[Patch 1.0.0.126: Xerath] General Discussion - Page 68

On October 11 2011 04:25 zer0das wrote:
As far as gunblade goes, I've realized it is a very powerful item for quite a while- although its kind of meh until you upgrade it, but the upgrade cost is ridiculously low and you get so much extra from it.

In a similar vein, I have a bit of a question: why do all these Ezreal's go Trinity Force first or extremely early? It's an expensive as hell item even with the 150% extra damage on cast. Sheen's proc gives almost as much and it costs 1/3 as much, and you can get a Gunblade for cheaper than a Trinity Force and it gives more attack damage, ability power, and life steal/spell vamp. Am I crazy? I feel like Trinity Force should be close to the last item you get as Ezreal, the extras it gives over Sheen are not that impressive for the cost.

I got called a troll for arguing Trinity Force is not that impressive on Ezreal early game in a real game, and watching IPL I see all these super early Triforces and Ezreal doesn't seem to be doing an awful lot.

On October 11 2011 04:27 Mogwai wrote:
Mordekaiser also likes gunblade.

I've also seen Cho, Kayle, Kennen, Pantheon, and Skarnar builds with it.

On October 11 2011 04:35 Cixah wrote:
So I've done some QA for random companies and was just generally looking at the riot jobs site and they are hiring for said positions. Something caught my eye in the Resume questions however.

What would you think of adding global experience gain every second to Summoner’s Rift for all champions that are currently alive? Do you think it’s a good idea? Please explain your answer.

What are TL's thoughts?

Personally, as someone who wants to see esports grow, I would kind of dig this change. I feel as though that lull in the farming Phase would disappear and might even lead to more kills in this phase. However, I can see how there would be lots of downsides to it too. A much more aggressive meta would be born and bursty bruisers and AP carries would become very VERY strong early assuming things stay as is.

On October 11 2011 04:37 Niton wrote:


Gunblade Pantheon actually seems pretty strong, thinking about it - the AP and Spellvamp are both stats you'd never buy to stand alone on Pantheon, but he has good uses for both of them thanks to his strangely high AP ratios. I wouldn't know when you'd buy it, but a capper item that makes his spears heal him for a 3-digit number seems quite good.

On October 11 2011 04:38 Nikon wrote:


I think it would actually force people to play safer since you want to die even less if that change went through.

On October 11 2011 04:35 Cixah wrote:
So I've done some QA for random companies and was just generally looking at the riot jobs site and they are hiring for said positions. Something caught my eye in the Resume questions however.

What would you think of adding global experience gain every second to Summoner’s Rift for all champions that are currently alive? Do you think it’s a good idea? Please explain your answer.

What are TL's thoughts?

Personally, as someone who wants to see esports grow, I would kind of dig this change. I feel as though that lull in the farming Phase would disappear and might even lead to more kills in this phase. However, I can see how there would be lots of downsides to it too. A much more aggressive meta would be born and bursty bruisers and AP carries would become very VERY strong early assuming things stay as is.

On October 11 2011 04:29 HereAndNow wrote:

Gunblade is nice on Ez, but in the end you're going to start with Sheen as one of his first items, so you might as well upgrade the Sheen rather than going for a different item. Plus, the Phage proc on TF can be applied with Q for great kiting, and the Zeal-AtSp works well with his passive, and the move speed is good on him since his only escape is on a relatively long-ish CD.

Gunblade is only really a nice alternative to rush for if you need the sustain. You'll end up getting it later in your build most likely, but it's not the #1 item to go for.

Edit: I've not played too extensively with a build around it, maybe I'll try a TF rush into Gunblade build, but it'll probably fail since you're missing the AD from BT. Could be a decent hybrid build.

On October 11 2011 04:49 Seuss wrote:


Gunblade can actually keep up with BT and even outdamage it. The additional damage on W, E and R adds up quickly, and even if you do nothing but spam Q and auto-attack the 300 damage from the active is significant.

The difference is Gunblade costs 625g more than BT, so it's unfair in some senses to compare them directly. However, Gunblade is clearly better than BT if you're bad and can't avoid dying.

On October 11 2011 05:07 EffectS wrote:
I quit LoL (again), this solo queue is just too frustrating for me. Anyone want to teach me how to be good @ SC2?

On October 11 2011 04:47 overt wrote:


No, fuck everything about that. If I'm better than you then I deserve to be three levels higher than you. Part of the reason I hate dominion is because of that constant EXP you get. You can never really get ahead of your opponent on dominion because of this. Also, depending on how much the EXP gain is, it could completely change the meta. This might not be a huge issue though because if the gain was enough then you could run a roamer instead of a support.

I guess from a spectator point of view it'd be better because it'd encourage more ganks and make roaming more viable. But from a player point of view? I never want this to happen.

On October 11 2011 05:07 EffectS wrote:
I quit LoL (again), this solo queue is just too frustrating for me. Anyone want to teach me how to be good @ SC2?

On October 11 2011 05:09 JBright wrote:
Looks like all of TSM and EG are at Chaox's place right now. It's interesting to listen to them talk about the matches at IPL.