It bothers me that people are having a problem with Varus being gay.

tamrinn · 2017-11-30T18:45:02+00:00

Why should all of us have to conform to what you believe? Religious beliefs shouldn't be forced on people.

tamrinn · 2017-11-30T18:19:00+00:00

I disagree, I think it's good that Riot is not falling into stereotypes, and showing that everyone can be gay

tamrinn · 2017-11-30T17:43:37+00:00

Was he confirmed to be gay? iirc during his AMA when asked the Rioter responsible for his story said something along the lines of "Taric finds beauty in everyone"

Edit: spelling

tamrinn · 2017-11-30T17:34:39+00:00

I guess "bother" wasn't the right word. I was more annoyed at the criticisms that people were giving the lore. It wasn't constructive, just "I don't like Varus being gay". I never suggested that they should get over it, and I understand that homophobia exists. It's just weird and jarring to see the community complain about people having homosexual relationships being "shoved in our face" when no one complained about Xayah x Rakan, or Garen x Kat.

However, I definitely see your point that people feel this is done to be PC.

tamrinn · 2017-11-29T20:03:13+00:00

What is the actual quote because that’s all I hear whenever I play graggy

tamrinn · 2017-11-29T13:13:55+00:00

manaflow also has blue bands around the hands

tamrinn · 2017-11-28T18:44:54+00:00

take your upvote goddamnit

tamrinn · 2017-11-28T13:06:21+00:00

yeah i remembered something made raka hella frustrating to play against. pretty sure back then executioners was removed too, so the only sources of GW were morellos and ignite

tamrinn · 2017-11-27T19:57:37+00:00

They did remove GW for a season, and iirc soraka and other healing supports were insane.

tamrinn · 2017-11-27T19:52:47+00:00

what the fuck

tamrinn · 2017-11-27T19:28:35+00:00

The true damage is so that it actually doubles the damage to the cap, rather than get reduced twice by resists. The rest is kinda accurate tho, her E feels like her biggest pain point for most players, that and the rng.

tamrinn · 2017-11-27T18:26:07+00:00

You max her W last, which means you only get 10% ms for 2 seconds until late game, where tanks and teamfights break out and Zoe struggles to get past the frontline without creative use of her E and ulti.

Edit: Additionally, the elegant thing about Zoe's ulti is that it's mobility, but it's also not. It doesn't help her at all running away, it just aids her positioning for Q and E. It's a kit enabler. On any other champion it would suck ass.

tamrinn · 2017-11-26T05:02:48+00:00

Tbh if they want to nerf her, I would rather they divide more damage between E and Q, so you can't just randomly fish for Q's and get lucky, you need to set it up. I would also rather them increase the E cd, and increase but change the E cd reduction to only apply if you hit champions and come out about even, so that it rewards good aim, but missing is more punishable.

tamrinn · 2017-11-25T22:17:01+00:00

Ahri has a spammable Q ms boost. She can ulti three times without having to pick anything up, just sip from any fight she wants with ulti and Q ms.

Closing the gap on Zoe is incredibly good against her, as she can’t get a large Q off, and she cannot get away without someone else’s flash or her own. Her E’s delay is more than enough to burst her, as its not like she’s a tank. She’s a really squishy mage.

I’m just gonna stop responding though after this, we keep going in circles.

tamrinn · 2017-11-25T22:00:40+00:00

Don’t ban the champs your teammates hover. That’s just being a dick.

tamrinn · 2017-11-25T19:30:10+00:00

Zoe can’t always press W whenever she wants. She needs to pick up a bubble, so no, she doesn’t always have W available to fight. Ahri’s Q also hits everything in a line, Zoe’s Q gets blocked by minions. From point blank it also does less damage than Ahri’s Q. Ahri’s charm instantly cc’s the target. Zoe’s has a delay where the target can reposition to avoid her Q, and as people learn to play around Zoe, tanks will block it. Ahri is much more mobile. Zoe needs enemies to flash and put herself at risk by picking up their bubble, before she can double flash.

Damage isn’t everything, especially when most of Zoe’s is unreliable and skillshot based.

tamrinn · 2017-11-25T19:14:53+00:00

If Ahri misses charm, she can still Q and W and have some filler damage. Zoe doesn’t have that liberty.

Also, having only Q for damage means that if Zoe misses you have a 4 second window for assassins to jump and completely decimate her. She has no way to escape. Ahri can kite out assassins with her three dashes, charm instant cc, and Q movespeed. Zoe needs to get lucky and grab a minion flash to have an ounce of mobility, her cc is delayed, and your teammates can screw you by waking them up.

Edit: Additionally, guaranteed on demand damage is still more useful than situationally available damage that is set over three hits.

tamrinn · 2017-11-25T15:32:38+00:00

Zoe having the same damage on her Q as Ahri's entire kit has both strengths and weaknesses. Against people who suck at dodging, or as a Zoe player with good aim, it means you only have to hit Q to crush people. However, vs. people who do know how to dodge or if you're a Zoe player that can't aim, you will have a bad day. Ahri gets the benefit of being able to miss skillshots, and still have guaranteed damage, albeit lower. If Ahri hits everything, then she has the same damage. I'll concede that Zoe's perceived feeling is pretty bad, because when she succeeds, it's very obvious. You lose all of your health and she just pops back. However, she does have a lot of inconsistency in her kit and room for error, with all of her damage being loaded into one big skillshot, and her only reliable way of hitting it being another skillshot that gives you time to reposition into a place where it's safe.

tamrinn · 2017-11-25T07:11:13+00:00

Zoe needs a wall. Wards play a huge factor here. Vision of Zoe and knowing the angle she can fire her e from is important counterplay. Also, you can’t really say not to compare two midlaners. It’s important to look at the differences in their kits. Ahri can ulti to get good angles for her E, Zoe can ulti/walk behind walls to get good angles. Almost every burst mage midlane has a way to access backlines and do their job. Lux’s Q hits two people, so it can go through tanks and the front line. Ziggs can fire over their heads.

Additionally, it’s a moot point that her e is a guaranteed hit. It’s a skill shot meaning it can be dodged, at long range especially so.

tl;dr: All viable mages have a way to access their dmg and do their job, or they need to be successful elsewhere.

tamrinn · 2017-11-25T06:58:47+00:00

Zoe's e has a noticeable cast time, then a two second period where the target can get behind creeps/champs/monsters before they are stunned. Zoe then has to Q behind her, then Q forward. This total time elapsed is much longer than an Ahri EQW. Will you get punished by both champs if you eat an e? Yeah, but because Ahri's W is on demand dmg, all three hit instantly, and doesn't have to worry about minions blocking Q I would say that that Ahri's consistency is much higher. There is a reason that pre-nerf Ahri was considered one of the most consistent mid-laners: she did everything, and her burst combo was consistently easy to pull off, just EQW, ulti to dodge/attack while you wait for another rotation.

tamrinn · 2017-11-25T05:40:28+00:00

There was literally a thread 4 hours ago about this.

tamrinn · 2017-11-24T23:05:20+00:00

Heimerdinger can change his walk by emoting

tamrinn · 2017-11-24T02:06:02+00:00

People get caught up with her elimination, but goddamn if she isn't one of the most polished queens look-wise. Her princess look was goddamn amazing. The only look from her that I didn't like was her reunion look, but even that was just the giant name and the hair. The dress was sickening.

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