Reign of Gaming

Cait/Ashe/Urgot, Lux, Nidalee, Jayce, Xerath.

Gl dodgin :)

Why nobody mentions dem bananas

This sounds very interesting. I used to play the dorans blade -> transfer to ap style a while, but it has sorta lost its power. I'll try this out :)

Kog might actually perform even better with supports like leona on lower elo, as you do have two spells you can level up to empower ur burst damage. Kills = better lategame than medicore farming vs a bullylane :)

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While yes, I find the 9 pot meta rather boring, it also gave some players more of a chance without following "meta picks". I ran into a mid lane Vlad last night, something I haven't seen since S2, simply because he just doesn't feel very strong right now. However, due to his 9 pot start and strong laning, he almost beat me (on Fizz of all champs -.-).  There was no way he would snowball as well as me, so the extra experience he got from staying in lane so long kept him in the game. Then I got some ganks and snowball and pooped on his poor soul, but you get the point.

The 9 pot start reduced the effect of getting countered in lane. Sure, you might be taking a ton of harass as *insert melee mid here* vs Ryze, but with 9 pots, you lost some farm but kept up in experience for the most part and were able to roam out of it. With the 9 pot start going away, that won't happen. Some counters will go back to being unwinnable. 

Still, I'm glad to see it go. I only ever used it on Akali, and I only played her cause she was borked.

Is it really nesessary that Vladimir, the ultimate teamfight/lategame champ CAN lane well against fizz, the ultimate midlane bully? =)

Last time I saw blue NOT being smiteless was like s2. I'd say it's pretty reliable to say its happening if they have a jungler.

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There is absolutely no reason for ashe to pick up manamune. Sacrificing that much money for a totally useless stat on her just doesn't make up for the easy stacking.

I never said it was good, simply better than on every other ADC who has to go all the way to Manamune to actually stack. [And mana/mana regen isn't completely useless on her when she can keep up Frost Shot ad infinitm and spam Volley]

 

And if it's bad on Ashe, it's awful on anyone else. Maybe Ezreal can get it, since Muramana procs on Q. Maybe.

 

Sivir's cooldowns are too long, and none of her skills proc Muramana btw. So no, Sivir should not buy it. Honestly if you realy have to dump mana regen into Sivir, it's better to go freaking Crucible for the Cleanse. Of course, in the current state of things, you really have no reason to be playing Sivir anyway, she's horribly outclassed by everyone right now.

Well, I'd pick it on either corki or ez than Ashe :) Both have nice time stacking it, whilst both actually benefit from the extra mana.

I agree a lot.

Laning vs anyone with 9 potions is boring as fuck, and results in endless trading (or endless farming and ignoring the opponent as both are aware of the infinite sustain) unless either scores a lucky kill which gives both a pause for shopping. Not to mention that the yorick you mentioned can bully as much as he pleases and still there is absolutely no way he'll make someone leave the lane before the guy wants it himself. Lane bullies have pretty much lost their worth as everyone sustains so well with current starting items.

Pick order is currently the only working option. Calling works if others are co-operative (I for example always call a lane or two), but if they aren't i bend because Im not authorized to pick first. You can call all you want, but consider it as more like a request for the specific role, instead of demand.

There is absolutely no reason for ashe to pick up manamune. Sacrificing that much money for a totally useless stat on her just doesn't make up for the easy stacking.