On September 09 2011 06:48 zalz wrote: What is this? I used to play a terrible Annie but suddenly everything feels pitch perfect. I ain't talking 1 year ago but maybe a month. I was never good with Annie.
Suddenly i am bitch slapping just about every lane i get thrown against me.
Are you truly that good movespeed quints?
Yes. MS quints with boots opening (and a Janna on your team huehuehue) make Annie a laning goddess because she's way too strong if she can hit you anytime she wants.
Hey guys Colby commentated some of my WCG canada matches. This is first match played in a double elimination tourney with the final four. They're actually pretty terrible matches and commentated with LoLreplay (may it RIP "soonTM") but check 'em if you're hella bored, this one's a TL vs TL showdown. :o
Caitlyn Renekton Karma Maokai Jarvan IV Nocturne Lee Sin Brand Rumble Vayne Orianna Yorick Leona Wukong Skarner Talon
That's what we've had new to us so far this year. I duno, I really like most of them. As of late they have been rather disappointing I will admit.
I really like caitlyn's long range archtype. It brought a fresh face to ranged dps (which I actually think has the most different play style characters in the game)
Renekton brough rage, which although wasn't amazing at first, he has evolved into a less frustrating bruiser to play against and a pretty satisfying one to play.
Karma bombed, nobody really plays her. I think Smash thinks/knows she has a lot of hidden potential but I still can't wrap my mind around her (or have really tried I guess). She was interesting but not practical imho.
Maokai was another sleeper for me that I didn't quiet grasp initially. He's a pretty effective roamer and brings different things to the table than taric but till does his job fairly well.
I like Jarman. A lot of people probably don't. I think he was a cool character in design but he caused a lot of issues that makes him pretty useless now. I feel like the flag's armor bonus was just too much.
Nocturne is apparently the most popular non-humanoid character in the game atm. I don't have the hugest love affair with him by any means but I like the spectral dagger inclusion and his ult feels fair but powerful. The initial range was too much but hes still a fairly unique character. I think shaco needs to be remade based on nocturne's success.
Lee Sin was another one that really didnt impress me right out of the gate. He's currently my go-to jungler and a fairly original character. I really like the flow he gets into during jungling. A good lee sin and a mediocre lee sin are very easy to distinguish and I like that.
Brand.. I don't really know how I feel about him. I like Malzahar more but that might be because I've been playing him since the dawn of time when his name was still Al'Zahar. I don't like his "all or nothing" approach to playing. He has the ability to blow your face off, or do basically nothing. The binary approach there feels too much like ryze 1.0. I feel like if his ultimate moved a tiny bit faster and it would feel more rewarding like Lich's ult from dota.
Rumble. I still don't get this guy. I still hate the range on his ultimate but I wish we had more click/drag stuff applied to mages spells. I would kill for a click/drag malzahar Q
Vayne is another character I really like. She does something that plays different than other ranged dps without being any less good at her job. Caitlyn does it from far away, Corki does it with lots of spells, Tristana does it while jumping, Ashe does it while you're stunned or slowed, Miss Fortune does it with lots of bullets, Vayne does it stealthily and quickly.
Orianna is one of my favorite champions mechanics wise. I still dislike her range and wish she could have more base stats, less range, and a faster ball.
Yorick sucks. I hate his minions, i hate his bugs. His ultimate seems like either godlike (on a ranged dps) or a really really really bad zilean ult. I'm still not even really sure what it does.
Leona is the female tank everyone has been waiting for. I wish she farmed a little bit better but she seems solid, just not my cup of tea.
Wukong was another pretty big disappointment. He doesn't really do any job particularly well and feels like they tried too hard to keep him consistent with folklore and not enough pizazz for LoL
Skarner is trying so hard to be awesome but bugs plague his life and his attack speed is abyssmal for some reason. I understand they dont want him abusing his passive but I shouldn't have issues last hitting because his auto attack takes forever to recharge when his armor isnt on. I really like the concepts but the drawbacks and bugs are holding him back too much.
Talon I felt like was pretty meh. Lately, I still think he's pretty meh, but that might be the people playing him. His kit seems okay but nothing has impressed me. I like his ultimate but his other skills seem less than amazing.
On September 09 2011 06:21 sRapers_ValkS wrote: wahhhh bye bye mac client =[
I'm seriously considering just stopping this game as a few of my irl friends only played on Mac and now they can't play anymore.
Just to throw this out here again, but I have talked about Mac Client in the TL Tech Support Thread. Really busy with work this week (and slightly sick) but I will be answering related questions + posting more in-depth on weekend. As you might have noticed, my posts this week have been pretty terse.
yes, thank you very much! your posts are always very much appreciated. I'll be setting up boot camp tonight, so I'll still be able to play - it's just annoying to have to jump through other hoops to be able to play again.
I have the weirdest bug ever. I'm in a game and the fps counter says I have 85~ fps (30 is normal for) but the game feels like 5 fps. My champ is moving in slow motion and skipping every couple of seconds. Anyone get this before?
Consistently near 85 seems too coincidental for it to not be related to the monitor's refresh rate. 85-120 are what most flat screens are at. Try screwing with vsync.
On September 09 2011 08:55 HazMat wrote: My computer is smooth and even my LoL client is smooth, just not in game.
i had this once and i closed all flash related stuff and it went away. Which is stupid considering my pc could run like 10 LoL clients at once, but it helped.
On September 09 2011 08:02 Chrispy wrote: Hey guys Colby commentated some of my WCG canada matches. This is first match played in a double elimination tourney with the final four. They're actually pretty terrible matches and commentated with LoLreplay (may it RIP "soonTM") but check 'em if you're hella bored, this one's a TL vs TL showdown. :o
They just need to hard copy the heroes I like from Hon/Dota into LoL though.. Sure they'd probably be OP as they are made for a different game, but man I love me some Syllabear/Wildsoul.
Of the latest heroes
Caitlyn Renekton Karma Maokai Jarvan IV Nocturne Lee Sin Brand Rumble Vayne Orianna Yorick Leona Wukong Skarner Talon
They all have at least something interesting going for them, and some of them actually stand out. I guess the only truly bland hero here for me is Wukong. I also don't think all of them are that original, I do like what most of them bring to the game, since they didn't really have that close of a counterpart before.
On September 09 2011 10:25 BlueBird. wrote: They just need to hard copy the heroes I like from Hon/Dota into LoL though.. Sure they'd probably be OP as they are made for a different game, but man I love me some Syllabear/Wildsoul.
Sylla would probably be awful since you wouldn't be able to put items on his bear. I'm not sure if aura's/aoe buffs and whatnot apply to pets in this game either... not something I ever cared to check.
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