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[Patch 9.1] Welcome to Season 9!

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AdsMoFro
Profile Joined January 2015
Japan4761 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-01-09 00:20:09
January 08 2019 16:14 GMT
#1
Welcome to this patch's General Discussion thread for the League of Legends subforum. This thread is for discussion around League of Legends. Free feel to talk about anything LoL related here that does not already have its own thread.

Non-League of Legends discussion should go in the LiquidLegends Lounge.

Certain topics are blacklisted from LoL General Discussion and they include:
  • "Elo hell"
  • The Tribunal
  • Bans, either from TL.net or LoL

Additionally, the TL LoL Ten Commandments are available for you to reference if you have any questions about this subforum.

Use the LoL Strategy subforum if you have game or champion specific questions. Lastly, confine QQing and bragging to their respective threads.


Patch 9.1: Live on Jan. 9, 2019

+ Show Spoiler [Previous GD Threads & Patch Notes] +

Patch 8.24 Neeko Release General Discussion
Patch 8.23 Preseason Shakeup General Discussion
Patch 8.22 Season 9 Waiting Room
Patch 8.21 K/DA Skin Release General Discussion
Patch 8.20 Ezreal Mini-Rework General Discussion
Patch 8.19 Worlds Patch General Discussion
Patch 8.18 Odyssey Extraction General Discussion
Patch 8.17 Nunu & Willump Rework General Discussion
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Patch 8.2 RIP Malzahar General Discussion
Patch 8.1 Welcome to Season 8 General Discussion

Que Sera Sera
AdsMoFro
Profile Joined January 2015
Japan4761 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-01-08 16:29:51
January 08 2019 16:22 GMT
#2
Patch isn't quite out but I'm getting this out a bit early so that the new champ announcement can be discussed. Links found here:

Sylas: The Unshackled | Champion Trailer - League of Legends

Demacian Heart - Short Story

Sylas - Biography

Sylas - Reveal (Article)

Sylas - Reveal (Video)


It's slightly different depending

Nidalee & Elise, he can activate their ult on himself to get their alt form (cat/spider), until he re-activates ult and turns back into himself

Karma & Heim he can activate their ult to get a single cast of one of THEIR QWE abilities

Teemo & Corki he gets a full "load" of their ult (7 rockets for corki, 3 shrooms for Teemo)

Zoe... he just jumps forward and back once


RiotEarthSlug on what happens if Sylas steals champs with no true R ults*
Que Sera Sera
AdsMoFro
Profile Joined January 2015
Japan4761 Posts
January 08 2019 16:22 GMT
#3
Oh, and because I know this is gonna be memed from previous GD and I want first dibs: League design so recycled they're just giving a champ the ability to use all the old ults lul
Que Sera Sera
chipmonklord17
Profile Joined February 2011
United States11944 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-01-08 17:09:12
January 08 2019 16:57 GMT
#4
Yo this is by far my most wanted ability from DOTA to come to league, if I ever bother playing again I want him

EDIT: What about Jayce ult or Swain Ult which relies on the crows?
Redox
Profile Joined October 2010
Germany24794 Posts
January 08 2019 17:16 GMT
#5
If they pull this off without tons of bugs everywhwere I will be impressed.
Off-season = best season
DarkCore
Profile Joined March 2011
Germany4194 Posts
January 08 2019 17:25 GMT
#6
When I saw the communist memes, I thought it was a joke, but no he's a full blown 'overthrow the suppressors' dude. Also one of the most gimmicky ults ever, although it'll be fun to play him from the looks of it. Can't wait to see the face of a Pyke who gets blown up by his own ult.
Fixed a bug where LeBlanc could lose
chipmonklord17
Profile Joined February 2011
United States11944 Posts
January 08 2019 17:53 GMT
#7
I personally can't wait for a bruiser top laner who can have Leo ult, or better, Ekko ult
Frolossus
Profile Joined February 2010
United States4779 Posts
January 08 2019 18:02 GMT
#8
On January 09 2019 02:53 chipmonklord17 wrote:
I personally can't wait for a bruiser top laner who can have Leo ult, or better, Ekko ult

hes a mage apparently
chipmonklord17
Profile Joined February 2011
United States11944 Posts
January 08 2019 20:54 GMT
#9
On January 09 2019 03:02 Frolossus wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 09 2019 02:53 chipmonklord17 wrote:
I personally can't wait for a bruiser top laner who can have Leo ult, or better, Ekko ult

hes a mage apparently


Well that certainly was unexpected. Only AP scaling?
Sent.
Profile Joined June 2012
Poland9262 Posts
January 08 2019 21:30 GMT
#10
Kalista

E - Rend
new WEAK GRIP Rend now deals 50% damage to epic monsters


I don't understand why Riot refuses to put a hard cap on this ability. It's neither fun or interesting and makes Kalista harder to balance.
You're now breathing manually
geript
Profile Joined February 2013
10024 Posts
January 08 2019 21:38 GMT
#11
I would be careful about comparing Dota, Dota 2 or LoL to early Magic. The early magic years (pre Invasion block) were a bit of a Wild West in tournament magic. There were numerous shuffling cheats which were entirely legal and had no recourse. Judging was barely regulated and many L2s and below had no real understanding of the rules. That might sound crazy, but the number of times even come Mirrodin or kamigawa that judges could not issue a correct ruling (or ruling analogs) that had just been covered by the recent judge notes articles on the flagship was over half. In fact, I had appealed to a L3 at an Atlanta regional who couldn’t even get the Genesis triggered ruling correct in ODY-ONS standard regional. It was an era where there were numerous ways where you could earn a game win by drawing 1 less card. An era where confusing your opponent on game state wasn’t just legal but it was a way to win. Hell, at the same Atlanta regional I convinced an opponent to scoop to me with legal damage on the stack; literally went from winning the match straight to game 3 and a loss as I boiled away 2 lands on T3 with threats on the table. There’s a reason why there’s a lot of hesitation putting old players in the magic HoF due to how rampant cheating was on the pro scene for years. Hell Pikula, a player who built a reputation for calling out cheaters and building a more positive pro scene, a player who won an Invitational and has an iconic card to his name; despite all that and an above average record while still playing at a high level today can’t get in.

Sure, part of the reason why the best decks, the best strategies, and most broken cards weren’t fully discovered early on is because of the smaller player base and smaller dissemination of information. But let’s also remember that the Pros-Bloom incident with Mike Long. Let’s remember that the pro tour was much harder to get on; that it was much easier to cheat your way to victory. Hell it was literally days ago that “2 explore” Bertoncini” got a lifetime ban.
Jek
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Denmark2771 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-01-08 23:14:35
January 08 2019 23:13 GMT
#12
What I want to know about Sylas is if he gets a feast stack if he copy Cho'Gath's ultimate. That and watching a Gangplank ultimate destroy an entire team since Sylas is an AP champion.
It's Elo not ELO - Every statiscian playing League
AdsMoFro
Profile Joined January 2015
Japan4761 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-01-09 00:22:16
January 09 2019 00:19 GMT
#13
On January 09 2019 06:30 Sent. wrote:
Show nested quote +
Kalista

E - Rend
new WEAK GRIP Rend now deals 50% damage to epic monsters


I don't understand why Riot refuses to put a hard cap on this ability. It's neither fun or interesting and makes Kalista harder to balance.


They're just so fucking stubborn. The champ becomes so much fucking easier to balance if they give a hard cap.

Also, I agree with everyone on Sylas. It seems impossible in my mind that this champ doesn't have a trillion bugs.
Que Sera Sera
cLutZ
Profile Joined November 2010
United States19574 Posts
January 09 2019 01:11 GMT
#14
On January 09 2019 09:19 AdsMoFro wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 09 2019 06:30 Sent. wrote:
Kalista

E - Rend
new WEAK GRIP Rend now deals 50% damage to epic monsters


I don't understand why Riot refuses to put a hard cap on this ability. It's neither fun or interesting and makes Kalista harder to balance.


They're just so fucking stubborn. The champ becomes so much fucking easier to balance if they give a hard cap.

Also, I agree with everyone on Sylas. It seems impossible in my mind that this champ doesn't have a trillion bugs.


Nah, the real problem is that every dragon/barob should work like rend. Steals are maximum anti-hype
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Jek
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Denmark2771 Posts
January 09 2019 13:52 GMT
#15
On January 09 2019 09:19 AdsMoFro wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 09 2019 06:30 Sent. wrote:
Kalista

E - Rend
new WEAK GRIP Rend now deals 50% damage to epic monsters


I don't understand why Riot refuses to put a hard cap on this ability. It's neither fun or interesting and makes Kalista harder to balance.


They're just so fucking stubborn. The champ becomes so much fucking easier to balance if they give a hard cap.

Also, I agree with everyone on Sylas. It seems impossible in my mind that this champ doesn't have a trillion bugs.

I dunno. His ultimate is literally just copy/pasting something already working.
It's Elo not ELO - Every statiscian playing League
DarkCore
Profile Joined March 2011
Germany4194 Posts
January 09 2019 13:58 GMT
#16
An idea for kalista is that they set a medium cap on rend, but if you get something like 5 stacks on a champ/epic monster, the CD is refunded. The 90% AA damage is one of the most unique nerfs in the game, and basically implies the champ is broken.

So new champ can stack cho ult, that is hilarious.
Fixed a bug where LeBlanc could lose
Frolossus
Profile Joined February 2010
United States4779 Posts
January 09 2019 15:31 GMT
#17
shunpo change feels sooooo good
Sent.
Profile Joined June 2012
Poland9262 Posts
January 09 2019 17:15 GMT
#18
Which champion is potentially the worst target to use Sylas' ult on? Kalista?
You're now breathing manually
iCanada
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada10660 Posts
January 09 2019 17:38 GMT
#19
On January 10 2019 02:15 Sent. wrote:
Which champion is potentially the worst target to use Sylas' ult on? Kalista?


Probably kalista.

Nidalee would be pretty bad, seeing how he has no way to make enemies hunted... idk i guess cougQW still a decent revenue and escape start. Zoe would be awful tho.

Best is probably wukong. That 800+2.2 ap ratio ult kinda nasty. With pen could be like 2400 dmg over 4s.
DarkCore
Profile Joined March 2011
Germany4194 Posts
January 09 2019 18:32 GMT
#20
Zoe, Udyr come to mind, because he doesn't have the rest of the kit to exploit them. Xayah ult is only decent, because he's only going to be using the invun, feather damage is negligible.
Fixed a bug where LeBlanc could lose
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