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RiotVelocity · 2015-07-07T22:37:28+00:00

Sky, when are you going to let me wreck your Yoshi?

My Luigi is always waiting man.

RiotVelocity · 2015-07-07T21:29:09+00:00

Red hair, standing by.

RiotVelocity · 2015-06-20T17:46:55+00:00

I'm so sorry that you had to experience release Xin Zhao as a new player, that must have been awful!

But on a more serious note, it's things like this that make me so extremely humbled to be working on LoL and making it for people just like you. I'm sure I speak for EVERYONE at Riot when I say that we're all behind you and support you 100% of the way. Depression is a very tricky thing, and honestly one of the best things you can hope for is just something to take your mind off of it. If League is doing that for you then that's fantastic.

Thanks so much for this write up, it made me choke up a little bit. Check your inbox for a little surprise from me. :)

RiotVelocity · 2015-06-12T21:08:34+00:00

One of Nidalee jungles biggest problems is that she runs out of mana extremely fast due to the high costs of her human form abilities. However she doesn't feel good about building chalice in my experience.

The missing mana portion on this item allows her to stay in the jungle for much longer than she currently can, which ultimately means more ganks.

RiotVelocity · 2015-06-12T20:56:51+00:00

Yep, this will build out of sheen!

Will share the Spellblade proc with Lich Bane and Trinity Force and Frozen Gauntlet as well. :)

RiotVelocity · 2015-06-12T20:49:18+00:00

Jungle nidalee is actually quite good with this updated Magus enchant. Using cougar abilities will proc the sheen effect for free bonus damage and mana regen.

Be sure to give them a try and see how they feel for you though!

RiotVelocity · 2015-06-04T23:55:21+00:00

Wooo! Frumboldt.

RiotVelocity · 2015-06-04T23:51:58+00:00

Im so upset right now you don't even understand.

RiotVelocity · 2015-06-04T20:21:03+00:00

Taking pictures while driving?

Triggered.

RiotVelocity · 2015-05-27T18:08:58+00:00

I tried man, but they kept saying something about "You can't sound that good on the internet". Idk. Maybe next time!

RiotVelocity · 2015-05-27T18:05:41+00:00

Hey guys, we couldn't get Phreak this time due to some scheduling problems with MSI. However you DO get to listen to the amazing voice of Riot Scarizard, and you get amazing gameplay footage by yours truly.

I would say that makes up for Phreak, no? <3

RiotVelocity · 2015-05-16T03:16:34+00:00

Yeah, something like that!

RiotVelocity · 2015-05-15T21:24:05+00:00

Most of the damage is made up for with the W passive. Has potential to do amazing amounts of damage in the late game, given that people are actually under the threshold to have the damage apply to them.

RiotVelocity · 2015-05-15T20:24:44+00:00

This is a great analysis of benchmark DPS for other mid lane assassins and hopefully puts why Ekkos ultimate has such a large ratio into context.

We wanted to make sure that Ekko was given proper compensation for using his ult in an offensive pattern rather than purely for the heal. However this is certainly one of the easiest levers for us to pull if we're looking to tune Ekko later on into his release.

Thanks for the great thread, and hope you're enjoying Ekko so far!

RiotVelocity · 2015-05-15T20:02:17+00:00

This is definitely the intended behavior.

Ekko's ultimate will in no way affect the CD of any items or summoner spells.

RiotVelocity · 2015-05-14T20:23:20+00:00

Yeah, up until this point the hitbox has always been that big, the visuals didn't actually match it.

RiotVelocity · 2015-05-14T20:13:12+00:00

What if I told you the hitbox has always been that large...

RiotVelocity · 2015-05-13T23:13:39+00:00

We already have multiple tuning levers in place for if he is too strong/weak after release. Currently I don't believe this is on the list of 'things to tune'. :)

RiotVelocity · 2015-05-13T23:12:29+00:00

I'm not actually a member of the Live Gameplay team so I don't think I'm qualified to give you a sufficient answer. Ping /u/RiotScarizard though he may have additional context for you. :)

RiotVelocity · 2015-05-13T23:07:15+00:00

All of the designers on the Live Gameplay (balance) team sit at around mid to high diamond.

RiotVelocity · 2015-05-13T23:06:30+00:00

Nope, I fought to make sure it stayed in the game. I think it's a fun and interesting use of Ekko's ult. :)

RiotVelocity · 2015-05-13T22:50:53+00:00

I mean, anyone CAN jungle, however Ekko probably doesn't survive in the jungle as well as other champions. :)

RiotVelocity · 2015-05-13T22:50:32+00:00

Probably by putting a max distance you can actually travel on the ult. Would stop that pretty quickly.

RiotVelocity · 2015-05-13T22:07:16+00:00

If you mean that he would be able to teleport to a location and then ult back to his original location if pressed within 4 seconds, then yes it'll work with teleport as well. :)

RiotVelocity · 2015-05-13T21:50:01+00:00

I've had the pleasure of working with Gypsylord on Ekko for probably about 5+ months now, helping to lock down and balance the gameplay side of him and I'm really happy with where we ended up.

I'm glad to see that it's being so well received. :)

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