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TF and Rumble both went 0/10/0 to start the game, we lost bot turret at ~10 mins to Sona/Soraka, and Fizz was legendary at ~15. But I just wasn't having any of that shit.

I saw a picture of Teemo at a Wendy's coming back from my camping trip. I have been reinspired. Time to get on my EUW account. AND SHOW THE LEVEL 7'S TRUE TERROR.

Yache Berry on Garchomp is incredibly annoying. I do approve.

I feel like such an idiot for not getting that.

Roll the dice...? EDIT: yeah what Owen said. No Charizard slaughter.

Ask and you shall receive, Cyrus!

SOPA is one of those things where I'd totally understand it if it wasn't so blown out of proportion by the people who came up with the damn thing.

That feel when watching a friend yell "Purify THIS!" with a German accent as he dunks Lucian with Darius.

New Trinity Force = Bruiser Heaven.

I can only think of one person I watched jungle with Fiora - Phreak. He's in diamond I so I watched one of his games where he was Fiora (he normally AD carries so I was like "wtf?") in the jungle (another "wtf?"). He made the first blood double kill look easy. I'd be more inspired to play jungle Fiora if I actually owned her.

I hate being the so-called Devil's Advocate, but it has to be said.

Yeah, but nothing's necessarily in stone for the "next champion" until they make an announcement. Could be Seth the sand mage for all we know. SPEAKING OF ANNOUNCEMENTS Patch 3.10a is here, as is Lucian! For those of you too lazy to look at be site, here's what the patch has in store for all of us summoners! WARNING: Lots of destruction from the nerf bat around here. Watch your step. Anything in a spoiler is a quote from Pwyff. Don't shoot the messenger! Champions LeBlanc got a buff in the form of nicely boosted Health Regeneration and a slight boost to AD per level. Master Yi saw a bunch of changes. His attack speed per level was nerfed, but Meditate's damage reduction was increased. in addition, Wuju Style's passive AD bonus is now a flat 10%, and Highlander now reduces Cooldowns (on champion kill or assist) by a percentage as opposed to a flat amount. These changes are, said Morello, to nerf his low elo stomping while improving his lacklustre high-elo play. Riven got a small buff to her Broken Wings; the third shot knocks targets airborne instead of away and allows her to jump over small walls. Shen ate another nerf. Feint's shield has been decreased in strength, and Stand United can now be interrupted by a snaring effect. Twitch's Expunge deals less damage at earlier ranks. Zac was nerfed...again. The "size" of his blobs has gone down; in addition, Let's Bounce! no longer grants Tenacity. Champions - Insignificant StuffMiscellaneous minor fixes were applied to: Master Yi Riven Zac Items Phage and Trinity Force saw the biggest changes. They no longer have the Icy passive, but gain the Rage passive, which temporarily increases Movement Speed by a slight amount on hit or a greater amount upon killing a unit. It should also be mentioned that both items are now cheaper. Trinity Force's Spellblade passive now deals 200% base AD, up from 150%. Frozen Mallet retains its Icy passive, but has a new recipe: Ruby Crystal + Giant's Belt + Pickaxe + 950 gold = 3300 gold Blade of the Ruined King's active took a huge hit; the active's cast range has gone down, and its cooldown has gone up. In addition, it is now available in Dominion, replacing Kitae's Bloodrazor. Bilgewater Cutlass's active's cast range was also nerfed. (This does not affect Hextech Gunblade, thankfully.) Spirit Visage costs more. Not much more, though. Entropy gains the Rage passive and, consequentially, is a little cheaper. Maps Lesser Wraiths now grant more experience, as the result of a bug fix.I think you're all set!Good thing BoRK's active got nerfed. I hated that a lot. Also...that new Trinity Force...my god, my main jungler's Jax and Master Yi is gonna hurt like hell now that Triforce-wielding champs get to superglue themselves to their targets, or just kite for days if it's an ADC. This is gonna be amusing.

Geez, you guys suck. I IP grinded for this dude, might as well buy him.

Then all of a sudden...

Even as a Yi player and never having played a game with Fiora outside of ARAM, i would disagree with this. Fiora's got pretty awesome duelling capabilities, so I've heard, and she's got passive sustain and a AA block. Yi, however, hits Q,E,R and hopes like hell he doesn't get focused, he can't fight as well in a 1v2 because Meditate is not going to save him anymore.Also have you seen Ikaru's jukes with Fiora? Yi ain't pullin' that off. Speaking of Fiora, that feel when someone says her voice is terrible, then I go to listen to it... That French accent...is so sexy...my god...

Mash, If you've been paying attention to General Discussion (which I don't recommend), you'll know what sparked all that. Too much for me to go into here. In other news: I see what they did there.

Pixlr works fine, too It's basically a free, in browser Photoshop.

I'm going to cheat and say my summer "started" in May (seeing as college ended at the end of April). I got around. That's putting it lightly. I've been to a bunch of places, did a bunch of things. Spent a few days at Ottawa Bluesfest which was an amazing concert with Wu-tang Clan, Weezer, Rush and whatnot. I got to go south of the border (and by that I mean the States, yes I am Canadian) and visit a fair few places. Probably the coolest place I visited was Colorado with all the mountains and beautiful scenery around the Denver area. Got to enjoy certain people's company, i feel like i didn't get to talk to/hang out with them more (probably my only regret this summer). Got to scale Pikes Peak and see the world from atop a mountain that wasn't in Banff. And, as I systematically do everywhere I go on vacation, I blew tons of money. More than I could count. Damn 16th Street Mall... Last but not least, I'd get slapped if I went on about my summer without mentioning the lady friend Amelia. As much as my summer's been great and all, it's been full of countless stresses that made me want to saw my skull open and throw my brain over the closest waterfall. Gotta hand it to her, she's been a great person to vent to, talk to, whine and complain to, all that, over recent months and I won't trade friendships like that for the world.

Personally for Talon, I rush Brutalizer and just leave it there for a bit (till I have 2 other major items sans boots) while I go buy other items, usually it's either (insert life steal item here), or Mercurial Scimitar if I'm facing a high-CC Mage like Malzahar. MoBoots are usually my secondary choice for boots if I'm looking for kills, otherwise I typically build Merc's Treads. Have I ever mentioned that I <3 Mercurial Scimitar

First champ I ever played was Talon. (I know I said Annie before but that was against bots.) I don't know about the snowbally part since he can fall off, and in my experiences will do so a fair amount, but at the same time I've erased a Lux's health bar before she could get anything off. Typical Talon mid game though. I don't play Talon as much anymore because I'be gotten a couple more fave AD mids (namely Jayce and Varus) but I should get back into playing as him, now that I've gotten used to smart casting.

Meanwhile, just a heads up for those of you who are way too curious to see what the rotation has in store before NA announces it, the Koreans post it on their site at 1:30 PM EST (a.k.a just under an hour from the time of this post). What the rotation turned out to be: Rumble, Gragas, Nasus, Skarner, Viktor, Zyra, Sivir, Ezreal, Sona, Janna EDIT:

That feel when back to my Brampton place on the city's edge and there's a lonely wolf pup on my front yard and oh my god it's so cute can I just pick it up and claim it for myself? Just come over here and try to kick it, Owen. I dare you.

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