League of Legends

[Tyr]

That... 20% healing boost probably applies to every single heal tick of Sadism, doesn't it? Since it's like a heal ticking on you every half second.

So post patch, if Mundo's changes remain as they are, his rank 3 Sadism will heal him for 84% of his max life, instead of 70% (70 + 20% = 84).

Trying Kassadin again. I'm starting to think the advice of "oh you can build him for DPS just get attack speed" on his tips section to be a load of shit.

Maybe if you had like 200% attack speed.

And Mandred's.

And full speed charge from his innate.

And 150 attack power.

With his Netherblades active up.

Maybe.

Man, Riot's view on Kassadin is fucked. It's like Riot is the parents of a child which went a completely different way than what they hoped. They wanted Kassadin to be an anti-mage MELEE physical assassin, but over beta he just kept turning into an anti-mage magic assassin and now they got all these random ass abilities just to give the slightest shred of hope that yes, you can build him for DPS.

If it should work however, you would need to a) get a lot of AD and b) get shittons of health to get your passive up.

Most people just play him caster.

[Belle Hibiki]

Well, if you want to play 'caster melee,' IIRC that's still generally done with Lich Blades. After you get those, you just stack up AP.

[Tyr]

Yeah, that's where the problem lies. He's not ranged. Yeah, you can teleport to compensate for the fact that he is not ranged, but it's incredibly risky. If someone gets a stun on you because you try to Lich Bane melee them, you screwed.

[Belle Hibiki]

Tried another Practice game (I know practice lolololol), this time starting with a Tiamat's -> Madred's Razors for farming, which worked relatively well, morphing the Razor into a Bloodrazor once I had the cash. After that I went for a Sheen in preparation for Trinity Force, but I didn't have enough time to really test it the Trinity out before the enemy's castle went down (all three inhibs had been destroyed).

1v2 I was still really fragile, but was doing okay against single champs. Not exactly like how Kaden used to kill people from full to dead in one Katarina ult, but decent.

The one hit I did get in with Trinity Force lopped off a third of someone's health so that was nice.

[Kaden]

Tried another Practice game

As Poppy?

[Belle Hibiki]

As Poppy?

I did try that build of yours with the Lich Bane + DFG on Poppy and that worked pretty well. I'm bad at consistently remembering that I have item actives I could be using, though.

[Kaden]

Lots of people forget to use them. It's just something you get used to.

The awesome thing about the DFG/LB combo on Poppy is that the damage bonus from her R applies to that stuff as well. Give you four massive nukes in a row:

DFG -> Dash -> LB proc -> Nuke (-> maybe another LB)

[Belle Hibiki]

Jesus Christ Akali.

Got her and what the fuck. She rapes.

It honestly feels overpowered as fuck.

[Kaden]

She's one of the best single-target assassins and ridiculously hard to escape from. She's pretty squishy though and once you hit mid-game she becomes pretty item dependent. Twilight Shroud is a mediocre survival skill/escape mechanic.

I usually have fun playing her. Watching someone get burst down in three or four hits is hilarious.

[Belle Hibiki]

Twilight Shroud is an escape mechanic? I use it when I'm running in. Usually Shroud -> kama -> hit to consume -> keep hitting until kama is up again -> Kama -> ult -> hit to consume -> person should be dead now.

Been going DOran's sword -> Phage -> Frozen Mallet -> Hexgunbladething. HP from Frozen and lifesteal from Doran's + gunblade are really helpful.

[Belle Hibiki]

Oh also her thing about AD benefiting her spells while her AP benefits her melee attacks is exactly how Kassadin should've been built but wasn't.

Welp.

[Kaden]

Twilight Shroud is an escape mechanic?

I phrased that incorrectly. As an escape/survival mechanic, Twilight Shroud is mediocre.

The problem is that, in the lanes, she's very susceptible to being ganked with her low base HP and TS.

I use it when I'm running in. Usually Shroud -> kama -> hit to consume -> keep hitting until kama is up again -> Kama -> ult -> hit to consume -> person should be dead now.

You do use her E right? The damage on it gets crazy once you're geared.

Been going DOran's sword -> Phage -> Frozen Mallet -> Hexgunbladething. HP from Frozen and lifesteal from Doran's + gunblade are really helpful.

Unless you're runed to start your passive with Doran's Sword (Need 1 AD Quint and the AD mastery in Offense) you're better off starting with the Shield. The 4% LS is meaningless in the beginning of the game while the 8 HP/5 and the armor from the Shield will help keep you in lane longer.

You should try grabbing Guinsoo's instead of the Frozen Mallet, it's pretty crazy. As another alternative to Frozen Mallet (not saying it's bad or that you shouldn't take it, mind, just pointing out options) is Rylai's. Turning your dash into a dash+slow is hilarious.

EDIT: Ok, I remember why I was thinking for alternatives to FM. If you main the Gunblade, you'll have a slow you can activate pretty much whenever you need it. FM is a lot of gold for something that you already have a way of doing (TS also slows, but it's not a good slow). The opposite is also true. If you already have FM, the Gunblade is a lot of gold. Again, Guinsoo's is awesome on Akali, and Nashor's isn't bad, either.

[Ashe]

I forgot to mention the Garen game where I was 17-0-7 (in my match history) after something like a 70-90 minute game (last I checked was 67 minutes in). I was the highest in our kills for the team. We lost that one due to a TF that kept bding us and our only possible bd capable character being a Kayle that has an absolute moral stance against bding and refuses to do it ever, thus we lacked the dps to do more than team push (which more or less stale mated since we'd 4kill them and the rest of the team would run the moment a single person stood at the turret I was tanking, kinda pissed me off). We just lacked cohesion. I tried to screenshot the scoreboard but ended up ssing my windows taskbar >.<

[Belle Hibiki]

Knew I was forgetting a skill.

Yes, I do use her E. Usually right after connecting with the initial mark consuming hit, whilst waiting for the kama to come up again.

[Orion]

Xin is a fucking monster. As long as you play intelligently, he's such a bastard.

[Kole T. Merr]

As long as you play intelligently

And there's the problem

[Kaden]

He went where he pleased.

[Ashe]

He went where he pleased.

I was amused.

[John Doe]

I was amused.

jus 4 u

[Kaden]

Something to keep in mind until it gets fixed: purple cannon minions take full damage from towers.

You know those bigger minions that come every 3 (?) waves? They're supposed to have a buff that reduces damage from towers by 50%. Currently only blue minions get that buff.