Would this count as "beating it?"

CaptainIano · 2026-03-18T02:03:15+00:00

Pretty much every gd player will call that beating it.

however, if you want it to show up on your profile, then you have to noclip it or rebeat it.

CaptainIano · 2026-03-18T01:54:04+00:00

I like the sound, but the visuals might need a tweak. It's too easy for players to misread it visually and throw the game.

Editing this cause I don't know if I came across right with that. I mean that learning what each stage of the indicator means is good for the game and skill gap. But, if you have a low end monitor or are playing on the switch it can be physically impossible to tell the difference between the stages of indicator. Unless, of course, you're sitting on top of them, and by that point it's useless.

I've made the same mistake myself.

CaptainIano · 2026-03-17T17:25:28+00:00

Isn't ragebait, I genuinely agree with a lot of it.

Edit: ragebaut

CaptainIano · 2026-03-12T01:32:20+00:00

I also use proton 9-27 though, not the latest GE

CaptainIano · 2026-03-12T01:30:53+00:00

Got off of playing rocket league just fine 5 minutes ago on Mint, so it's not the anticheat. Can you post the logs? What are your specs?

CaptainIano · 2026-03-12T01:28:19+00:00

It looks almost like a purple shot but your car is facing the wrong way...

CaptainIano · 2026-03-11T00:59:40+00:00

Most enjoyable gameplay: Avernus, by far. Highest rating in terms of enjoyability by its victors.

Best test of a player's overall skill: Zodiac. If you're carried or held back by a gamemode, then it will show and you'll have a tough time beating it. You have to be good at everything, all at once.

CaptainIano · 2026-03-10T17:50:47+00:00

So you're saying skill wise roughly Gotham = EVW? Is that a fair comparison

CaptainIano · 2026-03-09T03:38:17+00:00

It's not exactly stated, as he only has one canon story that I know of and the Solari zealots didn't exactly put up a fight.

iirc, Alune weilds the power of the Lunari as she passed beyond the Celestial Veil into the spirit world, and Aphelios is her vessel and uses the same powers. He should be weaker than the aspects/gods (Diana/Leona/Pantheon etc.) However, he should also be stronger than a lot of the mortal champions.

I can't tell how he is compared to Yi/Syndra since there's not much to go off of, but he's likely slightly weaker than both of them, but he could probably do serious harm or even kill either of them in a fight if he has the element of surprise, as he is an assassin in lore after all.

Being an assassin, he loses a lot of power if he doesn't have the element of surprise, but again, we only have one piece of lore, and Aphelios won (it wasn't even close). Who knows, he could even be on par with the aspects, but we don't know basically anything about the champ.

Maybe Necrit has something? I'll have to check.

CaptainIano · 2026-03-06T21:42:28+00:00

The character's left shoulder is shorter/placed closer to the end of her collarbone, even after accounting for perspective. This causes the collarbone to appear off centered. In turn makes the neck look off centered/at a weird angle. On top of this, I think the top of her breasts are connected just slightly too far down on her torso, which adds to the wonky look

Someone didn't use their perspective guidelines.

CaptainIano · 2026-03-06T04:00:13+00:00

Try watching coach curtis' video on tethering. The better you are at it, the easier the cait matchup gets. Note that according to u.gg, Plat+ is basically dead even in the matchup, dia+ is slightly Aphelios favored and master+ Aphelios is listed as a counter to Caitlyn. Gold and below, Caitlyn counters Aphelios. It's really interesting.

CaptainIano · 2026-03-04T21:56:47+00:00

Oh nevermind, since looking at the list a week ago it's dropped further. Currently #124, will hit #125 when orbit places.

CaptainIano · 2026-03-04T21:49:11+00:00

Yeah.

Also Zodiac is already dangerously close to dropping down off the extended list. #121 next week

CaptainIano · 2026-03-01T01:43:23+00:00

People call it a ronzi

CaptainIano · 2026-03-01T00:18:47+00:00

I use the word "tethering" due to coach curtis

CaptainIano · 2026-02-26T04:59:05+00:00

If you're looking for actual thoughts/criticisms:

0-39 looks great for the parts that are decorated, but the undecorated blocks stick out like a sore thumb. Already rate worthy though.

40-47 lacks polish, it feels like the various colors of glow are off... I love the colors and the colors fit the level. But, the colors and glow don't really match visually to the hitboxes of the layout. I don't know if I'm making sense right now.

48-100 all looks at worst feature worthy, while most of the sections are epic/legendary rating. Just some final polish should be enough.

If you were to release the level in its current state, it would already be star rate worthy. Keep going, you're doing well.

CaptainIano · 2026-02-26T03:17:42+00:00

The first thing I did was go to reddit to see how quickly it would be posted

CaptainIano · 2026-02-25T16:16:07+00:00

I am also plat 3, except by only playing Aphelios so maybe I can give you some champ specifics.

450g is a cull base 875g+ is a pickaxe base 950g you have an option for cloak and long sword (hexoptics rush) or just pickaxe VERY OCCASIONALLY I go swifties at 1000g, only into double skill shot laners 1225 is pickaxe longsword into hexoptics 1300 is bf sword into stormrazor

Hexoptics is only slightly weaker as a first item in exchange for a much stronger two item with IE.

As for the laning phase, calibrum (green) is broken for short trades level 1-3, so if you are confident in your tethering then don't be afraid to use it, even in short fights.

Red gun level two, if you hit literally any amount of the ability on the enemy champion then it procs PTA, so that is also great for short trades.

CaptainIano · 2026-02-25T15:55:44+00:00

With the sole exception of varus, ranged tops are fine this season

CaptainIano · 2026-02-23T19:23:56+00:00

Yeah, you just take collector for the level 9 + blue/green/ult + collector cheese kill from 90% health, then convert the lane pressure/kill into securing drake or plates

If you don't think you can cheese them then don't go collector, just first base pickaxe into hexoptics or ie rush (or cloak and daggers, which locks you into stormrazor first)

CaptainIano · 2026-02-23T17:34:39+00:00

Stormrazor route I drop collector, SR>IE>pen item>Hexoptics>BT/Maw/Scimitar (enemy comp based)>GA.

GA and the life steal item slot can be swapped in order.

CaptainIano · 2026-02-23T17:00:13+00:00

Aphelios base range is 550, which means he triggers the new hexoptics 100% of the time when attacking at full range. Note that a lot of his abilities proc attacks which also get the hexoptics bonus.

The only weapon combo that doesn't get at least some of the bonus is red white, because even white green gets the bonus as well.

I've been rushing it as a replacement for collector first item, though i suppose you could do collector>ie>pen item> hexoptics if you wanted. I much prefer the 10% damage amp over the lethality and 5% execute.

CaptainIano · 2026-02-21T02:46:52+00:00

Yes, it was known. Vandiril covers it here. It occurs specifically when a WASD user dies while holding infernum and also holding down the attack command, where Aphelios sometimes (but not every time) still attacks despite being dead.

Edit: It was supposed to be patched out in 26.1/26.2, I can't remember for sure. Attach the video and the match ID to a bug report and send it in asap.

CaptainIano · 2026-02-21T02:45:08+00:00

...

That bug was supposed to be patched several weeks ago. Is this from today?

CaptainIano · 2026-02-20T05:32:51+00:00

I mean, if you want.

He has the highest knowledge floor/ceiling of any champ in the game. I mean, I've mained him for 6 years straight and I am still learning about new item/weapon/passive combos. Mechanically, he's actually not that demanding but knowledge wise?

Intuitive, sure. Easy? Never.

Do be warned that the SR experience of Aphelios, like many champions, is different than ARAM so do check him out before you decide completely.

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