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Spyder68 wrote:Smart cast is used for Targeted Spells so you do not have to press the spell, then press where the spell goes.
Like for Annie.
You Mouse over enemy, hit Tibbers and he lands right there instantly.. Rather then hit tibbers, then click where you want him to land.
This speeds things up drastically for skill shots and chaining through the abilities.
Annie again. Tibbers > The fireball > The Aoe Flame.
You can cast those by hitting 3 buttons in a row and they all land where your mouse is..
Rather then.. TIbbers > Click >Hit Fireball > Click> Hit Flame > Click.
It makes a HUGE difference on champs like Annie and Ezreal where the speed of the chain matters. I would highly recommend after a new player begins to feel they're hitting a plateau in their personal skill that they try smartcasting if they havn't already.
Id try Dota 2 if anyone had a spare Key then dont need.
PM me, I've got a key I can give you when I get home.
The Bringer wrote:I just got my first penta as Twitch xD
I got the quadra-kill pretty luckily, and then katarina popped out in front of me, and instead of flaying my squishy hide, she ran and I killed her for the penta.
I remember my first penta. I was tristana in a PVP (Summoner ~lv20) and I hopped in the battle and murdered the first four. I was starting to be dissapointed but I saw their Fizz running away by their inhibitor turret. I dove like a boss and got the kill. Sure, I died afterwards but it was SO worth it.
AlexHolker wrote:I've had a go with Vi against bots, and she was great in one-on-one, but had a really hard time disengaging when things weren't in her favour. Whenever someone started running, the combination of Assault and Battery, Excessive Force and Vault Breaker ensured that they would die anyway. But when I tried to run, I wasn't benefiting from the ~65% lifesteal I'd built up.
I've been experimenting with Vi, (not so much this week because she's free) and I'm finding that an interesting summoner's combination on her, instead of the old standby of flash/ignite is ghost/exaust. Ghost gets you out of sticky binds, gets you to critical battles faster and closes important gaps on targets while exaust makes sure you can get those last hits in on that enemy that's trying to get away. Your Q works well as a last resort dash, with a small charge giving you about the same distance as flash would on open ground.
The penta I got as twitch wasn't really deserved, before it I was 5 and 10 xP. There entire team lined up and mauled my team, and while my team was getting slaughtered I picked them off one by one.
I almost got a penta as Nasus, that one I deserved. I jumped into a team-fight all my allies were dying in, activated my ult and start slaughtering everyone. (I had farmed my q way ahead because they left me alone in top lane). I got the quadra and I was about to kill the last guy when one of my teammates sniped him.... I was so upset.
My best game ever was 24/0 as Twitch and 22/0 Fiddlesticks. Both were done on 3v3 matches.
I just tried Ahri, Vi, and Brand. Vi seems good, but I can't play her right. Ahri seems good, but I suck as her. Brand seems good, and he was easy to play... but he seems a little boring. My only game as him I went 19/9.... and it was a pretty boring game so I prolly won't play him again. My favorite mid so far is LeBlanc, Twitch, and Veigar. Leblanc is really hard but if you can play her its amazing.
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Says the guy who has all his skins, because, y'know, I love them all.
I got Cassio yesterday and have been playing around with her a bit. Learning mid at lvl 30 is a painful curve, but I'm getting the hang of it, and I lvoe the sheer dps she can put out at any given time.
Im very hot and cold with Malphite. I either kick some major ass, or do squat. I seem to barely hurt Master Yi, so when I see him being played, I hope I get tossed against him But overall I really enjoy Malphite, the guy can seriously dish out damage. I think its fun to charge into a x2 or x3 blob of summoners that have been pushing longer then they should have? Then BOOM! I start hitting all of them at the same time with several attacks. Its glorious
Automatically Appended Next Post: Although now Im saving up for either an assassin or a tank, and Im not sure which champ to use for either one
The thing you need to understand if you play Malphite consistently well is that you're not aiming to get kills. I mean, sure if the oppertunity presents itself, go all in,, but generally, you're there to win the game. It's literally as simple as that. No matter whether you've fed all game, and are like 0/10, or you've taken a great big dump on your opponents lane, malphites ulti is a game changer. a charge in knock up with stuns for 2 seconds? If you catch 2-3 people with it, you will be pretty much guarantied a won teamfight. Catch 5 of them, and you might be able to push a tower. Out of curiosity, how're you building Malphite? If you're looking for a tank, there's only a few who can out do him, and they generally are a pain in the ass to play well.
My build, (bare in mind I play him in the Jungle, as his ganks inlane are horrendously powerful at lvl 6) is fairly simple. I start with a cloth armor and 5 health pots, then build the cloth armor into either a frozen heart of a randuins omen, depending on the situation. Look at their team normally. If there's a lot of melee AD guys (bruisers) I'd say frozen heart. The great thing about it is that if you get hit, you slow the enemy. And you have heaps on mana aswell. But if the team is quite squishy, got randuins, because when you combine it with your ulti, it just ruins an enemy team. Ulti in, knock everyone up, hit your E to slow their attack speed, then randuin, and you've slowed them all too. By this time your team will pile in and murder everything. After that, I love boots of mobility, just because slow champions upset me physically (Is it small wonder my most enjoyable champion tends to be Hecarim or Rammus, who can get movement speeds of 600) but feel free to get merc treads if their AP is strong, or ninja tabai if their AD is strong. Then I get a shurelyas, as you are taking that tanky support role, which gives you a speed boost to chase people down, which on top of your Q will mean pretty much nothing can get away from you. Possibly a thornmail if their teams carry is getting super fed (thornmail redirects basic attack damage you take back at the enemy. It's a scary surprise when your opponent suddenly finds themselves dying because of their own attacks) or a Banshees veil if their AP is a bit worrisome. I like to get a warmogs after that (especially if I didn't get randuins) then finish off the build with either runic bulwark or ohmebreaker? It's really whatever tickles your fancy by that point. Whilst you will definitely not churn out masses of damage, your E (the ground slam) will do a surprising amount, as its damage scales with armor, and your presence in a teamfight will normally tip the scales. Hope this helps, if you have any questions lemme know! I was really proud that my build got me through to Silver ranked (I know some here might be gold or plat, but I only started the whole ranked scen last season) and it seems still fairly effective in the current jungle.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Oh. And as for tanks. Alistair is fantastic. But I wouldn't recommend him, simply because his wombo combo (where you headbutt them, and then midflight pulverize them into the air, leading to a 3-4 second stun) is an absolute bitch to pull off. I play alistair from time to time and I only do the combo if it's a kill or be killed situation. I'm to afraid I'll botch it up to use it to engage into a teamfight normally
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The Bringer wrote: I just tried Ahri, Vi, and Brand. Vi seems good, but I can't play her right. Ahri seems good, but I suck as her. Brand seems good, and he was easy to play... but he seems a little boring. My only game as him I went 19/9.... and it was a pretty boring game so I prolly won't play him again. My favorite mid so far is LeBlanc, Twitch, and Veigar. Leblanc is really hard but if you can play her its amazing.
Vi is really good, one of the most extreme bursters I've ever played because of her knock arounds and gap closers. The problem is that if you try to go against someone with decent tankiness, you'll get rolled yourself. The combo of abilities and selection of the targets really will put a good Vi on a different level from all the people trying to play her free this week.
Leblanc is an akward character though, she can dominate the early game and snowball into the mid game but she almost always drops off late. I have difficulty playing her because I love to have an late game presence that she just doesn't have.
Says the guy who has all his skins, because, y'know, I love them all.
I got Cassio yesterday and have been playing around with her a bit. Learning mid at lvl 30 is a painful curve, but I'm getting the hang of it, and I lvoe the sheer dps she can put out at any given time.
Im very hot and cold with Malphite. I either kick some major ass, or do squat. I seem to barely hurt Master Yi, so when I see him being played, I hope I get tossed against him But overall I really enjoy Malphite, the guy can seriously dish out damage. I think its fun to charge into a x2 or x3 blob of summoners that have been pushing longer then they should have? Then BOOM! I start hitting all of them at the same time with several attacks. Its glorious
Automatically Appended Next Post: Although now Im saving up for either an assassin or a tank, and Im not sure which champ to use for either one
The thing you need to understand if you play Malphite consistently well is that you're not aiming to get kills. I mean, sure if the oppertunity presents itself, go all in,, but generally, you're there to win the game. It's literally as simple as that. No matter whether you've fed all game, and are like 0/10, or you've taken a great big dump on your opponents lane, malphites ulti is a game changer. a charge in knock up with stuns for 2 seconds? If you catch 2-3 people with it, you will be pretty much guarantied a won teamfight. Catch 5 of them, and you might be able to push a tower. Out of curiosity, how're you building Malphite? If you're looking for a tank, there's only a few who can out do him, and they generally are a pain in the ass to play well.
My build, (bare in mind I play him in the Jungle, as his ganks inlane are horrendously powerful at lvl 6) is fairly simple. I start with a cloth armor and 5 health pots, then build the cloth armor into either a frozen heart of a randuins omen, depending on the situation. Look at their team normally. If there's a lot of melee AD guys (bruisers) I'd say frozen heart. The great thing about it is that if you get hit, you slow the enemy. And you have heaps on mana aswell. But if the team is quite squishy, got randuins, because when you combine it with your ulti, it just ruins an enemy team. Ulti in, knock everyone up, hit your E to slow their attack speed, then randuin, and you've slowed them all too. By this time your team will pile in and murder everything. After that, I love boots of mobility, just because slow champions upset me physically (Is it small wonder my most enjoyable champion tends to be Hecarim or Rammus, who can get movement speeds of 600) but feel free to get merc treads if their AP is strong, or ninja tabai if their AD is strong. Then I get a shurelyas, as you are taking that tanky support role, which gives you a speed boost to chase people down, which on top of your Q will mean pretty much nothing can get away from you. Possibly a thornmail if their teams carry is getting super fed (thornmail redirects basic attack damage you take back at the enemy. It's a scary surprise when your opponent suddenly finds themselves dying because of their own attacks) or a Banshees veil if their AP is a bit worrisome. I like to get a warmogs after that (especially if I didn't get randuins) then finish off the build with either runic bulwark or ohmebreaker? It's really whatever tickles your fancy by that point. Whilst you will definitely not churn out masses of damage, your E (the ground slam) will do a surprising amount, as its damage scales with armor, and your presence in a teamfight will normally tip the scales. Hope this helps, if you have any questions lemme know! I was really proud that my build got me through to Silver ranked (I know some here might be gold or plat, but I only started the whole ranked scen last season) and it seems still fairly effective in the current jungle.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Oh. And as for tanks. Alistair is fantastic. But I wouldn't recommend him, simply because his wombo combo (where you headbutt them, and then midflight pulverize them into the air, leading to a 3-4 second stun) is an absolute bitch to pull off. I play alistair from time to time and I only do the combo if it's a kill or be killed situation. I'm to afraid I'll botch it up to use it to engage into a teamfight normally
That seems to be how Ive been playing Malphite then, glad to see I was doing it right Ive also found myself going in and being the jungle guy from time to time with him. BUT!
How does one exactly jungle anyways? Im lvl 10 or 11 and I seriously NEVER see people do it, so Ive no real clue if you jungle from the get go, or lvl up on minions a bit first or what. Can someone explain to me, like Im 6, how to jungle?
Alfndrate wrote: I don't even know what jungle means! lol to the interwebs! *flies away!*
To jungle means you roam around in the forests between lanes, killing neutral monsters and jumping out and ambushing people. Since experience for minion kills is divided between all nearby champions and you only get gold for finishing blows, two champions in one lane will get less of each than if they farm separately.
The build I tried for Vi seemed good for jungling, since you really want your cooldowns to be done by the time you jump out and murder someone, and the massive amounts of lifesteal meant she could even kill the dragon and gain life at the same time.
"When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up."
-C.S. Lewis
Jungling is the hardest job in the game (support shortly thereafter) because you have to have skills to fight in the jungle, map awareness to know what is going on, and technique to pull off a successful gank (ambush enemies in a lane) where it is needed.
You'll be the brunt of all the hate if you don't do things right, but at least jungling gets recognition when done properly (everyone loves awesome ganks). Support, a role I enjoy alot, is the most thankless job ;_;
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Ah, jungling... that is something to try in bot games until you can successfully kill the big golem, the lizard king, the wolves, the wraiths and the little golems before you go back to the tower for the first time.
It is much harder before you hit lvl 30 because you don't have access to the runes you need to survive it. An extra 10 armor and 75 life can make the difference between getting both red and blue buffs, and dying ignominiously to a creep.
Watch some videos before you try it, and remember to bring Smite as a summoner spell.
Klawz-Ramming is a subset of citrus fruit?
Gwar- "And everyone wants a bigger Spleen!"
Mercurial wrote:
I admire your aplomb and instate you as Baron of the Seas and Lord Marshall of Privateers.
Orkeosaurus wrote:Star Trek also said we'd have X-Wings by now. We all see how that prediction turned out.
Orkeosaurus, on homophobia, the nature of homosexuality, and the greatness of George Takei.
English doesn't borrow from other languages. It follows them down dark alleyways and mugs them for loose grammar.
The game defaults to a button press bringing up a template or targeting cursor that you then have to click to use.
Smartcast just ignores the mouse click and uses the ability directly on the location/target under the cursor.
I believe the game defaults have smartcast as SHIFT+[key] for any abilities or items. Try it out to see the difference. It's awkward at first, but once you get used to it it becomes game changing in your favor.
Horst wrote:This is how trolling happens. A few cheeky posts are made. Then they get more insulting. Eventually, we revert to our primal animal state, hurling feces at each other while shreeking with glee.
Well it depends. Sometimes you see full tank malphite, brusier malphite (a combination of both tank and attacker, pretty much just a beefy guy) and AP. I don't play Maphite though, but his abilities scale with AP and armour.
Still on something like him you want to at least have somewhat decent defense.
KingCracker wrote: OK what route should I go with Malphite? Focus on getting him attack upgrades and runes and such, or go strait defense on upgrades and runes??
When I build Malphite, I like to build him more tanky. Pick up some good Armor and Magic Resist. Randuin's Omen is awesome for him, because he is a heavy initiator. You need to get that survivability so when you do initiate for the team, you do not get burned down so quickly.
Building Malphite tanky is great, I've never played mal specifically, but whenever I build an initator/tank style character I love to build armor and AOE buffs for your team as well as debuffs for the other team.
Great items for this are:
Aegis/Bulwark to buff your team's defense
Zeke's Herald for AOE buff lifesteal/AD Will of the Ancients for AOE buff Spellvamp/AP Sunfire Cape for AOE magic damage of enemies
Abysal Scepter for AOE debuff of enemy magic resistance
There are other great items for this as well, all based on the situation. I'm trying to learn the best items overall but Aegis/Bulwark is always useful to have in teamfights.
My build for Malphite is: Frozen Heart, Randuin's, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Sunfire Cape, Warmog's
I usually go Merc treads or Ninja Tabi when with Malphite. I build Malphite with a lot of armour which is great for his E.
If anyone new to the game wants morgana I have two promo codes I got in EB games today, since I don't need them just send me a pm and I'll send you over the promo code and how to redeem it.
Horst wrote:This is how trolling happens. A few cheeky posts are made. Then they get more insulting. Eventually, we revert to our primal animal state, hurling feces at each other while shreeking with glee.
Krellnus wrote: If anyone new to the game wants morgana I have two promo codes I got in EB games today, since I don't need them just send me a pm and I'll send you over the promo code and how to redeem it.
1 left already, but its 1 am here so I better get some sleep.
Horst wrote:This is how trolling happens. A few cheeky posts are made. Then they get more insulting. Eventually, we revert to our primal animal state, hurling feces at each other while shreeking with glee.
Anyone played Thresh yet? I tried him just before, and i have a feeling he could be good in the jungle.
I mean, his passive works somewhat well in the jungle, and his q can be very good for ganks.
Veteran Sergeant wrote:In the grim darkness of the far future, the guy with a rifle is the weakest man on the battlefield, left to quake in terror, hoping the two or three shots he gets do the job before somebody runs screaming across the battlefield to hit him with an energized stick.
The Bringer wrote: I just tried Ahri, Vi, and Brand. Vi seems good, but I can't play her right. Ahri seems good, but I suck as her. Brand seems good, and he was easy to play... but he seems a little boring. My only game as him I went 19/9.... and it was a pretty boring game so I prolly won't play him again. My favorite mid so far is LeBlanc, Twitch, and Veigar. Leblanc is really hard but if you can play her its amazing.
Vi is really good, one of the most extreme bursters I've ever played because of her knock arounds and gap closers. The problem is that if you try to go against someone with decent tankiness, you'll get rolled yourself. The combo of abilities and selection of the targets really will put a good Vi on a different level from all the people trying to play her free this week.
Heh? Vi rocks tanks. Her W does %Damage based on health.....
Horst wrote:This is how trolling happens. A few cheeky posts are made. Then they get more insulting. Eventually, we revert to our primal animal state, hurling feces at each other while shreeking with glee.
So Nami is apparently a really good, underplayed support. I guess people were either not that great with her or just wrote her off but I find that nobody is ready for the amount of harassment and kill setups that I can apply with her. I feel that in the right hands, she's borderline OP.
Thresh is, uh, interesting. In my opinion, he could be played in ALOT of roles, though he does lack damage slightly in his abilities.
Veteran Sergeant wrote:In the grim darkness of the far future, the guy with a rifle is the weakest man on the battlefield, left to quake in terror, hoping the two or three shots he gets do the job before somebody runs screaming across the battlefield to hit him with an energized stick.
But overall I really enjoy Malphite, the guy can seriously dish out damage. I think its fun to charge into a x2 or x3 blob of summoners that have been pushing longer then they should have? Then BOOM! I start hitting all of them at the same time with several attacks. Its glorious
