Old League of Legends Thread

[Dantrag]

wasn't even that huge of a nerf...

[Meian]

Maintenance extended to 5 pm EST

Leona is also in this patch it seems but not "unlocked" yet until Riot wants to, least thats what it sounded like http://www.leagueoflegends.com/board...2#post11059842

[Qeomash]

So ingame, but not added to the store until they feel like it. Guess they're staggering things so that people don't hammer the store the instant the servers are up.

[Meian]

Champion Spotlight for Leona
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oViu5...layer_embedded
Forgot how to embed videos

She's looking pretty awesome. One of the better spotlights yet with the slowmo so I don't have to pause so much to see what happened.
Liking all the new skins especially that Amumu Knight and Sion with Mordekaiser style armor.

[Tyrath]

Nvm they're in the spotlight D:


Hopefully this means leona will be unlocked this weekend.

[Lebzile]

Spoiler: show

I'm still waiting on the removal of this Summoner Spell.

[Zanz L. Barre The 3rd]

As much as I love it for a gap closer, I wouldn't mind it's removal. Interestingly enough, I stumbled upon an old summoner spell called "Promote" while on LoL Wiki. Always fun and interesting finding stuff like that!

[Arvin]

flash is very fucking retarded, agreed

[Nama]

Miss promote was so dumb promoting an entire minion wave. Purple caster is OP.
Flash supposed to be an offensive skill but rarely used so, can't blame people tho since for alot of champs its their only escape tool and it too useful. It was brought up during DreamHack how flash warps the game a bit making everyone play too defensively till someone blows their cooldown. If it was removed games might more aggressive since it be easier to punish being caught out of position especially early game. Only time I ever feel cheated by flash is when someone flashes through a wall which pretty much completely negates any threat unless you blow your own flash to chase(or are Kassidin).

[Rivero]

Some heroes revolve around Flash mechanics though. They'd have to remake a good amount of heroes if they insisted on removing Flash.

[Zanz L. Barre The 3rd]

Played Jarvan yesterday and had a blast. He definitely feels borderline OP but not as bad as some made it out to be. I'm thinking about trying out smart cast on him for fluid E > Q combos. Anyone have any recommendations for Jarvan in any way? Thanks.

[Rivero]

I think smart-casting might actually fuck you over. It just takes loads of practice and getting used to; as soon as you see that flag hit the floor you should start lining up your spear.

First piece of advice would be always build tanky. Try to plan out your ultimate also, a good Jarv ultimate can make or break a fight usually. Jungle Jarv is also a beast, you should give that a shot. Madreds Bloodrazor is also an under appreciated item on Jarv and can absolutely wreck high HP heroes.

[Meian]

Played Jarvan yesterday and had a blast. He definitely feels borderline OP but not as bad as some made it out to be. I'm thinking about trying out smart cast on him for fluid E > Q combos. Anyone have any recommendations for Jarvan in any way? Thanks.

Regrowth Pendant + Potion --> Philo Stone --> Heart of Gold and Boots --> Merc Treads --> Randuins/FoN --> Randuins/FoN --> Atma --> Trinity/Warmog/Frozen Hammer --> Trinity/Warmog/Frozen Hammer

Randuins is great especially after your ultimate and W (assuming they didn't flash/escape ability). They won't get away from the pain XD

Best success with this for me. I usually solo lane on him too.

[Lebzile]

Some heroes revolve around Flash mechanics though. They'd have to remake a good amount of heroes if they insisted on removing Flash.

You mean "there are some heroes who use Flash as a crutch to do anything". Yeah, there's also heroes in HoN/DotA that could benefit from Flash-type spell, but wait, there's an item for that called Portal Key/Blink Dagger.

Turn the shit into an item, but get rid of a no-cost, no drawback spell.

[Tonko]

All of the summoner spells are no-cost no drawback.... other than the opportunity cost of not chosing a different spell. Flash is fine, quit your QQing.

[Lebzile]

Except for the part where;

Ghost - Second most used summoner, least it's not a get out of free jail card (see: Flash)
Ignite - Almost -always- paired with Ghost or Flash because early game it can guarantee kills, but drops off a LOT as the game goes on.
Exhaust - Gimped version of what it used to be
Cleanse - QSS exists, lower CD and removes more CC including Suppression skills like WW/Malz ult.
Heal - Crap
Clarity - Crap
Clairvoyance - Only good on supports like Janna
Rally - Crap
Teleport - No one really uses this due to the insane CD, unless you're pubbing, then go for it.
Smite - Jungler only, obviously.
Revive- lol
Fortify - Yeah, can be useful, still long CD and barely stops a push.

Yeah, Flash is a bullshit spell and trying to defend it obviously means it's a crutch you lean on and will cry because you can't overextend without dying anymore if it is removed.

99% of all games are Flash/Ignite, Ghost/Flash, InsertSummonerHere/Flash. Now if you're pubbing it up at Lv1-29 or not in ranked, sure, Heal/Clarity can work, lol.

[Djghost454]

I use flash to gap close on champs I play more than escapes. Mainly play jungle noct or annie if I'm packing flash.

Annie is obvious why I use it. Noct I use it to make sure I don't break the leash on my fear.

[Gryffes]

Flash is broken, and does cause passive play.
The difference in gankability of someone with/without it is ridiculous, and the game would be much more aggressive/more kills if flash was just deleted.

[aduidarnenye]

I've seen, and used, Flash aggressively. On Annie, Flash+Ignite stun to Tibbers to death.

I like having an escape if I'm the last person standing from my team in a team fight, which has happened when I'm playing support and I manage to not get out of position.

I think that most of the complaining tends to be because people got crushed by someone using Flash in the way above, or weren't able to tie someone up enough for an ace like the example below.

[Meian]

Flash is a touchy subject... I think one of the better solutions for now is to not let it go over walls/etc except maybe Jarvan's ult at most. I am sure one of the reasons it is still here is because of ganks from jungle. Yea, it'll be like "you need wards SEE" but I don't think that will be enough to make the cheap players spend the gold on it still.

Maybe a shadow dash like Shen's could be a neat subsititute (without taunt) and is also affected by exhaust like shen's is. Would encourage more exhausts that way too.

haha I woke up an hour early than I normally do to try to see if the servers were back and get a yorick game in to test it more but they disabled Yorick due to lag... /sigh >_> hopefully he'll be back up when volunteering is over. Would like to also see Leona before Monday so I can see her cost and decide on her vs. corki

And!! Battle Regalia Poppy on sale Tuesday! So glad they did the voting on the skins for that day <3 she shall be mine