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On November 13 2012 23:26 Zergneedsfood wrote:Show nested quote +On November 13 2012 23:25 LaNague wrote: no, it works.
but now too many peoples know and it will get changed for next time. Well I'm on NA, so it might be different for me? D: You need the patch to be deployed first. I had the launcher on before it did on EUW, so I had to close it, launch it again, download the patch and then I could play.
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On NA it took me to the login screen but then I couldn't actually sign into the game. But yeah, they might have to change that now ha.
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lol thereisnourflevel actually worked, gg actually nervous for my first ranked game haha
gl this season guys
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Merry patch-ness everyone!
Zed looks so confusing ~_~ I try but I just can't understand his abilities. His skin looks pretty fun though.
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How long did the EU patch take?
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Does the elo crunch count for normal ELO as well? I'm almost level 30 and I just got annihilated by Lee mid (Zyra). Not sure how that matchup's supposed to go but I usually don't get matched against players this good.
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On November 13 2012 23:38 GhandiEAGLE wrote: Merry patch-ness everyone!
Zed looks so confusing ~_~ I try but I just can't understand his abilities. His skin looks pretty fun though.
You just need a little experience to get past the "WTF just happened" stage. There are a lot of different ways to combo shadows and use them, you just have to think about them ahead of time so that in game you can set your self up physically and mentally to perform the combo, like W backwards R->E->Q->auto till R pops-> run back for W escape. After some play on the PBE I still screw things up but as a whole things are a lot less confusing.
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So is this preseason or is this the start of season 3? How does ranked work if this is preseason? Do the points get reset again after they implement all of the promised mastery/jungle/item changes?
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So, the jungle changes are nt live yet, right?
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No new jungle/mastery/item changes till the next patch.
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ok thought things change, but premade bots remain terrible even in the new season, first game lose :D
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On November 13 2012 23:48 Serelitz wrote: Does the elo crunch count for normal ELO as well? I'm almost level 30 and I just got annihilated by Lee mid (Zyra). Not sure how that matchup's supposed to go but I usually don't get matched against players this good.
there arent many people online, so you get matched with whoever happends to queue at that time.
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I don't think normal Elo got compressed. And the patch was light, ~25 MB.
On November 13 2012 23:38 GhandiEAGLE wrote: Merry patch-ness everyone!
Zed looks so confusing ~_~ I try but I just can't understand his abilities. His skin looks pretty fun though. His Q is a pass through skillshot, imagine Cait's Q with less delay and damage diminished less. His E is like Katarina's E, with no MS buff and a shorter AoE.
His W and ult create an untargetable clone of him, copying his Q and E casts (think Lulu's Pix for the way Q targeting works). You regain some energy if somebody is hit by both your cast and your W clone's (doesn't work with your ult's clone). Note that the clone travels a set distance (so you can't create it on top of you to ensure your spells hit) and that it can go through walls.
A clone's Q is the same as yours, but if both hit the second one deals less damage to the target (50% less, same as Zyra's plants for example). A clone's E does no damage but slows. If both hit, the slow from your clone's is increased on targets in the overlap.
His ult is a gapcloser than pops a clone on the other side of your target (you won't appear behind them or anything, you just advance to them, and on the opposite of you a clone appear). It also places a mark on your target (which is hard to see). After 3 seconds the mark detonates (which is even harder to see) and deals total AD + a % of all the damage (physical, magical or true damage) you dealt to the target during those 3 seconds, as physical damage.
You can swap places with both of your clones by casting their spell (W or R respectively) while they're still present. Only one swap per clone.
His passive is just bonus damage on your auto if the target's below half-health, with a per-target cooldown (think Jarvan's passive, except harder to proc).
On the whole, it's confusing to get because there a whole load of initial information, and no parallels (like people expected "shadow" E to deal damage on top of the slow, or to deal additional damage if both hit, kinda like Q, while it's not the case), but it's pretty intuitive once you get the hang of it. He is very, very energy-hungry though. The energy return on his W isn't even as much as the W cost until higher levels, while you level it last, so it's only to alleviate some of your energy consumption during a burst rather than sustain it over time.
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Zed kind of makes me think of an Ori/Talon mix. He can shoot out his shadow and E to AoE slow from a range like Dissonance, and then follow it up with a standard assassin combo.
I think playing against him will be a mix of those two as well. You need to be aware of his Shadow's zone control like the ball, and predict his sneaky jumps and pokes. However, without a real gap closer early (assuming you don't get caught out by a shadow switch), I think some ranged champs should be able to put a lot of pressure on him.
On a separate thought, I'm thinking of streaming when I get the chance. Is it even worth it, or will no one want to watch a shitty player trying to improve?
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keep in mind with the dota-allstars site, it was the equivalent of teamliquid for sc or shoryuken for fighting games. just imagine one day someone deleted the entirety of TL site, then put up an ad for command and conquer. yeah.
speaking of syndra, i've played like 20-30 games on TT with her, and i haven't lost. i'm not sure why... narrow corridors make for easy stuns? boots/meki pendant start deals with her early mana issues to the point where she absolutely dominates lane? i have no idea.
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How long did the patch take to deply on EU?
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On November 14 2012 00:19 kainzero wrote: keep in mind with the dota-allstars site, it was the equivalent of teamliquid for sc or shoryuken for fighting games. just imagine one day someone deleted the entirety of TL site, then put up an ad for command and conquer. yeah.
speaking of syndra, i've played like 20-30 games on TT with her, and i haven't lost. i'm not sure why... narrow corridors make for easy stuns? boots/meki pendant start deals with her early mana issues to the point where she absolutely dominates lane? i have no idea.
Made me laugh.
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Well Zed looks like he will be a pain in the ass to play against heh.
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On November 14 2012 00:31 Slaughter wrote: Well Zed looks like he will be a pain in the ass to play against heh.
I think a pain to play against good ones but real easy vs bad ones. He seems like he can't do much if you don't use the shadow clone properly.
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On November 14 2012 00:22 Bladeorade wrote: How long did the patch take to deply on EU? ~12 hours or so
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