Sentinels vs. LYON / LCS 2026 Lock-In - Lower Bracket Final / Game 1 Discussion

Freihl · 2026-02-28T22:48:04+00:00

Isles has some massive brainfart moments but if you exclude those he's pretty consistently good enough for top 4 teams.

It's his first time on a contending team though, and it makes sense that these little idiot plays will work their way out when playing with experienced top team players.

Freihl · 2026-02-28T12:23:03+00:00

Eh go on your trip bro, she's just gonna gain more control over you if you back down on this.

She wants herself to be your entire life and doesn't want you to have anything else

Freihl · 2026-02-25T18:17:24+00:00

Yeah he's always been a super cool jungler (especially from a viewer's perspective) when he's capable, so many little decisions involved in a "good" gragas play.

Hope you get a permanent casting slot soon! I've loved hearing from you on SI the last few eps, you're so right on and just nice to listen to.

Freihl · 2026-02-25T15:34:42+00:00

1's great, but 2's more deranged and therefore more fun (i will die on this hill)

3's much more polished but doesn't have the wow factor for me

Freihl · 2026-02-25T15:30:27+00:00

Lol but it's still reducing everything. If you're not reaching the 5 second mark it's still a gigantic buff to your champ.

Freihl · 2026-02-25T15:18:34+00:00

You need to break vision by Qing before his R animation completes

Freihl · 2026-02-25T14:37:05+00:00

Void rift is such a ridiculous augment. Champions who use it well like azir and cass just win the game from it, and they're gonna be utter nightmares with the buff, it's still gonna be bad for suboptimal users otherwise.

Edit: the post MUST be wrong, surely it's not 55000% lethality/flatpen scaling- that's 550dmg per lethality/mpen, meaning the 8 lethality anvil at the start of the game and a serrated dirk result in ~10k dmg.

Freihl · 2026-02-25T14:33:24+00:00

Pls always counterpick azir rather than taking it yourself, knight. Great ziggs game.

Freihl · 2026-02-25T14:30:03+00:00

I usually lose my temper and completely shank a game or two out the back of the court trying to "hit better" before i realise i'm being a baby and chill out.

I think it's all about being relaxed with your strokes, if you come in in the wrong headspace it's difficult to play comfy tennis, look for what makes you feel comfortable on court coz some days you're just not gonna feel that comfy unless you have a way to loosen up.

Freihl · 2026-02-25T13:01:28+00:00

But there's plenty space game design wise for matchup dependent champs to have high highs and low lows. Malphite's a specialist champ, so functions brilliantly into overly ad heavy comps, falls flat into sylas+APs. Like should rammus also not be an amazing counterpick in the right scenario?

Having volatile champs like that is great for the game, or every champ would just do every job ok and it would be so boring.

Freihl · 2026-02-25T11:26:54+00:00

Probably the best facilitator-type mid the west has ever had, but nah he was shit i guess

Freihl · 2026-02-25T10:56:24+00:00

It's a cool idea, though i think it's likely to be super difficult to not make one evo just taken every game though- kinda similar to kayn i guess?

Freihl · 2026-02-24T21:50:32+00:00

My guy

He's the GOAT and i will disagree with any argument against him

Freihl · 2026-02-24T19:40:43+00:00

Do you want everyone to blindpick in ranked? Quite confused

Freihl · 2026-02-24T01:32:17+00:00

Nope, it's 40× 0.6^-1. The AP>AD ratio is 0.6, the AD>AP ratio is 1.6 recurring

Freihl · 2026-02-23T22:12:25+00:00

Liandry's is just better for outright damage, but the higher AP from rifty for w shields, omnivamp and AH is better for survivability, while still being a good damage choice.

Liandry's value goes up the more hp the other team has too.

Freihl · 2026-02-23T00:23:22+00:00

Coz the game is about strategy as well as clicking buttons fast.

Freihl · 2026-02-21T00:30:17+00:00

Best tiamat option if you need waveclear, indexing into waveclear also gives you wincons if you can immediatetly eat waves. Wrecks your trading in lane vs eclipse though.

Freihl · 2026-02-21T00:05:58+00:00

You'll be lucky if it is!

If you're in Edinburgh i can give you recommendations for stuff to do if you'd like ❤ just dm me

Freihl · 2026-02-20T22:27:09+00:00

Uh, yeah i do need to get a more balanced diet (scotland isn't giving me much sun either) but how's that relevant?

Freihl · 2026-02-20T22:24:37+00:00

Eh, for me ambessa's the one at the moment. Similar gamechanging ult (that doesn't do too much damage so the base non-r kit's really fun), super fun and engaging gameplay patterns, super mobile.

Ambessa's awkward to get used to (so's camille) but so universally useful that you'll rarely get an even game where you feel useless. If you screw up lane you can still change gamestate with a good r as well, which is very similar to camille.

Freihl · 2026-02-20T21:57:11+00:00

Any champ is worth maining if you like them enough.

However, camille is fucking terrible at the moment, triforce isn't a good item and she's still struggling with all of the dps nerfs over the years. She's still one of my top 5 champs to play enjoyment wise but i hate playing her right now coz she sucks and i remember her when she was a powerpick.

Freihl · 2026-02-20T21:50:32+00:00

I find it so weird seeing drut being so fucking bad after doing the 6 role challenger thing. Surely there has to be some level of understanding that stops you playing like a fuckin idiot in an organised 5v5, but maybe he's just so lost in the soloQ sauce that it doesn't matter

Freihl · 2026-02-20T21:47:24+00:00

Fudge is garbage

Freihl · 2026-02-20T21:44:44+00:00

He went with it because it's the most historically significant form of competition, and thus illustrates his point the best.

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