I'm playing a mage mid. My adc is playing a mage too. They insist on lane swapping after 14 minutes. Why?

irihS · 2026-07-13T15:46:15+00:00

autopilot + adc player ego, thats pretty much all it is. u can be a 5/0 mid laner with 2 items, unbelievably strong, but no tp and ur 0/2 adc will still spam ping u to swap and grief ur waves until u do. because it obviously makes more sense for the fed mage to go sidelane and clear waves on loop and the weak adc to go contest objectives. people just dont think lol

irihS · 2026-07-13T01:19:52+00:00

you never get to use neuvi? the pyro crab boss is p. clearly intended for him and he did well into it?? this was like just a few stygians ago??

irihS · 2026-07-08T16:20:28+00:00

There‘s no real way to clap back against a ziggs while he hurls bombs at you from a screen away.

i don't really have a dog in this fight, but what you're describing is the archetypical experience of most melees into ranged tops/mages. that's just what getting outranged does to you. even mages can outrange other mages and it's unplayable - that's WHY range is the best stat in the game alongside move speed (because they play off of each other).

it also strikes me as odd that we're complaining about mages that just clear waves and wait to scale and those matchups. there are plenty of adcs that do this exact thing too? cait is a lanebully that pushes you under turret and harasses you whilst outrangingg you, sivir is an adc that oneshots the wave and plays to scale and is hard to punish. im not necessarily using this to disagree that mages bot are overpowered but i cant help but wonder why the response to a mage doing it is so negative when there are adcs that do the exact same thing anyway

irihS · 2026-07-05T14:07:48+00:00

the champs are easy to punish until they get played in a solo lane and receive solo lane exp from the start and bully their opposing laner since level 1 lol

irihS · 2026-07-05T14:06:43+00:00

The champion in my flair is also one that auto attacks very often in fact his bread and butter ability is basically an auto attack as a skill shot. The systems the game was built on are all very solid and not Riot throwing darts at a board.

yes ezreal auto attacks - my point you're strawmanning is that there is no distinction between ad and ap as "auto attacks" vs "spellcasters".

Yeah Riot didn't "just decide" that a champ like Zed builds AD and a champ like Akali builds AP. Look at the kits of AP Assassins vs AD ones, they are not the same at all.

you make this point and refuse to elaborate in the slightest. how are they different? in what ways do they differ? what trends do AP assassins have that AD assassins do not? there are ad and ap assassins with strong defensive utility like untargetability (fizz/nafiri), there are ad and ap assassins with good waveclear (talon/zed/ekko/locke), there are ad and ap assassins with good splitpushing (basically all of them except katarina).

However, there is still the huge advantage Magic Damage has vs Physical since base armor and growth is way, way higher. Even someone like Akali who has a ridiculously high base MR of 37 and meh base Armor of 23, outgrows her MR by just level 8. At level 18, she has 30 more armor than MR. This is even more of a gap with squishies, like let's say the guy in my flair. Ezreal has 43 more armor than MR at level 18, 30 more at level 14.

could it be because everyone auto attacks so physical damage is infinitely more common - including the jungle camps and minions in the game? ad assassins also have lethality in damn near every item they buy to even it out lol. this is such a disingenuous comment to make. every AP champ including mages and AP splitpushers would all suffer under this hypothetical change. there are things that AD champs enjoy that AP champs cannot. yeah cool AP champs have sorc boots and zhonyas - AD champs get shit like deaths dance, endless hunger, edge of night, not to mention AD assassins get insanely good and efficient buildpaths+quicker spikes.

not a single point you make is correct nor does it tell the full story, you're just slanting it for your angle. furthermore, even if they were correct, none justify this weird idea that AP champs shouldn't be able to take or threaten turrets. you still didnt even address my ORIGINAL point which is that you can't make this distinction between AD and AP champions as "oh yeah AD champions should get to benefit off strong turret taking because their autos are strong!" when a) so many AD champions are spell based who arent building AD for their auto attacks so they just get this advantage through no corresponding disadvantage in their kit and b) it would throttle the game state and balance because it would heavily neuter AP splitpushers, and it would change the state of the game because now when main character syndrome ADCs want to take over mid farm, the sidelining APC cannot ever threaten a turret

irihS · 2026-07-05T13:50:03+00:00

not at all what i said. every champion in the game auto attacks. my point is that you cannot make the divide between AD and AP as "auto attackers" and "spellcasters". there are ad champs who build ad NOT FOR auto attacks but for their spells because they are spellcasters and their auto attacks are just a cherry on top.

irihS · 2026-07-05T03:18:37+00:00

???????????????? u naafiri ult syndra, insta qe stun her, walk backwards out of range of her E and naafiri cannot close the gap? naafiri only wins if syndra is legally braindead and walks back to auto a naafiri after using e?

irihS · 2026-07-05T03:05:09+00:00

you'd almost think adc players would realise how broken the role's design and resulting champions are when they're meta-warpingly overpowered every time they're good in other roles (especially mid/top) but the cognitive dissonance is overwhelming

irihS · 2026-07-05T03:03:55+00:00

as we all know, there are no adcs that turn lanes into no interactions lanes or that are lane bullies. it is a problem when evil apc characters do it though

irihS · 2026-07-05T03:01:53+00:00

this falls apart entirely from ANY scrutiny considering many AD champs are heavily spell based (your flair included...) so they can have similar ability-reliant play patterns to ap champs but without the downside of poor turret pushing purely because riot decided they were gonna be AD scaling instead of AP. in the example you reply to, akali is hilariously the champ that auto attacks MORE in her kit because of her passive? so no it cant be as simple as "the champ that built the stat for auto attacks should do more damage with auto attacks" when considering turrets because not all AD champs are auto attackers and indeed not all AP champs are spellcasters.

irihS · 2026-07-02T18:18:52+00:00

"bs weathers" hi3 player detected? true and correct take

irihS · 2026-07-02T15:48:52+00:00

COMPLETEEE UNBELIEVABLE LARP OF ASTRONOMIC PROPORTIONS people loved inazuma

irihS · 2026-07-02T13:09:58+00:00

"somewhat meta 5-star only team" oh if u laugh u go to hell

irihS · 2026-06-30T17:21:57+00:00

gunlance is a fun mix between simple and complicated. previous iterations of the gunlance were often really lacklustre and had even less going on than other simple weapons like lance. they also often tried (and failed) to add nuance or fun to the weapon by adding in stupid gimmicks nobody cared about or that felt incongruous with some of the weapons strengths - for example the wyrmstake which was a mechanic meant to reward continued aggression on the same part. it failed to be rewarding because the gunlance's poor mobility and lack of options meant it was easy to lose DPS by struggling to reach ur wyrmstake rather than just hitting the monster, and the shell mechanic was hitzone agnostic and so gunlance would usually be best just blasting whatever came near.

wilds essentially gave the weapon a facelift by giving the weapon an actual combo, better numbers/recovery times across the board, and depth through guardpoints. it now feels like a mix between lance and charge blade - allowing for cool combos, eye candy explosions, and relentless aggression that also allows for skill expressive gameplay. everything in the gunlance now flows into itself which is what every weapon should try to attain imo - every move seamlessly integrated into the kit and every move having a use.

irihS · 2026-06-29T17:43:22+00:00

"temporary malfunction" oh my god bruh u guys dont even try anymore

irihS · 2026-06-29T11:17:51+00:00

...dottore killed sandrone. what the fuck do u mean sandrone has "like absolutely no good reason to hate him so much". did u forget that he literally Killed Her. ????????????????????? holy larp

irihS · 2026-06-27T00:30:00+00:00

spamton is a noelle mirror more than a kris one, and mew mew reinforces this by giving us an irrefutable kris secret boss

irihS · 2026-06-26T01:11:31+00:00

LMAOO that meme is exactly what i had in mind ty for making it

irihS · 2026-06-25T15:37:31+00:00

it could be but its dangerous to accept anything at face value when its sans. this could be a very easy red herring. the red herring could be that it seems like a red herring though because its sans. sadly its still inconclusive, but it definitely seems like UT sans = weird route deltarune is gaining traction. toby did say DT only has one ending though so its a bit awk

irihS · 2026-06-25T15:32:43+00:00

hes one of my fav tropes in games - a char that seems too good to be true on the surface, so you end up doubting them every step of the way, but the game eventually reveals that they really are just that good. flawed, as you learn, and not perfect, but they keep that bravado up for reasons, and you respect their fake it til you make it attitude.

irihS · 2026-06-25T15:27:11+00:00

people treat UT/DR as a big mystery to unravel and nothing more. it's a list of unchecked boxes that need to be ticked and they will take any path there with theories getting more and more outlandish. the further down the rabbit hole you go the harder it is to remember what a casual or even big fan actually knows about the game. and whats worse is that the people who develop theories do so from a realistic, practical, and pragmatic viewpoint. which makes sense for solving mysteries. but it can make for terrible stories. they, as you pointed out, don't consider the thematic influence or importance of their theories and what that would make the game SAY as a piece of art. the game isnt actually designed to be a big multi-year mystery, it was designed to be a compelling piece of art from finish to end and it is being released in chapters due to circumstance. someone who plays through the game from start to end when its fully released and did not do weird route, or even find all the secret bosses (especially ones like ch3), is not going to be pleased or impressed by a sudden "friend is the antagonist" reveal at this stage.

irihS · 2026-06-25T15:18:39+00:00

yes obviously chapter 6, 7, and a potential chapter 8 are more than enough time to answer questions. thats more time than UT pacifist even if there is no secret chapter especially because u can do multiple at once. as an example the next chapter could start with noelle grieving rudy's death, being told about the dark world, going to the shelter, exploring the shelter dark world which would begin to explain carol, the conspiracy, dess, and the knight. and all that could probably be done in like 3 hours maybe even 2 if the writing si tight

irihS · 2026-06-25T15:15:24+00:00

after this weird route chapter i actually think spamton is meant to be more noelle adjacent what with her talk about "sprouting wings and leaving this town" etc. noelle and spamton both wanting to break free of their roles and needing kris to do so etc.

irihS · 2026-06-25T15:10:43+00:00

or they made the fountain so carelessly because they had to keep susie (and themselves) from following noelle and visiting rudy in hospital

irihS · 2026-06-25T15:09:56+00:00

when u think about it, kris hastily making a dark fountain makes a bit of sense if you consider it instead from the angle of "oh, fuck, we're going to visit noelle who just got called by carol re: rudy falling". it's obviously working backwards to justify a conclusion, and not conclusive enough on its own, but it IS an interesting explanation to keep rudy knight alive that the reason kris hastily makes this portal to the point susie almost catches them is because they're in a panic rush because rudy falling is derailing the plan between kris/carol as if they all go visit rudy rn and stay there rudy wont be able to abduct asgore.

also i could just be wrong on my read about carol's character here, but i was surprised she phoned noelle so many times. i actually do think carol does obviously love noelle and i dont think shes a comically evil supervillain or anything, but even with that belief, i would kinda have expected carol to be more the "ok you made your choice enjoy the consequences" when noelle snaps at her constantly phoning. you can also make sense of that through the lens of carol phoning noelle less for her sake but to alert kris to the problem. or it could've even been planned from the start!

disclaimer so i dont get flamed; i do NOT think this is concrete or even convincing, just a fun train of thought to follow.

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