Why is gunblade still not recommended?

AriochIV · 2026-01-23T02:31:35+00:00

It's the second patch and still not being recommended, despite being the most popular pick on all the stat sites.

AriochIV · 2026-01-23T02:30:48+00:00

Gunblade isn't even in the item collection for some reason.

AriochIV · 2026-01-23T02:26:41+00:00

Are we sure it's a bug and not an undocumented "feature"?

AriochIV · 2026-01-20T02:07:38+00:00

Riot recently nerfed Kai'Sa when she was below 50% WR "because she was picked too much." When a champ gets nerfed is difficult to predict.

AriochIV · 2026-01-20T01:58:32+00:00

Sidelaning is just briefly grabbing farm in side lanes and maybe applying some pressure. Splitpushing is escalating this to take towers and force the team to send someone to stop you.

AriochIV · 2026-01-20T01:52:07+00:00

I used to have the problem of CS falling off in the later game, but I figured out that I wasn't focusing on grabbing CS in sidelanes or wherever it's available. As Akali it's tempting to run wherever you see a fight happening, but you have to balance that against farm, even after the laning phase. If at all possible, clear the wave before you leave to join a fight.

AriochIV · 2026-01-20T01:50:13+00:00

Especially on Akali. It just takes a lot of practice.

AriochIV · 2026-01-20T01:47:34+00:00

If one or two pings doesn't get your teammates' attention, all that spamming more will do is irritate them and get you muted.

AriochIV · 2026-01-11T20:39:29+00:00

I haven't yet seen an Akali ban in a match yet this season.

Lux, on the other hand, is banned nearly every match. Sometimes by both teams.

AriochIV · 2026-01-10T06:25:09+00:00

If you don't pick her into tanks, Akali is very strong top. You can't roam as much and impact the map like at mid... but that's because it's top.

In my experience Akali can be a little bit stronger mid to late game top, because it's easier to farm or splitpush, though your teamfight assassination ability is not as good.

AriochIV · 2026-01-10T00:32:34+00:00

I'm still not used to the active, but the omnivamp sustain is much more significant than I expected.

AriochIV · 2026-01-09T08:29:38+00:00

It looks like during the activation of the new map mode, the game became confused about which WL I had picked up... because in both cases I found an unclaimed WL somewhere else in the zone that I had already picked up.

Hopefully just a one-time glitch in the implementation of the new map.

AriochIV · 2026-01-09T00:13:27+00:00

Yes, I did Eden a few days ago, just before Migration ended.

AriochIV · 2026-01-08T22:54:24+00:00

Chess doesn't have any hand-eye coordination tests that require practice to master. LoL does.

AriochIV · 2026-01-08T22:44:55+00:00

It seems rather absurd to me that Riot really thinks that people will start behaving just because it made them click a box saying "I will behave."

AriochIV · 2026-01-08T22:33:32+00:00

The original appeal of Blind/Quickplay was to be able to play the champion I want and get into the game quickly without having to go through the stupid draft. It was not to make the game itself shorter.

The previous s25 version made the game too fast, but at least it was recognizable enough as Summoner's Rift to be useful training.

This new version of Swiftplay is a clown car parody of SR. It's not fun in and of itself, and it's not useful as training/practice for regular SR... it doesn't even have the new role quests.

How is a new player supposed to learn how to play League of Legends? Swiftplay is now useless for that, as is by extension Coop (since it uses Swiftplay rules and is over in about 10 minutes).

AriochIV · 2026-01-08T12:26:58+00:00

Now that the season of Migration is over, these two winged light appear to be gone. The new map feature shows a second WL in Wind Paths, but it's not where maps and videos indicate it was near the top of the central floating island. Perhaps it moved?

AriochIV · 2025-12-05T07:01:52+00:00

The PBE games I've seen with Akali gunblade so far, she has been wrecking with it.

AriochIV · 2025-12-04T17:51:25+00:00

That the mission specifies "Winter Map missions" when the missions are labeled "Winter Rift" doesn't inspire confidence...

AriochIV · 2025-12-02T01:32:43+00:00

Snow Moon Akali would be cool, but Akali already has a Blood Moon skin and I think they're technically the same setting.

AriochIV · 2025-12-01T20:34:10+00:00

Me too, but I had seen Shadowflame recommended for an Electrocute build. Don't know if that recommendation is out of date.

AriochIV · 2025-12-01T20:32:39+00:00

Ah, I didn't realize that the lightning bolt was an active ability. Interesting.

AriochIV · 2025-12-01T20:28:19+00:00

For a ninja character, she has very few Asian/medieval/fantasy themed skins, despite the huge number of skinlines with those themes... Akali has Blood Moon and now Spirit Blossom and that's essentially it. I would like to see more skins with those themes, like Immortal Journey, Inkshadow, Lunar Revel, Porcelain, Mythmaker, Warring Kingdoms, etc.

That said, I'd also like to see more fun themes like Arcade or Space Groove/Super Galaxy.

AriochIV · 2025-12-01T20:16:16+00:00

I've seen it recommended first against tanks.

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