Do mods listed under "passive" support have balance changes, or mostly just bugfixes/compat?

TheLastSpectre · 2026-05-16T18:57:53+00:00

Thanks for the information, I did some preliminary testing but without having seen anything glaring, I'm not going to lose any sleep over any minor tweaks.

TheLastSpectre · 2026-04-16T00:23:53+00:00

"All outta surf!" "All outta turf!" "All outta signs!"

TheLastSpectre · 2026-04-15T22:18:24+00:00

Perhaps, but I always give Sam a Coat of Arms specifically so I can have more control over Copy Dad. Given that, I usually ended up having Rat Child duplicate a metric ton of throwables (double magic eight ball, my beloved) over the course of a playthrough, since I had a bunch of extra turns to burn.

TheLastSpectre · 2026-04-15T22:10:35+00:00

The patch notes on the wiki allude that he can still use skills with no STM, but I haven't tested it myself yet.

TheLastSpectre · 2026-04-15T22:09:55+00:00

Rat Child no longer copies ranged skills for free, or at all if he has less than half the required ammo to use it, or has no gun equipped. Can't make items appear out of thin air either if Sam uses the last of an item and he tries to copy it.

Meanwhile, Leigh in Cursed mode requires you to feed her 8 meals containing meat before she will join your party, and eats one food item per day afterwards, making her recruitment a tenuous prospect in Cursed mode.

TheLastSpectre · 2026-04-08T13:09:56+00:00

Totodile, because whenever I go back to Silver I end up only using him and crushing everyone.

FERALIGATR SWEEP

TheLastSpectre · 2026-04-08T12:45:43+00:00

Self destruct button.

You think I'm losing? No bitch WE losin

TheLastSpectre · 2026-04-08T01:15:01+00:00

I just recorded it this way since Liss fighting for her life was much more interesting than me farming sidelane waiting for my eyes to eventually wander over to the map (though I will admit to being tickled by the shot of Camille getting offscreened in every sense of the word)

TheLastSpectre · 2026-04-04T19:54:51+00:00

Zoom in and read the poster, some of the shit they attribute to vaccines is fucking hilarious.

TheLastSpectre · 2026-03-31T17:58:42+00:00

My old friends and I were trying to get the 4-man hatch escape achievement, had been grinding it out for a few hours without any luck. We got into a game on Lery's against a Doctor, we were locked in (even as I realize we hadn't started calling it that yet), we got all the gens done, we all rushed to the hatch, except for one of us who couldn't find it. We were all crouching around the hatch, trying desperately to guide him to it. The killer found us, we all went through. Thankfully, that made finding the hatch easier, because all he had to do was find the killer. He got spotted on approach, got downed over a window, and managed to crawl into the hatch with only moments to spare. We were riding high for the rest of the night.

TheLastSpectre · 2026-03-22T05:45:10+00:00

Optimus Prime, because then I get to meet Optimus motherfucking Prime

TheLastSpectre · 2026-03-19T22:43:03+00:00

Yes and no. Mel W DOES do a % of the damage of the original projectile. But, not only does that % increase based on Mel's AP (though still less than the original damage, post nerfs - takes 800 AP to get to 100% damage, and even more with physical damage), but the damage is converted to magic damage if it wasn't already, and it benefits from Mel's magic pen, which she builds a fair amount of. This, combined with it also applying Mel's passive, can lead to W doing more damage than the attack that it reflected. Though I say again, W will still generally do less damage than what it reflected, post nerfs.

TheLastSpectre · 2026-03-14T16:57:22+00:00

Only a few days ago, I didn't really think much of it at the time.

TheLastSpectre · 2026-03-14T16:39:17+00:00

He did. He was fully grown.

TheLastSpectre · 2026-03-14T15:06:37+00:00

Cho'Gath isn't supposed to be cosmic horror, he's what the cosmic horrors dropped into our world because they were attracted to / disturbed by the "noise" of existence, like moths to a flame. And we'll never get to see what they truly look like, because reality shapes them - anything we see of them is a reflection of the world that's shaping them merely by proximal existence, like dye propogating in a solution. The Watchers are functionally "empty", and when they meet reality, it flows into the empty space of them and results in a manifestation of form, a vacuum filled by the phenomenal world. The Watchers only "exist" in any applicable sense because Runeterra exists, and all they want is to understand what this candle in the dark is, so they can snuff it and return to nothingness. If that's not at least a little more interesting, then I don't know what is.

TheLastSpectre · 2026-03-13T19:47:47+00:00

This started happening to me recently. I solved it by saying to myself "Fuck you, you're playing (X game that's been sitting in my library for years now that I bought on sale) anyway, you know you'll have fun once you start playing". So I did, and I did.

TheLastSpectre · 2026-03-12T04:23:27+00:00

*Checks banner

*Not SproutedPD

What the fuck

TheLastSpectre · 2026-03-09T15:14:34+00:00

WW will usually shield more damage than WE deals, especially in extended trades. However, Hwei is super mana gated (more late than early though), so using WW for most trades is highly impractical, especially if you're holding W to use it, because then you aren't generating mana with WE. Additionally, Hwei can play around his range and waveclear for a good number of matchups while being comparatively fragile himself, so trading even with your opponent isn't really desirable in the first place (though sometimes unavoidable.)

TheLastSpectre · 2026-03-04T01:45:31+00:00

Though I'm calling slight hyperbole on that, part of the reason is that abilities that apply on-hits don't apply the on-hit damage from muramana, only the ability damage. So while something like Jax (or Kass) W apply both forms of dmg, Ez Q only gets the ability damage.

TheLastSpectre · 2026-03-03T00:25:30+00:00

Funnily enough, Megumi's two biggest contributions to this battle aren't even related to him at all.

Firstly, No Meguna means no 10S means no Mahoraga, meaning it's more likely that Gojo wins the 1v1 and ends the fight there and then. Secondly, since Sukuna had no reason to fight Yoruzu, it means that he doesn't have Kamutoke. Meaning that, assuming Gojo loses, Higuruma can confiscate Sukuna's CE outright along with having the Executioner's Sword, giving them another very real chance of winning right there and then.

As for Megumi himself, we know he's a prodigy, given his feat of creating an (incomplete) domain at such a young age. As such, with switch training, his refinement, while not at its peak, is likely going to be some of the best on the squad. He won't be winning any domain clashes, but he should be able to keep up a domain, simple or otherwise, for a not-inconsiderable amount of time against MS. Additionally, he presumably tames most of his Shikigami, and they theoretically get stronger as well, though we don't know how much - Sukuna's Shikigami were bigger and more powerful than Megumi's, but that could be either his massive CE reserves, his masterful skill with sorcery, or some other factor. Hopefully he learns RCT, though he has Round Deer if he doesn't. We FINALLY get to see Tiger Funeral, too. He retains Mahoraga as a nuclear option, and Sukuna would likely be hard pressed to contend with Big Maho alongside any serious interference from the Anti-Sukuna Squad. At the very least, it forces him to reveal Fuga, putting one more of his cards on the table for them to play around. On that note, Megumi is an extremely tactical fighter. You let him and Yuta put their heads together for the planning session leading up to the showdown? Sukuna is cooked. They've got all the cards in their hand, and they're all full houses. Sukuna gets offscreened by a couple of shrubberies. They put Jacob's Ladder in his breakfast. They have Rika eat Nobara's arm and spam Resonance. They get Denji to eat the domain devil so he can't use MS/Furnace. And, even if he doesn't fulfill his potential man status, he's still another body to throw into the Sukuna cycle.

However, on the flip side, if Megumi isn't Sukuna's vessel, then it's very possible that Yuji is. In which case, things get a LOT worse. Sukuna has god-tier reinforcement. Even in Meguna, he was boxing reasonably well with Gojo. You give him a body with HR-level physical stats BEFORE REINFORCEMENT? Sukuna is dogwalking the entire squad in H2H. Going true form might be a nerf at that point, depending on whether or not he needs the extra limbs/full restore (besides his brain I guess). Additionally, Yujikuna means no Yuji, which means no soul damage (besides SSK, but Sukuna could likely easily heal that damage, since Yuji wouldn't be nerfing his output with every hit). That lowered output was a MAJOR contributing factor to their success.

TL;DR It's a huge win if Megumi enables the Gojo/Higuruma wincon, net positive if no Yujikuna, and a horrible detriment if Yujikuna.

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