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Craton
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States17281 Posts
August 31 2011 19:54 GMT
#1721
As far as keep track of Elo somewhere, you could do it the same way as the stream thread keeps track of who's online -- a script running off-site to generate small images (so next to each name you could have a picture of a number). You'd have to scrape the ladder ranking page to do this, and I'm not really versed in that, but it's doable .
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Southlight
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United States11768 Posts
August 31 2011 19:56 GMT
#1722
In fairness I don't think elo is particularly noteworthy for gauging skill levels, especially regarding different champions. Me saying shit about ranged AD heroes will get me ridiculed, and my elo is arguably still lower than it probably should because I'm a lazy bastard.
oraoraoraoraoraoraoraora
HazMat
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States17077 Posts
August 31 2011 19:58 GMT
#1723
Just do it by highest Elo obtained so I can inflate my epeen.
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Jaso
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States2147 Posts
August 31 2011 19:58 GMT
#1724
Nobody thinks Manamune is good on Ezreal...? o.o That surprises me.

He can pretty much harass with Q forever in lane, and since the CD is so short he stacks the mana so fast. Plus he kinda needs a large mana pool.
derp
Southlight
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United States11768 Posts
August 31 2011 19:58 GMT
#1725
You can just get Sheen on Ezreal if you really want the mana :p
oraoraoraoraoraoraoraora
Juicyfruit
Profile Joined May 2008
Canada5484 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-31 20:04:07
August 31 2011 19:58 GMT
#1726
Seems like most of the time, if you made a good case, whether or not you are correct should be "obvious" to anyone who can make good use of your ideas.

As for Ezreal, he needs to become as big as soon as possible in lane. That means doran's blade, early red buff, whatever is necessary for him to push people away from creeps because he needs that to do his complete-shutdown gimmick (poking down people who would lose if they faught him, but who will get Q'd to death if they try to stay too far away anyways).

Things go out of hand for ezreal really fast when both sides get higher up in levels as the mages will stop caring about his autoattack pokes and just nuke him.
fasdaf
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
138 Posts
August 31 2011 19:59 GMT
#1727
The only bruiser who can really beat Swain in damage trades is probably Lee Sin with his crazy mobility stopping him from ever eating a full laserbird or getting caught by Swain's W. Lee Sin should just be able to harass with Q combo and get right out of there by W-ing to an allied minion. He also gets sustain from W, so a good Lee Sin (i.e. not me) should probably beat Swain.
Craton
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States17281 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-31 20:03:25
August 31 2011 20:00 GMT
#1728
On September 01 2011 04:56 Southlight wrote:
In fairness I don't think elo is particularly noteworthy for gauging skill levels, especially regarding different champions. Me saying shit about ranged AD heroes will get me ridiculed, and my elo is arguably still lower than it probably should because I'm a lazy bastard.

On the one hand, that's true, but on the other hand I'll still trust a say 2k player on a champ they rarely play over a 1200/unranked player, even if they play it a lot.

On September 01 2011 04:58 HazMat wrote:
Just do it by highest Elo obtained so I can inflate my epeen.

+2 elo with this method for me, aw yeah.
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TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-31 20:06:47
August 31 2011 20:04 GMT
#1729
On September 01 2011 04:58 Jaso wrote:
Nobody thinks Manamune is good on Ezreal...? o.o That surprises me.

He can pretty much harass with Q forever in lane, and since the CD is so short he stacks the mana so fast. Plus he kinda needs a large mana pool.

Ezreal doesn't need it. You're only going to W for stacks in fights, rather than as a spammed damage spell, and you really need to hold E carefully, rather than really spamming it. Q spam is covered by runing for mana regen.

The one thing that needs to be recognized is that Tear/Manamune is NOT a sustain item. The amount of regen it gives is quite low for the cost, and it's not cost-efficient if all you need is long-term sustain (if you need just the regen component, Philo Stone costs less, gives more regen, and also has hp5 and gold generation). What it's good for is for champs that have high short-term mana demand (e.g. Corki can spam out all his mana within a few seconds) and can make use of the increased max mana it gives. Long-term mana demands can be handled by runing for regen/buying more cost-effective regen items.
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Odds
Profile Joined May 2008
Canada1188 Posts
August 31 2011 20:04 GMT
#1730
Regarding the information in posts, I'm going to start keeping my current elo in my TL signature, it may be wise for others to do the same. It's not a perfect fix, but at least it's an easy way for newcomers to pick out who may (or may not) be worth listening to.

Regarding this:

On September 01 2011 04:19 HyperionDreamer wrote:
Urgot and Yorick are two that I can think of right away, Lamia was going manamune on Urgot non-stop at the most recent IEM.

Lokan, I was thinking about our Skarner build that we were working on a while ago - we were just going tear, but manamune would likely work real well, no?

AA > Manamune on Skar

I've stopped getting tear, actually, for the same reason I stopped getting it on Cassi. Chalice is just better unless your name is Urgot or Ryze.

When I first looked at Skarner, I felt like he was the hardest carry in the game, but couldn't place exactly why I was so convinced of this for a loooong time. But now I know.

It's his passive. Skarner's passive is the most broken OP piece of bullshit passive in the game, stronger than even Poppy's I think. It may or may not make up for the rest of his subpar kit, but taken alone it is absolutely incredible.

The reason: Skarner's passive makes CDR, AP, and Attack Speed scale multiplicatively. Let me repeat that for emphasis.

SKARNER'S PASSIVE MAKES CDR, AP, AND ATTACK SPEED SCALE MULTIPLICATIVELY.
Simply put, you can cut your cooldowns in half with CDR, and then cut them in half AGAIN with attack speed. Except with the attack speed, there is practically no upper limit to how much you can reduce your cooldowns.
So when you have 31% CDR, 82%aspd and 148AP from masteries, Nashor's Tooth, and GRB, in a teamfight you can have your shield permenently up, refreshing something like every 3 seconds, Q about once per second, and E about once every 4 seconds.

Needless to say, I think Sheen is a red herring.
The optimum build is something like:

boots 1
Chalice
Nashor's
GRB
Zerks/Mercs/Swifts
SV
Wit's End/Bloodrazor, depending on the aspd cap, I'm not sure how many items it takes to max it out.
Odds.633, AM. Plat level currently. Would love more practice partners, add me, let's play!
zalz
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Netherlands3704 Posts
August 31 2011 20:09 GMT
#1731
On September 01 2011 04:50 BloodNinja wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 01 2011 01:12 NeoIllusions wrote:
zalz, why you dodge my post for an entire page?

There are like 3+ people all saying Swain is viable and perfectly fine up top lane. Yet some how, zalz wants to continue saying he's trash and god awful. So it's time to put your money where your mouth is.

What server are you on and what matchup do you want to play? I'll ask Tojarra to come play you. He's a snarky NA player who got to legit plat with Swain for like 90% of his games. If you can't beat a Swain during lane phase, there's no chance of stopping him in a team fight. I think we can all agree that Swain's weakest point in the game is during pre-6.

Edit: the more I read your replies, the more it's starting to irk me.

I'm a level 3 Swain who's gone EQE. I'm in the middle of the lane last hitting.
You walk into range, I'm going to throw a E on you.
You try to dash onto me, I'm going to EQ and you're going to eat the full laserbird. No more of this 1 second nonsense. Your theorycraft is shit if you think a competent Swain is going to Q you at max range.

Any time you do an exchange by jumping on to me:
1. you draw creep aggro
2. I EQ you for full duration.

Tell me how you're going to counter 2 as any melee. There's no melee that I can think of that can sustain that kind of exchange. Jax QWQ will take more damage from Swain. Irelia QEE also takes more damage. Garen and Udyr can't even get into range.
AP caster burst vs early Bruiser burst. I honestly don't know why the fuck this is even a discussion.


More interested in your server and ingame name than the replies tbh.


Good luck with that one. I recall someone earlier (possibly within this thread even) asking Zalz the same question on a different matter. First he dodged the question and then said it doesn't matter.


Well i am never one to turn down some ingame harassement so for your viewing pleasure:

EU West: Zalz

ELO 1400 (1625 highest)

I haven't played a ranked in ages but before i stopped 1625 meant i was rank 200ish.
TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
August 31 2011 20:09 GMT
#1732
On September 01 2011 05:04 Odds wrote:
I've stopped getting tear, actually, for the same reason I stopped getting it on Cassi. Chalice is just better unless your name is Urgot or Ryze.

Chalice and Tear don't accomplish the same thing IMO. Chalice is primarily a regen/sustain item, while Tear is a max mana buffer item.
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barbsq
Profile Joined November 2009
United States5348 Posts
August 31 2011 20:19 GMT
#1733
On September 01 2011 04:58 Jaso wrote:
Nobody thinks Manamune is good on Ezreal...? o.o That surprises me.

He can pretty much harass with Q forever in lane, and since the CD is so short he stacks the mana so fast. Plus he kinda needs a large mana pool.


sheen bruta all day errey day. by the time u have those items anyways, ur a bit too late for manamune. still tho, manamune ezreal isn't as bad of a noobtrap as manamune panth trololol
Look at this guy, constantly diluting himself! (╮°-°)╮┳━┳ ( ╯°□°)╯ ┻━┻
JackDino
Profile Joined July 2010
Gabon6219 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-31 20:28:08
August 31 2011 20:25 GMT
#1734
Nvm lol I'm dumb.
This isnt Broodwar so I dont owe anyone respect for beating me. -arb
MoonBear
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Straight outta Johto18973 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-31 20:27:32
August 31 2011 20:26 GMT
#1735
On September 01 2011 04:50 TheYango wrote:
Does laserbird stay tethered/continue to do damage even if Vlad uses W?

Yes. Only range breaks the tether. Vlad W still allows Vlad to be affected by DoTs like Ignite. The Laser Bird is just an animation. It counts as a DoT for the purpose of mechanics.
ModeratorA dream. Do you have one that has cursed you like that? Or maybe... a wish?
Orpheos
Profile Joined April 2010
United States1663 Posts
August 31 2011 20:29 GMT
#1736
On September 01 2011 05:09 TheYango wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 01 2011 05:04 Odds wrote:
I've stopped getting tear, actually, for the same reason I stopped getting it on Cassi. Chalice is just better unless your name is Urgot or Ryze.

Chalice and Tear don't accomplish the same thing IMO. Chalice is primarily a regen/sustain item, while Tear is a max mana buffer item.


yea if you actually look at it, tear doesnt actually offer you more regen than a meki pendant. so its in this weird niche that you want a char with some spaminess but the spell you are spamming needs to have pretty low costs. also paying a bunch for just mana pool is kinda meh...
Tooplark
Profile Joined October 2008
United States3977 Posts
August 31 2011 20:36 GMT
#1737
Butbut pantseon so much mana is use, i canst all my spell an
di run out of manas so fast!!!
WHAT POW'R ART THOU WHO FROM BELOW HAST MADE ME RISE UNWILLINGLY AND SLOW
WaveofShadow
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada31495 Posts
August 31 2011 20:42 GMT
#1738
On September 01 2011 05:36 Tooplark wrote:
Butbut pantseon so much mana is use, i canst all my spell an
di run out of manas so fast!!!

But how to volley spam without my mana regen yellows and Manamune?

Took me 10 minutes to explain to my brother the other day why you don't get Manamune on Ashe....sigh
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Caller
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Poland8075 Posts
August 31 2011 20:44 GMT
#1739
On September 01 2011 05:09 zalz wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 01 2011 04:50 BloodNinja wrote:
On September 01 2011 01:12 NeoIllusions wrote:
zalz, why you dodge my post for an entire page?

There are like 3+ people all saying Swain is viable and perfectly fine up top lane. Yet some how, zalz wants to continue saying he's trash and god awful. So it's time to put your money where your mouth is.

What server are you on and what matchup do you want to play? I'll ask Tojarra to come play you. He's a snarky NA player who got to legit plat with Swain for like 90% of his games. If you can't beat a Swain during lane phase, there's no chance of stopping him in a team fight. I think we can all agree that Swain's weakest point in the game is during pre-6.

Edit: the more I read your replies, the more it's starting to irk me.

I'm a level 3 Swain who's gone EQE. I'm in the middle of the lane last hitting.
You walk into range, I'm going to throw a E on you.
You try to dash onto me, I'm going to EQ and you're going to eat the full laserbird. No more of this 1 second nonsense. Your theorycraft is shit if you think a competent Swain is going to Q you at max range.

Any time you do an exchange by jumping on to me:
1. you draw creep aggro
2. I EQ you for full duration.

Tell me how you're going to counter 2 as any melee. There's no melee that I can think of that can sustain that kind of exchange. Jax QWQ will take more damage from Swain. Irelia QEE also takes more damage. Garen and Udyr can't even get into range.
AP caster burst vs early Bruiser burst. I honestly don't know why the fuck this is even a discussion.


More interested in your server and ingame name than the replies tbh.


Good luck with that one. I recall someone earlier (possibly within this thread even) asking Zalz the same question on a different matter. First he dodged the question and then said it doesn't matter.


Well i am never one to turn down some ingame harassement so for your viewing pleasure:

EU West: Zalz

ELO 1400 (1625 highest)

I haven't played a ranked in ages but before i stopped 1625 meant i was rank 200ish.

even shikyo had like 1440 and hes from Finland and on EU

the only good players are over 2k elo, and even then they are a very small minority

show some goddamn humility
Watch me fail at Paradox: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=397564
Orpheos
Profile Joined April 2010
United States1663 Posts
August 31 2011 20:44 GMT
#1740
wai wai!!! manamune isnt core on ashe!??!?!?! what about the super pro catalyst ashe open? never die in lane!

(legit i remember ppl in the official forums when I first started saying cata first ashe was the best thing since sliced bread)
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