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 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.

I tend not to play ranked, but I wouldn't mind a few games.
Have to see what its like someday, right?

LoL name is the same as here.

Bump for EUW recruitment.
We need more :(

 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.

Xerath OP.
My laser is stronger than Lux's

I have. He looks like my type of champion.
I don't like the hump, but the mask and the gun looks cool

I might like him then.
Xerath is one of my favorite mid laners.

I'll try to play him on the PBE some time.

 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.

So basically, git gud.

 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.

 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'm still waiting for the urgot rework.
He is good in the top lane, but he is still pretty weak in bot lane, where he is meant to be.

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.

 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.

Yeah, that galaxy mechanic is pretty nuts.

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.

Ryze is supposed to be super op right now. It does look more interesting than his previous incarnation though, which felt clunky to me.