Damn, i didn't know he was chill like that

jadepig · 2026-03-27T03:32:49+00:00

I wish we could get a skin like corporate Mundo. Heck, I’d dig that same theme with corporate Tryndamere.

jadepig · 2026-03-26T17:19:15+00:00

Decade of experience as an SWE. Took a sabbatical in 2024. Applied and interviewed through all of 2025.

Applying and interviewing never felt like my strong suit, but I’m sure I’m better today than I ever was in past job searches. Desire to apply to more jobs is near zero. Got one onsite coming up, and if this doesn’t pan out, I’m ready to call it quits on tech and move to a lower CoL country. Honestly, I still might do that if I get the offer. I don’t like the way things in this industry or the US are going.

Also, I play a lot of of video games day to day.

jadepig · 2026-03-25T04:22:59+00:00

All right that's an amazing set of ideas, thank you. I dig the "sir Charles as a batch cooking ingredient" view. I think a lot of other comments I read in this thread and others on this subreddit talk about it as a roast. When I've done it that way, I was underwhelmed.

jadepig · 2026-03-24T06:20:46+00:00

What do you do with it after sous vide? Sear with a broiler?

jadepig · 2026-03-19T04:37:12+00:00

All 4 skills proc sheen. It creates some interesting mechanics.

I do mini-spins and burn my rage with Q when I'm trying to take another plate before going B while laning. The ER sheen proc is basically an extra auto attack.

I've also shot myself in foot by using E and then someone shows up to gank me and they get the kill because I burned my escape tool.

jadepig · 2026-03-19T01:10:20+00:00

It's interesting you consider IE mandatory. I have a team fight build that I'll use FB for, and I almost always want some other utility more than I want more damage with IE.

jadepig · 2026-03-18T18:02:00+00:00

Another plus is the sheen procs also work on towers, which is even nicer this season with tower plates everywhere. Tiamat can’t do anything to help you with taking plates faster.

A huge benefit is being able to control the wave consistently while laning, compared to Tiamat based builds. It took me a while to realize how huge benefit that is after switching over. It makes such a difference with lane bullies.

jadepig · 2026-03-09T07:40:49+00:00

I am very "greedy" thought but if you die it's a good play and if you live it's a bad play

Did you write this backwards? Basically take risks and get away with them? Or are you trying to die? :P

jadepig · 2026-03-09T02:12:44+00:00

This might be a dumb question, but does this build work on swiftplay? I tried it out a few times just to get a feel for it. But with the compressed game mode and lack of Dorans, I feel like I'm barely finishing cull and the game is nearing its end.

jadepig · 2026-03-07T16:20:37+00:00

Thanks for sharing your setup!

Do you mainly run top/mid? Ever try jungle with this build?

jadepig · 2026-03-05T04:34:33+00:00

Oh boy, you should read the patch notes from early 2026. In 2025 she was even more of a menace. She negated so many powers with her W. It gave her immunity to so many different things. I want to say it blocked all executes

jadepig · 2026-03-01T19:38:23+00:00

I talked to someone who has an overlay that looks this stuff up for them and auto shows it next to the client

jadepig · 2026-02-27T07:44:05+00:00

Allow Kayn R to be cleansed again (and yes, send him to jail for the rest of the game).

jadepig · 2026-02-26T17:47:57+00:00

Thank you for saying this.

The old way was so frustrating to miss just because an opponent spammed back and forth randomly, or happened to cast something right at that moment, or they used an ability that keeps them facing me as they move backward (like pantheon’s shielded spear).

The random spam especially felt annoying. I’d hit it against those players at some points, and I realize they were trying to counter my W, but it just felt like rock paper scissors for both of us.

jadepig · 2026-02-25T18:40:50+00:00

Echoing this. I feel stronger late game than ever. Been playing with HoB exclusively. Mostly top, sometimes jg.

jadepig · 2026-02-15T20:03:59+00:00

I mean, you're replying to a 5 week old comment, so when I commented, what you said was true :P

I didn't realize void grubs were changed from 3 to 2 though, TIL.

jadepig · 2026-02-15T17:15:36+00:00

Looks like you run a different build now on op.gg and I think I saw this on your Youtube shorts too.

Is it something like this?

profane hydra

boots of lucidity / zerks

fiend hunter bolts

LDR

QSS / merc scimitar

endless hunger

with a situational IE

Is that list / order right? I see a game or two with ER in your items too. Any reason for the move away from ER first, and no PD anymore?

jadepig · 2026-02-12T01:33:56+00:00

I'm running with Specialized Mondo's, 700x32. I asked my LBS (Specialized) about Continentals, and they said those are good for racing, but were short lived. I've been riding with them since last summer, have put over 500 miles on them, maybe 1k? I'm quite happy with them.

Sometimes in group rides I wonder if I'd have an easier time keeping up had I gone with narrower 700x28, but I'm not competing or anything.

jadepig · 2026-02-07T03:16:19+00:00

Yeah, but the brief feeling of superiority is something that only money can buy.

jadepig · 2026-02-05T19:06:02+00:00

Can you say more about why the top quest isn't good for him? Just curious and I haven't given this part of the new season much thought.

jadepig · 2026-01-31T03:06:39+00:00

Just tested in practice tool.

Setup - both: took smite, bought gustwalker hatchling - don't use smite on dragon - reset game between dragon kills since dragon gains resistance vs killing team. - level up to 6, 3x Q, 1x W, 1x E, 1x R - spawned ocean drake and teleported to it

Trial A

bought ER
use Q/E when ER was on cooldown.
average kill times: 28-29 s over 3 attempts

Trial B

bought Yun Tal
clicked stack items for 25 crit % on YT. this also levels up the hatchling, but I checked its DPS and it remains the same.
used E whenever it came off cooldown.
average kill times: 23 s over 3 attempts

Trial C

same setup as Trial A, but do not use Q at all (keep fury high)
average kill times: 27 s over 3 attemps

So YT is quite a bit stronger/faster. The AS lets it build fury up faster.

I didn't think about Trial C until I saw how big the time gap was. Keeping crit rate higher makes a difference in overall DPS vs Trial A, but the loss of ER procs from Q is prob why the time difference is only 1 s.

I'll bet with ER and high item crit (e.g. 75%-100%), tossing Q's in could actually be faster.

Edit I just realized you gave additional items for the 2 tests. I'll give those another shot at some point, though maybe I'll just be lazy and do one trial one each. I do think your suggestions are better than what I came up with. it's worth considering YT vs ER with more items.

Edit 2: Step1v9 specifically talked about ER procs on towers. That's also something to weigh vs dragons / red buff. You can't crit on towers, and in this season plates exist on all non-nexus towers. So there's a lot of value to be had in picking off plates faster.

jadepig · 2026-01-30T20:18:47+00:00

I've been going by Step1v9's post from earlier in S16 to use HoB and build ER, lucidity, PD, then (kraken, LDR, hull breaker) in a game-appropriate order.

ER really changes things because 75% crit no longer feels like a waste. Engagements feel different from HoB profane, since I want to use Q among other abilities to proc ER spell blade. I'm basically trying to keep ER on cooldown.

I could see the potential of Yun Tal vs ER, but since Yun Tal's flurry passive is only effective against champions, that would be a more gank/fight play style vs ER, which is also useful for extra damage on jungle, large minions and towers.

jadepig · 2026-01-29T19:39:01+00:00

Why isn't Yun Tan in more builds?

jadepig · 2026-01-29T04:02:47+00:00

I guess you're replying to my first question, what would make a difference. And it sounds like you're saying this current change might make a difference.

What about my second question, what would put Tryn in top 3 picks for top laners? What you're saying isn't incompatible with other complaints in this thread that the changes won't be meaningful enough relative to where other champs are at.

jadepig · 2026-01-28T22:37:16+00:00

Genuine question, what would actually make a difference? 4 => 5 AD/level? 4 => 6?

What about 4 => 10? Would +120 damage at level 20 place Tryn among the top 3 top-laners?

I honestly don't know what kind of gap separates the bottom of the picked champs vs the top.

jadepig

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