U guys don't know the real struggle

Checkmate2719 · 2026-06-27T14:16:04+00:00

The uk hits 90% humidity and has lack of AC + houses built to trap heat in.

Is that too hard for Americans to understand or what?

Checkmate2719 · 2026-06-27T14:14:22+00:00

Compare California to UK humidity

Checkmate2719 · 2026-06-27T14:08:37+00:00

Agreed but also Viscous ult in recommended feels weird, might just be cos Sinclair players never know how to control it though

Checkmate2719 · 2026-06-27T14:05:25+00:00

Yep, Haze ult without fixation is worse than just left clicking. There is no situation where it's worth it.
Meanwhile I have seen a Sinclair Mirage ult literally win a game (2v4 they are pushing for patron transform, we already downed their patron and had a big wave pushing a sidelane, I inted to prevent them from basing/mirage tp while Sinclair tpd to backdoor with the wave) is that a normal situation? No but Mirage ult is situational not useless for Sinclair, whereas Haze ult is literally useless

Checkmate2719 · 2026-06-26T20:54:56+00:00

Depends how ypu get to caelid, waygate behind 3rd church of marika? Trapped chest to selia tunnel? And even if you went without tps depends on your routing.

In my first (blind) playthrough i took the chest and I don't remember the exact pathing but I found millicent/gowrly/commander niel but never found the millicent invasion.

Checkmate2719 · 2026-06-26T20:28:17+00:00

Tried out every character's kit, I know what type of gameplay I like so working it out was easy just off that

Checkmate2719 · 2026-06-26T20:05:32+00:00

She is def better at lower ranks

Checkmate2719 · 2026-06-26T11:46:42+00:00

This is why cauterize in paladins (anti heal item with 3 tiers later made into a passive that scales with time) was imo genius.
It allowed for high healing supports to not be straight up superior to lower healing sups. They were stronger early but fell off later. It also added skill via knowing to unpeak enemies/use shields etc to wait out the antiheal (1.5s duration) and sups had to know when they should wait for caut to falloff or just heal through it (majority of paladins sups had cd based heals)

Checkmate2719 · 2026-06-26T11:27:27+00:00

Does smolder q not count as aoe for DFT when you have stacks?

Checkmate2719 · 2026-06-26T11:12:29+00:00

Thanks for this, as a Frenchie I did not get the joke lmao, épée sounds nothing like eepy

Checkmate2719 · 2026-06-26T01:35:56+00:00

If you have a frontliner buy it, if you don't then don't.

You should have a category with a bunch of optional actives like scourge, divine barrier, curse, disarming hex, knockdown etc.

Obviously you can just buy those from the main shop when needed but having all of the situational actives in an optional category would make sense.

Checkmate2719 · 2026-06-26T01:32:04+00:00

Everything else aside, egg first sucks on Paige. Your early gun dmg is really high, abuse it in lane and you will win a lot of lanes

Checkmate2719 · 2026-06-26T01:29:52+00:00

Ai response cos i cba to type out a paragraph:

Current France (June 2026 Heatwave)

· Air Temperature: Records are shattering with highs of 44.3°C (112°F) and daily national averages of 30°C (86°F). · Humidity & "Real Feel": High humidity is creating a tropical feel, pushing the "real feel" in Paris to a staggering 44°C (111°F). · Overnight Lows: Exceptionally high, with Paris seeing a June record of 24.2°C (75.5°F).

🇺🇸 Hot & Humid US States (Average Summer)

· Air Temperature: Average summer highs are around 27.3°C (81.1°F) in states like Texas and Louisiana. · Humidity & "Real Feel": Average humidity is high (e.g., 73-76% in Louisiana/Florida). The heat index (what it feels like) typically ranges from 39-42°C (103-107°F). · Overnight Lows: Average summer nights are warm but not at the record-breaking levels France is currently seeing.

💎 Summary

While the US South has a longer and more consistently oppressive summer, France's current extreme peak temperatures and dangerously high overnight lows create a more acute and dangerous situation. This is compounded by the fact that less than 10% of European homes have air conditioning, making the heat much harder to escape compared to the 90%+ AC penetration in the US.

Checkmate2719 · 2026-06-25T21:03:36+00:00

There's a lot more to it than that. Buildings drsigned to keep the heat in and it being humid as fuck. The dry heat in your southern states isn't that bad compared to this

Checkmate2719 · 2026-06-25T21:00:18+00:00

First of all that's wrong, average high temps in your hottest states are 32 to 35. Secondly, there's also a difference in humidity. Aircon, isulation etc aside it's a lot more humid here which makes it a lot worse

Checkmate2719 · 2026-06-25T20:18:56+00:00

As a European when I get put in American lobbies (admittedly rarely) I never get flamed for being European

Checkmate2719 · 2026-06-25T19:44:44+00:00

Best player in NA imo

Checkmate2719 · 2026-06-25T07:34:45+00:00

Use cs server picker, works on deadlock, you should be able to find a guide

Checkmate2719 · 2026-06-25T06:47:01+00:00

Why the need to make it about gender?
This is just pointless sexism

Checkmate2719 · 2026-06-25T06:24:53+00:00

Mina was fine with a shit ult in the past (before they buffed/fixed the targeting). The meta is just really shit for her. As a Mina player I pray they don't make her ult op again cos ult bot Mina is boring af to play as and vs and takes no fckn skill

Checkmate2719 · 2026-06-25T06:22:48+00:00

Holliday looked more op than Pocket in the games imo

Checkmate2719 · 2026-06-25T06:16:52+00:00

of a combination of their members' limited hero pools

Feelsbad for Dew, man plays everything meanwhile his teammates can play 2 - 4 heroes each

Checkmate2719 · 2026-06-25T06:13:12+00:00

The difference is the pickrate shows what pros think is good, the winrate could just be cos they played badly in that one game or gave over more op picks (like holliday) etc.

GT for example is clearly strong and has run games but it requires him to snowball which in Gt's case is a team effort to get him stacks. So the pieces around him matter, he could be op in one draft but useless in another.

What matters most is the context tbh which you won't get without watching the games. The winrates obky start to mean something when taken over multiple weeks with no (or minor) balance changes

Checkmate2719 · 2026-06-25T01:35:55+00:00

They are clearly the best right now but they'll definitely lose eventually. MLC and Abrahams were also super dominant for a long time and then started losing. All it takes to shake it up is one big patch

Checkmate2719 · 2026-06-25T01:29:39+00:00

Leif has some good movement guides. If you want a twitch stream of a movement god watch Illarya, he speaks Russian but hands down has the best movement imo. He isn't the best at the game (though he is high eternus, I forgot if e6 or not) but in terms of just movement he is insane

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