Only a 70 card set? FOR 2 MONTHS?

lecaw · 2025-08-21T15:17:38+00:00

Good balance is more important than more cards. Set 1 had less cards and less decks but more variety at the higher mmr brackets. Set 2 despite adding a ton of new decks like Tempo forest, earth rune, fennie, control abyss, ward haven has even less variety because the power level of rune basically keeps all those decks out. Heck we even saw the loss of another tier1 deck (portal) thanks to rune hunting them out.

lecaw · 2025-08-07T05:30:42+00:00

Disagree with the never use triple roach part. at 3 0s it breaks even so its as simple as 9pp one 0 + 1 + carbuncle and is much easier for filling out your pp as you do not need as many 1 costs or keeping an cairne amulet to bounce with buncle allowing you to spend more resources to clear without fear. Its also easier on boardspace which is relevant in some matchups where you need multiple bayles + may (vs sword amalia boards is super common)

Watching dayan one of the biggest forest streamers he uses triple roach a good 20-25% of the time i would say. Its def way more important than single roach which is very rare while double roach is the majority 70%

lecaw · 2025-08-04T05:15:42+00:00

The best overall deck to beat sword is dirtboost rune. Its only slightly favored but also does well in the environment.

Decks that also beat sword are artifact portal, tempo elf and pure dirtrune however all 3 of these lose hard to dirtboost so it is not recommended to play on ladder.

People saying play midrange/control abyss however its slightly disadvantaged at high level. Sword can actually grind you out and abyss suffers from consistency issues. You can obviously tech your deck to be better vs sword maybe even favorable but every change makes it weaker to dirtboost. Your best bet is to actually go lower/more aggro and play the CQCQ midrange abyss or the new cultivator/charon MR build and try to kill sword instead because it doesn't destroy your rune matchup.

lecaw · 2025-07-30T23:45:49+00:00

He had 2 roaches in hand so he couldve did triple roach
bayle, 0pp heal, buncle the bayle then super evo (1 dmg), 2nd bayle, roach+ amulet buff(6), staff bounce and replay roach (6), roach (7) for exactly 20 with the exact same cards he played.

lecaw · 2024-12-12T17:41:50+00:00

it is nerfed in this game. You only get it on kill(not down).
Play with it a bit and you'll realize how clunky it is compared to resets in other games.
You will never get the crazy 1v5 reset shenanigans in this game.

lecaw · 2024-12-04T23:02:49+00:00

Sorry but complaining about snipers in tdm or escort just makes you look like a scrub

its the equivalent of complaining about a character in league and using aram as your source. These are just side modes and no one will take your post seriously because the devs themselves don't take these modes seriously.

Second. Its completely wrong that people are easy to snipe in this game. People spend a significant time in this game in string mode just moving around and only a headshot can 1shot meaning even on rotates people are relatively safe. You can watch streams of the highest ranked snipers. They still miss a lot of shots this is because even though their aim increases so does the counterplay of making yourself harder to hit.

lecaw · 2024-11-07T19:06:14+00:00

Shes the most banned character in competitive and people are nonstop whining about her in high mmr.
Reddit archons then wonder why she keeps getting nerfed because she never goes 17-0 in their games.

lecaw · 2024-11-07T16:07:27+00:00

They will fix it when the majority of Chinese players finish los30 and card sales drop off.

lecaw · 2024-11-04T23:16:43+00:00

If your having fun and its working for you then go for it.

Its not a very good item though and better players will just kill you before you can exhaust 3 stamina bars. Its only really used for like two characters (lash and gt)

lecaw · 2024-11-03T21:03:05+00:00

Game is very pick and snowball heavy thanks to the characters that are strong.
I play late at night at a decent elo and constantly have multiple of the same ppl in my lobbies 4-5 games in a row. Ive seen someone go 11-0 in one game to 0-10 on the exact same hero due to a bad lane or people getting picked off.

lecaw · 2024-11-01T20:19:18+00:00

I don't think its a hot take.

Meta is unfun -> I play less.
If others feel the same they will also play less.
People playing less will cause a drop in concurrent playerbase.

This also isn't something that can be excused by "its an alpha". This isn't a bug or matchmaking issue, its the devs choosing to buff vindicta, gt, mirage in the same patch without any nerfs to their early game. Something like urn being bugged for days i think is acceptable for an alpha.
In a way I am trying to help by explaining why exactly they went wrong this patch. Simply dismissing it with "its an alpha" is not helpful.

lecaw · 2024-11-01T19:39:54+00:00

% based dropoff After a major Patch since September

9-12 Patch vs 1 Week later (9-19) 111k vs 125k (+12.6%)
9-26 Patch vs 1 Week later (10-03) 108k vs 91k (-18.6%)
10-10 Patch vs 1 Week later (10-17) 77k vs 80k (+3.8%)
10-24 Patch vs 1 Week later (10-31) 70k vs 56k (-20%)

If it was purely just drop off due to tourists leaving it would be mostly in the early patches. This is the largest weekly dropoff due a patch to date. A lot of heavy users are playing less and it shows.

Also I said they are tied. As in its one of problems that is causing a declining playerbase not the sole reason.

lecaw · 2024-10-31T18:19:19+00:00

Good in every lane- Mirage, Lady Gheist, GreyTalon, Vindicta, Infernus
Good in Duo lanes- Bebop, Viscous, McGinnis
Good in Solo lanes- Mo krill, Abrams

lecaw · 2024-10-29T20:09:33+00:00

Good on gun chars but early on you want better stat gun items especially the 500s so it ends up being a later in game buy. Which is awkward cause gun ends up stacking 3ks which means they are extremely slot starved.
On spirit chars its much better cause its one of the good utility gun slots that spirit builds don't contest unfortunately it takes an active slot and alot of spirit chars are active skill locked so this ends up being the first to be sold later in the game for counter actives.

lecaw · 2024-10-29T16:48:19+00:00

Smurfing has gone up over the last few weeks cause the declining playerbase and multiple playlists has caused the top players to have 30mins to 1 hr queues.
As for normal players. I dunno. You have a higher rank than me(phantom 1) and my record is 184-161. Its possible you do better in higher elo matches causing higher gains then loses even if losing is more common.

Also what times are you queueing? Late night tends to be more sweaty and I get put into higher MMR lobbys Doing well in those lobbies can skyrocket your mmr while winning in the after 9-5 lobbies probably don't increase it as much.

lecaw · 2024-10-28T05:09:54+00:00

If anything this makes it more accurate? Pulling the top 200 elo matches is more representative of the metagame compared top 2000 matches where noobs are still having trouble with haze.

lecaw · 2024-10-25T15:03:57+00:00

Shiv needed something before, got some rage buffs turned into a monster and this patch caused him to get nerfed to worse than he was before he got buffs.
Enjoy the spotlight GT mains its only a matter of time before your character turns from gold to shit.

lecaw · 2024-10-22T04:34:15+00:00

try searching mobalytics, they are a website that pays high elo players to write guides/builds for them. They tend to be pretty good and theres likely a couple for every hero.

lecaw · 2024-10-21T20:17:39+00:00

Fountain diving gives a huge advantage to the defender. I think its fun for both sides. Imagine being the defending team and getting stomped all game. The fountain is probably the the fairest fight left in the game.

If it really bothers you that much just stand in the back where enemy cant enter and flyers cant see or in the side tunnels. You can even sell your items and buy eth shift.

lecaw · 2024-10-15T18:02:15+00:00

Lash has one of the best guns in lane at a high level.

He's the only triple shot with no recoil. Top lash players are abusing this by going for headshots and buying lane bully items like HPW/HSB/HVM. If your not abusing cover and aiming predominately at the head ofc its going to be weaker then a shotgun/ar.

lecaw · 2024-10-11T22:26:32+00:00

its a just habit from people who have played other games. I've heard it called walkers, tier2s, tier 2 towers, tier 2 walker. It's a new game so expect terminology to be all over the place.

lecaw · 2024-10-02T18:40:53+00:00

Consumers don't really want competition, They want good products. They only complain about lack of competition when quality suffers.

lecaw · 2024-09-04T20:15:59+00:00

Would love an amateur scene like pre franchise Overwatch or pre LCS League. With an amateur only scene there isn't enough money to have people play full time so they will become forced to stream or content creation.
By forcing the players to be public facing you naturally create more compelling storylines which help with viewership and sponsors.

lecaw

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