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Alright, we're going to call it a day with all the Thorin drama, guys. I figured if it was about SI, onGamers, TSM, etc, it had some relevance to League but somehow you guys managed to devolve the discussion into an issue about race of all things.

Enough is enough. Let's move along now.

-NeoIllusions
wei2coolman
Profile Joined November 2010
United States60033 Posts
June 10 2014 22:12 GMT
#1441
On June 11 2014 06:40 Ketara wrote:
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On June 11 2014 06:38 thenexusp wrote:
On June 11 2014 06:33 Alaric wrote:
On June 11 2014 04:46 JimmiC wrote:

Well I mentioned it when I was at my 3rd game in a row with both teams having a Plat + Silver duo in mid/high Gold. It's not even about the performance itself (although I lost 4 of the 5 games of the "plat/silver duo in both teams" streak), it's just... at this point it has nothing to do with what you'd expect from a full golds game. It's a mess, it's dumb, it's atrocious, and it's just no fun at all.

luckily, soon you will only be able to duo with someone 1 division high or lower than you, hopefully cutting most of the high/low duo bullshit

it will probably just lead to more high elo people creating smurfs though


Hopefully next they'll start mass banning smurf accounts.

There's nothing wrong with smurfing
liftlift > tsm
Ketara
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States15065 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-06-10 22:18:06
June 10 2014 22:13 GMT
#1442
On June 11 2014 06:49 nafta wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 11 2014 06:45 Ketara wrote:
On June 11 2014 06:35 Goumindong wrote:
On June 11 2014 06:25 Kinie wrote:
Oh, speaking of D. Blade, with the proposed 4.10 changes and the blade getting back it's lifesteal, will it be more cost effective to go with some LS runes, get two D. Blades, then go into IE?


Depends on the champion, but i expect that the path most AD's take is 2-3 DBlades into IE. Possibly 2-3 Dblades into BF into shiv/pd or Dblades into shiv into IE.

The reduction in total AD and increase in cost on BT will put it in a strange position where burst/ability AD's don't want it because it doesn't have any extra AD, and sustained damage AD's don't want it because it doesn't have a strong multiplicative scaling stats. The bonus shield is better for sustained damage AD's but they have to have time to charge it, and they have to accept lower damage in order to get that shield(which they might not even be able to use).

So who wants BT? Well someone who wants sustain but doesn't buy BotRK. Which is like Ashe after she has 3 items and needs to sell her Dblades (except due to price and damage reduction on BT BotRK is probably still better) and no one else.


BT will still be better than IE for burst damage ADs because the assumption is going IE will require a Pickaxes worth of gold put into sustain of whatever sort.

So the burst damage AD gets more AD from the BT path than the IE path and also finishes LW faster.

I also think the BT changes will open it up to melees more. I think BT+Hydra+LW Riven might be real strong.

Why would starting IE require putting a pickaxe worth into sustain?That makes no sense.Also bt was more expensive in the last changes so that definitely makes it kinda bad(for adc).


Well, I dunno. Do you think people will be able to go 1 dorans into IE without ever buying more dorans blades or a vamp scepter?


One thing I think is worth noting is that the dorans blade changes makes starting longsword more viable.

Dorans blade will be losing 1 AD and 10 HP, and losing some sustain in the very early game (level 1-5 or so), and all of this makes Longsword more attractive IF a longsword opening means you're going to rush a vamp scepter item.

So people who want BT first may not need to buy any dorans blades at all, while IE first will probably require either two dorans or 1 and a vamp scepter, which costs as much as a Pickaxe.
http://www.liquidlegends.net/forum/lol-general/502075-patch-61-league-of-legends-general-discussion?page=25#498
nafta
Profile Joined August 2010
Bulgaria18893 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-06-10 22:21:50
June 10 2014 22:19 GMT
#1443
On June 11 2014 07:13 Ketara wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 11 2014 06:49 nafta wrote:
On June 11 2014 06:45 Ketara wrote:
On June 11 2014 06:35 Goumindong wrote:
On June 11 2014 06:25 Kinie wrote:
Oh, speaking of D. Blade, with the proposed 4.10 changes and the blade getting back it's lifesteal, will it be more cost effective to go with some LS runes, get two D. Blades, then go into IE?


Depends on the champion, but i expect that the path most AD's take is 2-3 DBlades into IE. Possibly 2-3 Dblades into BF into shiv/pd or Dblades into shiv into IE.

The reduction in total AD and increase in cost on BT will put it in a strange position where burst/ability AD's don't want it because it doesn't have any extra AD, and sustained damage AD's don't want it because it doesn't have a strong multiplicative scaling stats. The bonus shield is better for sustained damage AD's but they have to have time to charge it, and they have to accept lower damage in order to get that shield(which they might not even be able to use).

So who wants BT? Well someone who wants sustain but doesn't buy BotRK. Which is like Ashe after she has 3 items and needs to sell her Dblades (except due to price and damage reduction on BT BotRK is probably still better) and no one else.


BT will still be better than IE for burst damage ADs because the assumption is going IE will require a Pickaxes worth of gold put into sustain of whatever sort.

So the burst damage AD gets more AD from the BT path than the IE path and also finishes LW faster.

I also think the BT changes will open it up to melees more. I think BT+Hydra+LW Riven might be real strong.

Why would starting IE require putting a pickaxe worth into sustain?That makes no sense.Also bt was more expensive in the last changes so that definitely makes it kinda bad(for adc).


Well, I dunno. Do you think people will be able to go 1 dorans into IE without ever buying more dorans blades or a vamp scepter?

Yup.You might need a 2nd doran in some situations at most but otherwise it is fine.Just gotta go back to ls runes.

Biggest problem with bt is raw hp isn't that useful for champs who need to dive unlike a slow/speed boost and atk speed from bork.Bt might become the new defensive item to get after your core.
obesechicken13
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States10467 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-06-10 22:21:54
June 10 2014 22:21 GMT
#1444
On June 11 2014 05:14 GhandiEAGLE wrote:
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On June 11 2014 05:09 Kinie wrote:
On June 11 2014 01:58 Celial wrote:
Thoughts on jungle Yasuo? Almost every OGN jungler has a few Yasuo games in his recent history, and Swift has been trying really hard to make him word in the last few days: http://www.op.gg/summoner/userName=CJ Swift


I tried Yasuo jungle when he came out. The TL;DR version is it's possible, but difficult to do as you're weak in the early levels, farm slow, and can get invaded easily. In a pro game it'll probably never work because the enemy team just 4v0 shoves a tower then invades your jungle whenever you go to farm it and kills you. It works in solo Q because it's solo Q and you need to play a champ that can carry more-so than in a pro game.

It's absurdly fun, with deceptively powerful mid ganks. Just be careful you don't pick into the wrong team. Oh and make sure to take some AS marks.

I think crit chance marks add more dps early and crit damage more late. Shiv and IE is 100% crit though so any crit chance is wasted on the full build.
I think in our modern age technology has evolved to become more addictive. The things that don't give us pleasure aren't used as much. Work was never meant to be fun, but doing it makes us happier in the long run.
Ryuu314
Profile Joined October 2009
United States12679 Posts
June 10 2014 22:23 GMT
#1445
BT recipe cost is also going up to over 1k gold. If you sit on 1.5k gold for BF, then another 1k gold for BT, you're gonna have problems fighting the enemy when they only have to save up a large sum once. Ex. Say you both get the BF around the same time. The next 800~900 gold is spent on a Pickaxe for the IE builder and Vamp for the BT builder. The IE builder's going to win trades and skirmishes. Then ~700 gold later, the IE guy will have a cloak for a (marginal) dps increase while you're still sitting on 15 less AD. Lifesteal as a stat doesn't really help you win fights.
Gahlo
Profile Joined February 2010
United States35174 Posts
June 10 2014 22:23 GMT
#1446
On June 11 2014 07:21 obesechicken13 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 11 2014 05:14 GhandiEAGLE wrote:
On June 11 2014 05:09 Kinie wrote:
On June 11 2014 01:58 Celial wrote:
Thoughts on jungle Yasuo? Almost every OGN jungler has a few Yasuo games in his recent history, and Swift has been trying really hard to make him word in the last few days: http://www.op.gg/summoner/userName=CJ Swift


I tried Yasuo jungle when he came out. The TL;DR version is it's possible, but difficult to do as you're weak in the early levels, farm slow, and can get invaded easily. In a pro game it'll probably never work because the enemy team just 4v0 shoves a tower then invades your jungle whenever you go to farm it and kills you. It works in solo Q because it's solo Q and you need to play a champ that can carry more-so than in a pro game.

It's absurdly fun, with deceptively powerful mid ganks. Just be careful you don't pick into the wrong team. Oh and make sure to take some AS marks.

I think crit chance marks add more dps early and crit damage more late. Shiv and IE is 100% crit though so any crit chance is wasted on the full build.

I think it's 5 crit marks and 1 crit seal.
Ketara
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States15065 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-06-10 22:30:40
June 10 2014 22:23 GMT
#1447
On June 11 2014 07:19 nafta wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 11 2014 07:13 Ketara wrote:
On June 11 2014 06:49 nafta wrote:
On June 11 2014 06:45 Ketara wrote:
On June 11 2014 06:35 Goumindong wrote:
On June 11 2014 06:25 Kinie wrote:
Oh, speaking of D. Blade, with the proposed 4.10 changes and the blade getting back it's lifesteal, will it be more cost effective to go with some LS runes, get two D. Blades, then go into IE?


Depends on the champion, but i expect that the path most AD's take is 2-3 DBlades into IE. Possibly 2-3 Dblades into BF into shiv/pd or Dblades into shiv into IE.

The reduction in total AD and increase in cost on BT will put it in a strange position where burst/ability AD's don't want it because it doesn't have any extra AD, and sustained damage AD's don't want it because it doesn't have a strong multiplicative scaling stats. The bonus shield is better for sustained damage AD's but they have to have time to charge it, and they have to accept lower damage in order to get that shield(which they might not even be able to use).

So who wants BT? Well someone who wants sustain but doesn't buy BotRK. Which is like Ashe after she has 3 items and needs to sell her Dblades (except due to price and damage reduction on BT BotRK is probably still better) and no one else.


BT will still be better than IE for burst damage ADs because the assumption is going IE will require a Pickaxes worth of gold put into sustain of whatever sort.

So the burst damage AD gets more AD from the BT path than the IE path and also finishes LW faster.

I also think the BT changes will open it up to melees more. I think BT+Hydra+LW Riven might be real strong.

Why would starting IE require putting a pickaxe worth into sustain?That makes no sense.Also bt was more expensive in the last changes so that definitely makes it kinda bad(for adc).


Well, I dunno. Do you think people will be able to go 1 dorans into IE without ever buying more dorans blades or a vamp scepter?

Yup.You might need a 2nd doran in some situations at most but otherwise it is fine.Just gotta go back to ls runes.

Biggest problem with bt is raw hp isn't that useful for champs who need to dive unlike a slow/speed boost and atk speed from bork.Bt might become the new defensive item to get after your core.


Okay so, presuming that you get LS runes instead of AD runes, start dblade instead of longsword, and since IE costs 300 more than BT even with its price increase, the BT rush still has about 30 more AD than the IE rush at the time said items are finished.


On June 11 2014 07:23 Ryuu314 wrote:
BT recipe cost is also going up to over 1k gold. If you sit on 1.5k gold for BF, then another 1k gold for BT, you're gonna have problems fighting the enemy when they only have to save up a large sum once. Ex. Say you both get the BF around the same time. The next 800~900 gold is spent on a Pickaxe for the IE builder and Vamp for the BT builder. The IE builder's going to win trades and skirmishes. Then ~700 gold later, the IE guy will have a cloak for a (marginal) dps increase while you're still sitting on 15 less AD. Lifesteal as a stat doesn't really help you win fights.


Again, this is assuming that the guy going IE doesn't have to spend more gold on sustain items than the BT guy. If you assume he does, then when the IE guy finishes BF, the BT guy already has BF+Vamp. The BT guy finishes BT around the time the IE guy has BF+Pickaxe and is working towards finishing it.

If you make that assumption, the IE route obviously looks stronger. I'm not convinced it's a correct assumption, we'll have to see.

Maybe I'm wrong and IE first will be the only plausible build, who knows.
http://www.liquidlegends.net/forum/lol-general/502075-patch-61-league-of-legends-general-discussion?page=25#498
turdburgler
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
England6749 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-06-10 22:30:45
June 10 2014 22:29 GMT
#1448
On June 11 2014 07:23 Ryuu314 wrote:
BT recipe cost is also going up to over 1k gold. If you sit on 1.5k gold for BF, then another 1k gold for BT, you're gonna have problems fighting the enemy when they only have to save up a large sum once. Ex. Say you both get the BF around the same time. The next 800~900 gold is spent on a Pickaxe for the IE builder and Vamp for the BT builder. The IE builder's going to win trades and skirmishes. Then ~700 gold later, the IE guy will have a cloak for a (marginal) dps increase while you're still sitting on 15 less AD. Lifesteal as a stat doesn't really help you win fights.


except even after the first big item purchase the dps in bot lane is still low enough that you can reasonably farm under the tower without being dived, meaning that as long as you dont play like a retard and all in someone with full AD when you bought life steal, you are in a much stronger position.

i dont know how you can sit there and say a pick axe is better than a vamp scepter with a straight face.

imo build paths wont change very much, maybe IE as a second item will become a thing but beyond that the biggest change will be relative popularity. kogmaw is gonna be so OP if these changes go live.
wei2coolman
Profile Joined November 2010
United States60033 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-06-10 22:31:24
June 10 2014 22:30 GMT
#1449
Nerf to vamp sceptre really does make it hard to justify going BT first. Also sorta worried that if long lane phase happens, that botlane trades are going to be determined by who crits first when IE timing hits.
On June 11 2014 07:29 turdburgler wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 11 2014 07:23 Ryuu314 wrote:
BT recipe cost is also going up to over 1k gold. If you sit on 1.5k gold for BF, then another 1k gold for BT, you're gonna have problems fighting the enemy when they only have to save up a large sum once. Ex. Say you both get the BF around the same time. The next 800~900 gold is spent on a Pickaxe for the IE builder and Vamp for the BT builder. The IE builder's going to win trades and skirmishes. Then ~700 gold later, the IE guy will have a cloak for a (marginal) dps increase while you're still sitting on 15 less AD. Lifesteal as a stat doesn't really help you win fights.


except even after the first big item purchase the dps in bot lane is still low enough that you can reasonably farm under the tower without being dived, meaning that as long as you dont play like a retard and all in someone with full AD when you bought life steal, you are in a much stronger position.

i dont know how you can sit there and say a pick axe is better than a vamp scepter with a straight face.

You can if you have dominant lane position. The increased damage is more useful since Dblade comes with LS now, and the LS value for Vamp sceptre dropped significantly.
liftlift > tsm
Ryuu314
Profile Joined October 2009
United States12679 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-06-10 22:36:21
June 10 2014 22:30 GMT
#1450
On June 11 2014 07:23 Ketara wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 11 2014 07:19 nafta wrote:
On June 11 2014 07:13 Ketara wrote:
On June 11 2014 06:49 nafta wrote:
On June 11 2014 06:45 Ketara wrote:
On June 11 2014 06:35 Goumindong wrote:
On June 11 2014 06:25 Kinie wrote:
Oh, speaking of D. Blade, with the proposed 4.10 changes and the blade getting back it's lifesteal, will it be more cost effective to go with some LS runes, get two D. Blades, then go into IE?


Depends on the champion, but i expect that the path most AD's take is 2-3 DBlades into IE. Possibly 2-3 Dblades into BF into shiv/pd or Dblades into shiv into IE.

The reduction in total AD and increase in cost on BT will put it in a strange position where burst/ability AD's don't want it because it doesn't have any extra AD, and sustained damage AD's don't want it because it doesn't have a strong multiplicative scaling stats. The bonus shield is better for sustained damage AD's but they have to have time to charge it, and they have to accept lower damage in order to get that shield(which they might not even be able to use).

So who wants BT? Well someone who wants sustain but doesn't buy BotRK. Which is like Ashe after she has 3 items and needs to sell her Dblades (except due to price and damage reduction on BT BotRK is probably still better) and no one else.


BT will still be better than IE for burst damage ADs because the assumption is going IE will require a Pickaxes worth of gold put into sustain of whatever sort.

So the burst damage AD gets more AD from the BT path than the IE path and also finishes LW faster.

I also think the BT changes will open it up to melees more. I think BT+Hydra+LW Riven might be real strong.

Why would starting IE require putting a pickaxe worth into sustain?That makes no sense.Also bt was more expensive in the last changes so that definitely makes it kinda bad(for adc).


Well, I dunno. Do you think people will be able to go 1 dorans into IE without ever buying more dorans blades or a vamp scepter?

Yup.You might need a 2nd doran in some situations at most but otherwise it is fine.Just gotta go back to ls runes.

Biggest problem with bt is raw hp isn't that useful for champs who need to dive unlike a slow/speed boost and atk speed from bork.Bt might become the new defensive item to get after your core.


Okay so, presuming that you get LS runes instead of AD runes, start dblade instead of longsword, and since IE costs 300 more than BT even with its price increase, the BT rush still has about 30 more AD than the IE rush at the time said items are finished.


Show nested quote +
On June 11 2014 07:23 Ryuu314 wrote:
BT recipe cost is also going up to over 1k gold. If you sit on 1.5k gold for BF, then another 1k gold for BT, you're gonna have problems fighting the enemy when they only have to save up a large sum once. Ex. Say you both get the BF around the same time. The next 800~900 gold is spent on a Pickaxe for the IE builder and Vamp for the BT builder. The IE builder's going to win trades and skirmishes. Then ~700 gold later, the IE guy will have a cloak for a (marginal) dps increase while you're still sitting on 15 less AD. Lifesteal as a stat doesn't really help you win fights.


Again, this is assuming that the guy going IE doesn't have to spend more gold on sustain items than the BT guy. If you assume he does, then when the IE guy finishes BF, the BT guy already has BF+Vamp. The BT guy finishes BT around the time the IE guy has the 3 IE components but hasn't put them together yet.

If you make that assumption, the IE route obviously looks stronger. I'm not convinced it's a correct assumption, we'll have to see.

Maybe I'm wrong and IE first will be the only plausible build, who knows.

BT cost 3500 gold.

IE carry builds an additional Dblade, BF sword, plus Pickaxe for 2900 gold. That's 82 damage and 70 hp. You lose out on 12% lifesteal and the BT passive, which tbh isn't that good especially early on since the passive scales exponentially with champ level.

IE build looks pretty competitive to me.
On June 11 2014 07:29 turdburgler wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 11 2014 07:23 Ryuu314 wrote:
BT recipe cost is also going up to over 1k gold. If you sit on 1.5k gold for BF, then another 1k gold for BT, you're gonna have problems fighting the enemy when they only have to save up a large sum once. Ex. Say you both get the BF around the same time. The next 800~900 gold is spent on a Pickaxe for the IE builder and Vamp for the BT builder. The IE builder's going to win trades and skirmishes. Then ~700 gold later, the IE guy will have a cloak for a (marginal) dps increase while you're still sitting on 15 less AD. Lifesteal as a stat doesn't really help you win fights.


except even after the first big item purchase the dps in bot lane is still low enough that you can reasonably farm under the tower without being dived, meaning that as long as you dont play like a retard and all in someone with full AD when you bought life steal, you are in a much stronger position.

i dont know how you can sit there and say a pick axe is better than a vamp scepter with a straight face.

imo build paths wont change very much, maybe IE as a second item will become a thing but beyond that the biggest change will be relative popularity. kogmaw is gonna be so OP if these changes go live.

Erm...it is. 25 AD versus 10 AD and 8% lifesteal. 8% lifesteal, especially early on in the game is nothing. Especially considering that lifesteal quints can give you 4.5% lifesteal, while AD quints give you a bit less than 7 ad. Lifesteal is a terrible combat stat until you get it and raw AD in large numbers, which isn't going to happen until lategame. People build fast vamp scepters nowadays because BT or Bork is the best first item buy for AD carries.
turdburgler
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
England6749 Posts
June 10 2014 22:35 GMT
#1451
8% life steal isnt nothing, if you both have 100 ad and shoot each other once the pick axe user has only dealt roughly 7 more damage to you, you need to shoot a minion once to gain that back.
Ketara
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States15065 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-06-10 22:37:55
June 10 2014 22:36 GMT
#1452
Like, right now people open 1 dorans into vamp, and will often get a second dblade if they're behind. Assuming the current sustain from dblade is equivalent to even 2% lifesteal (conservative), that's 12-14% lifesteal.

You're jumping from that to an assumption that people will be able to lane fine on 1 dblade and LS runes, which is only 7.5% lifesteal. And even if you make that assumption, the guy who rushes vamp and takes AD runes instead has 8% lifesteal and is always 10 AD ahead in fights.

I think you guys are overestimating how easy it will be to open IE. The Riot post did say they anticipate people who rush IE having to go 3 dblades or 2 dblades and LS runes in order to make it happen. That's as much money as a Pickaxe, and consistent with how much early sustain people are currently buying in games.
http://www.liquidlegends.net/forum/lol-general/502075-patch-61-league-of-legends-general-discussion?page=25#498
nafta
Profile Joined August 2010
Bulgaria18893 Posts
June 10 2014 22:36 GMT
#1453
On June 11 2014 07:23 Ketara wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 11 2014 07:19 nafta wrote:
On June 11 2014 07:13 Ketara wrote:
On June 11 2014 06:49 nafta wrote:
On June 11 2014 06:45 Ketara wrote:
On June 11 2014 06:35 Goumindong wrote:
On June 11 2014 06:25 Kinie wrote:
Oh, speaking of D. Blade, with the proposed 4.10 changes and the blade getting back it's lifesteal, will it be more cost effective to go with some LS runes, get two D. Blades, then go into IE?


Depends on the champion, but i expect that the path most AD's take is 2-3 DBlades into IE. Possibly 2-3 Dblades into BF into shiv/pd or Dblades into shiv into IE.

The reduction in total AD and increase in cost on BT will put it in a strange position where burst/ability AD's don't want it because it doesn't have any extra AD, and sustained damage AD's don't want it because it doesn't have a strong multiplicative scaling stats. The bonus shield is better for sustained damage AD's but they have to have time to charge it, and they have to accept lower damage in order to get that shield(which they might not even be able to use).

So who wants BT? Well someone who wants sustain but doesn't buy BotRK. Which is like Ashe after she has 3 items and needs to sell her Dblades (except due to price and damage reduction on BT BotRK is probably still better) and no one else.


BT will still be better than IE for burst damage ADs because the assumption is going IE will require a Pickaxes worth of gold put into sustain of whatever sort.

So the burst damage AD gets more AD from the BT path than the IE path and also finishes LW faster.

I also think the BT changes will open it up to melees more. I think BT+Hydra+LW Riven might be real strong.

Why would starting IE require putting a pickaxe worth into sustain?That makes no sense.Also bt was more expensive in the last changes so that definitely makes it kinda bad(for adc).


Well, I dunno. Do you think people will be able to go 1 dorans into IE without ever buying more dorans blades or a vamp scepter?

Yup.You might need a 2nd doran in some situations at most but otherwise it is fine.Just gotta go back to ls runes.

Biggest problem with bt is raw hp isn't that useful for champs who need to dive unlike a slow/speed boost and atk speed from bork.Bt might become the new defensive item to get after your core.


Okay so, presuming that you get LS runes instead of AD runes, start dblade instead of longsword, and since IE costs 300 more than BT even with its price increase, the BT rush still has about 30 more AD than the IE rush at the time said items are finished.


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On June 11 2014 07:23 Ryuu314 wrote:
BT recipe cost is also going up to over 1k gold. If you sit on 1.5k gold for BF, then another 1k gold for BT, you're gonna have problems fighting the enemy when they only have to save up a large sum once. Ex. Say you both get the BF around the same time. The next 800~900 gold is spent on a Pickaxe for the IE builder and Vamp for the BT builder. The IE builder's going to win trades and skirmishes. Then ~700 gold later, the IE guy will have a cloak for a (marginal) dps increase while you're still sitting on 15 less AD. Lifesteal as a stat doesn't really help you win fights.


Again, this is assuming that the guy going IE doesn't have to spend more gold on sustain items than the BT guy. If you assume he does, then when the IE guy finishes BF, the BT guy already has BF+Vamp. The BT guy finishes BT around the time the IE guy has BF+Pickaxe and is working towards finishing it.

If you make that assumption, the IE route obviously looks stronger. I'm not convinced it's a correct assumption, we'll have to see.

Maybe I'm wrong and IE first will be the only plausible build, who knows.

The problem is bt gives 80 dmg for 3500 which is simply too weak.The ls is irrelevant.I am not saying IE first will be the only plausible build but bt does seem incredibly weak.The extra hp simply doesn't really do anything for this type of champions at that point of the game.
thenexusp
Profile Joined May 2009
United States3721 Posts
June 10 2014 22:36 GMT
#1454
On June 11 2014 07:30 wei2coolman wrote:
Nerf to vamp sceptre really does make it hard to justify going BT first. Also sorta worried that if long lane phase happens, that botlane trades are going to be determined by who crits first when IE timing hits.

crits are theoretically buffered and the buffers are separate for minions vs champions, so if your lane opponent gets a lucky crit on their first shot you can go more aggressive because you know their next couple shots probably won't be crits

maybe
cLutZ
Profile Joined November 2010
United States19574 Posts
June 10 2014 22:37 GMT
#1455
On June 11 2014 06:33 Kinie wrote:
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On June 11 2014 06:28 wei2coolman wrote:
On June 11 2014 06:25 Kinie wrote:
Oh, speaking of D. Blade, with the proposed 4.10 changes and the blade getting back it's lifesteal, will it be more cost effective to go with some LS runes, get two D. Blades, then go into IE?

possibly. it'll all be based on how the lane goes imo. I don't know why they're doing such big item changes midseason. Can't they just fucking hold a semi-stable meta game for longer than a couple weeks? At this rate we'll end up with the same retarded triforce bullshit like in s3 worlds.


Because I think they hate the current meta, even though such things happened in dota, and dota was able to work/play around with it because of more varied team comps and a larger map. The fact that league's map is smaller means that "ognTSM rotations" are that much stronger in pro games due to coordination.

The fact that top lane is a literal island where people go to die and/or get shit on (with no CS) is a problem, because top is where people expect the tank to come out of.

I'm interested why you think they hate the current meta (aside from the obvious top lane cs denial part). It seems to me that what exists is the obvious outcome of the changes they have made.
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turdburgler
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
England6749 Posts
June 10 2014 22:38 GMT
#1456
all of this doesnt even matter since everyone is going to pick vayne and kogmaw and rush BorK after patch anyway.
nafta
Profile Joined August 2010
Bulgaria18893 Posts
June 10 2014 22:39 GMT
#1457
On June 11 2014 07:36 thenexusp wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 11 2014 07:30 wei2coolman wrote:
Nerf to vamp sceptre really does make it hard to justify going BT first. Also sorta worried that if long lane phase happens, that botlane trades are going to be determined by who crits first when IE timing hits.

crits are theoretically buffered and the buffers are separate for minions vs champions, so if your lane opponent gets a lucky crit on their first shot you can go more aggressive because you know their next couple shots probably won't be crits

maybe

It is still rng.
wei2coolman
Profile Joined November 2010
United States60033 Posts
June 10 2014 22:40 GMT
#1458
On June 11 2014 07:36 thenexusp wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 11 2014 07:30 wei2coolman wrote:
Nerf to vamp sceptre really does make it hard to justify going BT first. Also sorta worried that if long lane phase happens, that botlane trades are going to be determined by who crits first when IE timing hits.

crits are theoretically buffered and the buffers are separate for minions vs champions, so if your lane opponent gets a lucky crit on their first shot you can go more aggressive because you know their next couple shots probably won't be crits

maybe

difference is they get the first crit. it was the same problem with old phage slows. That's why Cop was such a god ADC in s2. THE PHAGE PROCS EVERYTIME.
liftlift > tsm
obesechicken13
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States10467 Posts
June 10 2014 22:41 GMT
#1459
On June 11 2014 07:35 turdburgler wrote:
8% life steal isnt nothing, if you both have 100 ad and shoot each other once the pick axe user has only dealt roughly 7 more damage to you, you need to shoot a minion once to gain that back.

The better comparison would be something like 80 AD to 95 or 100 to 115.

Not sure how many times you'd have to shoot the minion cuz of armor.
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Ryuu314
Profile Joined October 2009
United States12679 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-06-10 22:45:05
June 10 2014 22:43 GMT
#1460
On June 11 2014 07:36 Ketara wrote:
Like, right now people open 1 dorans into vamp, and will often get a second dblade if they're behind. Assuming the current sustain from dblade is equivalent to even 2% lifesteal (conservative), that's 10-12% lifesteal.

You're jumping from that to an assumption that people will be able to lane fine on 1 dblade and LS runes, which is only 7.5% lifesteal. And even if you make that assumption, the guy who rushes vamp and takes AD runes instead has 8% lifesteal and is always 10 AD ahead in fights.

I think you guys are overestimating how easy it will be to open IE. The Riot post did say they anticipate people who rush IE having to go 3 dblades or 2 dblades and LS runes in order to make it happen. That's as much money as a Pickaxe, and consistent with how much early sustain people are currently buying in games.

You and turdbungler are vastly overvaluing the strength of lifesteal, especially in an early game scenario. Until you have large amounts of lifesteal and AD, lifesteal is inferior to raw damage.

You also ignored the math I did earlier. Disregarding runes and the first Doran's blade:

When the guy building BT finishes his build, he has 80 AD and 15% lifesteal, plus the BT passive. That's 3500 gold.

The guy building IE can have another Dblade, BF Sword, Pickaxe, and Cloak. That's 82 AD, 70 health, 3% lifesteal, and 15% crit for 3630 gold.

IE guy has more AD and only ~650 gold away from completing IE. The 12% lifesteal difference is nice, but ultimately insignificant at that point in the game the way 15% crit is. The only value of lifesteal early on is to let you sustain through laning. In competitive play, that's honestly irrelevant since lane swaps happen so often. In solo queue, you can take the 5 AD loss from runes and get your early game sustain via runes instead.

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