[Patch 4.21] Rek'Sai General Discussion - Page 73

On January 03 2015 00:34 Alaric wrote:
I could have sworn your location used to be Austria...

Also is it because the popular stuff is bad at dealing with kiting/poking, prompting these comps to abuse the tanky tops and just pew pew stuff to death while remaining safe due to the lack of initiation/lockdown on the other team?
I haven't seriously touched the game in awhile.

On January 03 2015 00:30 Prog wrote:
To bring a little bit of actual league discussion into this thread: What's your take on the new ez hype? He is played in all kinds of double ad comps both in preseason tournaments and everywhere in soloq. If you've watched a bit of pobelter's run in korean challenger you can see a mid/top ez every single game.

On January 03 2015 01:30 Nos- wrote:

I feel like Koreans have had this weird obsession with Ezreal for a very long time, even when he wasn't deemed as a strong pick.

On January 02 2015 19:01 RouaF wrote:
Are american players that bad that you need to recruit wizfujin when you have an lcs spot ? Like wth there are hundred thousands people playing this game in NA and out of them wizfujin is the best pick they can have ?

On January 03 2015 01:11 Prog wrote:


It used to be. I'm doing a Phd in Edinburgh since September though

On January 03 2015 00:47 Gahlo wrote:

With the S5 changes making dragon uber important, the midgame has become the focal point of the game once again. What's great about Triforce? The mid game. Who is the best Triforce user? Ezreal. He's a very forgiving champion and his variable build paths, as opposed to other ADC, makes him very flexible.

On January 03 2015 01:30 Nos- wrote:

I feel like Koreans have had this weird obsession with Ezreal for a very long time, even when he wasn't deemed as a strong pick.

On January 03 2015 04:06 gtrsrs wrote:


there are tons of factors that go into picking a player
for example, due to the relegation system, there's huge risk involved with using an untested player. in the LCS, you don't get to just burn a season and say "we're rebuilding" because then you lose your spot to hungry challenger players. wizfujiin is ironically a prime example of that - coast picked up a player that showed tons of skill in a non-competitive environment, but didn't pan out competitively. in the end, they were relegated. so despite wiz's relatively underwhelming showing in the LCS, LMQ at least has an idea of what they're getting into with picking him. maybe they feel they can easily address his stage jitters or maybe they feel he's grown out of them. either way, in their eyes, it's less risky than picking up RandomChallenger23472 off the ladder.
another big factor outside of skill is attitude/work ethic. i can personally attest that wiz is one of the harder working players in the league. he's also a super, super nice dude, and i think that's pretty well-known in the LCS community. so again, you can risk it on SoloQRager218 because he *might* be a godlike player, or you just stick to someone who isn't gonna blow up your team internally.
there's also an issue of players being tied to contracts on challenger teams. as organizations realize the value of an LCS spot, they also realize the value of retaining their players so they have a shot at getting into the LCS. so maybe LMQ wanted to go after nientonsoh, but he's still contracted to fusion and fusion doesn't want to let him go.

On January 03 2015 11:34 Slusher wrote:
I get the feeling like Gozo doesn't know he's quoting an LCS owner/manager lol