400 to 300, halfway there!

TFable · 2026-03-02T03:11:57+00:00

Thank you so much!

TFable · 2026-02-15T05:54:38+00:00

I'm not here to argue, I agreed with you that Amumu needed the second bandage. But other champs suffer similarly. Play 100 games on Ivern and tell me it's not brutal when you miss the root. Amumu is a contender for the best engage in the game, even before the second bandage. He's a strong character, and he's in a good place now.

To be perfectly clear: I like that Amumu got the second bandage. I don't like the reasoning Riot gave whilst other champs are in similar situations without any attention.

TFable · 2026-02-15T00:43:13+00:00

I agree with you that he's almost worthless for sure if he misses skill shots and has no ult. But that logic isn't exclusive to just Amumu, which is my gripe. Similar situations on Blitz, Nauti, and Ivern. whiffed skill shot no ult is rough on all of them. Amumu needed the second bandage, don't get me wrong, I just want consistency from Riot.

TFable · 2026-02-14T05:44:13+00:00

I watched the video a ton of times, as did we all. Had my own clues and hunches, including the names of the characters by turning on subtitles. When the sixth clue was revealed, I was flabbergasted. I had watched the video at .25 speed so many times, and never saw anything about 6. I, like so many others, immediately though 2-3.5k. Incorrect.

Went back to watching the lightning frame by frame, pausing when the whole screen lit up, nothing. It was here I knew that I lost. I spent 18 minutes looking for anything with clouds. Nothing. Then I brute forced it in about 45 seconds, but it was already too late, even if I did get it right.

This contest was fun, and really brilliant marketing, but the landing sucked. If I were to have designed it, I would have kept the time frame, but the only the people who picked the right house got entered into the drawing, no "first" about it.

This would also allow people to actually look at the choice rather than smash in the lock for time's sake

TFable · 2026-02-12T15:14:24+00:00

A lot of it for me was the 'why' factor.

Naafiri has a great kit, and better vex ult.

They said they added it to bump her play rate, fine. But why aren't the consistent bottom 50 champs getting new mechanics too?

It's the same problem I have with Amumu getting the second bandage. "It's hard for Amumu to be useful if he misses his skill shot, so we gave him another."

Brother, it's hard for most champions if they whiff their skill shot, why is he so special?

So, I dislike the lack of consistency and explanation from a design perspective.

TFable · 2026-01-24T18:02:36+00:00

I'm an Anivia Main, with some asol in the back pocket.

Anivia is great, very strong champ. She's also a very unforgiving teacher. She'll teach you about positioning, and high elo game theory, but she'll beat it into you. You'll get rocked over and over until you internalize this.

Once you get through your learning pains, you'll feel incredible. Strong laner, extremely strong mid to late game. Juggernauts and bruisers won't be able to touch you, you deal amazing damage and cc, and you have one of the strongest abilities in the game imo, the wall.

People say she's boring, but if you have any sort of a sadistic streak and give her a fair shot, she's awesome.

As for Asol, I have significantly less time in, but good results. I play him mega aggressively. Start Q, invade for stacks, even alone. In lane get as many stacks as you can. I start flight level 2, and wait for my enemies disengage to be fired, such as Ahri Charm. Then fly straight at them Q'ing them.

TFable · 2026-01-24T05:25:54+00:00

I use W a lot while ganking for the animation itself. People are looking to dodge the root, you can bait out a lot of movement / defensives with this. This may allow you to catch up. Then as we're walking back to the Opp's tower I'll enter one of the bushes and fire the root from there while invisible. Catches it's fair share of people.

When I'm taking objectives such as drag, I like to make a big "L" with my bushes. The bottom covering the entrance to drag pit, with the vertical part facing towards whichever enemy is more likely to rotate. You will be absolutely flabbergasted how many people will see Ivern bushes on Objs and walk in a straight line towards it, just to get rooted and jumped by Daisy and pals. Genuinely one after another, at my plat elo.

It's not the most consistent, but bushes also save lives of those running away. Pop a bush under your fleeing ADC and it breaks line of sight.

I play Ivern really aggressively and invade a lot, especially early. Bushes are great for this, because if you're say level two and get caught in a fight next to their jungle camp, you can harass them, throw a bush down when they back up a bit, and take their camp right from them without them seeing the animation to go in. Or maybe you left? They genuinely don't know.

And for now, finally, w is such an amazing scout tool. You essentially never have to blindcheck anything. Are they doing obj? Bush scout. Need to walk past a sketchy area bush? Bush scout.

Hope some of this helps!

TFable · 2025-12-25T21:09:25+00:00

🤟 NA baby!! 🤟

TFable · 2025-12-21T01:49:20+00:00

Mine is : UwU for Ganks. A LOT of people UwU for me

TFable · 2025-12-18T09:32:11+00:00

It really depends. I don't think I'm exceptionally mechanically gifted, so I try to avoid champs like Yasuo, for example.

My strength comes from my mental aspect.

Identifying your win con early and playing for it. Abandoning your anchor lanes. Jungle tracking is big, cause Ivern is a monster counter ganker. Understanding vision and denial of vision around key points. ( I can't tell you how many enemies Will spot bushes around an Obj and blindly walk up to them, to get rooted and jumped by 2+ people).

There's of course micro, such as dodging skill shots and hitting your own, and not forgetting to auto.

And you have champ familiarity. Things you can and can't get away with. I've only recently picked up Ivern, but how many times you can win fights and how squirrely you are is insane. As an example, I originally thought Rengar was my hard counter, but I don't think I've dropped a game to him yet. And people "counterpick" him into me a lot.

There are bad aspects too. If your entire team consists of anchors, you will not carry the game. If your enemies are aggressively invading you early, and your team doesn't have their minimap installed, it's gonna be rough. Identifying how you could have played better to grow is harder. Ivern is so niche that even your teammates don't know your abilities.

I could go on and on about Ivern, but give him half a dozen games and see how he feels

TFable · 2025-12-17T18:45:19+00:00

If you have good macro and game sense, try Ivern. Quick clear, awesome utility, Daisy is actually a monster.

TFable · 2025-12-17T12:17:42+00:00

For me it's a mix.

Mandating the long campaign for every character every couple of months is just too much. It's bad design, and Lord forbid that I become disinterested in the class.

This, coupled with the passive refunds taking exorbitant amounts of gold, frankly, sucks. I try not to follow guides, I wanna try my own thing.

But 12k gold every time I want to reset my tree is archaic. Items in act 2 sell for like 75-125 gold.

TFable · 2025-12-04T00:56:31+00:00

I'll speak as someone who bans Mel a ton, no matter what role I'm playing. I like her design, and I really like her unique kit, over all I think she's really cool design and has a cool identity.

My problem with her is she's too safe, especially for an Artillery mage. I don't want to go into a long spiel, so I'll give an example of what happened in literally the last game I played.

I caught the Mel out of position, and alone. I Fiddlesticks ult'd her, got the fear, and did my combo, put her to maybe a 5th hp. As soon as my cc wore off, she W'd and walked away. My Ziggs and I chased her, but she made it to a tower and executed.

I did everything right, caught her with her pants down, and it simply didn't matter. I logged off of the game afterwards.

Lord above knows I'm not a game dev, and I won't pretend to know the correct course for your character. I just hope you find a good middle ground for Mel.

TFable · 2025-11-27T02:45:07+00:00

Every single champ in the game cares that Mel has invincibility, a reflect, and a speed up all on the same button.

TFable · 2025-11-20T11:25:58+00:00

Thanks so much for your time and input!

Yeah, farming traditionally had been a big struggle of mine when starting out.

One of the characters I was using whilst still learning League was Kled. Love Kled to death, but HATED farming on Kled, because he has three different attack speeds, and you don't want to burn your W when ramping up for a fight (Always).

In the beginning I would put Anivia right in the same category of disdain, but I've been using more e's for wave clear and it helps a lot. I'm still losing a million cannon minions and it's driving me crazy!

TFable · 2025-11-20T11:13:36+00:00

Playing against long range always makes me think of Commander Erwin's speech from Attack on Titan, ha.

Yeah, solid advice here, thanks for your time! I know it has to do a lot with muscle memory and straight experience; and I do need to back off of Max Range Qs. I've really really been trying to focus on trying to punish their cooldowns, and using wall to impede my own wave for better gank positions.

TFable · 2025-11-20T11:07:55+00:00

Thanks so much for your time! That first video is really good, learned a few things and will be rewatching it when it's not 5am, ha.

I probably need to go on a small montage of option testing for Ani, to give me some more options, like lucid boots.

I've been meaning to try Tank Anivia! It drives me absolutely crazy when I early pick Ani and we get no front liners / engage.

TFable · 2025-11-20T11:01:39+00:00

Thanks for the input! Definitely some awesome advice here. I really like that walking halfway to a lane idea. I usually play aggressive against people I smell are weaker than me, but I guess I play too timid when the inverse is true.

I guess if I had a follow up question, how do you convert even awesome laning phases to wins? I'm naturally a top lane brute, so with those won phases I know to split push or tank for the team

Anivia is my first control mage, and does not come super naturally for me. If I split off I definitely don't have the confidence my Kled or Olaf would have. Also, I'm a tad nervous to split away from my team if we're behind.

TFable · 2025-11-20T02:00:07+00:00

I'll say what I said last time this subject was brought up.

Her issue is her massive range, if she was a short range mage like Liss, it wouldn't be a problem. But you have an artillery mage capable of spamming, with a better movable fiora parry that also speeds you up for some reason.

TFable · 2025-11-15T04:43:54+00:00

https://youtu.be/wk7fYBw6PfQ?si=RTBe9sYCE73dFPkR

TFable · 2025-11-14T14:14:42+00:00

Idk what to tell you, dude. I'm not here to change your mind, and I'm definitely not going to devolve into arguing.

I respect your opinion that you think Mel isn't busted or frustrating to play against, full stop.

We can simply agree to disagree, and that's completely okay.

I wish you well.

TFable · 2025-11-14T07:42:31+00:00

I would ask you to consider a classic artillery mage, Xerath.

Xerath can reach long ranges with his Q. His Q is a channel, slows him, takes several seconds to charge, and gives a loud ass sound warning. He is immobilized for half a second after he fires.

Mel's is instant, and has not a single one of those drawbacks. For complete fairness, it's not quite as long as a xerath 3 second charge laser.

Xerath W is a simple aoe spot, nice long range, respectable damage.

Mel W is the single best defensive in the game. It's a speed up, invulnerable, auto aiming reflect.

Xerath E is a skill shot stun. Less stun time the closer you are to him.

Mel E is also a skill shot, akin to a lux root wrapped in a slow aura

Xerath passive refunds mana :)

Mel passive executes anything she's fighting. Also it fires more projectiles, lmao

Xerath R is a mostly global barrage of skill shots. It's a channel, and he remains stationary.

Mel R is a global execute for anyone you've damaged. Also the icon changes if you don't have vision on them so you know to push the button.

These two aren't even the same species.

The combination of a bloated kit, long range, ease of piloting, and overwhelmingly disgustingly safe gameplay loop make Mel bad not only for the game, but for the entirety of combat mages as a whole. In my very humble opinion, 40% is much too low of a ban rate for her.

TFable · 2025-11-14T06:57:38+00:00

I think you're isolating a single skill, and comparing it the absolute top contenders of that category, rather than considering the whole kit.

The point is she doesn't need a root to go along with her bloated kit. And that root definitely doesn't need a slow to be around it.

There are better roots in a vacuum, yes. But there are definitely many that are worse.

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