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Schnorkles
Apr 30, 2015

It's a little bit juvenile, but it's simple and it's timeless.

We let it be known that Schnorkles, for a snack, eats tiny pieces of shit.

You're picturing it and you're talking about it. That's a win in my book.

rabidsquid posted:

A cho'gath pick? Yes. loving yes

Fairly clever imo too re: MF, though I have no idea where Cho'gath is right now overall.

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hypnorotic
May 4, 2009
Lemon looks like he's 35.

Killed By Death
Jun 29, 2013


Ekko mid? :confused:

rabidsquid
Oct 11, 2004

LOVES THE KOG


Schnorkles posted:

Fairly clever imo too re: MF, though I have no idea where Cho'gath is right now overall.

RoA is really good right now so he's probably at least passable

rabidsquid
Oct 11, 2004

LOVES THE KOG



There's basically no way Balls can play Ekko dude

Tales of Woe
Dec 18, 2004

they kept moving his damage from base to scaling to get rid of tank ekko, so he's back to being a solo laner as originally intended

i think the cho'gath pick is more for the silence on ryze than the rupture on MF

Gibberish
Sep 17, 2002

by R. Guyovich
Holy poo poo the NA rust is loving real

Libertine
Jun 21, 2004

When I die, I hope they say I made the eSports industry a better place than I made millions of dollars.
This strategy makes early game Lee Sin a non-factor. Not sure about Ekko either.

Wuxi
Apr 3, 2012

So they didn't kick out Balls?

Cho looks like a nice counter to Ryze more than MF personally. No idea why they picked Ekko, but I haven't read patchnotes in weeks so what do I know.

Savage Cracker
Jul 21, 2010
Haha that Ekko ult

Vanilla Mint Ice
Jul 17, 2007

A raccoon is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.
hello team, 5 people just ganked me mid, team??

Flappy Bert
Dec 11, 2011

I have seen the light, and it is a string


kind jungler gives adc kill

rabidsquid
Oct 11, 2004

LOVES THE KOG


Libertine posted:

This strategy makes early game Lee Sin a non-factor. Not sure about Ekko either.

We saw this a lot at IEM with Rush and Spirit. Pick an early game jungler, then enact a macro game strategy where they're neutered during their big power spike. Bizarre.

Calax
Oct 5, 2011

Wuxi posted:

So they didn't kick out Balls?

Cho looks like a nice counter to Ryze more than MF personally. No idea why they picked Ekko, but I haven't read patchnotes in weeks so what do I know.

I'd probably guess that it's to create better wombo combos for MF. Ekko W an area during a team fight, keeping them in place for MF's ult, and if somebody tries to get away, Lee kicks them back in while Braum protects MF.

Wuxi
Apr 3, 2012

Sneaky might have to learn to 2v2 after all then.

henkman
Oct 8, 2008

Calax posted:

I'd probably guess that it's to create better wombo combos for MF. Ekko W an area during a team fight, keeping them in place for MF's ult, and if somebody tries to get away, Lee kicks them back in while Braum protects MF.

Should have picked Viktor, then

Libertine
Jun 21, 2004

When I die, I hope they say I made the eSports industry a better place than I made millions of dollars.
Riv and Kobe sound like they are both asleep.

Smol
Jun 1, 2011

Stat rosa pristina nomine, nomina nuda tenemus.
This current lane swap meta produces pretty boring games

Wuxi
Apr 3, 2012

Calax posted:

I'd probably guess that it's to create better wombo combos for MF. Ekko W an area during a team fight, keeping them in place for MF's ult, and if somebody tries to get away, Lee kicks them back in while Braum protects MF.

On one hand probably yes, on the other, isn't Jensen kinda good on Orianna?

rabidsquid
Oct 11, 2004

LOVES THE KOG


Smol posted:

This current lane swap meta produces pretty boring games

Fast push outer turret, bounce the wave, everyone goes mid. The aristocrats.

Calax
Oct 5, 2011

henkman posted:

Should have picked Viktor, then

Maybe... IIRC Jensen hasn't performed as well on farming mages than he did on assassins.

Wuxi
Apr 3, 2012

Alright, that kick into the clone was pretty nice

Flappy Bert
Dec 11, 2011

I have seen the light, and it is a string


That kick was pretty cute

Libertine
Jun 21, 2004

When I die, I hope they say I made the eSports industry a better place than I made millions of dollars.
Huni just positioned really brazenly there like he didn't think there was any chance someone would go on him.

SC Bracer
Aug 7, 2012

DEMAGLIO!
that was pretty sweet

Schnorkles
Apr 30, 2015

It's a little bit juvenile, but it's simple and it's timeless.

We let it be known that Schnorkles, for a snack, eats tiny pieces of shit.

You're picturing it and you're talking about it. That's a win in my book.
Much better.

Flappy Bert
Dec 11, 2011

I have seen the light, and it is a string


aram is a new lcs mode?

Tales of Woe
Dec 18, 2004

ekko's kind of just a generalist pick i think, he's an assassin with better waveclear and CC/initiation than other assassins, has decent laning and higher kill potential on TF than a mage would

Savage Cracker
Jul 21, 2010
Chogath is pretty cool alright

Libertine
Jun 21, 2004

When I die, I hope they say I made the eSports industry a better place than I made millions of dollars.
Aside from that one Huni play, Immortals fighting has been insanely clean.

Dragongem
Nov 9, 2009

Heroes of the Storm
Goon Tournament Champion
yaaaay chogath

also something something c9 needs hai to tell them how to play, etc etc

Vorpal Cat
Mar 19, 2009

Oh god what did I just post?
I'm starting to think that clumping up into an area the size of one rupture every team fight might be a bad idea.

Wuxi
Apr 3, 2012

Tales of Woe posted:

ekko's kind of just a generalist pick i think, he's an assassin with better waveclear and CC/initiation than other assassins, has decent laning and higher kill potential on TF than a mage would

Then pick Zed or something?

Did somebody say Clown9 yet?

rabidsquid
Oct 11, 2004

LOVES THE KOG


IXIX posted:

aram is a new lcs mode?

rabidsquid posted:

Fast push outer turret, bounce the wave, everyone goes mid. The aristocrats.

Libertine
Jun 21, 2004

When I die, I hope they say I made the eSports industry a better place than I made millions of dollars.
"A game is a game and you show in a game a game." -- Rivington the 3rd

Killed By Death
Jun 29, 2013


Libertine posted:

"A game is a game and you show in a game a game." -- Rivington the 3rd
poetry

Wuxi
Apr 3, 2012

Seriously, Jensen playing Zed like the old days without ult would probably be better than this Ekko.

rabidsquid
Oct 11, 2004

LOVES THE KOG


Wuxi posted:

Then pick Zed or something?

Did somebody say Clown9 yet?

Clown 9 acquiring Rush and then wasting him is the biggest crime in LCS

Calax
Oct 5, 2011

Turtle showing why he was picked up for TSM in the first place.

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Libertine
Jun 21, 2004

When I die, I hope they say I made the eSports industry a better place than I made millions of dollars.
Adrian could have positioned a lot better there and saved probably the whole team if he had actually been in the backline and gotten off a full Monsoon instead of a 0.5 second one.

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