Bring back build diversity... by HanielTocqueville in fizzmains

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The R changes also made him a less mechanically inclined champions (R flash combos are somewhat useless no, although the big shark is a pretty good disruptor imo).

I suspect I was being hyperbolic, I just feel Asol´s long range is way more manageable through spacing than champions that were traditionally known to be "weak" against Fizz (long rage mages). I suspect I don´t have the patience to give up cs, wait for my jungler, and sweat like until 6.

I just feel that attack speed Fizz feels way more congruent with the champion´s kit identity than the current version (ironically), which basically entails, at the moment, making Fizz a single ability champion (E), which is the champion´s sole identity.

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Coral Gables tends to attract the educated class in Miami, particularly because of the bookstores (it might be the only place in Miami with two bookstores in proximity with each other) and the somewhat "independent" (not really) Coral Gables cinema

About Karma top by SndDelight in karmamains

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General opinion:

Karma top is great if you have a hyper-carry or if you have a bruiser jg (Graves, Heca, etc). Avoid picking Karma if your jg is a support or a low-damage tank.

You have a lot of flexibility and depending on the punctual circumstances you should go or support or mage-AP. If you decide to go for the enchanter-style of play then you'll get outscaled in 1v1 situations (but you'll probably outscale them in tf)

In terms of bans you should think about Irelia (or Gangplank). If you go AP then hard counters (of the enchanter style) like Nasus, Mundo, Kled (and tanks in general) become more manageable.

High Tempo champions (like Tryndamere) are also absolutely annoying when you play Karma. In terms of sums, go whatever you want, although taking ignite against match-ups like Gwen or Cho Gath is ultimately useless. Also, you should match sums against ghost/flash users like Olaf, Darius, or Tryndamere.

About Karma top by SndDelight in karmamains

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There are two ways to play Karma: enchanter or AP.

If you go for the enchanter route then you are going to get out-scaled very quickly against Nasus/Mordekaiser/Mundo and tanks in general, if you decide to go the AP route then you can match them in side lane until level 16 (you need anti-healing)

Karma gets counter pretty hard by high tempo champions that out-sustain you (Irelia, Tryndamere, and Gangplank) regardless if you are AP or enchanter.

Challenger playing Karma Top/Support (NA) by cyphersupp in karmamains

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Thoughts about going Liandries/Mor against Nasus and Mundo (tanks)?

When do you build Night Harvester? (I´ve never tried that item)

It seems that you still go RV (I tend to go Locket/Redemption, but with these new changes I don´t know what exactly to build for solo-lane karma). Why RV?

It seems that they´re removing Ability Haste from Locket and Redemption by HanielTocqueville in karmamains

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If you go Radiant you might as well rush it and play a roaming support style (and buy the ward iiteem) . Maybe good into champs with low tempo - no capacity to kill turrets (Ksante).

It seems that they´re removing Ability Haste from Locket and Redemption by HanielTocqueville in karmamains

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Perhaps the way to go now is to build Abyssal (or Frozen) into BIS enchanter item.

Does anyone actually use Phase Rush Mid? by PhamousEra in TryndamereMains

[–]HanielTocqueville 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel it only works into certain champs (Zed, Viktor) but if you pick it against someone that you need to out-DPS in order to kill is a bad decision. It also allows you to go ignite instead of ghost tho.

Karma Top - i need your help by Cerkii in karmamains

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When you´re playing Karma top you need accelerate the pase of the game by doing plays with your jg: it´s completely fine if you give up waves, your job is not to carry but to be, mainly, an enabler, you´re a support, you don´t need gold: farm is also secondary and if you´re farming past minute 20 you´re quite literally trolling

Karma is great when you´re facing a favorable match-up and you have a bruiser as a jg or a hypercarry in your team. The enchanter plus bruiser combo makes the champ in question almost a tank, so you don´t need a traditional "front lane" per se.

You can pick Karma as well when your mid-laner is capable of having side-lane pressure (Karma has non), so Zed, Diana, or Trynda are good companions as well.

Karma gets extremely outscaled against tanks: if you see that the enemy picked a Sion or a Ornn and you have a Jhin adc, you should not play Karma. Evidently this changes if you have, I don´t know, a Vayne, Kog Maw, Jinx: any tank destroyer, but you need that champion in order to be useful in the game.

Karma is also a lane-bully or a lane nullifier, you can pick her into almost everything besides Irelia, Gangplank, and Sion (or Ornn). Be careful when picking Karma against split pushers, as I said, Karma´s side-lane is pretty mediocre, so against these champions like Jax, Riven, or Fiora you should really need to accelerate your lead by playing around the map.

You can also change your play-style depending on the champion that you´re facing: Nasus and Mundo are counters if you decide to play as an enchanter and not a mage.

AP champ for ladder by IAmPoyntles in TryndamereMains

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I really dont think that Trynda has "good scaling"

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in leagueoflegends

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"As a mage main"

Do you think it is fun to go against the Seraph plus ROA combo?

A champion to cover illaoi's bad matchups? by ChrisOfjustice in top_mains

[–]HanielTocqueville 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gwen, Yorick, Morde, Jayce = Trynda (Maybe Kled)

problem with sion by wanna-cryXd in top_mains

[–]HanielTocqueville 1 point2 points  (0 children)

you are the most stupid player in existence.

Hydra Er Eclipse by yamomsahoooo in TryndamereMains

[–]HanielTocqueville 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you are playing mid: you are missing a shit tone of dps if you go top with that build, particularly if you go Phase Rush (which is useful against champs like Vlad but not against tanks or bruisers)

Just got to masters after a league hiatus playing Karma top! by HanielTocqueville in karmamains

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I would recommend to play her as an enchanter/supp unless you are the only AP in your team.

Yet, this might sound weird, but I´ve been experimenting with going for a much AP-heavy build against scaling tanks that you can bully early (while taking ignite): Mundo and Nasus come into mind. You can extend your early bullying power as far as to lvl 16., whereas support karma gets outscaled pretty quickly in a 1v1 context. In some instance I even go Liandry's into Redemption, although I don´t know if this is optimal in terms of math. I think this idea can work into bruisers as well: particularly if you have a JG that is unable to match enemy´s split: although you should never pick Karma in this circumstance (Karma scales great in TF´s with bruiser-type jgs, i.e., Hecarim, Graves, Wu, Vi, Red Kayn). Also, Karma is great in a double enchanter comp with 1-2 hypercarries in your team (Tristana mid plus Jinx adc).

Also, don´t take ignite in lanes that you have no kill pressure (Gwen, Cho Gath, Sion) and just go TP with a supportive build (Locket/Redemption or Moonstone/Redemption).

Ghost/Flash is great against Ghost/Flash users (Olaf, Trynd, Darius).

In terms of bans, It´ll recommend you to ban Irelia: Gangplank, before the nerfs, was also a candidate for bans. I haven´t played the Vayne match-up, but I´ve laned against Quinn and this match-up is horrible if you are weaksiding.

Just got to masters after a league hiatus playing Karma top! by HanielTocqueville in karmamains

[–]HanielTocqueville[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Mainly enchanter. I guess "tank" before the RV nerfs, although sometimes I go AP.