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EmeraldSparks
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States1451 Posts
April 13 2011 04:09 GMT
#12201
My suspension expires in an hour. What a good day to get banned.
But why?
R04R
Profile Joined March 2009
United States1631 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-13 05:16:50
April 13 2011 04:44 GMT
#12202
Sivir has new art!

and they changed the loading screen champion name font

and they fixed the red and blue buffs to match the top half of the map's minion organization
ô¿ô
UniversalSnip
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
9871 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-13 05:31:31
April 13 2011 05:30 GMT
#12203
my god the new infinity edge is dumb, just carried a team that fed all lanes so so hard with ashe. Didn't take any particular skill on my part, just farmed and didn't feed and they didn't have an iedge carrier so I raped.
"How fucking dare you defile the sanctity of DotA with your fucking casual plebian terminology? May the curse of Gaben and Volvo be upon you. le filthy casual."
Phrost
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States4008 Posts
April 13 2011 05:49 GMT
#12204
for reference:

[image loading]

new kayle skin

[image loading]

and easter teemo

[image loading]
iamphrost.tumblr.com // http://howtobebettermagicplayer.tumblr.com // twitter @phrost_
sixduck
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
United States301 Posts
April 13 2011 05:59 GMT
#12205
mastery bug every other game. fail balance, fail interface?
Two_DoWn
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States13684 Posts
April 13 2011 06:24 GMT
#12206
IMO riot needs to take ~2 months off from balancing and releasing new champions and just let the game sit and see where its at. Same with client updates and the like. Just take their time to go over the inner workings and see what can be improved, what bug fixes can be done and try to get it as smooth as possible.

Similarly, balance needs some time to settle, especially with Dreamhack coming up. They did some pretty big things last patch, and the full effects wont be visible for quite a while. This would actually be a perfect time to go back and start to look at champs like GP and Jax who need some love.

But hey, this is RIOT. Expect a new 6.3 champ in 2 weeks, with more odd nerfs and buffs.
"What is the air speed velocity of an unladen courier?" "Dire or Radiant?"
Deleted User 30223
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
3104 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-13 08:06:16
April 13 2011 06:33 GMT
#12207
i'm so confused. no matter how you look at it, brand's design is just. meh.is just a better annie (just played against one). and annie was good enough as it is. (<- misunderstanding in brand's abilities) what was the character development team thinking?
StuffedTurkey
Profile Joined May 2010
United States859 Posts
April 13 2011 06:38 GMT
#12208
On April 13 2011 15:24 Two_DoWn wrote:
IMO riot needs to take ~2 months off from balancing and releasing new champions and just let the game sit and see where its at. Same with client updates and the like. Just take their time to go over the inner workings and see what can be improved, what bug fixes can be done and try to get it as smooth as possible.

Similarly, balance needs some time to settle, especially with Dreamhack coming up. They did some pretty big things last patch, and the full effects wont be visible for quite a while. This would actually be a perfect time to go back and start to look at champs like GP and Jax who need some love.

But hey, this is RIOT. Expect a new 6.3 champ in 2 weeks, with more odd nerfs and buffs.

you realize that they have different departments working on those other things, and that shoving more people at a problem wont always help..right?
You can't milk those!
BlackPaladin
Profile Joined May 2010
United States9316 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-13 06:39:57
April 13 2011 06:39 GMT
#12209
Brand can't initiate with possibly the best AoE stun in the game.
"Your full potential does not matter if you do not use all 100% of it."
Unentschieden
Profile Joined August 2007
Germany1471 Posts
April 13 2011 06:49 GMT
#12210
On April 13 2011 15:33 goldenkrnboi wrote:
i'm so confused. no matter how you look at it, brand is just a better annie (just played against one). and annie was good enough as it is. what was the character development team thinking?


The idea is that Annie is a lot more durable and has reliable AoE stuns. Brand is propably better right now due to his numbers but he is more combo reliant.
freelander
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Hungary4707 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-13 06:56:14
April 13 2011 06:55 GMT
#12211
On April 13 2011 14:49 Phrost wrote:
for reference:

[image loading]

new kayle skin

[image loading]

and easter teemo

[image loading]


old sivir was better imo
she had an evil-ish look in her eyes, this is just a manga cow with bouncing tits

that kayle skin looks ridiculous
BOOB ARMOR

teemo is cute though
And all is illuminated.
TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
April 13 2011 07:07 GMT
#12212
On April 13 2011 15:33 goldenkrnboi wrote:
i'm so confused. no matter how you look at it, brand is just a better annie (just played against one). and annie was good enough as it is. what was the character development team thinking?

I don't know how people can make the comparison between a caster with all damage and next to no utility, and one of the highest-utility casters in the game.
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Deleted User 30223
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
3104 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-13 08:01:07
April 13 2011 07:07 GMT
#12213
On April 13 2011 15:49 Unentschieden wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 13 2011 15:33 goldenkrnboi wrote:
i'm so confused. no matter how you look at it, brand is just a better annie (just played against one). and annie was good enough as it is. what was the character development team thinking?


The idea is that Annie is a lot more durable and has reliable AoE stuns. Brand is propably better right now due to his numbers but he is more combo reliant.


idk. a sizeable aoe and an ult that bounces is pretty reliable to me. if they actually did stun. >> should read char descriptions more carefully.
TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-13 07:19:00
April 13 2011 07:16 GMT
#12214
On April 13 2011 16:07 goldenkrnboi wrote:
idk. a sizeable aoe and an ult that bounces is pretty reliable to me.

None of those are stuns. And having CC is a big deal in this game, especially when, as an AP carry, you're expected to bring a bunch to the table.

Comparing Brand to Annie is like comparing Kog-maw to Ashe. None of them have escapes, and Kog-maw/Brand gets huge range and a ton of damage (including a % max HP component). Ashe/Annie trades out that damage for high utility/CC, and some of the best initiating skills in the game.

Likewise, I don't see people taking Brand in competitive play any more than they pick Kog-maw now unless his damage numbers are really off the charts.
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Unentschieden
Profile Joined August 2007
Germany1471 Posts
April 13 2011 07:58 GMT
#12215
On April 13 2011 16:07 goldenkrnboi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 13 2011 15:49 Unentschieden wrote:
On April 13 2011 15:33 goldenkrnboi wrote:
i'm so confused. no matter how you look at it, brand is just a better annie (just played against one). and annie was good enough as it is. what was the character development team thinking?


The idea is that Annie is a lot more durable and has reliable AoE stuns. Brand is propably better right now due to his numbers but he is more combo reliant.


idk. a sizeable aoe and an ult that bounces is pretty reliable to me.


No the ult without the passive bounces so slow that it makes it easy to break besides being random targeting. His AoE is either delayed or reliant on having hit his skillshots beforehand. It´s not awfull but Annie is definetly more reliable.
Deleted User 30223
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
3104 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-13 08:04:05
April 13 2011 08:00 GMT
#12216
On April 13 2011 16:16 TheYango wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 13 2011 16:07 goldenkrnboi wrote:
idk. a sizeable aoe and an ult that bounces is pretty reliable to me.

None of those are stuns. And having CC is a big deal in this game, especially when, as an AP carry, you're expected to bring a bunch to the table.

Comparing Brand to Annie is like comparing Kog-maw to Ashe. None of them have escapes, and Kog-maw/Brand gets huge range and a ton of damage (including a % max HP component). Ashe/Annie trades out that damage for high utility/CC, and some of the best initiating skills in the game.

Likewise, I don't see people taking Brand in competitive play any more than they pick Kog-maw now unless his damage numbers are really off the charts.


.... oh hm. i could have sworn it was all his abilities that activated the stun (or at least the pillar of fire as well). my bad. i retract my statement.

still, the character design is pretty unoriginally meh. (which is more what i was leaning towards anyways than actual gameplay.)
Deleted User 30223
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
3104 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-13 08:10:12
April 13 2011 08:09 GMT
#12217
On April 13 2011 16:58 Unentschieden wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 13 2011 16:07 goldenkrnboi wrote:
On April 13 2011 15:49 Unentschieden wrote:
On April 13 2011 15:33 goldenkrnboi wrote:
i'm so confused. no matter how you look at it, brand is just a better annie (just played against one). and annie was good enough as it is. what was the character development team thinking?


The idea is that Annie is a lot more durable and has reliable AoE stuns. Brand is propably better right now due to his numbers but he is more combo reliant.


idk. a sizeable aoe and an ult that bounces is pretty reliable to me.


No the ult without the passive bounces so slow that it makes it easy to break besides being random targeting. His AoE is either delayed or reliant on having hit his skillshots beforehand. It´s not awfull but Annie is definetly more reliable.


even in a teamfight scenario? where most of the time 2-4 champs are clumped together? i doubt that matters. sure you can't initiate with it like annie, but it sounds pretty effective as a nuke.
Southlight
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United States11768 Posts
April 13 2011 08:25 GMT
#12218
He doesn't do enough damage to merit taking over the heros he's actually similar to (Veigar Leblanc) both of whom are superior at nuking the shit out of one hero and kick in faster, and his AoE is trumped by stuff like Swain Annie Ryze, if you want to look at his %-based and say "but he can killz tanks" (hint: he can't) you might as well take Malzahar, given that that hero is strong as hell anyways.

Individually thanks to his passive he has some of the most fascinating skills in the game but because of skillshot (misses a lot) and lack of CC he just feels really meh. It's... it's like Cho'gath, is who Brand is like, only taking out the CC and free HP and replacing the true damage single-target nuke with an AoE thing.
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freelander
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Hungary4707 Posts
April 13 2011 08:44 GMT
#12219
i wanted to buy him
but you made him look shit in this thread

NOUUUU

i will wait for the free weak
And all is illuminated.
EmeraldSparks
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States1451 Posts
April 13 2011 08:45 GMT
#12220
He doesn't have as much burst or CC as any of the heroes you named, but it does seem like he has the best potential to deal a ridiculous amount of damage to more than one enemy while kiting.
But why?
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