On May 06 2015 17:42 krndandaman wrote:
woah xpecial just rated bard #4 for supports on stream

thats really high especially considering how trash he said bard was in a past interview

above bard he put thresh naut janna

im hoping to see him at msi possibly :o

He has been consistently buffed. Also has has already seen pro play, I think it was in China.

Ansibled

United Kingdom9872 Posts

May 06 2015 09:25 GMT

#533

On May 06 2015 18:21 JazzVortical wrote:

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He has been consistently buffed. Also has has already seen pro play, I think it was in China.

Did he get played in any games where the teams were actually trying to win?

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Bearded Elder29903 Posts

May 06 2015 15:22 GMT

#534

I'm actually spamming games with Bard recently and I have to say he's pretty decent. Those small buffs really helped him, the dmg on Q and autoattack if you collect certain amount of chimes is also nice. The only thing which I don't like THAT much is his beacon heal. Movement speed buffs seems okayish, but mana costs are too high imo.

FaCE_1

Canada6172 Posts

May 06 2015 15:42 GMT

#535

for me currently, there is no more fun champ to play then the Bard. I really like the presence he got in lane and his ult is soo good to start a gank from your jungler.

sung_moon

United States10110 Posts

May 06 2015 15:48 GMT

#536

Have only played 1 game in the past 3 months because of school, but In general, how do ya'll feel about Ryze rework?

Any reason to build him any different than RoA/Embrace/FH core?

Nohiko

71 Posts

May 06 2015 16:19 GMT

#537

Bard got much more fun to me once I discovered maxing E second (R>Q>E>W) rather than W. Outside of laning phase, the reduced CD and increased travel speed are lifesavers.

Alaric

France45622 Posts

May 06 2015 16:53 GMT

#538

Played Shen yesterday.
Forgot his taunt was nerfed again recently, upon checking, well... when you fight in melee against another champion, if you taunt backwards to try and disengage/drag them with you, it won't hit them. You have to cross them squarely during the dash itself to taunt them.

It sucks and it makes it ridiculously hard to taunt other than offensively or to chase people.

Ansibled

United Kingdom9872 Posts

May 06 2015 17:08 GMT

#539

They release champion mastery for North America and comment that it will be released for Europe later today (5+ hours). I don't get why you'd release something for NA first considering the timezone, but calling it 'later today' when you're planning to release at like 11pm+ is so stupid.

Jek

Denmark2771 Posts

May 06 2015 17:58 GMT

#540

On May 07 2015 00:48 sung_moon wrote:
Have only played 1 game in the past 3 months because of school, but In general, how do ya'll feel about Ryze rework?

Any reason to build him any different than RoA/Embrace/FH core?

I think Tear sucks on him now, his mana scaling is lower but his AP scaling his higher. Doran's or Flask/Pots into RoA rush have been working out much better for me. FH is still fantastic and Athene's have been doing some serious work too, since you burn through mana at an insanely high rate now during teamfights. It's hilarious how with proper rotations and mana recovery (yay Athene's) he can nearly stay in ult and spam trigger his passive doing prolonged fights with multiple Q's in the air at the same time.

Really really hate his Q's hitbox, it's so silly small.