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Craton
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States17303 Posts
January 02 2012 03:30 GMT
#721
Basically what should happen is if skarner tries to flash ult your carry he QSS's it right away and isn't in much danger. With a e.g. flash shurelya's garen you'll need your own team's shruelya's and some kind of CC. After that you can just turn on them since they've blown a bunch of shit and your carry is a-okay.
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Abenson
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Canada4122 Posts
January 02 2012 03:53 GMT
#722
On January 02 2012 12:30 Craton wrote:
Basically what should happen is if skarner tries to flash ult your carry he QSS's it right away and isn't in much danger. With a e.g. flash shurelya's garen you'll need your own team's shruelya's and some kind of CC. After that you can just turn on them since they've blown a bunch of shit and your carry is a-okay.


I only see this strategy working in Normals/blind pick though.
Janna/Gragas can counter the team pretty hard.
r.Evo
Profile Joined August 2006
Germany14081 Posts
January 02 2012 03:58 GMT
#723
On January 02 2012 09:39 Ryrk wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 02 2012 09:24 TheYango wrote:
So, something else I've been considering for a while that I want people's opinions on: aura items.

Obviously they're hit-or-miss in solo queue, but I've been considering the possibility that through their sheer cost-effectiveness, an arranged team should make the effort to try and get 3-5 of the aura items onto their lineup. While the argument against most of the aura items has traditionally been that they are unlikely to be useful for the majority of the team, this is exceedingly less and less true:
Aegis - always the shining example of the aura item that's good for everyone
WotA - everyone wants spellvamp. APs are already buying this more and more
Stark's - The check for Stark's has always been "are there enough physical damage dealers for this to be worth buying"--considering that the majority of teams played today are triple-physical (AD bot, bruiser top, bruiser jungle), Stark's should be getting bought pretty much all the time (but it isn't)
Soul Shroud - Literally the only champs in the game that don't benefit from Soul Shroud are energy champs. If you've got more than 1 energy champ on your team, I can understand not getting this, but otherwise, it's a way under-bought item atm
Abyssal - probably the least useful of the aura items, but consider that it's utility complements Stark's--either your team is mostly physical damage, or your team is mostly magic damage--you can't have a team that has nothing-typed damage

Jungler buys Aegis, AP buys WotA, support buys Soul Shroud, and either AD/Jungler/Top buys Stark's OR AP Top/AP-ish Jungle buys Abyssal. You lose out on some personal itemization, but honestly, the boost to your entire team's effectiveness should more than make up for it.


I'd rather just skip Soul Shroud and just get the earlier Stark's or WotA for the support. Soul Shroud honestly doesn't provide a whole heck of a lot for your team, as by the time you get it, the MP regeneration doesn't really help, and I'd rather get the Stark's over the 10% cooldown reduction for the team. I do agree it's under-bought, but rightly so. It doesn't do much.


Imo the concept of "Support should get auraitems" is a basic flaw in these types of arguments. Supports are starved enough already and dont benefit as much from Wota/Starks as a AP mid/AD carry would.

I'd start building starks instead of Wits End and work from there.

Aegis/Starks can be easily divided among bruiser top and jungler this way, wota goes to AP mid and Soul Shroud is left to the support. Profit!
"We don't make mistakes here, we call it happy little accidents." ~Bob Ross
Hyren
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States817 Posts
January 02 2012 04:40 GMT
#724
On January 02 2012 10:03 Perplex wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 02 2012 08:57 Abenson wrote:
Haven't seen Loci around recently, what happened to him?


I second this! I miss his stream, it was my favorite

Thirded. Where are you?
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BlackMagister
Profile Joined October 2008
United States5834 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-02 04:46:26
January 02 2012 04:42 GMT
#725
It's kind of funny how different TOO vs SV and Doublelift vs Chaox. TOO has a different playstyle for jungling than SV while Chaox and Doublelift have different AD carry opinions.

Doublelift talking about how Caitlyn is superior to Tristana even in teamfights on the other hand there are several games where Chaox carries hard with Tristina. Similar difference in opion on Graves during release as Chaox was calling him the best AD and still does after nerfs. CLG currently arguing this on stream against Doublelift of the merits of Tristina vs Caitlyn.
Shikyo
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Finland33997 Posts
January 02 2012 04:58 GMT
#726
The conversation reinforces my opinion that Doublelift is one of the smartest LoL players around
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Flakes
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States3125 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-02 05:06:54
January 02 2012 05:01 GMT
#727
On January 02 2012 12:58 r.Evo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 02 2012 09:39 Ryrk wrote:
On January 02 2012 09:24 TheYango wrote:
So, something else I've been considering for a while that I want people's opinions on: aura items.

Obviously they're hit-or-miss in solo queue, but I've been considering the possibility that through their sheer cost-effectiveness, an arranged team should make the effort to try and get 3-5 of the aura items onto their lineup. While the argument against most of the aura items has traditionally been that they are unlikely to be useful for the majority of the team, this is exceedingly less and less true:
Aegis - always the shining example of the aura item that's good for everyone
WotA - everyone wants spellvamp. APs are already buying this more and more
Stark's - The check for Stark's has always been "are there enough physical damage dealers for this to be worth buying"--considering that the majority of teams played today are triple-physical (AD bot, bruiser top, bruiser jungle), Stark's should be getting bought pretty much all the time (but it isn't)
Soul Shroud - Literally the only champs in the game that don't benefit from Soul Shroud are energy champs. If you've got more than 1 energy champ on your team, I can understand not getting this, but otherwise, it's a way under-bought item atm
Abyssal - probably the least useful of the aura items, but consider that it's utility complements Stark's--either your team is mostly physical damage, or your team is mostly magic damage--you can't have a team that has nothing-typed damage

Jungler buys Aegis, AP buys WotA, support buys Soul Shroud, and either AD/Jungler/Top buys Stark's OR AP Top/AP-ish Jungle buys Abyssal. You lose out on some personal itemization, but honestly, the boost to your entire team's effectiveness should more than make up for it.


I'd rather just skip Soul Shroud and just get the earlier Stark's or WotA for the support. Soul Shroud honestly doesn't provide a whole heck of a lot for your team, as by the time you get it, the MP regeneration doesn't really help, and I'd rather get the Stark's over the 10% cooldown reduction for the team. I do agree it's under-bought, but rightly so. It doesn't do much.


Imo the concept of "Support should get auraitems" is a basic flaw in these types of arguments. Supports are starved enough already and dont benefit as much from Wota/Starks as a AP mid/AD carry would.

I'd start building starks instead of Wits End and work from there.

Aegis/Starks can be easily divided among bruiser top and jungler this way, wota goes to AP mid and Soul Shroud is left to the support. Profit!

Well I think the fact that supports are gold starved can be (and is) used to argue that they should go for items with high cost-effectiveness, such as aura items and gp/10, since they will only completing a few. Taric, Sona and Soraka also have innate auras, so presumably they'd want to adjust their strategy/tactics to fill that role.

I do agree that Stark's is way underrated and probably better on another champ, since the components aren't as useful for support during the lane phase as other items.

I really hate playing support but I keep winning with them, especially Taric, who is a solo queue monster. His kit is pretty balanced, and his auras pull together teamfights (in terms of gold value his W+ult are massive). Also, the slow travel time on dazzle is great for pubs, it tells your teammates "that guy is gonna be stunned soon" without needing ventrilo or even a common language.
57 Corvette
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Canada5941 Posts
January 02 2012 05:06 GMT
#728
On January 02 2012 14:01 Flakes wrote:
+ Show Spoiler +
On January 02 2012 12:58 r.Evo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 02 2012 09:39 Ryrk wrote:
On January 02 2012 09:24 TheYango wrote:
So, something else I've been considering for a while that I want people's opinions on: aura items.

Obviously they're hit-or-miss in solo queue, but I've been considering the possibility that through their sheer cost-effectiveness, an arranged team should make the effort to try and get 3-5 of the aura items onto their lineup. While the argument against most of the aura items has traditionally been that they are unlikely to be useful for the majority of the team, this is exceedingly less and less true:
Aegis - always the shining example of the aura item that's good for everyone
WotA - everyone wants spellvamp. APs are already buying this more and more
Stark's - The check for Stark's has always been "are there enough physical damage dealers for this to be worth buying"--considering that the majority of teams played today are triple-physical (AD bot, bruiser top, bruiser jungle), Stark's should be getting bought pretty much all the time (but it isn't)
Soul Shroud - Literally the only champs in the game that don't benefit from Soul Shroud are energy champs. If you've got more than 1 energy champ on your team, I can understand not getting this, but otherwise, it's a way under-bought item atm
Abyssal - probably the least useful of the aura items, but consider that it's utility complements Stark's--either your team is mostly physical damage, or your team is mostly magic damage--you can't have a team that has nothing-typed damage

Jungler buys Aegis, AP buys WotA, support buys Soul Shroud, and either AD/Jungler/Top buys Stark's OR AP Top/AP-ish Jungle buys Abyssal. You lose out on some personal itemization, but honestly, the boost to your entire team's effectiveness should more than make up for it.


I'd rather just skip Soul Shroud and just get the earlier Stark's or WotA for the support. Soul Shroud honestly doesn't provide a whole heck of a lot for your team, as by the time you get it, the MP regeneration doesn't really help, and I'd rather get the Stark's over the 10% cooldown reduction for the team. I do agree it's under-bought, but rightly so. It doesn't do much.


Imo the concept of "Support should get auraitems" is a basic flaw in these types of arguments. Supports are starved enough already and dont benefit as much from Wota/Starks as a AP mid/AD carry would.

I'd start building starks instead of Wits End and work from there.

Aegis/Starks can be easily divided among bruiser top and jungler this way, wota goes to AP mid and Soul Shroud is left to the support. Profit!

Well I think the fact that supports are gold starved can be (and is) used to argue that they should go for items with high cost-effectiveness, such as aura items and gp/10, since they will only completing a few. Taric, Sona and Soraka also have innate auras, so presumably they'd want to adjust their strategy/tactics to fill that role.

I do agree that Stark's is way underrated and probably better on another champ, since the components aren't as useful for support during the lane phase as other items.


Haha, before this whole conversation I would have never thought of building starks on Taric. After reading it however, I decided to get it in my last game. Our team had Yi+Twitch+Irellia, and they all loved me for buying it. We ended up outlasting Vayne thanks to all the lifesteal, and won pretty convincingly. Neither team's Mage carry was doing much, so the starks was an obvious choice for aura item.

Some people may say we won because the opponent ryze built deathcap, but then I could just argue back our anivia did nothing but bitch and complain and take kills he/she didnt deserve. Basically a 4v4
Survival is winning, everything else is bullshit.
UniversalSnip
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
9871 Posts
January 02 2012 05:21 GMT
#729
take kills he/she didnt deserve


what?
"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."
Hyren
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States817 Posts
January 02 2012 05:40 GMT
#730
On January 02 2012 13:58 Shikyo wrote:
The conversation reinforces my opinion that Doublelift is one of the smartest LoL players around

I think this is the most I've ever learned about LoL in one sitting.
Power-tripping mod for Trump's stream
Brees
Profile Joined January 2010
Marshall Islands3404 Posts
January 02 2012 05:43 GMT
#731
anyone that thinks caitlyn is good is a dumbass imo. chaox >>>> doublelift at ad by a long shot. he plays all the ad ranged that i agree are really strong.
Brees on in
57 Corvette
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Canada5941 Posts
January 02 2012 05:53 GMT
#732
On January 02 2012 14:21 UniversalSnip wrote:
Show nested quote +
take kills he/she didnt deserve


what?


Ok, maybe the person did deserve kills, but these are the kills where your team chases them through the jungle for a min, and then right before your team kills the guy, you lay down your ult for 1 tic of damage and get the kill.
Survival is winning, everything else is bullshit.
Chrispy
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Canada5878 Posts
January 02 2012 06:04 GMT
#733
I think Victor is purdy good. His item core thing is a cool twist, so far I've only bought the one that amplifies damage on your E though.

In lane the only thing I'm doing is trying to last hit and zone them with q + auto attacks. And in team fights I just mash all my skills and do tons of damage. I think a crazy idea that just might work would be hybrid magic pen + armour pen reds on him for maximum zone damage in early game. Actually I think hybrid reds would be good on a lot of ap mids with ranged autos.
Retvrn to Forvms
Haato
Profile Joined March 2011
Mexico81 Posts
January 02 2012 06:11 GMT
#734
On January 02 2012 11:09 TheYango wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 02 2012 11:02 Craton wrote:
Game is usually over before I finish my third aura item after Shurelya's and Aegis.

Jungler should be buying Aegis, not support. Particularly in such a mass aura strategy.

Show nested quote +
On January 02 2012 10:45 Shikyo wrote:
Hey, I played a game that gave me this idea. How about playing a Skarner + Garen type of a lineup, and in teamfights your strategy would be for Skarner to instantly flash - shyrelya - ulti the AD carry, and for Garen to flash - silence ->spintowin the AP carry? How does one deal with this assuming they ban janna

Janna wouldn't even help. If Skarner starts his ulti animation, and Janna ults, the Skarner ult target gets pulled through with him.


Janna could flash+ult skarner back into her team while she pushes skarner's team away
death is easy, comedy is hard
starfries
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Canada3508 Posts
January 02 2012 06:23 GMT
#735
On January 02 2012 13:58 Shikyo wrote:
The conversation reinforces my opinion that Doublelift is one of the smartest LoL players around

meh I think Saint and Chauster (despite his occasional douchiness) have a better understanding.
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BlackPaladin
Profile Joined May 2010
United States9316 Posts
January 02 2012 06:33 GMT
#736
Doublelift has good M&M micro. That's about it. Full derp all the way otherwise. Gotta go vayne or not go at all.

Chaox outright has a better understanding of the game and imo is a much better player in general.
"Your full potential does not matter if you do not use all 100% of it."
Shikyo
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Finland33997 Posts
January 02 2012 06:43 GMT
#737
Well I rate Chaox the best LoL player in the world period <_< And it's not that close
League of Legends EU West, Platinum III | Yousei Teikoku is the best thing that has ever happened to music.
Craton
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States17303 Posts
January 02 2012 07:07 GMT
#738
On January 02 2012 14:40 Hyren wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 02 2012 13:58 Shikyo wrote:
The conversation reinforces my opinion that Doublelift is one of the smartest LoL players around

I think this is the most I've ever learned about LoL in one sitting.

The CLG conversation was good, but Doublelift said a lot of pretty dumb things. At least he was willing to retract some of it.
twitch.tv/cratonz
Ryalnos
Profile Joined July 2010
United States1946 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-02 07:43:25
January 02 2012 07:26 GMT
#739
Rofl @ Destiny's stream right now. He has a special guest and is flaming drunk.

Edit: wow, he's acting like a real idiot, this is pretty ridiculous -.-
Frolossus
Profile Joined February 2010
United States4779 Posts
January 02 2012 07:34 GMT
#740
no love for candypanda?
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