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On October 04 2011 10:38 Nikon wrote:Show nested quote +On October 04 2011 10:28 Ryuu314 wrote:On October 04 2011 10:23 STS17 wrote:On October 04 2011 10:19 UniversalSnip wrote:On October 04 2011 09:56 BlackMagister wrote: Do people hate Yorick's design or his balance? I've only played vs him in Dominion and he is a beast there. design. worst designed champion in the game... it's not even close. makes all star hits like vlad seem elegant and polished. Why is his design so bad? Because his kit revolves around very spammable spells that give +mspd, slow, and sustain. Either the damage numbers are low and he does no damage and/or the mana costs are high and he goes oom instantly OR the damage numbers are high and he wears you down super fast and/or the mana costs are low and he spams you out of lane while staying full hp. IMO, they should just completely remake his E. Make it do something other than sustain. The whole idea of a spammy champ that constantly summons shit is cool, just not when it also makes him immovable in lane. It's almost as bad as pre-nerf Landyr. They should make it deal damage and drain mana or smth rather than dealing damage and healing Yorick. It's the Omen of Famine so making it drain mana so you "starve" your opponent of energy would be cool. Either way, E's design atm is just quite broken. I don't think that Riot would ever make Yorick's E drain mana. They reworked Wit's End so it wouldn't have the same effect after all >_> Yea I know...but tbh almost anything would be better than E right now. Currently it's just batshit stupid skill. And I'm saying that as a Yorick player who abused him in season 1 to gain like 150 elo lol
On October 04 2011 11:28 overt wrote: So Maokai is such a fucking boss. Get Rod of Ages and build straight tank is just really strong.
I'm glad that he's being played some in jungle but honestly I think he can probably solo top pretty well against certain match ups. He has a little bit of sustain plus that E is just so fucking good in lane.
I think I might start playing him more over Cho'Gath for an AP bruiser guy. Maokai works freaking everywhere lol. He has the sustain for top, the burst for mid, he can go bot as support pretty well too (as demonstrated by Dignitas), and he can jungle pretty darn well with good ganks too.
I always just go RoA -> tank/triforce/deathcap. Works pretty well usually.
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On October 04 2011 11:30 TheYango wrote:Show nested quote +On October 04 2011 11:28 overt wrote: So Maokai is such a fucking boss. Get Rod of Ages and build straight tank is just really strong.
I'm glad that he's being played some in jungle but honestly I think he can probably solo top pretty well against certain match ups. He has a little bit of sustain plus that E is just so fucking good in lane.
I think I might start playing him more over Cho'Gath for an AP bruiser guy. AP Bruiser Cho'gath is so last year. Tank->Wit's End Cho is where it's at. EDIT: And playing Maokai top wastes the fact that Jungle Mao has one of the most brutal jungle ganks in the game.
I like to get RoA still on Cho and get Wit's after I have Frozen Heart or FoN depending on other team. I know that Mao is probably better in jungle but he's just so fun in lane. Your jungler ganks for you and you W first it's almost guaranteed kill or else they blow a flash.
Still definitely better in jungle though, I agree.
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On October 04 2011 11:20 TheYango wrote:Show nested quote +On October 04 2011 10:49 MoonBear wrote:Until Guinsoo's jungle changes, nearly all champions designed for the jungle will inherently be powerful in lane as a result (exceptions apply of course). I touched on it briefly when I talked about the problem with Wriggles and the nature of jungling. No one has yet convinced me that Wriggle's is such an enormous improvement over 3xDBlade that it's absolutely a problem in lane. They're situationally better than one another, but they're close enough that I don't think you can really say laners are significantly stronger with Wriggle's than they would otherwise be. Show nested quote +On October 04 2011 11:03 Mogwai wrote: olaf real strong in top lane cause brees and spud say so See, I was going to give examples like Nocturne or Olaf, except for every damn jungler, there's always someone on TL championing them top lane. Show nested quote +On October 04 2011 11:07 Two_DoWn wrote: Well, apparently they meant for skarner to be a jungle but fucked his numbers over right before release because he was too fast. Unfortunately, his kit REALLY sucks for a jungle.
It makes no sense to me why they would consider Skarner being fast a problem, when Phoenix Udyr is probably the most directly comparable jungler, and also happens to be the fastest or 2nd-fastest commonly picked jungler right now. Udyr has hard cc
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I didn't see yorick being free this week was going to play him a bit so I'd know what hes like.
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But Yorick is free this week o.O hes really fun solo mid :3
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my teacher is playing league of legends in class and I'm so jelly. He's playing on the projector screen so the whole class can watch while we work on our video game designs =,=
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WTF IS THIS SMARTCAST SHITZ. TOTALLY IMBA. WHY DIDNT I KNOW ABOUT THIS BEFORE.
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On October 04 2011 12:05 Phrost wrote: my teacher is playing league of legends in class and I'm so jelly. He's playing on the projector screen so the whole class can watch while we work on our video game designs =,= robert stop posting on TL and get back to work
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Straight outta Johto18973 Posts
On October 04 2011 12:22 redtooth wrote: WTF IS THIS SMARTCAST SHITZ. TOTALLY IMBA. WHY DIDNT I KNOW ABOUT THIS BEFORE. You can use Ctrl-QWER to level skills and Alt-QWER to use skills on yourself.
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On October 04 2011 12:22 Attakijing wrote:Show nested quote +On October 04 2011 12:05 Phrost wrote: my teacher is playing league of legends in class and I'm so jelly. He's playing on the projector screen so the whole class can watch while we work on our video game designs =,= robert stop posting on TL and get back to work
What? I'm working. My group asks me design questions, I give answers and then go back to trolling TL or looking for sprites.
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self cast i knew about. smart cast is totally broken wtf.
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Straight outta Johto18973 Posts
On October 04 2011 12:24 redtooth wrote: self cast i knew about. smart cast is totally broken wtf. Don't forget to turn on Motion Prediction. It compensates for lag, making skillshots still hit even if you miss by a bit to compensate for ping.
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On October 04 2011 12:24 redtooth wrote: self cast i knew about. smart cast is totally broken wtf. so newb LOL. no wonder your kat isn't Scarra or Shakedrizzle level.
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I think im going to Que dodge until my elo is the lowest possible. So then maybe I won't care about losing in ranked like i dont care about losing in normal.
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so... towers don't give global xp anymore? how long has it been like this?
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On October 04 2011 10:45 Mogwai wrote:Show nested quote +On October 04 2011 10:41 TheYango wrote:On October 04 2011 10:28 Ryuu314 wrote: Because his kit revolves around very spammable spells that give +mspd, slow, and sustain. Either the damage numbers are low and he does no damage and/or the mana costs are high and he goes oom instantly OR the damage numbers are high and he wears you down super fast and/or the mana costs are low and he spams you out of lane while staying full hp. I believe this one is possible to balance if you say "fuck letting him lane" and balance around him being a jungler. great idea, cause there are so many junglers who are balanced around jungling who don't end up being OP as balls in top lane. there's uhhh... let's see... mmm... ... .. Amumu?
That's about it.
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Just confirmed they give global exp. Got 30 (no masteries) at ~6 minutes.
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On October 04 2011 11:28 overt wrote: So Maokai is such a fucking boss. Get Rod of Ages and build straight tank is just really strong.
I'm glad that he's being played some in jungle but honestly I think he can probably solo top pretty well against certain match ups. He has a little bit of sustain plus that E is just so fucking good in lane.
I think I might start playing him more over Cho'Gath for an AP bruiser guy.
RoA, Triforce, Atmas. Always be beast, do any damage to everyone, np. (srsly do whatever the fuck you want. Force of Atmogs is fun, too e.g. - random Deathcap is pro, Ghostblade is imba, TREE DOES NOT CARE AT ALL - I have yet to build an IE tho. >_>)
No, srsly, Maokai is probably my #1 fav champ in the game atm. HE CAN DO SO MUCH COOL STUFF.
Once you manage to hit saplings you can also abuse the fuck out of that 1.0 AP skill. <3
To those who lane him top: That's the only role I'm having trouble playing him so far. I feel his sustain is shitty compared to strong sustain champs (WW/Udyr/relia/Yorick) and his burst is mediocre compared to people who burst well and hard early on. (Talon, Panth, Jarvan)
I really feel his kit is a tick too weak for most common matchups solo top.
Against who do you root and against who do you route? (them word games, so good)
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On October 04 2011 13:22 Craton wrote: Just confirmed they give global exp. Got 30 (no masteries) at ~6 minutes.
oh ok... daniel said they didn't anymore on stream and I was O_o
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