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Karthus really has no business taking Teleport anymore now that Revive has been axed. Also Barrier should be the pick the vast majority of the time on utility mages. There really isn't much reason to sacrifice durability for map pressure given that you are usually one of the most pivotal people on the team. Teleport should only be taken in this case to counter global pressure comps that involve champs like TF, Eve, Shen or Nocturne. On assassins it is on a case-by-case basis and is largely dependent on what you can kill, but always take Ignite if your champion is named Zed, Annie, Leblanc or Ahri, otherwise only consider Ignite against high-sustain mids like Swain and Vladimir and you're not planning to take Morello's. A couple examples I can think of here include Karthus, Kennen / other manaless APs, Swain and potentially Orianna.

My local best buy has a ton of Kirby. Also in Canada we didn't get the restock that you guys did; instead we got another round of Link, ZSS, Ganondorf, Olimar and Bowser Jr. On December 4th comes Shulk, Marth, Ike, Robin and Lucina.

Smash Bros is one of those easy to play, hard to master games. The gameplay was initially based off the Kirby series but it's kinda branched out on its own now. And yeah, there's a How to Play movie that covers the basics. Characters to consider picking up first because they're easy to learn: Mario Yoshi Kirby Link Falco (needs to be unlocked) Lucina (needs to be unlocked, but is probably the easiest character in the game to pick up)

Brand should be taking Ignite imo. TP for mid is good on splitpushers like Yasuo, Akali or Yi. They are also good on assassins to apply global pressure, although this is a niche used primarily for aggressive mid-game compositions. Long-range/utility mages such as Ziggs, Lux, etc. will usually want Barrier or Heal unless against Twisted Fate, then Teleport is a consideration for sure. There are also some that will prefer Ghost, such as TF, Karthus and Varus.

I see this getting nerfed/remvoed next patch. EDIT: WAHAHAHAH!

Yorick is actually a messed up champion that pretty much nobody honestly likes, and they really don't know how to work out the direction in which they want to take him (command a whole whack of ghouls) without being problematic vs skillshot based champs.

it was estimated between February and March, but y'know. "No promises."

Mael was probably referring to the matchup vs Pit, which is absolute ass for Robin. Few chances to charge Arcthunder, can be easily reflected when it's used, hard to kill, and Pit just combos Robin super hard like almost everyone else in the game does to the poor tactician if they get in. On top of that, Pit can just sit in his Orbitars for half the match because of Robin's grab range. Said Orbitars also gimp Robin out of his up B via those funny little "windboxes". The only thing Robin really has on Pit is range on ground attacks because Levin Sword is a thing. EDIT: I completely forgot. As for what people are playing these days, a local monthly that had a huge attendance went down this past weekend. Here are the characters used by the top 16: 1. Mario 2. R.O.B. 3. Diddy Kong 4. Zero Suit Samus 5. Mario 5. Donkey Kong 7. Shulk 7. Fox / Lucas 9. Palutena 9. Captain Falcon 9. Dr. Mario 9. Ryu 13. Ganondorf 13. Yoshi 13. Pikachu? 13. Pikachu

Samus is still considered to be one of the worst characters in the game alongside Zelda. Mewtwo, Palutena and Duck Hunt are also sometimes included in this conversation.

So we have some Snowdown stuff! Snow Day Bard (HOLY CRAP HE'S SO AWESOME) Snow Day Gnar (HOLY CRAP HE'S SO CUTE) Snow Day Syndra (HOLY CRAP SHE'S SO HOT -- ...wait.) In this PBE patch also came a ton of balance changes, so you might wanna check this out. Also, about the things that have already been through their PBE run.

Nice. Also lemme know if you run into a guy named Stroder. He's a very good Marth/Greninja and a pal of mine.

mfw you 3-0'd as Samus in semis. What kind of a tourney is that? : P Also 3v3 matches are so fun. If only there was a way to play them online with friends. It's a mode with a ton of potential but the lack of 5+ players in online kinda gates that...

You got amazingly lucky with the mystery skins. As for Nami she's a support so the build is situational and varies from game to game. Most of the time you will want to have Frost Queen's Claim and Mikael's Crucible, but be vigilant about the needs of your team and prioritize other items as needed. Her damage scaling is nothing like Sona's, so the mileage you will get out of a primarily AP build isn't that great.

Thresh as well if you figure him out, in fact I'd say he's even more so than Blitz/Tahm. Blitz and Tahm are just so fun because they can be massive trolls (ditto with Bard). Thresh because of all the cool shit he can pull off.

Yeah, but that requires no minions to be in the way. Twitch doesn't have that problem, and while Sivir doesn't either, going for trades through minions will present diminished damage.

No Kalista or Sivir should be beating Twitch in lane imo. Sivir's range is too short, and Kalista doesn't have the early damage. The others will exterminate him though.

IMO Foovy's second page should use Fervor of Battle for their sixth Ferocity mastery, but otherwise they look pretty good For Jinx you will want to use the first page because massive crits from rockets.

King K Rool is probably tied with Kefka, Giygas and M.Bison for most notorious Super Nintendo villain (in Japan this includes Medeus as well). Unlike Bowser and Ganondorf he has a trait that other Nintendo villains often don't have: relative goofiness. He'd definitely be a welcome addition, but he's kinda overshadowed in popularity by hero characters atm.