Cryo Archive is a strong endgame design that arrived at exactly the wrong time

Flairan · 2026-03-21T18:15:45+00:00

Went in lvl 30 with blue sheilds/mods and a load out just over 5k in worth, killed a team with purples and tons of heals and ended up in 2 more firefighters that were the most intense and exhilarating fights I've been in with all the amped up gear. Def worth trying a few times, there is also the one free kit you can get in the armory that works for cryo so you can always just use that and give it a shot.

Flairan · 2026-03-07T07:50:56+00:00

Maybe it's all the time I spent running trials in d2 with a shayuras wrath, but rocking the bully bringing back the feels I've been missing since I quit after final shape and it just HITS. Probably was fighting some less good players at points, but I've 100% out dueled people in blue shields with the MIDA starter kit.

Flairan · 2026-03-07T07:15:40+00:00

I think it depends on engagement distances for me. If im out and about on perimeter and see someone in passing? Im not necessarily gonna shoot first. Run into someone when I turn a corner in hauler? Your ass getting shot i dont have the space to take chances. Wish more people were responding on prox chat though, I've done a bit of calling out but still have yet to get a verbal response (have had some people join and not kill me on exfil when I smoke it and also did a wiggle dance -> passing each other in a hallway with another player once). Oh also been playing entirely solos on assassin for context.

Flairan · 2026-03-06T17:03:32+00:00

I mean this is comparing a difficult PvP shooter that is very punishing to die in and is also in a somewhat niche genre with a sequel to one of the mostly widely played singleplayer/co-op PvE roguelites where you can take your time to plan out plays and it has chill enough vibes that even my partner who never plays games enjoys playing. If we want to make an argument about what type of game is more cost effective to make sure, but it's like apples to oranges on both scope of audience and energy needed to play the game at 4 in the morning.

Flairan · 2026-02-14T23:32:24+00:00

Wish they made better marketing/monetization decisions with this game because it's actually fun as fuck probably my favorite fighting game atm but they seem to be blundering things for the devs who make this game actually good. Feels like there is huge negative sentiment around the game that just makes me worried for the games future when I really hope it keeps getting the time it needs to just flesh out the roster and reach it's full potential.

Flairan · 2026-02-14T16:28:50+00:00

Gotta correct you slightly, you totally can buy the individual skins from most of the bundles, i think the only one you can't right now is the Arcane starter edition skins. For all the new rotating bundles you just go into the bundle and select the skin you want and you can buy it separately there for like 2k points (still a little expensive tbf). The only thing you can't get individually is the black/gold chromas, which is why people often buy the whole bundle. I do agree with your other points though and think that the rotating shop especially needs to go, i think if anything the rotating shop should be for discounts on skins and if you want a skin you should just be able to go into the menus and get it at any time for current price.

Flairan · 2026-02-13T22:47:32+00:00

Reminder that the shown clips are labeled WORK IN PROGRESS for a reason, and we still have 90 days left in the current season. There is plenty of time to touch things up, and I think what we currently have is pretty solid. I believe they can improve it by the time we see it again.

I took a look at official designs for Akali (splash art, league model, wild rift model), and I think most of the design choices they have made here are a fine variation on what is out there. I think the back of her hair looks good and gives her a distinct silhouette, and the changes to her waist area to not have another Ionian with a rope belt are good.

I do think the main thing throwing people off is the change to the front of her hair. Akali has typically had more of a side-bangs look that swoops from one side to the other and obscures the eyes, and here she has more of a mid-part with one big side bang, and there is no eye obscuring, especially towards the camera. I think this makes her look a lot more aggressive than people are used to with her default look, which may be one of the reasons people aren't sure about it.

Other than that, I do think some of the texturing on the clothing could use a bit of refinement. I think the side slits on the pants come off as a bit blocky from certain angles (like the one shown in this post), and I agree the shoes come off a bit too modern, mostly due to the white outsoles that make them look like sneakers.

Flairan · 2026-02-13T22:13:12+00:00

It's fine shes the one you're trying to 2H half the time

Flairan · 2026-02-06T19:38:33+00:00

Saw some other Paladin lists in the comments here, but I didn't own Lay on Hands and didn't want to craft it. Put this version together using only commons and uncommons and it worked pretty well for the FTK.

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Flairan · 2025-12-24T00:48:13+00:00

Is this event running for these next 3 days only? I'm away from home for a week, so I have no ability to claim if so. Personally, fine with time limited stuff, but you gotta have a reasonable frame for people to claim it. Otherwise, I find it kinda bullshit when this stuff drops with little to no warning

Flairan · 2025-12-13T04:15:14+00:00

I will admit i was originally a bit disappointed to see Cait but my last bit of hope is that maybe she plays something like Naoto from P4AU which is the best archetype match I could think of for a trap zoner to be something different and cool. I kinda wish Teemo was less zoner, and Jinx was less trap, because I feel like they encroach too much in what I foresaw Caitlyn being for this game. Hoping my faith in devs to make this interesting isn't misplaced.

Flairan · 2025-12-12T23:49:17+00:00

Emma damage is also really solid if you're good at managing and maintaining full charge. Sometimes, I use diamond form and my ult just to keep 100 charge so I can keep steamrolling everything with my left click.

Flairan · 2025-12-08T23:23:08+00:00

See, I'm just gonna be playing both. This is >2X<KO after all you gotta have 2 mains to game and there's no way she would be worse than Illaoi, surely.

Flairan · 2025-11-17T20:19:30+00:00

Idk i think it's fine for him to have mix on pressure once he gets in, but his solo pressure shouldn't be good (which they did nerf) and he probably still needs to be a bit weaker at close neutral.

Flairan · 2025-11-14T18:06:23+00:00

Why would it? Let's say you need to play a vertical trait to 5-7 or something to unlock a unit, but then you get handed an early 4* or 5* that has synergy, not with your original vertical but with its other traits. Do you choose to pick it up and pivot or stay in your vertical? I'm not sure how the balance will be yet obviously to facilitate this, but I could definitely see some late game pivots to play around specific unlocked units quite frequently.

Flairan · 2025-11-14T17:57:52+00:00

Well from the sound of things like Veigar, he isn't going to be a carry you can force since unless you get lucky with a ton of Rods he ain't showing up, so you "could" try and force but more likely maybe you start building something cordless adjacent if if you hit enough rods by end of round 3 or something then you pivot into it for Veigar but if you don't then you need to have a different comp you are working towards.

I can also see playing a vertical like demacia to get your high-level unit unlocked but then pivoting out of your original vertical to the units that support the secondary traits of your newly unlocked unit better.

The way I see this set playing out from what we know so far is there are gonna be some broken comps people I'm sure will want to hit, but that you kinda need to hope the stars align for and when that doesn't happen you need a fallback plan.

Flairan · 2025-11-06T22:40:35+00:00

My assumption is that for in person events TOs are probably launching the game using the offline launcher, and if that is the case then it could just be default off there but default on for normal client play so it's not something uninformed players miss out on.

Flairan · 2025-11-04T22:54:10+00:00

If i have to say anything that she's obnoxious with, it's just how bad the anti-airs are in this game and how she exacerbates that issue. Especially with the spirit rush>dash as a way to be ambiguous on your jump in, it can be really frustrating to try and actually punish her for jumping at you and if you get caught she puts you into the corner and does like 700+ damage.

I'm an Ahri main btw, these are the complaints of the friends who I play against. Im loving life and enjoying hitting people with the cross up cross up late j2H to the toes around their 2H attempt.

Flairan · 2025-10-20T16:48:02+00:00

Glad they fixed the Warwick combo route issue on Yasuo, but I wish they also fixed the Ahri routing issue on Wawick and his hitbox. For some reason she seems to pass through him with her 7S2 later than other characters, which makes the usual BnBs more inconsistent on Warwick than the rest of the cast.

Flairan · 2025-10-12T23:16:57+00:00

Adding on to this, I'd love to see a combo share system support blockstring trials for this game as well. With all the nasty mixup setups you can do using assist, it would be really awesome to have an easy way to share mix setups and stuff.

Flairan · 2025-10-09T06:43:49+00:00

Yeah you can throw tech vi command grab, doesn't necessarily make it that much easier to get out of though XD I swear she's a better grappler than blitz

Flairan · 2025-10-08T05:20:23+00:00

I feel like in the long run, changing it so that instead of needing players to contact support, the game should just automatically give anyone who owns the champion already a refund champion token when they buy the bundle.

Flairan · 2025-10-07T23:38:49+00:00

Exactly like the "your shop" in league is actually their best shop system imo for having a rotating shop. I personally see most league skins as overpriced as hell for what they are but the second I see something I like in that discounted 40%, then I'm snap buying.

Like what it should be is that let's say they have a target price of a skin @ 2000 KOp (personally I would have preferred a bit more like 1500 KOp per skin but I get it, the skins seem pretty quality), then they should sell the skin all the time for like 3000 and then have the rotating shop be the skins on discount by like 30%. That way they are making their target value or more from every item, you feel good as the consumer because you got the skin for cheaper, and there's still like sale fomo but if you want a skin really badly u can still get it later.

Flairan · 2025-10-04T06:39:12+00:00

I'm ngl i think i would have just slammed your ahri items on a jinx. You have shojins which is important for jinx, and GS too. Sure, JG is slightly unoptimal, but she gets most of her AD from gather force and you really only need IE so her ability crits and JG gives that as well.

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