On February 15 2014 07:16 oneofthem wrote: nah he's just banned for 2 years from ogn, or 5 tourneys not including the winter one.
he's not as good as faker but really knows how to put up stats and carry in soloq. if you watch his games he plays a lot safer than faker but does a lot of good calculated ganks.
solo q wise faker doesn't play as much as apdo does and trolls a lot more(watch his first pick blitzcrank support games to get an idea lol), so you can't compare their stats directly. there are a ton of games between them up on youtube.
thing about apdo that attracts people is the unknown factor, the potential. but i don't think he's as good as ryu or ambition at mid at least right now, and potential wise short of pawn.
SoloQ performance is less meaningful when you are the undisputed best player in the world right now...
On February 14 2014 21:48 739 wrote: BTW what do you want to skill max on Aatrox first? For both top and jungle. For jungle W, for top lane E ? Or W for both ?
Also machete, pots or just Dorans, pot ?
E for both
machete pots for sure.
I like E cause the slow + ranged harass is pretty nice.
Im always at a loss between W/Q usually get W if im doing good, Q + empowered W auto does some pretty ridic damage, and also the heal if youre doing bad tbh.
On February 15 2014 06:25 cLutZ wrote: I think Riot has moved in the wrong direction with stealth, and its not really close to being healthy right now.
I think there are two kinds of Stealth: Eve + Hard stealth.
Eve is really quite difficult to balance because just from a monetary standpoint, fighting against an Eve is a gigantic burden. Almost everywhere you put a Green ward normally, you actually need a Pink (aka 50g more spent, plus now you only get 5 per team, so that exacerbates the opportunity cost of protecting a flank). On top of that, you actually need pink wards in places that you never needed wards before. That is why she is hard to balance, because when you account for the cost investment in countering Eve, its nearly the equivalent to what she would be earning during a game, and "should" be balanced by her basically being a wet noodle (which she was for a long time). The only way to really beat an Eve is to be a very accurate guesser, so that is unhealthy.
Hard stealth is slightly less hard to balance, because usually it costs 125g (or now a sweeper) to counter and secure the kill. But its still a problem to balance because the balance team needs to approximate the number of times a team will need to use a pink to secure a kill, and deduct that champion's power accordingly. The amount of times will obviously vary from game to game so its a hard thing to do, but overall not Eve hard. Its more in line with balancing out something like Arcane Shift.
On February 15 2014 06:25 cLutZ wrote: I think Riot has moved in the wrong direction with stealth, and its not really close to being healthy right now.
I think there are two kinds of Stealth: Eve + Hard stealth.
Eve is really quite difficult to balance because just from a monetary standpoint, fighting against an Eve is a gigantic burden. Almost everywhere you put a Green ward normally, you actually need a Pink (aka 50g more spent, plus now you only get 5 per team, so that exacerbates the opportunity cost of protecting a flank). On top of that, you actually need pink wards in places that you never needed wards before. That is why she is hard to balance, because when you account for the cost investment in countering Eve, its nearly the equivalent to what she would be earning during a game, and "should" be balanced by her basically being a wet noodle (which she was for a long time). The only way to really beat an Eve is to be a very accurate guesser, so that is unhealthy.
Hard stealth is slightly less hard to balance, because usually it costs 125g (or now a sweeper) to counter and secure the kill. But its still a problem to balance because the balance team needs to approximate the number of times a team will need to use a pink to secure a kill, and deduct that champion's power accordingly. The amount of times will obviously vary from game to game so its a hard thing to do, but overall not Eve hard. Its more in line with balancing out something like Arcane Shift.
Pinks are 100 gold now.
Ah, yes. But also not invisible so less a problem in the Hard Stealth Case, more in the Eve case.
On February 15 2014 07:16 oneofthem wrote: nah he's just banned for 2 years from ogn, or 5 tourneys not including the winter one.
he's not as good as faker but really knows how to put up stats and carry in soloq. if you watch his games he plays a lot safer than faker but does a lot of good calculated ganks.
solo q wise faker doesn't play as much as apdo does and trolls a lot more(watch his first pick blitzcrank support games to get an idea lol), so you can't compare their stats directly. there are a ton of games between them up on youtube.
thing about apdo that attracts people is the unknown factor, the potential. but i don't think he's as good as ryu or ambition at mid at least right now, and potential wise short of pawn.
Apdo determined the fate of Korean s3 challenger solo queu placement for 1st place and 50th place. He's the one true solo queue god.
[QUOTE]On February 15 2014 07:33 JazzVortical wrote: [QUOTE]On February 15 2014 07:18 MattBarry wrote: I hope they never nerf Kassadin, I want him to hit 100% ban rate. In fact I hope they buff him[/QUOTE] Ult resets on kills would be hilarious on him
On February 15 2014 07:57 oneofthem wrote: here's a faker blitzcrank troll game. notice how he types how many times he's landed a hook in all chat after each one
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