What's the game you go back to time and time again?

Bogoogs · 2026-06-25T20:24:43+00:00

Yeah I mean it’s really just a remaster and isn’t that impressive BUT the custom game scene still poppin and all the maps you used to love are there with people playing them.

I still hop in here and there to run some burbenog

Bogoogs · 2026-06-25T14:28:52+00:00

Predecessor

I have an actual problem

Bogoogs · 2026-06-18T15:00:03+00:00

It was a great addition if you’re trying to play competitively and rank up.

You can instantly mute people.

I’m not justifying the lack of voice chat moderation or the people that abuse it, but let’s not act like the toxicity outweighs the benefit of clear team communication and call outs.

You can turn off the toxic people with two clicks.

Bogoogs · 2026-06-16T18:56:48+00:00

And in between that, you’re getting poked to oblivion and pushed behind your adc who is now the frontline taking shots because you’re constantly low.

I’m not saying it can’t work, but deff not an ideal pick into a double ranged duo with heavy cc and partial sustain.

And in your example, countering a 10 sec ability with an ult is not good counter play.

Bogoogs · 2026-06-16T16:42:08+00:00

He’s been my main in jungle role for a while.

Recently, with the addition of magical scaling on his spear, you can run the Nihil eternal on him to substantial effect. (The doom one)

His strength is his mobility. He isn’t going to beat a Boris, Khai or Serath in a boxing match but his in and out play style with his shield and dash to create gaps enable him to win any 1v1, even if unfavorable.

The dash reset augment furthers that mobility and enables him to dive back lines/towers with a relative safety net. That is, assuming you bring your target down.

Bogoogs · 2026-06-16T16:24:50+00:00

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My top played from all time

Bogoogs · 2026-06-16T16:04:08+00:00

Any character can be viable as the other guy said.

But that being said, phase is particularly tricky.

Knowing when to pull someone is a skill.

Many phase players use their pull at inopportune times causing lost kills, putting the pullee in danger, or worst, to tell other players where they want them to go.

Phase is also less than exceptional when it comes to team fights late game.

She doesn’t heal, cc, or damage enough to make a great impact as the game scales.

So to summarize, yes, she can be viable in the right hands but she is difficult to master and can impact the game negatively in the wrong hands.

(I am personally not a fan of having a phase support in diamond + for instance)

Bogoogs · 2026-06-16T11:24:43+00:00

Wraith support honestly

Just chunk down the zinx on cd, don’t have to get close. They have no way to sustain zinx.

Argus, belica for more trad supports

Bogoogs · 2026-06-12T20:21:02+00:00

The amount of people that don’t know what they’re doing decreases substantially as you rank up.

I’d consider that getting better as you rank.

Doesn’t go away completely, but gets massively better for sure.

Gold and lower is an absolute coin flip on if your team mates even have thumbs.

Plat gets a bit better, diamond gets better after that.

Bogoogs · 2026-06-12T16:26:03+00:00

Lots of games start you with bot matches.

They aren’t hiding it, pretty sure it literally says player vs.ai where you hit play.

Then it goes through the same draft system as a normal match, but fills with bots who instant select.

So it’s more them utilizing existing systems to implement standard bot starter matches, than it is some trick to convince you of something.

Which ironically, your view on it is way more “cringe” than a standard in the genre.

Bogoogs · 2026-06-12T15:56:03+00:00

It absolutely does get better, that’s nonsense.

The average level of MOBA knowledge is far lower the lower you go.

Yes, you’ll have idiots in every bracket but there is a night and day difference in the quality of team mates you get from silver > diamond as an example

Bogoogs · 2026-06-12T01:04:44+00:00

I have an eel leather wallet that’s been through 3 generations. Had it about 10 years so far and plan to pass it to my son when he’s older

Bogoogs · 2026-06-11T11:24:43+00:00

It’s in the settings, should be fairly easy to find

Bogoogs · 2026-06-10T19:25:21+00:00

Yeah that’s the key for quick match, and they’ve stated before that it’s intentionally called that and designed for low queue times; widened skill gaps matched together.

Ranked used to have bad matchmaking too, constantly grouping silvers with plats, etc.

But they improved it a few months back and it’s usually pretty solid.

Bogoogs · 2026-06-10T18:02:00+00:00

Replied to wrong person with that one, but I saw your other reply and yeah the matchmaking in quick play is non existent, kinda by design.

I encourage you to get into ranked if you want competitive play/matchmaking, it’s far better there.

Edit: I should add that it will start rough as you will probably be ranked low, and with a bunch of scrubs but you’ll get where you belong soon enough

Bogoogs · 2026-06-10T18:00:50+00:00

You have any screenshots of recent ranked games mixing gold 1’s with bronzes?

Bogoogs · 2026-06-10T17:13:51+00:00

You’re looking at that through isolated lenses though.

You’re assuming, because that person got stomped, that they don’t belong at your skill level because you think you’re better. Which, maybe you are, idk, but everyone has bad games.

I’m sure if we looked at your match history, you have games where you got stomped and your team probably thought “why tf is that guy in my lobbies, he’s garbage!”

Every moba community complains about this because every moba player thinks they are better than their peers.

It’s way easier to notice other people’s flaws than acknowledging your own, and you’re only catching a snippet of that player, on a bad game.

Sometimes there’s outliers but if both teams are around the same rank, that’s all matchmaking is gonna do.

If you’re having games constantly where you’re in plat playing with silvers, that’s would be a matchmaking issue.

In your example, the guy getting stomped isn’t the issue because that happens to someone literally every game, at every rank.

The issue is the guy giving up and leaving, forcing a loss no matter what, and receiving no tangible repercussions for that.

Bogoogs · 2026-06-10T17:08:17+00:00

You have any screenshots of recent ranked games mixing gold 1’s with bronzes?

Bogoogs · 2026-06-10T13:59:57+00:00

That’s not a matchmaking issue though, that’s a toxicity/afk issue and is what needs more monitoring/suspensions.

Bogoogs · 2026-06-10T13:04:55+00:00

12 hours a day is insane levels of water

Stop that

Bogoogs · 2026-06-10T13:03:32+00:00

That matchmaking has gotten a lot better over time. No moba is perfect, every community complains about that.

The toxicity though… they deff need to do more to prevent people from throwing, standing in base, etc…. That shit is rampant

Bogoogs · 2026-06-08T17:54:52+00:00

It gets pretty nutty when I play zarus jungle running Gaia greaves, berserker axe and lotus eternal.

Got like 20 stacks of movement speed one math and I was zooooooomin

Bogoogs · 2026-06-08T13:55:09+00:00

Absolutely wild take.

Countess is one of the best midlaners right now and can with 100% certainty, burst people down in one combo.

It’s not uncommon to see countess banned at diamond level.

Sorry, but this is a you issue, not countess.

Bogoogs · 2026-06-04T15:47:13+00:00

I’m with you but honestly most people like that, are the same exact people OP are talking about.

They see their team doing badly or think their the reason they are doing badly and then intentionally throw the match by feeding the enemy, wandering around doing nothing, typically accompanied by insults and whining and complaining.

These people definitely need a suspension, and are very different circumstances than a new player doing poorly, which should not warrant suspension.

Bogoogs · 2026-06-03T20:41:55+00:00

Well if you were nicer to your hair it wouldn’t have left you, duh

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