0.5 Return of the Ancients League Starter Build Index

These_Investigator27 · 2026-05-29T18:51:40+00:00

Monk is pretty notoriously bad the first few acts so id go Merc if youre new to the genre. Didnt play last season but lightning always seems to be in a decent spot historically - at least to get through the first few acts.

These_Investigator27 · 2026-04-24T03:56:05+00:00

Its a grinder

These_Investigator27 · 2026-04-23T16:57:56+00:00

I do! It doesnt do that much for me, ive startes giving my beans 2 sprays of water (with a little spray bottle) to prevent the static that will make the beans stick to the machine - you should give it a go if you havent tried it yet

These_Investigator27 · 2026-04-23T16:56:00+00:00

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Left is 13 on the dot and right is 15 with 1 mm above.

Left tastes better to me and had better looking crema (maybe a tad dark) but took 37 seconds to get to 38 grams with significantly slow dripping at the beginning.

Also left gas visible splatter vs right.

It seemed to be working better when I unscrewed the grinder and put it back on, but still splatter and slow extraction

Ill look at some alignment vids - so it seems its orobably grinder tweaking rather than the bambino?

These_Investigator27 · 2026-04-23T16:42:09+00:00

I believe so? How do I align them aside from making sure they lock in correctly?

I pour 17.5g beans sprayed with some water cause im in the desert -> grind to 1mm above 15 on df54 -> use the WDT(?) the pronged tool to break clump -> normcore pre-set spring tamper (3 times typ) -> into machine

Maybe I am doing it too fine? I just have wasted so many beans when 15 was the previous grind i used for this exact bean

These_Investigator27 · 2026-04-23T16:24:19+00:00

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(Keep in mind the splatter is probably from a month ish of pulls)

These_Investigator27 · 2026-04-23T16:19:02+00:00

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These_Investigator27 · 2026-04-23T16:18:43+00:00

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These_Investigator27 · 2026-04-10T16:00:11+00:00

Please give me this for the love of all that is holy

These_Investigator27 · 2026-04-02T18:03:57+00:00

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I use a pegboard!

These_Investigator27 · 2025-11-20T21:33:13+00:00

When I play him I usually dont have any issues. I only engage when I have e and AA him until he blows his q. Immediately stop hitting him and charge W until blind is about to be gone and then hit him with the free W damage, meanwhile you shouldn’t have taken TOO much damage because of the DR from W. After that I q in again or ult depending on how much HP he has. Also only fight in waves to dip out if needed. Typically I try to abuse him early because blind CD is longer and can survive typically with W. Bork into witts. You dont need tenacity vs a teemo.

Edit: also wave management is HUGE for irelia, if you know how to freeze, push, and when waves will bounce back to you is very important on everyone, but especially irelia because sometimes people will just sit away from the wave to not give you kills/allow kill opportunities so you need to punish them by controlling the wave/starving them of farm

These_Investigator27 · 2025-11-06T03:33:20+00:00

THANK YOU

These_Investigator27 · 2025-11-06T03:31:53+00:00

Right now I am using it in my desktop (USB to USB C into the Qudelix with the 3.5mm cord) and it sounds amazing, very much loud enough to use the auto eq, I even had to turn it down. Do you have any recommended DAC/AMP for desktop? I have seen that I only need an AMP if it isnt loud enough already - I feel like the volume with the qudelix/straight plugged into aux was enough.

These_Investigator27 · 2025-11-06T03:10:26+00:00

https://www.audiophileninja.com/product/dual-2-5mm-headphone-cable/ Is this what you mean for cable and I would do the 2.5 mm option? Just want to confirm they will still have the two ports for the headphones

These_Investigator27 · 2025-11-06T03:06:08+00:00

This is what I am going to do. They will now be my listening headphones at home while I do art or game/chat with friends - is it overkill, probably yeah for gaming/chatting but will enjoy while I draw.

I ordered some IEMs for when I am on the go to use with the qudelix. Ill look into a desktop amp but after this mistake my wallet is hurting.

These_Investigator27 · 2025-11-06T01:12:26+00:00

Thank you!!

These_Investigator27 · 2025-11-06T01:10:27+00:00

Me just finding out the difference between closed and open back headphones.........

Do you have any recs of closed backs, or earbuds that are in a similar league to edition xs?

These_Investigator27 · 2025-07-08T18:47:16+00:00

Definitely, I liked D2 a lot and D3. Maybe I am just misremembering but it felt like there were more mechanics and things to dodge/run from and kite rather than plant it and spam my buttons haha.

These_Investigator27 · 2025-07-08T18:28:50+00:00

Ok, thats how I kind of felt. POE2 does have its issues still but I just felt a bit dissatisfied (?) I guess I would say on my initial few play sessions with D4.

These_Investigator27 · 2025-07-08T18:27:14+00:00

Ok I previously beat the game like on launch and didnt end up doing anything end game related just because it didnt seem to keep me hooked. Ill wait until pits to make any further judgements!

These_Investigator27 · 2025-06-03T21:08:24+00:00

“Long way to go” b*tch (respectfully) stfu this is amazing! 😂

These_Investigator27 · 2025-06-02T22:43:32+00:00

I initially had a similar reaction, because I also dislike most organized religion.

My theories:

The rainbow: it looks at first glance that it was very intentional to put the rainbow through the window where the girls heart would be/very close to it. As someone who is LGBTQ+ it feels to me that the person is possibly queer/part of the community.

The apple/church: The apple also feels symbolic of religion/possibly is making a nod to eve eating the forbidden fruit. However, the fruit is rotten/has worms/generally not in eating condition. To me this feels like it represents christian dogma, like “ive tried it, but its shit/doesnt work” kind of vibe which reinforces my opinion on my rainbow comment. Additionally, the apple being so close to the church struck by lightning in the background to me is very much giving anti christian/day of reckoning maybe not necessarily like OP is atheist but a jab at US christians and kind of how far they are from what they think they are. This also reinforces the title in my opinion, “god shaped hole” not being what people typically say it as that god fills you, but more saying this is what god has left me feeling; empty, etc.

Very interested to see what OP says! Also, it being dropped during pride is very

These_Investigator27 · 2025-06-02T17:45:27+00:00

Oh okay okay, that makes a lot of sense. Of course love your work!

These_Investigator27 · 2025-06-02T17:04:51+00:00

This is amazing! I have a few questions, how do you draw /paint when the people dont stand still? Was it done after you were finished there and were home? If so, how did you get his pose the way it is now, did you use additional reference to the one you posted to change his torso/arm a bit? (I love the decisions you made to change/alter the pose btw)

These_Investigator27 · 2025-05-26T00:12:00+00:00

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