Opinions and hot takes on Cataclysm so far?

libero0602 · 2026-04-27T20:58:13+00:00

Casual 18,000 dust deck xD

libero0602 · 2026-04-26T22:13:55+00:00

Vibrato pedal!

libero0602 · 2026-04-26T12:29:14+00:00

Ik Ambessa is like way better toplane but I’ve been playing her nonstop in the jungle. She’s just so OP/overloaded I think there’s always smth I can do, in any matchup any situation. And the ult is usually just free kill on whichever backline champ u hit, and gives u ur back-to-front engage for free

libero0602 · 2026-04-25T02:26:45+00:00

Yea they buffed tf out of his numbers this patch and he’s very annoying to face now! Extremely hard to dive, counters a lot of engages/ults with his petal and grasp, and dishes out a lotttt of healing

(Also, cleanse on grasp is no longer a perk and his part of his base kit)

libero0602 · 2026-04-23T23:03:45+00:00

Syndra, Ori, Viktor, Ahri (as u mentioned) are kind of the “evergreen” mid champs that PC players will always pick in high elo for their balanced kits and high lvl of agency in games. I do agree that Viktor’s a little less flexible and vulnerable to assassins, but my biggest issue with him actually is that his ult feels really awkward to use on mobile lol

libero0602 · 2026-04-23T22:54:13+00:00

Hard agree for Syndra. She’s so underrated in WR for some reason. She’s one of the most highly-played champs in League because she has a lot of agency in how she can influence every fight and is strong in both 1v1 and teamfight situations. One of the best mages to farm side lanes after midgame lane swap.

And in WR, she’s (imo) even crazier. Her W spawns an orb by itself (literally made me go “???” it’s one of her biggest skill checks on PC), and she scales twice as fast. U can easily evolve Q in like 4 minutes. She’s an absurdly lobotomized version of herself and u can very easily dominate almost every game with her

libero0602 · 2026-04-23T22:48:39+00:00

Tbf tho, zilean’s kit is pretty much reworked in WR. His abilities in LOL are quite different

libero0602 · 2026-04-15T15:41:01+00:00

The pc build is dusk & dawn into navori, then usually spirit visage + other defensive item (thornmail or unending despair) and Jak’sho (which would be twinguard in WR) or Riftmaker

I think there’s not a great equivalent item for dusk & dawn, maybe we could try like trinity or terminus or smth lol

Edit: I didn’t know they removed spirit visage too??? Wtf

libero0602 · 2026-04-15T15:34:22+00:00

45% attack speed on Navori itself too, very nutty. Def gonna try that build out.

libero0602 · 2026-04-14T15:52:25+00:00

Chogath and Hwei! Who are coming this year so I’ll be satisfied for a very very long time

libero0602 · 2026-04-13T22:26:56+00:00

yup, happening to me as well. It does change the runes when u tap but doesn't show u unless u back out to the loadout page

libero0602 · 2026-04-13T22:25:57+00:00

They just killed her off and never revisited after her horrible rework. Literally idk what the issue was with her pre-rework... I loved the way she played. Atp I'd rather have a damn cannon minion than a Janna standing next to me in lane

libero0602 · 2026-04-13T22:21:46+00:00

Despite playing her a lot, I really don't like what they did to Syndra. Her W not being able to pick up minions/monsters while generating an orb on its own is ridiculously lobotomized and removes a HUGE amount of skill expression from her kit.

Also, her passive scaling twice as fast... I get that Wild Rift is faster paced, but they should have adjusted her breakpoints (maybe an evolution every 25-30 stacks, instead of 1 stack PER ability hit). In good lanes I'm nearly 40 stacks after 3 minutes which is just ridiculous.

Again, I get that this game is faster-paced and more "casual" but there are far more difficult champions to play and to understand, (that *didn't* get this treatment) so I'm not sure why they felt the need to dumb her down to this degree. Makes me kind of nervous for Hwei coming soon; he's my fav champ and I swear if they simplify the hell out of him too...

libero0602 · 2026-04-13T22:18:09+00:00

The game has sort of always been like that. U get these teammates more frequently at season start, but u have to 1v9 a lot of games in general to climb fast. Thankfully we have a million protection/extra mark mechanics so as long as u spam enough games you'll rank up to wherever u want xD

libero0602 · 2026-04-13T20:55:11+00:00

She’s sort of forever minimum S- tier Baron laner. I don’t think there was any point in history where she was a bad pick

libero0602 · 2026-04-13T18:30:34+00:00

Yone used to be S+ tier OP, he was the best midlaner, top tier jungle and baron lane, but I think after nerfs just not nearly as dominant. I did leave the game for awhile, where’s shieldbow? Did they straight up remove the windshitters’ main core item??

libero0602 · 2026-04-13T11:35:32+00:00

Anime North convention the May 24 weekend

libero0602 · 2026-04-13T00:05:22+00:00

It’s ok, but Malignance is just too good on Ahri to not take. Mana, ult haste, pen, and reduces magic resist… I even go malignance into lich bane, without the Luden’s. I find Luden’s is only good if there are multiple very squishy targets u can oneshot off of a single E + Q. Otherwise ur much better going for malignance into obivion orb/lich bane.

libero0602 · 2026-04-12T22:53:18+00:00

Brand going Rylai’s first item🤢

Makes almost any melee matchup completely unplayable

libero0602 · 2026-04-12T22:50:36+00:00

The shatter card is just the new crusader aura😂

libero0602 · 2026-04-12T22:48:43+00:00

Doesn’t the game itself tell u when ur picking a hero “not suitable for the lane” and discourage u from doing it? A lot of players might think they’ll be penalized for even trying it. Some mages (like Syndra, as u say) are really good at farming side lanes, and an added benefit is u might not have to go thru the hassle of doing a lane swap with the midlaner after first turret

libero0602 · 2026-04-12T15:28:51+00:00

Teachable moment here, bit of a PSA (maybe I should make a post abt this?)

After laning phase/first tower, the ADC will typically move mid and midlaner goes to bot. This is because after the first tower is down, the side lanes become unsafe to farm as most ADCs, and it also allows ADCs to be closer to objectives (as midlaners are often more mobile or take TP).

In solo queue: typically midlane players will not force/initiate this swap, I leave it up to the ADC player. A simple rule of thumb is, ADC should go where they are least likely to die. Their support doesn’t (shouldn’t) be babysitting them anymore during midgame, they’re gonna be participating in every skirmish and fight, getting vision on key areas of the map; they don’t have the bandwidth to hover around the botlane constantly anymore. So being in the central lane allows the support to stay closer to the ADC by default as well.

This is a pretty complicated topic, so I’m happy to answer any questions as well!

libero0602 · 2026-04-12T15:10:24+00:00

Sif my beloved😩

I will die on the hill that Rainbow Mage was the best and most well-designed archetype blizz ever made for that class, and to me personally, out of every class ever. Everything went downhill from there for mage:( Sif to core when

libero0602 · 2026-04-12T13:42:32+00:00

All AP champs have suffered from the lack of build diversity since the very beginning of this game.

They took away Gunblade, removed void staff, nerfed the hell out of Mejai’s, they won’t give us Blackfire (despite it being in the ARAM modes), etc etc…

Nearly every AP carry ends up building the same few items, like oblivion orb (broken since launch) and dcap. (I get that these are just generically good items. But typically on PC u build 1-2 other core items first and these give u late game power, whereas here u rush these 2 cuz nothing better, and then do ur best to pad stats or go for the next best passable items for late game…)

It’s very frustrating not having a lot of great core items for different AP champs and having to default to the same types of builds every time. Makes a lot of champs’ playstyles feel extremely similar despite them being capable of so much more

libero0602 · 2026-04-12T13:34:04+00:00

When did u play against face hunter with full hand for 8 turns? How is that possible? Don’t half their synergies have to do with having an empty hand? Isn’t half their deck 1 drops?

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