On November 30 2012 15:02 Kupon3ss wrote: TongFu DK LGD etc teams have been formed for around a month and were essentially obtained because of LoL WC and their recruitment method was literally "apply here, give name and ladder score".
I think LGD's team has been around longer. They've been participating in stuff for quite a while now unless they got a total roster swap.
IIRC someone told me that their captain is a personal friend of Xiao8 (who seems to know a lot of pro LoL players from having played while he was still on CCM).
EDIT: Yeah they have to have been around longer, because they qualified for the offline finals at NGF in April.
On November 30 2012 15:04 overt wrote: Also in terms of individual skill China outclasses NA for sure. Misaya and Zz1tai are easily better than any NA AP mids. Weixaxo is at least even to Doublelift in skill (and personally I think that Weixaxo is better). Both regions have shitty top laners but WE/iG's aren't too bad. I don't play enough support to really judge that role.
The only role that NA is likely better than CN teams is jungle and as the game exists for a long time Chinese junglers are going to improve since it's mostly an experience/knowledge role.
On November 30 2012 15:02 Kupon3ss wrote: TongFu DK LGD etc teams have been formed for around a month and were essentially obtained because of LoL WC and their recruitment method was literally "apply here, give name and ladder score".
I think LGD's team has been around longer. They've been participating in stuff for quite a while now unless they got a total roster swap.
IIRC someone told me that their captain is a personal friend of Xiao8 (who seems to know a lot of pro LoL players from having played while he was still on CCM).
EDIT: Yeah they have to have been around longer, because they qualified for the offline finals at NGF in April.
The captain is a personal friend of Xiao8's, but i believe all of the other 4 members were new and they reformed 2 months or so ago
On November 30 2012 15:04 overt wrote: Also in terms of individual skill China outclasses NA for sure. Misaya and Zz1tai are easily better than any NA AP mids. Weixaxo is at least even to Doublelift in skill (and personally I think that Weixaxo is better). Both regions have shitty top laners but WE/iG's aren't too bad. I don't play enough support to really judge that role.
The only role that NA is likely better than CN teams is jungle and as the game exists for a long time Chinese junglers are going to improve since it's mostly an experience/knowledge role.
Comparing Doublelift to Weixiao is an insult lol Weixiao is like the best AD carry in the world by faaaaaaaaaar.
And yes LGD has been around for a quite while. Shows some promise, but feels like they could benefit from some solid coaching. I don't think they have any real coaching right now. A lot of player shuffling but no real results yet.
I would also take ahq (former Corsair/SSWIE) from Taiwan over like any NA team. Albis, their AD, is super impressive imo.
On November 30 2012 15:07 Carnivorous Sheep wrote: And yes LGD has been around for a quite while. Shows some promise, but feels like they could benefit from some solid coaching. I don't think they have any real coaching right now. A lot of player shuffling but no real results yet.
They have a coach. They followed WE and CLC's example of making their shitty former junglers into coaches, lolol (Joker for WE, DGC for CLC, Ayaya for LGD).
On November 30 2012 15:04 overt wrote: Also in terms of individual skill China outclasses NA for sure. Misaya and Zz1tai are easily better than any NA AP mids. Weixaxo is at least even to Doublelift in skill (and personally I think that Weixaxo is better). Both regions have shitty top laners but WE/iG's aren't too bad. I don't play enough support to really judge that role.
The only role that NA is likely better than CN teams is jungle and as the game exists for a long time Chinese junglers are going to improve since it's mostly an experience/knowledge role.
Comparing Doublelift to Weixiao is an insult lol Weixiao is like the best AD carry in the world by faaaaaaaaaar.
And yes LGD has been around for a quite while. Shows some promise, but feels like they could benefit from some solid coaching. I don't think they have any real coaching right now. A lot of player shuffling but no real results yet.
I would also take ahq (former Corsair/SSWIE) from Taiwan over like any NA team. Albis, their AD, is super impressive imo.
You're right, they formed in Feb. and their last roster change was in sept.
damn went to sleep duringt clg.na vs clg.eu, just rewatched the vod, what a stomp T.T tbh didn't expect that I knew that clg.eu is better huehue, also my twitter/facebook feed just told me that there was a Froggnivia game, gonna check out TSM vs clg.eu now, any other matches worth watching?
All in all, IPL5 is off to a good start to win NA tournament of the year. Still three days to go + GSL + World Championship, so we'll see if they can keep it up. Only real problems were the flickering for like 5 minutes at the start of the day and Twitch dying at the end of the day that probably wasn't even their fault.
On November 30 2012 15:22 Fionn wrote: All in all, IPL5 is off to a good start to win NA tournament of the year. Still three days to go + GSL + World Championship, so we'll see if they can keep it up. Only real problems were the flickering for like 5 minutes at the start of the day and Twitch dying at the end of the day that probably wasn't even their fault.
GOM + IGN make a good team.
This sounds like sth that should be posted in the Sc2 IPL5 LR Thread :O
Also I noticed yesterday that Neo got the LoL Stream on the sidebar! GJ
On November 30 2012 15:43 Sufficiency wrote: I didn't know pros actually level E on MF. I always thought it was utterly useless and destroys your mana.
310 damage for 80 flat mana isn't exactly inefficient.
On November 30 2012 15:43 Sufficiency wrote: I didn't know pros actually level E on MF. I always thought it was utterly useless and destroys your mana.
310 damage for 80 flat mana isn't exactly inefficient.
whats the point of maxing Q where the bounce doesnt 100% hit their teammates? E is much better since its AOE and slows the melee then they take free dmg before they reach you.
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