Shanco

I'm sure Aya's going to be thrilled to see me for the fourth time.

I guess neither of you saw the Malphite in the Cho'Gath screen I just posted.

SO pumped after this game. Got the least experienced player on our team a penta kill even though he was out for the first six or seven minutes. EDIT: MAXIMUM CHO'GATH!

That feel when getting better with my last hitting and what not. Granted, this is with a champ that I'm pretty used to, in a bot game no less, but still I'm pretty happy with this progress.

Who needs farm... ...when you have siege?

At this point, Renekton's PBE changes are definitely a nerf. However that's just early game changes; they'll add more to his late game later on. A Rioter mentioned in the Public Chat on the peebs that the biggest issue right now is that Renekton needs a late-game identity (Fighter? Tank? Assassin?) that the changes are to be based around.

Teemo with Twin Shadows. How evil is this person?

I KNEW IT!

That's just higher-end people doing something called smurfing, most likely. Annoying as fuck and you get it all throughout your first few levels. It'll be a lot better when the matchmaking better assesses your skill and puts you in entirely with players who are your skill level.

He's an okay support...more of a defensive one than an offensive one. He's got pretty good peel if you get jumped but if you want an aggro support, you're better off with Sona, Leona or one of those.

Again, not serious. This is a game, for crying out loud. Lighten up. In other news, my first hexakill game actually went pretty swimmingly. AoE is the ticket to winning these games, it seems.

I seriously question Kiozo's need to actually take this seriously.

I've found the best build for Garen. It'll be all the rage among Central Korean Garen players tomorrow! Ladies and gentlemen, the Garen of Righteous Fire. The build's purpose? Well, I'd rather not steal Garen's fi-- I mean, thunder! What is health stacking? What is armor? What is an enemy champion? Nothing, because YOU are the champion when you play Garen, and if that didn't come clear through, then the Garen of Righteous Fire is for you. Sunfire Cape because you ARE the fire, and no fire dies to autoattacks. Liandry's Torment for health stacking losers and maximum justice exertion on low health targets. Black Cleaver because red rings of death tell the others how screwed they are. Mercury's Treads so you can go where you please, since you sure aren't Mundo but something far greater. Infinity Edge for maximum spinning damage, and of course winning damage. And Spirit of Elder Lizard to bring your enemies down in a wrath of FIIIIIIIIIRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! The Garen of Righteous Fire! it's freelo for only 450 IP.

Shit's gettin' real.

Someone had to.

Asked a D1 friend about Zed vs Kassadin: Kassadin's passive is useless vs Zed except to counter Zed's own passive but whoop-de-doo. 8% becomes ~6.75%. Zed has bonus AD from his shadow. Kassadin has no steroid at all. Easy outdamage and Kassadin is AD and builds BoRK. What is a silence? Zed farms and pokes at the same time, and can even do it from a safe distance. If Kassadin silences Zed in lane, that means he's not farming optimally. Kassadin is a shit farmer/pusher. Zed pushes him to turret, says "see ya" and ganks another lane. Kass runs on mana while Zed runs on energy, only furthering the trading advantage. Oh, you got big burst? Here, have a banshee's veil. Kassadin can't build anything like that that would effectively counter Zed and maintain maximum damage; you could always say Zhonya's but this allows the other team to get ready to follow him wherever he riftwalks. The only thing that Kassadin has over Zed is that he can easily escape from his burst, but any Zed that tries to all-in Kassadin without hitting 6 first or a significant gold lead is going to result in Zed with his pants down for the jungler. But aside from that, Best Father NA will be crying all early- and mid-game if he sees a Zed.

All I know is, that guy decided to pick Kassadin into Zed. He might be overpowered, but he can't reliably beat every mid.

Then comes the question about the value of the Lightbringer / Hextech Sweeper. I'd never buy an item if its only purpose ended up being to counter one of the worst 3v3 champs in the game (Shaco), and his traps that last a minute long at that; thus would prompt reworking/removal of the items and possibly more work on Shaco than what's being done already. The game as a whole has to be taken into account.

Agreed with Erick. It's a better idea to fix the champs that nobody plays add to the list of "viable" champions, thus adding diversity and fun to the game, than to rework a new champ and push the other reworks, VUs, etc. to the side, when there aren't even that many complaints about Elise to begin with.