League of Legends - F2P MOBA (like DOTA) part 2

[HumblePie]

Well brace yourself because they're nerfing Xin's solo damage in the early game next patch in favor of boosting his late game AOE damage.

I know. They trying to make him more a "team" char instead of a 1v1 assassin char.

 

[crownjules]

Well brace yourself because they're nerfing Xin's solo damage in the early game next patch in favor of boosting his late game AOE damage.

Look at this patch's notes.

Base damage increased while damage/level reduced a minute amount, meaning he starts out with and ends up with more innate AD. Battle Cry is getting buffed two ways - increasing the ASPD boost and making it so the passive applies even when on cooldown. And his ultimate takes a hit to base AR/MR, but once you hit level 2 you only need to get two enemies with it to basically equal the old skill. So he'll be bit more squishy with rank 1 ultimate.

 

[hans030390]

Yes she does but nothing compared to Xin I was beating a leblanc down at mid and in a 3v3 last night solo every time. Both of them were complaining about it haha. But she is like Ryze, Veiger, Anivia, and somewhat Vlad as well. Huge massive AP burst potential. Just no sustained damage.

Xin is extremely annoying to play against. I always do poorly against him no matter who I'm playing as.

Been playing a lot of LeBlanc lately. She's awesome. Very easy to get a champion below half health if you use her abilities correctly and quickly. Then you just teleport back to where you were originally! I love the fact that her ultimate has such a short cooldown. Within 30 seconds, you're ready to do it all over again!

 

[Kabob]

Look at this patch's notes.

Base damage increased while damage/level reduced a minute amount, meaning he starts out with and ends up with more innate AD. Battle Cry is getting buffed two ways - increasing the ASPD boost and making it so the passive applies even when on cooldown. And his ultimate takes a hit to base AR/MR, but once you hit level 2 you only need to get two enemies with it to basically equal the old skill. So he'll be bit more squishy with rank 1 ultimate.

Ahh, I was just going off of Riot's patch YouTube video. He said something like "less 1v1 damage, more team focused AOE damage."

 

[Gothgar]

So, I started playing about a week ago.

My handle in lawl is Gothgar (omfg I know rite?)

Game is pretty fun... been kicking a lot of ass... dat ChoGath

Look me up, I will probably be playing this nightly for the foreseeable future

 

[hans030390]

Sorry for blocking you, crownjules! I totally forgot I had my name added here, so I thought you were some creep from a random game or something. Should have checked this list first. My bad.

 

[JechtShot]

I been playing Gangplank as my main since the game came out. This nerf makes baby jesus cry His ultimate is so laughable now. He was already a sub-par character imo.


JechtShot - Softnyx (IGN)

 

[Fenixgoon]

I been playing Gangplank as my main since the game came out. This nerf makes baby jesus cry His ultimate is so laughable now. He was already a sub-par character imo.


JechtShot - Softnyx (IGN)

if you build GP as crit/aspd/lifesteal he's damn near unstoppable.

PD, IE, and bloodthirster is ridiculous on GP.

 

[JechtShot]

Well the tradeoff is he was semi-glass cannon for being squishy like MF is... I'm fine with the changes to Parrrley and removing the deny, just the ulti needs re-working bad. He's not as fun to play and more sub-par than ever. He lost his redeeming qualities.

Edit: http://www.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=696257 (This guy sums it up pretty nice)

 

[CottonRabbit]

I really hope they revert Alistar. 3 unnecessary reworks/nerfs this patch IMO.

 

[Ushio]

I really hope they revert Alistar. 3 unnecessary reworks/nerfs this patch IMO.

why? i think the new cow is awesome! scaling CD and no unit collision looked more like a buff to me

 

[Fallengod]

Ya I know. I am pretty new to the game and was going to buy gangplank before I saw the changes this patch. Also, one of my fav guys was fiddlesticks and now they nerfed the crap out of him. : /

 

[RPD]

I really like the changes to Aliastar. Reduced CD's and a passive that actually helps him.

His spells were never about damage anyways.

 

[Rhoxed]

For those that play him how are you running Maokai since his buff?

I didn't expect to but I got a solo lane yesterday and sadly died at level 2 before getting revenge and being respectable after that. I went
9/9/12 ghost + exhaust
Saph crystal + 2 hp pots
Catalyst + Merc Treads
RoA
Banshees
Force of nature (they were very AP heavy).
Abyssal Scepter
Frozen Heart (for CD probably should have been GA)

Mid game he was great and late game he provided utility but not nearly enough damage. I also went q > w > e >e >e > r >e > q >e >w >q > r ...I'm wondering if I can farm well enough with auto-attack that I don't need to max e or will the lack of farm just gimp me long term. The biggest problem was twofold
1. My team loved to hunt for the other team and fight when we walked into their ambush. Thankfully we were slightly better than them early and won most teamfights but they pushed poorly so we ended up eventually losing.
2. Maoki ult is nearly worthless, most fights involved people doing too much running to actually use it.

My fave build with mao is 0-21-9 masteries
MPen reds, HP per level Yellow, MR Blue, and AP quints (or health quints)
for spells i go Q (or W depends on lane) W - E - Q - W -R - Q - W - Q - W - R - Q - W - E - E - R - E - E (this is perfect for ap tank, and keeps farm up)
- Use e then Q to farm (q on 3rd level + E will kill caster minions with just those 2 spells)
Go Dorans Ring
Mercury Treads
RoA
Abyssal Scepter
Zhonyas Hour Glass (interchangeable with abyssal if team is AD heavy)
Then fill in tank role as team permits (froz heart with arch angels works)
Or BV and Rabadon or Guardian is also nice for AP

YOu do ALOT of ap dmg, and you have plenty of tanking to survive

this build usually starts me with 3100 health, 100defence, 110 MR, and ~270AP (for first 4 items after i sell dorans)

 

[Kabob]

Didn't realize the new freebie champs were up already, I was gonna play one last game with Garen last night but decided sleep was more important.

Need to try Brand an Irelia. I really enjoyed AP Kog'Maw last time he was free, I'm sure I'll use him again as well.

 

[HumblePie]

I knew I shouldn't have played when I came in late last night. Late night low ranked elo games are REALLY bad to play in. After 11pm CST you get hardly anyone that speaks English well. I tried two games and was just pissed at both of them.

First game I did jungle with Xin. I had 4 ganks from the jungle and was 4/0/0. Too bad that was the only 4 kills my team ever got. So while I was 4/0, most of my team was 0/4 by then. It was just bad. We had a Karthus on our team that ulted only 3 times in the entire 55 minute game. There were several times our team got everyone on the other team down to the point that if he ulted he would have had a penta kill. We were all like ULT KARTHUS!!! and he said, why should I? It was ridiculous. Stupid free Karthus week.

I tried a second game and during champ select they were all speaking Spanish I think. Anyhow the picks were these:

Teemo, Katarina, Mordekaiser, Irelia, and I picked Sion because the other team got Xin before I could. During the champ select I was like, well this is over since you guys are picking crap heroes. They were all saying how Teemo, Kat, and Morde are the best champs in the game. That teemo can kill 1v1 any other champ, and katarina can always kill the entire other team. Yah, if they only play against noobs and scrubs. So we had no jungle. The other team had a Kennen, Annie, Warwick, Xin, and Malphite.

So I start bottom with Irelia and it goes down hill fast. Kat goes mid, and morde and Teemo are top. All three die before level 2. Yes, malphite used the tower and killed both teemo and morde. Irelia dies, and then I do as well. I come back to bot, and all three of the other lanes die again. Irelia dies. I'm tower hugging and waiting around. The other team brings 4 over to tower dive me and I die and irelia comes back to die to the four while chasing the one that was almost dead from the tower when they dived to kill me.

Again the other lanes die. It's like 0 kills for us and 20 ish for them within like 15 minutes. I was like screw this and just started running up middle. There was no way we were going to win that game. I even told the other team what I was doing and to come get the free kills so this game would get over with sooner since my team wasn't surrendering at 20 minutes. My team then was blaming me and saying we lost because it was all my fault. Yah right. So when I finally reached 0/11 my team finally surrenders. First time I ever purposefully fed and hopefully it will be the last. It was either that or sit in the base until it was over.

Anyhow, my lesson has been learned. Never play a late night low elo ranked solo game. EVER.

 

[zebano]

ouch Humble that's a bad team. That said there is no reason Irelia should have been in lane. She's a viable jungle and can carry when played well. I don't mind any of those champs in isolation but your team certainly lacked CC.

 

[Malak]

If it is free Karthus week then I need a new champ to play. I like playing Karthus a lot, but probably won't get to play him this week.

 

[LurkerPrime]

If it is free Karthus week then I need a new champ to play. I like playing Karthus a lot, but probably won't get to play him this week.

I look at it like a double edged sword. If you're playing normal games and you get karthus, you'll most likely be paired against a newb karthus in mid. In that case you'll easily destroy him, break his spirit and he won't play karthus again. This is a good thing, since if to many people start playing karthus the nerf stick might show him some love.

On the other hand though, with him being free, he'll probaby be picked up alot more frequently in ranked games, which lowers your chances of getting him. You just have to hope that the newb karthus isn't on your team and you should be fine.

Humble - me and you need to duo some ranked games. That one game I played with you over the weekend we just decimated the other team. It was funny watching the enemy team focus me, I kill one, die, then ult and you would just mop them up. Not to mention we duoed baron faster than most entire teams.

 

[Taejin]

ouch Humble that's a bad team. That said there is no reason Irelia should have been in lane. She's a viable jungle and can carry when played well. I don't mind any of those champs in isolation but your team certainly lacked CC.

wrong. Irelia is strong in lane and a weak jungler compared to other more often played junglers.

 

[zebano]

wrong. Irelia is strong in lane and a weak jungler compared to other more often played junglers.

but his team had ****NO**** jungle. Hence, Irelia's ability to jungle makes her a great choice to jungle. Xin is better in lane, if you have NO jungle, you should consider taking him into the jungle because the difference between having a jungle and not having a jungle is that big.

 

[Kabob]

If it is free Karthus week then I need a new champ to play. I like playing Karthus a lot, but probably won't get to play him this week.

While he will be choosen in every single game as well give Brand a try, he's free this week.

 

[Malak]

While he will be choosen in every single game as well give Brand a try, he's free this week.

I tried him, he's ok. I think I'm going to swing back to AD for a while, play some Yi. I wish I had Jax though...

 

[Firsttime]

I'm hating this rotation right now. I just had the worst Irelia of all time in one of my games. I have no clue how someone manages to get only 1 kill with Irelia over a 50 minute game. All the squishy Brands are nice for my burst Lee Sin though. Also Taric's new art is horrible. Whoever approved that is probably blind or something.

I actually haven't had many Karthus players in my games. Maybe because he was on RP sale so recently people have already tried him. I'm not too upset about it either way. I like not having to build MR every game.

 

[Kabob]

I tried him, he's ok. I think I'm going to swing back to AD for a while, play some Yi. I wish I had Jax though...

Jax was half price last week too.