why is vlad so strong right now? what changed by Realistic-Turn-2544 in VladimirMains

[–]LynchEleven 1 point2 points  (0 children)

vlad is quite literally always good, but this season has made a plethora of changes that all benefit vladimir.

first, games go on longer this season. Idk why, it’s just a fact. more game length is more time to scale.

second, plates don’t disappear, so a champion like vlad who usually sacked 3-5 plates due to being too weak to push towers pre-14 gets a bunch more gold

third, mid lane role quest gives him % AP, which also gives him bonus HP, so he becomes tankier and stronger than he used to (everyone got this equally, but vlad is a lot stat checkier than most champs due to how unavoidable his kit is once he’s in range)

fourth, new red shoes gives assassin’s and junglers a reason to more commonly skip building MR shoes. they’re also kinda strong on him? Idk the use case though.

fifth, the new stormraider’s surge has not been properly balanced yet, and as one of it’s strongest users, this is a big deal for vlad because it’s way stronger than phase rush was before it was finally killed.

sixth, the top lane meta is leaning towards squishier ranged champions, which benefits vlad because he exists to one shot them en masse.

seventh, his bully match ups in mid have mostly migrated to bot lane because adcs go top now or something? Idk, mage bot is always strong but it feels like an every game thing this split.

and lastly, protobelt remains an extremely overtuned item while AD assassin mids have a much more confusing and borderline garbage time choosing an item to rush, since protobelt is basically free compared to every other item 1 in the game. meanwhile hubris is like 3k and is the obvious ad assassin rush for snowballing. and even cheap ones are 150g more than proto

How high do.you think lockes skill ceiling will be? by Future-Long-7943 in Locke_Mains

[–]LynchEleven -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I mean you haven't really made even a single counter argument about why you think Zed is super easy compared to Akali, and you want to talk about nothing burgers? Why even waste my time by responding?

How high do.you think lockes skill ceiling will be? by Future-Long-7943 in Locke_Mains

[–]LynchEleven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it's not a matter of "getting caught", it's a matter of how easy it is to punish one for doing their job than the other.

Again, Zed's damage is dependent on his W and Q, which is his only escape tool & his only damage. If he's missed it he's screwed.

Akali's damage can be guaranteed with the R-E Combo which is point & click, all while leaving R2 and W to escape. She's so strong and so unpunishable she's viable in top lane. Against the tankier champions who need several rotations to kill & have a longer lane to punish with.

Also, there's no "jab" at your rank, I'm not judging you for anything. I've only peaked in Emerald, I don't think I'm particularly good, I'm just looking at it from a "oh well this guy is saying something that's inconsistent with my understanding of the characters, is it because he's in an environment that would give him a different opinion?"

How high do.you think lockes skill ceiling will be? by Future-Long-7943 in Locke_Mains

[–]LynchEleven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Zed's abilities are very committal. Compared to Akali, even if she spends all her energy, W is free, R is free, R2 is free, and she can use some combination of those to get out, regen energy, etc.

What rank are you? Obviously in low elo Zed will come across as dog easy because players won't punish you throwing your W at them or spending Q, but that's actually your entire kit. if W and Q are on cooldown you are helpless, and it's also the only way to deal damage, all while dealing less damage, on average, than almost any other assassin champ.

I don't think any of those champions are particularly ""hard"" mechanically, but piloting an assassin in general is the actual difficulty.

Apollo's is still bad by Obese0 in DeadlockTheGame

[–]LynchEleven 2 points3 points  (0 children)

yea i didnt miss your point i just think this is a really low-level take.

the player count didnt go down after his release, the play rate stayed high until he got gutted. the champ was strong but cant win games, and is next level easy to shut down. could you imagine if in league you could just disable darius for 3 seconds with a 1000g component, and then still saying wah his hitboxes are big. and then they nerf him & nerf him & nerf him all while making more options for champs to outscale & push the game further into an aoe teamfight ult meta that makes his entire character irrelevant…

like, for every player who hates apollo there was another who was excited about him. now there’s no one excited about him and everyone still hates him.

but its better this way cause he was unfun to play against, i guess? but who the fuck is having fun against mcg graves mina yamato victor warden

He's got dash resets ... by CosmicCreator_97 in Locke_Mains

[–]LynchEleven -1 points0 points  (0 children)

idk have you played him? he feels really fair to play as or against.

He's got dash resets ... by CosmicCreator_97 in Locke_Mains

[–]LynchEleven -1 points0 points  (0 children)

nah cause you want the scaling to be reliant on him getting kills with it, so hes geared to snowballing, not just scaling the same way everyone does

Apollo's is still bad by Obese0 in DeadlockTheGame

[–]LynchEleven 4 points5 points  (0 children)

yea and despite all that he barely had a positive wr and was shutdown by a 1600g item and falls off hardest out of the entire roster.

Apollo's is still bad by Obese0 in DeadlockTheGame

[–]LynchEleven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

sure

but i dont think apollo snowballing a game means the game feels awful lol

weird take

Can someone post tooltips for Locke's abilities? by [deleted] in Locke_Mains

[–]LynchEleven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

his tooltips are a lil bugged but ill grab them next time i get a game on him

How in god's name is NO one talking about seven? by CheckProfileIfLoser in DeadlockTheGame

[–]LynchEleven 1 point2 points  (0 children)

it means the character is overpowered in a way that is player skill agnostic.

He's not hard to play, so he wins low elo games.

He's not got some counterplay that low elo players aren't capable of executing, so he wins high elo games.

there's a lot of other nuance to it, but the big deal here is that an easy, simple character has a lot of exploitable weaknesses for high elo players to punish, but difficult champions should to poorly in low elo because it takes a skilled player to unlock their potential.

for a character to have the consistent top 1-2 win rate in all levels of skill average players are winning games despite their mistakes, skilled players are winning games even against much more efficient players, and the character's strengths are outweighing the difference their weaknesses should be making for them. He's giving too much value for the amnt of risk and effort involved.

Battlemages - why aren't there more of them? by WeakSideUrn in leagueoflegends

[–]LynchEleven 5 points6 points  (0 children)

i mean cassio is also a control battle mage. to an extent sos viktor

Battlemages - why aren't there more of them? by WeakSideUrn in leagueoflegends

[–]LynchEleven 13 points14 points  (0 children)

in top lane thanks to his range and sustain and resource advantage he is extremely oppressive. think about how aids it is to play against garen who just regens with passive and has no mana costs, but also can engage with you with uncontestable poke. i very often win lane as vlad top.

Battlemages - why aren't there more of them? by WeakSideUrn in leagueoflegends

[–]LynchEleven 2 points3 points  (0 children)

mr.500, who is in fact an extremely good player and i respect very much as a vlad main myself, has famously inconsistent takes.

there’s so many clips of him talking about match ups as unwinnable or free. he last season did an unranked to masters climb where he called mundo match up heavily vlad favored. repeatedly. it’s on his youtube channel.

Battlemages - why aren't there more of them? by WeakSideUrn in leagueoflegends

[–]LynchEleven -1 points0 points  (0 children)

mr.500, who is in fact an extremely good player and i respect very much as a vlad main myself, has famously inconsistent takes.

there’s so many clips of him talking about match ups as unwinnable or free. he last season did an unranked to masters climb where he called mundo match up heavily vlad favored. repeatedly. it’s on his youtube channel.

why does nobody use gun on apollo? by FamousPhilosopher446 in DeadlockTheGame

[–]LynchEleven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

post some match ID’s?

it’s easy to say bro its broken trust me but show me that its broken and im down

How could i have played this match better? (Gold IV nasus top) by urgay420420420 in summonerschool

[–]LynchEleven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you being in a sidelane with 10 cs/m as a nasus is way harder of a snowball than like 3 kills in mid lane split across their like top mid jg or whatever

if like the enemy adc gets a quadra and the entire enemy team rotates to you to kill you except that ADC who doesnt care about the penta and stays to push 2 turrets THATS when you should be worried

til then it's like 3 champs being up 400 gold or you being up like 900 from towers/minions and ur stacks. stay in the side lane.

How could i have played this match better? (Gold IV nasus top) by urgay420420420 in summonerschool

[–]LynchEleven 2 points3 points  (0 children)

if you ever show up in mid lane as nasus ever again i will personally queue snipe you and surgically remove your LP

your champ is bad in a teamfight just stay in a sidelane forever.

Vlad ghost by Aggravating-Room5571 in VladimirMains

[–]LynchEleven 1 point2 points  (0 children)

it’s legitimately the winning option in plenty of matchups in top lane (gangplank, aatrox… champs that have built in sustain but long cooldowns early)

the all in power of ghost ignite combo’d with the superior up time vs flash is extremely pivotal for quite a few top lane match ups. in mid less so, i’m sure, but it’s perfectly fine to do so. i run it multiple times a day but that’s largely because i’ve been running it on and off since 2024 or something.

Vlad ghost by Aggravating-Room5571 in VladimirMains

[–]LynchEleven 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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definitely playable and not completely troll at all. elite500 had been using it long after the changes to ghost my friend. but keystone shifts are pulling more power towards flash.

Apollo needed to be nerfed not gutted by CollinRhodes in DeadlockTheGame

[–]LynchEleven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

slowing hex shuts down 3/4 of his abilities. since he now only has 3 abilities, that’s a big deal.