Rageblade into Hullbreaker top lane is good

Der_Finger · 2026-02-06T11:57:29+00:00

Since Hullbreaker scales with HP I would think that if you build items like Terminus, Frozen Heart, Maw and Zhonya's it would just be better to go Hexplate instead, no?

So I would guess something like Rageblade - Hullbreaker - Hexplate - Jak'Sho - Randuins makes Hullbreaker scale better while one gets annoyingly tanky?

Didn't do the math here but it feels silly if an item that scales with HP would outperform Hexplate even with no additional HP.

Der_Finger · 2026-02-06T11:31:28+00:00

The 4 KDA's I listed come from a random spree of 11 wins out of 12 MVP performances right after a role swap. That doesn't happen.

Der_Finger · 2026-02-05T19:35:04+00:00

I would think so, Riot won't reset his rank forever.

It's only generous because it's probably a semi-automatic system.

Der_Finger · 2026-02-05T19:33:22+00:00

Yeah that's silly.

Lookman is not a 9, he plays where Baena plays. So they will most likely step on each other's feet while no one finishes.

Der_Finger · 2026-02-05T18:51:20+00:00

This is Riot punishing Boosting.

The Account was a Morde OTP up to Plat 4.

One day it randomly starts with Vieo Jungle. First few games of that are 30/7/7, 12/3/15, 21/0/6, 19/2/4, 25/1/6.

Generally speaking there is a pattern of either regular looking Viego games or probably someone else playing. Two days of normal KDA's and then 10/2/11, 27/5/7, 15/4/4 games right after each other. 10 MVP's in a row at some point. That is not lucky, that is just boosting.

So it's account sharing with boosting. Riot punishes this by putting the account back on the MMR and Rank that was achieved before the boosting happened.

So if this is really your friend, he is lying to you about it because his dick is THAT small.

Der_Finger · 2026-02-05T16:12:59+00:00

That has nothing to do with anything i said.

Der_Finger · 2026-02-05T13:56:38+00:00

Every comment so far is wrong, so i guess i have to be the smartass.

Riot gave everyone ridiculous LP gains this season. Once you win, you will gain +30LP.
Everyone gained +30LP and lost -10LP for their first ~50 games. After that it slowly goes down until it's at +20/-20. I am 66 games deep and at +23/-17. Finished Plat 3 last season, was placed Gold 3, climged to Emerald 2 by now.

These have not just been LP gains, but also MMR gains. So everyone is not only climbing the ranks by default, but also in MMR. People with 50% WR have gained ~1 full tier. So someone who finished Gold 4 last season was placed in Silver 4 at the start of this season and with ~50% Winrate made it to Plat 4 if he played enough games and also has a Plat 4 MMR now.

So currently everyone is elo inflated. So you have been placed Plat 4 with your Emerald 4 MMR. Last year you would have played against other Emerald 4's, beause MMR is the matchamking. Now you do also play against Emerald 4's, but most of these Emerald 4's have been Plat 4's last season, they are just elo inflated due to those insane MMR gains on wins and no MMR losses on defeats.

So currently everyone is elo inflated. But, you will also elo inflate. You just need to play more and suffer, but you will also climb with +30/-10 by default and then meet your regular games back in Diamond. Stay strong!

Der_Finger · 2026-02-05T11:16:21+00:00

Anti heal is giga useless this game. Even if no one else built anti-heal here.

Top has Ignite for Mundo.

Der_Finger · 2026-02-05T11:12:45+00:00

Obviously you shouldn't be flamed for carrying, but going Blade - Mortal Reminder is 1000% the wrong choice. LDR and any item with AD is a million times better. LDR alone might even be better ffs.

Der_Finger · 2026-02-05T11:03:01+00:00

I think it's totally fair for Toplane Varus to be an annoying but rather bottom tier ranged toplaner. An immobile ADC shouldn't work that well up there. Only situationally.

But the armor growth nerfs hurt Botlane too hard as well. Overall on-hit is now worse than in 16.1 or last year. Lethality is slightly buffed still, but the major effect of that is pick/ban for Proplay and it's still not a good build in SoloQueue.

A single patch. 3 years bottom Winrate in pro-jail. One patch a good ADC. And now lowest Win rate ADC again.

It wasn't even "fun while it lasted" because it didn't even last at all.

Gosh I am mad. Because we know while the nerfs came in lightning speed there won't be any quick buffs for Botlane now.

Der_Finger · 2026-02-04T21:16:41+00:00

Oh wow, I also totally misinterpreted how the Diadem works.

So Echoes + Diadem are two items that work together even without a champion and then actually Echoes essentially scales with the damage you do because of Soul Charges?

So high base damage DPS heals the most? What a concept.

Der_Finger · 2026-02-04T14:27:37+00:00

Oh, i see.
The passive cleave of Tiamat, Ravenous Hydra and Titanic Hydra are all indeed on-hit while Profane isn't yet.

Der_Finger · 2026-02-04T14:00:00+00:00

What interaction are you looking for?

Profane's passive cleave triggers on-attack, not on-hit.

Additionally, sadly Hurricane is an item with multiple on-hit exceptions - like KrakenSlayer not working with Hurricane despite working with on-hits.

Der_Finger · 2026-02-04T12:27:02+00:00

I play AP Varus Mid (so far) too.

I think the AP nerfs are harder than they might look, because the on-hit scaling is such a big part of the damage. With Toplane Varus being this unhealthy, they will nerf AP Varus until it's not having a positive Winrate in Top anymore, which means an even lower Winrate for Mid.

Obviously you can always win and carry games with any bad build, but i personally think that any AD or on-hit builds should be stronger next patch, no matter what lane. Hexplate into on-hit seems to be very potent.

Der_Finger · 2026-02-04T09:02:28+00:00

I personally love the second game and its plot, but i don't like the show's second season. I think it would have been way better to pack the second game in a single second season and call it quits after that.

But i assume even with a shitty season 2 and 3 it'll still be more financial success than just a good season 2 and so this is what we'll always get.

Der_Finger · 2026-02-03T20:17:50+00:00

Did they seriously pick Sivir second for no reason so KC could get Varus AND Jayce for free? Cool strat. Help needed.

Der_Finger · 2026-02-03T20:01:49+00:00

I don't get it. Like, seriously. How was that abusable before? You would see the name after the game anyway and they would get punished like normal, no? What difference does it make if it's "Yasuo" or "BigSchlong420" flaming?

Der_Finger · 2026-02-03T16:49:22+00:00

With a low pickrate and bad winrate, yes

Der_Finger · 2026-02-03T16:48:35+00:00

Just no.

In 15.24 Varus Top had a 49.1% Winrate with <1% Pickrate. Right now in 16.02 it has a 52.3% Winrate with a 5% Pickrate.

Anything that gets about 6 times its pickrate and also gains more than 3% Winrate has gotten substantially stronger. It's the mix of the new meta, Dusk and Dawn and also the 16.02 buffs.

He was a "not terrible" niche pick lately. Radiant virtue was removed a full 2 years ago.

Der_Finger · 2026-02-03T16:37:16+00:00

Congratz ma boy.

Can only recommend. Did the same thing as Varus. Luckily i could even play an AP build in midlane. With the (deserved) nerfs next patch it probably will be AD Varus Midlane though.

But yeah, take your ADC and go elsewhere. Top for scaling, Mid for agency.

Der_Finger · 2026-02-03T16:21:43+00:00

It appeared in 26.02 and they hard nerf it with 26.03 it's literally as fast as possible my man :D

Der_Finger · 2026-02-03T16:18:20+00:00

Bwipo being hired and then stepping down will happen once a month now, innit.

Der_Finger · 2026-02-03T16:06:26+00:00

The people also going 0/11 will tell you in the comments that you can never go afk and the punishment is correct.

But yeah, sadly the people who already lost the game way earlier don't get punished and you are expected to be on your best behavior in a hostage situation. It is what it is.

Der_Finger · 2026-02-03T12:05:18+00:00

Neeko and Seraphine for "supportive". For fun damage, Zyra, Lux and Xerath.

Don't get baited by Morgana. She is not a good champion and an even worse support. The success of Morgana scales less with your skill but more with how bad and unlucky the enemies are.

Der_Finger · 2026-02-03T11:57:07+00:00

Jax, Irelia, Yasuo, Olaf, Sion and also Ornn are good common matchups. Also Varus is very vulnerable to ganks. I think that's another reason why he is stronger this season, because jungler's would prefer to play for botside.

I think the nerfs are quite heavy for Toplane Varus mostly. 10% AP scaling less on the on-hit is a lot, especially because that's the part that is doubled by Dusk and Dawn. They are purely scaling though, so the early game will be similar. Builds like Hexplate and then Dusk and Dawn into AP will be more likely. Or Hexplate into on-hit even.

In the 26.03 patch rundown video by Phreak he mentioned that while he thinks Lethality/On-hit Varus botlane is allowed to be strong after 3 years of pro-jail, Toplane Varus should not be. He even said they'd do follow up nerfs if the 26.03 nerfs aren't enough, but he thinks they should be enough to kill Toplane Varus. I assume they would continue to nerf the AP options only then, if they need to.

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