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2016-11-14, 02:55 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: League Of Legends LXVII: "MY PICK'EMS!"
Bringing up ARAM when talking about balance is pointless. There's absolutely nothing useful to be gained by discussing ARAM balance when Riot has repeatedly said, for years, that they don't balance around alternate game modes.
Regarding Shaco, his winrate on Summoner's Rift is virtually unchanged, despite a 50% increase in playrate this patch.Last edited by thracian; 2016-11-14 at 02:57 PM.
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2016-11-14, 03:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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2016-11-16, 04:56 PM (ISO 8601)
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Holy flippin' lore release, batman!
Also includes a lot of lore for champions who were left behind in the original Institute of War retcon. I checked Jax and Fiddles briefly. They both have short stories now.Originally Posted by Lord Magtok
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2016-11-16, 05:45 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: League Of Legends LXVII: "MY PICK'EMS!"
Ugh, come on Riot, Fiora doesn't use a sabre. That's just sloppy fact checking.
Other than that, Jax's story did pretty well. It did away with definitively calling him "the best champion ever lol haxxorz" nonsense and instead made him arguably the best around, showcasing him beating a bunch of guys repeatedly.
It even gives hints at what he is. Which I won't spoil for those who want to go read it.
And, old Poppy is still in Galio's lore. You keep on trucking, my awesome quiet, and stoic yordle. You'll always be better than the incarnate of every annoying personality trait ever wrapped up in bubblegum that is your current form, to me.
And amusing, to me, Morg and Kayle are still space aliens in a civil war. But now without IoW they have no reason to be on Runeterra, and in their lores, they are not. They're just, in space. Doing space things.Last edited by Dienekes; 2016-11-16 at 06:15 PM.
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2016-11-16, 05:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: League Of Legends LXVII: "MY PICK'EMS!"
Fiora uses a cut-and-thrust sword inspired by early modern swords. "Sabre" is a perfectly valid word for it, even if it's double-edged. "Rapier" is also an alright word, even if it's got a rather wide blade. The distinction between many different types of swords is by no means that clear-cut (pun intended).
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2016-11-16, 06:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: League Of Legends LXVII: "MY PICK'EMS!"
It even gives hints at what he is. Which I won't spoil for those who want to go read it.Spoiler
Certainly loved the new addition, were about time we got a bit more knowledre of how Jax fit in with everything else.
And i guess the hints point towards Jax being from Shurema.
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2016-11-16, 06:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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No it is not. Since all sabres are single edge. It is a category of sword, a curved backsword whether it comes from India the Magyars or France, it its called a scimitar, or talwar. That's what a sabre is. What Fiora uses is not a sabre.
Early modern cut and thrust sword, you got rapiers, sideswords, smallswords, extremely late arming swords, broadswords, technically would count as well.
None of those are sabres though. Hell even the word sabre comes from the 17th century specifically to denote a type of backsword.
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2016-11-16, 06:22 PM (ISO 8601)
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Most sabres have single-edged, curved blades, but not all. Honestly, the strongest argument against it being a sabre is the cup guard.
And that's before we get into things like "poetic license".Last edited by Siosilvar; 2016-11-16 at 06:24 PM.
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2016-11-16, 06:25 PM (ISO 8601)
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2016-11-16, 06:34 PM (ISO 8601)
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Easy. M1913 "Patton" saber.
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2016-11-16, 08:33 PM (ISO 8601)
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Ahh yes, the Patton sword. The sword developed by the guy trying to completely change what style of sword the cavalry were using, and just called it saber because he assumed that all cavalry swords were called sabers. It fits the definition of estoc, it looks like an estoc with a dish hilt, and was used like an estoc. But he called it a saber, because he didn't know what he was talking about.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lBi94etcII
But, fairness where fairness is due. You proved me wrong. I grudgingly take back my complaint.
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2016-11-16, 10:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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2016-11-17, 02:43 PM (ISO 8601)
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Man, flex queue ranked was rough for a while there. Saw a game where a challenger player was matched against a Bronze V and a pre-30. In ranked.
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2016-11-17, 02:53 PM (ISO 8601)
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New champion teaser Camille
Spoiler: DetailsPiltover Robotic... assassain? Enforcer? I'm not sure. She doesn't seem connected to Caitlyn and Vi. More... politically aligned than through law enforcement? Getting vibes of Vetiniri in terms of philosophy. Gameplay wise, we just had a jungler, so probably not that, so next best guess is a AP mid assassin?Avatar by Glasswhistle
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2016-11-17, 04:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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Spoiler: I'm a writer!Spoiler: Check out my fanfiction[URL="https://www.fanfiction.net/u/7493788/Forum-Explorer"here[/URL]
]Fate Stay Nano: Fate Stay Night x Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
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Spoiler: Original FictionThe Lost Dragon: A story about a priest who finds a baby dragon in his church and decides to protect them.
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2016-11-17, 04:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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SpoilerShe has stabby knife legs. Definitely going to be AD rather than AP focused. AP + Stabby knife legs doesn't really make sense.
Could be an assassin, could also be some sort of skirmisher champion like Yasuo and Fiora.
She seems super prejudiced against Zaunites. Probably doesn't get along with Piltover law enforcement, and she and Ekko will hate each other.Originally Posted by Lord Magtok
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Spoiler: I'm a writer!Spoiler: Check out my fanfiction[URL="https://www.fanfiction.net/u/7493788/Forum-Explorer"here[/URL]
]Fate Stay Nano: Fate Stay Night x Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
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Spoiler: Original FictionThe Lost Dragon: A story about a priest who finds a baby dragon in his church and decides to protect them.
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2016-11-18, 02:21 PM (ISO 8601)
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Katarina is a very old champion from when design philosophies about how AP and AD worked were very different. They actually considered during the assassin update whether to convert Katarina into an AD scaling champion instead of an AP one in order to make her thematically more coherent, but in terms of pure gameplay patterns they felt like her itemization options in AP were better to keep as is (in retrospect, Edge of Night may or may not have been a huge part of this).
The new era of champion design tends to be more tight and logical when it comes to marrying design and gameplay, so I'd fully expect a character with sharp stabby knife legs to scale off of AD. That weird shieldy needle dive thing she does (perhaps an ultimate?) is the one demonstrated ability where I could see a case for some different scaling, perhaps an AP ratio (for Baron), possibly health ratio.Last edited by Ashen Lilies; 2016-11-18 at 02:28 PM.
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