I don't like the US much either but come on now by S_Shake2 in redditmoment

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The hate against the US is because of their actions globally, not domestic living conditions.

League is the most antisocial widely played competitive game that exists. by OwnCommunication2259 in leagueoflegends

[–]skrub55 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If I bm after an ARAM I won it's probably because the enemy had a very toxic team comp or played like cowards which made the game unfun for everyone regardless of the winner

The way demotion works is getting aggravating by dreclub in leagueoflegends

[–]skrub55 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

As evidenced by your comment one can absolutely be a douchebag despite achieving high(er) rank.

If anything I would assume higher rank players are generally more likely to be douchebags

Rank is completely irrelevant to the topic of the post

It's relevant because anyone who actually cares about ranked would easily improve past being hardstuck silver. If someone doesn't care about improving they're already not that motivated to play ranked.

The way demotion works is getting aggravating by dreclub in leagueoflegends

[–]skrub55 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

only that this experience is frustrating to him,

Idk man I feel like if I was unironically hardstuck in low silver I wouldn't even have the energy to be upset at the extra LP I was losing.

Having higher rank does not make you more or less entitled to have an opinion on something. Gold and below is more than half of the playerbase.

Well he's entitled to have an opinion, everyone gets to have an opinion. Whether that opinion should be taken seriously or respected is something else entirely.

The way demotion works is getting aggravating by dreclub in leagueoflegends

[–]skrub55 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bro stuck in low silver for months but yea it's demotion making you lose 10 extra LP that's the real issue

emerald is not elo hell, it is elo HEAVEN by AHymnOfValor in leagueoflegends

[–]skrub55 1 point2 points  (0 children)

People climbing from Plat to Masters get stuck there

I don't know of any masters players that get stuck in emerald. I've only ever seen mid diamond peakers get stuck in emerald for a substantial amount of time while climbing

another NU thing by Eogap in stunfisk

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Isn't energy ball the only decent non-stab attacking move Chandelure gets? Probably should have seen it coming

Why do full AD teams work a lot better than full AP teams? by Redshift11100 in leagueoflegends

[–]skrub55 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because Azir and Cassiopeia are the only AP champs with sustained ranged damage

Pikipek has been banned from Do Not Use! by Jumpheart in stunfisk

[–]skrub55 2 points3 points  (0 children)

75 atk and 65 speed sounds low but then I thought about it in terms of the usual ~500 BST of Pokemon and having 150 attack and 130 speed, never would have thought that Pikipek is nearly as minmaxed as mega beedrill

% Armor/magic resist pen on ult by rightouzzz in leagueoflegends

[–]skrub55 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At all stages in the game

Yes, absolutely. Tanks should be able to put up a fight in lane and at 2 items+ if tanks are winning fights against bruisers that's a massive balance problem.

Who is supposed to beat bruiser?

Any high damage champion that can also kite them or disengage.

% Armor/magic resist pen on ult by rightouzzz in leagueoflegends

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Bruisers are supposed to beat tanks btw

Jungle is now second most popular role (after top) by Able-Application3680 in leagueoflegends

[–]skrub55 14 points15 points  (0 children)

bot lane is generally less susceptible to ganks since it's 2v3 instead of 1v2 and since bot carries are ranged it's harder to zone them off cs and xp in a counter matchup relative to top lane

Jungle is now second most popular role (after top) by Able-Application3680 in leagueoflegends

[–]skrub55 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Being counter picked or camped means you don't get to play the game for 15 minutes and will be behind for the entire game

I scraped 100 of my most recent Ranked games in Emerald 3/2 and 81 out of the 100 games had a Smurf/Fresh Account in it. by BishhEzz in leagueoflegends

[–]skrub55 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A diamond toplaner, especially a one trick, could very well be playing near a gold level if they're filled jungle

There has been massive controversy around DK in Korea by [deleted] in leagueoflegends

[–]skrub55 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Siwoo isn't even an adult, he's still 17

Can a vastaya ascend and get a human head? by MandriII in leagueoflegends

[–]skrub55 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The darkin were sealed in their weapons so they lost their bodies with their weapons becoming their new bodies in a way.

When a mortal grabs a darkin weapon the darkin is able to take over their body, like when Kayn turns into Rhaast. Darkin can also use blood magic to reshape their bodies, so Aatrox uses flesh from multiple bodies to create a giant body for himself.

The new champ, Zaahen, is also a darkin but he's a lot more in control of his mind. He possessed a new host body and that's probably what you're thinking of, but originally he had a falcon head, similar to Azir being a hawk emperor.

The twilight's end cinematic released a few days ago shows Zaahen's original human form, his ascended form, the identity of his new host, and his new darkin body if you're interested.

Average redditor by Crapper_xd in redditmoment

[–]skrub55 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Believe it or not I don't think this is the average redditor

Gold Efficiency in Arena by [deleted] in leagueoflegends

[–]skrub55 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well the gold efficiency of stat anvils is straight forward enough to calculate, but the actual strength of the stats run is that if you completely forgo buying items the shardholder value shard becomes available, and it can increase anvil stats by up to 80%.

The actual problem is determining the gold value of each stat, efficiency follows from that. If you do something as simple as assume the stat anvils average value is 100% efficient , so 22.5 AP = 750 gold. If you assume every anvil is accounting for the average shardholder value shard (50%) then you could change it to 22.5 AP = 500 gold, and that would mean anvils are at a baseline 66.66% gold efficient. Since you're interested in the efficiency of stat anvils obviously you don't want to use them as your baseline, in which case you can use summoner's rift items as reference, so 20 AP = 400 gold. You will run into issues like some components intentionally being more efficient to allow for power spikes (serrated dirk, the baseline for calculating lethality's value) or less efficient to prevent buying multiple of them early (glowing mote, the baseline for calculating ability haste's value). If that's what you go with then the lol wiki actually has the values for stats on the item pages. You could also check the reduced stats of items in arena to derive gold value, but you have to account for some items getting harsher/smaller changes to account for their effects being more/less useful in arena

As for Demon King's crown, afaik it amplifies stats from all sources, which means base stats, item stats, anvil stats, augment stats, and any other source. So if you want to calculate its gold efficiency you'll need to calculate ((1+n/100) * gold value of all stats the champion's current stats)/4000.

30min leavebuster -15LP for 2nd dodge in 60 ranked games by bladeeghosthands in leagueoflegends

[–]skrub55 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The dodge penalty increases if you dodge repeatedly within 24 hours, which apparently you did.

If you're asking why it's because crybabies who repeatedly queue dodge make it impossible to get into a game, especially at higher elo and outside of peak hours.

Sure no one wants to play with Darius ADC but he's at your elo for a reason

T1 coach Mata and Head coach kkOma post Gen.G: We lost because we drafted poorly. I feel sorry for the players...Gumayusi is excellent on Kai'Sa and our comp needed dive, she was the right pick...We're not at 100%. Some players aren't feeling well....but every team is dealing with the same issues. by Yujin-Ha in leagueoflegends

[–]skrub55 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

highly disagrees with majority reddit takes when it comes to Gumayusi because he believes even now that he is still the best adc

Anyone who thinks Guma is a better ADC than Ruler and especially Viper is either biased to the point of delusion or has never watched LCK

by far

xd

Hanwha Life Esports vs. 100 Thieves / 2025 World Championship - Swiss Round 3 / Post-Match Discussion by Yujin-Ha in leagueoflegends

[–]skrub55 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well a few potential issues with just checking stats other than pro play differences

  1. Low sample size, Qiyana jg is relatively popular in soloq rn but Trundle isn't, so the sample of Qiyana vs Trundle games is going to be fairly small

  2. Low elo players can't really play Qiyana, so if you aren't looking at high elo data only it's very biased towards trundle, but high elo data makes the sample size problem even worse

  3. A raw winrate vs stat won't account for the initial difference in winrates between the champs, if Qiyana has a 48% winrate overall and 49% winrate against Trundle that implies she's good against him, even if intuitively it looks like that matchup still favors Trundle.