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wintergt
Profile Joined February 2010
Belgium1335 Posts
December 18 2011 02:26 GMT
#1621
On December 18 2011 11:08 BlackMagister wrote:
Wowowow. TSM steals baron and aces V8, when they were behind all game.

They still lose a teamfight. guess V8 still going to win.

I only caught the very end but wow that LeBlanc.. to say she fell off already was an understatement she did like no damage at all spamming all her skills. Unwinnable 4v5.
here i am
dnastyx
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States2707 Posts
December 18 2011 02:29 GMT
#1622
On December 18 2011 11:03 SnK-Arcbound wrote:
I just played a game against crs liquid, and it confirmed my suspicions. He's just as bad as he looks from streams.


Everyone has known this since forever. Liquid is one of the most awful players around.
Alaric
Profile Joined November 2009
France45622 Posts
December 18 2011 02:30 GMT
#1623
It's on her W, her Q is still AoE.

On December 18 2011 11:20 SnK-Arcbound wrote:
Maokai is good early. His saplings do 460 damage with no ap. The only problem is his damage isn't bursty, and he's melee, and his cd's are long, making him a terrible ap champion for team fights. If you build him tanky, once you get past the early part of the game where his damage is fucking absurd he falls off.


I agree with that, even though his "burst" is still more than 700 just in base damage lategame, ~75% of which is AoE, and discounting his ult, so if he can get it off on a carry, that's going to hurt.
I'm not sure what you mean by "his damage isn't burst", tho: as in "he doesn't burst people dead", or "he doesn't launch everything in a burst"? You tend to EQW people in one go, so I'd still call it a "burst", even if it doesn't kill (plus 4s CD on his Q and 2nd best base damage in the game is damn good with a sheen).
Cant take LMS hipsters serious.
57 Corvette
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Canada5941 Posts
December 18 2011 02:33 GMT
#1624
Alright, fixed my stream quality. Had it on 240p :X

720p now :D
Survival is winning, everything else is bullshit.
SnK-Arcbound
Profile Joined March 2005
United States4423 Posts
December 18 2011 02:34 GMT
#1625
On December 18 2011 11:30 Alaric wrote:
It's on her W, her Q is still AoE.

Show nested quote +
On December 18 2011 11:20 SnK-Arcbound wrote:
Maokai is good early. His saplings do 460 damage with no ap. The only problem is his damage isn't bursty, and he's melee, and his cd's are long, making him a terrible ap champion for team fights. If you build him tanky, once you get past the early part of the game where his damage is fucking absurd he falls off.


I agree with that, even though his "burst" is still more than 700 just in base damage lategame, ~75% of which is AoE, and discounting his ult, so if he can get it off on a carry, that's going to hurt.
I'm not sure what you mean by "his damage isn't burst", tho: as in "he doesn't burst people dead", or "he doesn't launch everything in a burst"? You tend to EQW people in one go, so I'd still call it a "burst", even if it doesn't kill (plus 4s CD on his Q and 2nd best base damage in the game is damn good with a sheen).

Sapling isn't instant damage, it's split between the land and then the time between it aquiring a target. Sapling is the majority of his damage, and his q and w require him to be in melee range, a bad place for any ap to be.
r.Evo
Profile Joined August 2006
Germany14080 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-18 02:43:22
December 18 2011 02:41 GMT
#1626
On December 18 2011 11:34 SnK-Arcbound wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 18 2011 11:30 Alaric wrote:
It's on her W, her Q is still AoE.

On December 18 2011 11:20 SnK-Arcbound wrote:
Maokai is good early. His saplings do 460 damage with no ap. The only problem is his damage isn't bursty, and he's melee, and his cd's are long, making him a terrible ap champion for team fights. If you build him tanky, once you get past the early part of the game where his damage is fucking absurd he falls off.


I agree with that, even though his "burst" is still more than 700 just in base damage lategame, ~75% of which is AoE, and discounting his ult, so if he can get it off on a carry, that's going to hurt.
I'm not sure what you mean by "his damage isn't burst", tho: as in "he doesn't burst people dead", or "he doesn't launch everything in a burst"? You tend to EQW people in one go, so I'd still call it a "burst", even if it doesn't kill (plus 4s CD on his Q and 2nd best base damage in the game is damn good with a sheen).

Sapling isn't instant damage, it's split between the land and then the time between it aquiring a target. Sapling is the majority of his damage, and his q and w require him to be in melee range, a bad place for any ap to be.



If your saplings don't burst then you use them wrong in lane / in teamfights.

During lane/teamfight you want to hit E
a) right on top of AD/APs, so they have to reposition themselves to your advantage or take it (that's your poke).
b) within range of your W, so you can instantly W on top of them while your E is in flight.

Once you get it down it's just slightly harder to hit than Brands W for example.


Also you seem to have the concept of him being "melee AP". He's not. He's a tanky bruiser if you run him from the jungle. All that stuff like RoA/Triforce needs are some resists (Aegis!!) and he instantly gets beefy enough to punish people being out of position.


What makes Maokai such a beast is his flexibility. Someone diving mah carry? NP, I'm with you bro. Someone horribly out of position? NP, I got him bro.

Add that with strong poke, that ult and being a fucking tree in your face, he just wins.

<3 mah tree


PS: If you build him like an AP carry (RoA -> Deathcap) every one of your damn saplings has to hit and you're peeling for your AD all day. Between your passive, your ult and your CC he's still probably one of the beefiest APs out there, even when built this way.
"We don't make mistakes here, we call it happy little accidents." ~Bob Ross
WaveofShadow
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada31495 Posts
December 18 2011 02:55 GMT
#1627
On December 18 2011 11:33 57 Corvette wrote:
Alright, fixed my stream quality. Had it on 240p :X

720p now :D

It's bigger now, so easier to see, but still pretty pixellated. Did you increase your bitrate?
Also, who is your IP? (Being from Canada I know our choices for good upload speed for streaming is pretty limited.)
twitch.tv/waveofshadow ||| Winner of AHGL's So You Think You Can Cast! ||| Juicy Dad for lyfe ||| 'idk i get a kick out of stupid things' - Jarms Yarng
Alaric
Profile Joined November 2009
France45622 Posts
December 18 2011 02:55 GMT
#1628
Well as AP carry you'll need mp5 or a good manapool anyway, because of your saplings cost and base mana, and you're probably solotop/jungler rather than mid, which means you won't get blue buff. FH is probably on your shopping list, shipped with CDR, armor and that awesome aura. You're melee so Abyssal Scepter sounds good too (I tend to get all that with Morgana and Swain).
I never really tried it (I prefer bruiser from the jungle and noone'll let me solotop him as I said) but when I see that lategame Nunu's iceball is still scary for any carry in range with like 200 AP, I can just wonder about the look on your opponents' faces if you get to land a 350 AP (RoA-DC-masteries-runes,roughly) sapling on all 5.
Cant take LMS hipsters serious.
barbsq
Profile Joined November 2009
United States5348 Posts
December 18 2011 02:57 GMT
#1629
obviously best maokai build is roa triforce. why isn't this common knowledge?
Look at this guy, constantly diluting himself! (╮°-°)╮┳━┳ ( ╯°□°)╯ ┻━┻
BlackMagister
Profile Joined October 2008
United States5834 Posts
December 18 2011 03:04 GMT
#1630
TSM had a lead but won the game when they took out two nexus turrets instead of baron fighting when V8 was trying to contest baron thinking thats what TSM was doing.
NotSorry
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States6722 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-18 03:13:23
December 18 2011 03:10 GMT
#1631
Is it just me or is the esl site poorly designed and rather annoying to navigate? Trying to find the brackets for todays game for the last 5mins and just going in circles...


finally found it...
We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men. - Orwell
HeroHenry
Profile Joined November 2010
United States1723 Posts
December 18 2011 03:13 GMT
#1632
On December 18 2011 12:10 NotSorry wrote:
Is it just me or is the esl site poorly designed and rather annoying to navigate? Trying to find the brackets for todays game for the last 5mins and just going in circles...

It's terrible and someone posted the brackets one or two pages back.
wintergt
Profile Joined February 2010
Belgium1335 Posts
December 18 2011 03:13 GMT
#1633
On December 18 2011 12:10 NotSorry wrote:
Is it just me or is the esl site poorly designed and rather annoying to navigate? Trying to find the brackets for todays game for the last 5mins and just going in circles...

Haven't triede but it's linked a lot in this thread, here you go:

http://www.nationalesl.com/us/lol/season2/playoffs/rankings/
here i am
tobi9999
Profile Joined April 2009
United States1966 Posts
December 18 2011 03:17 GMT
#1634
On December 18 2011 11:26 wintergt wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 18 2011 11:08 BlackMagister wrote:
Wowowow. TSM steals baron and aces V8, when they were behind all game.

They still lose a teamfight. guess V8 still going to win.

I only caught the very end but wow that LeBlanc.. to say she fell off already was an understatement she did like no damage at all spamming all her skills. Unwinnable 4v5.


The thing is, EVERYONE on v8 had a warmogs or 100+ mr.

All bursty APs would fall off against that. It's not LeBlanc lol.

Think about it, brand/annie/gragas/orianna/morgana would be just as screwed :/

LeBlanc's damage isn't what falls off late game, but rather her CDs are too long for team fighting. She can still take anyone under 70mr 100->0.

When you have anti engage, LEblancs 10 second CD ult is amazing poke on tanks as well.

Although LB definitely falls off hardest, you cannot ignore her unless you don't want your carries to be alive.

Against Warmog Kogmaw and ryze I think all APs are pretty useless though.
"tobi is ur iq 9999? cuz i think it might be u so smart wowowow." -Artosis
wei2coolman
Profile Joined November 2010
United States60033 Posts
December 18 2011 03:19 GMT
#1635
i forgot why amumu was banned all the times in ranked
   then i just played amumu
   then i remembered.

Went 8-0-12 with ranuins, frzn heart, fon, merc boots.

Feels good to own.
liftlift > tsm
UniversalSnip
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
9871 Posts
December 18 2011 03:25 GMT
#1636
I have no idea why anyone would ban amumu
"How fucking dare you defile the sanctity of DotA with your fucking casual plebian terminology? May the curse of Gaben and Volvo be upon you. le filthy casual."
SnK-Arcbound
Profile Joined March 2005
United States4423 Posts
December 18 2011 03:25 GMT
#1637
On December 18 2011 12:19 wei2coolman wrote:
i forgot why amumu was banned all the times in ranked
   then i just played amumu
   then i remembered.

Went 8-0-12 with ranuins, frzn heart, fon, merc boots.

Feels good to own.

Amumu's only weakness is the length of his ulti before he hits 16. If you are fighting right after you rez for some odd reason amumu won't be able to do shit. Fighting when amumu wants to fight is a terrible idea.
gtrsrs
Profile Joined June 2010
United States9109 Posts
December 18 2011 03:32 GMT
#1638
On December 18 2011 11:29 dnastyx wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 18 2011 11:03 SnK-Arcbound wrote:
I just played a game against crs liquid, and it confirmed my suspicions. He's just as bad as he looks from streams.


Everyone has known this since forever. Liquid is one of the most awful players around.


Aren't you unranked?
Always find it funny when bads call goods bad. Liquid might not be jiji level, hell he might only be 1700 or 1800 level but the fact is he could play drunk off his ass and blindfolded and still fuck you 8 times til Friday. Maybe when you get sponsored to play a video game you can talk down about liquid

User was temp banned for this post.
i play ... hearthstone =\^.^/= Winterfox
dnastyx
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States2707 Posts
December 18 2011 03:35 GMT
#1639
On December 18 2011 12:32 gtrsrs wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 18 2011 11:29 dnastyx wrote:
On December 18 2011 11:03 SnK-Arcbound wrote:
I just played a game against crs liquid, and it confirmed my suspicions. He's just as bad as he looks from streams.


Everyone has known this since forever. Liquid is one of the most awful players around.


Aren't you unranked?
Always find it funny when bads call goods bad. Liquid might not be jiji level, hell he might only be 1700 or 1800 level but the fact is he could play drunk off his ass and blindfolded and still fuck you 8 times til Friday. Maybe when you get sponsored to play a video game you can talk down about liquid


400 elo solo queue what's up
And my ranked 5s team still managed to beat liquid's team when they were still unR...twice in a row.

Always find it funny when bads call goods bad. I might not be jiji level, hell I might only be 1700 or 1800 level but the fact is I could play drunk off his ass and blindfolded and still fuck you 8 times til Friday. Maybe when you're not trash at this video game you can talk down about me

sup

User was temp banned for this post.
UniversalSnip
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
9871 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-18 03:38:41
December 18 2011 03:38 GMT
#1640
Anyone know what patch these games are being played on? tsm vs v8

@above: ew, I don't want to read this
"How fucking dare you defile the sanctity of DotA with your fucking casual plebian terminology? May the curse of Gaben and Volvo be upon you. le filthy casual."
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