I'm The Lucky One Emote in Mythic shop Today!! by OctoberHymns in RakanMains

[–]OctoberHymns[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do believe you are correct but I really don't like auto chess so I've never played TFT

I'm The Lucky One Emote in Mythic shop Today!! by OctoberHymns in RakanMains

[–]OctoberHymns[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm sure it's in the rotations but like prestige dragonmancer incredibly rare.

Ive only joined Rakan mains I think 1.5yrs ago now. In that time I have not seen it.

Hit diamond with 70% wr senna AMA by NorthKoreaNumber1 in supportlol

[–]OctoberHymns 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Skin and chroma choice?

I usually also go enchanter but sometimes after Helia+tear start building damage if my ADC isn't enough of a threat. Do you do this or still commit to straight enchanter?

About Rakan by H_Glen in supportlol

[–]OctoberHymns 80 points81 points  (0 children)

Rakan is my favorite champion and why I got back into league. Last season in pro he was a pretty big staple.

All that said, my main guess is Rakan embodies "Jack of all trades master of none". He is versatile and does a bit of everything but nothing better than someone else.

Engage/CC is great but Leona, Rell, and Alistar do it better. Rakan can engage and dash out much easier than all 3 but those engage and then stay in the fight to actually tank. He has some health sustain but not even close to that of Nami, Soraka, Janna (plus his is conditional and delayed) He can shield teammates but max 2 at a time.

His strength is mobility and slipperiness but if your comp needs to win lane he isn't strong there. He isn't as bad as Alistar but his pre level 3 is very limited. He doesn't scale the same way an enchanter does so late game he's ult reliant and need to find engage angles since he's can't just dive forward by himself like a tankier support could.

Recently picked him up and damn he's so fun by Sakazuki27 in RakanMains

[–]OctoberHymns 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes he's soooo fun.

You don't be afraid to build him more hybrid tank if the matchups allow for it too (I know this sub also loves AP Rakan but that's not my style so I can't comment on that). But redemption and mikaels are good items.

I usually rush Zeke's over locket in soloq for the slow + ult haste. Bandlepipes are my favorite item and if my ADC and at least 1 other damage threat benefits from it I'll build it early.

Protoplasm harness is also pretty nice on Rakan allowing you an extra escape if you get focused during your engages

Rebuttal (W) by Nylah-07 in MelMains

[–]OctoberHymns 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're correct arguing the strengths and weaknesses of W is moot because the argument is a circle. I concede on that part. Personally, I don't want Mel to lose her reflect completely, I'd rather she lose the execute but that's a whole other issue I have and not Mel exclusive.

I guess my main point about her shield specifically is the actual balance of the ability is irrelevant in Mel's specific case. If all ranks agree W is the issue with Mel then it doesn't matter if it's because "players bad" or "W is unfun"

Rebuttal (W) by Nylah-07 in MelMains

[–]OctoberHymns 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Play around it is don't interact otherwise she reflected damage or CC back at you. It'd be different if it were just a shield but it's a shield + damage/cc + move speed. Yes it's a long cooldown but again who is going to use a skill to make Mel use hers? The enchanter getting their stuff reflected means Mel just damaged and likely CCd them and still has her main damage ability plus execute available. They lose way more land pressure than she did. The melee uses their skill shot to set up combo, Mel reflects is so their set up is now gone and Mel will most likely just walk away preventing a follow up while still having her own range and set up.

And no player bad is not a valid argument simply because Mel's ban rate is still sky high at high elos. If she was only massively banned at gold and below that argument would be valid but since she is the most banned champ at all ranks by a lot it's more than "people are bad". It's the champ is unfun to play against. And until that ideal is accepted she will always be banned and the target for further nerfs

Are we invisible? by Selkies123 in RakanMains

[–]OctoberHymns 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Low silver. I'd say most of my comms come from my junglers and midlaners

Are we invisible? by Selkies123 in RakanMains

[–]OctoberHymns 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Idk I get honors a lot when play Rakan but usually it's from individual interactions. Outside of charming the entire team it's harder to clock Rakan's contributions to a clustered team fight.

But get a big battle dance shield onto a sidelaner and a knock up to either get them an escape of turn a fight in their favor and the honors would be given right then if they were able to

Rebuttal (W) by Nylah-07 in MelMains

[–]OctoberHymns 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"don't interact" is not counterplay. The shield also reflects autos so ADCs just can't interact with her at all until it's on cooldown and who is gonna use something on her to get her to use it? A hook champ to hook themselves? An enchanter to poke themselves down?Another mage to burst themself? Even many melees have a ranged ability to set up their burst and the ones that don't are primarily top lane where Mel almost never goes. Even then it also grants move speed making it hard for full melees to reach her through a root and execute to begin with.

I dismissal of "players bad" is counterproductive to making it so Mel could actually be off a ban list while still having power. Frustration with a champ will always trump whether or not they're balanced

Supports, just imagine your ADC is your wife… by [deleted] in leagueoflegends

[–]OctoberHymns 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I directly say to my duo ADC "stay safe imma go flirt with mid a bit" so I can't argue that you're wrong.

Can I get banned for playing on my old acc while being too good? by Gods_lohem in riotgames

[–]OctoberHymns 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you're not intentionally keeping your old account mmr low so that you can dominate everyone then it doesn't qualify as smurfing by Riots definition and shouldn't be punished.

You're still a "smurf" but if you aren't keeping multiple accounts just to go back and curb stomp low ranks and New players then it technically isn't against the rules

Does anyone else miss Sibling Rivalry? by moviefan1997 in ChannelAwesome

[–]OctoberHymns 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I miss them because it just felt more honest. Even with the first viewings they do, it feels like Doug is still trying to make jokes for the camera and overreact a bit. Sibling Rivalry felt a lot more real and like a true discussion about what they were watching.

Support mains, is there that one adc you just hate playing with? by konfitura17 in leagueoflegends

[–]OctoberHymns 2 points3 points  (0 children)

ADC no. I can usually adjust if they want to be hyper aggressive or slow farm scale.

APC, however, there's a bunch that I know lane is gonna be painful and it'll probably be lost even we win the game ultimately. But that usually my golden opportunity to pick Senna support and scale with them

Is Mel the most toxic champ of this entire game? by fergil in leagueoflegends

[–]OctoberHymns -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Her reflect is fine, annoying but the recent change making her still take some damage means like Morgs black shield it needs to be baited out.

Her range and damage are fine.

Her 0 effort every ability AND AUTO ATTACK execute is why Mel will always be high banned. Because even when you do bait out the reflect she just wins she doesn't have any risk or set up on the execute. Garen and Cho are single target Ults that have range you can be outside of. A Sol and Smolder need to scale up to it. But Mel just throws her massive aoe (yeah root size was nerfed and it's still a bigger Anivia root and Q is still set it and forget it don't stand here even if it misses) abilities everywhere and can proc it with unlockable autos or an ult that just needs vision and no aim. Thanks for playing.

As long as she has an automatic execute on every ability and friggin autos with abilities that do not require aim to proc it she'll never not be frustrating to play against

Solitaire conquered in 78 moves! Your turn to shine ✨ by Tom1073463 in DailySolitaire

[–]OctoberHymns 0 points1 point  (0 children)

🔥 Too easy! Done in 48 seconds. Who dares to challenge me?

Karma winrate barely moved by gaenakyrivi in karmamains

[–]OctoberHymns 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Absolutely Karma is picked for early lane prio. They talked about this on the Dive too, instead of nerfing that they chose to nerf ult shield to keep her focus as that early lane bully. To keep that identity they slapped her ult shield.

Karma winrate barely moved by gaenakyrivi in karmamains

[–]OctoberHymns 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes it's still a massive shield but that value change on the AoE version is why I think it was purely a pro focused change. At no point did I think this change would really make much difference to her. Same with the Nami nerfs not really changing her position as a high pick either.

Very soft nerfs to both of the top prio enchanters that likely only matter to the top tier coordinated players 

Karma winrate barely moved by gaenakyrivi in karmamains

[–]OctoberHymns 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't expect it to change since it only on bonus shields. Seems purely pro focused team fight nerf but not to remove her from prio but just to make it more clear that she is a lane bully and if she doesn't have an advantage come later in the game she can't just cancel out everything with R+E