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Yezzus
Profile Blog Joined January 2014
United States2318 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-06 17:11:05
February 06 2014 17:10 GMT
#3961
On February 07 2014 02:09 Yezzus wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 07 2014 02:02 GrandInquisitor wrote:
Who do you think is the strongest champion in the game, relative to their alternatives in that role?

So I mean, yeah, Gragas is super strong, but how far ahead of Yasuo/Kayle/Ziggs/Kassadin/etc. is he? I think you could argue that the strongest champion under that definition might be Thresh.

Lol what? Can thresh 1v3-4 champs like yasio or Grag or kass can whn ahead? No.... Thresh is great yes but not the "best"

Thresh needs a team
To follow up to be a game changer.... Other champs can do it alone
Meant to edit in my op
MattBarry
Profile Joined March 2011
United States4006 Posts
February 06 2014 17:11 GMT
#3962
On February 07 2014 02:05 Alaric wrote:
So... when there are too many "good/OP" champions that you can't ban every single one of them... don't you think that's a good thing for the game? More champions at the top tier, less out of line broken stuff. Now if Riot would switch to tiny nerfs to these, and instead buffing those we never see some more, I'd rather have them follow this balancing reasoning, but that's not how they work so they'll just try to tone down anything popular.

Well the problem is those champions are outright broken. There's nothing you can against them
Platinum Support GOD
Requizen
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States33802 Posts
February 06 2014 17:11 GMT
#3963
On February 07 2014 02:09 Yezzus wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 07 2014 02:02 GrandInquisitor wrote:
Who do you think is the strongest champion in the game, relative to their alternatives in that role?

So I mean, yeah, Gragas is super strong, but how far ahead of Yasuo/Kayle/Ziggs/Kassadin/etc. is he? I think you could argue that the strongest champion under that definition might be Thresh.

Lol what? Can thresh 1v3-4 champs like yasio or Grag or kass can whn ahead? No.... Thresh is great yes but not the "best"

He's saying "Best in Role" not "Best in Game". Thresh is likely the best support in the game in the moment (and honestly has been since his release). I'd agree Annie/Leona come close, but Thresh is just bonkers. Unless you're going for a specific comp or bot lane synergy, there's never a bad time to pick him.
It's your boy Guzma!
GrandInquisitor *
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
New York City13113 Posts
February 06 2014 17:13 GMT
#3964
On February 07 2014 02:11 Requizen wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 07 2014 02:09 Yezzus wrote:
On February 07 2014 02:02 GrandInquisitor wrote:
Who do you think is the strongest champion in the game, relative to their alternatives in that role?

So I mean, yeah, Gragas is super strong, but how far ahead of Yasuo/Kayle/Ziggs/Kassadin/etc. is he? I think you could argue that the strongest champion under that definition might be Thresh.

Lol what? Can thresh 1v3-4 champs like yasio or Grag or kass can whn ahead? No.... Thresh is great yes but not the "best"

He's saying "Best in Role" not "Best in Game". Thresh is likely the best support in the game in the moment (and honestly has been since his release). I'd agree Annie/Leona come close, but Thresh is just bonkers. Unless you're going for a specific comp or bot lane synergy, there's never a bad time to pick him.

Exactly. There are a ton of OP mids right now, but the gap between Thresh and any other support seems (to me) much greater than the gap between, say, Gragas and Kassadin/Kayle/Yasuo/Ziggs/etc.
What fun is it being cool if you can’t wear a sombrero?
mr_tolkien
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
France8631 Posts
February 06 2014 17:13 GMT
#3965
On February 07 2014 02:11 Requizen wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 07 2014 02:09 Yezzus wrote:
On February 07 2014 02:02 GrandInquisitor wrote:
Who do you think is the strongest champion in the game, relative to their alternatives in that role?

So I mean, yeah, Gragas is super strong, but how far ahead of Yasuo/Kayle/Ziggs/Kassadin/etc. is he? I think you could argue that the strongest champion under that definition might be Thresh.

Lol what? Can thresh 1v3-4 champs like yasio or Grag or kass can whn ahead? No.... Thresh is great yes but not the "best"

He's saying "Best in Role" not "Best in Game". Thresh is likely the best support in the game in the moment (and honestly has been since his release). I'd agree Annie/Leona come close, but Thresh is just bonkers. Unless you're going for a specific comp or bot lane synergy, there's never a bad time to pick him.

He doesn't bring really strong engage by itself compared to Annie and Leona outside of the very conditional hook. Leona on the other hand is a tanky mofo and Annie maybe the best engage in game since it's instant.

They're just different heroes, but Thresh is not that far ahead.
The legend of Darien lives on
Yezzus
Profile Blog Joined January 2014
United States2318 Posts
February 06 2014 17:13 GMT
#3966
On February 07 2014 02:11 Requizen wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 07 2014 02:09 Yezzus wrote:
On February 07 2014 02:02 GrandInquisitor wrote:
Who do you think is the strongest champion in the game, relative to their alternatives in that role?

So I mean, yeah, Gragas is super strong, but how far ahead of Yasuo/Kayle/Ziggs/Kassadin/etc. is he? I think you could argue that the strongest champion under that definition might be Thresh.

Lol what? Can thresh 1v3-4 champs like yasio or Grag or kass can whn ahead? No.... Thresh is great yes but not the "best"

He's saying "Best in Role" not "Best in Game". Thresh is likely the best support in the game in the moment (and honestly has been since his release). I'd agree Annie/Leona come close, but Thresh is just bonkers. Unless you're going for a specific comp or bot lane synergy, there's never a bad time to pick him.

Ok I read it wrong sorry.... Yeah thresh /Leona are pretty crazy atm
MattBarry
Profile Joined March 2011
United States4006 Posts
February 06 2014 17:15 GMT
#3967
Thresh and Leona will get noticeably weaker with Dshield nerfs
Platinum Support GOD
Yezzus
Profile Blog Joined January 2014
United States2318 Posts
February 06 2014 17:17 GMT
#3968
Not really they were still broken before they got d shields Leo will just get Targons again
wei2coolman
Profile Joined November 2010
United States60033 Posts
February 06 2014 17:20 GMT
#3969
On February 07 2014 02:09 Yezzus wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 07 2014 02:02 GrandInquisitor wrote:
Who do you think is the strongest champion in the game, relative to their alternatives in that role?

So I mean, yeah, Gragas is super strong, but how far ahead of Yasuo/Kayle/Ziggs/Kassadin/etc. is he? I think you could argue that the strongest champion under that definition might be Thresh.

Lol what? Can thresh 1v3-4 champs like yasio or Grag or kass can whn ahead? No.... Thresh is great yes but not the "best"

this guy.
strong kit has nothing to do with ability to carry.

Elise is probably one of those champions where she's THE BEST, out of all the possible jungle choices.
liftlift > tsm
Yezzus
Profile Blog Joined January 2014
United States2318 Posts
February 06 2014 17:24 GMT
#3970
On February 07 2014 02:20 wei2coolman wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 07 2014 02:09 Yezzus wrote:
On February 07 2014 02:02 GrandInquisitor wrote:
Who do you think is the strongest champion in the game, relative to their alternatives in that role?

So I mean, yeah, Gragas is super strong, but how far ahead of Yasuo/Kayle/Ziggs/Kassadin/etc. is he? I think you could argue that the strongest champion under that definition might be Thresh.

Lol what? Can thresh 1v3-4 champs like yasio or Grag or kass can whn ahead? No.... Thresh is great yes but not the "best"

this guy.
strong kit has nothing to do with ability to carry.

Elise is probably one of those champions where she's THE BEST, out of all the possible jungle choices.

What? Elise is the best because she had a STRONG kit..... Kit has a lot do do with carrying ... Thresh and Leona can carry due to their kits compared to other supports
Alaric
Profile Joined November 2009
France45622 Posts
February 06 2014 17:26 GMT
#3971
On February 07 2014 02:07 Yezzus wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 07 2014 02:05 Alaric wrote:
So... when there are too many "good/OP" champions that you can't ban every single one of them... don't you think that's a good thing for the game? More champions at the top tier, less out of line broken stuff. Now if Riot would switch to tiny nerfs to these, and instead buffing those we never see some more, I'd rather have them follow this balancing reasoning, but that's not how they work so they'll just try to tone down anything popular.

There shouldn't be a champ in the game that can go even or beat everyone in lane like gragas

Pantheon was pretty close to that at some point. Was he goddamn friggin' OP? Nope, because he isn't godly post-laning so he's got issues there.

Same with Renekton before Riot destroyed a bunch of other offlaners till not that many of them can actually stand up to him even post-laning.
Cant take LMS hipsters serious.
Yezzus
Profile Blog Joined January 2014
United States2318 Posts
February 06 2014 17:28 GMT
#3972
But gragas never falls off and is strong starting at
Level 1-18.....unlike panth/ renek
wei2coolman
Profile Joined November 2010
United States60033 Posts
February 06 2014 17:29 GMT
#3973
On February 07 2014 02:24 Yezzus wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 07 2014 02:20 wei2coolman wrote:
On February 07 2014 02:09 Yezzus wrote:
On February 07 2014 02:02 GrandInquisitor wrote:
Who do you think is the strongest champion in the game, relative to their alternatives in that role?

So I mean, yeah, Gragas is super strong, but how far ahead of Yasuo/Kayle/Ziggs/Kassadin/etc. is he? I think you could argue that the strongest champion under that definition might be Thresh.

Lol what? Can thresh 1v3-4 champs like yasio or Grag or kass can whn ahead? No.... Thresh is great yes but not the "best"

this guy.
strong kit has nothing to do with ability to carry.

Elise is probably one of those champions where she's THE BEST, out of all the possible jungle choices.

What? Elise is the best because she had a STRONG kit..... Kit has a lot do do with carrying ... Thresh and Leona can carry due to their kits compared to other supports

You literally just complained that Thresh can't 1v3, therefore he's not "best". But that kind of kit that has some of the strongest utility is pretty bonkers broken, despite whether or not he deals damage.
If you could create a champion that does 0 damage, but only ability was to heal teammates for like 1000 health, on a 1 second cool down, it would be beyond broken, and easily the best champion in the game, despite being unable to fight 1v3.
liftlift > tsm
Yezzus
Profile Blog Joined January 2014
United States2318 Posts
February 06 2014 17:33 GMT
#3974
On February 07 2014 02:29 wei2coolman wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 07 2014 02:24 Yezzus wrote:
On February 07 2014 02:20 wei2coolman wrote:
On February 07 2014 02:09 Yezzus wrote:
On February 07 2014 02:02 GrandInquisitor wrote:
Who do you think is the strongest champion in the game, relative to their alternatives in that role?

So I mean, yeah, Gragas is super strong, but how far ahead of Yasuo/Kayle/Ziggs/Kassadin/etc. is he? I think you could argue that the strongest champion under that definition might be Thresh.

Lol what? Can thresh 1v3-4 champs like yasio or Grag or kass can whn ahead? No.... Thresh is great yes but not the "best"

this guy.
strong kit has nothing to do with ability to carry.

Elise is probably one of those champions where she's THE BEST, out of all the possible jungle choices.

What? Elise is the best because she had a STRONG kit..... Kit has a lot do do with carrying ... Thresh and Leona can carry due to their kits compared to other supports

You literally just complained that Thresh can't 1v3, therefore he's not "best". But that kind of kit that has some of the strongest utility is pretty bonkers broken, despite whether or not he deals damage.
If you could create a champion that does 0 damage, but only ability was to heal teammates for like 1000 health, on a 1 second cool down, it would be beyond broken, and easily the best champion in the game, despite being unable to fight 1v3.

Did you read what I said earlier? Must not have I apologized for reading it wrong
Roffles *
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
Pitcairn19291 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-06 17:35:21
February 06 2014 17:35 GMT
#3975
Nvm
God Bless
Sponkz
Profile Joined May 2011
Denmark4564 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-06 17:41:29
February 06 2014 17:37 GMT
#3976
On February 07 2014 02:24 Yezzus wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 07 2014 02:20 wei2coolman wrote:
On February 07 2014 02:09 Yezzus wrote:
On February 07 2014 02:02 GrandInquisitor wrote:
Who do you think is the strongest champion in the game, relative to their alternatives in that role?

So I mean, yeah, Gragas is super strong, but how far ahead of Yasuo/Kayle/Ziggs/Kassadin/etc. is he? I think you could argue that the strongest champion under that definition might be Thresh.

Lol what? Can thresh 1v3-4 champs like yasio or Grag or kass can whn ahead? No.... Thresh is great yes but not the "best"

this guy.
strong kit has nothing to do with ability to carry.

Elise is probably one of those champions where she's THE BEST, out of all the possible jungle choices.

What? Elise is the best because she had a STRONG kit..... Kit has a lot do do with carrying ... Thresh and Leona can carry due to their kits compared to other supports



Items > Kit for supports. Post doran's shield nerf, Leona and Thresh cannot neglect hard magic damage while still staying strong through auto attacks from the opposing ADC early on, so we will probably see a shift (again, again, again, again) towards more bursty lanes rather than tanky lanes. If you get the experience advantage as a mage support and level up faster than a tanky support, you will win.

It's not rocket science and has nothing to do with their kits, Leona wasn't even that popular in late season 3 and the same goes for Alistar. The rotation in champions will always go from poke/mage supports to tank/initiation supports back to poke/mage supports, it's been like that for years now.
hi
Gahlo
Profile Joined February 2010
United States35174 Posts
February 06 2014 18:13 GMT
#3977
ESEX weighs in on the patent debate:
http://esportsexpress.com/2014/02/riot-time-machine-patent/
TheHumanSensation
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada1210 Posts
February 06 2014 18:17 GMT
#3978
On February 07 2014 02:29 wei2coolman wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 07 2014 02:24 Yezzus wrote:
On February 07 2014 02:20 wei2coolman wrote:
On February 07 2014 02:09 Yezzus wrote:
On February 07 2014 02:02 GrandInquisitor wrote:
Who do you think is the strongest champion in the game, relative to their alternatives in that role?

So I mean, yeah, Gragas is super strong, but how far ahead of Yasuo/Kayle/Ziggs/Kassadin/etc. is he? I think you could argue that the strongest champion under that definition might be Thresh.

Lol what? Can thresh 1v3-4 champs like yasio or Grag or kass can whn ahead? No.... Thresh is great yes but not the "best"

this guy.
strong kit has nothing to do with ability to carry.

Elise is probably one of those champions where she's THE BEST, out of all the possible jungle choices.

What? Elise is the best because she had a STRONG kit..... Kit has a lot do do with carrying ... Thresh and Leona can carry due to their kits compared to other supports

You literally just complained that Thresh can't 1v3, therefore he's not "best". But that kind of kit that has some of the strongest utility is pretty bonkers broken, despite whether or not he deals damage.
If you could create a champion that does 0 damage, but only ability was to heal teammates for like 1000 health, on a 1 second cool down, it would be beyond broken, and easily the best champion in the game, despite being unable to fight 1v3.


You don't think they could 1v3 with a sunfire cape + self heal until the end of time, maybe with a spirit visage?

Actually, this sounds like an oddly familiar position...
cLutZ
Profile Joined November 2010
United States19574 Posts
February 06 2014 18:20 GMT
#3979
Is Gragas really this gigantic problem? I don't really perceive it in that way, and I feel like pro teams are shoehorning him into comps right now because players champion pools are obviously limited and being thrown into flux by the constant meta shifts. His win % isn't overbearing or anything, I think a lot of it has to do with players who are uncomfortable with Orianna, Leblanc, and Nidalee defaulting to him because he kinda fits everywhere, even though those champs would be preferable for a given situation.
Freeeeeeedom
Slusher
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States19143 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-06 18:21:53
February 06 2014 18:20 GMT
#3980
I haven't yet gotten the full grasp of post patch Shyvana, but by Grand Inquisitor's definition it was her by far, she outscales all the champions that can even survive in lane against her.
Carrilord has arrived.
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