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Eiii
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States2566 Posts
January 27 2014 23:01 GMT
#2361
On January 28 2014 07:43 Kinie wrote:
So I'm sitting on about 12k worth of IP, any recommendations on what I should spend it on? My gut says to blow it on Shyvana and Hybrid Pen. runes, but I'm open to any other suggestions.


Sit on it! See, champions only get cheaper and cheaper with each patch, so the longer you wait the more champs you can buy with all that IP. Riot doesn't want you to be able to 'invest' IP, but they didn't think about this!!
:3
Gorsameth
Profile Joined April 2010
Netherlands22473 Posts
January 27 2014 23:04 GMT
#2362
On January 28 2014 08:01 Eiii wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 28 2014 07:43 Kinie wrote:
So I'm sitting on about 12k worth of IP, any recommendations on what I should spend it on? My gut says to blow it on Shyvana and Hybrid Pen. runes, but I'm open to any other suggestions.


Sit on it! See, champions only get cheaper and cheaper with each patch, so the longer you wait the more champs you can buy with all that IP. Riot doesn't want you to be able to 'invest' IP, but they didn't think about this!!

Ehm no? They reduce a champion to 4800 every time they release a new one but since they add a 6300 at the same time its still a net loss?
It ignores such insignificant forces as time, entropy, and death
Eiii
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States2566 Posts
January 27 2014 23:09 GMT
#2363
On January 28 2014 08:04 Gorsameth wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 28 2014 08:01 Eiii wrote:
On January 28 2014 07:43 Kinie wrote:
So I'm sitting on about 12k worth of IP, any recommendations on what I should spend it on? My gut says to blow it on Shyvana and Hybrid Pen. runes, but I'm open to any other suggestions.


Sit on it! See, champions only get cheaper and cheaper with each patch, so the longer you wait the more champs you can buy with all that IP. Riot doesn't want you to be able to 'invest' IP, but they didn't think about this!!

Ehm no? They reduce a champion to 4800 every time they release a new one but since they add a 6300 at the same time its still a net loss?


The pool of things-to-buy-with-IP is ever-increasing, sure, but that doesn't mean it's not more effective to sit on it than to spend it right away!
:3
Carnivorous Sheep
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Baa?21245 Posts
January 27 2014 23:14 GMT
#2364
Blow it all on Flat Energy runes.
TranslatorBaa!
Bumblebee
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
3237 Posts
January 27 2014 23:16 GMT
#2365
monkeybusiness))
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phyvo
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States5635 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-01-28 01:17:27
January 27 2014 23:24 GMT
#2366
I definitely wouldn't dare spend any IP on hybrid runes right now. When Riot revamps runes I'm sure they'll compensate people in some way but there's no telling if you'll be eligible or if the compensation will be to your liking.
"BE A MANGO TO SLEEP LIKE A SNORING TIGER" - Monte
Parnage
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States7414 Posts
January 27 2014 23:28 GMT
#2367
Sitting on IP is hard with all those things I want, and the lack of info on rune changes. I just don't trust them not to be like "fyi your runes lol they suck now gl" as soon as I drain my ip funds.
-orb- Fan. Live the Nal_rA dream. || Yordles are cool.
oneofthem
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
January 27 2014 23:28 GMT
#2368
On January 28 2014 07:32 AsnSensation wrote:
Bjergsen actually named his dog Kappa. lol
terrible. should have been frankerz
We have fed the heart on fantasies, the heart's grown brutal from the fare, more substance in our enmities than in our love
craaaaack
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
479 Posts
January 28 2014 00:02 GMT
#2369
I just thought of... support malphite!? I don't see a reason why it should not work.
▲ I was really thirsty while playing a match. All my teammates were gone, so I drank from the water bottle that was next to me. It was very good. I thank the owner of the bottle.
Carnivorous Sheep
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Baa?21245 Posts
January 28 2014 00:04 GMT
#2370
On January 28 2014 09:02 craaaaack wrote:
I just thought of... support malphite!? I don't see a reason why it should not work.


Try "completely useless until level 6," which guarantees you'll be level 6 when the enemy bot lane is already level 8.
TranslatorBaa!
Parnage
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States7414 Posts
January 28 2014 00:07 GMT
#2371
I still think Support Nautilus could be badass. Even more so now that he could actually get some items to have a shield that isn't pop'd in one hit.
-orb- Fan. Live the Nal_rA dream. || Yordles are cool.
Gahlo
Profile Joined February 2010
United States35173 Posts
January 28 2014 00:09 GMT
#2372
On January 28 2014 09:02 craaaaack wrote:
I just thought of... support malphite!? I don't see a reason why it should not work.

Saw it used in a 2v1 competitively. Was a massive bully.
craaaaack
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
479 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-01-28 00:16:33
January 28 2014 00:15 GMT
#2373
On January 28 2014 09:04 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 28 2014 09:02 craaaaack wrote:
I just thought of... support malphite!? I don't see a reason why it should not work.


Try "completely useless until level 6," which guarantees you'll be level 6 when the enemy bot lane is already level 8.


Well if support annie and to some degree support amumu are accepted I see this working just as well.
Until 6 you have:
1) A free shield for trades? nice
2) Soft CC (slow) with some self-utility? decent
3) AS debuff? great
4) An AD/Armor steroid? awesome

Malphite also profits from stats that supports are going to buy (hp, cdr) and he always can make use of additional mana regen coming from other support items.
▲ I was really thirsty while playing a match. All my teammates were gone, so I drank from the water bottle that was next to me. It was very good. I thank the owner of the bottle.
FinestHour
Profile Joined August 2010
United States18466 Posts
January 28 2014 00:20 GMT
#2374
i cant believe someone actually tries to compare annie and malphite
u want to stick a champ that only does well vs melee in a lane with 2 range where he does nothing until 6
thug life.                                                       MVP/ex-
mr_tolkien
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
France8631 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-01-28 00:22:40
January 28 2014 00:21 GMT
#2375
Problem is that you can't go use E on people most of the time. Malph is really weak without items, and if you play him support, he'll be a simple R-machine. If you want a R-AoE CC, just go Annie or Leona support like you said. They actually are good with minimal items and are good at laning 2v1 and 2v2.

EDIT : on another note, support Nautilus is pretty boss. He's outright the best peeler in the game, can engage, and has strong all-in potential if he lands a hook.
The legend of Darien lives on
wei2coolman
Profile Joined November 2010
United States60033 Posts
January 28 2014 00:22 GMT
#2376
On January 28 2014 09:15 craaaaack wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 28 2014 09:04 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
On January 28 2014 09:02 craaaaack wrote:
I just thought of... support malphite!? I don't see a reason why it should not work.


Try "completely useless until level 6," which guarantees you'll be level 6 when the enemy bot lane is already level 8.


Well if support annie and to some degree support amumu are accepted I see this working just as well.
Until 6 you have:
1) A free shield for trades? nice
2) Soft CC (slow) with some self-utility? decent
3) AS debuff? great
4) An AD/Armor steroid? awesome

Malphite also profits from stats that supports are going to buy (hp, cdr) and he always can make use of additional mana regen coming from other support items.

Annie has hard CC pre-6, and strong damage potential that entire time. Probably even tankier than Malphite, Her resist/armor buff is better than Malph W and passive.

Also, if you look at common lane picks, engages are more burst oriented, so AS debuff isn't that big of a deal.
liftlift > tsm
Alaric
Profile Joined November 2009
France45622 Posts
January 28 2014 00:24 GMT
#2377
His shield doesn't let him trade but barely defends him from poke: contrary to Amumu he has no way to initiate fights. A slow isn't enough.
Cant take LMS hipsters serious.
Sufficiency
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada23833 Posts
January 28 2014 00:26 GMT
#2378
On January 28 2014 09:02 craaaaack wrote:
I just thought of... support malphite!? I don't see a reason why it should not work.


10 times worse than support Amumu. No hard CC until 6, no gapclosers until 6, no sustain.
https://twitter.com/SufficientStats
Ryuu314
Profile Joined October 2009
United States12679 Posts
January 28 2014 00:29 GMT
#2379
all the qq on reddit about teemo makes my head hurt.

he gets played once in LCS. Does well cause his team carried his feeding ass now people are crying for nerfs.
FinestHour
Profile Joined August 2010
United States18466 Posts
January 28 2014 00:39 GMT
#2380
On January 28 2014 09:29 Ryuu314 wrote:
all the qq on reddit about teemo makes my head hurt.

he gets played once in LCS. Does well cause his team carried his feeding ass now people are crying for nerfs.

and people talk about the millions of those kinds of people that also play league like its a good thing huehue
thug life.                                                       MVP/ex-
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