u/Veralion

This is the last straw

https://preview.redd.it/buecfhk9g48h1.png?width=748&format=png&auto=webp&s=a8205f8a7ecbcda447b43c6443035383d14a449d

ONE OF THESE THINGS IS NOT LIKE THE OTHERS

ONE OF THESE THINGS JUST DOESN'T BELONG

Quitting for the season, the matchmaking is so fucked it's unbelievable, ranked is doing the exact same thing, just ask Shyvadi, gaps of 600LP+ are common and lanes are just totally collapsing off the skill gap

This is so absolutely miserable and i'm sick of feeling like I have cancer trying to power through this degeneracy, second worst season in the game's history

GREAT JOB RIOT QUEUE TIMES ARE LOWER, REALLY GLAD I'M ACTIVELY SUFFERING INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR FAIR MATCHES

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u/Veralion — 18 days ago

Shyvadi early clear/build guide

Worth stickying for a while. Want to add some things:

  1. Level 4 invade works GREAT, did it all the time on prework.
  2. DO NOT lock yourself in chicken jail. He does this to not lose damage by positioning to hit the big chicken with AA and all little chickens with Q1, but the time you save is offset by being closer to red buff when finished, AND some junglers like Kayn and Bel'veth love to late invade chickens. If you do this and they do that, you are FUCKED. Needless risk. Just Q1 the middle baby chicken instead and take another AA to kill the big one.
  3. I think QW works a little better than QE on chickens-red-krugs clear because you can W and recall after big krug dies. Additional pet uptime from QE makes it very close, I'm in base at 1:52 or 1:53 instead of Shyvadi's 1:54, but a second is still a second.
  4. When going to clear blue side, run through base gate and E through wall to hit dogs. You start hitting them later, but it's higher pet uptime than running through lane and pulls dogs right to their leash range towards gromp. This ends up taking the exact same amount of time, (27 seconds standing start from recall) but it's much lower input and will allow you to use the extra seconds not kiting the dogs to check your lanes.
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u/Veralion — 1 month ago

Deathcap before Zhonyas is confirmed bait

ZHONYA'S HOURGLASS perfect item for HAHA FUNNY ONESHOT DRAGON!

  1. Turns SUICIDE BOMB into just REGULAR BOMB!

  2. If caught, press button to not instantly lose the game!

  3. Solves low AR in lane problem! ENOUGH OF A PASSIVE!

  4. Stalls for half of your unreasonably low cooldowns, nearly guaranteeing second cycle!

  5. GOLDEN DRAGON PRETTY

NEVER greeding Deathcap ever again!

(honestly zhonyas before shadowflame is probably correct too but it's just such an unreasonable amount of damage that it's probably worth the greed, critting Q3 is like being AD except with 3 other nukes on the kit)

u/Veralion — 1 month ago

?????????????????????

I JUST DON'T EVEN

HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN

DID YOU GET BORED AND GO FOR COFFEE HALFWAY THROUGH AND THEN FORGOT????????

u/Veralion — 2 months ago

PSA: Fury mechanics

Just thought I'd point this out as it's not immediately obvious:

Fury gained is solely based on number of targets hit with Q, W, E. Damage of the hit doesn't matter. An auto attack gives more, but that's because I believe Q passive is being counted as a second ability.

This means that the jungle pet is constantly griefing your fury. Yes, spacing out your abilities for spellblade procs for clear speed is good, but while that's happening that little shitter is murdering the part of the camp that charges your ult.

So, if things are happening and you need ult yesterday, use E and W on dogs, chickens, krugs before Q. Makes a big difference with ult haste. Don't let Bulbasaur kill little krugs and hit them with E and W/Q to get two hits out of each one.

Holding W to hit chickens especially is very worth the extra second of travel time, as is holding E for after they've stacked up on you.

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u/Veralion — 2 months ago

#1 all ranks by a wide margin

Kraken, trinity, and hexplate are all going crazy

Thing is, in higher MMR she doesn't look out of line at all without the new boots, WHICH ARE SURELY GETTING OBLITTERATED ON GROMP

Pls no double whammy...

She finally feels pretty damn good, got the hang of her in jungle today, I still miss twin bite but this dragon is now objectively stronger and I'm nervous about what they'll do

I was gonna say move bAD to 3.5 but they're trying to push triforce and have already nerfed attack speed

Really don't want cooldown nerfs, mobility did wonders for high elo and the skew has narrowed considerably

AP is invisible still, it must not hurt AP, need something that targets bronze without harming clear speed...

Q3 to 155% AD? Seems good to me

u/Veralion — 2 months ago

With the spike from Shyvadi's shoutout, we've catapulted over the 500 member milestone!

You guys have already exceeded my wildest expectations and we are scaling up faster than I'd have ever dared hope! Every post and comment makes my day a little brighter! This has been a long time coming, and seeing the place thrive right out of the gate is incredible!

I'm also impressed by how well behaved everyone's been! There's really not been much to do to keep things civil; keep it up!

Tomorrow is the dework rework, step one on the road to recovery, and there will be a lot to figure out, AD, AP, and everything in between! Let's cook, analyze, and solve this dragon!

Thanks to all of you, and the sky's the limit! <3

E: Oh, and I forgot to mention, I've got kickass banner art coming soon(tm)!

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u/Veralion — 2 months ago