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Post by
Azazel
I'm too new to the game to have a favorite champ, but it's a ton of fun.
Post by
Lombax
I'm Uggelimugg on LoL, but don't add me since I only play with friends.
Though I only play AD carries and AP carries. LIKE A BAWS.
Ooh and I reaaaalllyyyyy want to buy Kog'Maw, but he's to expensive atm.
Post by
pezz
I totally tried to add
OverZealous
, since he said he plays on EU-Eastern/Nordic (my region), but no response! Duuuuude, accept tiem.
Anyway I have already bought all the characters marked as "tanks" except for Taric. So that is Alistar, Amumu, Galio, Leona, Maokai, Rammus and Shen. They are all pretty amazing, and every single game I have a hard time choosing which one to go for. I really like to combo Leona with LeBlanc or Lux or Kassadin or Brand because she adds to their extreme burstyness with her passive. Galio and Rammus are awesome in the way they convert defensive stats into offensive through their passives, and both are awesomely durable and have some sort of a Taunt ability. Shen has extremely amazing map control, it is a character that rewards map awareness HARD. Maokai is hard to specify really, he is just generally unstoppable and supportive as the other fellow tanks, but his voicing and art theme make him super unique for me. I do not feel much love for Amumu and Alistar. Alistar voice is kinda underwhelming, and his ulti is like
duh
, who cares about a buff to personal power on a tank. Amumu has an amazing ulti and okay abilities but I just can not stand him as a character.
Galio's Ult with Fiddlesticks' or Nunu's is hilarious. They have to sit there and take it.
Personally I just use Caitlyn and Leona. Caitlyn with flash, traps, and net is pretty much impossible to kill.
Post by
Lombax
Caitlyn with flash, traps, and net is pretty much impossible to kill.Unless they manage to chain stun you.
Post by
pezz
Banshee's Veil + don't be dumb and be a ranged carry that stands where the tank should stand.
Post by
LookOut
I just got into LoL because of mr. Thror, which also means I went for EU East/nordic instead of Eu West which is where I live (Lookout87 is my account name if anyone in that region wants to add me). Can't say much about it just yet, but out of the 3 characters you could choose in your first battle (Ashe, Garen and Ryze), I find Ryze to be the most fun to play :)
Post by
gnomerdon
i wish there was a HON thread
Post by
OverZealous
EU Nordic East
: OverZealous
EU West
: Factionized
I did some
really
good (like 15/0/x good) games with Riven, but unfortunately I bought Akali and Kog'maw instead, thinking I already had purchased Riven. I play a pretty good Sona and a decent Akali too, though. Let me know if you'd like to play some games!
Post by
Thror
Well then here is me, letting you know! :P We could play a game this evening after I finish raiding, which should be about 22:00, GMT+1.
Riven is a fun hero to play, but I find all the no-mana CD-based heroes fun. You can spam abilities at creeps and such and it is generally more enjoyable than managing mana. I kinda didn't like how all of her skill icons are green though :D And that tiny little blade shard she uses normally is kinda silly too, ultiblade looks good.
I tried out Xerath for the first time yesterday, against Intermediate bots (needed an easy First win of the day bonus), and god dayumn is that an interesting hero. 40% cooldown reduction + blue buff + a mix of good ability power items = ownage. I kept nuking the bots from miles away <3. And Mage Chains + that lightning thingy stun combo are pretty sweet, got me a few kills in early game on mid Ryze.
Oh and I also tried Soraka. She is insane! So much healing and mana regen going on there. I was laning with Veigar and we were absolutely unstoppable. Is there any hero in the game that would be a stronger support/healer than Soraka? I have seen a bit of Sona and Janna and also support Taric, but after Soraka they just don't seem comparable.
Post by
pezz
Sona is a better group support/healer than Soraka I think. In a big team fight I'd rather have Sona.
Also, 40% CDR + blue, does blue buff work past the CDR cap? I wouldn't have thought so, unless you just mean blue buff for the mana.
Post by
Thror
Oh. I thought it did work past the CDR cap. The LOL wiki says CDR can not be increased past 40% by any means, so I guess you are right. Silly mistake.
I will check out Sona more then. I only saw my guildy playing her so far, can't say how good he is.
Post by
pezz
I mean I've never played either one, personally, but I think Sona has more AoE support gimmicks.
Post by
Thror
Well, the best thing about Soraka is that she can replenish 100 mana to someone on a relatively short CD. I spammed that ability on Veigar which gave him huge staying power on lane. The heal was not as powerful, because I didn't invest into too many ability power items... after some initial AP (I built an archangel staff) I went to build some Aura buffs. Aegis of the Legion, Abyssal Scepter, Soul Shroud.
...now that I think of it, do different aura buffs given by a single champion stack? In DoTa you could only have one aura per champion, and if a champion with an aura from skills would build an item that grants an aura, it would overwrite his skill aura. That sucked. I didn't check if I actually buffed my team with all those various auras at once, but something tells me that it works fine in LoL.
Post by
dslg604t
Works fine. 2 Aegis' from anyone won't stack though.
Soraka has far more burst healing than Sona and is generally more useful in my opinion. Her laning is insane. Her global ult is far more useful than Sona's, which is hard to position against decent players. She can silence at range, nullifying Trolldamere in team fights. Her passsive is pretty decent a well.
Sona on the other hand has more mobility and survivability. Higher single target DPS isn't really that useful. Soraka's farming is insane. I carry teleport on Soraka anyway to combat mobility issues.
Post by
pezz
...now that I think of it, do different aura buffs given by a single champion stack? In DoTa you could only have one aura per champion, and if a champion with an aura from skills would build an item that grants an aura, it would overwrite his skill aura. That sucked. I didn't check if I actually buffed my team with all those various auras at once, but something tells me that it works fine in LoL.
Funnily enough, I just read about that question yesterday on the forums.
You can get an item aura once from your copy of the item and once from another champion with an item for the same aura. You cannot get two copies from two champions besides yourself with the item, nor can you get three copies, one from your item and the other two from champions.
Post by
Thror
So if two heroes build an Aegis of the Legion and stay close to each other, they practically both get a total of +270 health / +42 armor / +54 magic resist and +16 attack damage. That is pretty decent.
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Post by
OverZealous
Sorry about disappearing yesterday, Thror - my internet went down; and after 2 losses in a row (the first one being not-so-decent and the second being full of trolling), I didn't really feel like logging back on to play any more. Sorry
=/
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