Shanco

So been taking a look at the new skins... I really like Secret Agent Xin Zhao. Great cheeky little 975 skin that I didn't think would like at first, but it's definitely grown on me. Debonair Galio is cool as well. It's going to be 750 like Ezreal/Vi. Suit goes well with his dance, kind of like Beauty and the Beast if you were to put him alongside Queen Ashe. I dunno. Headhunter Akali is a terrible skin, not to mention overpriced. The color scheme is awful, the new SFX is lackluster, and the skin is just ugly in general. They'll need to work on this one for sure.

Most of us here do fancy the game's competitive aspect, yes.

I'm really sorry. I couldn't resist.

There was a time way back when, around S2, when the vast majority of supports roamed. Sona, Janna, Alistar, they went a-hoppin' from lane to lane. Of course with the crabs on the rift and the availability of wards via trinkets there's much more difficulty in such a strategy but this guy can probably make it work. EDIT: Speaking of that guy, here's his voiceover...if you want to call it that.

it's only his dash-grab, for the most part. His standard grab range is almost as bad as Lucina/Little Mac. My balance concern regarding Falcon is how easy it is to combo into the Knee beyond 70%. Down throw, dash attack, and especially the down air with the massive hitstun, all make a follow up knee very easy to land, not to mention its 85% KO minimum which in this game is on par with his Falcon Punch.

Any of you remember Man at Arms back in 2013 when they forged Leona's Zenith Blade? Well, they're back at it!

Lucario is another character that has risen in the ranks alongside Captain Falcon. My personal top five is Sheik, Diddy, ZSS, Yoshi, Rosalina. After that it's a toss up between Sonic, C Falcon, Pikachu, Villager, Link, Lucario and Shulk

Double-posting to drop a vid that you guys should check out.

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That's a-ok yo. I had other things on my plate, as it turns out. On a side note, I've been doing a lot of creeping around and noticing noticing in a lot of people's Smash 4 tier lists that Captain Falcon has risen in favor in the eyes of many Smash players (so far as even top tier in some cases). As expected, Link has been climbing as well...and as Mew2King called it, seems Sheik has now risen above Diddy Kong in a lot of cases to take number 1 on many tier lists. Who do you guys think belongs in the top five? Any sleepers to share? Overrated garbage? EDIT: Evo 2015 Has Announced They Will Allow Custom Characters http://smashboards.com/threads/smash-4-evo-2015-ruleset-updated-customs-on.391923/

Considering joining later on if you one/two are still up.

The Orbitars are good for some fruit. But most of the time it's better to rush Pac-Man with the Electroshock Arm ready to be used

Correct me if I'm wrong, but iirc Dark Pit's orbitars will not block attacks from above like the fire hydrant. And yes, Pac-Man will bait the orbitars out of you and abuse their huge starting / ending lag. The only time you should abuse the orbitars is to edgeguard as proper use will not only send him fuckward off his Up + B trampoline but also prevent from using it again.

>10 deaths in 40 minutes >"intentionally feeding" I am not impressed.

Yeah, that theory is complete bullshit...I've found it's only decent if you play on weekdays during school hours

With my 12 kills at 10 minutes and LeBlanc's penta kill around that time... Yeah I would have given up too

It's time to play "Spot the Differences"! Can you spot all 6 in the gif above? Answers:

Graves Buckshot (Q) cooldown increased to 14 at all ranks from 12/11/10/9/8 Jinx Get Excited! (P) movement speed reduced to 95/135/175% from 175% at all ranks Switcheroo! (Q) Fishbones bonus range reduced to 75/95/115/135/155 from 75/100/125/150/175

Pokemon players, as I've found, are pretty good at Tryndamere, since his gameplay mostly involves praying to RNGesus

Those are some mad graphic design skills though. Would be pretty funny if this ended up getting him hired somewhere.

The only thing I would have done differently is not stay under my tower - as Jinx, that's not a good idea, especially against a mobile team that can easily dive you without an adequate front line that you can rely on (your team was all squishies with no front line, RIP). If I were you in this scenario, I would do as much damage as possible without dying, give up the turret if necessary, re-engage as Akali arrives, then give Akali a hand in cleaning up (Jinx's passive helps out huge in this scenario). Calling Kayle for help would have also done wonders if she had Teleport. Shaco wouldn't be able to do much since he can't handle large crowds very well, he'd have to splitpush. Annie would be in the same boat as Jinx, squishy with no mobility so she'd get destroyed as well. In many cases, it's better to give up the tower and strike back later, than die trying to defend it, even if you succeed in doing so. That way you avoid the risk of losing out on a lot of CS, giving someone tons of gold, and being unable to delay or stop the enemy team from taking further objectives such as Dragon.