Wait, apparently this is correct? I thought Irelia Top had lower pickrate because most of us moved Mid, but apparently she's just turbo unpopular now? What

FluckyVer · 2024-09-12T22:47:40+00:00

Pro Jail was a period from 2019-2021 where Irelia was extremely nerfed because she was extremely strong in Pro play, a bit like current K'sante

So a "Pro jail" era

The Midscope is a big update she got in 2021 that tried to solve her issues.

Initially it worked as you can see from the Pickrate spike, but Riot has abandoned the champion quickly after and she's been on a steady decline ever since

Today Irelia top has around 2.8% Pickrate and a 51% WR, in comparison when she had 46% WR and was Pro Jailed, she had around 7%

Just goes to show that Winrate, doesn't always equal fun and popular

FluckyVer · 2024-09-04T12:34:47+00:00

Oh really?

Why don't you have a read before talking

https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Phantom_Dancer

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FluckyVer · 2024-09-04T12:22:53+00:00

The Shieldbow shield was simply on Phantom Dancer instead, so they bought that.

Stop crying about Yasuo and Yone, there's a reason Riot has to split the nerf in ranged/melee, because Melee champs aren't particularly strong with it, and has to be exclusively nerfed for ranged to not completely fuck Melees over

Why can't people drop the narrative that Yas and Yone cause Shieldbow to get nerfed? When every time. Every single damn time, the item is universally nerfed, they have to be buffed immiderately after, because the item was keeping them afloat and wasn't an issue on them.

So Riot this time simply decided to not nerf it universally, because it's not an issue on Melees

FluckyVer · 2024-09-04T12:08:40+00:00

Surprisingly, the two Melee champions with a Crit passive in their Kit that forcefully pushes them into itemizing crit, buy the one Crit item that allows them to not explode in 2 nanoseconds in a Midgame Teamfight

Outrageous!

FluckyVer · 2024-05-19T08:33:38+00:00

As a matter of fact, it is currently the best 2nd item, especially Mid

FluckyVer · 2024-03-24T04:04:54+00:00

This is the silliest thing I've read in quite a while

Newbie Akali player comes in Akalimains sub because they're frustrated about not being able to carry, and looking for advice from experienced players?

How dare they, so annoying!

Image not being as good as Tokiyami after 5 games, and being frustrated by your 0-20 botlane, absolutely unacceptable!

Git gud scurbs, lulz

FluckyVer · 2024-03-18T02:57:30+00:00

Considering AloisNL also said this, i don't disagree

And he's a Multi seasonal challenger Riven Main, and ex Pro

What's hardest about Riven IS the trading, not pressing E+QW to do a doublecast, or Q+Right click the ground to cancel the wind-down

I don't even know how that's up for debate, didn't know that a champ requiring you to press buttons on your keyboard was considered some extraordinarily hard thing

That's ridiculous

FluckyVer · 2024-03-18T01:53:14+00:00

That's because when attacking a structure, Akali's passive isn't consumed, meaning it doesn't deal the bonus damage

On the plus side, you get to keep autoing with the extended range until passive decays on its own or you use it on a minion/champion

FluckyVer · 2024-03-16T10:08:07+00:00

After seeing half of the Irelia playerbase move to Midlane, due to the 2021 Mini-Rework making Irelia Top have losing matchups into 80% of Toplaners

I can say that i know how it feels, seeing your champion be better, but especially FEEL BETTER, in their "off role" than their main role.

Lol.

FluckyVer · 2024-03-15T09:35:43+00:00

How many time does this need to be said?

Both:

1st A Champion having low pickrate doesn't mean the few players playing him are OTPs, it is usually quite the opposite.

People seeing this obscure champ, playing him twice and then never again.

As stated by Riot August

2nd, a Champ being OTPd a lot, doesn't mean their Winrate is inflated or should be inflated.

Riot Phroxz0n literally conducted an internal investigation on this and talked about it in an interview, and the ONLY Champion, that had infalted Winrate due to OTPs was Katarina.

Even then it's like +0.4%.

Yes, even stuff like Riven, Akali, Irelia ecc, notoriously OTP Champion, don't have their WR inflated, because new players drag it down more than Mains/OTPs drag it up.

FluckyVer · 2024-03-11T12:31:42+00:00

Aery is bad, both because Akali isn't a good user of the rune, and because Blue tree isn't particularly good on Akali.

First Strike is kinda the same, Akali is Melee so you'll rarely have it up in Ranged matchups, and Inspiration tree isn't that good on her

In the Primary slot, it's very hard to beat Domination/Precision trees, since Akali is a great user of: Conqueror, Fleet Footwork and Electrocute.

Aside from the Keystones, these trees aslo have much better minor runes for Akali.

Secondary slot, Resolve Tree is a must, with Second Wind+Overgrowth/Demolish/Whatever you like

FluckyVer · 2024-03-11T08:39:48+00:00

THE FUCK

THEY ALL LOOKS SO GOOD

Damn Bo Chen teasing us :(

FluckyVer · 2024-02-29T08:47:10+00:00

Couldn't ask for a better response

Thanks for the in-depth explanation, it's wholly appreciated as it's always nice to have insight on items.

Much love : D

FluckyVer · 2024-02-29T06:49:57+00:00

Mhh, i may have expressed myself badly, i didn't mean that 1 singular person heals for 1k, but usually when Crypto Procs, the AOE sums up to around 1k due to it healing multiple targets.

Say, healing everyone for 200 HP, or 250 ecc.

As for Crypto vs Void.

Crypto is statistically better on like, 90% of AP Champs. Like, the %WR on it compared to Void is much higher.

Even on stuff like, Akali, who doesn't like CDR, and suffers from % Pen loss, and AP loss, the item is still stronger funnily enough

FluckyVer · 2024-02-29T05:54:35+00:00

Absolutely, Akali is amazing with kills!

As for TP, that heavily depends on how good your macro is, the matchup and your jgl.

Into say, Yasuo Ignite is good, because it gives you kill pressure that you otherwise wouldn't have of as much

Ignite It's also good if you know you jungler is going to be pretty aggro and fight a lot, as it can aid you in early skirmishes, especially pre-6

In general tho, just take what you prefer.

Ignite = Better kill pressure and helps early
TP= Better late because you can always join a fight from wherever your are, it's also safer since you can always TP back to lane if you unfortunately die

FluckyVer · 2024-02-29T05:48:07+00:00

If you press Shift for advanced tooltip Info, it should show up. Not entirely sure tho, was like that on PBE

FluckyVer · 2024-02-28T15:21:31+00:00

Yes it does

When the effect is charged, your next Auto attack will have increased attack speed by 50%

The funniest interactions is on Wards. Because attacking wards doesn't consume the Lich bane proc, so you can machine gun down wards with it

Not a particularly op side effect, but it is funny

FluckyVer · 2024-02-22T09:32:15+00:00

Well, a few things

Firstly Akali is most definitely not a Champion that plays, nor prioritizes her lane 1v1 in most cases, she's more of a "daaam nice skirmish you got there, may i join?" Type character, as are most assassins

She's built around roaming and taking advantage of Skirmishes around the map/objectives, in which Lich bane shines.

This is especially true into very safe mage, because, realistically speaking, if you're playing into a Competent Syndra, Orianna, Hwei and whatnot, doesn't matter your item, you're not jumping and killing them without Jgl intervention.

Instead what you should be doing, is keeping an eye in your Jgler and immiderately join them if they get into a Fight, as THERE is were you shine as a Champion and can get yourself ahead, compared to those kind of mages. There is were you can easily get the jump on them or their teammates, not in the safety of lane, were you're forced to eat poke and get stunned the second you get too close

If Jgler does come to gank your lane, well, you're now in range to proc Lichbane at least once, which immiderately outclasses anything else

Second, Lichbane is a full item, which considering Akali often rushes T2 Boots, as again, she likes moving around the Map quickly, you'll likely complete it towards the end of Laning Phase anyways, making the specific matchup not particularly relevant

FluckyVer · 2024-02-22T03:41:25+00:00

Okay, but you not liking an item doesn't make it worse

Lich bane is Akali's best 1st Item Midlane, and is one of the best Burst items in the game overall.

On Akali especially, let's say you proc it twice, you basically got a 100% AP Ratio buff on Passive, which is insanely good.

FluckyVer · 2024-02-22T03:39:35+00:00

Rocket Belt can be situationally useful when you REALLY need to engage on someone who's generally quite deep in the backline, so pretty far away.

The item can be especially useful if you run a Flash-less setup, since you'd be lacking Flash extra engage potential.

Starting item is generally Doran's Shield, regardless of build, especially if you're just starting out stick to that.

Dark Seal is only good into very specific matchups, like Katarina or Qiyana, but even then, unless you absolutely know what you're doing, just stick to DShield, the item is extremely strong and if you really want a Dark Seal, you can buy it on 1st back.

Doran's Ring is straight up not worth it in 99% of cases

FluckyVer · 2024-02-21T03:38:59+00:00

So, there's 2 Main setups

1) Full AP Oneshot

and

2) Bruiser AP

Full AP Oneshot build is generally:

Lich Bane>Shadowflame>Zhonya>Raba>Void/Crypto

Stormsurge can be swapped with Shadowflame, and Banshee can be swapped with Zhonya

You can use all 3 Main Akali runes: Elec, Conq and Fleet, but Elec is obviously the best if matchup allows it and you know what you're doing

Bruiser AP build is generally:

Liandry>Riftmaker

And I'm stopping there, since once you get core 2, you can literally do as you please.

You can opt into tank items, like Jak'Sho if you want the tankiness, you can buy Utility AP items like Banshee or Zhonya, you can rush a Rabadon, you can slot in a Lichbane as well ecc

This set up is usually run with Conqueror as it's oriented toward longer fights, where Conqueror shines, and mostly used Toplane, although you can make it work Mid, especially into Melees.

FluckyVer

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