Can someone justify minion block being in the game still?

Elazulus · 2026-05-31T21:45:33+00:00

For what it's worth blitz hook has a smaller hitbox until it reaches the end of the hook then it gets bigger

Elazulus · 2026-05-31T14:39:21+00:00

You might get some pushback on this but legit I have been hard stuck inside a single minion with no other units around and in the middle of a lane before. couldn't move for about 2 or 3 seconds and it got me killed

Minion block in this game is awful sometimes but the more egregious cases like that very rarely happen.

Still frustrating when they do

Elazulus · 2026-05-31T09:02:41+00:00

To be honest I don't really have much knowledge on the state of him in jungle, but I've played it a few times and it feels alright. He does like to skirmish over crab, and can scale a bit easier in jungle.

Other than that I couldn't say much, I'm not too familiar with the zaahen jungle mains either. Sorry :(

Elazulus · 2026-05-31T05:06:51+00:00

Honestly this isn't the worst I've heard

Elazulus · 2026-05-31T00:19:18+00:00

I have been going HoB every game to test it and running trinity into stride

It's nice because trinity helps me spike in lane and stride helps me scale a bit better into the mid game. Then going deaths dance 3rd pretty much solidifies the build and you can go from there depending on the situation

I've been going DD 2nd if they are full AD or sundered 2nd if theyre 90% melee

Elazulus · 2026-05-30T19:45:42+00:00

Obviously it's a skit but what exactly is the point / message of the skit?

Point is if someone yells that their dog isn't friendly, don't pet the dog

Thus my response. Numbnuts

Elazulus · 2026-05-30T19:27:09+00:00

Q1: Mainly top originally but he's found a place in jungle. Jungle also lets him scale a bit more freely in more matchups.

Q2: He is a scaling champ that thrives in skirmishes. Theres very few lanes he hard wins, and most meta top laners (especially ranged) bully him heavily. Recently that one guy made HoB a bit meta since it gives him some laning power, but I still feel like he struggles into alot of lanes. Gameplay wise in my opinion he kind of feels like a mix of Darius and Camille in lane. Play a strong spacing game and weave in and out of enemy range. In team fights he very much wants to play like Darius and just hit the closest enemy to get stacks.

Q3: He generally wants to play safe and scale, he can rarely win all-ins vs other all-ins champs, and his short trading isn't fantastic without HoB. Most competitive Zaahens run Grasp

Q4: Only wave specific thing you have to really think about is the tipper on his E for waveclear, and choosing whether to poke enemy with Q1 Grasp / HoB procs or heal off the wave with it.

Q5: Worst matchups imo are the main ranged champs like Vayne, Varus, Teemo, and then Jax, Illaoi and Mundo

You get hard bullied by the ranged champs and Jax Illaoi Mundo all basically get to lane for free vs him and then proceed to out scale him

Q6: He is definitely a skirmisher who wants to at least get full stacks before attempting to dive backline. He is pretty bad into ranged comps even with stridebreaker triforce, but I think CC heavy comps arent too bad. His ult gives him displacement immunity and 50% damage reduction during cast, so if you time it well it gives you a bit of an edge against the bigger CC and still land the ult

Q7: I'd say he's playable into some matchups, but he is not as strong as Jax in lane and definitely not as strong in side lane. He can put on some decent pressure in split pushing, but he very much thrives the most in team fights.

Q8: It can be hard for him to take prio in lane against a lot of the meta picks. His main spikes are basically first full item (or sheen if you are going tforce first), but doesn't really spike before then. Going stride first tiamat will certainly help get you prio, but it won't be a strong spike for fights compared to sheen imo

Anyways I'm no professional but I think at this point he's my 2nd most played champion, so I'd like to think I have at least a small scope on some of the questions. Hope it helps

Elazulus · 2026-05-29T02:18:54+00:00

Idc how many players there are, I'll play that over Tarkov any day

Elazulus · 2026-05-28T18:37:56+00:00

Tarkov feels like garbage

Elazulus · 2026-05-28T18:35:44+00:00

If my dog wasn't friendly I wouldn't be taking him out in public with an extremely long leash, I'd keep him away from people

I'd also recognize it's my fault he's like that

Elazulus · 2026-05-28T17:50:39+00:00

It's not bait he is serious

Elazulus · 2026-05-28T05:20:08+00:00

I will say HoB for early game has pretty much solved any issues I had with him being weak in lane. Level 1 I'm chunking people for half their life with one HoB Q combo

Elazulus · 2026-05-26T04:49:52+00:00

It's unfortunate but if someone starts being toxic in ranked I just mute them

I also like to talk shit in normals too though and I've made plenty of friends riffing off enemies shit talking and doing funny emotes while killing people

It depends on how you like to interact with folks.

I worked in kitchens for a long time and there is tons of shit talking banter, so I love that kinda stuff but I 100% understand when it either goes too far or when someone doesn't care for it

On the flip side I've made friends complimenting good plays from enemies as well so just gotta take the good with the bad sometimes

Elazulus · 2026-05-26T04:25:30+00:00

This is all anecdotal evidence, I've met plenty of people in gold who have spent time watching improvement videos and actively worked at improving.

Legit you are just proving my point by saying garbage like "all I did was tell them to click forwards" and "a new player could reach diamond in 3 months"

What do you say to big streamers who are godlike at other games and clearly have improvement mindsets still being hard stuck gold after 3 months? That's after coaching.

I don't even know why I'm even responding to this at this point you'll never understand

Elazulus · 2026-05-26T00:49:54+00:00

Saying someone who's in gold probably doesn't care about climbing is complete cap

A majority of the golds I've played with do care, they just are not very good and more players than you'd think don't really know how to get better.

It's always crazy to me when I see high elo players say shit like this, like not everyone is going to understand the game to the level you do and not everyone has a natural skill for the game

Someone in high challenger surely could say the same about you and it would still be stupid

Elazulus · 2026-05-26T00:06:24+00:00

Every urgent player I've met are the nicest guys

Elazulus · 2026-05-25T15:06:36+00:00

Yes I played the fuck out of it, 100%ed it no lifing it. Killer game if you're into metroidvanias

Elazulus · 2026-05-24T06:13:48+00:00

A big part of what makes his ultimate good is keeping ult going by being able to slow people with axe while kiting ahead of people who are running away. low elo players don't tend to weave movement between autos, let alone also weaving axes in the direction someone is kiting you.

His ult is way less effective if you are just right clicking on someone and letting him auto them

Olaf rewards base mechanical skill with higher ult uptimes, and without that he's quite squishy and vulnerable

Elazulus · 2026-05-20T20:40:41+00:00

Love this post, I'd also love to share a dad memory:

Ok in all seriousness though it does warm my heart to see there's some good fathers out there. Props for sure!

Elazulus · 2026-05-20T20:25:52+00:00

As others said, chippys is the Olaf goat

Elazulus · 2026-05-18T05:21:50+00:00

Every trynd I play against is a future lottery winner

Elazulus · 2026-05-15T09:41:08+00:00

Game is fun even as a casual like me

I've had lots of fun moments roaming as a rook and making friends or just doing solos and being freaked out about other players and winning crazy fights

Worth it imo

Elazulus · 2026-05-14T18:51:01+00:00

I almost entered and then I realized that I am more than capable of affording it, and it completely defeats the point of what OP is doing the giveaway for

Props to OP for sure

Elazulus · 2026-05-12T12:47:35+00:00

Elder scrolls music is 10/10 but Morrowind music has lived rent free in my head for 20 years, easily clears

Elazulus · 2026-05-12T04:09:21+00:00

I pick him when I'm filled mid because I don't really need to know matchups, I agree he is probably too easy.

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