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On August 22 2010 02:17 Phrost wrote:
Kennen is generally obnoxious when played well, but god awful when not.

If a Vlad lost to a kennen then he wasnt playing well because it's pretty easy to bait shuriken tosses at creeps and the amount of damage dealt by the lightning blast thing (is it W? i think?) is negligible compared to transfusion.

I stand by Vladimir can't really lose a lane 1v1 because of how much passive healing he has.

On August 22 2010 05:16 gtrsrs wrote:


can't you say that about any hero?

and can't you say *that* about any hero? it's easy to bait any skill from a champ if they're not as good as you... a player that's better than you will always back off when he sees you light up orange (meaning you're going to attack him) and return a hit when it's favorable for him. the thing that makes kennen a harder matchup than most 1v1 is that every once in a while his hit will give you a mark of the storm, then all he has to do is activate his W or E... or auto attack you more... or hit you with a shuriken... and eventually you'll get stun-locked.

and yeah the damage from W is negligible but i think pre-level 6 or 7, kennen is going to have a huge advantage on you from his variety of skills (a point in each for first 3 levels), and at BEST you're going to break even in an ult-fight. post level 8 when transfusion's cooldown and damage are on godmode, i'd cede the lane to vlad for sure though.

although yeah, vlad is still a top laner, i'm not arguing that. i just think that there are some matchups he struggles with (anivia morde kennen for example). not necessarily lose the matchup, but not roll the other champ like he does in 80% of 1v1s

On August 22 2010 05:20 Phrost wrote:


I feel the only matchup I'm afraid of sometimes is Tristana and Ezreal because they have high damage long range physical attacks. Everything else you can just play it safe and hide behind creeps while you heal up.

On August 22 2010 05:50 Bullet wrote:
Dang didn't know the LoL thread was so huge on TL.
I'll have to post a new thread about an upcoming tournament once i get 10 posts. ^^

On August 22 2010 05:42 Chrispy wrote:
Ahh it's been so long since I've played, what'd I miss?! Is the new gargoyle hero good? Who won the WCG? Any other good LoL drama pages I should read?

On August 22 2010 05:14 Juicyfruit wrote:
Yo utah, you seriously need to consider getting a doran's shield at the start against the likes of ezreal. Your HP was hovering near middle but your mana was practically full. I don't think you're benefitting too much from the ring at all.

On August 22 2010 05:24 gtrsrs wrote:


ez is a hard matchup for everyone though.

the thing is, if you want to commit to beating vlad you just have to harass him early before transfusion is efficient. pre-level 5 if he uses transfusion on a creep, that gives you like 15 seconds to harass him without him healing it

On August 22 2010 05:59 Phrost wrote:
Ez isnt a hard matchup, its the only one of few I sometimes have to try.

If you keep transfusion on cooldown and hug creeps you wont lose but you wont necessarily dent ezreal's farming or leveling (like you could against most other champions).

I stand by Vladimir being the hardest 1v1 to lane against, much like Nidalee a few months ago.

On August 22 2010 06:29 Kaniol wrote:
Yay, good job TL you didn't fail expectations