[quote who="pacov" reply="1790" id="3557275"]Right now, there is more risk in playing non cinderhulk junglers, so there's already a strike against him. And the team is also down a tank. Also, generally, a strike against. [/quote] Plat+ games have Shaco as a 53.5 percent win jungler. So he's more than a viable pick in the Cinderhulk Meta I'd think, since he's got a high win rate right now and has been positive the last five patches at least.
Great points Karl. Maybe I get Diamond in Ranked Teambuilder playing AP Mid Fortune TM Copyright All Rights Reserved. Think you're totally right about the trolls and it being treated as a 'fun' queue so it might be doable. Then I will scoff at your 'Platinum opinions' and stop posting here since everyone but Cow is not prepared for my next level Diamond Wisdom. I'll go argue with Peter in Reddit/Summonerschool as I try and enlighten the masses
[quote who="pacov" reply="1756" id="3553588"]I just really, really dislike the the pregame game. [/quote] I don't either but I don't Ranked TB is the answer. Getting rid of Duo's would be wonderful but would cause some outrage and lose Riot customers. Unacceptable. Here's the solution: No more talking in Champ Select. At all. None. What you can do is soft select a champion and a role like in Teambuilder. &nbs
[quote who="pacov" reply="1753" id="3553218"] I kind of want to start doing more ranked solo... but Im in a adc/support primary mode... which means I get boned by duo queues. Really looking forward to ranked team builder. [/quote] Ranked Team Builder is a ways off I believe. And it might never get off the ground due to unresolved issues and to be honest I hope it doesn't personally. Yes, think about this for a second. They institut
Congrats Pacov! We'll miss you during your upcoming NA absence while you become a El Nivel Cinco Blitzcrank Maestro in LAN for the next couple of weeks.
[quote who="awuffleablehedgie" reply="1733" id="3549901"] i agree with your evaluation of his runes: there is little/no reason to run ArPen on Twitch given his dependency on autoattacking to stack Expunge + the fact a bunch of his early game damage comes from true damage. Maybe he is really focused on level 2 kills with a 5-stack expunge alongside a CC-heavy support? [/quote] Apparently he got to Diamond playing an extremely low pick rate champ almost exclusively. &nb
[quote who="pacov" reply="1727" id="3549604"]Won 3 out of 4 games with 2 perfect kda games (11/0/7 and 5/0/7) with my lowest kda at 3.17. [/quote] I KS'd you a couple of times in lane, so it was actually a 13/0/5 game for you if you want to count those? Also, I kinda went really mellow when I realized that Bard wasn't just wandering more than a usual Bard does and was most likely AFK/DC'd for most of the laning phase. I'd say conservatively we could
[quote who="pacov" reply="1721" id="3548484"] apparently the t2g thing is crap. [/quote] " If you actually thought that he was going to become CLG's new analyst, I also have some immortality elixirs that I can sell you for the low, low price of $10,000." - Some Funny Guy On Reddit
[quote who="OMG_ZEX" reply="1708" id="3546432"] Riot missed a golden opprotunity with this one and I hope they higher some physics majors to make better equations for them. [/quote] Nah. Anything other than what they did would have been a horrible idea. Give people more points or only award mastery of a champ for stats based on KDA and total CS? People already freak out over KSing. Riot should give them more reason to? There a
[quote who="psychoak" reply="1698" id="3545328"] If that guy is really in silver, his luck is worse than mine... [/quote] He probably is Silver. I think most people are 'stuck' where they're at cause they're inconsistent, not because they're stupid and don't have any dexterity. I guess one of the things I take away from videos like that are "Play like a Challenger player is watching." all the time. His concentration and effort was
[quote who="awuffleablehedgie" reply="1691" id="3545088"] Not to mention mastery badges "might" be one of the best ways to make your teammates relax when you do stuff like Quinn top or Shaco jungle. [/quote] Excellent point! Guess I was looking at the glass as half empty. Still not going to be looking forward to 'P' during Pacov's upcoming A-Z Champion Mastery Collection games.
[quote who="pacov" reply="1689" id="3544634"] champion mastery to hit live soonish... [/quote] Best Case: More clutter on the loading screen. Worst Case: Another reason to rage at teammates for their picks in Ranked. "No mastery badge on our Vayne player?! GG ff at 20."
My Urgot Thesis Update: Yeah, looks like the Koreans are just leaving Brutalizer out of the ADC build and the best NA Urgot player favors leaving out FH. I'm looking at Urgot as a possible backup to playing Kalista since she's getting more popular as a pick or ban. However, I'm under the impression that some folks in my usual playing group might consider him a crappy pick. Just so it's clear I think Urgot ADC is going to be very goo
[quote who="pacov" reply="1679" id="3542509"] Anyone try the new BC out? Anyone notice a major diff on BotRK? I got BC on urgot... but that was only an aram. [/quote] I think it sent Urgot back into being a niche Zed counter. Urgot's old build was pretty eloquent. Rush Tear/Manamune then Brutalizer. Then you could go into FH/Cleaver in whatever order was appropriate. That Muramana/Frozen/Cleaver 1.0 powerspike was insane since
[quote who="OMG_ZEX" reply="1677" id="3541925"]Here's what I'm thinking of playing Mid: [/quote] Sharplet: Top Karl: Jungle Gotnades: Mid Thunder: Kalista or feed. And feed to be honest. You're the groups Support now Cow. You're stuck bot lane with a dumpster Kalista whether you like it or not Cow. Welcome to hell bitch! Muhahahahaha! Seriously though? Seems like Brand a
[quote who="pacov" reply="1672" id="3541741"]From what i looked at, there is pretty much zero effort to pull in someone else. [/quote] There better not be. I'd be pretty pissed off if I queued up by myself in a Normal game the matchmaking system made me waste my time in a sub 30 game to 'balance' things out. I imagine that not many Challenger players enjoy low level games, so I doubt they queue up with their pre-30 friends that often
[quote who="OMG_ZEX" reply="1668" id="3541341"] Yes, they will have extreme growing pains I feel because of this. [/quote] Yeah for sure. Their superior shotcalling/macro level/whatever helped set them apart. But it wasn't just Hai who made them trendsetters. Seemed like everyone on their team were innovative in their own way. Except for maybe Balls. If Cloud 9 was the Beetles then Balls was Ringo I guess? Re:
[quote who="OMG_ZEX" reply="1665" id="3541185"] I am back from my trip and pretty rusty. I felt really awkward playing league last night. Its funny how a week off can really set you back mechanically. Anyways I should be around very frequently again. [/quote] Glad to have you back man. Nice that you got to get back in time to catch a rare Nades/Sharpie sighting! [quote who="OMG_ZEX" reply="1665" id="3541185"] It will be interesting
[quote who="pacov" reply="1661" id="3540807"] Normal matchmaking on LAN for 1 game. Let me know what strikes you. [e digicons]:P[/e] If you get a level 1, you also get 2 elo boosters and a diamond 5. I mean.. what... [/quote] It's probably expecting a lot to hope that the system can accurately guess the MMR of every smurf who is stomping LAN beginners. The KDA's of Plat V and Diamond V players who have been playin
[quote who="pacov" reply="1652" id="3539357"] Anyway, better to have problems like that instead of having pals to play with methinks. [/quote] Huh? I don't understand this sentence. Anyway, keep in mind it's not always easy for us. You often offer to fill in games despite being the one who got the team together, so no one begrudges you staking out a role whenever you want to play something. It's when a game goes south cause peopl
[quote who="pacov" reply="1650" id="3539050"] boozed pacov playing adc? No. Top or jungle plz [/quote] Once again your scientific method is lacking. The only true way to know what you play best when drunk is to play Ranked while sloshed. 25-30 Ranked games after taking shots should let you know pretty well which roles you truly excel at while inebriated.
[quote who="awuffleablehedgie" reply="1647" id="3539025"] Quinn? Try Gnar. Has all the stats he wants for both of his forms. And he already goes Brutalizer in 1v1 AD lanes. [/quote] Did you notice that it doesn't build from Brut anymore nor does it have any flat pen?
[quote who="OMG_ZEX" reply="1638" id="3538526"] I am really liking Olaf with RG, ghost, ult, botrk or randuin, elixer of iron. He is a carry destroyer when built this way. He sticks harder than anyone and you usually go 1 for 1 atleast while the entire enemy team tries to kill you before you kill there little adc or mage. It would probably be even more fun with a janna/coin. [/quote] Was reading a Reddit post about the new BC where folks was speculating about who&#
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