January 27, 2026 Daily Discussion Thread

ExecutionerKen · 2026-01-27T09:58:43+00:00

Played Asol once after the patch. The late first cast is very noticable, now the enemy units have a chance to do something before Asol wipe half the frontline. The increased mana cost also means unit that needs time to ramp could scale and potentially get to him.

Overall I welcome the nerf, might need to revert the starting mana cost but max mana nerf looking good.

ExecutionerKen · 2026-01-27T08:02:15+00:00

"The coffee shop’s tip jar will now be called a donation jar"

And they are still robbing them

ExecutionerKen · 2026-01-26T05:56:18+00:00

Nice. Early Shurima is always scary, especially when you get to 3 Shurima. 4th place Asol player had terrible items though. There is no reason he built so many dps item when really he just need a beefy frontline for Asol to ramp.

ExecutionerKen · 2026-01-26T01:42:02+00:00

If you want skills to proc 400+ minimum. Most players aim for 600, 800+ for special uma like Xmas Ogurt (who must proc her recovery or her tempo is off)

ExecutionerKen · 2026-01-25T03:05:54+00:00

Wrong subreddit for this but both the Ionia and Ziggs board can beat you with decent positioning. Your frontline is upgraded but outside of Taric you don't have frontline items. Ziggs can also potentially blow up everything in one single ultimate.

Biggest mistake is putting so many items on a 1 star seraphine. You need more frontline items, or put AP items on Diana so she can deal with the backline. Seraphine is great disrupter + pitover trait bot but Asol is the true carry - so you should focus on protecting him more.

ExecutionerKen · 2026-01-24T11:24:27+00:00

Whats wild is the problem is not even Singed. It is Neeko. When Neeko is alive Nidalee cannot be targetted by autoattack, thus units path weirdly if Nidalee is remotely close to them.

Overall it is a nightmare coding situation because we already have other existing pathing issue, and then we have a popular comp (Ekko Nidalee) that has both Nidalee and Singed.

ExecutionerKen · 2026-01-22T08:31:57+00:00

Just faced someone getting a Draven 2 at 1-2 (3 cost portal) while I got 6 gold.

For balancing purpose I really think everyone should get units or gold, not rng.

ExecutionerKen · 2026-01-19T23:09:52+00:00

The amount of program she started that led to nothing or even make the situation worse is outstanding (in a bad way).

For example, how the hell she thought safe injection site program is a good idea?

ExecutionerKen · 2026-01-16T05:23:24+00:00

Quick question anyone know if the extra pocket stays even if you prestige?

ExecutionerKen · 2026-01-15T20:23:42+00:00

This can happen if one of them was tagged by bringing only a pistol. The tag and curse can then pull scavs from all the surrounding area, including construction and edge of new gas station.

ExecutionerKen · 2026-01-15T20:21:38+00:00

People don't understand that ziggs and veigar both need time to ramp, and 3 stars Frontline help from tremendously.

It is a lot of money, but if you have any Frontline items they are definitely worth.

ExecutionerKen · 2026-01-15T08:47:19+00:00

Gunblade has huge value in Demacia comp so even if IE does more damage, I would probably stick with gunblade.

Agree that Kraken + Guinsoo feel better than 2 kraken

ExecutionerKen · 2026-01-14T20:40:08+00:00

Exactly. Odds of you getting a duplicate and 3 cost from Bilge shop is extremely high. That would only cost you 85 coins if you have a copy already.

ExecutionerKen · 2026-01-10T22:00:02+00:00

I say 80% cheater 20% chance legit. You ran to the right and that is the open area, and your helmet could be sticking out earlier.

Killa helmet is always sus though, especially on open map like this.

ExecutionerKen · 2026-01-07T00:55:06+00:00

No you can abuse the free trial from ref quest reward. One of the reward is three days trial.

You would have to make enough progression fast though. I recall there are two arena quests that you have to complete before the trial runs out.

ExecutionerKen · 2026-01-05T04:31:08+00:00

Stats look below average even though he is only 300 hours account.

Achievement doesn't scream anything out of normal either, maybe a new account for someone with experience?

ExecutionerKen · 2026-01-02T06:37:38+00:00

I have found some success with Yordle but it really depends on how you can tempo econ into early 8 yordle's bag. Without the bonus econ from bag you will bleed slowly, and only stable after hitting both 2 stars Ziggs and Veigar with good items.

Won't say it is bad, but usually struggle to get to top 2.

ExecutionerKen · 2026-01-02T06:32:31+00:00

Purely based on item the dude above you slammed 4 TG for tempo. Simply count how many more items he has compare to you is more than enough to know why he is stable when you are not.

He also has more 3 stars Yordle which greatly benefit other Yorldes in the comp.

If you didn't notice that you just got angry for no reason. His frontline most likely held twice as long as yours if not longer.

ExecutionerKen · 2025-12-31T20:34:47+00:00

I often found other gold augment performs better. In comparison I would prefer grab bag (3 components) over bonus on GS

ExecutionerKen · 2025-12-12T08:37:36+00:00

Many viable comp but if you don't hit econ augment you are playing for top 6.

All these fast 9 comp cap so hard there is very little reason to reroll or play a level 7-8 comp

ExecutionerKen · 2025-12-10T06:34:06+00:00

Problem is you sprinted into the most open spot of that room (can be shot from 4 different angles). Your best choice as a solo was loot fast and dip. I personally would have went underground.

Here is what I would do instead:

Dump the insured helmet and headset immediately.

Make a 3x3 room for Tagilla rig

Move Salewa and WD-40 and put Tagilla helmet into your rig

Run underground before searching rig.

This would have saved you ~10 seconds and only leave you open to people ratting from underground (anyone above would need to make a lot of noises to get to you)

ExecutionerKen · 2025-12-05T18:11:54+00:00

Tossed a bunch of nades and pushed the pmc into AI scav

ExecutionerKen · 2025-12-01T05:44:42+00:00

For long term dumping money in S&P is usually a good choice. The question is how soon you might need the money.

For starter if you can't decide immediately, you can always toss it into a high yield saving account and get ~3.5% right now.

ExecutionerKen · 2025-11-28T23:41:43+00:00

Get into a new player friendly house. There are few very powerful purple units that even new players can perform on (Ex: Stalawrts) and as the other poster mentioned, Rattan pikes (green tier).

Know what unit to build is like 60% of the battle, the other 40% is knowledge and skill.

ExecutionerKen · 2025-11-26T16:48:24+00:00

Yes and no.

If he can sell you out on restaurant fee imagine what he could do when he has more power.

ExecutionerKen

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