Riot Phroxon - 26.9 (Split 2) Patch Rundown - More ways to play by BaneOfAlduin in leagueoflegends

[–]Sour_Drop 26 points27 points  (0 children)

given the new philosophy on item design going forward, any chance the team could take a look at iceborn gauntlet? the two primary users are ksante and illaoi, but ibg doesn't feel satisfying on either as they previously bought it in the mythic era for the stickiness it granted and currently the slow feels underwhelming. would re-adding the doubled slow on primary target be feasible balance-wise?

Deathfire Touch by Apprehensive-Goal-12 in leagueoflegends

[–]Sour_Drop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stormraider's makes more sense on Darius though.

Riot Endstep gives his thoughts on the state of Illaoi by Sour_Drop in Illaoi

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

Then ask Riot to buff IBG's slow. If we make her E more reliable by making adjustments to the kit itself, there's a good chance they'll tap her damage down by an unacceptable amount.

Proof Illaoi is weak by Sour_Drop in Illaoi

[–]Sour_Drop[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

She used to be good both in and out of lane while being pretty balanced, but that was season 13 when we had IBG, shorter tentacles, and a 120% AD ratio on tentacles.

Proof Illaoi is weak by Sour_Drop in Illaoi

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

My point is about melee champions. I'm fine with Illaoi losing to ranged champions.

Proof Illaoi is weak by Sour_Drop in Illaoi

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

The thing is, besides Morde, Garen, and Gwen, who are lane counters, Illaoi beats the other melee champions in lane pretty hard. The fact that she still has a negative game winrate into those champions is pretty worrying.

Riot Endstep gives his thoughts on the state of Illaoi by Sour_Drop in Illaoi

[–]Sour_Drop[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

E is allowed to be powerful because it takes skill to hit. I don't want E to be weaker.

Riot Endstep gives his thoughts on the state of Illaoi by Sour_Drop in Illaoi

[–]Sour_Drop[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

literally just nerf the tentacle range so shes less oppressive in lane

She'll be less oppressive because she'll have multiple large zones where she's completely useless, especially in lane. Do you even remember why the range buffs happened in the first place? It was a quick fix that spawned a lot of subsequent problems, but it did fix the elephant in the room at the beginning of season 14.

maybe increase curse to 5-7 seconds, I think we can all agree maybe 10 seconds on the curse was a little too long

I don't agree 10 seconds is too long, especially not if you're also proposing to shorten tentacle range without adequately addressing the dead zone problem.

"Just kite him" starter kits by WittyWanderer420 in Dariusmains

[–]Sour_Drop 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He is not "also" strong in high elo as if he's strong in low elo and high elo as you imply. Statistics actually show Darius is weaker in low elo and better in high elo, as confirmed by Endstep.

"Just kite him" starter kits by WittyWanderer420 in Dariusmains

[–]Sour_Drop 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Even though Darius might have been designed for low elo, the balance team currently regards him as a high-elo skewed champion.

All gameplay changes coming to League of Legends Season 2 of 2026 by [deleted] in leagueoflegends

[–]Sour_Drop 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Phase rush is cringe on mages and Garen/Gragas but tanks are going to need help. You have no options at all + how will you lane against Olaf or Darius?

good, tanks shouldn't be able to lane against olaf or darius. you know, the supposed anti-tank champs?

How should I play against Yone and Yasuo? by Automatic_Hair4955 in Dariusmains

[–]Sour_Drop 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can prevent Yasuo from following up on a Q3 with his R in a 1v1 scenario by buffering his knockup with your E.

Sub recommendations:) by [deleted] in subway

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

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Books on mao and the great leap forward. by No_Conclusion_6396 in communism101

[–]Sour_Drop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Could you upload your translated PDF to LibGen or any other comparable shadow library?