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canikizu
Profile Joined September 2010
4860 Posts
April 08 2014 15:05 GMT
#821
On April 09 2014 00:00 Ketara wrote:
I'd imagine Lulu beats him actually.

Ziggs I dunno. It's possible!

I can see Renekton winning against Ziggs by all-in and snowball, but if the Ziggs manages to escape couple of the all-in, Renekton will be behind so bad that it's hurt.
onlywonderboy
Profile Joined August 2012
United States23745 Posts
April 08 2014 15:06 GMT
#822
Ryze is seeing a resurgence after the buffs, but he's not nearly as a contested pick as he was before the nerfs. I mean, other champions are picked, but my god I feel like I've watched the Renekton vs Shyvana match-up a million times this season.
RIP Ryan Davis / TL or Die / @onlywonderboy
Nos-
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Canada12016 Posts
April 08 2014 15:08 GMT
#823
On April 09 2014 00:02 Ketara wrote:
Aren't we seeing Ryze now?

We've seen Aatrox, Ryze, and Kennen. Kennen actually trucked Shyvana to the ground in lane, and I think Flame played Ryze in Champions (or Masters? I can't even distinguish the two anymore). We have seen the Ryze vs Renekton counterpick as well so it's not JUST Trundle/Shyvana/Renekton. Although I think we won't be seeing out of meta picks often since most of the more niche top laners have been eliminated from OGN.
Bronze player stuck in platinum
Kyrie
Profile Joined June 2013
1594 Posts
April 08 2014 15:14 GMT
#824
On April 08 2014 23:55 onlywonderboy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 08 2014 23:29 Kyrie wrote:
riot puts out a decent number of buffs, although the thought process/timing on them is about as impressive as with nerfs (hello corki s3 worlds)

as for the bit on top lane balance, there's a much longer post to be made here but to be brief the 'renekton bar' has been recognized as fundamental to top lane diversity for a very long time, certainly well before season 4. if that's all statikk had to say on the subject, then he's not really saying anything at all. the more useful question, at least in my mind, is how top lane and mid lane diversity differ, why that is the case, and how interactions in the 'healthier' lane can be copied over to the other

Even if the "Renekton bar" is something they've used in the past, it certainly doesn't hurt to focus on it now. They've nerfed most of the popular Season 4 Top laners (as well as Doran's Shield) and yet they are still getting played over other champions. It's not perfect but it seems like a good starting point.

that's true, and my post came out worded more harshly than i meant it to (and who am i to criticize, really?). the balance team clearly is thinking well beyond the basic ideas they state when interacting with the playerbase, and i'm hopeful that the recent top meta marks the nadir of the season
GrandInquisitor *
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
New York City13113 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-04-08 15:28:02
April 08 2014 15:27 GMT
#825
I think melee tops who don't have bushes to hide in and don't have any kind of burst suffer greatly in mid. For example, Singed and Trundle come to mind.
What fun is it being cool if you can’t wear a sombrero?
Anakko
Profile Joined August 2012
France1934 Posts
April 08 2014 15:30 GMT
#826
Nobody even mentioned Mundo top? Is he that bad now? I'm still having fun with him, and the new heal would be awesome on him if I wasn't running the even awesomer new tp already.
Or maybe I should just say f**k it and run both, screw flash
TrAce/Cpt Jack for president (or both)
onlywonderboy
Profile Joined August 2012
United States23745 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-04-08 15:33:38
April 08 2014 15:33 GMT
#827
He fell off after the Perseverance nerfs. Trundle sorta just replaced him in the Top lane trifecta.
RIP Ryan Davis / TL or Die / @onlywonderboy
Sufficiency
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada23833 Posts
April 08 2014 15:47 GMT
#828
On April 09 2014 00:27 GrandInquisitor wrote:
I think melee tops who don't have bushes to hide in and don't have any kind of burst suffer greatly in mid. For example, Singed and Trundle come to mind.


The issue mostly is with the lack of gap closers while going against a ranged champion with at least one CC.
https://twitter.com/SufficientStats
Kyrie
Profile Joined June 2013
1594 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-04-08 16:05:40
April 08 2014 16:01 GMT
#829
i see 4 big reasons, listed here in chronological order, for why mundo is no longer an s tier pick

- new shyvana tech: botrk shyvana is very strong against mundo and quickly became the standard response
- perseverance/spirit visage nerf: listing these together because they had roughly the same effect and i have no idea which came first/am too lazy to look it up. big hit to his splitpushing and overall strength
- dorans shield nerf: the final nail in the coffin, and in my opinion (and i really mean my own opinion here, because most would point to the perseverance/spirit visage nerfs) would have been sufficient on its own to knock mundo out of the big 3 (here obviously referring to one piece, naruto, and bleach). mundo's already suspect early game is made even worse
SagaZ
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
France3460 Posts
April 08 2014 16:15 GMT
#830
renekton mid is super scary, especially since they tend to be more damage oriented than their top brothers. the lvl 2 all ins with red pot vs soft mid champions is deadly
Be nice, buy wards and don't feed double buff.
Ketara
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States15065 Posts
April 08 2014 16:22 GMT
#831
We can all agree that Feral Flare needs to be nerfed, right?
http://www.liquidlegends.net/forum/lol-general/502075-patch-61-league-of-legends-general-discussion?page=25#498
Alzadar
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada5009 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-04-08 16:23:34
April 08 2014 16:22 GMT
#832
Am I missing something or is there a reason Kayle isn't in every game yet? The changes did very little to make her less nuts, but completely killed her popularity.

On April 09 2014 01:22 Ketara wrote:
We can all agree that Feral Flare needs to be nerfed, right?


TBH I've yet to notice a jungler with Feral Flare and said "wow he's so strong".
I am the Town Medic.
Carnivorous Sheep
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Baa?21244 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-04-08 16:33:43
April 08 2014 16:33 GMT
#833
No one plays Singed anyways so it's not like it matters where he goes/what he does :[

Mundo was a tad overrated even in his heyday but the various nerfs to his items like Doran's Shield and Spirit Visage just completely shut him down. It's very difficult for him to come out of lane in anything close to a threatening position against, say, Renekton. The only region I still see him a lot is in SEA/GPL. Even LPL ditched Mundo super quickly and they're behind a million patches.

Trundle is a slightly overrated pick top ATM, he's much more niche than people currently draft him as.

i don't know enough about Aatrox.

Ryze is OK but I think he's a bit overrated right now. Like he's still good but he's not a fit-all top laner. Standard hype from something new/exciting (lol Ryze new/exciting) and people want to draft him everywhere. He'll drop off in popularity SoonTM.
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Gahlo
Profile Joined February 2010
United States35160 Posts
April 08 2014 16:38 GMT
#834
On April 08 2014 23:50 Ketara wrote:
They're not GOOD picks, but if they go there they don't automatically get destroyed by popular mid laners.

Try sending Lux top against Renekton and see what happens. It's not pretty. She'll be all "We can do this!" and you'll be like "No Lux. No, we can't do this."

To be fair, Lux isn't a good pick in general.

On April 09 2014 00:08 Nos- wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 09 2014 00:02 Ketara wrote:
Aren't we seeing Ryze now?

We've seen Aatrox, Ryze, and Kennen. Kennen actually trucked Shyvana to the ground in lane, and I think Flame played Ryze in Champions (or Masters? I can't even distinguish the two anymore). We have seen the Ryze vs Renekton counterpick as well so it's not JUST Trundle/Shyvana/Renekton. Although I think we won't be seeing out of meta picks often since most of the more niche top laners have been eliminated from OGN.

Shen too.
onlywonderboy
Profile Joined August 2012
United States23745 Posts
April 08 2014 16:42 GMT
#835
On April 09 2014 01:22 Alzadar wrote:
Am I missing something or is there a reason Kayle isn't in every game yet? The changes did very little to make her less nuts, but completely killed her popularity.

Show nested quote +
On April 09 2014 01:22 Ketara wrote:
We can all agree that Feral Flare needs to be nerfed, right?


TBH I've yet to notice a jungler with Feral Flare and said "wow he's so strong".

Who was it on? I had a Yi carry the shit out of one of my games and I saw a tweet from Scarra saying he was getting banned in Challenger games. So he at least seems to do well with it.
RIP Ryan Davis / TL or Die / @onlywonderboy
Velocirapture
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States983 Posts
April 08 2014 16:50 GMT
#836
On April 09 2014 01:33 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
No one plays Singed anyways so it's not like it matters where he goes/what he does :[

Mundo was a tad overrated even in his heyday but the various nerfs to his items like Doran's Shield and Spirit Visage just completely shut him down. It's very difficult for him to come out of lane in anything close to a threatening position against, say, Renekton. The only region I still see him a lot is in SEA/GPL. Even LPL ditched Mundo super quickly and they're behind a million patches.

Trundle is a slightly overrated pick top ATM, he's much more niche than people currently draft him as.

i don't know enough about Aatrox.

Ryze is OK but I think he's a bit overrated right now. Like he's still good but he's not a fit-all top laner. Standard hype from something new/exciting (lol Ryze new/exciting) and people want to draft him everywhere. He'll drop off in popularity SoonTM.


My impression is that, at least from what streamers say, the excitement in around ryze at the challenger level is because he reliably beats Renekton, not that he is a broadly useful pick.

As for Aatrox, the biggest nerf he got was the gold reduction on first blood. At his height of popularity Aatrox was a pretty average jungler but his super early dive potential was huge because of his passive and before the snowball nerfs the correlation between first blood and victory was much stronger.
Disengaged
Profile Joined July 2010
United States6994 Posts
April 08 2014 16:52 GMT
#837
I like how I get a survey after a game asking me how I feel about the Rengar changes and if they good for him and I just simply put "Strongly Disagree"
Sufficiency
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada23833 Posts
April 08 2014 16:57 GMT
#838
Feral Flare works well if your team is ahead and super shitty when behind (especially if your mid loses tower by 10 minutes or something). I really hate this item.

I feel they need to nerf its damage as well as the # of stacks required for transformation.
https://twitter.com/SufficientStats
Ketara
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States15065 Posts
April 08 2014 17:04 GMT
#839
The first thing they need to do is prevent you from having both wriggles and spirit stone, so Yi and Trynd can't solo baron at 15 minutes.
http://www.liquidlegends.net/forum/lol-general/502075-patch-61-league-of-legends-general-discussion?page=25#498
zer0das
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States8519 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-04-08 17:14:43
April 08 2014 17:14 GMT
#840
On April 09 2014 01:22 Ketara wrote:
We can all agree that Feral Flare needs to be nerfed, right?


Pretty much. I ban Yi now, sort of tempted to ban Nocturne. But Nocturne as a champion is weak enough I don't think it makes that big of a difference for him.
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