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Yeah I noticed. I thought that was just a one-off but nope Luigi's been popping up all over the place.

To that end I've seen Luigi a LOT more recently, both on For Glory and on Twitch streams...that could be a character to watch this patch and with the forthcoming one

I dunno about that. Rylai's should do a decent job of filling that void for now.

Looks like Deathfire Grasp is being removed from the game with patch 5.2, waiting on a Riot post with some context. No word on Blackfire Torch.

I don't have much of a problem with her. Other people seem to have an issue with Sheik however. I guess that's just me. Here's a video of some poor sucker getting violated by Sheik...

Sheik's Down B has a deceptively low KO minimum. Also, the local Smash tournaments where I live are banning ZSS and Diddy but not Sheik... There weren't very many Sheiks anyway, and she didn't see play in the Finals or Semifinals. First place played mainly Mario while second place stuck to either Marth or Yoshi.

Looks like someone needs a new duo buddy for 3v3. I'd be honored to play a few with you. Me, I've been enjoying a bit of 3v3 myself! Cassiopeia is still as destructive on this map as she's always been.

Damn. How long WAS that game?

If you haven't scampered off to EUW, then I can gift you the skin.

Daaaaaaaaaamn. I'm jelly. I got my skin coming, but it's probably not gonna be as good as Red Card Kat. We'll see though.

I have pretty high hopes for the Mavs. Even though their loss to Detroit was quite frankly painful to watch, they're doing well off, I'd like to believe. Tyson Chandler's been incredibly solid and consistent through the whole season, but if Nowitzki and Ellis pick it up, then Dallas would probably be unstoppable. I still lack faith in their ability to beat Golden State for western conference champions, that team is pretty solid. My bet's on the Bulls winning the east.

There are many reasons for the portrait changes, and not all of them mean to make their characters look cool. One reason would be being able to tell champions apart with a quick glance as opposed to making them look cool, if they were focused on how they looked then they would most likely change the splash art as well. Ex. the changes to Lee Sin's portrait helps tell him apart from Kayle or Pantheon when one only has a millisecond to make so much as a passing glance. In some cases though, there are some fun or cool-looking minute details. Look at Gragas, for example. You'll notice his eyes are more noticeably rolled towards the back of his head, a nod to his theme of being a drunk bastard. IMO, it looks pretty funny. But overall his didn't seem to need changes in regard to being able to tell him apart, this is just funny (and a bit scary).

Here's a feature that was on ESPN the other day about Robert Morris University, the first university (at least in North America) to feature eSports scholarships, namely League of Legends. Interesting stuff that I recommend watching. Includes interviews with the president of IGN as well as the head honcho of MLG.

You can get the "combo mark thing" by hitting the passive and active of your W, with Q somewhere in between. Also, when referring to a single target, Q does more damage.

You should ALWAYS max your W over Q as Kennen. In the vast majority of games, Kennen's Q won't see much if any use in lane other than last-hitting since it's a single-target skillshot. Where as with your W, you get an empowered autoattack, with the followup active and that makes for nice harass that doesn't require you to get around minions. It also lets you waveclear and last-hit more easily, since it loses two seconds off of its cooldown with each rank (compared to Q, which only loses one).

I feel as though I'm obligated to like any post with this gif That feel when one crit from Draven wipes out 2/3 of the enemy ADC's health.

This one's only a couple of years old, but Xenoblade Chronicles. Friend bugged me for a year and a half to get it. I'm quite grateful that I did. That game was awesome.

I don't normally play fighting games, which makes Super Smash Bros for WiiU the winner for me.

I don't think this is even a question for me. The Gamecube version of Twilight Princess is a masterpiece and after coming back to it after five years, it's still amazing.