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Zdrastochye
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Ivory Coast6262 Posts
October 23 2011 21:38 GMT
#1261
What if they knocked down his attack range by 50? No need to touch his kit, or his scaling/base damage. Make him similar to Ryze in the sense that, he can turret you from very close range. Like, Trist at level 1 close range. I mean, he's durable enough that if he gets in that range he can hold up, and his mobility isn't really in question if he continues autoattacking. Am I the only one who thinks this could help balance him a bit? I mean, his kit isn't absurd if he has to get peppered a bit to even get in comfortable attack range.
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lynx.oblige
Profile Joined August 2009
Sierra Leone2268 Posts
October 23 2011 21:45 GMT
#1262
There is some seriously disturbing misconceptions going on about Graves. PermaTristQ'd? Wat? At rank 5 it has a 14 second cooldown and lasts for only 4 seconds. Yes, it lowers 1s per attack but realistically you're not always going to be able to sit there and auto half the time in a proper game. Trist Q lasts for 7 seconds and gives 10% more aspd.

Why is Graves' better? As previously mentioned, Tristana can get slightly over 700 range with a better escape. Tristana is also pretty much completely effective at her max range where as Graves needs to be up close to use his Q's full potential which, against competent players, isn't going to be his greatest interest all the time.

People just don't position against Graves properly. Take into account he has a dash and just stay as far as your champion allows. Granted yes he is quite durable with his passive so him getting in your face during laning is quite plausible. Him getting in your face in a team fight though should be much less free.
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spinesheath
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Germany8679 Posts
October 23 2011 21:47 GMT
#1263
On October 24 2011 06:23 Cixah wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 24 2011 06:18 spinesheath wrote:
I'm pretty sure Graves does well vs Cait in lane.
He takes no damage, and if he feels like it he jumps in Cait's face and nukes her.


Graves has 1 option vs Cait in lane. Push the lane harder than she does. If you are any kind of smart with traps as cait its practicly a free kill as you have almost 200 range on him. Play agressive recieve money.

Since when is 100 "almost 200"?
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Ryuu314
Profile Joined October 2009
United States12679 Posts
October 23 2011 22:00 GMT
#1264
On October 24 2011 06:45 lynx.oblige wrote:
There is some seriously disturbing misconceptions going on about Graves. PermaTristQ'd? Wat? At rank 5 it has a 14 second cooldown and lasts for only 4 seconds. Yes, it lowers 1s per attack but realistically you're not always going to be able to sit there and auto half the time in a proper game. Trist Q lasts for 7 seconds and gives 10% more aspd.

Why is Graves' better? As previously mentioned, Tristana can get slightly over 700 range with a better escape. Tristana is also pretty much completely effective at her max range where as Graves needs to be up close to use his Q's full potential which, against competent players, isn't going to be his greatest interest all the time.

People just don't position against Graves properly. Take into account he has a dash and just stay as far as your champion allows. Granted yes he is quite durable with his passive so him getting in your face during laning is quite plausible. Him getting in your face in a team fight though should be much less free.

With pd and his e active he easily reaches 2.0-2.5 attacks per second. In the 4 seconds his e is active he attacks 8-10 times, lowering the cd on his e to 2-0 seconds after e wears off. So yes, he can keep e up permanently or near-permenantly.
Requizen
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States33802 Posts
October 23 2011 22:02 GMT
#1265
On October 24 2011 06:26 Phrost wrote:
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On October 24 2011 06:19 Requizen wrote:
On October 24 2011 06:09 clickrush wrote:
tristana has a bigger jump, like double the auto range of graves and her knockback keeps her even more safe, while graves' disable is much more situational and sometimes even gimmicky. nidalee can permanently leap while graves has to auto to get the cooldown that low which will slow him down. much easyer to catch a graves than to catch a nidalee. vayne is also better at kiting if iam not mistaken.

and when we talk about AoE damage then you completely forget that its all close range while other ad carries like mf, ezreal, ashe, corki can use their ults from a much safer position, hell some of them are even global.

None of those ults hit nearly as hard as Graves. Maybe MF's ult if you stand in it the whole time, Graves' is just one giant burst. His Q is also really damn strong AoE damage if he just jumps in and hits everyone with it.

Ranged AD generally specialize in Burst (like Ez), Auto (Trist/Cait/Vayne/Kog), Mobility (Vayne, maybe Ez), AoE (MF and Corki), or Utility (Ashe). Cait and Kog lack burst, Ezreal (and others) lack utility, Kog and Ashe lack mobility.

Graves has all fields (Burst with Q/R, Auto with E, Mobility with E, Utility with W, and AoE with Q/R) with none being weaker than any other.


Are you saying that his auto attack damage output is anywhere in the realm of vayne, kogmaw, or even tristana? You're just exaggerating to make a really bad point.

Graves is a lot more durable ranged character, that can take advantage of that durability and get in close and deal damage. His numbers on his ult might be a little high, but nothing else seems overly strong in its own right.

Not that it's as good for him, but it's good enough that, when complimented with his burst, utility and mobility, it makes him really good.

There are two types of "jack of all trades" characters:

1) You have a lot of meh parts and it sucks overall.

2) You have a lot of pretty good parts and it becomes really fucking strong.

Graves has a lot of pretty good parts. His burst isn't the highest, his autos aren't the strongest, his utility isn't the most, and his mobility isn't the highest. But, all of them are pretty high ranking as far as they go, and it makes him really good all around.
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JackDino
Profile Joined July 2010
Gabon6219 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-23 22:10:34
October 23 2011 22:05 GMT
#1266
Nvm it's late.
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Ryuu314
Profile Joined October 2009
United States12679 Posts
October 23 2011 22:11 GMT
#1267
On October 24 2011 07:05 JackDino wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 24 2011 07:00 Ryuu314 wrote:
On October 24 2011 06:45 lynx.oblige wrote:
There is some seriously disturbing misconceptions going on about Graves. PermaTristQ'd? Wat? At rank 5 it has a 14 second cooldown and lasts for only 4 seconds. Yes, it lowers 1s per attack but realistically you're not always going to be able to sit there and auto half the time in a proper game. Trist Q lasts for 7 seconds and gives 10% more aspd.

Why is Graves' better? As previously mentioned, Tristana can get slightly over 700 range with a better escape. Tristana is also pretty much completely effective at her max range where as Graves needs to be up close to use his Q's full potential which, against competent players, isn't going to be his greatest interest all the time.

People just don't position against Graves properly. Take into account he has a dash and just stay as far as your champion allows. Granted yes he is quite durable with his passive so him getting in your face during laning is quite plausible. Him getting in your face in a team fight though should be much less free.

With pd and his e active he easily reaches 2.0-2.5 attacks per second. In the 4 seconds his e is active he attacks 8-10 times, lowering the cd on his e to 2-0 seconds after e wears off. So yes, he can keep e up permanently or near-permenantly.

The second E wears off there's actually a 4second cd left on it, assuming 2.5 aspd with the buff up.

How?
the cd starts as soon as you activate the skill right? So essentially the downtime is 10 seconds if u don't attack at all.
Assuming 2.5 asp
Over 4 seconds that's 10 attcks so cd goes from 14 to 4.
Now those 4 seconds pass when e is still up. You can try testing it if you have graves. Ofc this assumes you're attacking the whole time and you have no cdr
Deleted User 3420
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
24492 Posts
October 23 2011 22:15 GMT
#1268
On October 24 2011 06:23 Cixah wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 24 2011 06:18 spinesheath wrote:
I'm pretty sure Graves does well vs Cait in lane.
He takes no damage, and if he feels like it he jumps in Cait's face and nukes her.


Graves has 1 option vs Cait in lane. Push the lane harder than she does. If you are any kind of smart with traps as cait its practicly a free kill as you have almost 200 range on him. Play agressive recieve money.


he has another option: farm and wait for gank or mid game to roam

if gank comes and cait or support gets cc'd its hurr durr burst insta dead
Maedi
Profile Joined August 2009
United States477 Posts
October 23 2011 22:19 GMT
#1269
On October 24 2011 07:15 travis wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 24 2011 06:23 Cixah wrote:
On October 24 2011 06:18 spinesheath wrote:
I'm pretty sure Graves does well vs Cait in lane.
He takes no damage, and if he feels like it he jumps in Cait's face and nukes her.


Graves has 1 option vs Cait in lane. Push the lane harder than she does. If you are any kind of smart with traps as cait its practicly a free kill as you have almost 200 range on him. Play agressive recieve money.


he has another option: farm and wait for gank or mid game to roam

if gank comes and cait or support gets cc'd its hurr durr burst insta dead


That's one of my biggest qualms with him, he's such a good gank-assistant. He can initiate the fight really fast with dash->burst->shroud behind them. Or open with shroud for better initiations from the jungler. His kit is just strong.
Abenson
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Canada4122 Posts
October 23 2011 23:54 GMT
#1270
Current TL'ers on stream/streaming atm:
TL Scy on Rainman's and Chaox's stream
Loci is streaming
Rhazelle is streaming
HazMat
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States17077 Posts
October 23 2011 23:57 GMT
#1271
Wouldn't consider ScY a tl'er. Rhazelle isn't a tler.
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WaveofShadow
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada31495 Posts
October 23 2011 23:58 GMT
#1272
On October 24 2011 08:57 HazMat wrote:
Wouldn't consider ScY a tl'er. Rhazelle isn't a tler.

I think he's mixing her up with Rhav.

As far as Graves goes I dunno I've noticed from being on the receiving end that the shroud doesn't seem altogether very effective.
Sure it adds to his burst combo and slows a little, but the blind only seems to start to kick in by the time I'm already leaving the affected area and then the effect disappears.
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MoonBear
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Straight outta Johto18973 Posts
October 23 2011 23:58 GMT
#1273
On October 24 2011 08:54 Abenson wrote:
Current TL'ers on stream/streaming atm:
TL Scy on Rainman's and Chaox's stream
Loci is streaming
Rhazelle is streaming

Rhazelle is a Liquider?
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lynx.oblige
Profile Joined August 2009
Sierra Leone2268 Posts
October 23 2011 23:59 GMT
#1274
On October 24 2011 07:00 Ryuu314 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 24 2011 06:45 lynx.oblige wrote:
There is some seriously disturbing misconceptions going on about Graves. PermaTristQ'd? Wat? At rank 5 it has a 14 second cooldown and lasts for only 4 seconds. Yes, it lowers 1s per attack but realistically you're not always going to be able to sit there and auto half the time in a proper game. Trist Q lasts for 7 seconds and gives 10% more aspd.

Why is Graves' better? As previously mentioned, Tristana can get slightly over 700 range with a better escape. Tristana is also pretty much completely effective at her max range where as Graves needs to be up close to use his Q's full potential which, against competent players, isn't going to be his greatest interest all the time.

People just don't position against Graves properly. Take into account he has a dash and just stay as far as your champion allows. Granted yes he is quite durable with his passive so him getting in your face during laning is quite plausible. Him getting in your face in a team fight though should be much less free.

With pd and his e active he easily reaches 2.0-2.5 attacks per second. In the 4 seconds his e is active he attacks 8-10 times, lowering the cd on his e to 2-0 seconds after e wears off. So yes, he can keep e up permanently or near-permenantly.


Are you seriously disregarding the part where he is the ranged carry and 5 people can target him when he has 550 range? Graves is fantastic against bad people. He's not so tanky with his passive that he magically can't be focused with his supremely average range. Why let a Graves sit there auto attacking is the whole point that makes his E not perma-steroid.
Everyone needs a nemesis.
ibreakurface
Profile Joined June 2010
United States664 Posts
October 24 2011 00:01 GMT
#1275
Hello, i think I remember a thread where everyone was giving codes to eachother but i couldnt find it. Any EU players have a Cait code I could use for my friend on the US server? I have one that I used for my Us account so anyone from euro can PM me and ill give them the code, 1st to message me gets it.
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MoonBear
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Straight outta Johto18973 Posts
October 24 2011 00:05 GMT
#1276
On October 24 2011 09:01 ibreakurface wrote:
Hello, i think I remember a thread where everyone was giving codes to eachother but i couldnt find it. Any EU players have a Cait code I could use for my friend on the US server? I have one that I used for my Us account so anyone from euro can PM me and ill give them the code, 1st to message me gets it.

Cait codes don't work on EU and weren't distributed in EU. And you don't say what you offer in return anyway lol.

Also, HSGG says on stream it's worth dropping some APen Reds for AS, maybe even on the Quints. Hm. Thoughts? Not getting AD seems a waste since Q has 0.6 scaling, E has 0.5 or 1.0 scaling and R gives a lot of free AD.
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Flicky
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
England2663 Posts
October 24 2011 00:06 GMT
#1277
On October 24 2011 09:01 ibreakurface wrote:
Hello, i think I remember a thread where everyone was giving codes to eachother but i couldnt find it. Any EU players have a Cait code I could use for my friend on the US server? I have one that I used for my Us account so anyone from euro can PM me and ill give them the code, 1st to message me gets it.


The code doesn't work on Europe so that would be a shitty deal.
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Kenpachi
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States9908 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-24 00:22:00
October 24 2011 00:20 GMT
#1278
I have some questions:
How do you 1v2 as Chogath in top lane? (last time i was up against Caitlyn/Sona in a none jungle team. i died 5 times in lane)
Where can i find the basics to jungling? i really think its fun albeit its my 2nd worst role
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Profile Blog Joined April 2011
France3578 Posts
October 24 2011 00:23 GMT
#1279
On October 24 2011 09:20 Kenpachi wrote:
Where can i find the basics to jungling? i really think its fun albeit its my 2nd worst role

http://www.solomid.net/guides.php?g=4307
Maybe.
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dnastyx
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States2707 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-24 00:27:15
October 24 2011 00:26 GMT
#1280
oops i got the drama thread closed

my bad?

EDIT: Can I take the position of #1 shitposter now?
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