On January 22 2015 09:54 Frolossus wrote:
is chalice still based on % mana?
if it is then it should be better still in conjunction with tear or RoA?

2% missing per 5 seconds.

Slusher

United States19143 Posts

January 22 2015 01:17 GMT

#762

so according to Nickwu (and my eyes) Darius E is bugged by the cc changes, the hitbox now activates instantly and lasts until the animation ends.

so like if someone sees the pull animation begin and flashes, they get pulled in from any distance when the animation for pulling the axe happens, it actually can look pretty hilarious

phyvo

United States5635 Posts

January 22 2015 01:33 GMT

#763

So surrender@20/reignofgaming have the latest PBE changes up and Fizz's... look like like some kind of nerf to his burst, especially unsupported by his R. I can't really tell what it means overall.

Also, they nerfed hextech gunblade. Was that really a problem? Maybe I'm out of the loop.

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Amui

Canada10567 Posts

January 22 2015 01:54 GMT

#764

On January 22 2015 10:33 phyvo wrote:
So surrender@20/reignofgaming have the latest PBE changes up and Fizz's... look like like some kind of nerf to his burst, especially unsupported by his R. I can't really tell what it means overall.

Also, they nerfed hextech gunblade. Was that really a problem? Maybe I'm out of the loop.

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Well only one champ really uses gunblade, so it's an akali nerf. Probably just a powerspike thing, where the instant she gets it she can clean up fights by healing more than people can dps through for cleanup.

Gahlo

United States35174 Posts

January 22 2015 02:02 GMT

#765

I don't know. 5AD and 2% lifesteal for 15AP seems more of a sidegrade. Adds more damage to everything but autos.

Alaric

France45622 Posts

January 22 2015 02:07 GMT

#766

It's like 1% spellvamp (via the AD) and 2% lifesteal nerf, not much for her sustain.
Stuff like Darius', Poppy's and Jayce's Es kind of always did that, though. Poppy once pulled me back from fountain to ~500 units from before the recall completed after he casted E on me as I disappeared. Jayce kept moving people after they flashed away from him (and they wouldn't move the length of E's knockback, but straight to where it would have sent them without the flash, regardless of distance).
Darius is a bit different since it moves you right on him anyway, but the same principle applies. Maybe the change made it happen more consistently but it was always there (and boy was it infuriating).

Gahlo

United States35174 Posts

January 22 2015 02:13 GMT

#767

On January 22 2015 11:07 Alaric wrote:
It's like 1% spellvamp (via the AD) and 2% lifesteal nerf, not much for her sustain.
Stuff like Darius', Poppy's and Jayce's Es kind of always did that, though. Poppy once pulled me back from fountain to ~500 units from before the recall completed after he casted E on me as I disappeared. Jayce kept moving people after they flashed away from him (and they wouldn't move the length of E's knockback, but straight to where it would have sent them without the flash, regardless of distance).
Darius is a bit different since it moves you right on him anyway, but the same principle applies. Maybe the change made it happen more consistently but it was always there (and boy was it infuriating).

Forgot about her passive. Okay, so the change is -5 AD, ~1% SVamp, 2% Lifesteal for 15AP and 2.5% of her AD as bonus magic damage on attacks, which comes to about 4 damage at level 18 with Gunblade.

wei2coolman

United States60033 Posts

January 22 2015 03:04 GMT

#768

Dunno why Riot so insistent on nerfing Akali. She might be pretty stompy in solo queue, but that's because people aren't willing to upgrade trinkets...

Ketara

United States15065 Posts

January 22 2015 03:10 GMT

#769

On January 22 2015 09:04 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:

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Perfect last hitting is a pretty big and unrealistic condition though.

I think this gamefaqs thing is silly because most of the mids who want a Chalice go 2x Doran + Chalice anyway.

It's true that Athenes is not really all that good anymore. Chalice is actually still pretty good and pretty cost efficient.

But from Chalice to Athenes you spend 1600g for 60 AP and 20% CDR, which is basically identical to buying two Fiendish Codexes.

Scip

Czech Republic11293 Posts

January 22 2015 03:12 GMT

#770

oo_Wonderful_oo

The land of freedom23126 Posts

January 22 2015 03:28 GMT

#771

On January 22 2015 12:04 wei2coolman wrote:
Dunno why Riot so insistent on nerfing Akali. She might be pretty stompy in solo queue, but that's because people aren't willing to upgrade trinkets...

Not approved assassin.

Okay, finished placements 7-3, started p2, finished plat 2, fair enough.

Kwahamot

United States22 Posts

January 22 2015 05:59 GMT

#772

1-6 in placements... was plat 1 last season...

playing vs silver 1s :^(

MidnightGladius

China1214 Posts

January 22 2015 06:01 GMT

#773

I'm on my way there, too. Seeing Blitzcrank get banned is bringing back terrible memories :3

GTPGlitch

5061 Posts

January 22 2015 06:18 GMT

#774

How is zac rated as a jungler in the current season?

I only played one game with him in recent times and did really well, but i'm not sure if that's due to bad opponents or if he's actually any good. Had no trouble at all clearing the jungle with a W max, but their ww didn't apply any sort of meaningful pressure from counterjungling and he picked the skirmisher's saber instead of the farming one that WW's normally get

739

Bearded Elder29905 Posts

January 22 2015 06:36 GMT

#775

Akali
Crescent Slash (E) no longer triggers Mark of the Assassin

Rek'Sai
Queen's Wrath (Unburrowed Q) damage reduced to 15/25/35/45/55 from 15/30/45/60/75
Un-Burrow (Burrowed W) damage reduced to 40/80/120/160/200 from 60/110/160/210/260

Come on. I understand those nerfs to RekSai (RIP) but that Akali E nerf :\

Edit : Also 0-6 in placements. Beat that.

Sonnington

United States1107 Posts

January 22 2015 06:39 GMT

#776

On January 22 2015 09:54 Frolossus wrote:
is chalice still based on % mana?
if it is then it should be better still in conjunction with tear or RoA?

It would be better, but not by much. For every -50 in your pool you receive an additional 1 mana regen per 5. Chalice is still a good standalone item. It's just not a godly must buy item. There's also little incentive to upgrade it.

GolemMadness

Canada11044 Posts

January 22 2015 06:57 GMT

#777

On January 22 2015 15:36 739 wrote:
Akali
Crescent Slash (E) no longer triggers Mark of the Assassin

Rek'Sai
Queen's Wrath (Unburrowed Q) damage reduced to 15/25/35/45/55 from 15/30/45/60/75
Un-Burrow (Burrowed W) damage reduced to 40/80/120/160/200 from 60/110/160/210/260

Come on. I understand those nerfs to RekSai (RIP) but that Akali E nerf :\

Edit : Also 0-6 in placements. Beat that.

I managed to lose a placement match where I was 6-0-9 at the end. Pretty impressive IMO.

739

Bearded Elder29905 Posts

January 22 2015 06:59 GMT

#778

I'm 0-6 in placements currently. Got pretty sad after losing first 2 games, because of afkers, so I told myself I'm gonna hit 0-10 to see where I'm gonna get placed (ended up plat4) and climb up again, because I'm gonna get stuck in plat again this season probably.

Goumindong

United States3529 Posts

January 22 2015 07:14 GMT

#779

if you're over 1200 MMR and not really really high it makes sense to wait on your placements. Otherwise the clamping puts you in a spot where you're more likely to have better players on the other team than on yours(in a significant amount to make a difference).

If you wait a bit things will clear out you will just play against all the scrubs lower. Granted this won't make a difference over the long run but it will make you feel better about yourself in the mean time.

Right now, if you get dropped to silver 1 ranked you're still going to be playing against gold 1-3 players who just started their placements/other plat players who dropped a few games in their placements. If you wait, you will start your placements against gold 3-4 players.

739

Bearded Elder29905 Posts

January 22 2015 08:10 GMT

#780

Also I'm thinking of making myself 100 games champion challenge this season, starting today. Don't know which champion should I pick but I want to play something I haven't played in s4. Gonna try to hit at least 55% win rate.

Poll: Which champ for 100 games challenge?

Nautilus (9)

45%

Gankplank (7)

35%

Kayle (3)

15%

Elise (1)

5%

Karthus (0)

0%

20 total votes

Your vote: Which champ for 100 games challenge?

(Vote): Elise
(Vote): Gankplank
(Vote): Kayle
(Vote): Nautilus
(Vote): Karthus