On February 19 2014 09:37 Swords wrote:
So, according to Richard Lewis (so take it with a grain of salt), apparently XDG is now considering benching Bloodwater, putting Zuna on support, and putting NickWu in the jungle. (Here's the link, but the site appears to be down)

If this is true, then the joke scenarios Fusilero's been proposing in LR threads are actually coming true. Next they'll bench Xmithie to put RobertxLee on adc.

EDIT: Apparently "benching" might be the wrong word, evidently Bloodwater is considering retirement and they need to make a roster change to deal with it.

Richard in the past has tended to be on the money with these articles, so I'd imagine some form of change with XDGG is coming.

It is actually hilarious that they wonder why the community doesn't really like them when they do stuff like this.

schmutttt

Australia3856 Posts

February 19 2014 00:54 GMT

#1524

On February 19 2014 09:52 Vlanitak wrote:
Keep in mind that there might be other things than publicly known that facilitates changes within teams.

I think everyone gathered that with the Patoy change, but if LoL wants to be a sport you can't just aim for teams to 'always get along', people are never going to get along with everyone. The managers job is to make them work together as a team, it really shouldn't matter if they get along or not as long as it doesn't affect in-game performance (Which in XDGGs case it could be considering they are 3-9, but if Bloodwater was having an argument with Zuna I know who I would keep on the team).

wei2coolman

United States60033 Posts

February 19 2014 00:59 GMT

#1525

Though everyone made fun of the dig change. Kiwi has been playing pretty good tho. But at this point it's plainly obvious that zuna is not working out.

Alaric

France45622 Posts

February 19 2014 01:00 GMT

#1526

On February 19 2014 09:21 Slayer91 wrote:
jax vs darius is a pretty good matchup considering how dominant darius usually is. Because jax E stops darius from stacking his stuff he can all in quite well. you just need to survive past 6 or so and darius is easy to gank so thats a plus

Actually modified autos go through dodge, so he'll usually be able to pull->auto, you E, he W+Q, you've got 3 stacks on your face.

And yeah it's not like Darius wants to come close to you to hit Q, plus he keeps momentum while he does it, so just wait for the tower to be starting its attack walk in Q-blade range, click back and Q immediatly, enemy takes blade-Q (fucking huge damage, it beats Spear Shot at level 1 for example, not including the DoT) and you walk away unharmed.

Another annoyance, at least with someone like Jax, is Trundle. I miss so many friggin' cs because I try to dance around his Q range, and when he hits one (not that hard, with extended range abuse the tower shot animation or just wait for opponent to try and take ranged creeps) the mini-slow coming with it fucks pathing up so hard it makes you dance in circles without ever trying to finish off the damn minion.

Vlanitak

Norway3045 Posts

February 19 2014 01:06 GMT

#1527

http://www.ongamers.com/articles/xdg-management-bloodwater-is-retiring-no-solidified-roster-yet/1100-895/

Slayer91

Ireland23335 Posts

February 19 2014 01:07 GMT

#1528

you never want to get darius hooked, maybe you can outplay with your jump but in general nobody does
you want to all in at full hp with ult and some stacks of passive + ult before that happens and its not that easy to set up eithre

Swords

6038 Posts

February 19 2014 01:08 GMT

#1529

On February 19 2014 09:52 Vlanitak wrote:
Keep in mind that there might be other things than publicly known that facilitates changes within teams.

Yeah, of course, if it's a chemistry issue, or that Bloodwater doesn't want to play anymore (I heard he was considering retirement) it kind of makes sense, but still - why keep Xmithie on adc? If you're going to shuffle people around, shouldn't he go back to the jungle, Zuna back to adc, and find a new support?

EDIT: The article Vlanitak posted explains a lot.

Sufficiency

Canada23833 Posts

February 19 2014 01:09 GMT

#1530

On February 19 2014 10:06 Vlanitak wrote:
http://www.ongamers.com/articles/xdg-management-bloodwater-is-retiring-no-solidified-roster-yet/1100-895/

Zuna to support!

wei2coolman

United States60033 Posts

February 19 2014 01:11 GMT

#1531

Holy shit my sides. This is actually happening.

Slusher

United States19143 Posts

February 19 2014 01:16 GMT

#1532

if they are shuffling I don't see how moving Xmithe back to jungle isn't a priority.

Alaric

France45622 Posts

February 19 2014 01:18 GMT

#1533

Why not put Xmithie in the jungle, Zuna support, and RobertXLee AD? ._.

MooMooMugi

United States10531 Posts

February 19 2014 01:19 GMT

#1534

XDG is definitely done after this LCS split they lost possibly their most valuable player

oneofthem

Cayman Islands24199 Posts

February 19 2014 01:24 GMT

#1535

wat.

Slusher

United States19143 Posts

February 19 2014 01:25 GMT

#1536

well from the sounds of things now this is a one week solution while they figure out what to do. The only thing that is permanent is that Bloodwater is gone.

Hopefully they do get Xmithe back into the jangle.

Amethyst21

Canada7032 Posts

February 19 2014 01:39 GMT

#1537

I don't even care if they move Zuna back to AD carry anymore, just move Xmithie to the jungle for the love of god. How could it be so hard to manage 5 people correctly?

Anyway if XDG needs a support there is Nydus/Patoy etc that could be reasonable replacements and certainly there are a couple of decent supports in the challenger scene as well

nafta

Bulgaria18893 Posts

February 19 2014 01:41 GMT

#1538

Patoy switched to adc as far as I know.

Amethyst21

Canada7032 Posts

February 19 2014 01:43 GMT

#1539

On February 19 2014 10:41 nafta wrote:
Patoy switched to adc as far as I know.

Welp. Shows how much I know, lol.

Slusher

United States19143 Posts

February 19 2014 01:45 GMT

#1540

Patoy is and ADC main now, but also if you look at the way both releases were worded time commitment was an issue so I have a feeling Patoy would not be an upgrade(in that department).

also a point made to me in the last 30 min, before the season when the original swap leaked XGD firmly denied, so the official statement is hardly a trump to the original news.