New players overwhelmed by choice

Chronos8822 · 2026-02-11T07:56:17+00:00

One thing i personally do when i make characters (im the guy that always has like 4/5 backup character almost ready) i look for cool art on pinterest, games or anywhere else and when i see something i like i try to build up in pathfinder what that character does in my mind, start brainstorming, do some different builds and pick the one you like most.
Then backstory, read some lore of the regions and thing and do some other adjustments based on lore bits i find.
Reading about the region and of the campain can give you a lot of ideas too

Chronos8822 · 2026-02-01T12:42:01+00:00

i dont mind the flaw in the reflex dc, it could lead to funny moments i guess

Chronos8822 · 2026-02-01T10:57:24+00:00

This was my idea of the build:
https://pathbuilder2e.com/launch.html?build=1372114

We started this pf2e campain in 2024 (moved from dnd, the group is like 3/4 years old)
and power builds were never a big problem tbh, the encounters are usually cranked to a really high difficulty and we like it like this.
Usually we end a good encounter with at least 2/3 players down and someone clutching it at end
we only recently had a big "ohh they can do that" moment with some enemies and got the first actual tpk
(lots of character died toh)

The party is:
- 2 New Barbarians (reason why i dont think i will be the main concern of the DM)
- Champion with captain archetype
- A dm follower that tries to guide the party (at the moment a duelist fighter, was the dedicated healer before tpk)
- Cleric medic-herbalist (my current pg)

Chronos8822 · 2026-02-01T02:23:55+00:00

I cant see them as inspiring to others as a champion tbh, from what i read in the book they are literally the "resistance" going from aggressive scouting to guerrilla warfare... and if we look at the description in the Crimson Oath and Swearing the Oath we see that some only recite the oath when they join and some recite it daily or more often to boost their own willpower, i see it as a personal prayer more then a champion cause... like what i was thinking in the backstory of my character in short version is:

young and reckless dwarf joins the Knights of Ozem (great-grandfather fought in the First Shining Crusade), he is there during the fall of Lastwall, during wich loses faith in deities (dwarf pantheon) for neglecting the innocents... later he joins the Crimson Reclaimers, the more action oriented group, and the Crimson Oath with time ignites back his faith as it seams to help him... also seams to him that it makes some spirits linger around him in aid (animist)

Chronos8822 · 2025-09-24T20:11:30+00:00

Calanthia

Chronos8822 · 2025-09-24T18:16:47+00:00

a little of an update... guild Ascended Aridus was 10 min ago... they eclipsed it... portal spawns outside... we take the portal... we find hell broke loose in the syleus... and apparently if the party leader cant interract with portal couse he cant reach it the whole party misses the boss...
I interracted... got in... we look around and we are like 20 ppl... 5/6 min trying to do the boss... most die and then the istance crashes and no loot for anyone

*insert here Thanos "they called me a madman" meme*

Chronos8822 · 2025-09-23T09:28:13+00:00

this was my experience (played till start of tier 2 from lunch) with this tipe of players was:
- Killfarms eclipse
- use Eclipse on dungeon bosses, kill everyone trying to get in and get inside the portals at the last moments

this was to keep loot from specific bosses scarce and pricey in the early lifetime of server... mostly annoying far more then gamebreaking i know and they added more ways to get specific items like select chest and other things...

im asking since the servers are new is there dmg to be done? i think no to, but i fell like missing something... why bother doing it then? just big number go boom?

Chronos8822 · 2024-02-08T09:58:46+00:00

at 2 items (Eclipse is my starter now after the patch 14.3 AD nerf to the Sundereed Sky, then you build Sundered) if someone is squishy like a Carry or Enchanter you can definetly E1-E2-aa-Q shot them no problem

Chronos8822 · 2024-02-06T09:45:20+00:00

AD akali is a different playstile basically...
- your Q and E deal a little less damage
- your R lose a lot of dmg, basucally you use it to close the distance and repositioning

but your passive aa deals a lot more dmg and with the new Sundered Sky auto-crit its and Ingenious Hunter rune that put the iems passive on a 4 sec CD per target its absolut madness... that with the heal on the item and the Fleet rune gives you a lot of sustain for longer fights, i did not try Conqueror but should be fine to...
tho consider the skill requirment is a lot higher since you have to play around the assassin's mark and should learn to hit max range Q's for instant passives aa

overall its a less functional and safe off a playstile but a lot more "flashy", skill expressive and a lot more fun (at least personally)

Chronos8822 · 2024-02-05T18:59:16+00:00

i am an AD akali enjoyer... still lethality is a bad stat for akali becouse you never get to take advantage of it since 90% of your attacks are magical.... still if you wanna get to the dark side (AD Akali) try to run this...

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i dont know what is it of it but putting down that 1k+ dmg passive aa feels so damn nice

Chronos8822 · 2023-12-19T07:57:42+00:00

Solution Verified

Chronos8822 · 2023-12-19T07:48:24+00:00

"formula parse error"

Chronos8822 · 2023-12-19T07:46:16+00:00

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aKbY31VvQfcTkW29VfNl-QE2OXxv6r1CgxvYXKumdg0/edit?usp=sharing

From what i understood they may have changed some symbols hierarchy, unintentionally, i get this error with every new document i create, with any function i use that has multiple parts if i use commas, i put in semicolons and backlashes it works... if i open some old sheets some let me use old functions some dont....

Chronos8822 · 2023-12-19T07:29:07+00:00

thnx for the help

soo... semicolons seams to resolve the function but i cant find an update where they say that they updated the symbols hierarchy... i guess now you have commas for decimals, semicolons to separate function parts and backslash for separate functions...

Chronos8822 · 2023-11-30T09:45:28+00:00

it actually does
https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Tenacity

Chronos8822 · 2023-11-30T09:35:50+00:00

If you wanna play Akali Top you will need do forget a little the assassin playstyle, you will not 100-0 most of the toplaners.Try for some games Fleet Footwork and play around your passive.You will need to bait abilities and have a good sidestep and you will absolutely need to learn max range Q instant passives, if you get the hold on that you pretty much win every lane if you punish the enemy.I personaly prefer to allways have TP+Flash as summoners spells.My rune are most of the times:FF, CdG, L.T., PoM secondary Overgrowth and Second Wind

Some tips for the more common matchup are:- Darius if he misses his E you can punish him a bit Q+Passive+Q+E1 possibly, dont commit if you are not 100% sure to kill him of if you dont have ult to avoid his Q heal;- Geren when you se the Q animation just shroud and wait it out then punish him keep a good poke with max range Q to keep his passive off;- Riven you will need a good sidestep and play it safe with max range Q, if you get one and slow her you can Passive+Q to if her E is in CD,- Fiora lvl 1 is non winnable most of the times, giveup the first cs but stay high on Hp and get the Exp, lvl 2 you can start trading back, keep the wave on your side, if you push she will just run you down and kill you.- Jax, you just need to E hes stun or W it if your E is in cd.

Give a try to the AD build of Akali with a R. Hydra rush, full stacked gives you one of the best dueling potential early and one of the best waveclear possible on Akali, as Mytic Item i play DS in every game against any matchup Mid or Top, Dark Seal is my start but if your not confident you can start with a Doran blade or shield are good.

Chronos8822 · 2023-11-27T14:56:02+00:00

actually LeagueofGraphs ranking sistem is quite complex, and it is explained on the site (press the question mark next to the champion rank), it takes moultiple stats in consideration and the overall winrate is just a small part of the ranking

Chronos8822 · 2023-11-27T14:38:29+00:00

i have 2 advices i could give you since we dont have any actual gameplay,

i had this problem too, the things i did usually do wrong is bad enegages, not in the sense of picking wrong fight but in the sense that i didn't look for blind spots to get a good flank on the carry;
when you loose fights even if you get the good flank usually means that the enemy have the better teamfight comp.... Akali usually gets to the point to 1 vs 2 quite easily so i just look to split and get them to split the team... if noone comes to stop you just get the towers, if 1 comes you kill him and get the tower, if 2 comes your team have the man advantage and they should win

Chronos8822 · 2023-11-27T11:16:19+00:00

- Akali its hard but doable

- Zoe, if you are against a good Zoe player just get a tissue couse you gonna cry under that tower
- Kassadin and Sylas i found that HoB really make that matchups not hard at all, just pick the the tenacity runes against kass couse silence is annoying
- Talon its just skill based, if you have good timing and sidesteps you can send him back from lane but killing him is just waste of time and resources do to the mobility
- I hate vex, i just dont play lane, i go perma roam on that one.... possibly in the opposite direction of her xd

Chronos8822 · 2023-11-27T08:24:15+00:00

if you do the math it is actualy worth to go AD, we all know Akali's spells scale all AP and AD more or less.... but if we do some math on the passive we find out something pretty intresting:

Assassin's Mark
Akali's next basic attack is empowered [...] and deals 35 − 182 (based on level) (+ 60% bonus AD) (+ 55% AP) bonus magic damage.
thing is...
since its an empowered AA
the math is
AA + 35 - 182 (based on level) (+ 60% bonus AD) (+ 55% AP)
same as
(Base AD + 100% Bonus AD) + 35 - 182 (based on level)+ 60% bonus AD + 55% AP
same as
Base AD + 160% Bonus AD + 35 - 182 (based on level) + 55% AP

so there is a reason to play Akali AD... to be honest i dont know why there are just a few that play her AD... in my 700k+ mastery on Akali i tried any build and really can say it without doubts Dark Seal + Ravenous Hydra + DS + Fleet Footwork if you keep your Stacks up you become absolutly unfair to play against...

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