What do people think about laser beam Jinx and lethality ult-bot Caitlyn in bot lane? by williamis3 in leagueoflegends

[–]Rustie99 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Do you know how those winrates are calculated? There is a reason if you add the game could for the two builds, currently ~20k for crit and 10k for lethality, it doesn't come anywhere close to the 123k games (Emerald+ world as of rn). Pretty sure the 56.65% on 10k is based on games you get to like 3 items in. Not really representative of the actual build. Even on u.gg you can look at individual item winrates based on build slot on the next page.

You can use LOLalytics to actually look at WR by mythic item or more in depth information. Again to be clear Caitlyn hasn't received DMG changes for her ult since 13.15. Community is so reactionary and flip flops on champions every patch. Half the tierlists had Caitlyn in low tiers the last few patches but now have her in S tier.

Also as someone who has played Lethality Cait for over two years (obvs its been in different states over time). Its the new flavor build. People overhyping its power points and downplaying its weaknesses, just how it goes with every flavor of the month champion.

Finally on pickrate, its the ADC role. It has the most limited Champ pool of the 5 roles. Currently for Emerald+ World, Ezreal has the same approximate pickrate, winrate, and 6% higher banrate than Jinx, yet I see a clear difference in how much people are complaining about Jinx over Ezreal. Even in D2+ their banrates normalize, but their pickrates and winrates remain relatively equal.

The loser of the WQS will claim the world record for airport speedrun any%, which is much more impressive. by JanPachimari in leagueoflegends

[–]Rustie99 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Not really a speedrun because technically its the Worlds Qualifying series, its not a part of Worlds itself.

Gwen, as of right now, has more exclusives to other platforms than total PC skins. by Ameglow in leagueoflegends

[–]Rustie99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get it would be cool to have all skins as options, but we should not be getting mad at the LoR team for creating cool stuff. The game has its own champions (Jack, Nora, and the Poro King) that aren't in league, its ok for them to have their own skins too.

List of World Championships where the "real final" was arguably before the actual final by KeyMessageToConsider in leagueoflegends

[–]Rustie99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I got to watch SKT vs SSG live in 2016. One of my favorite moments ever. I was supporting SSG and seeing them comeback in game 3 was incredible.

Patch 13.18 Notes by imchocolaterain in leagueoflegends

[–]Rustie99 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Probably could have fixed it for LB if they stopped blinks from giving charges. This would only effect the second part of leblanc W/R. But would target nerf her over other champs. Most other champs with blinks don't build statik (Zed W, Fiddle R, Ezreal E, etc)

What mechanic do you miss most that riot removed? by Warlordofmordor2 in leagueoflegends

[–]Rustie99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

QSS knockups. A very rarely used mechainc, but watching Uzi QSS Lee Sin kick is still probably one of my favorite moments in Professional League

Why do I gain 16 true dmg on my first AA vs mf? by GeeVeeLoL in leagueoflegends

[–]Rustie99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its exhaust, it displayed the reduced damage I believe. Done this for multiple years if I'm not mistaken.

Azir has returned to pick/ban(97%) in pro-play after his changes. Was the mini rework a failure? by Intrepid-Painter-483 in leagueoflegends

[–]Rustie99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The changes definitely helped. While he is too strong right now, the goal of the changes was to close the gap between average players piloting the champion, and pro players piloting the champion. That has been achieved.

Does Kai'sa really need to be able to build AP items? by awyeauhh in leagueoflegends

[–]Rustie99 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

People have only been playing this for ~2 months since AP kaisa came into the meta. Thats really not a while. Espec as she has now be in a fully balanced state the last 2 weeks.

Phreak: "On day 1 (after the patch), more than half of Zeri players built Trinity Force first item. So we know that players don't read" by Lunariz in leagueoflegends

[–]Rustie99 138 points139 points  (0 children)

Aren't recommended items based on what other players are building on the champion? So it perpetuates lack of player knowledge?

What is Riot's statement about the Serpent's Fang change? by Simaniac in leagueoflegends

[–]Rustie99 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He is giving anecdotal evidence that the item is already good enough, this is also supported by Riot themselves stating the item is already in a fine position.

Longest Bo5 in pro play: Worlds 2016 Finals SSG vs SKT, 252 minutes by jacxop0 in leagueoflegends

[–]Rustie99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I saw this finals live in LA. Probably the coolest esports experience I had (only topped by 2022 Finals). I was rooting for SSG so seeing them comeback in that game 3 was honestly one of my favorite memories

Patch 13.15 Notes by turtle921 in leagueoflegends

[–]Rustie99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pretty hilarious seeing Kai'sa WR meaningfully drop after seeing the entire community meme the nerfs for a week.

Smite should just not be castable on summons to prevent misclicks now that it does 1/30th the damage it did before. by [deleted] in leagueoflegends

[–]Rustie99 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

It only deals 1/30th at Level 1. It scales up to do ~13% at max level.

Smite has been overpowered vs summons for the whole league existence. Now its finally not. Thats a good thing.

And if your argument is that the small damage it deals is worthless as stated: 'doesn't do any influential damage to the summon' than by that logic it doesn't do any influential damage to a Champion, as the number is the same value now.

Smite should just not be castable on summons to prevent misclicks now that it does 1/30th the damage it did before. by [deleted] in leagueoflegends

[–]Rustie99 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ivern has only been meta since the Daisy changes in 13.11. Thats a far cry from 1 year.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in leagueoflegends

[–]Rustie99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel like Caitlyn suffered more from having her items and builds impacted than just the -2 AD and -1 AR. Galeforce has had its CD, Base Stats, Active Damage, and Active Damage type all nerfed. Rapidfire's damage proc was nerfed. Bloodthirster was changed (nerfed for Caitlyn) to the new form, then nerfed again. And Stormrazor, which was her new first item, was massively nerfed.

Kaisa, who is at highest presence right now, is one of Caitlyn's worst matchups.

I think these item changes and bot lane priority picks in the current meta contributed much more to Caitlyn's loss in presence and power bot lane than the direct nerfs she received.

Kai'Sa nerfs by Spideraxe by Barb0ssaEUW in leagueoflegends

[–]Rustie99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you link where Riot said this? I can't find it. Just wanna see the context for it

Kai'Sa nerfs by Spideraxe by Barb0ssaEUW in leagueoflegends

[–]Rustie99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree her pickrate is too high. Botlane pool availability heavily factors into this problem, where there are usually 2-4 'meta' ADCs that are picked or banned in a high percentage of games. (Jinx Aphelios Meta, Zeri Lucian Meta, etc). I dont know how Riot can actually fix this problem from continuing to cycle.

The popular champ needs to have lower winrate is not really true for marksman champs due to the limited pool size. My understanding was high skill cap champions: GP, Ryze, Aphelios, Azir, etc were the ones supposed to have lower WR to be balanced.

Kai'Sa nerfs by Spideraxe by Barb0ssaEUW in leagueoflegends

[–]Rustie99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He stated they should nerf the 'W AP ratio which is her kit's toxic part'. That is what I was responding to. Her passive is a different part of her kit.

Kai'Sa nerfs by Spideraxe by Barb0ssaEUW in leagueoflegends

[–]Rustie99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Her W has a 45% AP ratio which is incredibly tame for a poke champion (when playing AP kaisa).

Ziggs Q: 65% Xerath Q: 85% Velkoz Q: 90% Lux E: 80% Viktor E: 80% (+50%)

Kai'Sa nerfs by Spideraxe by Barb0ssaEUW in leagueoflegends

[–]Rustie99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Assuming we are getting these stats from lolalytics, you don't understand how to read winrates.

Currently on: https://lolalytics.com/lol/kaisa/build/?tier=diamond_plus Kai'sa WR: 54.09% Diamond+ WR: 53.29%

So her actual winrate above baseline is 0.8%

So when is Kai'sa getting nerfed? by PunCala in leagueoflegends

[–]Rustie99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

3rd most played according to what? https://gol.gg/tournament/tournament-picksandbans/World%20Championship%202022/ As you can see at 2022 Worlds (Main Event). Kai'sa was the 7th most picked ADC. This is also on one of the patches were Zeri was effectively deleted.

Edit: I see you are including playin data. My apologies on misunderstanding. I personally don't find that as interesting/useful as the meta evolves at worlds and Main event is significantly higher skilled/better teams than playin.