The main thing about Grail is that it opens up flexibility with blue buff. Most people are looking at this from the standpoint of the AP still always getting blue buff--and therefore only see this as being useful on champs that need regen/CDR beyond blue buff to augment their spell usage. But Grail not only provides the benefits for which you were buying blue buff on AP champs for (mana regen + CDR) -- it's priced aggressively enough that it doesn't feel bad getting it. Grail allows APs to play with the flexibility of blue buff through an item, and therefore allow possibilities for top/jungle/AD being played as the primary lategame blue buff user even in scenarios where the mid isn't a non-mana champ.

Chrispy

Canada5878 Posts

May 23 2012 08:18 GMT

#23

Buff to fiddlesticks is quite intense.
He'll be seeing a lot more play time now...

Buff to malphite kind of strange, he is fine.

Thermia

United States866 Posts

May 23 2012 08:20 GMT

#24

Wish the shyvana skin made it into the patch, but hopefully I'll get to use morg's since she'll be banned less, right?? -_- Who am I kidding, that's barely a nerf at all

Ryuu314

United States12679 Posts

May 23 2012 08:21 GMT

#25

On May 23 2012 17:18 Chrispy wrote:
Buff to fiddlesticks is quite intense.
He'll be seeing a lot more play time now...

Buff to malphite kind of strange, he is fine.

hmm iunno if it'll really help fiddle that much. it's definitely a step in the right direction to making him better, but I still can't see him being as strong as he used to be. The way the damage buff works means that you're probably going to have to level dark wind in order to increase you jungle speed significantly. But doing that means having lower levels of fear and drain, which makes for much weaker ganks and fight presence. I also doubt Fiddle can jungle that effectively with just dark wind max. His base stats are pretty shit; without the heal from drain he gets really low in jungle. You're still going to want to get 2-3 levels of drain early, which kinda negates the whole point of the dark wind buff.

darius seems interesting. probably going to build him like lee sin. probably dblades into fmallet/hex.

whiterabbit

2675 Posts

May 23 2012 09:03 GMT

#26

The Free to Play rotation has been removed from Ranked Solo/Duo Queue

Khmmm, how many bought champions I need to be able to play Ranked now after they removed Free rotation from Ranked?

Chexx

Korea (South)11232 Posts

May 23 2012 09:14 GMT

#27

On May 23 2012 18:03 whiterabbit wrote:

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Khmmm, how many bought champions I need to be able to play Ranked now after they removed Free rotation from Ranked?

I guess still 16.

because 6 Bans and 10 picks (-1 pick for you)

If it like this I cant play ranked anymore :<

De4ngus

United States6533 Posts

May 23 2012 09:32 GMT

#28

On May 23 2012 17:04 eagle wrote:
Fixed a bug where the sound at the end of Champion select would play too loudly

thank fucking god this is all they needed to fix

ikr. my ears T_T

ihasaKAROT

Netherlands4730 Posts

May 23 2012 10:17 GMT

#29

My ears can heal now

schmutttt

Australia3856 Posts

May 23 2012 10:20 GMT

#30

Patch is up for anyone who doesn't already know.

spinesheath

Germany8679 Posts

May 23 2012 10:27 GMT

#31

HELL YES

All spells attempted to be cast while crowd controlled (stunned, snared, etc) will now cast immediately at the end of the effect

This is HUGE (well, assuming it works properly).
When you have 200 ms latency (and I have that a lot, even on EU... fuck my internet), you were stunlocked even if the CCs came in with 200 ms between the end of the first and the start of the second. Huge improvement for all the people with latency >10.

Now the wording of that makes me wonder... "All"? So if I mash QWERDF while stunned, will ALL of them go off instantly (trololol no cast animation)? Will they go off in the order you pressed the buttons? If you press Q and then Q again, will the first or the second Q go off (assume different targets)? It surely won't store both and fait for the cooldown? If you press a toggle, say Frost Shot, 6 times, will it actually toggle?

JackDino

Gabon6219 Posts

May 23 2012 10:31 GMT

#32

On May 23 2012 19:27 spinesheath wrote:
HELL YES

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It's not your internet, it's the shitty singleplayer game servers. I have liek 30ms in most eu based games, in diablo I have 30ms very rarely, usually it's around 150-200. Crowded servers and whatnot.

spinesheath

Germany8679 Posts

May 23 2012 10:33 GMT

#33

On May 23 2012 19:31 JackDino wrote:

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At least half the time it actually is my internet. When someone else in the house loads a website - ANY website - I experience a latency increase. It's just that bad.

Chrispy

Canada5878 Posts

May 23 2012 11:10 GMT

#34

So what's with Riot only releasing one skin for these champions upon release nowadays? First Varus, now Darius.

Reuental

United States457 Posts

May 23 2012 11:12 GMT

#35

Dr. Mundo
Sadism now returns 40/50/60% of Mundo's health instead of 40/55/70%

Why would you do that?

Apex

United States7227 Posts

May 23 2012 11:20 GMT

#36

Jiji playing Darius on stream if anyone's interested. Completely stomping top lane Shyvana with him.

Alaric

France45622 Posts

May 23 2012 11:29 GMT

#37

Regi doing badly against Jarvan. Also questionable decision making, WW almost dead ulting your Vlad? Na, better ult that Jarvan first, and miss the kill.