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nafta
Profile Joined August 2010
Bulgaria18893 Posts
February 10 2014 21:45 GMT
#41
On February 11 2014 06:44 LaNague wrote:
the only way to fix duo queue is to remove it, imo.

the dream
AsnSensation
Profile Joined April 2011
Germany24009 Posts
February 10 2014 21:46 GMT
#42
Alex Ich said that he looked up korean lulu runes and just copied them and it seems like he's running full cdr on both blues and quints, probably so he can Q twice with 1 E?

Interestingly enough the guy that wrecks EU soloQ at the moment with Mid Lulu is is #1 challenger SQA (rumored to be incarnation) runs a normal AP setup.
LaNague
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Germany9118 Posts
February 10 2014 21:47 GMT
#43
does anyone have hunated nocturne from years ago?


i didnt recieve my special loading screen thingy and wrote support and i got a stupid response that this "bug" is knows and they cant give me a time when they fix it?



Anyone know if thats a common bug or something on my account they need to change?
Fusilero
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United Kingdom50293 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-10 21:56:46
February 10 2014 21:51 GMT
#44
On February 11 2014 06:46 AsnSensation wrote:
Alex Ich said that he looked up korean lulu runes and just copied them and it seems like he's running full cdr on both blues and quints, probably so he can Q twice with 1 E?

Interestingly enough the guy that wrecks EU soloQ at the moment with Mid Lulu is is #1 challenger SQA (rumored to be incarnation) runs a normal AP setup.

Looking at more challenger mids nukeduck interestingly runs the same set-up on mid lulu except with one of the CDR quints replaced by a movement quint
There seems to be some split, I can't tell exactly but febiven seems to run the SQA set up. The page doesn't say lulu but it looks exactly like his.
Glorious SEA doto
GhandiEAGLE
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States20754 Posts
February 10 2014 22:04 GMT
#45
Can I just say that the rune combiner is totally great? I now have more flat AP quints that I'm allowed to buy. Lookout world.
Oh, my achin' hands, from rakin' in grands, and breakin' in mic stands
Slayer91
Profile Joined February 2006
Ireland23335 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-10 22:08:42
February 10 2014 22:08 GMT
#46
On February 11 2014 06:34 RouaF wrote:
Lulu is in a fine spot right now, the problem lies somewhere else : melee supports with doran shield start make ranged supports look terrible (annie being the only exception). Playing sona/janna/soraka and even lulu is just too risky now and just isn't rewarding, too hard to make plays and too easy to lose laning phase and die at all phases of the game (look migxa's last game on sona ... he couldn't do anything). It sucks they didn't push the doran change in this patch, we will have to wait longer and continue seeing thresh/leona every game. Right now there is no reason to not pick leona or thresh, they are better at all stages of the game.

Thresh has been broken since release and leona has always had an insane mid/late game, the reason she wasn't perma picked was that her laning phase was quite bad because she would get poked and was 100% allin when she went in. Thanks to doran shield and tank masteries she can absorb poke and win trades easily now. I doubt the change to perseverance will change anything.


Leona is the only commonly picked melee support, alistar is also played some though.
but alistar certainly not because of his strong laning phase and leona not really a laning god either
anonemouse
Profile Joined February 2014
17 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-10 22:12:25
February 10 2014 22:08 GMT
#47
how do i improve at adc? i've been spamming games recently, after being placed into silver1 and ending last season at gold1. my teamfighting is alright, laning just seems a lot tougher this season with leona/thresh/blitzcrank in almost every game. i get hooked once by any of those three and i'm pretty much dead. im considering running cleanse against leo/thresh/annie all the time so getting hit by one skillshot doesn't mess up the entirety of laning phase
nafta
Profile Joined August 2010
Bulgaria18893 Posts
February 10 2014 22:10 GMT
#48
Don't run cleanse would just make it worse.
Alaric
Profile Joined November 2009
France45622 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-10 22:17:20
February 10 2014 22:11 GMT
#49
EUW is lagging like mad, dammit. That's twice I die as jax because my ult doesn't cast, 3s delay ftw.

Make that 4 times, cost us the game by not letting us use ignite and shit properly on Mundo/Swain/Nasus too, sigh. Screw you, server.
Cant take LMS hipsters serious.
wei2coolman
Profile Joined November 2010
United States60033 Posts
February 10 2014 22:12 GMT
#50
On February 11 2014 07:08 anonemouse wrote:
how do i improve at adc? i've been spamming games recently, after being placed into silver1 after ending last season at gold1. my teamfighting is alright, laning just seems a lot tougher this season with leona/thresh/blitzcrank in almost every game. i get hooked once by any of those three and i'm pretty much dead. im considering running cleanse against leo/thresh/annie all the time so getting hit by one skillshot doesn't mess up the entirety of laning phase

Cleanse is rarely better than Barrier, and a lot less forgiving than barrier in usage.
Stick with barrier, especially at your level.
liftlift > tsm
MoonBear
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Straight outta Johto18973 Posts
February 10 2014 22:19 GMT
#51
On February 11 2014 07:12 wei2coolman wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 11 2014 07:08 anonemouse wrote:
how do i improve at adc? i've been spamming games recently, after being placed into silver1 after ending last season at gold1. my teamfighting is alright, laning just seems a lot tougher this season with leona/thresh/blitzcrank in almost every game. i get hooked once by any of those three and i'm pretty much dead. im considering running cleanse against leo/thresh/annie all the time so getting hit by one skillshot doesn't mess up the entirety of laning phase

Cleanse is rarely better than Barrier, and a lot less forgiving than barrier in usage.
Stick with barrier, especially at your level.

Unless there is some super-ridic critical CC you have to Cleanse off, Barrier is much more useful. No Barrier means you're going to get all-in'd really quickly and you're probably going to lose it. There's also a fine line between a random CC being thrown at you and what's "Cleanse this ASAP or you die". And they can always burn the Cleanse and then do it again. And then after laning phase you'll get constantly duelled urgh.

It's much better to learn how to dodge CC and how to position in lane than relying on Cleanse as a crutch.
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Ghost-z
Profile Joined September 2010
United States1291 Posts
February 10 2014 22:20 GMT
#52
On February 11 2014 06:29 Redox wrote:
Show nested quote +

Pick Order

We’re making pick order more consistent in ranked play. In most cases the skill gap between players on a team is not significant enough to justify granting the top player first pick. Basing pick order on a behind-the-scenes number isn’t a great experience - not to mention there are some odd side effects for duo queue players - so we’re taking a different approach.

All players will now have an equal (random) chance of being first pick
For players in a duo, if either player is chosen as first pick, the team captain will be assigned first pick and the other member of the duo will get whatever position the captain received from the randomizer

Terrible. Only reason they do that is because they try to deny players as much information about their MMR as possible. Because obviously we have to be sheltered from the harsh truth.


I welcome the change so now when I duo queue with my brother one of us won't always be forced into last pick.
Fairy Tales when you're a child begin with "Once upon a time" and when you're an adult begin, "If elected I promise..."
dae
Profile Joined June 2010
Canada1600 Posts
February 10 2014 22:23 GMT
#53
Having the potential to have a silver be first pick over diamonds is silly. (D1 duoq with silver with silver having party lead)
anonemouse
Profile Joined February 2014
17 Posts
February 10 2014 22:25 GMT
#54
On February 11 2014 07:19 MoonBear wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 11 2014 07:12 wei2coolman wrote:
On February 11 2014 07:08 anonemouse wrote:
how do i improve at adc? i've been spamming games recently, after being placed into silver1 after ending last season at gold1. my teamfighting is alright, laning just seems a lot tougher this season with leona/thresh/blitzcrank in almost every game. i get hooked once by any of those three and i'm pretty much dead. im considering running cleanse against leo/thresh/annie all the time so getting hit by one skillshot doesn't mess up the entirety of laning phase

Cleanse is rarely better than Barrier, and a lot less forgiving than barrier in usage.
Stick with barrier, especially at your level.

Unless there is some super-ridic critical CC you have to Cleanse off, Barrier is much more useful. No Barrier means you're going to get all-in'd really quickly and you're probably going to lose it. There's also a fine line between a random CC being thrown at you and what's "Cleanse this ASAP or you die". And they can always burn the Cleanse and then do it again. And then after laning phase you'll get constantly duelled urgh.

It's much better to learn how to dodge CC and how to position in lane than relying on Cleanse as a crutch.

thanks all, i'm just gonna work on this exactly, dodging unforgivable cc seems to be very weak to me atm.
Scip
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Czech Republic11293 Posts
February 10 2014 22:26 GMT
#55
On February 11 2014 06:29 Redox wrote:
Show nested quote +

Pick Order

We’re making pick order more consistent in ranked play. In most cases the skill gap between players on a team is not significant enough to justify granting the top player first pick. Basing pick order on a behind-the-scenes number isn’t a great experience - not to mention there are some odd side effects for duo queue players - so we’re taking a different approach.

All players will now have an equal (random) chance of being first pick
For players in a duo, if either player is chosen as first pick, the team captain will be assigned first pick and the other member of the duo will get whatever position the captain received from the randomizer

Terrible. Only reason they do that is because they try to deny players as much information about their MMR as possible. Because obviously we have to be sheltered from the harsh truth.


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Haiq343
Profile Joined August 2011
United States2548 Posts
February 10 2014 22:31 GMT
#56
On February 11 2014 07:23 dae wrote:
Having the potential to have a silver be first pick over diamonds is silly. (D1 duoq with silver with silver having party lead)

It doesn't matter all that much, the silver player is going to get clobbered no matter when they pick.
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination encircles the world. -Einstein
Nemireck
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada1875 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-10 22:41:59
February 10 2014 22:36 GMT
#57
On February 11 2014 07:08 anonemouse wrote:
how do i improve at adc? i've been spamming games recently, after being placed into silver1 and ending last season at gold1. my teamfighting is alright, laning just seems a lot tougher this season with leona/thresh/blitzcrank in almost every game. i get hooked once by any of those three and i'm pretty much dead. im considering running cleanse against leo/thresh/annie all the time so getting hit by one skillshot doesn't mess up the entirety of laning phase


These videos helped me a lot with my ADC and Support.






If you already know all this stuff, then you may just be noticing that ADC's can't carry as hard as they could last season.

I actually have an easier time winning games as Nami and Lulu than I do as ADC, even when I'm fed to high heaven. I also think there's been a shift in ADC tiers. I carried into high silver as Cait last season after giving up on MF, but since the start of season 4 Cait hasn't been so easy to carry with, while my MF stats have actually improved. Maybe you need to learn some new ADCs?
Teamwork is awesome... As long as your team is doing all the work!
LaNague
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Germany9118 Posts
February 10 2014 22:36 GMT
#58
On February 11 2014 07:11 Alaric wrote:
EUW is lagging like mad, dammit. That's twice I die as jax because my ult doesn't cast, 3s delay ftw.

Make that 4 times, cost us the game by not letting us use ignite and shit properly on Mundo/Swain/Nasus too, sigh. Screw you, server.


servers were unavailable, i had to urf the launcher
killerdog
Profile Joined February 2010
Denmark6522 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-10 22:46:20
February 10 2014 22:36 GMT
#59
On February 11 2014 07:31 Haiq343 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 11 2014 07:23 dae wrote:
Having the potential to have a silver be first pick over diamonds is silly. (D1 duoq with silver with silver having party lead)

It doesn't matter all that much, the silver player is going to get clobbered no matter when they pick.

It would incite a lot more rage though. Compare a silver player picking your main role, forcing you onto a sub par role then failing horribly, vs a silver player filling the role noone else wanted, and failing horribly.

On February 11 2014 07:36 Nemireck wrote:
I actually have an easier time winning games as Nami and Lulu than I do as ADC, even when I'm fed to high heaven. I also think there's been a shift in ADC tiers. I carried into high silver as Cait last season after giving up on MF, but since the start of season 4 Cait hasn't been so easy to carry with, while my MF stats have actually improved. Maybe you need to learn some new ADCs?


Definitely been noticing this too, Cait was my staple last season, but this season I'm doing way better on things like lucian and vayne, (even though my vayne mechanics are terrible.) It just feels like auto attacks don't really do anything in the midgame, when you'll have ie/bt and their mundo/renek/olaf/shyv has randuims or sunfire, and you need like 80 autos to even dent him. Much easier to go with either the pseudo casters to 'assassinate' people (lucian etc), or the super hard carries to just roll everyone after 2-3 items (jinx, vayne)

Also with there being so many fewer assassins, just having a reliable, fast (instant dash, not 90 caliber net crap) escape to dodge their dashes/cc skillshots makes you basically immortal, as you can just kite everyone now. They generally won't have a zed/fizz/akali who don't care if you dash or not.
Nemireck
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada1875 Posts
February 10 2014 22:40 GMT
#60
On February 11 2014 07:23 dae wrote:
Having the potential to have a silver be first pick over diamonds is silly. (D1 duoq with silver with silver having party lead)



In my humble opinion, any D1 duoQ with a Silver should be disallowed by the system. I'm in the camp that says DuoQ in "Solo" Queue is retarded in the first place, and even more retarded when the skill gap between the two players is so large it ruins the experience of the game for the entire team. Should be a Tier-Limit to DuoQ to stop large skill gaps between the players in the game. Anything higher than Silver 5 should NOT be allowed to duoQ with a Bronze 5 scrubby, for instance.
Teamwork is awesome... As long as your team is doing all the work!
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