, because I can't filter out what I should say and shouldn't say - it's why I struggle to play with Vent with this game because I don't have the presence of mind to remember to hit push-to-talk. So I'll spontaneously start directing people and talking strategies just because that's what I'm thinking, and if someone does something stupid I'll immediately think and say "holy shit that's retarded," lol.

Edit:
It's also why you hear me sometimes call someone missing... then two seconds later call him missing again, and again, like every two seconds for about ten seconds or until someone goes "we know," as the sense of urgency (missing Twitch etc. especially) and such rises. One day I'm going to grow up and start talking to myself and never notice because I played voice-chat games so much

Chrispy

Canada5878 Posts

May 05 2010 18:53 GMT

#3626

Noooooo @ Not being able to use summoner spells while jumping as Pantheon. That breaks my heart.

Mogwai

United States13274 Posts

May 05 2010 19:03 GMT

#3627

I'm the same way about vent... I really can't use push-to-talk cause I just absentmindedly chat about what's happening. Not to mention I really don't care for the GUI and it's harder to configure my hardware for it.

And I tend to get over shit said in voicechat and done in game pretty quickly. Like, it only took me 10-15 minutes to get over that damn Kat game :p.

Southlight

United States11768 Posts

May 05 2010 19:15 GMT

#3628

Hahah, I just start talking to myself when on vent, 'cause I completely and utterly forget about PTT. And usually people don't respond to my ramblings, so I don't actually realize no one hears me until something goes terribly wrong.

Brees

Marshall Islands3404 Posts

May 05 2010 19:50 GMT

#3629

ah the joys of farming wins with shen.

team you can tank easily? check

team you cant tank easily? farm your carry with your wide assortment of support moves. check

playing with baddies/feeders? farm all game and save them with ult. check

Survivability of a tank, damage of a soft carry? check

lolz

Mogwai

United States13274 Posts

May 05 2010 19:55 GMT

#3630

my favorite part of shen right now is when fiddle ults on you, Garen spins on you, Panth heartseekers you, etc etc etc, and you just hit W:

*clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink* *clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink* *clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink* *clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink* *clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink* *clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink* *clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink**clink*

you take like, 10 damage. lawl, thanks for buffing an already powerful champ riot. good use of balancing time.

ZERG_RUSSIAN

10417 Posts

May 05 2010 22:12 GMT

#3631

Just so you skype users know, you can disable push to talk in vent options and stream your mic all the time. It is pretty annoying to most users, though, vent people get annoyed at listening to clicking and breathing.

Southlight

United States11768 Posts

May 05 2010 22:18 GMT

#3632

I know, and exactly for the last part you mentioned, I don't do it, and thus I dislike using vent :p

Tooplark

United States3977 Posts

May 05 2010 22:50 GMT

#3633

Well, you can disable push to talk and set the sensitivity high enough that it only picks up loud noises like speech and GOZEY YAWNING.

radmax86

United States437 Posts

May 05 2010 23:01 GMT

#3634

just bought anivia, any protipz?

Southlight

United States11768 Posts

May 05 2010 23:05 GMT

#3635

Level 6 is when you'll usually shine (unless you lane with a stunner) and I prefer Guise Sorc as my first two items, then building into pure AP. Other people have preferences like Rod of Ages; I prefer spiking damage over laying suppressive fire, and I'm always solo mid with Aniv anyways.

Edit:
To be more specific, she has a number of playstyles based on how you use her skills. I myself play her as a pure nuker, so I tend to level E (the 2x damage nuke), and once I hit level 6 I keep repeating R E R, R E R

I also level Q, but I find I don't actually have the chance to use it much until team fights commence, or as a combo continuation after R E R (ideal chain is R E R Q Q E, rinse repeat as per cd). Because of the leveling speed afforded by a solo lane, you get W last, but it's not THAT late.

I've seen many people (especially those that lane) perfect the art of Q Q E harass/farm, and they just use Q Q to farm and rush RoA and such. I'm not fully sure what order of skills they level up, but I'm fairly sure they bump up Q really fast so they can clear creep waves with one shot. That way they can take out all 3 ranged creep in one shot, and if you time it right you'll kill one of the melee creep, kill all 3 ranged, and have enough time to last hit at least one of the last ones.

There're also people that prefer CC Anivia where they eschew damage (mainly E) in favour of Q (stun) W (wall) and R (snare). Considering how people like to be stupid and fight against teams with Anivia in jungles, abusing W in early jungle team fights can wildly swing fights.

Edit:
In case you want numbers, as Gozey found out (he had the gall to laugh at my Anivia solo mid vs Ashe when we scrimmed once),
At level 6, Anivia's R does 80 damage per second and E does 230 damage assuming you land R E as you should. Q does higher damage, doing 180 at level 2Q. L3E costs 70 mana, and R for 2 seconds costs 100 mana (50/sec), so for 170 mana you do around 390 damage, minus magic resist. Now obviously this is nothing compared to Annie's massive 300 mana for 490 burst from Tibbers Disint Incin (assuming level 1 shield was gotten), you can repeat Anivia's combo every 10 seconds (minus cooldown). Not to mention if you've got the open space to do it, E has a 5 second cooldown, so you can do the aforementioned R E R Q Q E to do another 350 for another 170 mana. Very economical :D

Edit2:
Though I'd have to be fair and point out a significant amount of damage from Annie's combo comes from Tibbers itself >_>

Sorry if that was more info than you wanted :p Just laying out my experience playing and playing against Anivia.

Juicyfruit

Canada5484 Posts

May 05 2010 23:55 GMT

#3636

I really like tears of the goddess into archangel's staff on anivia, just because her R can proc tears twice (turning it both on and off counts), leading to very fast accumulations of mana (at least +8 every 10 seconds, meaning 48 extra mana per minute. You'll max out tears after around 15 minutes if you include your other spells and remember to use your ult everytime it's up).

That extra mana really makes her an insane lane-pusher, especially because she's also hard to catch in the jungle and an excellent bait with her egg ability.

Southlight

United States11768 Posts

May 05 2010 23:57 GMT

#3637

I dislike Tears/Arch because it's really slow. I actually do Guise Sorc Zhonya and then stack Blasting Wands, and I still feel like it's "slow." Yet it's probably the fastest you can be in terms of stacking damage output. Hahah.

Juicyfruit

Canada5484 Posts

May 06 2010 00:06 GMT

#3638

Oh and Mejai on Anivia isn't such a bad idea either. She gets plenty of kills and assists, and her egg, while unreliable, does keep her slightly more alive than other squishy nukers, minus kassadin.

radmax86

United States437 Posts

May 06 2010 00:08 GMT

#3639

On May 06 2010 08:05 Southlight wrote:
Sorry if that was more info than you wanted :p.

nah, it's all helpful, though the annie part was a bit offtopic

rune suggestions?

Southlight

United States11768 Posts

May 06 2010 00:25 GMT

#3640

Well I essentially play her in the stead of Annie, and considering Annie is believed to the best nuker in the game, I figured it'd be worth showing the damage comparison. Annie has stronger 0.5 second burst, but Anivia has stronger sustained nuking power. It's also useful for people who mind find themselves laning against Anivia solo mid 1v1; you'll be surprised by her burst damage if you're not aware of it

With regards to runes, again it more-or-less depends on your playstyle. I run Mpen marks and Mp5 seal/glyph with flat HP quints. If you open stuff like Tears you're probably able to shift Mp5 to MPen to make up for the assumed lack of Guise.