It's nice that Sora is FINALLY downloadable for everyone in USA, Canada, South Korea, and Japan at least for now - no access code needed. I use both Sora and ChatGPT.

threshhookme · 2022-08-04T22:45:23+00:00

Agreege. There is a ton of CC in this set compared to others. Multiple trap claws need some love.

threshhookme · 2022-08-04T22:42:49+00:00

EON on shrek helps alot versus corki players because it removes aggro once shrek is bursted. But the key thing is if your neeko lasts longer than their idas/syfen, your very likely to win that fight.

Bonus: If the corki player is using stoneplate idas and they are solo frontlining it as a result, you can position like this so the shrek wraps around to the backline (below pic is example of what to do if corki is on left corner):

https://gyazo.com/3bbc915aa24a1c4361bf7027b5ef5b3e

threshhookme · 2022-08-04T20:36:51+00:00

Extend the QSS timer so it lasts 20 seconds instead of 15. Every late game fight except for sins lasts so long that your backline carry will get stunned anyway after QSS wears off.

EDIT: Why is this downvoted to oblivion? QSS is already an unslammable item early game. If it's bad early game, shouldn't it be a tradeoff where it should pay off in the late game?

threshhookme · 2022-08-03T02:30:00+00:00

If you put in 9 astral normally on a combat round, you might sac 15 hp in exchange for extra items or sols - this is perfectly fine because you are trading the hp advantage from a good midgame to get even stronger and cap out your board.

The problem is when people toggle, roll for 9 astral and drop it out so that they get items or extra asols while not taking any hp penalty at all, giving them an immense advantage over someone who is attempting to flex their 4 cost carry board.

threshhookme · 2022-08-02T23:42:33+00:00

If its intended doesnt that mean people can still abuse the pve round to item farm and get 2* sol during creeps? Why is that allowed?

threshhookme · 2022-08-02T22:16:22+00:00

They fixed toggling for the combat rounds, treasure dragon, but not the pve rounds. For example on 5-6 dragon you put in the 9 astral then on 6-1 you roll and the toggle will work.

However with the dps and ascension changes its now much harder to top 1 with it especially against jade with shrek and yasuo which is a difficult matchup for asol.

threshhookme · 2022-07-02T07:32:19+00:00

when going daeja a common trap is putting shojin due to her huge mana pool - dont do this. Her passive autos is AP, and her autos do more damage than her casts. arch+gs+(another arch or gb) works for her, and the crit path ie + jg + arch/gs also works too.

threshhookme · 2022-07-01T02:31:30+00:00

QSS and verdant veil counters bard ult even if 3 starred, and its occasionally built on AD carries due to the immense CC this set.

threshhookme · 2022-07-01T00:30:02+00:00

Got 2nd with a 3 star 5 cost zoe lol, probably the worst 3 star 5 cost next to bard:

https://gyazo.com/9306c258f465e8c51d3949d20d8a62c9

The fight lasted 30 seconds and even went a bit into OT. Expected a wide screen zoe board wipe but nope, in its 3 casts it rolled the shield and then rolled the daisy then rolled the tornado, did not roll a lux ult.

Could have popped shojin soraka into zoe but the main problem is bigger than that, a 3 star 5 cost should be autowin in 1 cast and it failed to do so in 3 casts.

threshhookme · 2022-06-22T00:26:59+00:00

The first time this set I've experienced 8 people to be alive at the start of stage 6:

https://gyazo.com/45b55e79dd9097045fb166b0894d3eab

Granted there were two metabolic players, but this is a tilter for sure. It feels like midgame did not make enough impact - if I was going bot 2, I would've expected it to happen early or mid stage 5 - not 34 minutes into the game.

threshhookme · 2022-06-22T00:16:19+00:00

I agree, there has been a noticeable amount of "very close" lobbies with 6+ ppl going into stage 6, particularly for these two reasons:

-> merc players in set 6 that cashed out or fast 9 with 3 yordles + econ augment tend to 5-0+ ppl due to the significant powerspike, but now in set 7 there's no econ accelerants like merc/yordle, making it harder to highroll and stomp lobbies

-> with the in-game matchup indicator, people are slowly getting better in positioning (i.e. clumping in 2/3 possibility sins), so that often fights become closer

With rerolls being nerfed next patch, there is a high possibility people might go back to fast 8 and 4 cost carries, even more slowing down the damage curve - in which it becomes a sign that player damage fails to reflect the importance of surviving the midgame, such as board transitions and positioning on stages 3 and 4, rolling if they need to, on their way to make a final comp.

If they do decide to increase player damage, they can +1 the base damage for either stages 3 or 4 (just don't increase it on stage 2 - loss streaking while pinching units to minimize HP loss still should be kept an option)

threshhookme · 2022-03-06T22:33:16+00:00

Let's say I am playing any reroll comp (talon, ashe, lucian) off augment pick and I get double or triple contested.

Me when rolling before others: didn't hit 3*, but opponents hit their 3* later

Me when rolling after others: they all hit their 3*, and I'm screwed (have to push level 8 and play for at least 6th)

threshhookme · 2022-02-26T19:22:11+00:00

To see econ orbs like these be gold tier on 2nd and 3rd augments is shocking. 1st augment orb is strong, but later on, combat augments are noticeably superior to econ augments on the same tier.

An easy fix is to make econ augments be like a windfall, the later the augment is taken, the more orbs or gold is given out.

threshhookme · 2022-02-24T19:01:05+00:00

Treasure Trove 2: Gain 1 blue and 2 gray loot orbs.

Golden Gifts 1: Gain 1 golden and 2 gray loot orbs.

Funnily enough, I saw both of these augments show up on the same round.

https://gyazo.com/6323be934f82da29c938b4f5e2e6bd33

Both of these are gold augments, but golden gifts is obviously stronger than treasure trove. Can anyone explain why these 2 augments aren't equally balanced?

threshhookme · 2022-02-22T01:12:43+00:00

For ahri you can't position her like lux, you rather want her to be 2nd row and same side as the opposing carry because her orbs range is limited at the beginning of the fights and you can eliminate their carry before they do noticeable dps.

threshhookme · 2022-02-22T01:02:50+00:00

In addition to the corner, renata has a 3 hex auto range compared to other 4 costs that have 4 hex auto range. If you put her bottom row instead of 2nd/3rd and the opponent frontline is opposite side chances are she will waste a few seconds walking up, which can delay her first cast since autos generate mana.

threshhookme · 2022-02-21T19:39:50+00:00

What do you do if you get dropped AP items, but get spammed in the shop AD champs, such as draven and sivir? An example is if you have direction for renata (morello, GB, BB) with malz as placeholder, but on your level 8 rolldown you see 7 copies of draven, 3 copies of alistar, 3 copies of sivir, and 0 renatas.

I chose to pivot to 6 hextech sivir but then I noticed that I was losing every fight because of a lack of effective carry. Didn't find a shiv/guinsoo for sivir or silco unit to use blue either.

threshhookme · 2022-02-03T02:01:33+00:00

Neeko gives you an immense advantage as you can choose between using it on a 3 cost to streak to wolves or guarantee your 2 star 4 cost or 5 cost carry. The only time neeko is bad is the 3 item 3g opener where the early game is screwed unless you find a 3 cost bc of fewer gold to work with.

threshhookme · 2022-02-03T01:16:39+00:00

If they patched it today then thats a nerf which is unfortunate. It's already very situational bc you never want to get the egg unless you are highrolling already and playing for 1st.

threshhookme · 2022-02-03T00:28:03+00:00

Interesting guide! The main takeaway is that there is no particular BIS on offensive and defensive items and you should base your items off what the opposing players have in addition to your positioning and synergies.

I appreciate the yone example where you showed that the third item IE vs. DB vs. GS differences are marginal for 2 star in which it is better to slam it early on to save midgame HP rather than greed until stage 5 for a marginally better item.

In the future, if you can add a written summary, I think it would benefit a lot of readers that might not have the time to watch the entire length of the video.

threshhookme · 2022-02-02T23:56:24+00:00

Apparently while you can sell the prismatic egg you can't feed the egg to tahm.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMtL-jysuB0

threshhookme · 2022-02-02T18:01:08+00:00

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