Impact, bjerg, double, rush, Adrian

WORLDCHAMPS2K16 #THEDREAM

 

Flame/Spirit/Bjerg/Double/Adrian is my dream currently. Too bad it will stay a dream :/

 

???? Yellowstar is good and all, but that's pretty undervaluing the rest of the FNC talent. Xiph0

 

I think the real reason FNatic stayed popular is because they were successful with the new roster.

 

I don't know why but I'm loving this gif so hard.

Personally I doubt either Adrian or Impact will be joining the TSM roster. Rush is a maybe but I feel like since he's still in Korea and thus not in a spot where he can try out for the team it seems a bit unlikely.

 

So to go along with all the other preseason drama and champion/item reworks, there's a ton of new shit happening including a new client.

Improved ranked queue with that's no longer restricted to duo, you can arrange a team of 5, promo helper for G1 and below (aw yiss), champ select for draft modes, and crafting: Mastery points for crates and keys, basically.

And the new interface looks pretty frickin sweet too.

 

It's like everything anyone has ever asked Riot for is happening all at the same time.

 

This is all pretty damn awesome. Just read the entire thing. I can't find a single thing I don't like, except the removal of mana potions.

That's a minor quibble really, I can hardly wait to see what it's like when all the changes go through.

The promo helper in specific is enough to encourage me to play ranked again.

 

Not really a fan of gutting Quinn's playstyle('fun' as opposed to general concept of 'strength')... but the rest is pretty neat.

 

I've seen some videos of her being played, and she still pretty damn strong. Plus her ability to chase down just about anyone or roam very well looks very satisying. I'm more interested in playing her now than I was before.

You don't run from Quinn, you stand and fight and hope you win.

 

I said that they removed more dynamic fun elements. Technically, her raw damage is higher than it used to be, if what I've seen is right, but that doesn't mean she is more 'fun'...

I'll see how the changes worked out regardless. I'm just not a fan of the direction they've gone, an attitude apparently reflected by quite a lot of people, as evidenced by the Quinn feedback page having more discussion replies(generally constructive criticism rather than raw criticism)than double any of the others.

 

]Honestly the big change I can see is her ult isnt an assassination tool anymore. Which is only a good thing as far as I'm concerned. The fewer assassins and assassin-like characters, the better. As all assassins in the game are unfun to play against.

Doesn't surprise me that people are bitching about it, assassins and assassin-like champions are very popular.

 

Passive: Weaker, albeit able to be triggered more often due to Q and crit-scaling cdr.
Q: More damage if the enemy is wounded(although they are lowering it, and exploring removing the execute and lowering it even further to provide a Graves-like 'blind' to first target struck). Applies passive. Halved cd upon kill. Lost Blind.

W: Flat movement changed to percentage movement. Otherwise unchanged.

E: Faster travel speed. Lost interrupt effect.

R: Completely changed. Damage converted from Flat + scaling + execute to 1.0 total AD token damage(might as well do no damage, so the power budget can be used elsewise).
Completely lost alternate form functionality as Valor melee form, including Q/W/E interactions.
Changed from large bonus move speed percentage to large total move speed percentage.
Cooldown removed(aside from short cooldown when canceled), and mana scaling to 0 by level 3.
2 second channel. Channel and ult canceled upon receiving any form of damage.

Sure, it appeals to plenty of people, but it's not Quinn...

She's being sold as a roaming champion, but had elements of her kit that actually contribute to such in an interesting or complex way being removed to pave the way primarily for simple damage numbers and a Mount-Ult. A roamer by default is a ganker, and thus is generally either a cc-providerr or an 'assassin or assassin-like champion'. I'm not even sure why you would want to play her if you don't like assassin and assassin-like champions?

I'll play her, see how it goes, but it seems like it will feel like a different champion, rather than a tweaked version of the same champion. I could certainly be wrong.

 

The Doublelift transfer is the gift that keeps on giving. More drama from HotshotGG in a Reflections interview with Thoorin, including allegations that Doublelift tried to get other members of CLG to go to TSM with him.

Some really juicy stuff.

 

I just started League on EU West under "pl0tless".

I have almost no experience with MOBAs, but I pick stuff up pretty quickly. Already, I find that I like playing squishy, high damage bursty champions - Lux is my favourite so far, though I only just hit level 5.

I've played mostly against the AI, though I have had 2 games against other players, one of which lasted 45 mins and we lost, the other one I went ham on.

Anyway, I'm happy to play with someone in order to learn more strategy than just being able to spam abilities really quickly, which is pretty much all I do.

 

Rumble... why???

 

Uh... what?

 

The Rumble in the game linked went 0/10. Just like our college football team.