It's rare that I enjoy a song about a game, but this one I like a lot. It was really well done, kudos!
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Charmed by Ahri - LoL song
It's rare that I enjoy a song about a game, but this one I like a lot. It was really well done, kudos!
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Warwick - Lanewick guide!
(Continued from Warwick - Lanewick build!)
Alright. So, you've decided to give my topwick a chance.
Take your pick of:
Flash: positioning for ults / escape
Ignite: secure a kill / proc bloodscent for speed
Heal: bait a dive / keep you alive
Teleport: dragon control / free returns
This will be your item core:
Every item is dual purposed.
Every item there serves a dual purpose. They all increase both sustain/survivability and damage. Mpen increase Q damage, which increases the heal. Malady increases attack speed (for more passive use), while providing mpen for the Q. Sunfire gives the armor and health needed to soak, while increasing DPS. With all that Mpen, the Sunfire really starts to hurt, and the ult forces their carry to sit in sunfire damage while fully stacking malady. The Wriggles gives armor, attack damage, life steal, and free wards: lane forever mode
A typical build order for is Boots+pots, wriggles, sorc, malady, sunfire.
After that, build depending on team comp. Shurelya's Reverie, Banshee's Veil and Spirit Visage all make great 5th items. Atma's is a great 6th, especially when they're AD heavy.
Your Runes:
Reds: Magic Pen* (Alt: Flat AD)
Yellows: Armor (Alt: Health per level)
Blues: Magic resists (Alt: CDR)
Quints: Move Speed* (Alt: Magic Pen)
*Highly recommended.
Your Masteries:
These aren't as strict. The only required mastery, is Arcane Knowledge. Magic Pen is the most important stat to topwick.
My favorite alternative is 9/21/0, being sure to grab Initiator and Mercenary in defense. You should tag many assists with your W, much free gold. Move speed is incredibly important for Warwick.
The Skill Order:
Q: take at 1, max by 9.
W: take at 3, max last.
E: take at 2, max by 13.
R: point at every opportunity.
Alright, so you've got the set up.
Now, how you play it? The premise is simple. Warwick's kit has high base damage that doesn't really scale well with items. His Q does damage based on his targets max hp, OR Base+AP, so building AP isn't that strong because until very high amounts of AP it will be doing % damage anyway. His ultimate deals magic damage, applies on hit effects (which are magic damage) but scales with physical damage. So, his two main sources of damage are magic, and neither of them scale logically. This leaves us with one DPS choice: Magic Pen.
So, you're top lane, and ready to get that magic pen.
For the first few levels, you're going to need to just last hit, and avoid exchanges. Do your best to avoid spending mana until level 5. Rank 3 Q is when you become a real terror. Exchanging is now ill advised for most opponents, as you will heal back most of what they can do to you in a single Q. Start to bully them. Keep them right around half health until you hit 6. Hit 6, Q > Ult > Ignite > Q. Kill.
Your job?
For the most part, it is your job to lock-down the most dangerous target on the enemy team. You are also to soak a lot of damage, and provide two excellent bits of utility to your team. Attack speed, and vision on low health enemies.
Alright. So, you've decided to give my topwick a chance.
Take your pick of:
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| I usually run Ignite/Heal |
Ignite: secure a kill / proc bloodscent for speed
Heal: bait a dive / keep you alive
Teleport: dragon control / free returns
This will be your item core:
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| Very fun. |
Every item there serves a dual purpose. They all increase both sustain/survivability and damage. Mpen increase Q damage, which increases the heal. Malady increases attack speed (for more passive use), while providing mpen for the Q. Sunfire gives the armor and health needed to soak, while increasing DPS. With all that Mpen, the Sunfire really starts to hurt, and the ult forces their carry to sit in sunfire damage while fully stacking malady. The Wriggles gives armor, attack damage, life steal, and free wards: lane forever mode
A typical build order for is Boots+pots, wriggles, sorc, malady, sunfire.
After that, build depending on team comp. Shurelya's Reverie, Banshee's Veil and Spirit Visage all make great 5th items. Atma's is a great 6th, especially when they're AD heavy.
Your Runes:
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Yellows: Armor (Alt: Health per level)
Blues: Magic resists (Alt: CDR)
Quints: Move Speed* (Alt: Magic Pen)
*Highly recommended.
Your Masteries:
My favorite alternative is 9/21/0, being sure to grab Initiator and Mercenary in defense. You should tag many assists with your W, much free gold. Move speed is incredibly important for Warwick.
The Skill Order:
Q: take at 1, max by 9.
W: take at 3, max last.
E: take at 2, max by 13.
R: point at every opportunity.
Alright, so you've got the set up.
Now, how you play it? The premise is simple. Warwick's kit has high base damage that doesn't really scale well with items. His Q does damage based on his targets max hp, OR Base+AP, so building AP isn't that strong because until very high amounts of AP it will be doing % damage anyway. His ultimate deals magic damage, applies on hit effects (which are magic damage) but scales with physical damage. So, his two main sources of damage are magic, and neither of them scale logically. This leaves us with one DPS choice: Magic Pen.
So, you're top lane, and ready to get that magic pen.
For the first few levels, you're going to need to just last hit, and avoid exchanges. Do your best to avoid spending mana until level 5. Rank 3 Q is when you become a real terror. Exchanging is now ill advised for most opponents, as you will heal back most of what they can do to you in a single Q. Start to bully them. Keep them right around half health until you hit 6. Hit 6, Q > Ult > Ignite > Q. Kill.
Your job?
For the most part, it is your job to lock-down the most dangerous target on the enemy team. You are also to soak a lot of damage, and provide two excellent bits of utility to your team. Attack speed, and vision on low health enemies.
Viktor officially announced!
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| Still looks freakin' sick |
If you're curious to see him in action, check out this sneak-peak: Viktor sneak peak
Monday, December 19, 2011
New champion, Viktor. Game play and commentary.
Well, the commentary is a little weak. But, this champion looks pretty sweet. Very different, very new, I can't wait for him to come out.
Edit: Viktor*
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Ahri Patch - Toy Soldier Gangplank In game
Well, I was going to buy it and give a screen shot, like I normally do. Thanks to youtube, I didn't have too. This is a much better representation of that skin than I could ever do. I love the new animations. Very toy-soldier-esq. Roit did very well with this skin.
From the PBE - Dodge removal.
With the pending dodge removal, some items are going to need to change. Namely, Ninja Tabi and Sword of the Divine. Here's what's currently up for testing on the PBE.
It appears that Ionic Spark from Dominion is in line to replace SotD. I'm not sure how I feel about this. To compare the two items:
Sword of the Divine.
For 1970 gold, you get:
For 2300 gold, you get:
Attack speed Volibear with Ionic Spark will be a ton of fun to play though. I'm going to try it regardless of how good it is or isn't.
The new Ninja Tabi look great though. They MAY be even a little too strong. They will continue to serve as a niche/counter item though. They should still be in a great place.
Summoners!
Two item changes are now available to test around with on Summoner's Rift:
Ionic Spark
Now purchasable on Summoner's Rift and Twisted Treeline
Chain lightning proc increased to 120 from 100.
Ninja Tabi
+30 Armor
UNIQUE Passive: Reduces incoming basic attack damage by 10%
UNIQUE Passive: Enhanced Movement 2
It appears that Ionic Spark from Dominion is in line to replace SotD. I'm not sure how I feel about this. To compare the two items:
Sword of the Divine.
For 1970 gold, you get:
- 60% attack speed
- 100 damage proc on 4th attack.
- On active: 30 ArPen
For 2300 gold, you get:
- 50% attack speed
- 250 HP
- 120 damage proc on 4th attack. (hits multiple targets)
- 10% attack speed + save 330 gold vrs 250 hp
- 100 damage single target + 30 arp vrs 120 splash damage
Attack speed Volibear with Ionic Spark will be a ton of fun to play though. I'm going to try it regardless of how good it is or isn't.
The new Ninja Tabi look great though. They MAY be even a little too strong. They will continue to serve as a niche/counter item though. They should still be in a great place.
