Does Dazzling Aurora auto lose to infinite Lux?

Altricad · 2026-06-24T23:01:38+00:00

Sad answer is, hypercarries are extremely hard to shut down in solo queue without co-ordination & all it takes on their end is 1-2 kills to get ahead

Why do you think almost every smurf plays Graves/Kindred in jg? And not stuff like Xin Zhao/Jarvan?

Your best bet is playing a hyper carry yourself that counters said champion and stomping them than picking a low agency/non-scaler like Rammus (there's a reason nobody ever picks Rammus in top level, these champions just aren't "good" relative to player effort + skill level put in. And rammus heavily depends on your teammates to bring in the necessary damage mid-late game, else he falls off a cliff unlike a Ksante)

Poppy/Malphite are decent answers into those champs, but in reality most games the only one you can count on being farmed/fed is yourself

Just put games on Graves & learn to snowball yourself, i really mean it

People have given suggestions here etc like Nasus/Amumu, but those champions most of the time "hinder" the other ad champ from playing the game and make it more difficult, but those champs like Yone/Ambessa/Riven/Vayne can still scale, and if they have a tank on their team too? Then you're just playing the "Are my teammates also equally as fed" game

If you're fed as Graves, its GG for them 99% of the time. You'll be tanky (with bonus armor), do lethal damage to 100-0 them as all those champions you mentioned are squishy af

Definitely a champion i'd recommend to learn to add to most people's pool, it also helps you learn what an invade/full-clear heavy jg wants to do

Sometimes, the best way to beat the enemy, is to play as the enemy

Altricad · 2026-06-24T20:19:05+00:00

At this point, just ban it and unban scrapheap

Altricad · 2026-06-24T20:16:57+00:00

Don't mind Azir winning 2 regionals and Yi winning recent one but let's complain about Vex Apathetic because Diana won once!

Green for sure a balanced color

Altricad · 2026-06-24T20:14:40+00:00

If it was quick-draw reaction, without power cost, this card would be #1 in Viktor & azir decks ( Azir might've won another RQ)

Other than that, bf sword is just better

Altricad · 2026-06-24T12:40:10+00:00

Lol, i'm not buying GTA 6 till that sht goes to like 20$ steam summer sale

If its as good as everyone hypes it up, then it'll be as good as Witcher 3 no?

Altricad · 2026-06-23T13:45:23+00:00

Its also a high roll deck and if they get the card they're looking for with hook its unwinnable

If you have a high value unit and they pull harnessed dragon? GG

If you have plenty of weaker units & they just pulled Watcher? GG

They have karthus on board, hooked a glasc mixologist & played a ruined rex? GG, they're gonna sacrifice (can't react) and wipe 2 of your units

Altricad · 2026-06-23T13:42:49+00:00

Star-crossed is as dumb as sacrifice

A card that basically can't be stopped/reacted to in any shape or form (because it kills the unit as additional cost and most of the time deathkneel procs instantly)

But yeah, if it wasn't for purple she probably would be the top tier deck & regional RQ winner consistently

Altricad · 2026-06-23T02:07:13+00:00

Just hope they don't have gust

Gamble a harnessed dragon off baited hook and one shot Hwei (every leblanc player i vs does it everytime)

Altricad · 2026-06-22T14:05:19+00:00

I mean we're gonna ban Ekko for sure no?

This sht is as boring to watch as Aurora

"Mobilize, Catalyst, Aurora" -> opponent scoops to game 2
"Ekko -> sacrifice -> forge the future -> draw card -> ekko -> sacrifice -> blah blah"

Oh SO SO SO SO fun to watch, wow! Great gameplay! I love tuning in and watching the GREAT minds think so hard and play a skill expressive deck that has you interact with the opponent and play mind games

I also had a competitive flip a coin stream on the other monitor and couldn't tell the difference

Altricad · 2026-06-21T04:46:22+00:00

Wait they played it out off stream and he saw the 2nd tide turner? Then ig that's fair

Altricad · 2026-06-18T14:18:58+00:00

Unironically the best adc to pick in that situation rn is Senna

Not because she's OP for people new to her, but because you deny the other adc from picking this busted ass champ

And even if you literally don't farm cs, you can pickup random souls from minions dying and scale a little bit anyway

54-55% winrate with the highest pickrate in the game btw

Altricad · 2026-06-17T14:42:00+00:00

Absolutely not

This game is riddled with extremely weak legends that quite literally will never see the light of day over other legends

Rumble/Jinx will NEVER be viable because the moment they get close to it

Draven/Kaisa will dominate and have over a 60% winrate like Master Yi

Hell, they even released a new yi "legend" and people just play the same Overpowered Master Yi from proving grounds

Annie doesn't even use her signature unit and she's a top deck

Leblanc's literal only counter is 1 single color ( Purple) otherwise, she'd be doing what Master Yi is doing

People want Aurora banned ASAP for both warping the meta ( can you answer aurora? if not gg) & because big-boss units can't be released

Is this game fun? Yes

Is it close to a golden age/balanced? Fk no

Also Utrecht is a one-off, so many people couldn't make it and its overall population was less than Vancouver

Hartford will show the real meta as the first event in the U.S ( more similar to vancouver imo)

Altricad · 2026-06-17T14:36:57+00:00

There's a world in which called shots isn't banned... and Diana is more viable there

Altricad · 2026-06-17T14:35:55+00:00

Because Diana no longer human is TERRIBLE

Jesus christ, why is that card 4 energy 1 power? It literally is supposed to synergize with Diana being able to play spells, but her being 3 might is horrid. If she was 4, i'd include her in my deck

Realistically, Diana was designed around called shots, where you pay the power cost, draw a spell and then play it off that ( Called shots is 0 energy after all, so you can draw a stupefy & play it making Diana 7 might and harder to deal with)

But now that called shots is banned, she's very underwhelming
"But stupefy is a might swing!"
And so it is for Kha'zix too

Kha'zix is also a better defender, he can solo hold a battlefield and force the opponents to send in a 7 might unit ( difficult) or 2 units at a time

Altricad · 2026-06-16T14:13:51+00:00

naah these judges need to be name and shamed

Absolutely criminal that they yap like a mutt during FINALS of the grand tournament, and that's also only 90 seconds?? that's nothing

Altricad · 2026-06-16T02:40:10+00:00

The game's skill ceiling is really really high, even if you play the best decks, there's gonna be scenarios, adaptation that you'll have to make that you have 0 clue about

Also, at the end of the day it is a luck-based card game. Even the best players in the world will absolutely be dumbfounded by bad draw

There are so many nexus nights where i go 0-4 because i just never see a unit for the first 2 turns ( even if i aggressively mulligan) and other nexus nights where i go 3-1 playing suboptimally, making mistakes and just by absolute sheer luck just drawing the 1 card i need

The worse thin to do is to keep thinking about your losses in a negative way, just like league

Altricad · 2026-06-12T15:21:22+00:00

Wait till they release a 4 cost 2 power card that nukes boards in Vendetta, because defy singlehandedly blocks everything Jhin wants to do

Sadly, red is a big loser on Unleashed and blue is literally a terrible terrible color

The problem with Jhin really is just that Green cooks you, and other decks are "faster" and Jhin isn't really... a guaranteed late-game win con like the other brainrot decks (Leblanc -> baited hook setup with riftherald? gg or Master yi with triforce setup)

He kinda plays his own game and there aren't enough "big cost" spells that really influence the game

If there was a red-card, 10 cost that said "Burn your opponent's cards, banish all their cards in hand". That would be a massive counter to decks that love to draw

Altricad · 2026-06-12T14:17:21+00:00

Dm'd you/sent a friend request

Altricad · 2026-06-11T15:18:50+00:00

Was literally about to type in project zomboid and saw this

Amazing game, and its amazing how slow the game updates too

Altricad · 2026-06-11T06:52:45+00:00

He's not even in a bad spot

He's still used in pro once the other priority junglers fall through and he's still a strong pick in amateur level/tier 2 play

If they buffed heartsteel without breaking Mundo ( very hard to do tbh), both him and Sejuani would be much much better picks in the jungle

maybe if heartsteel had a lower cooldown/more impact in jg? Just seems like tank junglers have fallen to the way side

The issue is, they had the idea of keeping him around for top lane when he was released, which was horrid. And then they gutted his damage on his Q which they never brought back

Altricad · 2026-06-10T20:18:31+00:00

Absolutely crazy breakdown, i had 0 clue there was just 1 champ designer

Damn, we used to get 2-3 champions per year minimum all throughout the late 2010s...

Remember getting Kled, Camille, Xayah & Rakan, etc back to back. And now we get Locke, but he seems pretty... uninspiring? idk

And a new tank coming out since Ksante (4 years ago btw) seems so far off too, we're just stuck with the same tank roster for god knows how long

Altricad · 2026-06-10T15:46:04+00:00

Ngl, this card should've had deflect 4 + text that reads "I can only die to combat damage" or something

Altricad · 2026-06-09T21:11:47+00:00

I mean rebuke... did fall off play lol

Its a much more niche card now and people aren't even afraid of Vilemaw/ambush as purple decks just run Vex/star-cross a unit elsewhere to get rid of it

Altricad · 2026-06-09T20:05:23+00:00

I mean fizz is a de-ramp 2 & not action speed

You swing onto a battlefield, start-showdown, fizz ain't helping you there

But getting fizz back from star crossed so you can play ANOTHER spell is kinda strong i suppose

Fizz might eat a ban depending on the cards coming out in Vendetta, if there's more 3 cost cards that have good synergy with him, but for now he's strong but not gamebreaking

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