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Bell_
Sep 3, 2006

Tiny Baltimore
A billion light years away
A goon's posting the same thing
But he's already turned to dust
And the shitpost we read
Is a billion light-years old
A ghost just like the rest of us
TL ruthlessly owned that Baron pit

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Savage Cracker
Jul 21, 2010

Savage Cracker posted:

Immortals and NRG are cool and good. The rest of NA mostly have the decency to at least be somewhat entertaining despite playing like poo poo. Also TiP are cool.

Bottom Liner
Feb 15, 2006


a specific vein of lasagna

Hypocrisy posted:

I'm happy to see the NRG hype train just get obliterated.

:agreed:

AegisP
Oct 5, 2008

Monathin posted:

The more I see games go on the more I'm convinced that you should be banning Poppy more than Gangplank.

It's so great to see Poppy be good.

rabidsquid
Oct 11, 2004

LOVES THE KOG



I wonder if cait ult went on full cooldown

Ghetto SuperCzar
Feb 20, 2005


Even good teams sometimes lose. I mean, TIP lost both games the first week.

mistaya
Oct 18, 2006

Cat of Wealth and Taste

rabidsquid posted:

I wonder if cait ult went on full cooldown

It didn't because she used it later in the same fight on someone else. Just canceled the cast.

Hypocrisy
Oct 4, 2006
Lord of Sarcasm

Ghetto SuperCzar posted:

Even good teams sometimes lose. I mean, TIP lost both games the first week.

TL too. Glad to see them actually performing given how much their organization has given them.

Savage Cracker
Jul 21, 2010
So this Dardoch guy looks p good

Killed By Death
Jun 29, 2013


rabidsquid posted:

I wonder if cait ult went on full cooldown
I checked, it didn't.

Work Friend Keven
Oct 24, 2015

I'M A BIG STUPID IDIOT WHO GETS TRIGGERED FROM THE WORDS SPORTS BALL AND HAS SHIT OPINIONS ABOUT CARD GAMES. ALSO I SAID I WAS GOING TO QUIT HEARTHSTONE OUT OF SPITE OF A TAIWANESE WINNING THE CHAMPIONSHIP SO REPORT ME IF YOU SEE ME POST IN A HS THREAD
Folks Dadroach is for real.

Monathin
Sep 1, 2011

?????????
?

START BANNING POPPY YOU SHITS

Schnorkles
Apr 30, 2015

It's a little bit juvenile, but it's simple and it's timeless.

We let it be known that Schnorkles, for a snack, eats tiny pieces of shit.

You're picturing it and you're talking about it. That's a win in my book.
Fenix is a massive loving baby and he really deserves to lose all the time imo.

Calax
Oct 5, 2011

Moon seems like the big point for that one. He seemed really ineffective for how hard Dardoch was working him over.

rabidsquid
Oct 11, 2004

LOVES THE KOG


Monathin posted:

START BANNING POPPY YOU SHITS

At least we're seeing less Ryze bans. Ryze and GP probably don't need to be banned in LCS at all except against like Soaz.

YancyQ
Jan 18, 2008
Grimey Drawer
Finally, we find a hero that Impact can't carry a game with.

Wol
Dec 15, 2012

See you in the
UNDERDARK
Holy poo poo, Matt is Alistar-sized IRL

rabidsquid
Oct 11, 2004

LOVES THE KOG


Okay Matt you rule for calling out this dumb shot calling poo poo

henkman
Oct 8, 2008

rabidsquid posted:

I wonder if cait ult went on full cooldown

If someone goes invulnerable/untargetable during the channel it goes on like a 10 second CD, if the projectile goes off before they do that it goes on the full CD

Wol
Dec 15, 2012

See you in the
UNDERDARK

rabidsquid posted:

Okay Matt you rule for calling out this dumb shot calling poo poo

Did you hear Mithy's lecture on what "shot calling" is and isn't yesterday?

rabidsquid
Oct 11, 2004

LOVES THE KOG


henkman posted:

If someone goes invulnerable/untargetable during the channel it goes on like a 10 second CD, if the projectile goes off before they do that it goes on the full CD

The projectile almost landed before the poppy ult knocked the person up! But people are saying it did not go on full CD. Very bizarre interaction.

Wol posted:

Did you hear Mithy's lecture on what "shot calling" is and isn't yesterday?

No I am almost always busy at work during EU and miss the caster desk which isn't usually so bad :v:

Space Flower
Sep 10, 2014

by Games Forum
This Liquid game.... was not garbage

Jenny Angel
Oct 24, 2010

Out of Control
Hard to Regulate
Anything Goes!
Lipstick Apathy
Yo NRG fans, I'm sorry that your boys got wrecked by Liquid and that bowties are loving lame, but please stick to your guns and keep liking who you like as opposed to reverting to support for some shambling tire fire because you are afraid that extremely cool men will own you

Cao Ni Ma
May 25, 2010



Im asking myself why poppy is getting first picked and banned so much and I couldn't understand because the performances Ive seen where pretty garbo and at first I thought the same, sure she's getting kills and assists but its because reksai. Then she got to the point that she could stun the mid laner half a screen away against a wall and keep him and another enemy locked up while the backlane just murdered everyone.

rabidsquid
Oct 11, 2004

LOVES THE KOG


Cao Ni Ma posted:

Im asking myself why poppy is getting first picked and banned so much and I couldn't understand because the performances Ive seen where pretty garbo and at first I thought the same, sure she's getting kills and assists but its because reksai. Then she got to the point that she could stun the mid laner half a screen away against a wall and keep him and another enemy locked up while the backlane just murdered everyone.

Poppy is a three position flex who can stop dashes which allows her to shut down champs like Lucian and Trist. She also has quite good peel, split push, and has a stun.

Tyty
Feb 20, 2012

Night-vision Goggles Equipped!


So what's Lux's pro winrate over the major regions now? The couple times I've actually been able to watch games and haven't been at work she hasn't seemed especially effective, so I'm kinda disappointed I missed this one to see what happened differently.

Lovechop
Feb 1, 2005

cheers mate

rabidsquid posted:

The projectile almost landed before the poppy ult knocked the person up! But people are saying it did not go on full CD. Very bizarre interaction.


No I am almost always busy at work during EU and miss the caster desk which isn't usually so bad :v:

you should check it out because you'd love it, he was hilarious on the desk

Monathin
Sep 1, 2011

?????????
?

rabidsquid posted:

Poppy is a three position flex who can stop dashes which allows her to shut down champs like Lucian and Trist. She also has quite good peel, split push, and has a stun.

Probably more important than Luci/Trist is Poppy can shut down Alistar engages super-hard aside from the Flash-Pulverize, but yeah, she's pretty loving strong and the fact that people aren't banning her is ridiculous, especially when she gets enough CDR through tank itemization to just keep you locked down forever.''

e: http://www.gamesoflegends.com/champion/stats.php?id=69&tournament=ALL&season=S6&split=ALL A good chart.

Monathin fucked around with this message at 00:16 on Jan 31, 2016

Wol
Dec 15, 2012

See you in the
UNDERDARK

rabidsquid posted:

The projectile almost landed before the poppy ult knocked the person up! But people are saying it did not go on full CD. Very bizarre interaction.


No I am almost always busy at work during EU and miss the caster desk which isn't usually so bad :v:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHG0hYwNsxk&t=141s I thought of you

Firebert
Aug 16, 2004

Tyty posted:

So what's Lux's pro winrate over the major regions now? The couple times I've actually been able to watch games and haven't been at work she hasn't seemed especially effective, so I'm kinda disappointed I missed this one to see what happened differently.

http://www.gamesoflegends.com/champion/stats.php?id=52&season=S6&split=Spring

Work Friend Keven
Oct 24, 2015

I'M A BIG STUPID IDIOT WHO GETS TRIGGERED FROM THE WORDS SPORTS BALL AND HAS SHIT OPINIONS ABOUT CARD GAMES. ALSO I SAID I WAS GOING TO QUIT HEARTHSTONE OUT OF SPITE OF A TAIWANESE WINNING THE CHAMPIONSHIP SO REPORT ME IF YOU SEE ME POST IN A HS THREAD
I think against clg I'd ban poppy fiora and let darshawn pick gang plank all he wants

Schnorkles
Apr 30, 2015

It's a little bit juvenile, but it's simple and it's timeless.

We let it be known that Schnorkles, for a snack, eats tiny pieces of shit.

You're picturing it and you're talking about it. That's a win in my book.

Work Friend Keven posted:

I think against clg I'd ban poppy fiora and let darshawn pick gang plank all he wants

SSJ_naruto_2003
Oct 12, 2012



henkman posted:

Then you haven't been watching this split

Only like 2 games from tl, was mostly basing it off of past play :(

rabidsquid
Oct 11, 2004

LOVES THE KOG



I love how Mithie is like "No that's not shot calling, this is all wrong"

german porn enthusiast
Dec 29, 2015

by exmarx
trying to process what i'm seeing here as someone on linux who can't play. turrets seem important, but how much impact do they make when everyone's high level? is there main role a low level roadblock?

is there anything i should be looking for?

rabidsquid
Oct 11, 2004

LOVES THE KOG


metalloid posted:

trying to process what i'm seeing here as someone on linux who can't play. turrets seem important, but how much impact do they make when everyone's high level? is there main role a low level roadblock?

is there anything i should be looking for?

Turrets are really important for all sorts of reasons, and they've made them more important in a way that's impossible to tell as a spectator! Whenever a turret goes down, the enemy teams minions get base line stronger, and by default push in harder. Turrets are bottlenecks that help maintain map pressure; while a turret is up you have more vision because your minions push further down the lane before meeting resistance.

They also provide safety to the champs since turret damage is quite high, although certain champs are especially good at diving under turrets to get kills. They provide safety but if 3+ champs want to dive under one to kill you it wont help

Smol
Jun 1, 2011

Stat rosa pristina nomine, nomina nuda tenemus.
CLG probably has the most entertaining games whenever they play well. Really nice rotations.

The Mattybee
Sep 15, 2007

despair.
does Grigne do anything that isn't "take a bunch of damage in his own jungle"

Wol
Dec 15, 2012

See you in the
UNDERDARK

metalloid posted:

trying to process what i'm seeing here as someone on linux who can't play. turrets seem important, but how much impact do they make when everyone's high level? is there main role a low level roadblock?

is there anything i should be looking for?

To add to rabidsquid's post above, turret damage remains important in lategame because even though all your champions are stronger, the scenario of turret diving is no longer, say, 3v1 or 3v2 like it might be early game. It's most likely to be 5v5, meaning a longer fight where the attacking team would have to take many more turret hits. The base turrets also use a laser attack that's much more dangerous to stay in than the lane turrets' bolts.

Edit: Another thing that can be pretty important but might not be readily apparent is that if you're attacking a turret and you don't have any of your minions nearby, the turret's defenses are much higher than they would be if you had minions with you. Pretty much means you can't at any point into the game just walk up to a turret and kill it without a minion wave to help, no matter how strong you are.

Wol fucked around with this message at 00:46 on Jan 31, 2016

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Calax
Oct 5, 2011

Why do people keep picking up Ezreal? He's just so underwhelming.

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