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BlackPaladin
Profile Joined May 2010
United States9316 Posts
August 23 2011 18:56 GMT
#2121
Why is it surprising to people that a nuker + support is a good bot lane when stuff like Taric + brand or annie + ali are also strong bot lanes?
"Your full potential does not matter if you do not use all 100% of it."
gtrsrs
Profile Joined June 2010
United States9109 Posts
August 23 2011 19:02 GMT
#2122
On August 24 2011 03:39 GranDim wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 24 2011 03:22 gtrsrs wrote:
On August 24 2011 03:12 Lanzoma wrote:
Not to be an ass, but a guy in my friend list has had wins with all champs in ranked for a while now.

:smug-by-proxy:


impossible, as new champs are released so often
"for a while" can only mean 1-2 weeks
and i would have all 81 right now but during yorick free week i was homeless and during wukong free week i started my first week at work


that's okay i have enough IP to buy both. i just wish they weren't so bad l0l


Too bad Talon is coming out right?


nah it's npnp i have enough IP for three 6300 champs so even if talon is full price i should be able to grab him
i play ... hearthstone =\^.^/= Winterfox
UniversalSnip
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
9871 Posts
August 23 2011 19:07 GMT
#2123
On August 24 2011 03:38 Southlight wrote:
Veigar Soraka is fairly common, at least before this upcoming patch. Do you not remember my anguished wails of how Veigar(!) Soraka stomps a lot of lanes? #1 blatant overpowered healer kthx.

He still sucks as a hero though.


I don't see how, his teamfighting ability is considerable, it's always been his laning that made him garbage
"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."
Juicyfruit
Profile Joined May 2008
Canada5484 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-23 19:09:13
August 23 2011 19:07 GMT
#2124
Veigar is a beast in lane if he can solve his mana issues. I just think that he would be better off maxing dark matter early on so that he`s not a dead weight until his Q farm kicks in. The base damage on that thing is VERY high and it`s got great range and it`s a small AoE.
LancerStarcraft
Profile Joined July 2010
United States235 Posts
August 23 2011 19:29 GMT
#2125
On August 24 2011 04:07 Juicyfruit wrote:
Veigar is a beast in lane if he can solve his mana issues. I just think that he would be better off maxing dark matter early on so that he`s not a dead weight until his Q farm kicks in. The base damage on that thing is VERY high and it`s got great range and it`s a small AoE.


Doesn't everyone max dark matter first? If you can't last hit with level 1 of Q you're doing it wrong.
"Buy a ward. Stop a gank. Save a life."
Juicyfruit
Profile Joined May 2008
Canada5484 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-23 19:35:54
August 23 2011 19:35 GMT
#2126
On August 24 2011 04:29 LancerStarcraft wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 24 2011 04:07 Juicyfruit wrote:
Veigar is a beast in lane if he can solve his mana issues. I just think that he would be better off maxing dark matter early on so that he`s not a dead weight until his Q farm kicks in. The base damage on that thing is VERY high and it`s got great range and it`s a small AoE.


Doesn't everyone max dark matter first? If you can't last hit with level 1 of Q you're doing it wrong.


Veigar is one of the hardest champions to skill properly imo because he desperately needs all three skills at max level to be effective. Q maxed = lowers the cooldown and gives him somewhat of a sustained DPS potential, but you also want E for the large-burst and creep clearing whenever it`s needed, and of course the stun scales really well too.
HazMat
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States17077 Posts
August 23 2011 19:37 GMT
#2127
E is his stun n00b.
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TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-23 19:42:25
August 23 2011 19:38 GMT
#2128
On August 24 2011 04:29 LancerStarcraft wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 24 2011 04:07 Juicyfruit wrote:
Veigar is a beast in lane if he can solve his mana issues. I just think that he would be better off maxing dark matter early on so that he`s not a dead weight until his Q farm kicks in. The base damage on that thing is VERY high and it`s got great range and it`s a small AoE.


Doesn't everyone max dark matter first? If you can't last hit with level 1 of Q you're doing it wrong.

Reasons for maxing Q:

1) Mana cost doesn't scale, unlike W and E
2) Q cooldown scales, W doesn't
3) Reliable single-target harass--your ability to trade in lane is very unreliable when you have to land W or come out behind every time your opponent trades harass with you, as opposed to just being able to Q them back to match their damage.
4) Similar to 3, you won't ever land W without E against a competent laner, meaning that EVEN IF you land W, you still will probably come out behind simply because of how mana intensive W+E is. You're much more likely to have favorable trades if you trade with just Q.

Simply put, W max makes you even worse off in lane, simply because it becomes impossible for you to trade effectively with anyone, and they just force you off the creeps. At best, you'll use W to instaclear the ranged creeps and get zoned of the melee creeps, and getting 3/6 minions from every wave is not exactly good farm.
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BlackPaladin
Profile Joined May 2010
United States9316 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-23 19:41:39
August 23 2011 19:40 GMT
#2129
If most of your damage is from a delayed AoE skillshot on a 10 second cooldown that costs a lot of mana, instead of a single target nuke every few seconds that is cheaper mana-wise as well, you're doing it wrong.
"Your full potential does not matter if you do not use all 100% of it."
Juicyfruit
Profile Joined May 2008
Canada5484 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-23 19:42:14
August 23 2011 19:40 GMT
#2130
T_T gg

Why is Veigar`s CC on E but his AoE skill on W, and then with Nasus it`s the opposite.

Why is soraka and sona`s heal on W, but taric`s on Q, and nidalee`s on E?

WHY RIOT WHY??

On August 24 2011 04:40 BlackPaladin wrote:
If most of your damage is from a delayed AoE skillshot on a 10 second cooldown that costs a lot of mana, instead of a single target nuke every few seconds that is cheaper mana-wise as well, you're doing it wrong.


You know, people max W before E on brand....
[Agony]x90
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
United States853 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-23 19:42:50
August 23 2011 19:41 GMT
#2131
On August 24 2011 04:38 TheYango wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 24 2011 04:29 LancerStarcraft wrote:
On August 24 2011 04:07 Juicyfruit wrote:
Veigar is a beast in lane if he can solve his mana issues. I just think that he would be better off maxing dark matter early on so that he`s not a dead weight until his Q farm kicks in. The base damage on that thing is VERY high and it`s got great range and it`s a small AoE.


Doesn't everyone max dark matter first? If you can't last hit with level 1 of Q you're doing it wrong.

Reasons for maxing Q:

1) Mana cost doesn't scale, unlike W and E
2) Q cooldown scales, W doesn't
3) Reliable single-target harass--your ability to trade in lane is very unreliable when you have to land W or come out behind every time your opponent trades harass with you, as opposed to just being able to Q them back to match their damage.
4) Similar to 3, you won't ever land W without E against a competent laner, meaning that EVEN IF you land W, you still will probably come out behind simply because of how mana intensive W+E is. You're much likely to have favorable trades if you trade with just Q.


Not to mention, early game you're trying to farm more AP anyways. I find that late game, even though it's easier to last hit with Q then, you'll be farming more so with dark matter, meaning you're mission out on lots of potential AP. Also, if the other person is being very evasion in lane, you can catch them with E just to Q. This burns a lot of mana, but this is a great set up for using your ult.

EDIT: meant E not W. Which ever is the cage.
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UniversalSnip
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
9871 Posts
August 23 2011 19:46 GMT
#2132
you can tell everyone here is a pro veigar because nobody knows which skills are on which keys
"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."
TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
August 23 2011 19:49 GMT
#2133
On August 24 2011 04:40 Juicyfruit wrote:
T_T gg

Why is Veigar`s CC on E but his AoE skill on W, and then with Nasus it`s the opposite.

Why is soraka and sona`s heal on W, but taric`s on Q, and nidalee`s on E?

WHY RIOT WHY??

Show nested quote +
On August 24 2011 04:40 BlackPaladin wrote:
If most of your damage is from a delayed AoE skillshot on a 10 second cooldown that costs a lot of mana, instead of a single target nuke every few seconds that is cheaper mana-wise as well, you're doing it wrong.


You know, people max W before E on brand....

"costs a lot of mana"

Brand has comparatively good mana costs on his spells compared to Veigar, so missing Ws hurts you much less on Brand than it does on Veigar.

Also, I'm pretty sure Brand's W does not have a 1.2 second delay.
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BlackPaladin
Profile Joined May 2010
United States9316 Posts
August 23 2011 19:56 GMT
#2134
Brand's w's delay isn't as long, the radius is much larger, and it costs less mana.
"Your full potential does not matter if you do not use all 100% of it."
wussleeQ
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States3130 Posts
August 23 2011 19:58 GMT
#2135
i hear brand and taric is a good combo. and not too long ago i got fucked over by a ap taric and karma combo... they just dived me and healed each other. crazy stuff.
BW -> League -> CSGO
Carnivorous Sheep
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Baa?21245 Posts
August 23 2011 20:11 GMT
#2136
I play nothing but Veigar.

Max Q then max E, one in W at 4.

Only way to go noobs.

(Actually stopping at 2-3 ranks of E is ok in some situations, but 2.5s AoE stun OP)

TranslatorBaa!
Nikon
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Bulgaria5710 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-23 20:13:52
August 23 2011 20:12 GMT
#2137
On August 24 2011 04:02 gtrsrs wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 24 2011 03:39 GranDim wrote:
On August 24 2011 03:22 gtrsrs wrote:
On August 24 2011 03:12 Lanzoma wrote:
Not to be an ass, but a guy in my friend list has had wins with all champs in ranked for a while now.

:smug-by-proxy:


impossible, as new champs are released so often
"for a while" can only mean 1-2 weeks
and i would have all 81 right now but during yorick free week i was homeless and during wukong free week i started my first week at work


that's okay i have enough IP to buy both. i just wish they weren't so bad l0l


Too bad Talon is coming out right?


nah it's npnp i have enough IP for three 6300 champs so even if talon is full price i should be able to grab him


In before Talon is 9450.

You know that it will happen eventually...
Juicyfruit
Profile Joined May 2008
Canada5484 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-23 20:18:46
August 23 2011 20:14 GMT
#2138
On August 24 2011 04:56 BlackPaladin wrote:
Brand's w's delay isn't as long, the radius is much larger, and it costs less mana.


Yes yes, brand's W is much better blah blah... but my point is that it's still not 100% guaranteed to hit and there are other reasons that brands do well by maxing W first, one being that it gives them and basically any AP carries some very much needed lane control by being able to push out before making a play elsewhere on the map.

Suppose that you can solve the mana issue (either via sorakabot or blue buff), you really don't want to end up level 9 in a lane with only baleful strike while the enemy team clears his wave in 2 spells and then goes off and do whatever while you're pinned down.

I think being able to insta-gib ranged minions with 1 spell is a minimum requirement if you wish to be able to leave your lane at all without losing too much everytime you want to roam, and veigar certainly would benefit from being able to make his insta-gibbing power to good use elsewhere.

Plus, a stun + dark matter combo is virtually impossible to retaliate against or avoid, but again, costs a lot of mana which is why at least on paper, veigar is only strong if he can access cheap mana throughout early game.

Also, here's a delayed happy birthday nob
barbsq
Profile Joined November 2009
United States5348 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-23 20:21:25
August 23 2011 20:19 GMT
#2139
On August 24 2011 05:11 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
I play nothing but Veigar.

Max Q then max E, one in W at 4.

Only way to go noobs.

(Actually stopping at 2-3 ranks of E is ok in some situations, but 2.5s AoE stun OP)



yeah, this is pretty much the only way i've ever conceivably been able to skill veigar, w just sucks too much in too many aspects and q and e are just too good to not lvl up first

edit: not to mention you need like lvl 3-ish stun be4 u can reliably hit w on any champ
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gtrsrs
Profile Joined June 2010
United States9109 Posts
August 23 2011 20:20 GMT
#2140
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