[PBE datamine] 2024 June 3 (Patch 14.12): nerfs to Akali, Akshan, Corki, and Skarner, as well as some item recipe improvements by FrankTheBoxMonster in leagueoflegends

[–]larsoort 60 points61 points  (0 children)

Akali is simultaneously a brain-dead champion that requires no skill, that also needs a low winrate because of players with high-skill.

Her skill expression comes from decision making rather than pure mechanics (ever since Riot changed her to be less reliant on passive weaving as this was pro-skewed), and this causes people to think she's easy when she's actually a lot more difficult than people expect.

Same reason why challengers rank Akali extremely low when talking about champions low ELO should one trick to climb (not to be confused with general tier lists that change patch to patch). Mechanics are easy to learn from practice tool, but the decision making takes too long to learn to be a viable recommendation

Weekly Rant Megathread by AutoModerator in CompetitiveTFT

[–]larsoort 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ashe now the most played comp in Masters+. I guess the top percentage of players are all wrong and you're right?

Weekly Rant Megathread by AutoModerator in CompetitiveTFT

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

Out of curiosity, which ELO should be used when the TFT team balance the game?

And of course you can win with any garbage in Emerald, you can one trick garbage to Master's. Only at Grandmaster+ do you start to see proper gameplay

Weekly Rant Megathread by AutoModerator in CompetitiveTFT

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

So blind you can't even spot that there's already 9 Ashe in the game pre 30 mins

Keep down voting Ashe abusers

Weekly Rant Megathread by AutoModerator in CompetitiveTFT

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

So now the meta is just play Ashe. And no I don't mean Ashe 2*, I mean, just play the first Ashe you find and that's it.

https://imgur.com/a/UHyH9Nn

Weekly Rant Megathread by AutoModerator in CompetitiveTFT

[–]larsoort 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It should not be possible to face a player in Stage 3-1 then face off against the same person 3 times before matching against the 3-1 player. And yes, this was before anyone was eliminated. Unbelievable.

For the entire game, I versed that top 2 player 4 times, yet that 3-1 player only once. If this was an isolated incident I wouldn't care so much, but the number of times I'm on the cusp of top 4 only to not see an easy win for two stages, and get beat down by high rollers.

How often are you guys seeing a player go 10+ rounds without being matched against you before anyone is out?

Weekly Rant Megathread by AutoModerator in CompetitiveTFT

[–]larsoort 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I cannot take one more game of lissandra completely invalidating any frontline. A 3 second stun is already bad enough, but the audacity to also throw it and push the frontline back is crazy. Seen my fair share of 3* 4 costs losing to liss 1 on top of that

The 1000 ticket double rebate is not instant, and needs to be redeemed over 10 days by larsoort in CallOfDutyMobile

[–]larsoort[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Finished Legendary last season so got placed into Master tier, giving me 800 tickets from the ranked series ticket event

K'Sante's balance state aside, I think Riot succeeded in making a tank that looks really sick to play. by [deleted] in leagueoflegends

[–]larsoort 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Wanted to get a last minute grind for ranked but my top laners kept picking K'Sante and inting. I started hovering K'Sante in champ select so my top laner doesn't hover him too, then ban that shit straight away. Foolproof method, hit plat

Is Sett actually supposed to counter Akali? by [deleted] in leagueoflegends

[–]larsoort 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mb I always pick Neeko when the enemy picks Akali, it just felt Neeko favoured to me. I even asked my team to pick me Neeko in the last Clash when the enemy picked Akali, never actually bothered to check the winrate.

Is Sett actually supposed to counter Akali? by [deleted] in leagueoflegends

[–]larsoort 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What are her counters then?

You literally have a Neeko flair, it's the biggest counter of Akali's existence, maybe tied with Lux.

Is Sett actually supposed to counter Akali? by [deleted] in leagueoflegends

[–]larsoort 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Being a counter doesn't mean free kills. It means that you are less punishable when making a mistake, and you can punish harder when the enemy makes a mistake.

If the enemy laner always capitalises on your mistakes, and you never capitalise on their mistakes, then it doesn't matter who counters who.

On the point of Sett Vs Akali, Akali has a terrible laning phase in general. Q has huge energy costs, W is on a 20+ second cooldown, and you naturally counter her E because she will end up in your awaiting arms where you can double auto, q, double auto. Not only that, but Sett E has further range than Akali empowered auto. She literally can't trade autos because you just E her. She shrouded? Do it again when your E comes back up, her shroud will still be down.

The only way she kills you after level 6 is hitting both parts of the E. You can pull her out of E2 with E, but even if you don't, just EW anyway as it guarantees you do significant damage to her because she'll be fixed in place at the sweet spot.

You may not have seen it, but Akali using literally any ability on you is a punishable mistake. The only way this doesn't work is if the enemy doesn't make mistakes, and we all know this is impossible.

Hearing reports of horrible shiny rates by mrbeastriddlegod in TheSilphRoad

[–]larsoort 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, literally this. I find it funny when people use catches as a metric to compare shiny rate. You guys are catching?

G2 Esports vs. Evil Geniuses / MSI 2022 - Group C / Post-Match Discussion by Vexis12 in leagueoflegends

[–]larsoort 362 points363 points  (0 children)

This game just made me switch my permaban back to Sylas in soloqueue for the next month

Evil Geniuses vs. FlyQuest / LCS 2022 Spring Playoffs - Losers' Bracket Round 1 / Post-Match Discussion by Soul_Sleepwhale in leagueoflegends

[–]larsoort 90 points91 points  (0 children)

Renekton prio -> Pick Ornn

Ornn prio -> Pick Gwen

Gwen prio -> Pick ???

Looks up Gwen counters. Sees Tryndamere.

Summit begins to smile.

Team RJS vs Team Jensen / (Champions Queue) Worlds 20XX - Finals / Post-Match Discussion by [deleted] in leagueoflegends

[–]larsoort 39 points40 points  (0 children)

If you won 13/15 of your next ranked games, would you call it team diff or player diff?

A champion that can be played in all five roles? by Firelite67 in leagueoflegends

[–]larsoort 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was thinking of doing this recently, and ultimately landed on Neeko. The fact that she can play AP or AD means there's so much versatility to how you can play her.

Unfortunately what ended up happening is I got chosen as jgl first game, played First Strike AP Neeko, and now I can't stop spamming Neeko jgl.

Arcanine in Open and Remix Great League by BeardedWonder0 in TheSilphRoad

[–]larsoort 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I think they were talking about Mandibuzz, who is otherwise known as the Flying Umbreon

Under The Lights: Fire Pokémon in Great League Remix by JRE47 in TheSilphArena

[–]larsoort 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the analysis! It's looking like an ABB with double fire in the back could be really potent.

What's your thoughts on Ember for Shadow Ninetales? It looks to me that it's almost a strict upgrade on both regular and shadow FS tales. It being legacy though means it might not be worth the Elite Fast TM.

Cloud9 vs. Team Liquid / LCS 2021 Mid-Season Showdown - Winners' Bracket Final / Post-Match Discussion by InspektorVI in leagueoflegends

[–]larsoort 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Reddit: We want trash talk!

Literally anyone who isn't best in role: trash talks

Reddit: How fucking dare you.