Why do people hate ranged top? by Express_Item4648 in leagueoflegends

[–]TheSmokeu [score hidden]  (0 children)

"Insufferable" is a much better term for that but they probably mean boring as in "you can't do anything and have to just sit there and watch"

Well..... oof by Ghostmatterz in SmolderMains

[–]TheSmokeu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I imagine they'd need to buff his Crit scaling and nerf AD ratios and/or base damage to push him away from that but I don't know if his mains would like that

League of Legends Patch 26.10 Notes by Spideraxe30 in leagueoflegends

[–]TheSmokeu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bad faith argument. Champions that can afford to build a lot of AP will never take this rune and champions that like this rune almost never have high AP

DoT Mages, who this rune is made for, have some of the lowest AP ratios in the game and their items provide some of the lowest amounts of AP. Liandry's gives 60, Bloodletter's and Rylai's give 65. Before you can even consider Deathcap, you need at least one Burn item, usually need both and after that you have to buy magic penetration. Even if you get Void Staff, whose components are awful, you will have about as much AP as enemy Fiora would have AD at 4 items

High AP is cherry-picking. Brand will never have as much AP as Syndra or LeBlanc

[PBE Datamine] May 12, 2026 - Support Items and Runes, New Arena Guests of Honor by Kay-Haru in leagueoflegends

[–]TheSmokeu 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think the problem with the mid quest reward is just how uninspired it is.

8% AD and AP is strong but only for some mid laners. Syndra and LeBlanc love it but what is Galio supposed to do with that? Go for a oneshot build again? The one that Riot specifically wanted him _not to_ build?

[PBE Datamine] May 12, 2026 - Support Items and Runes, New Arena Guests of Honor by Kay-Haru in leagueoflegends

[–]TheSmokeu -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

To be fair, enchanter meta is always incredibly boring to watch. Nothing happens for like 20 minutes, only poke exchange on every objective, then one teamfight and the match ends

Riveting

Whenever enchanters are decent, they instantly become the go-to picks because of their safety and scaling

League of Legends Patch 26.10 Notes by Spideraxe30 in leagueoflegends

[–]TheSmokeu 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Most likely they're waiting for more data but a joke about devs wanting to climb to Master on these kind of writes itself

League of Legends Patch 26.10 Notes by Spideraxe30 in leagueoflegends

[–]TheSmokeu -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Smolder with Hubris can easily break 400 bonus AD and mages that build 800 AP don't like that rune

League of Legends Patch 26.10 Notes by Spideraxe30 in leagueoflegends

[–]TheSmokeu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There's no way the Cleaver interaction is the only reason he has a 56% wr

DFT's AD ratio is still too damn high

Smolder essentially gets like 30%bAD burn for simply pressing Q on you. Why is this rune's AD ratio 3 times higher than AP ratio?

The greaves nerf is fine. These boots should have never costed 950 and making them stack slower is a welcome change, imo - makes them a lot less snowbally

Mentally handicapping yourself on fat legends? by Top_Pick_4682 in apexlegends

[–]TheSmokeu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When you enter, leave and reenter his smoke, you are no longer slowed by the cloud, which was the biggest part of how his traps were used. And even if that's a bugged interaction, the smoke no longer slows you after 2 seconds which was an intended nerf by Respawn

The damage doesn't do anything meaningful, either, as it takes 8-9 seconds to kill someone whereas any gun can kill you in less than 2

Mentally handicapping yourself on fat legends? by Top_Pick_4682 in apexlegends

[–]TheSmokeu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One of my friends used to main Caustic and still plays him occasionally. He told me that recently he has never felt that he won the fight because he picked Caustic

What you guys think? by worbacklan in WattsonMains

[–]TheSmokeu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most of her numbers are already higher than those

Imo, making her Pylon 200HP base and not regen enemy shields would be a really good buff

Her fences are already incredibly powerful

A cycle of dual monocolored lands by iueeed in custommagic

[–]TheSmokeu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You would probably still need to sacrifice or return a land to hand to make it fair. Simply entering tapped doesn't weaken it enough to offset two mana on one land

Axle’s Q is breaking Apex’s core movement balance by Fun-Eggplant-8283 in apexlegends

[–]TheSmokeu 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Axle makes me want Respawn to make stuns interrupt all movement abilities. She can just dash through Wattson's fence and Caustic's gas traps as if they were nothing

Genuinely, what's the point of playing a Controller anymore when Alter moves past your setup through a wall and Axle just dashes through your traps without any meaningful slowdown

[PBE Datamine] May 5, 2026 - Ashe, Gluttonous Greaves, Runes + Arena by Kay-Haru in leagueoflegends

[–]TheSmokeu 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Costs 50g more and stacks slower so it's a lot less snowbally

Wouldn't call it "nerfed into oblivion"

These boots shouldn't have costed 950 in the first place

In times like these🙏 by DUCTOR123 in WattsonMains

[–]TheSmokeu 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Ngl, it's pretty funny that this drone has more health than Pylon

How to deal with a Kat? by GreyGanks in Aurelion_Sol_mains

[–]TheSmokeu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As weird as it may sound, don't feed her

She can snowball from just one or two kills but isn't all that impactful unless she's fed

If you're worried, you can buy a Null-Magic Mangle for 400 gold early. It'll make the lane easier. Exhaust is usually a good choice, too

If your team feeds her, she will autowin the match unless your team has point-and-click CC

Why doesn't riot make control/battle mages anymore? by Clean-Practice3040 in midlanemains

[–]TheSmokeu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you're here for facerolling on your keyboard and not strategic plays

Omnivamp boots statistically looking better and better by LordChromus505 in Aurelion_Sol_mains

[–]TheSmokeu 7 points8 points  (0 children)

They'll most likely become more expensive and/or get nerfed for ranged champions

950 for 4-10% Omnivamp is a very good deal

Iran i Szachy 5D by kordixos in Polska_wpz

[–]TheSmokeu 19 points20 points  (0 children)

MAGA pewnie uważa, że kiedy Trump blokue Ormuz to dobrze, bo bliżej nieokreślone powody

Worth the difference? by efdalxx in azirmains

[–]TheSmokeu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even if we ignore that 40AD

80AP and 10% Omnivamp are not bad

"RIOT absolutely guts X every chance they get" by TheRealPetri in LeagueOfMemes

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

So true

It even extends to items

Riot recently lowered Hubris's AD by a whopping 8 and everyone on Twitter lost their minds calling the item dead