so I've been searching the forum index and haven't been able to find any threads relating to league of legends which made me think that it would be good to get a group of players together.
I intend for the group to be made up of players of mixed skill level but if anyone wants to form a dakka ranked team feel free.
If anyone is interested just post your username and your server region so others can find you, and we'll see where it goes from there depending on how many are interested. Teamspeak, skype etc are purely optional as not everyone (including myself) want to use them.
Just send those who you want to add a PM so they know.
I have added preferred roles to those who have been active as part of the group, just PM me if you want me to add or change them.
Overlord Thraka wrote: I'm Kaptin Baddruk. I used to play alot of Mundo and Xin Zhao. Only level 15 but I can still play a mean Mundo.
I'm more into MWO now though. Feel free to send me a friend request but I doubt I'll be on anytime soon
I'd be more than happy to join you but I only just remembered about the region boundaries (I'm on EUW).
will edit the op to have a list of players for each server.
I'm Goliath111 on EUW. I've only been playing for a couple of months, so I'm not amazing though. (Still managed to spend 200 hours playing though, somehow)
I should point out however that I currently have it uninstalled until monday, due to exams.
Jinx Magiga wrote: JinxMagiga on EUW (don't expect me to be good tho,still haven't played ranked due to suckiness xD)
added, will send you an invite next time I'm on, I'll let goliath know we have another euw player when I see him online next.
(don't worry I haven't played ranked yet either, it's a long slog getting to lv30, so very nearly there though )
I hate the changes to Aegis and Locket. Nerfed their auras to hell and replaced them with self health regen, not much of a point of taking them any more... if you want health regen there's far better things to take. And even the active was nerfed to hell, its duration cut by 60%...
Glasdir wrote: aaaw not locket, (I haven't read the latest patch notes properly) that was always a must take for me when I play braum or soraka.
Here's the changes in question:
Aegis of the Legion:
TOTAL COST: From 1900 gold ⇒ 1600 gold
NEW BUILD PATH: Null-Magic Mantle + Crystalline Bracer + 550 gold
BASE HEALTH REGEN: From 0% ⇒ 100%
MAGIC RESIST AURA: From 20 to all nearby units ⇒ 15 to all nearby units
HEALTH REGEN AURA: From 75% health regen to all nearby units ⇒ 0
Bold part is the huge nerf here. You trade your health regen aura and 5 points of magres from your magres aura for self-regen and less cost. Basically making it useless because there's far better items to get both magres and health regen from.
Locket got hit even harder.
Locket of the Iron Solari:
TOTAL COST: From 2800 gold ⇒ 2750 gold
BASE HEALTH REGEN: From 0% ⇒ 100%
MAGIC RESIST AURA: From 20 to all nearby units ⇒ 15 to all nearby units
HEALTH REGEN AURA: From 75% health regen to all nearby units ⇒ 0
SHIELD AMOUNT: From 60~230 (50 + 10 per champion level) ⇒ 90~345 (75 + 15 per champion level)
SHIELD DURATION: From 5 seconds ⇒ 2 seconds
So 50 gp cheaper, in exchange for losing the best part of its aura, three seconds off of its five second shield buff, and gaining a little bit of self-health regen and a tiny buff to its shield amount which really won't matter when the enemy's veigar deletes your mage anyway, making its use as an oh gak button questionable to begin with.
Glasdir wrote: aaaw not locket, (I haven't read the latest patch notes properly) that was always a must take for me when I play braum or soraka.
Here's the changes in question:
Aegis of the Legion:
TOTAL COST: From 1900 gold ⇒ 1600 gold
NEW BUILD PATH: Null-Magic Mantle + Crystalline Bracer + 550 gold
BASE HEALTH REGEN: From 0% ⇒ 100%
MAGIC RESIST AURA: From 20 to all nearby units ⇒ 15 to all nearby units
HEALTH REGEN AURA: From 75% health regen to all nearby units ⇒ 0
Bold part is the huge nerf here. You trade your health regen aura and 5 points of magres from your magres aura for self-regen and less cost. Basically making it useless because there's far better items to get both magres and health regen from.
Locket got hit even harder.
Locket of the Iron Solari:
TOTAL COST: From 2800 gold ⇒ 2750 gold
BASE HEALTH REGEN: From 0% ⇒ 100%
MAGIC RESIST AURA: From 20 to all nearby units ⇒ 15 to all nearby units
HEALTH REGEN AURA: From 75% health regen to all nearby units ⇒ 0
SHIELD AMOUNT: From 60~230 (50 + 10 per champion level) ⇒ 90~345 (75 + 15 per champion level)
SHIELD DURATION: From 5 seconds ⇒ 2 seconds
So 50 gp cheaper, in exchange for losing the best part of its aura, three seconds off of its five second shield buff, and gaining a little bit of self-health regen and a tiny buff to its shield amount which really won't matter when the enemy's veigar deletes your mage anyway, making its use as an oh gak button questionable to begin with.
jeez, like you say that really isn't worth taking any more that 3 sec nerf to the shield is ridiculous. especially with that piffling price reduction.
So just wanted to know what everyone's thoughts were on the new upcoming champ Kindred. personally I'm rather looking forward to playing as it/them as I've been maining jungle lately and have mained marksmen in the past, Kindred's relation to the lanes will be interesting too what with it's/their passive and ult.
I finally have set up a ranked team for those of you on euw, the team will be known as DAKKANauts EUW, if you are interested in joining send me a pm and I'll send you a friend request and invite.
the group's rules are simple and as follows
1. flaming/trolling and general toxicity is unwelcome in the group as I want the group to be enjoyable for everyone, I will be operating a 3 strikes and you are out system.
2. skype/teamspeak are not required, not everyone wants to use them, if you do want to use it with other members of the team that's fine just remember to communicate with the rest of the team.
3. have fun and treat all members of the team with respect, if they are struggling encouragement and advice are welcome (none of us are perfect after all).
as always GLHF.
this info will be added to the op when I get time.
Glasdir wrote: So just wanted to know what everyone's thoughts were on the new upcoming champ Kindred. personally I'm rather looking forward to playing as it/them as I've been maining jungle lately and have mained marksmen in the past, Kindred's relation to the lanes will be interesting too what with it's/their passive and ult.
Seems pretty cool, but the ult has trolling potential, like Bards, though maybe not as bard, as mistakes can be corrected.
Glasdir wrote: So just wanted to know what everyone's thoughts were on the new upcoming champ Kindred. personally I'm rather looking forward to playing as it/them as I've been maining jungle lately and have mained marksmen in the past, Kindred's relation to the lanes will be interesting too what with it's/their passive and ult.
Seems pretty cool, but the ult has trolling potential, like Bards, though maybe not as bard, as mistakes can be corrected.
yeah potentially but bard/tahm are still more trolly due to their other abilities. (magical journey, tahm's swallow ability) Also, welcome to the LoL thread, I noticed you haven't visited before, perhaps you'd be interested in joining our EUW ranked team we only need a few more members until it's complete and the more the merrier.
Well, worlds are over and a big congrats to SKT T1 for lifting the trophy a second time.
I'm a little disappointed Fnatic didn't get to the finals they did amazingly well to get where they did.
well it's almost that time of year again folks........ snowdown is almost here!
but to tide us over for now we have Illaoi the kraken priestess join the league, so what are everyone's thoughts on the new champ???
(also, poppy rework!!! so excited)
I joined Dakkadakka yesterday. Recently uninstalled the game but if people wanna go 5 man team I wouldn't mind some. I can go anywhere but prefer top lane Mundo/Morde/Cho' or Jungle J4/Shaco. Silver 1 Before I stopped.
I'm on NA as Otagian if anyone cares to add me. I usually play Gnar or Darius top, with some Thresh botlane as well.
I joined Dakkadakka yesterday. Recently uninstalled the game but if people wanna go 5 man team I wouldn't mind some. I can go anywhere but prefer top lane Mundo/Morde/Cho' or Jungle J4/Shaco. Silver 1 Before I stopped.
Prooooobably don't want to take Mordekaiser top anymore. His rework rewards him massively for having a teammate nearby, and unless your jungler pays a LOT of attention you're missing out on a huge part of his kit.
Morde was my main for the longest time. Had a ranked win rate of 80% with him top just Before the rework. Didn't quite like the rework, mostly due to the new W, but I guess it's fun bossing the dragon around. Started maining mundo after the rework and only throwing an occasional Morde game. Still, never felt quite as badass as I did with Morde.
Also I might have some gaming time tonight if people are intrested in trying out a 5 man team.
Laughing Man wrote: I'm on NA as Otagian if anyone cares to add me. I usually play Gnar or Darius top, with some Thresh botlane as well.
I joined Dakkadakka yesterday. Recently uninstalled the game but if people wanna go 5 man team I wouldn't mind some. I can go anywhere but prefer top lane Mundo/Morde/Cho' or Jungle J4/Shaco. Silver 1 Before I stopped.
Prooooobably don't want to take Mordekaiser top anymore. His rework rewards him massively for having a teammate nearby, and unless your jungler pays a LOT of attention you're missing out on a huge part of his kit.
Yeah, he's now a bot laner.
They killed solo kaiser.
wow what a huge boom in interest!
Laughing Man and moe_the_orc are now added.
moe, I'll send you a friend invite
as for morde, yeah he works well in botlane now but the last patch nerfed him so he's the weakest of the juggernauts now shame as I rather liked playing him in aram games.
A big thanks to Cthulu, Moe, Nerak and Goliath for some fantastic games this evening, first up was a game of aram with Goliath, Moe and myself which we eventually won with a score of 39-29, next up was a game of normal summoners rift with me and moe which we managed to carry brilliantly, we then played another game of normal rift with Cthulu, moe and nerak and myself which despite a good effort we lost in the end. Shaking of the loss we played another game of normal rift and after a hard fought battle we emerged triumphant with an excellent score of 40-28 and to cap off the evening a final game of aram was played with moe, nerak and myself, eventually losing 50-29.
overall a very good evening indeed.
not sure, tbh the closest thing I could think of was the V for Vendetta mask.
also I noticed you aren't on our player list, just let me know if you want to be added.
Glasdir wrote: not sure, tbh the closest thing I could think of was the V for Vendetta mask.
also I noticed you aren't on our player list, just let me know if you want to be added.
No, that's not really what I'm looking for. No i'm good, thanks.
CthuluIsSpy wrote: I have. He looks like my type of champion.
I don't like the hump, but the mask and the gun looks cool
I agree, it feels very out of place.
Rioters described him as being the first champ some of them really had to step back from because he was getting too creepy, but if you mix Handsome Jack and Sander Cohen, what else do you expect?
first time seeing them and wow do they look good.
I'm with you both on the issue of the hump, I feel it ruins him a bit.
also Dr.What I've added you to the list, just so you know no one is organising the NA players on the thread at the moment but you are more than welcome to if you wish. (I would myself but I don't have an NA account and don't have plans to make one as I'm sure ping would be a big issue, plus getting to lv30 once was a drag )
Glasdir wrote: first time seeing them and wow do they look good.
I'm with you both on the issue of the hump, I feel it ruins him a bit.
also Dr.What I've added you to the list, just so you know no one is organising the NA players on the thread at the moment but you are more than welcome to if you wish. (I would myself but I don't have an NA account and don't have plans to make one as I'm sure ping would be a big issue, plus getting to lv30 once was a drag )
If people on NA are up for it, I'll create a Dakka group.
Jhin, the new crafting/crate system, and the season 6 balances are up on the PBE and I'm loving it. He really plays like an AD Xerath.
how well does the crafting work? I'm rather looking forward to it. also you might want to pm all the na users seeing as most haven't posted again on the page.
Glasdir wrote: how well does the crafting work? I'm rather looking forward to it.
also you might want to pm all the na users seeing as most haven't posted again on the page.
Crafting is okay (really nothing major). Spending money will always be easier if you want a skin/champion.
4 chests max per month. 1 chest per champion per season. You get that champion's chest in a game if anybody in your game got an S score.
Glasdir wrote: how well does the crafting work? I'm rather looking forward to it. also you might want to pm all the na users seeing as most haven't posted again on the page.
Its a good concept, but its still easier to buy stuff. Then again, you can potentially get a free skin.
You can have a maximum of 4 chests per month. Each chest is associated with a certain champion. You can only get 1 chest per champion per season.
You only get a chest if you or your team mates win a game with an S ranking. You may only open a chest if you have a key. One third of a key will be randomly awarded on a winning game.
A chest may contain a champion shard or cosmetic shard. You can turn the shards into a new, unlocked champion or skin by sacrificing enough shards to turn into essence. This essence is combined with a shard of your choice to get something for free.
Wow I hadn't appreciated how hard it was to get chests, and here's me thinking it wouldn't be too hard, how often do the key shards drop? If it isn't that often then I can't see many people earning more than s couple of champs/skins a year.
Glasdir wrote: Wow I hadn't appreciated how hard it was to get chests, and here's me thinking it wouldn't be too hard, how often do the key shards drop? If it isn't that often then I can't see many people earning more than s couple of champs/skins a year.
I don't know the algorithm, sadly.
Random is random.
So when's ranked? Still need practice or what? Apparently this season is much harder; blokes that were in diamond got booted down to silver, according to one player I know.
CthuluIsSpy wrote: So when's ranked? Still need practice or what? Apparently this season is much harder; blokes that were in diamond got booted down to silver, according to one player I know.
That happens every season at the beginning, nothing new. Just the ELO Crunch because you can only be placed so high in ranking from Placement Matches, which means Plat/Diamond/Masters all got moved down to Plat. It just means that you will have to climb the ladder and earn your spot instead of having it all season.
I don't know about the others but I played one ranked game yesterday and instantly remembered why I hated it, maybe in time I'll give it a go but for now I'm happy playing normals as a group, what with ranked teams being disabled now.
Every season, there's a moderate MMR reset (the score that is tracked by how well you do against people better/worse than you) and it was harsher this season, because through Gold, if you fail a promo series, you get a free win on your next attempt and dynamic queue makes it a bit easier to climb as well.
I'm loving playing ranked with friends where we all hop on skype/curse and play together while climbing, plus it's fun to do troll comps in ranked (Heimerdinger/Tahm Kench ADC or an all-ADC comp) and win while laughing our heads off.
Who has gotten the chance to play Jhin so far? I'm really loving him in the jungle.
Dr. What wrote: Every season, there's a moderate MMR reset (the score that is tracked by how well you do against people better/worse than you) and it was harsher this season, because through Gold, if you fail a promo series, you get a free win on your next attempt and dynamic queue makes it a bit easier to climb as well.
I'm loving playing ranked with friends where we all hop on skype/curse and play together while climbing, plus it's fun to do troll comps in ranked (Heimerdinger/Tahm Kench ADC or an all-ADC comp) and win while laughing our heads off.
Who has gotten the chance to play Jhin so far? I'm really loving him in the jungle.
No
Everyone either bans, picks or dodges.
Its really annoying.
I did get to play against Jhin as MF. Kicked his ass
Dr. What wrote: Every season, there's a moderate MMR reset (the score that is tracked by how well you do against people better/worse than you) and it was harsher this season, because through Gold, if you fail a promo series, you get a free win on your next attempt and dynamic queue makes it a bit easier to climb as well.
I'm loving playing ranked with friends where we all hop on skype/curse and play together while climbing, plus it's fun to do troll comps in ranked (Heimerdinger/Tahm Kench ADC or an all-ADC comp) and win while laughing our heads off.
Who has gotten the chance to play Jhin so far? I'm really loving him in the jungle.
No
Everyone either bans, picks or dodges.
Its really annoying.
I did get to play against Jhin as MF. Kicked his ass
I've been doing Jungle Jhin and (besides getting chat restricted for making Jhin puns) he's quite fun. His Q makes clearing camps super easy and you can use your W from the river to root the enemy ADC and score some easy kills/assists. Way too many people are failing his ult though.
The next champ is supposedly a simple mage to coincide with the mage reworks and then Taric is getting re-released!
Finally tried him bot with a team that's not incompetent.
He's really good. He's easy to kill, he's slow, but let him farm and get some items, and he will kill most targets in 2-3 shots.
The trick to dealing with him is to be aggressive; the vayne and blitz I was laning against were too passive, and that gave me time to gear up.
still no hextech crafting, I would have thought we would have it by now, anyone know when it's due to be released as I don't remember at all, heck I even forgot hextech crafting was coming it's been so long since we've heard anything about it.
Here he is, the second champion of the year Aurelion Sol, the star forger.
so what are everybody's thoughts on the new champ, I think he looks pretty good and I'm really looking forward to having a go with him. I kinda hope he's viable as a support as I think his passive will be pretty useful in bot lane, maybe more so there than mid.
Glasdir wrote: Here he is, the second champion of the year Aurelion Sol, the star forger.
so what are everybody's thoughts on the new champ, I think he looks pretty good and I'm really looking forward to having a go with him. I kinda hope he's viable as a support as I think his passive will be pretty useful in bot lane, maybe more so there than mid.
I think he's pretty awesome.
I'm going to run him with Deathfire. Everyone seems to like thunderlords, but deathfire would work better on him due to his passive.
What I found is that death fire works best with the following :
- DoT effects
- Poking
- AD champions who use single target damaging spells extensively
- Constant damage (like DoT)
TLD works better for combo champions, who do their thing, and then retreat while their CDs count down.
he is pretty awesome isn't he, have you seen this yet, the AoE is huge! I can't wait to try him out, looking at his abilities I'm thinking he will also excel at support as well due to his biggest damage output being his passive, plus he is designed to be built as a tanky caster which is pretty interesting as it's not something that has been done before afaik all of which helps in the botlane.
Taric is the next champion to get a release/re-release!
oh yeah, forgot about that...........
but lets be honest sol is way more important, he is "the centre of the universe" after all
after playing him for the first time today, I must admit he is very enjoyable to play, the only thing that as particularly hard with him is positioning the suns in the right place to help farm but you get used to it after a while, the trick is to damage minions with them then finish them with your aa, don't leave it up to the suns or you'll miss a lot of farm, kinda like with heimer's turrets.
I used to play this from time to time, but am back with a new account and more motivation to actually play. I normally run Ashe, but I'm still getting a feel for other champions and seeing who I like and don't like.
AnkghorProk is my username (NA), but my player name is Shaper Talok. I've got poor Internet and an irregular schedule for when I'd be able to play, but I figured I'd throw this out there.
so what are everyones thoughts on the new champ taliyah?
I can't find the link to the reveal page but when I do I'll add it.
personally I wish riot would slow down their release schedule as I feel like we're still just getting to grips with taric. the champ looks ok I guess not one I'll pick up though as she seems a bit copy and paste from other champs (ziggs, sol, rek sai).
Would people be up for some gaming on sunday? I've been doing cho'gath jungling lately. Realised his increadible potential now that the new Void thingy and Dragon are so important. Maybe I should give nunu a spinn as well.
Nah, and I don't intend to. She doesn't seem as interesting as the last two releases; both her appearance and her skill set seem bland.
Sol had an intriguing design and a cool kit.
Jhin had an amazing design and personality, and the marketing for him was pretty clever. His kit is neat too.
Taliyah is just...boring. Like, her face is in a permanent state of dull surprise.
hahaha, I had similar thoughts when I first saw here as well, as I said in a previous post, her abilities seem a bit copy paste as well (I'm thinking katarina, ziggs, rek/sol/azir/anivia) all in all too many wall and global transport ult champs.
So, It's been a while since taliyah was released, we must be due a rework soon, if I recall correctly it had something to do with a certain grave digger. Has anyone heard when this might be due?
well, it's time for another new champion again and by the looks of it it's another yordle. what are everyone's thoughts on the new champ Kled? for those who haven't seen it here is his reveal:
also, how about that sneaky Ryze update, that certainly wasn't something I was expecting, however I have to admit I do like the rework, although I haven't had much chance to play him yet due to his popularity.
I haven't been playing my main account lately, been leveling a smurf by the name of Forge of Vaul, but my main is Eyy Bubby. I'm on NA if anyone wants to add me, would be cool to get some games in with people! I mostly prefer solo lanes, but can support and am flexing my jungle muscles lately.
Havn't played through summer. I find that new hero to be pretty cool but he's another testimony to the insane mobility creep in lol of the last few years. Many heroes has been given insane mobility and in particlar half-the-map ults. It's cool but a little distressing that the mobility creep has shot up so high.
So riot finally release another game earning their name of Riot Games, but it's not another pc based game but a board game.
Mechs vs Minions is set to come out in the coming months and is an unusual move, but hopefully one that will pay off.
the game itself looks pretty good and I will probably pick up a copy. So then members of dakka what do you think of this and will you be getting a copy, seeing as it seems to be tailored more towards the tabletop/board gaming community within league (especially given the ridiculous confusion and misunderstanding as well as downright stupidity that has spawned in the youtube comments of the videos featuring the game).
(I'm on EUW).
shame as I rather liked playing him in aram games.
