XKI League of Legends

[Witchcraft and Sorcery]

Hey everyone! I thought this would be an appropriate place to post this since we've talked about gaming stuff here in the past.

So Hahiha / USSR and I have been talking and we thought it would be fun to start an XKI League of Legends team! For anyone not familiar with League, it's a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game pitting two teams of five players each against each other in a fight for a large square battlefield. Each player controls one of 129 different champions, each with its own unique abilities and niche within the game. The end goal is to destroy the enemy team's nexus, which are large structures situated at opposite corners of the battlefield.

If you want to learn more, go to leagueoflegends.com, where you can get some basic ideas as to what the game is and download it. I'll warn you now that it's a tough game to learn, but once you get over the basic knowledge, it's a ton of fun to play, especially if you have friends to play with.

This thread, I guess, will serve as a sort of home base for all things League, both related to the current team goings-on and just general chat about the game. Dota players are welcome too

If anyone wants to add me in-game, my username is The1DayGod on the North America server. Post your name here so I know who you are and I'll accept! Tagging Control and Kortexia here as well because I know they also play.

[Witchcraft and Sorcery]

Stuff about me League-wise:

Main roles: Basically the only thing I don't play is top. I like ranged carry and burst champs with high scaling because I'm a very passive player, especially early. Lately I've been playing a lot of ADC and jungle. Once all the Jhin hype calms down I'm going to start spamming him ADC and mid.

Favorite champs: Lucian and Twisted Fate. I don't play either a lot right now, but they're still my favorites because they're just all-around amazingly designed. My favorites to play right now are Tristana, Diana, and Lux.

Speaking of design, HOLY Jhin's design is amazing and his kit is so fun to play. I had to lane against one yesterday while playing Annie mid and I actually couldn't do anything. His auto+W+more autos or Q+W+autos is insane for trading and just makes for a total pain to lane against, and combined with the fact that both crit and attack speed just give him more AD makes his damage at all times absolutely absurd.

[Control]

I play top, jungle, or support and tend to go for tanky champs. I can play Mid'gath very well and Varus mid passably, but other than that I'm not a pure carry.

Favorite Champs: Cho'gath, Darius, Garen, Braum, Blitzcrank, Gangplank, Warwick, Jax

So what you're saying is Jhin is cool because he's unbalanced.

He isn't, at least in teamfights, but no one knows how to counterplay him yet.



So, we need one more brave soul?

[Witchcraft and Sorcery]

Jhin isn't that unbalanced. Of the recently released champs he's probably one of the more balanced ones in the past year. Kench, Kindred, Ekko, Rek'Sai were all broken as hell on release. I still wonder why they thought making Ekko's ult cost 0 mana and have a 1.2 (or was it 1.3?) AP ratio was a good idea. Bard was terribad. Illaoi was a terror in low elo until people figured out how to stop her but she wasn't really broken either I guess, so Riot seems to be doing a better job of figuring out the numbers on release.

Jhin is like any other ranged control champ - jump him or CC him before he can kite you and you win. I love playing control champs like Azir, Lux, Ori, etc. when I play mid though and he fits right in with them, with the added bonus of being annoying as f**k to lane against because he can compete with Lux for range and poke with a lot lower mana costs.

He's also a general badass when it comes to his artistic design and lore. His in-game model and splash arts are awesome.

[Hahiha / USSR]

I forgot that you started playing lux, I hate you so much. But seriously, Lux is so annoying. I main Blitzcrank as support (honestly, I hardly play any other champions in PvP), but I'm also fairly proficient as Garen (haven't played him since they boosted him a while back) and Nasus (granted I can farm, not easy to farm in a 2v1 lane).

"The stars are not but dying lights."
"No, I will not fetch the ball."
"Who let the dogs out? Woof. Woof."

[Witchcraft and Sorcery]

Nasus tips:

1) Learn to freeze the wave. What this means is ONLY last hit minions when they're very low and let the enemy top shove toward you. This makes it easier to farm in safety because of the proximity of your tower and makes the enemy more susceptible to jungle ganks.

2) your passive life steal means you can take a little poke. Don't be afraid to farm if it just means Gnar will Q you or whatever. Still be wary of all-ins though. Lane bullies like Fiora are not fun.

As a general rule, if you're even in lane and get Frozen Heart and Spirit Visage around the same time as the enemy top getting 2 items, you are likely to outscale them.

[Kortexia]

Playing Nasus is like playing a minigame inside League
If you're against an AD laner, rush Frozen heart. AP laner, rush that Visage.
If you're wrecking lane, grab a Sheen, Kindlegem, and a Glacial Shroud to get that extra 30% CDR and farm for days.

[Kortexia]

Anyways, my summoner is FroznNinja. I play everything, I'm a Jack of All Trades. Mainly because I don't like playing the same roles and champions repeatedly, meaning it's harder for me to master things haha. Recently Ive been playing a lot of mid lane assassins, although my best roles are probably ADC and Jungle. Favourite champs right now are: Miss Fortune, Draven, Riven, and Talon. I've been playing a decent amount of Jhin and he's a little unbalanced, but not horribly so.

[Witchcraft and Sorcery]

I'm going to learn Riven some day. I got Dragonblade Riven in a mystery skin a long time ago and I want to make my brother jealous

[Kortexia]

She's so much fun! And I personally think DragonBlade is her best skin

[Witchcraft and Sorcery]

Maybe I'll do that this weekend. She definitely does not fit my normal play style of sitting back and poking though so I'm probably in for a rough start. I understand her combos well enough having played her in ARAM a few times, but that whole animation canceling bit is still kind of weird. I've been up against several great Riven players lately who just steamroll games and I want to do that

[Jin]

I stopped playing awhile ago because every update it would crash and not be able to load the launcher. Everytime it did it i would have to delete LoL and redownload the whole game, it got old fast. Plus my desktop broke down and i am relying on a crappy laptop for now.

When i did play i favored Rammus, Pantheon, and Elise...i love me some Elise.

[Witchcraft and Sorcery]

Yuck. That's no fun.

Rammus into full AD teams is hilarious. My brother loves Rammus and Elise both, but the funniest games by far are when he plays Rammus into something like Caitlyn, Zed, Gnar, and Lee Sin and just watches them kill themselves

[Kortexia]

Elise is so strong.....especially these last several patches...

[Kortexia]

Im just wondering when most people here are on. Im usually on at around 330PST for a game or two, then back on around 630PST till as late as I feel like

[Witchcraft and Sorcery]

Late afternoon and evening CST for me, but who knows when going forward because I'm not on much these days. I'm really into osu right now and I'm hoping to have a job soon.

[Hahiha / USSR]

Feb 10, 2016 17:51:12 GMT -5 Witchcraft and Sorcery said:

Late afternoon and evening CST for me, but who knows when going forward because I'm not on much these days. I'm really into osu right now and I'm hoping to have a job soon.

You forgot being a TO and a Senator.

[Witchcraft and Sorcery]

Yeah, that too, and I haven't exactly been on top of my senatorial duties...

I won't be running for reelection. Between everything that's happening in my life and on NS I just don't have the time or motivation to continue as senator.

I think I might post a message on the XKI RMB soon about forming a league team just to see if we can get any interest from the wider XKI community.

[Hahiha / USSR]

Bump Witchcraft and Sorcery.

[Witchcraft and Sorcery]

Thanks! I just picked up league again recently for the first time in a few months and I'm a bit rusty, but I've still got most of my chops.

The only ones that are missing seem to contain the "ADC is not a tank" and "don't walk forward into Vayne and Braum" bits. I don't even know how many times I went botlane to farm without vision and died for it today

[Hahiha / USSR]

Me too, minus me being level 16. I went 2//4/10, an alright game for my stats. We did win by destroying their nexus and it was close at points but my main flaw seemed to be my lag; I would go in for a pull and I would end up walking right into all five of their team.

[Witchcraft and Sorcery]

That happens. I had a thing happen yesterday where I would just stop moving and start autoattacking things. Which really sucks when I'm caitlyn and the enemy botlane is vayne/braum.

And I also learned that all the kills in the world can't stop a singed from proxying and annoying the piss out of our team until we eventually lose because our teamfight comp can't fight in all three lanes at once.

[Hahiha / USSR]

I was checking my game history because I knew I personally had a good game. I went 22/9/18 with Blitz on a blind pick game, most kills on my team, tied for second least deaths, but I had the second least assists. matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/2082979215/218145317

[Witchcraft and Sorcery]

There's a solid game. Maybe could cut down on the deaths a bit but I'm very surprised Blitz can get 22 kills with a support build xD

Whenever you die a lot, try to figure out why. Like, what did you do that led to your death? How could you have played the situation better and not died? Always look at it from what YOU can/could have done and not what your team could have.

Have you tried AP blitz yet?

[Hahiha / USSR]

I don't like change! No, all I ever do is buy the standard build for Blitz.

[Kortexia]

Me and Hah had a good game with him supporting my Graves the other day The enemy couldn't get near us without blowing up instantly

But yeah Hah, you need to try full AP Blitz, his Q and Ult both have 1:1 AP scalings, and his knockup procs Lichbane. Basic combo with full AP Blitz will nuke all but the biggest tanks stacking MR. Do it on URF mode when it comes around, almost 0 counterplay.

[Witchcraft and Sorcery]

AP Blitz in URF is one of the most ridiculous things out there. As is full AP Malphite with his "oneshot the whole enemy team" button every 30 seconds

[Kortexia]

I can see you havent tried Evelyn in URF yet....She must be pick/banned I swear. As soon as you see her you die

[Witchcraft and Sorcery]

Yeah she's disgusting if you get in close range, and yes I have played her. Her only problem is that she doesn't have a way to easily get onto people. She gets kited really easily if she's seen.

[Kortexia]

Except in URF you can repeatedly spam her Movement speed/Slow removal and go so fast that you cant run even if you do see her. Considering you can land your ult, your double hit, and multiple Qs in under a second, plus activating the burst off Lichbane theres not really any escape, since she one hits you as soon as your able to see her. Even if you're tanky enough to survive the initial burst, having Rylais proc off her Q and her insane movespeed buff you still cant get away.