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obesechicken13
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States10467 Posts
September 07 2012 23:04 GMT
#1981
On September 08 2012 07:55 SoulSever wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 08 2012 03:59 TheYango wrote:
I mean, if you had to choose between IE+PD+Boots+BT+2xDoran's and IE+PD+Boots+Exec's+BF+Doran's, I don't think having the Exec's is better. And the latter build caps out 1 slot sooner.

Obviously having an immediately combined item can contribute to an immediate teamfight timing, but there are much smoother ways to do that at that point in the game.


Any sense in going IE, PD,PD, Exec, GA while skipping LW? Gives you decent lifesteal and 100% crit chance

Why not BT?
I think in our modern age technology has evolved to become more addictive. The things that don't give us pleasure aren't used as much. Work was never meant to be fun, but doing it makes us happier in the long run.
obesechicken13
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States10467 Posts
September 07 2012 23:09 GMT
#1982
On September 08 2012 08:00 UniversalSnip wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 08 2012 07:52 obesechicken13 wrote:
On September 08 2012 07:38 Cloud9157 wrote:
On September 08 2012 06:44 wei2coolman wrote:
http://www.lolking.net/news/analyze-this-champions-that-dominate-the-meta

I wasn't aware dat Taric and Amumu winrate was so high.


Called it before man.

Taric es broken.

Man exec calling. So broken. Just look at that win rate.
http://www.lolking.net/items/3123#statistics

There may be confounding variables in league. It's hard to say something's strong just based on win rate. I can't think of a good confounding variable to explain high rates, but I can't think of one to explain why rengar went fom 37->45% win rate in two weeks with no buffs either.

It may be everyone started maxing W, it may be something else.


I'm inclined to think that counts a game where 3 people build an item as 3 wins for that item or something. I'm poking through the stats and I don't see any with below 50% win rates except the augments and necklace, which only one person per game can build.

I'm aware. I was being a bit sarcastic. The high win rate of every item generally comes down to having enough gold to build the item. It's a confounding variable.

One confounding variable in a lot of rts games is how all the races have near 50% win rates at all levels. It's because when a player gets good with one race they move up in rank until they start stabilizing their win rate again. It's possible taric and amumu are only good at lower levels. It's possible taric's win rate is only 54% because he's a support. It's possible lux's win rate is artificially dropped because people play her as a support.
I think in our modern age technology has evolved to become more addictive. The things that don't give us pleasure aren't used as much. Work was never meant to be fun, but doing it makes us happier in the long run.
Cloud9157
Profile Joined December 2010
United States2968 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-07 23:14:07
September 07 2012 23:12 GMT
#1983
On September 08 2012 07:52 obesechicken13 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 08 2012 07:38 Cloud9157 wrote:
On September 08 2012 06:44 wei2coolman wrote:
http://www.lolking.net/news/analyze-this-champions-that-dominate-the-meta

I wasn't aware dat Taric and Amumu winrate was so high.


Called it before man.

Taric es broken.

Man exec calling. So broken. Just look at that win rate.
http://www.lolking.net/items/3123#statistics

There may be confounding variables in league. It's hard to say something's strong just based on win rate. I can't think of a good confounding variable to explain high rates, but I can't think of one to explain why rengar went fom 37->45% win rate in two weeks with no buffs either.

It may be everyone started maxing W, it may be something else.


From my own observations, he just fits the adc meta atm. Hes a burst support with a heal(albeit a crappy one) armor shred, and a point+click stun. Its perfect for your Graves/Corki/Ez to jump into whoever gets stunned and burst them.

Of course he doesn't do as well in a team fight like Sona/Janna. Hes just an aura whore that gives all the armors. He still gets tankier than pretty much any other support though.
"Are you absolutely sure that armor only affects the health portion of a protoss army??? That doesn't sound right to me. source?" -Some idiot
kainzero
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States5211 Posts
September 07 2012 23:13 GMT
#1984
On September 08 2012 07:57 Morfildur wrote:
What is the opinion about Sivir recently?

dlift played her, some korean teams played her, and now she's getting more play. no surprise there.
Shiragaku
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Hong Kong4308 Posts
September 07 2012 23:17 GMT
#1985
Hey guys, I forgot to pay too much to Shyvana in pro play, but do people build Boots of Mobility on her?
Parnage
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States7414 Posts
September 07 2012 23:18 GMT
#1986
Sivir is gaining popularity I'd figure because Ez/Graves and Corki are not nearly as annoying for her due to the shield and bouncing boomerangs. Honestly a well played Sivir I thought should do really well versus that unholy trinity right?
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Gahlo
Profile Joined February 2010
United States35154 Posts
September 07 2012 23:18 GMT
#1987
On September 08 2012 08:17 Shiragaku wrote:
Hey guys, I forgot to pay too much to Shyvana in pro play, but do people build Boots of Mobility on her?

Not that I've seen. W zoom zooms you around and the MR/Tenacity, I guess, is too good for her to pass up.
Feartheguru
Profile Joined August 2011
Canada1334 Posts
September 07 2012 23:18 GMT
#1988
The winning team has more gold --> more items, that's why all the items have >50% win rate.
Don't sweat the petty stuff, don't pet the sweaty stuff.
Deleted User 101379
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
4849 Posts
September 07 2012 23:23 GMT
#1989
On September 08 2012 08:13 kainzero wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 08 2012 07:57 Morfildur wrote:
What is the opinion about Sivir recently?

dlift played her, some korean teams played her, and now she's getting more play. no surprise there.


I'm just wondering if it's fotm or if there is a good reasoning behind it.

I can see her dominating Ezreal who is probably the most/second most used soloQ AD at the moment since he needs to use his skillshots which sivir can absorb for free mana. Has the popularity of Ezreal made her viable or was she viable but just underused before?
How does she compare to the other ADs? How is her scaling in the game phases?
Slayer91
Profile Joined February 2006
Ireland23335 Posts
September 07 2012 23:23 GMT
#1990
On September 08 2012 08:18 Feartheguru wrote:
The winning team has more gold --> more items, that's why all the items have >50% win rate.


Also anyone who buys executioner is only going to buy it if they are stupid ahead lol
Flakes
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States3125 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-07 23:26:26
September 07 2012 23:24 GMT
#1991
On September 08 2012 08:18 Feartheguru wrote:
The winning team has more gold --> more items, that's why all the items have >50% win rate.

you can still compare them to each other!

I was just looking randomly, but in ~10 minutes the most "lose" item appears to be:
bonetooth necklace (huehuehue)

followed by:
thornmail
haunting guise
mana manipulator
banshee's veil
boots of swiftness
ionic spark
manamune

(I didn't look at Dominion-only items)
Shiragaku
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Hong Kong4308 Posts
September 07 2012 23:34 GMT
#1992
Dear God...I just saw the statistics for Shen. Shen is very average when he is played. The only matchup he seems to dominate is against Rengar, and he is the most banned champion in the game.

I think people ban him at this point because he is very annoying and for the sake of tradition.
cLutZ
Profile Joined November 2010
United States19574 Posts
September 07 2012 23:39 GMT
#1993
On September 08 2012 08:23 Morfildur wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 08 2012 08:13 kainzero wrote:
On September 08 2012 07:57 Morfildur wrote:
What is the opinion about Sivir recently?

dlift played her, some korean teams played her, and now she's getting more play. no surprise there.


I'm just wondering if it's fotm or if there is a good reasoning behind it.

I can see her dominating Ezreal who is probably the most/second most used soloQ AD at the moment since he needs to use his skillshots which sivir can absorb for free mana. Has the popularity of Ezreal made her viable or was she viable but just underused before?
How does she compare to the other ADs? How is her scaling in the game phases?


Sivir also can SS blitz hooks/taric stun, which is awesome.

The only reason I never play sivir is her clunky AA animation when she has no AS. The boomerangs seem to cancel on me half the time when I think they are out of her hand. Thus, my Last hitting is horrid.
Freeeeeeedom
Sufficiency
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada23833 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-08 00:03:18
September 08 2012 00:02 GMT
#1994
This is the third free Lulu week and I decided to play her again. But this time I decided to max Q first instead of playing her like Janna.... and the results were amazing. Against non-sustain lanes, glitterlance was absolutely terrorizing (didn't work out as well when I picked Lulu into Taric though). In teamfight she performs really well too by whimsically walking around, turning things into squirrels, and kite forever.

I managed to KS a lot of kills though (tons of damage[tm] with Q + E), in particular one game I ended up 8-1 as support Lulu (and might have lost the game because I KS'ed too much); otherwise it was really fun. I might need to buy her now X_X
https://twitter.com/SufficientStats
UniversalSnip
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
9871 Posts
September 08 2012 00:02 GMT
#1995
On September 08 2012 08:09 obesechicken13 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 08 2012 08:00 UniversalSnip wrote:
On September 08 2012 07:52 obesechicken13 wrote:
On September 08 2012 07:38 Cloud9157 wrote:
On September 08 2012 06:44 wei2coolman wrote:
http://www.lolking.net/news/analyze-this-champions-that-dominate-the-meta

I wasn't aware dat Taric and Amumu winrate was so high.


Called it before man.

Taric es broken.

Man exec calling. So broken. Just look at that win rate.
http://www.lolking.net/items/3123#statistics

There may be confounding variables in league. It's hard to say something's strong just based on win rate. I can't think of a good confounding variable to explain high rates, but I can't think of one to explain why rengar went fom 37->45% win rate in two weeks with no buffs either.

It may be everyone started maxing W, it may be something else.


I'm inclined to think that counts a game where 3 people build an item as 3 wins for that item or something. I'm poking through the stats and I don't see any with below 50% win rates except the augments and necklace, which only one person per game can build.

I'm aware. I was being a bit sarcastic. The high win rate of every item generally comes down to having enough gold to build the item. It's a confounding variable.

One confounding variable in a lot of rts games is how all the races have near 50% win rates at all levels. It's because when a player gets good with one race they move up in rank until they start stabilizing their win rate again. It's possible taric and amumu are only good at lower levels. It's possible taric's win rate is only 54% because he's a support. It's possible lux's win rate is artificially dropped because people play her as a support.


I understood your point, it's just the analogy was a little odd since item stats seem to have even more reasons to be meaningless.
"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."
Dark_Chill
Profile Joined May 2011
Canada3353 Posts
September 08 2012 00:05 GMT
#1996
On September 08 2012 08:34 Shiragaku wrote:
Dear God...I just saw the statistics for Shen. Shen is very average when he is played. The only matchup he seems to dominate is against Rengar, and he is the most banned champion in the game.

I think people ban him at this point because he is very annoying and for the sake of tradition.


That may come down to it being that whenever he's not banned, he's picked by people who think he's a free win. No matter who the champion is or how easy they are to use, people will usually lose with them (unless you pick Ali, then you never lose ) Shen still has a pretty great laning phase along with the ability to change the outcome of a fight across the map.
CUTE MAKES RIGHT
Sufficiency
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada23833 Posts
September 08 2012 00:06 GMT
#1997
On September 08 2012 09:05 Dark_Chill wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 08 2012 08:34 Shiragaku wrote:
Dear God...I just saw the statistics for Shen. Shen is very average when he is played. The only matchup he seems to dominate is against Rengar, and he is the most banned champion in the game.

I think people ban him at this point because he is very annoying and for the sake of tradition.


That may come down to it being that whenever he's not banned, he's picked by people who think he's a free win. No matter who the champion is or how easy they are to use, people will usually lose with them (unless you pick Ali, then you never lose ) Shen still has a pretty great laning phase along with the ability to change the outcome of a fight across the map.


Shen is balanced for tournament play, not for soloQ. The same applies to Noctourne.
https://twitter.com/SufficientStats
Slusher
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States19143 Posts
September 08 2012 00:14 GMT
#1998
On September 08 2012 09:05 Dark_Chill wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 08 2012 08:34 Shiragaku wrote:
Dear God...I just saw the statistics for Shen. Shen is very average when he is played. The only matchup he seems to dominate is against Rengar, and he is the most banned champion in the game.

I think people ban him at this point because he is very annoying and for the sake of tradition.


That may come down to it being that whenever he's not banned, he's picked by people who think he's a free win. No matter who the champion is or how easy they are to use, people will usually lose with them (unless you pick Ali, then you never lose ) Shen still has a pretty great laning phase along with the ability to change the outcome of a fight across the map.


lol, every time I play a normal and get team captain I don't ban Kass and my team flips out because they are used to permabanning him, and like 90% of the time you can tell they have no clue how to play him they just thought they were given a freebee.
Carrilord has arrived.
SoulSever
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada779 Posts
September 08 2012 00:20 GMT
#1999
On September 08 2012 08:04 obesechicken13 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 08 2012 07:55 SoulSever wrote:
On September 08 2012 03:59 TheYango wrote:
I mean, if you had to choose between IE+PD+Boots+BT+2xDoran's and IE+PD+Boots+Exec's+BF+Doran's, I don't think having the Exec's is better. And the latter build caps out 1 slot sooner.

Obviously having an immediately combined item can contribute to an immediate teamfight timing, but there are much smoother ways to do that at that point in the game.


Any sense in going IE, PD,PD, Exec, GA while skipping LW? Gives you decent lifesteal and 100% crit chance

Why not BT?


Why get an item with no crit if you can avoid it when you have IE? And bT doesn't give you atk spd
Violet <3 ~~~Better places than here exist
kainzero
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States5211 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-08 00:27:00
September 08 2012 00:23 GMT
#2000
On September 08 2012 08:23 Morfildur wrote:
I'm just wondering if it's fotm or if there is a good reasoning behind it.

I can see her dominating Ezreal who is probably the most/second most used soloQ AD at the moment since he needs to use his skillshots which sivir can absorb for free mana. Has the popularity of Ezreal made her viable or was she viable but just underused before?
How does she compare to the other ADs? How is her scaling in the game phases?

i don't think she's fotm, it's just that people think she's an okay pick now because they follow the pros (curse even banned out dlift's sivir).

her early game burst is strong and she has a team steroid that works well, but she has low range, that's pretty much what she is. she doesn't have the quick repositioning that the top 3 AD have even though her steroid gives her MS. i think she needs a smart team to keep her alive. i don't think you can get that in solo q but you do have a strong chance of winning early game so that you can carry.

she's def not overpowered and probably slightly weaker than top 3 but nothing you can't deal with.

i think her unpopularity has to do with her ugly model and clunky animations but she's a decent character.



as for shen i don't think he's OP, i just think he's annoying. thought you secured a kill? nope here's the shen shield. i know i should run away and let his lane opponent get free farm but derp. i would say that i hate the split push but no one at my level is smart enough to do it.

my top 3 ban priorities are shen/blitz/alistar.

i ban blitz because i hate him when he's on the other team and people don't know how to fight against him, and i hate him when he's on my team and he always goes balls deep and just grabs whatever even when it's not a smart move. and i ban alistar because ganks need more finesse to defend against.

i'm really wondering what this game would be like if there were no bans.
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