http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VxZ9htZjc0
A video I made of Grackis just because he looks so much like Gary Brolsma
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
A new champion awaits! Caitlyn, the Sheriff of Piltover
"Summoners!
Officials from Piltover would like me to issue a statement to all of you. It is my duty to inform you that there is a new sheriff in town. The beautiful (and stylish) Caitlyn, the Sheriff of Piltover, has arrived at the League of Legends, so bandits, ruffians, rabble-rousers, and otherwise uncouth persons beware! Of course, even if you’re on the run, one look at her and you might not want to escape anymore. Of course, you don’t need to have a warrant out for your arrest to get a closer look at this pretty lady. Whether you’re an outlaw type or someone who plays by the rules, I’ve got the publicity shots for you right here!" -ByronicHero
Overall it looks like a sniper hero awaits us! So very excited!!
Thursday, December 16, 2010
The Calculation of Armor/Magic Penetration
"(first) Reduction -> (second) Flat Penetration -> (third) Percentage Penetration
Reduction effects like Starks Ferver, Abyssal Scepter, Corki's Gatling Gun, Nidalee's Traps, Taric's Shatter, Fiddlestick's Dread, and Amumu's passive, etc, are applied first. They all reduce the enemy's armor/magic resist by a certain flat value.
Flat Penetration like Runes, Brutalizer/Ghostblade, Sorcerer's Boots, Haunting Guise, Olaf's Ragnarok, Kassadin's Nether Blade, etc are applied second (and in addition are the only penetration effects to be applied to towers (reduction/percentage do not work on towers). They penetrate a flat amount of the target's armor or magic resist.
Last to apply to an enemy are Percentage Penetration effects. There are only two of these in the game: Last Whisper (40% Armor Penetration) and Void Staff (40% Magic Penetration)... though there is a 15% Magic Pen mastery. These apply last and are therefore only worthwhile against very high-armor or magic resist targets. If you are trying to kill squishies, go for the Starks+Ghostblade+Rune Penetration route.
An example:
A Twitch has 73 armor. First reduction effects a la Starks Ferver apply. The rat now has 53 armor. From Runes+Masteries you can get 31 armor penetration. Say you have a Ghostblade as well, thats another 20. So as a target for your damage, Twitch has effectively 2 Armor remaining. Vs a squishy getting that percentage item isn't worthwhile if you're stacking other penetration items, but if your original target had something more like 200+ armor, Last Whisper's 40% is now taking away 80 effective armor from your target (with no other armor pen effects; with others it will be less effective but still worthwhile).
Magic Penetration works the same way."
Thus, all of you getting Last Whisper against a team of no tanks, or a team that is not stacking armor is generally a bad idea, seeing how it's efficiency would be minimal. Instead of doing the usual Infinity Edge to Last Whisper build that everyone seems to do, you should build more damage or flat armor penetration items such as brutalizer, or even go tankier and get veil or ga.
Reduction effects like Starks Ferver, Abyssal Scepter, Corki's Gatling Gun, Nidalee's Traps, Taric's Shatter, Fiddlestick's Dread, and Amumu's passive, etc, are applied first. They all reduce the enemy's armor/magic resist by a certain flat value.
Flat Penetration like Runes, Brutalizer/Ghostblade, Sorcerer's Boots, Haunting Guise, Olaf's Ragnarok, Kassadin's Nether Blade, etc are applied second (and in addition are the only penetration effects to be applied to towers (reduction/percentage do not work on towers). They penetrate a flat amount of the target's armor or magic resist.
Last to apply to an enemy are Percentage Penetration effects. There are only two of these in the game: Last Whisper (40% Armor Penetration) and Void Staff (40% Magic Penetration)... though there is a 15% Magic Pen mastery. These apply last and are therefore only worthwhile against very high-armor or magic resist targets. If you are trying to kill squishies, go for the Starks+Ghostblade+Rune Penetration route.
An example:
A Twitch has 73 armor. First reduction effects a la Starks Ferver apply. The rat now has 53 armor. From Runes+Masteries you can get 31 armor penetration. Say you have a Ghostblade as well, thats another 20. So as a target for your damage, Twitch has effectively 2 Armor remaining. Vs a squishy getting that percentage item isn't worthwhile if you're stacking other penetration items, but if your original target had something more like 200+ armor, Last Whisper's 40% is now taking away 80 effective armor from your target (with no other armor pen effects; with others it will be less effective but still worthwhile).
Magic Penetration works the same way."
Thus, all of you getting Last Whisper against a team of no tanks, or a team that is not stacking armor is generally a bad idea, seeing how it's efficiency would be minimal. Instead of doing the usual Infinity Edge to Last Whisper build that everyone seems to do, you should build more damage or flat armor penetration items such as brutalizer, or even go tankier and get veil or ga.
Monday, December 13, 2010
A Quick Guide to Counterpicking
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The format will be this:
(if the enemy team has this) -> (you should consider picking this champion/item/summoner spell)
from: http://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/ekpox/alright_i_havent_seen_one_of_these_around_and_id/
Hopefully this guide will help a few of you out there!
(if the enemy team has this) -> (you should consider picking this champion/item/summoner spell)
- Physical damage / auto attackers -> Rammus, Malphite, Jax, Teemo, Thornmail, Ninja Tabi, exhaust
- Stuns -> Banshees Veil, Quicksilver Sash, Mercury Treads, cleanse, Mundo, Morgana, Trundle, Olaf
- Magic damage -> Galio, Banshees Veil, Quicksilver Sash, Force of Nature, Mercury Treads
- AoE -> Janna, Gragas, more AoE champs, damage resistant champs, STUNS/SILENCES for the initiator
- Burst damage -> Poppy, Banshees Veil, Hexdrinker, high health champions, better positioning
- Healers/lifesteal -> ignite, exhaust, Executioner's Calling, Katarina, Gangplank, Miss Fortune, Tristana
- Invisibility -> Vision Wards, Oracles, TF, Nidalee
- Gankers -> Teemo, Sight Wards, global ults (SHEN, ASHE, PANTHEON, Twisted Fate, Gangplank)
- Tanky Team -> Kog'maw, Madreds Bloodrazor, Deathfire Grasp, Corki, Poppy, Xin'Zhao, Malzahar, Amumu
- Channeled spells -> any stun, silence, fear, knock up/back, or suppression
- Harass heavy-> all types of healers ( taric, sona etc )
- Glass Cannon Carry-> assassins (Kassadin, Akali, Poppy, Shaco)
from: http://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/ekpox/alright_i_havent_seen_one_of_these_around_and_id/
Hopefully this guide will help a few of you out there!
Saturday, December 11, 2010
If you missed the stream!
http://www.own3d.tv/video/46533/Riot_Games_High_Definition_Stream__id_8624__Archive__2010-12-11_02_02_51_-_03_02_53_
This is the link to the Ionia vs. Noxus game, enjoy! :)
This is the link to the Ionia vs. Noxus game, enjoy! :)
Friday, December 10, 2010
As Expected
As I have predicted, Ionia has won thus far. Although, as I previously thought that there would be a 10v10 matchup, it was only a 5v5 standard matchup played through Riot Gaming employee's and top players. I'm very excited to watch the next games, stream is here: http://www.leagueoflegends.com/ionianoxus2010
HoN bashes gays now?
With Heroes of Newerth's new 'voice announcer' pack, otherwise known as the 'flamboyant pack' the announcer's voice is swapped with a feminine male voice that has a lisp saying things such as 'cherry popper' instead of blood lust, and 'its a three way' instead of triple kill. I think that it's pretty funny, but it's a total misfire and should not have been added to the game. It's a complete reputation destroyer.
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