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What's the character limit for summoner name? I want to make a swain only account and I don't know if "ello I'm Michael Swain" or "Fountains of Swain - Stacy's Mom" or "Swain as it Ever Was" will fit.
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Aug 16, 2014 19:14
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Keven. Just. Keven posted:What's the character limit for summoner name? I want to make a swain only account and I don't know if "ello I'm Michael Swain" or "Fountains of Swain - Stacy's Mom" or "Swain as it Ever Was" will fit. it's your loss if you don't want to go by "Boatswain" with the Bilgewater skin.
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Aug 16, 2014 19:16
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You have been Swain
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Aug 16, 2014 19:19
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Count Bleck posted:I just got into a ranked game as second pick, we're on purple side so our captain is also picking with me. He came out like two days ago. I'd be irritated at you too.
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Aug 16, 2014 19:20
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Teleport/Smite Yi is a pretty established thing. Gnar's a really new champion who no one should be playing in ranked.
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Aug 16, 2014 19:22
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RC Cola posted:He came out like two days ago. I'd be irritated at you too. I wouldn't. 
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Aug 16, 2014 19:22
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Dirty_Moses posted:Is Kennen still a decent pick top? I do fine with him but I'm also playing against pretty bad people because I am also pretty bad. I always seem to forget him as a toplaner but to be honest I have no idea. I haven't seen him top in forever. He's still pretty mobile and a jerk but honestly I can't remember if the last nerfs he got a bunch of months ago put him out.
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Aug 16, 2014 19:23
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Count Bleck posted:I just got into a ranked game as second pick, we're on purple side so our captain is also picking with me. So how did it go?
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Aug 16, 2014 19:24
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Darth Windu posted:So how did it go? Let's just say that the Trick2G Wannabe Udyr claimed I was overpowered after he went for a bout of fisticuffs later in the game. Or you could scroll up. 
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Aug 16, 2014 19:27
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Playing Graves against a team that built a grand total of two armor items (Frozen Fist and Ninja Tabi) is a thing of beauty.
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Aug 16, 2014 19:31
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Servaetes posted:I always seem to forget him as a toplaner but to be honest I have no idea. I haven't seen him top in forever. He's still pretty mobile and a jerk but honestly I can't remember if the last nerfs he got a bunch of months ago put him out. He's playable and safe but he has very little kill threat. Everything he has is based on ramping up to get CC for your killing blow but unlike characters with similar mechanics (Braum, Skarner, Vi) he's not really bulky enough to survive the sort of extended trade he would need to be in to leverage a stun for a kill. I haven't played him since like S2 so I could be very wrong, just the impression I have.
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Aug 16, 2014 19:31
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a medical mystery posted:He's playable and safe but he has very little kill threat. Everything he has is based on ramping up to get CC for your killing blow but unlike characters with similar mechanics (Braum, Skarner, Vi) he's not really bulky enough to survive the sort of extended trade he would need to be in to leverage a stun for a kill. He's a very effective lane bully against melee but struggles against ranged unless he can land shurikens. He has a lot of kill potential against the classic top melee champs like Darius or Renekton. Count Bleck posted:Let's just say that the Trick2G Wannabe Udyr claimed I was overpowered after he went for a bout of fisticuffs later in the game. No need to be a prick about it, I was just asking.
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Aug 16, 2014 19:36
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Darth Windu posted:No need to be a prick about it, I was just asking. Sorry, wasn't trying to be a prick about it.
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Aug 16, 2014 19:38
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Every match Kennen is not picked is a good match.Brannock posted:I don't understand why people don't run Graves mid. He has a low cooldown nuke, benefits very well from blue, has a ranged slow/blind and a dash to get out of ganks or to jump walls, and his Q/R combo deletes heroes. On top of that, he benefits even better than Talon/Zed do from the new AD itemization. His slightly low range isn't as much of a liability in mid where you're frequently up against melee or lower-range mages, and he's naturally bulky helping with trades and taking harass. AD Tristana mid was a thing in LCS, don't know why nobody aped it on SoloQ yet.
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Aug 16, 2014 19:41
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The only Tristana mids I see in solo are AP.
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Aug 16, 2014 19:53
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The thing about double AD comps is that you're generally putting the burden of AP damage on Top and/or Jungle, which usually don't have as good options (barring like, maybe Gragas top), which means your primary damage is all very easily countered (Frozen Heart, Randuins, Thornmail, etc etc). It can be very effective in some ways and horrendously backfire in others.
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Aug 16, 2014 19:54
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Monathin posted:The thing about double AD comps is that you're generally putting the burden of AP damage on Top and/or Jungle, which usually don't have as good options (barring like, maybe Gragas top), which means your primary damage is all very easily countered (Frozen Heart, Randuins, Thornmail, etc etc). It can be very effective in some ways and horrendously backfire in others. I mean you could always play Zac. Zac's the best. Play Zac.
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Aug 16, 2014 19:55
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Count Bleck posted:I mean you could always play Zac. I love Zac but he hits like a wet noodle and is way more suited for tanky disruptive shithead action. Though I haven't heard- did Golem help him a bit? I know he was in a bad place forever.
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Aug 16, 2014 19:58
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a medical mystery posted:He's playable and safe but he has very little kill threat. Everything he has is based on ramping up to get CC for your killing blow but unlike characters with similar mechanics (Braum, Skarner, Vi) he's not really bulky enough to survive the sort of extended trade he would need to be in to leverage a stun for a kill. Mundo/Kennen is the like saddest matchup top I've ever played top, and that's as someone who's played more Mundo than any other toplaner. Neither of you can do anything to each other whatsoever.
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Aug 16, 2014 20:00
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Monathin posted:I love Zac but he hits like a wet noodle and is way more suited for tanky disruptive shithead action. He actually saw a loss in winrate after the Golem changes.
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Aug 16, 2014 20:16
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Power of Pecota posted:Mundo/Kennen is the like saddest matchup top I've ever played top, and that's as someone who's played more Mundo than any other toplaner. Neither of you can do anything to each other whatsoever. Just ignore each other and farm.
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Aug 16, 2014 20:53
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Power of Pecota posted:Mundo/Kennen is the like saddest matchup top I've ever played top, and that's as someone who's played more Mundo than any other toplaner. Neither of you can do anything to each other whatsoever. I think my favorite top lane matchups are the matches where it's literally impossible for either champion to kill the other, just for the hilarity. Most of the time you're just farming but occasionally somebody will hit the other person and trade, which will be erased in a few seconds. You'll just basically stand there, shrug, and cordially farm until the jungler ganks or team fights start to break out. I've had a lot of Nasus matches like that. Well, those often end with "oh by the way" *WHACK* "I have 300 stacks" *BASH* "and can kill the ever loving gently caress out of you now." But yeah, two walls of meat bouncing off of each other will never stop amusing me.
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Aug 16, 2014 20:55
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All good tops are ap now. Hell, heck of a world we live in.
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Aug 16, 2014 20:59
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I pretty much always play Wukong when I end up top lane so I have no concept of a match up where I can safely ignore the other dude. It sounds nice.
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Aug 16, 2014 21:01
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Unfinish3d posted:I pretty much always play Wukong when I end up top lane so I have no concept of a match up where I can safely ignore the other dude. It sounds nice. Wukong is kind of a weird case because most, if not all, of his in-lane matchups are bad but you don't pick him to win the lane you pick him because he's a loving monster in team fights, even if he gets behind.
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Aug 16, 2014 21:11
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Monathin posted:I love Zac but he hits like a wet noodle and is way more suited for tanky disruptive shithead action. http://na.op.gg/summoner/userName=al+kappacino I always see this guy playing Zac top in Challenger games and doing well. A 66% win-rate is pretty drat impressive.
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Aug 16, 2014 21:24
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Colonel Squish posted:http://na.op.gg/summoner/userName=al+kappacino Every champion is impressive when played by a Challenger-level person who mains them.
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Aug 16, 2014 21:30
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Colonel Squish posted:http://na.op.gg/summoner/userName=al+kappacino His name is phenomenal, at the very least 
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Aug 16, 2014 21:30
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Count Bleck posted:Sorry, wasn't trying to be a prick about it. lol you weren't, I dunno why he's so touchy So I guess support Alistar is back in the big leagues? He definitely makes a great bodyguard support, it's just a shame when you're matched with an ADC player who just wants to farm and is content with being poked down instead of engaging.
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Aug 16, 2014 21:41
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Alright support Karma across a Leona! I poke dutifully and warn my adc about the level 2 all in, 10 seconds before it happens He ignores me, he dies. Welp. We fight back the lane and get a kill, leaving Varus farming alone for the better part of 20 seconds with 1/2 hp. I ping him b. 25 seconds. I ping him b. 30 seconds. b b b b. Leona tags him, he dies. "Please stop ignoring my advice!" "Ur not fkn diamond"  This game.
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Aug 16, 2014 21:50
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Libertine posted:Every champion is impressive when played by a Challenger-level person who mains them. I just link profiles for the sake of exhibiting what one of the best players of a champion on NA is doing in terms of runes/masteries/items or whatever in case anyone who plays Zac is interested.
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Aug 16, 2014 21:55
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Will someone tell me how to Shaco? I have runes/masteries copied from guides but I can't seem to get his jungle to flow. Invades always go terribly and if their jungler is anything tankier than, say, Warwick I just get dumpstered. A guide on how to actually do stuff with him would be neat. I do have the first clear down.
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Aug 16, 2014 21:58
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On Gnar chat, I'm watching Nightblue try and make Jungle Gnar work, but he's just so useless. Sure, he's got CC, but the transforms are loving him over nearly every time.
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Aug 16, 2014 22:00
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Sharzak posted:Will someone tell me how to Shaco? I have runes/masteries copied from guides but I can't seem to get his jungle to flow. Invades always go terribly and if their jungler is anything tankier than, say, Warwick I just get dumpstered. A guide on how to actually do stuff with him would be neat. I do have the first clear down. How to play Shaco: poo poo boxes all over a buff, doesn't matter which one. Kill that buff. Go kill the other buff. Kill some other camp to hit 3. Gank Then you gank again Gank some other lane OK, now that you're done ganking, go gank some more. Are your buffs back up? If not, go gank. Basically, ganks go like Q past any wards, drop a box behind somebody, chuck a knife at them, and stab them a lot.
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Aug 16, 2014 22:10
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Sharzak posted:Will someone tell me how to Shaco? I have runes/masteries copied from guides but I can't seem to get his jungle to flow. Invades always go terribly and if their jungler is anything tankier than, say, Warwick I just get dumpstered. A guide on how to actually do stuff with him would be neat. I do have the first clear down. Invading as Shaco isn't a matter of actually fighting, it's a matter of pounding jungle timings into your body through rigorous jungle games until you can instinctively tell when you need to back and get ready to take the next buffs. Your goal is to get in, take the buff, and get out. At level 1 you can save Smite and with the tiniest of leashes your boxes will absolutely destroy whatever buff you start at and you can run at the enemy team's buff if they are a slow clearer. When ganking invisibly, run to where they would escape, drop a box in one of their escape routes and run at them with shiv + ignite in another one of their escape routes to try to corral them into the jack in the box. Apply red buff and hopefully you get a kill, or a summoner. If you get a summoner you can try a u-turn gank since invisibility is hard to deal with but people don't always fall for that. Never deceive from the bushes in mid lane because people can see that if they're astute and respond in turn. Use ult for jukes, dragons, and towers. You can try to use it in fights but it's not very easy to do since it doesn't have your mobility and doesn't really do all that much in fights so thinking "shaco + ult vs 2 enemies = 2v2" is a very good way to get yourself killed a lot. Unless you're fed, or they are squishy, you can't manfight a lot of people. Instead, play mindgames with them. Whittle them down and keep disappearing, wait until they are weak enough that they stand no chance. If you want to play the clown you have to think like the clown. Aside from that, it's really just all about game sense. You need to know where their jungler is, so you don't end up there, because you are worse than their jungler in a straight up fight. Wherever their jungler isn't is a target, find the most troubling target for the enemy team to lose, be it champions, monsters, or towers, and do everything in your power to take it.
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Aug 16, 2014 22:13
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I really like the no-tolerance policy that Lyte is starting to take with really toxic players. The experiment they did with 14-day bans for people using homophobic/racial/sexist slurs turned out to be really successful, and it's really admirable that a company known for having one of the worst online communities is taking steps to punish that behavior
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Aug 16, 2014 22:17
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Shaco is kind of bad right now. He got nerfed a lot and the prevalence of level 1 wards really fucks with his best strengths, which are the level 2 cheese gank, and invading and playing chase the loving clown. He's one of those champions, like Evelynn, where you need to get a few kills early or your team is just hosed and you're basically worthless. Except Evelynn is a bit better at being useful even if she doesn't snowball.
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Aug 16, 2014 22:21
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Shaco can be very good but he requires a very particular, tactical mindset to pull off, which is why you see savants maining him almost to the exclusion of any other champion but to everyone else he might as well not exist. He does just fine up to about Diamond where players have cooler heels and are harder to exasperate with the clown.
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Aug 16, 2014 22:27
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Flameingblack posted:I really like the no-tolerance policy that Lyte is starting to take with really toxic players. The experiment they did with 14-day bans for people using homophobic/racial/sexist slurs turned out to be really successful, and it's really admirable that a company known for having one of the worst online communities is taking steps to punish that behavior On the one hand I'm glad they're taking a more proactive stance on banning assholes, but Lyte's obnoxious fanclub that follows him around masturbating to his "smites" really shouldn't exist.
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a medical mystery posted:Diamond where players have cooler heels and are harder to exasperate with the clown. I've got some bad news.
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