Reign of Gaming

Miss Fortune?

Nunu icon is a good change, no matter how many times I look at his old icon, the combed back hood makes me think its the Yeti in the picture...

So I can't just have 3 sets of AD for ~25AD? If not, there are hardly 6 desirable stats per character. So every character would be the same. If I'm ADC, for example, who wouldn't get AD, ArPen, Armor, HP, Lifesteal, and Atk Speed for runes?

Oh man, been waiting for this for a LONG time! :)

Sejuani, Karthus, and Kog'Maw imo. The folk who choose Sion and Nasus are simply confused between "fed and late game" and "I farmed 700 minions for an hour and a half"

Two great articles in a row... go Hashinshin!

but no one ever offers any input other than: "it's boring fix it please riot!" and I see little difference here. If the melee champions didn't need to get into melee fast, they shouldn't be considered melee. Lets take three good examples: Kha, Shy, and Kayle. The article mentions Kha's ranged poke as an alternative to making melee more flavorful but that's not Kha being melee, that's Kha being ranged. Simply trading sides doesn't solve the issue. His isolation mechanic is just a reward for the "must get in" mindset, it is easier to get in if they're alone. Shy has similar mechanics, but her ranged poke is weak when used for just that so she can't really play at a range like Kha. To solidify this, we have one of the weakest melee champions in the game: Kayle. Why? Because she can't get into melee as fast as other champions. But she doesn't have to be melee, so it's okay.

I can see no other option that would allow a melee champion to be useful other than robbing them of their identity. If they can't dash into range, they don't do any damage. Period. If they don't CC when they dash into range they don't do much damage because of flash, jumps, etc. Period.

Yes Abyssal is applied before Void, just like how Cleaver is applied before Whisper.

First people gripe about no AD caster items, then one that ACTUALLY WORKS (see third paragraph) comes and people make a big deal about it. I think after the nerfs, BC will be in a fantastic place.

I think the biggest mistake people make when referring to AD casters is to compare them to AP casters. They are NOT the same, and really shouldn't be. If AD casters were ever the same as AP casters with physical damage then there would be even less counterplay, HP would become the only viable defensive stat because you can't possibly itemize against two champions with massive burst in different damages at the same time. Fixing that problem would overpower the bruisers who splash the tank's items, which would bring back the all bruiser all the time meta. However, I do think an item similar to DFG for AD casters would be nice to have.

Though I doubt it was done on purpose, I like the new utility that AD casters bring to the team. 2x BC Talon can apply max armor redux to an entire team with 1 skill, whether he can then succeed to 100->0 his target is of less consequence because they're all going to melt to your ADC now. Besides, getting insta-gibbed is no fun anyways. This is a pretty huge advantage that ADC do not have when they buy BC. Sure, it's pretty good damage and I can see it being useful on Cait, Ez, and Graves (all sort of ad casters in their own way) but I think they're better off with the usual stuff. Sure, it works pretty well with bruisers, but they will always get the best of all worlds. Even then, they won't apply stacks nearly as efficiently as most AD casters, and can't really afford to buy multiples. Champions like Darius now also have build options, you can totally be the team's AD caster if you feel you're lacking in burst instead of taking up the tank role. I think this is a good direction for the game to head in.

Finally, to counter BC you need to build HP. AD casters (for now) lack percentile damage. Only a few champions can bring your armor lower than 0, so why not just let their ten million armor pen go to waste? Sure, it's not as obvious, or as effective as building armor used to be to counter ad casters, but it works well enough. I don't see Talon melting RoA/Warmogs Cho'Gath any time soon. Of course, stacking HP has it's own issues, but having to make build choices based on FIVE threatening enemy champions is way more fun than just one or two.

TL;DR: AD casters ARE NOT AP casters. BC works great on AD casters, better even than other classes. Build HP to Counter.

They've mostly fixed Tristana's jump. Perhaps she'll see some time in the limelight once someone picks her up again.