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He went 16/6, and yet you still criticize his build? Come on.

Well then. EDIT: Summoner's Rift VU: English stream today @ 1:30 PM ET http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/game-updates/features/watch-sr-livestream-6/11-1030am-pdt

I doubt that, he's yet to beat Tryndamere's dunk back in 2012. Once you do that, then you're the dunkmaster. there's also a First Riot Post button which takes you to it too But anyways yeah, I gather WookieeCookie is one of the most loved rioters (in terms of the community). He's got a lot of balls, too. He was the one that personally handled the XJ9 situation and has "commanded a lot of respect" (quoting some random dude from a while ago). Generally, whenever he comes onto the forums, it's to dunk some loser, either by explaining why he banned them to everyone, or personally post chat logs from Tribunal to make the person in question look like an idiot; which is why I always get a little giggly whenever I see his name in the Dev Tracker. A bunch of randoms and I talked to him on PBE public chat back when I first got that funky privilege and he's a pretty chill dude. Just someone you want on your side.

And now, a PSA. http://forums.na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=4591512 As I'm sure many of you are aware, drop hacking has become more prevalent of a problem in the recent times of League of Legends. Thanks to the thousands of losers who were far too lazy to rise up the ranks fairly, Riot recognized the signs of drop hacking and are now able to effectively take action against these hackers and dole out the appropriate punishment. By the by, drop hacking is a term used to describe the act of using a third party software in order to hack into the game's servers and force everyone into the game to disconnect from the game. Naturally, as per Riot's game structure, this means that the game ends in a draw without stats being recorded. It's a software used in the face of certain defeat, and is a method notoriously abused by an alarming amount of losers across all game modes). Even then, this guy had the nerve to claim innocence on the General Discussion board. If you'd like to see what happens, or if you appreciate a good dunk Riot-style, I suggest you learn from this guy's utter stupidity by checking out this thread. It should go without saying, but don't drophack. You will be caught. Thank you.

we're all here for Palutena though

HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER

I wish I could understand what Roo is saying. But hey, I can understand Spanish so take a gander at this: http://euw.leagueoflegends.com/es/news/community/community-events/la-grieta-del-invocador-stream-lunes-las-1900 Yep, they're live streaming the new Summoner's Rift today/tonight! Translation: "Surely you've seen the news. Our next big improvement to League of Legends is on the way: Summoner's Rift, the main attraction and home to countless battles, will receive a visual upgrade, complete with updated neutral monsters and various other details. "We've done a lot of work to assure that while theRift itself looks beautiful, it retains the spirit of the original map. We look forward to hearing your comments, questions and concerns in the coming months. "To give you a better glimpse of the new map, we're going to hold a live stream at 19:00 CEST. You'll have a lot of questions about the map, and although we can't guarantee we'll be able to answer them all, but we'll do our best." The stream will take place at 1 PM ET. watch the the live stream here: http://twitch.tv/riotgamesES Going to look for a VoD later today for those who missed it

People REALLY underestimate Braum in solo lanes.

ANYWAY, there's a new item called Essence Reaver. I wrote a piece on the LoL forums to convey just how much I love this item. http://forums.na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=4585356

Actually Frozen Heart was probably a good idea seeing as they had a Jax/Nasus on the team and it gives 20% CDR to a resourceless champ. a 450 HP shield every 4 seconds? Don't mind if I do.

Cut me some slack, I never play that freelo Elise

That feel when I can carry the game by repeatedly sacrificing myself to be a distraction

Abbey Street: Nope, doesn't look like they have any genuine steak... +Kaito: ;~; Ebony: Then why are they called Steak N Shake Ebony: ???????????? +Kaito: ^ +Kaito: I agree. +Kaito: That's false advertising. *** Abbey Street watches Kaito die a little inside *** +Kaito: Steak-widthholding bastards... Ebony: They don't know what's at steak by doing that... Ebony: HA Ebony: HA +Kaito: ... Abbey Street: I lol'd +Kaito: ... Yeah, I chuckled a little. ^^; I love wordplay. Ebony: That joke was well done. Abbey Street: oh my. +Kaito: Quite rare to see you make a pun. Ebony: I admit, it's still a l- Ebony: I hate you. +Kaito: Aww c'mon, that was a good one.

Personal opinion, but that arena stage screams Sacred Stones. Love it

More or less what Erick said. Let's keep in mind that many of the balance team, if not all of them, were involved, in some way or another, in the creation of the game's content. With their experiences in all the thought processes that have gone into the creation of the content, those "silver players" have a way better idea of what they're doing and what works and doesn't work than you, I, or some Challenger-tier bum ever will. In other news: These skins just keep getting better.

Uh... oh my... what...wow...holy shit... it looks amazing... So there you have it. The new Summoner's Rift.

Useless is a bit harsh of a term, people just weren't used to the new Rengar's playstyle, and were still trying to build glass cannon that either deleted squishies or was condemned to splitpushing forever. This, however, was not the case; he was definitely able to function well as a bruiser (according to Dyrus on stream), and even had a decent win rate before his buffs. People will find a way. There hasn't been a real butchering into unviability for a while (although that almost happened to LeBlanc this patch).

For those of you hearing about the Nidalee rework and are curious to know, here it is. http://community.pbe.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/champions-gameplay-feedback/rr5Noh3H-nidalee-gameplay-update-feedbackbugs-thread I personally don't have a solid opinion yet on the rework other than it doesn't seem like it's going to fix any of the current issues with Nidalee - at max build rank, spears do ~1250 damage, Bushwhacks do 33% of target's current health, and Aspect of the Cougar is on a 1 second cooldown, less than that taking into account masteries. Doesn't help that the thread has a negative score from the PBE goers at time of writing. Shame, because I really liked what I was seeing before the numbers came out. Of course, I'm being a little bit assumptive and I'll wait until this rework hits PBE.

I remember a discussion from earlier in the year (February i think) that Meddler (champion designer) had with some players on buffs vs. nerfs. He said something along the lines of "we'd sooner nerf strong champions than buff weak ones, because if we buff then we run the risk of making that champion really OP and thus not so fun to play against, which affects everyone; however nerfing a champion only runs the risk of being dissatisfying to a group of people. This is essentially the reason why some of the champs Fush mentioned are not likely to get buffed: Jarvan actually just got a juicy buff a couple of patches ago. Those have made a big difference apparently. Veigar's late game is ridiculous with his massive AoE stun and ability to literally one-shot APs. The only buff I could see him getting would be a movement speed buff...I dunno, I think I've played Veigar all of once. Quinn's really hard to balance due to the similarities in playstyle between solo and duo lanes. If you buff Quinn in one place, you buff Quinn in others, and she's already a strong top (only arguable exception being movement speed buff to her ult at early ranks, which would be targeted at mid Quinn). Zac, maybe...but after all the consecutive nerfs he got after his release and somehow STILL retaining viability, I'd be scared to give him another buff if I was on the balance team.

Die, bug, die! Yes, Khazix getting pierced and skewered this patch, but many things are getting shifted around, as always, in patch 4.9. So for those of you too lazy to look at the site, here's the low down. Skins The following skin will go hit the shelves this patch for 975 RP: Woad Scout QuinnSkins - Texture Updates The following skins got updates to go along with the release of Smite and Ignite, including a universal splash art: Pentakill Sona Pentakill Olaf Pentakill Mordekaiser Pentakill Yorick Pentakill Karthus (accompanying full champion VU) Champions Braum got slapped with a huge nerf, though this was mainly to his offensive power. Karthus got a visual upgrade! Kassadin's buffs from patch 4.6 have been reverted. (affects his base movement speed and Netherblade. Kha'Zix is going to have a lot of nerf bat-shaped bruises for a while. Those Taste Their Fear and Void Assault nerfs...at least Void Spike got a buff. Pantheon is now untargetable as long as he remains in the air with his Grand Skyfall. Rengar's Savagery and Empowered Savagery can no longer critically strike. Soraka now reduces her Astral Blessing's cooldown further when she hits a champion with Starcall. Champions - Insignficant Stuff The following champions received bug fixes or other insignificant stuff: Braum Diana Elise Karthus Kha'Zix Nami Rengar Rumble Volibear Champions - Twisted Treeline Kha'Zix's Taste Their Fear isolation bonus has been brought down to match the Summoner's Rift value (30% in 4.9).Summoner's Rift Jungle monsters will no longer give more XP based on their level. Ranked Teams They did some shit to grant special rewards to ranked teams. I didn't really read it. PVP.net Friends List The friends list has been repurposed into a friend search tool. I really hate this, especially since with the Reborn forums I had enough trouble telling status bars from search bars. A whole bunch of other settings were added in. Something about friend list settings being saved locally now as well. That's it for now! I think it's pretty obvious what the big attraction is this patch. ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ Give KARTHUS

What is that summoner icon for that Caitlyn has? I've been trying to figure that out for the longest time.

Pray got a penta early but we couldn't do shit with it...until I showed up