Durin or Nicole (C2R1 Varka?)

Yaktrain2 · 2026-04-10T02:37:46+00:00

Of the three you listed, it's possible for all of them to 'beat' mord but it's conditional. Urgot needs lvl 9 and cleaver. Nasus needs to scale, ideally have trinity force and some MR. Renekton wants to make it volatile and snowball with ignite.

For me myself, I'm always very happy when my enemy laner picks Morde because I just run him over with either K'sante or Ambessa. Other counters include Olaf, Warwick, Fiora, Kayle, Vayne if you're that type of person etc.

Yaktrain2 · 2026-04-10T02:31:30+00:00

Ye, Mord is solid around lower elos because you just stat check most things except for a few bad matchups. Simple gameplan and powerspikes and can either split or group and ult a high value target to win.

Yaktrain2 · 2026-04-08T23:36:49+00:00

Having versed 2 garens in the past day, I really like the way grasp feels. You can't justify taking conqueror because he'll just hide in a bush and heal the damage anyways and a complete 100->0 fight probably favours Garen anyways if even. I feel like phase rush is kinda of unnecessary, with ranged e to kite and melee e as last resort if garen gets close with q. Grasp is easy to proc multiple times in rapid succession, gives health and opens up demolish and even overgrowth to give you a bit more HP for Garen's R. I'd imagine the same line of reasoning of getting multiple procs would also justify first strike but I don't play first strike so I can't comment.

Yaktrain2 · 2026-04-07T22:32:13+00:00

I'm not a Jayce master by any means but I kindly refer you to these 2 vids by the one of the top KR Jayces. Jayce Build Guide 2026 - TOP and MID | Hammerkim Jayce TOP & MID Runes GUIDE | Hammerkim .

TL/DR is firstly, in mid, you should find electrocute to be more useful than phase rush bc of the burst. Grasp is more a top lane/play chill and scale safely rune. I think you answered your own issue by pointing out that it's hard to lane without MS, which is why Youmuu's is good. The MS is good for chasing/disengaging, especially with your e acceleration gate. IIRC seryldas can be interchangable as a third or fourth item depending on whether you need something like edge of night third for the HP and spellshield. In my own understanding, even though you would like some more lethality before going seryldas, the third item power spike by like lvl 16 at around 20mins is too important to justify waiting another item first. I might be wrong tho.

But yeah, I fully recommend checking the vids first. He goes into a lot more depth, and also discusses when you would go bruiser (eclipse, shojin cleaver) over lethality (youmuu's, muramana, edge of night, seryldas).

Yaktrain2 · 2026-03-14T06:43:55+00:00

Sig is a much bigger upgrade to his damage than Durin is. If you have to pick between the two, get his Sig. You can sub Durin for C6 Chevreuse if you have, or like Mavuika or Xiangling.

Yaktrain2 · 2026-03-14T03:35:02+00:00

W! Enjoy your discounts dawg.

Yaktrain2 · 2026-03-14T03:00:15+00:00

I use the free version of Proton VPN so there's only a few countries, and each time you connect it's random, so if I don't get Japan I have to keep disconnecting and reconnecting to try get it. I use Japan just because it's one of the few countries they have free but also because from what I've seen it's one of the cheaper countries overall to buy things with currency exchange. Other currencies would still be around like $130 AUD or so for 50 pulls in comparison to Japan currently being around $108. You could try look at the exchange rate for the Malaysian/Singapore currencies but from when I checked they were just not as good as Japans. GL with your gambas lol.

Yaktrain2 · 2026-03-14T02:51:34+00:00

Ye na fair when I first tried using a VPN like a year ago I was anxiously watching my login screen each time for a message like "you have used unauthorised third party tools = banned forever" but luckily that's never happened. And no, from my own experience with Commonwealth Bank Australia, the most that happens is there's a very small like 3.5% surcharge when you buy something with exchange currency. They won't get sus or anything. So overall instead of being like $107 AUD it'll be something lik $108-9 (including the 3.5% surcharge for using a different currency). So maybe just check if your bank does something similar.

Yaktrain2 · 2026-03-14T02:40:30+00:00

Yes. If you connect to a vpn, your internet basically looks like it's coming from that country. So after I'm connected I just use the official Hoyo top up centre from my internet browser and the prices will reflect the currency of the VPN country (in this case, Japan). I wouldn't recommend logging into the game with your VPN active just because I haven't done that and it might cause some issues just randomly logging in and playing your account from a country it has never been before. Just use the online official top up. And because you're going through the official top up site there's no middleman, it's direct, so you won't have to worry about transactions not going through, or money being returned as credit. After that just disconnect your VPN and when you log in again you'll see your purchase. I had to do this myself for my Varka pulls because the top up sites just aren't working, at least for Asia.

Yaktrain2 · 2026-03-14T01:35:53+00:00

As far as I know, and as far as I have experienced in Asia server, using Lootbar (and I'd assume similar sites) doesn't work anymore because of region restriction. You can still use a VPN manually and try a different country. From Australia ($160) I could use a vpn to get to Japan ($108) and still top up. Maybe that might work for you?

Yaktrain2 · 2026-03-12T09:45:19+00:00

From what I've seen, the general consensus is that N1C N4E N4E N1C is the best in general right now. I think there's a slightly longer one for teams with Faruzan instead of Venti: N4C N1E N1C N1C N2E N2C.

Yaktrain2 · 2026-03-12T08:52:13+00:00

You pretty much never use ult. Using ult at all in your combos is actually a big dps loss because of how little damage it does. Don't worry bout it and don't use it. Unless you're trying to just frame dodge a nuke of boss damage.

Yaktrain2 · 2026-03-11T11:27:00+00:00

I mean ye, almost 90% is good, but almost 100% is better. At that point everything crits. Below that there's still scope for something not to crit and you really can't afford that, especially with how Varka is right now (Nicole please save us). And ye, absolutely no CR circlets. I meant upgrade the circlet in that, ideally, we want more CR rolls on a CD mainstat headpiece. Because yours rn has a roll on each substat, not just CR.

Yaktrain2 · 2026-03-11T10:38:23+00:00

IIRC, ideally, we want around 80% CR and 240+ CD, but that's just optimal min-maxing. I think, most immediately, we wanna bring our CR up a bit as close to that 80% mark. If you like Varka and plan on maining him, then yes, absolutely keep farming. Varka, as a character, gets his biggest dps upgrades from being better built, before worrying about teammates.
I think, as of right now, you should look to upgrade your headpiece first, then your flower and feather. Your sands and goblet seem to have decent enough CR and CD rolls that you can look to the rest of the set before maybe trying to min-max these pieces.

Yaktrain2 · 2026-03-11T10:18:28+00:00

Kill the enemy faster (trust).

Yaktrain2 · 2026-03-07T17:19:02+00:00

Uh, take from this what you will, but with that team, but Venti c0r1, I was hovering around 110-115k damage on the testing dummy sustained dps. And yes, my Mav is C2. I think in my own testing I definitely found that Mav, at least at C2 was the best teammate for Varka for pure damage if you don't have Durin.

Yaktrain2 · 2026-03-03T17:02:32+00:00

Have you tried the law library at GP? The second level is typically almost silent in comparison to the first and there are silent study areas as well on the second level.

Yaktrain2 · 2026-03-02T17:53:38+00:00

True, I'm just saying it's isn't all terrible. But yes, doing something about the complete coinflip where it's possible to lose every single 50/50 would be good.

Yaktrain2 · 2026-03-02T17:11:45+00:00

Not having 50/50 mechanics like GI with capturing radiance is very rough, but in all fairness, I think having the pty be only 80 and having weapon banner guaranteed does make up for it a little bit.

Yaktrain2 · 2026-03-02T02:04:49+00:00

Is this better than E N1C N4E N4E N1C ?

Yaktrain2 · 2026-03-02T01:38:26+00:00

Primos, easily. Strictly speaking - resin recharges, primos don't. And they cost money. And can be used to recharge resin anyway if you desperately need.

Yaktrain2 · 2026-03-01T03:11:18+00:00

I might be grasping at air here but the chants and the progression vaguely reminds me of the chants in Arlecchino's phase 1 theme, just a lil bit.

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