u/fastestchair

im master 100lp illaoi otp, lemme know if anyone wants to practice this lane (EUW)

EDIT: THIS DOES NOT NERF PROXYING AS LONG AS YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS MECHANIC, SINCE IT IS TRIVIALLY AVOIDABLE (you just have to know about it) - since there are quite a few comments about this being a proxy nerf, the exception is singed who cannot kite into the jungle early or he will lose a bunch of xp

EDIT: The xp penalty is 25% not 33%, i have corrected all the percentages in the post to reflect this

EDIT: for future readers, i believe the xp penalty is removed when you hit lvl 3, not at ~2:05

Here is a video of this happening to NattyNatt, causing him to lvl up one melee minion late (3 melee minions in wave 3, instead of 2), which is what made me want to find out what is really happening:

In the first wave of the clip the last 2 melee minions give 47xp instead of 62, causing NattyNatt to lose 2/4 of a melee minion xp and level up 1 melee minion late in wave 3.

This behaviour is not documented anywhere as far as I know, but it turns out that until ~2:05 ish, killing a minion while your champion is outside the lane associated with your role will give you a 25% xp penalty to minion kills.

Here is a video of me intentionally abusing this mechanic to reduce my xp to the maximum, causing me to need 5 melee minions and 3 casters for lvl 2, and 3 entire waves including cannon for lvl 3:

8 minions for lvl 2, 3 full waves for lvl 3, note how the very last minion that i kill at around 2:05 gives full xp

The full xp numbers for minions are: Melee - 62, Caster - 31, Cannon - 75, but I'm getting 47, 23 and 56, which is only 75% of the normal xp for each minion type.

The region of the lane associated with your role quest is extremely aggressive when proxying, causing you to easily lose minion xp if you are playing singed or if you like to proxy between the t2 and t3 tower.

I have tested the specific regions your champ has to stand in (past the red lines) in order to get reduced xp - note the role quest debuff on your hotbar, this will appear after standing in one of these zones for 5 seconds, this debuff describes the area of reduced xp, but the reduced xp applies instantly and does not give you a 5 second grace period like the debuff:

between t1 and t2 red side, standing past the red line while killing a minion will give you a 25% xp penalty

between t2 and t3 red side, standing past the red line while killing a minion will give you a 25% xp penalty

between t1 and t2 blue side, standing past the red line while killing a minion will give you a 25% xp penalty

between t1 and t2 blue side, standing past the red line while killing a minion will give you a 25% xp penalty

between t2 and t3 blue side, standing past the red line while killing a minion will give you a 25% xp penalty

Note: proxying inside the opponents base (at inhib) during the first 3 waves will always give you a 25% xp penalty, no matter where you stand. Sorry lee sin + nilah enjoyers.

Riot says that "Classic’s Future in Your Hands" and it's pretty clear that there is a majority that thinks paying for base skins that used to be free is ridiculous, so if the decisions in classic are really made democratically then the first vote should be to make all classic skins free.

if you need 1 more for your squad maybe i can join? illaoE#EUW (top diamond but can player other roles)

In patch 26.6 Riot changed how the LP system worked, removing a LP cutoff that kept the LP of Challenger players from climbing too high. When Riot did this, Riot Phroxzon predicted that the top of ladder could come close to 4000 LP.

https://x.com/RiotPhroxzon/status/2034692755054907517

https://preview.redd.it/x2tto52mzk8h1.png?width=696&format=png&auto=webp&s=28f8daf16cfb3c974458b7e7502a410decb3cafa

Phantasm has exceeded that and has become the first player to ever hit 4000 LP on EUW on the account Phanta#107.

https://preview.redd.it/ncrsfmpiyk8h1.png?width=1028&format=png&auto=webp&s=cb5a57daaf99cd0495b5364033fabdc0de50cf5d

He has a 64% winrate on Akshan over 486 games while playing in challenger mmr, truly an insane achievement.

https://preview.redd.it/4p37lu6vyk8h1.png?width=253&format=png&auto=webp&s=dd29881cc4f606c73b29a39d2d3279057cd2fa2a

the leaker "BigBadBear" is a Riot leaker who was believed to have insider connections to Riot Brazil, they have leaked pretty much every single new announcement, event, champion, etc that Riot has made weeks before they became public, most recently Locke.

As shown on his twitter his Riot account has been HWID banned and Rioter Drew Levin has confirmed that this ban was given deliberately.

https://x.com/BigBadBear_/status/2065881581458190377

https://preview.redd.it/sjrbnlzzu68h1.png?width=699&format=png&auto=webp&s=54f4ae572e4865514b0505931676094c2a0df3b9

BigBadBear has also released a video saying that they are gonna delete their channel after getting multiple copyright strikes on their account.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIizO41iYAs

https://preview.redd.it/xbdfyi0gv68h1.png?width=637&format=png&auto=webp&s=9c1dbc1e336f6544ccb2cfeac785f2099c6fe8a4

It's gonna be interesting not having everything leaked in the upcoming split.