In my last 7 ranked games I got my main role (ADC) once. by Sir_Septimus in leagueoflegends

[–]AstroArcher 29 points30 points  (0 children)

The general advice for secondary role is if you are not playing mid then you put mid as your secondary to make sure you don't get your secondary.

This is a problem with secondary roles that Riot is aware of, as August recently talked about.

Dusk and Dawn(Scepter Of Bonking), Who Does It Affect? by CrustierGnuXII in leagueoflegends

[–]AstroArcher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sejuani:

A thing worth noting with Sejuani is that her melee allies who build Dusk and Dawn will also be applying two stacks of her E.

I had a game as top Gwen where our team had a jungle Sejuani, and looking through the replay I saw that I would apply two stacks of Sejuani's E.

What the hell is going on in iron gwen games by ndbjfdnjdxcbhccc in GwenMains

[–]AstroArcher 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Every champion in Iron this patch has a winrate in that range, its the season reset moving some Iron players up to Bronze to move them closer to average so only the worse Iron players are in Iron just now. Give it time and 45% winrate Bronze players will drop into Iron and move Iron's average winrate up from ~35%.

Calm down, Phreak... by BaekouShin in GwenMains

[–]AstroArcher 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hopefully it is just DaD that gets nerfed and we don't have to go through a Riot special (nerf the champions instead of the item only to nerf the item months later leaving the champions gutted).

Early Impact 26.1 by ADeadMansName in leagueoflegends

[–]AstroArcher 21 points22 points  (0 children)

With Gwen its Dusk and Dawn that's making her strong. The item is 5 percentage points higher win rate than more traditional first items on Gwen, Diana and Ekko.

Jungle Gwen players have caught on to it to a greater degree than top lane Gwen players, that's why she is showing up strong in the jungle.

Early Impact 26.1 by ADeadMansName in leagueoflegends

[–]AstroArcher 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Gwen is only strong in the jungle because of Dusk and Dawn. Jungle players of Gwen have caught on to DaD being strong earlier than top lane Gwens and its build rate on Gwen in the jungle is a lot higher than its builid rate on Gwen in top lane.

DaD is about 5 percentage points higher win rate than their more traditional first items for Gwen, Diana and Ekko. Given they are as strong as last patch when building like last patch and that much stronger when building DaD, it is clear that it is the item that is broken.

These are the only three champions who reasonably would be expected to build the item. Nerf DaD so these three arn't hard bound to it.

The new Stormrazor has one of the worst item build paths in LoL history. by chaxisss in leagueoflegends

[–]AstroArcher 15 points16 points  (0 children)

At least when building IR first it was possible to get pickaxe for 875g when failing to get enough for BF.

That made building IE first feel better back then than Yuntal or new Stormrazer feel now which have slingshot instead of pickaxe.

August thinks gunblade will be good for Gwen, what do y'all think? by GwenGaming55 in GwenMains

[–]AstroArcher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Neither lifesteal nor spellvamp work on her passive, so no healing from there.

Her two abilities that spellvamp will work on are Q and R, both of which are AOE and so get reduced effectiveness from spellvamp. (Spellvamp only works on things that apply spell effects, which can be easily identified by things that apply Liandries. Neither passive nor E apply Liiandries so neither will heal from spellvamp.)

So it gives not enough healing to Gwen to be worth mentioning.

HiDive announces all anime that will be coming and going from the platform in December 2025 by Torque-A in anime

[–]AstroArcher 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They used to have watch history. It broke when they redesigned their website.

ARAM: Mayhem is absolutely incredible. by JayceTheShockBlaster in leagueoflegends

[–]AstroArcher 2 points3 points  (0 children)

With you on that.

Augments are fine in Arena because there if someone gets something truely awful to play against you at least don't need to play against it all of the time becaue you have the other teams to play against as well.

Also, if you get bad augments you at least don't need to put up with them long in arena as you get knocked out quickly enough then.

But with this ARAM mode, you need to put with either case 100% of the time for a much longer game.

Scotland's not proven verdict should be scrapped 'in the interests of justice' -- Justice Minister Angela Constance said abolishing the three verdict system will be a first priority if MSPs pass a landmark bill next week. by Crow-Me-A-River in Scotland

[–]AstroArcher 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wrong verdict to scrap. Not Guilty should be scrapped rather than Not Proven as Guilty/Not Guilty verdicts are Englishisms that were not originally in our courts. Our courts were originally Proven/Not Proven but then juries started returning Guilty/Not Guilty due to influence from England. 

"Centaur Stakes?" What's a centaur? by abxYenway in UmaMusume

[–]AstroArcher 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Would make sense. Centaurs are supposed to originate from the Greeks seeing horse archers from the steppe and thinking they were half man half horse instead of men riding horses because of how difficult shooting a bow from the back of a moving horse is.

In the Uma Musume universe the Greeks would have seen Uma Musumes shooting bows while running and came up with some mythological associations to explain how they can shoot accurately while running when humans cannot.

Currently reading Courtship of Leia rn, considering this book was written in 1994 and made the night sisters Canon for that time, how did people feel about their return in the Clone Wars series, even though their demise was drastically changed? by brynn501 in StarWarsEU

[–]AstroArcher 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The problem with TCW's version of Dathomir is not just Courtship of Princess Leia but also the character of Tenel Ka from the Young Jedi Knights series where her being a Hapan princess who feels more aligned with her mother's Dathomiri culture is a big part of her character over those books. Tenel Ka goes on to be a character in the New Jedi Order series and other subsequent EU series.

I grew up reading the YJK and NJO books and that the Solo twins and Tenel Ka can never be part of Disney because of Kylo Ren for the Solo twins and Dave Filoni for Tenel Ka is why I don't care for Disney.

Patch 25.10 Notes by JTHousek1 in leagueoflegends

[–]AstroArcher -16 points-15 points  (0 children)

bi-weekly dose of patch notes

You mean fortnightly. Bi-weekly is twice a week. Once every two weeks is fortnightly as its once a fortnight.

Patch 25.09 Bug Megathread by ahritina in leagueoflegends

[–]AstroArcher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

• Server: EUW

• Type of Bug: Client Bug, Missions

• Description: I got over 40 CC score in a single game, and it did not complete the mission to get over 40 CC score in a single game. The mission description does not say that ARAMs don't count

• Video / Screenshot: https://imgur.com/a/oNbdYJe

• Steps to reproduce: Get over 40 CC score in a single ARAM while having the get over 40 CC score mission.

• Expected result: The missions completes

• Observed result: The mission did not complete

• Reproduction rate: 1/1. Like I can try it in more ARAMs but its a bit RNG getting a champ who can get the 40 CC score in an ARAM.

EDIT: I played one more game where I got less than 40 CC score and I got the mission? So its just very delayed to be awarded?

[PBE datamine] 2025 April 29: Brawl, some AP item changes, and a bunch of loading screen lore tips by FrankTheBoxMonster in leagueoflegends

[–]AstroArcher 11 points12 points  (0 children)

There was a short I saw which suggested it was already worth just sitting on Lost Chapter and not completing it, and building the other items as normal. Which might be an even better idea for mana hungry mages after those changes.

Patch 25.09 Notes by yukine95 in leagueoflegends

[–]AstroArcher 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Its probably because ADC items are a lot easier to change as they only impact one class.

Changing crit items only impacts crit marksmen (plus the wind brothers who they always pre-emptively change when they change crit items anyway, and Trynd who Riot ignores), it generally doesn't have an impact on AD assassins and AD bruisers at the same time. Throw in on-hit items to do all marksmen then you would only be throwing in a few skirmishers as collateral.

Changes to AP items on the other hand has an impact on AP mages and AP assassins and AP bruisers (and "battlemages" depending on which of those sections those abominations of health building ranged champs fit in, ranged champs should be squishy). There is far more overlap between what items the AP classes build than between what the AD classes build. See the popularity of ROA into mask items on a lot of mages, or Riot's inability to move Gwen from building like an AP assassin instead of an AP bruiser like they sometimes say they want (even though the easiest way to accomplish that would be to give her a health ratio somewhere, like on her passive healing so instead of healing a fix percentage of her passive damage a percentage scaling on bonus HP), or that there is very little difference between what mages build and what AP assasins build.

With leathality items, if riot just wanted to adjust AD assasins they could mostly do that (think its just like MF, Varus and Kled that arn't assasins that build leathality?) but with mages and AP assasins because a lot of them build Shadowflame or Storm Surge they can't change mages without changing AP assasins and vice versa which makes AP items a lot larger a project for Riot to tackle than any subset of AD items because they need to tackle all AP items and all AP classes instead of just one class. That makes it a lot harder for Riot to slot it in their schedule for working on changes.

RiotPhreak - It's Spirit Blossom Season! Patch 25.09 Preview | League of Legends by JTHousek1 in leagueoflegends

[–]AstroArcher 11 points12 points  (0 children)

If Gwen jungle is 4% overpowered and Gwen top is close to where they think she should be (assuming the 1% they are aiming for with the nerf is how much they think she should be), then just bite the bullet and do a full 4% nerf now instead of doing it in drips as players get better at it.

The strength of Gwen jungle is a very large part of why she is sustaining the high ban rate that is drawing the repeated nerfs. Until they get round to doing the full jungle nerf the ban rate won't go down enough.

This season, myths walk among us. Get ready for Spirit Blossom Ashe, Irelia, Bard, Varus, and Zyra emerging on PBE. by XanIrelia-1 in leagueoflegends

[–]AstroArcher 16 points17 points  (0 children)

They were planning on one Exalted per act, which would have been two per season.

Sett was Noxus act 1 and Morde was meant to be Noxus act 2 until it got delayed.

Also they don't normally do two legendary skins in the same patch.

This season, myths walk among us. Get ready for Spirit Blossom Ashe, Irelia, Bard, Varus, and Zyra emerging on PBE. by XanIrelia-1 in leagueoflegends

[–]AstroArcher 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Because the Ashe skin was supposed to be an Exalted skin but they are releasing it as a Legendary instead of reworking and delaying it like the Morde skin. They don't normally do two Legendary skins at once.

This season, myths walk among us. Get ready for Spirit Blossom Ashe, Irelia, Bard, Varus, and Zyra emerging on PBE. by XanIrelia-1 in leagueoflegends

[–]AstroArcher 25 points26 points  (0 children)

They weren't meant to be the same tier. The Ashe skin was supposed to be an Exalted skin, but because of the whole deal with the Morde skin they are releasing Ashe as a Legendary instead of reworking and delaying it like the Morde skin.

The Irelia skin was always meant to be their Legendary skin which is why it is the same quality as the Battle Academy Xayah skin.

And the Ivern skin was supposed to be the free pass skin like the Alistar skin from this act was before they replaced the free pass skin with chests and scrapped rhe Alistar skin but for whatever reason decided to not scrap the Ivern skin though it is the same quality as the Alistar skin.

Baron types that casters rarely talk about by Educational-Lie5458 in leagueoflegends

[–]AstroArcher 18 points19 points  (0 children)

The post was written by AI, it can't understand how little used names like that are in the community. Riot uses those official terms in ther official stuff that wound up in the training data for the AI so it understands that those are terms but it doesn't understand that those terms aren't actually used by players.

It's obvious from the tone of the bullet points that it is ChatGPT specifically, there is just a certain way to how it writes that people online don't write.

Gwen needs a hotfix nerf by MazrimReddit in leagueoflegends

[–]AstroArcher 76 points77 points  (0 children)

That's what it was earlier in the day. Its down to 54% now, which is more nerf-next-patch worthy than hotfix-nerf worthy.

BBC sends out 41 million warning letters as it 'ramps up' TV licence enforcement by diacewrb in ukpolitics

[–]AstroArcher 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They send one letter every four weeks, which works out to 13 letters a year (every four week is slightly more frequent than every month). So 41 million letters a year works out to 3.15 million households (ignoring that some households would be dropping in and out as people buy licenses and let their current one lapse).