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Same rules apply, per usual. Please use the appropriate threads (QQ, Brag, Champion, etc) whenever appropriate. Keep the resident Banling content.

Thanks. Happy Gaming.
Zhiroo
Profile Joined February 2011
Kosovo2724 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-27 21:35:01
February 27 2012 21:34 GMT
#3301
I played two games with Malz when he was free before this week. I fed both times like 0/10 and wasn't even close to a kill. Never I will play Malzahar again, never. Rather play easier AP mids.

EDIT: When I'm against him though he's so good <_<.
LoL EuW: Zhiroo - By starting this squabble you've proven nothing but how vast your stupidity is.
HeroHenry
Profile Joined November 2010
United States1723 Posts
February 27 2012 21:51 GMT
#3302
On February 28 2012 06:34 Zhiroo wrote:
I played two games with Malz when he was free before this week. I fed both times like 0/10 and wasn't even close to a kill. Never I will play Malzahar again, never. Rather play easier AP mids.

EDIT: When I'm against him though he's so good <_<.

I get that same experience, but with trynd pre nerf. I don't know why I can't play him well at all.
mr_tolkien
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
France8631 Posts
February 27 2012 22:06 GMT
#3303
Playing with Shikyo atm, #1 conclusion atm is that Yorick is an asshole to Jax, that's for sure XD
The legend of Darien lives on
Slayer91
Profile Joined February 2006
Ireland23461 Posts
February 27 2012 22:08 GMT
#3304
Most reliable source EVER! :D

No offense <3
aka Teutonica
Shikyo
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Finland33997 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-27 22:13:16
February 27 2012 22:12 GMT
#3305
On February 28 2012 07:08 Slayer91 wrote:
Most reliable source EVER! :D

No offense <3

hey I pwned his jax and hes 300 elo higher than me (like from your post i got the idea that you thought its the other way around)
League of Legends EU West, Platinum III | Yousei Teikoku is the best thing that has ever happened to music.
mr_tolkien
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
France8631 Posts
February 27 2012 22:13 GMT
#3306
On February 28 2012 07:08 Slayer91 wrote:
Most reliable source EVER! :D

No offense <3

Well, if you have any input on what you're able to do as Jax VS Yorick without strong and repeated ganks, tell me :p
The legend of Darien lives on
Shiv.
Profile Joined January 2011
3534 Posts
February 27 2012 22:14 GMT
#3307
On February 28 2012 07:06 mr_tolkien wrote:
Playing with Shikyo atm, #1 conclusion atm is that Yorick is an asshole to Jax, that's for sure XD

Breaking news: Yorick is an asshole.
Huehuehuehue.
currently rooting for myself.
JackDino
Profile Joined July 2010
Gabon6219 Posts
February 27 2012 22:23 GMT
#3308
On February 28 2012 07:13 mr_tolkien wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 28 2012 07:08 Slayer91 wrote:
Most reliable source EVER! :D

No offense <3

Well, if you have any input on what you're able to do as Jax VS Yorick without strong and repeated ganks, tell me :p

You kill him, just what anyone else does vs yorick.
This isnt Broodwar so I dont owe anyone respect for beating me. -arb
Shikyo
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Finland33997 Posts
February 27 2012 22:34 GMT
#3309
"ww counters yorick" -> we play a game -> "this isnt fair in this kinda game i have no team help this makes no sense that you can just harrass me at my tower without ward and i cant do anything its true in real game you need team action to beat yorick" etc etc and he didn't agree to 1v1 me so that I'm warding and always backing after pushing to his tower either.

So I guess ww doesn't counter yorick, either that or he counters yorick because his ulti = good ganks which isn't what I was arguing for.
League of Legends EU West, Platinum III | Yousei Teikoku is the best thing that has ever happened to music.
mr_tolkien
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
France8631 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-27 22:37:42
February 27 2012 22:36 GMT
#3310
On February 28 2012 07:34 Shikyo wrote:
"ww counters yorick" -> we play a game -> "this isnt fair in this kinda game i have no team help this makes no sense that you can just harrass me at my tower without ward and i cant do anything its true in real game you need team action to beat yorick" etc etc and he didn't agree to 1v1 me so that I'm warding and always backing after pushing to his tower either.

So I guess ww doesn't counter yorick, either that or he counters yorick because his ulti = good ganks which isn't what I was arguing for.

Please make things straight. I'm saying WW is very good vs Yorick, but we played the lane at my tower from 2 to 7 minutes, this didn't really make sense since I'm supposed to have some breathing air at my tower :p

Indeed, after playing those few games, I don't find a reliable way to push Yorick out of lane straight up 1v1 if you play abusive.
The legend of Darien lives on
petered
Profile Joined February 2010
United States1817 Posts
February 27 2012 22:40 GMT
#3311
On February 28 2012 05:51 Two_DoWn wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 28 2012 05:44 Shikyo wrote:
On February 28 2012 05:20 Terranasaur wrote:
On February 28 2012 05:12 Shikyo wrote:
On February 28 2012 05:00 billy5000 wrote:
this must have been asked many many times, but who can stay even or possibly beat ww in lane? haven't played league in like 2 months and ww seems to be the most problematic. i'd use the search but searching something lol-related is really weird in that someone's post a week old might be outdated etc

Yorick decimates WW. Trynd and WW farmfest it up and imo Trynd is better late. Nasus same deal.



I'd rather have a WW on my team lategame than a Nasus...

Nasus Ws your carry and oneshots them while WWs ulti is still going on. I think you're underestimating the power of a freefarm Nasus.

Nasus has a lot more downside than ww does. Even equal farm nasus can be kited much harder than ww and his CC is cleansable. That doesnt even take into account the ramp up time to GET to that stage.

WW is a much more reliable late game character than Nasus.



Nasus has a 35-95% attack speed slow on an 11 second cooldown. At max CD you can reasonably get 2-3 withers on their carry in a teamfight, not to mention you are probably carrying a frozen heart. Most teams have some way of interupting WW's suppression whereas they can't do anything about Nasus's wither.

Nasus also has more AoE damage and an AoE armor reduction of 40.

I definitely agree that WW is a better laner and stronger champion overall, but on equal lategame farm I would take nasus over WW everytime.
This, my friends, is the power of the Shikyo Memorial for QQ therapy thread. We make the world a better place, one chainsaw massacre prevention at a time.
Two_DoWn
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States13684 Posts
February 27 2012 22:42 GMT
#3312
I dont know what tournament TOO is watching, but Darien has NO idea how to build shen.
"What is the air speed velocity of an unladen courier?" "Dire or Radiant?"
Ferrose
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States11378 Posts
February 27 2012 22:42 GMT
#3313
On February 28 2012 06:19 Seuss wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 28 2012 05:14 Requizen wrote:
Speaking of Malz, I asked a while back, but got no real response. Why is this dude not really seen that often? Sick laning, huge combo, great 1v1 and cleanup. I'm surprised he's kind of gone by the wayside.


He's generally much harder to play than other APs, without being much better than them for the effort (and arguably worse).

His laning is really strong, but it depends heavily on your ability to last-hit and land skill shots. Malefic Visions is unreliable early on as a clearing tool because all too often creeps steal your CS, and much of the time you need to last-hit normally anyway because you don't want to push the lane or you want to use Malefic Visions for harass. Call of the Void is also one of the harder skillshots to land in a laning situation, but is crucial in a number of matchups.

When it comes to teamfighting Malzahar has issues that are somewhat akin AP Nunu. His ability to perform his role is stymied by the potential for the enemy team to interrupt his ultimate. Against uncoordinated teams or lower Elos that's not a big issue, but the further up you go the more difficult it becomes to find that safe moment to use your ult. Null Zone is also an ability that requires coordination to use effectively in a team fight, moreso than the vast majority of AoEs in the game.

This is not to say that Malzahar is bad, but that he's difficult to play effectively. The problem is that even when he's effective Malzahar isn't quite as good as his peers. So you can spend a lot of time mastering Malzahar and play a champion who's not quite as good as all the other APs, or you can play an easier AP and do better (or be Froggen and master Anivia).


Actually Malz has some of the best base damage and AP ratios in the game, and % HP damage. If he gets that perfect teamcomp that can protect him, he'll stomp because he has OP damage and doesn't fall off lategame because of his godly scaling.

The problem is that Cass also dominates every lane, also has OP damage, and also has no escape, but she brings much more to a teamfight imo >.> Also, even if your teammates can protect you while you ult, they still can't prevent the other team from building QSS.

Also new free week posted on Korean LoL site:

http://leagueoflegends.co.kr/News/update_view.php?idx=34846

+ Show Spoiler +
Garen
Nautilus
Riven
Morgana
Veigar
Ashe
Jarvan
Cho
Corki
Fiddle


All the free week Rivens are gonna rush AtMog's into Triforce, and it's gonna be painful to watch...
@113candlemagic Office lady by day, lonely woman at night. | Official lolicon of thread 94273
Eiii
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States2566 Posts
February 27 2012 22:46 GMT
#3314
On February 28 2012 06:34 Zhiroo wrote:
I played two games with Malz when he was free before this week. I fed both times like 0/10 and wasn't even close to a kill. Never I will play Malzahar again, never. Rather play easier AP mids.

EDIT: When I'm against him though he's so good <_<.


Your problem is that you're not playing AD malz, which is unstoppable and godly.
:3
iCanada
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada10660 Posts
February 27 2012 22:55 GMT
#3315
On February 28 2012 07:42 Ferrose wrote:
All the free week Rivens are gonna rush AtMog's into Triforce, and it's gonna be painful to watch...



Lol, I like it this way because it means when I bust out hyper carry Riven the other team has no idea I do so much deeps until I single handedly wreck them all.

<3
Seuss
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States10536 Posts
February 27 2012 22:58 GMT
#3316
On February 28 2012 07:42 Ferrose wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 28 2012 06:19 Seuss wrote:
On February 28 2012 05:14 Requizen wrote:
Speaking of Malz, I asked a while back, but got no real response. Why is this dude not really seen that often? Sick laning, huge combo, great 1v1 and cleanup. I'm surprised he's kind of gone by the wayside.


He's generally much harder to play than other APs, without being much better than them for the effort (and arguably worse).

His laning is really strong, but it depends heavily on your ability to last-hit and land skill shots. Malefic Visions is unreliable early on as a clearing tool because all too often creeps steal your CS, and much of the time you need to last-hit normally anyway because you don't want to push the lane or you want to use Malefic Visions for harass. Call of the Void is also one of the harder skillshots to land in a laning situation, but is crucial in a number of matchups.

When it comes to teamfighting Malzahar has issues that are somewhat akin AP Nunu. His ability to perform his role is stymied by the potential for the enemy team to interrupt his ultimate. Against uncoordinated teams or lower Elos that's not a big issue, but the further up you go the more difficult it becomes to find that safe moment to use your ult. Null Zone is also an ability that requires coordination to use effectively in a team fight, moreso than the vast majority of AoEs in the game.

This is not to say that Malzahar is bad, but that he's difficult to play effectively. The problem is that even when he's effective Malzahar isn't quite as good as his peers. So you can spend a lot of time mastering Malzahar and play a champion who's not quite as good as all the other APs, or you can play an easier AP and do better (or be Froggen and master Anivia).


Actually Malz has some of the best base damage and AP ratios in the game, and % HP damage. If he gets that perfect teamcomp that can protect him, he'll stomp because he has OP damage and doesn't fall off lategame because of his godly scaling.

The problem is that Cass also dominates every lane, also has OP damage, and also has no escape, but she brings much more to a teamfight imo >.> Also, even if your teammates can protect you while you ult, they still can't prevent the other team from building QSS.


You're basically agreeing with me. The points about base damage and AP ratios don't change that you still have to be a capable last-hitter to really play him to potential, and that his late game is incredibly reliant on team composition and coordination.

I wouldn't limit the problem to just Cassiopeia, there are tons of AP champions who are roughly as good as Malzahar while laning, if not better, who also do well late game.

On February 28 2012 07:46 Eiii wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 28 2012 06:34 Zhiroo wrote:
I played two games with Malz when he was free before this week. I fed both times like 0/10 and wasn't even close to a kill. Never I will play Malzahar again, never. Rather play easier AP mids.

EDIT: When I'm against him though he's so good <_<.


Your problem is that you're not playing AD malz, which is unstoppable and godly.


AD Malzahar is hilarious. Stun the enemy AD for 2.5 seconds while 2-3 voidlings chew them to pieces, melt towers, win games. If they ever release the B.F.F. Sword he might actually be viable.
"I am not able to carry all this people alone, for they are too heavy for me." -Moses (Numbers 11:14)
koreasilver
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
9109 Posts
February 27 2012 22:59 GMT
#3317
On February 28 2012 07:42 Two_DoWn wrote:
I dont know what tournament TOO is watching, but Darien has NO idea how to build shen.

When in doubt, build metagolem.

:|
CeriseCherries
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
6170 Posts
February 27 2012 23:02 GMT
#3318
On February 28 2012 07:42 Ferrose wrote:
Also new free week posted on Korean LoL site:

http://leagueoflegends.co.kr/News/update_view.php?idx=34846

+ Show Spoiler +
Garen
Nautilus
Riven
Morgana
Veigar
Ashe
Jarvan
Cho
Corki
Fiddle


All the free week Rivens are gonna rush AtMog's into Triforce, and it's gonna be painful to watch...


looks like there will be a lot of demacia this week
Remember, no matter where you go, there you are.
Zhiroo
Profile Joined February 2011
Kosovo2724 Posts
February 27 2012 23:07 GMT
#3319
I just bought Jarvan today <_<
LoL EuW: Zhiroo - By starting this squabble you've proven nothing but how vast your stupidity is.
Alaric
Profile Joined November 2009
France45622 Posts
February 27 2012 23:08 GMT
#3320
Free Morgana. T_T Even on normals I'll have to train my instaselect skills to get a chance to play her. Damn. 5 minutes of DDR each evening before I enter queue I guess.
Cant take LMS hipsters serious.
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