League of Legends XXV: Who is your Summoner, and what does he do?

[Silverraptor]

You know, I'd like to start as 5 Barons. Then push for the win.

[Djinn_in_Tonic]

Armored bears, anyone?

[Sohala]

Must...farm...

[TechnOkami]

So... I think I like playing Maokai. I probably would a lot more if I knew what his actual role on a team is. I think it's off-tank/tank, but I'm not sure...

[Makensha]

Armored bears, anyone?

... why?

What is so positively awesome about armored bears that people would begin a huge campaign over several years that would finally get Riot to make one?

Its a BEAR. In ARMOR. yay

...

An armored pony would have been better...

[tyckspoon]

I think it's off-tank/tank, but I'm not sure...

Yup. You can also try going mage and pretend you're Gragas with the extremely long range of sapling tosses, but.. well, Gragas does that better- the saplings have much lower damage values and too long a cooldown. Mage only really uses 1 and a half of Maokai's skills (assuming you're using his ult as a nuke, basically.) His skillset works best as tank/initiator.

[Joran]

... why?

What is so positively awesome about armored bears that people would begin a huge campaign over several years that would finally get Riot to make one?

Its a BEAR. In ARMOR. yay

...

An armored pony would have been better...

One of the badass main characters of The Golden Compass was a Panzerbjorn or armored bear.

[Silverraptor]

Armored bears, anyone?

Where is my Ninetail Fox!

[TechnOkami]

Oh My God Tree.

I love me some tree.

I need to buy this champion, just-

Oh My God Tree.



Can you tell I've found a tank I can tank as?

[Reinboom]

... why?

What is so positively awesome about armored bears that people would begin a huge campaign over several years that would finally get Riot to make one?

Its a BEAR. In ARMOR. yay

...

An armored pony would have been better...

The campaign was actually started by a Rioter agai...

Down with the armored bear infestation! This is an outrage!

[Joran]

The campaign was actually started by a Rioter agai...

Down with the armored bear infestation! This is an outrage!

Ah, so I see you're not in favor of the Iron Solari. Have you pledged allegiance to the Republic of Morello?

[Reinboom]

Ah, so I see you're not in favor of the Iron Solari. Have you pledged allegiance to the Republic of Morello?

Oh yes, that is most definitely it.
And not because I'm biased towards those who show up for the My Little Pony nights I host here.

[Eldariel]

I just made the best Dominion Urgot build ever!

Just behold:
3k HP!
177 Armor!
147 MR!
40% CDR!
37% ArPen!
315 AD!
20% Spellvamp (for his Q)!
3 Item Actives!

The only drawback is that it's running only /Lvl runes, including MR/Lvl Reds, and further has CDR/Lvl from Defense. So before level 18? Yeah, it's pretty bad. Also, the whole build costs like 16k which happens once in a dozen games in Dominion. And uses the weirdest runepage known to man. But at least the numbers are pwetty!

[Makensha]

Oh yes, that is most definitely it.
And not because I'm biased towards those who show up for the My Little Pony nights I host here.

I wonder if the mods are sleeping...

[Math_Mage]

Re: Volibar, inb4 hype backlash as everyone realizes he's not as much fun as they expected because they've built up an altar to the Armored Bear since forever. Like how many (not all) were disappointed with the first female tank.

He and Annie should get along, though.

[Joran]

Re: Volibar, inb4 hype backlash as everyone realizes he's not as much fun as they expected because they've built up an altar to the Armored Bear since forever. Like how many (not all) were disappointed with the first female tank.

He and Annie should get along, though.

Leona didn't disappoint me, but Wukong did a little bit. Hurray yet another tanky DPS.

Fizz looks like the ton of fun that I expected, but my fingers are too stupid to play him properly.

[Eurus]

So... Bear = stun, if Udyr and Annie are anything to go by. Quadruple-stun champ?

[Morph Bark]

So... Bear = stun, if Udyr and Annie are anything to go by. Quadruple-stun champ?

All of his abilities will slow. If all of them are applied within 4 seconds on the same target, it is stunned.

Permanently.

[Reinboom]

All of his abilities will slow. If all of them are applied within 4 seconds on the same target, it is stunned.

Permanently.

... oh dear, how did that get out?

[EndlessWrath]

Armored bears, anyone?

Always my good man. Always.

-Wrath

[lord_khaine]

... oh dear, how did that get out?

We really cant go around revealing our sources, or else people might stop talking to solari.

Anyway, i heard something about jungle Leona, how is that done?

I have been playing jungle Shyvana for a while, and though its a blast, with both great clearing and tankyness, then the ganks really isnt that good, so jungle Leona would be a fun change of pace.

[Reinboom]

Ranked Teams are (mostly) live!

[Darth Mario]

Ranked Teams are (mostly) live!

Was about to say this, but I got ninja'd by Riot. Go figure.

[LordShotGun]

Where is my Ninetail Fox!

I talked to one of the guys who has been working under Ezreal (the riot employee who is the primary designer of her) and for some reason Ezreal lost all his internet for about 2 weeks so no work got done on her for that 2 weeks and even after he came back, Ezreal and the rest of designers can't decided if she should be a no mana cooldown hero or use mana.


I asked about what kind of hero she would be but he couldn't tell me much other then she is supposed to be a controller mage similar to lux in the sense that she is not quite as bursty as other mages but can alter the battlefield to suit her.

[Reinboom]

Oh, oops. Oversaw that.

Ahri is to Korea as Wukong was for China for release (well... not quite). I can't really detail more than that, sorry.

[Delusion]

Oh, oops. Oversaw that.

Ahri is to Korea as Wukong was for China for release (well... not quite). I can't really detail more than that, sorry.

Wasn't the name supposed to be Kumiho or something? ^^

Also Gief the Fox now!

[SlyGuyMcFly]

Where is my Ninetail Fox!

I agree with you but I also think that an Armoured Bear is an acceptable stopgap measure.

[Reinboom]

Wasn't the name supposed to be Kumiho or something? ^^

Also Gief the Fox now!

Our Korean playerbase got to rename her.

[Delusion]

Lets just say that the new name is one or two letters away from my real name, and thus I will newer hear end of the puns from my RL friends if I start playing her a lot.

Oh well.

Also I hope this bear champ can Jungle. Just for the image of big freaking bear running from the bushes to gank.

[Morph Bark]

Our Korean playerbase got to rename her.

If it really is going to be Ari, I will laugh.

Since Arie, same pronunciation, is a man's name in Dutch. Also Hebrew. It means "Lion of God".