Reign of Gaming

Having him turn into a ranged big demon is kinda characteristic of Illidan and the fact that he wields a blade also (why should a winged demon need a blade?) is pretty significant. Kinda hard to judge without seeing his kit in action though

I just want to point out what I see as some flaws in your argument here (don't get me wrong I think there is a bit more luck involved than acknowledged in the article). Something like a Morgana Q is not simply luck based, it is a skill based shot and if you correctly pick which direction the enemy is going to try to dodge then that is your skill. Did he try to move back towards the tower when he knew he was in range? Did he change direction at the last second last time you used the skill? Does he have one side of mid lane warded that he is trying to stay closer to? These all impact which direction you will aim, and your guess as to where he will go is a skill that you learn, not luck.

As for facing a team that has a vlad and kha zix and you are unaware who will be midlane, then it is a big gamble to take purely MR or purely armor, either take a mixed defensive page or go a full offensive page and adjust your playstyle. Making assumptions about an enemy team is still a skill not luck.

The biggest issue I have though is; as a jungler you can definitely tell who the enemy jungler is likely to gank. Did my top lane start with a dorans blade on darius? and has no escapes against a lee sin? then that nautilus is probably gonna head top after he grabs his red buff (assuming he's purple). In this instance I might start red despite being volibear and then after blue lane gank top lane and potentially countergank the nautilus. There's always a reason behind why people do things, you just have to work them out. 

So sad that they can't consider those of us who actually play trundle a lot atm when remaking him. I'm gonna miss my pink shoes soo much and I mean that complete change in theme of the junkyard trundle skin, wtf? I wanted the quirky skin not the big mean beat em up skin, and I can't even refund it :( sadness. 

THIS. That was my favourite part about that skin and people always commented on how awesome it looked. Devastated that they removed those shoes :(

Not really, not when you nerf everything else. He was pretty damn good because there were tanks and stacking health against him meant that if anyone died he got a huge chunk of hp back. I suspect this will actually make him less viable.

So true. It saddens me to admit how true this is.

Yeah it's actually a fair sizeable nerf to remove that tenacity - it was what made him actually have a chance of getting to an enemy carry in a teamfight and actually have some sort of presence. His ult is now better for damage late game but worse for weakening tanks and also makes him squishier as a result - I suspect it will now be impossible to play a full offensive Trundle properly. I'm confused why they made the armor/MR flat, it doesn't help him really when early game its primary role was to give you some health back and by making it flat it nerfs his (not so strong) late game.  

I actually think karma looks incredibly strong right now.. Has nobody else considered that she has got an aoe speed buff and shield at level 1? that lends itself to incredible level 1 engages - she can go for aoe damage and a 50% aoe slow if the speed buff isn't necessary, that's amazingly powerful for level 1.

In terms of damage, shes no syndra but her ratios are strong, shes got shortish cooldowns and would benefit for cdr even more and so i can see builds like athenes, morellos, rylais, deathcap being extremely powerful(40% cdr, 436ap)  (on mid karma obviously). Alternatively twin shadows would work well with her w allowing her the root, for a more support karma. She has some scary versatility.    

Whoa, ZAC has no increase to hp regen as he levels? Thats some pretty awesome regen at level 1 at least.. but god awful for level 18. Hopefully his passive balances it out, but i get the feeling he'll be awful against sieging if that is the case. Must say his kit looks great though. 

Just wanted to point out that while I agree with the nature of this post and that people should not play ranked when they are in a bad mood etc, there are some exceptions. - The other day i had a most bizarre ranked game where our adc had the worst mood I've seen in some time, but played INCREDIBLY well. Keep in mind this was a game where we won outright, we were never in any real danger of losing the game but our adc who was something like 12/1 by 20 mins in kept trying to start arguments with our team over the smallest things ("omg ryze you took my cs, wtf is wrong with you! im going afk!"). Thankfully my team just shrugged it off and played competitively, as our adc was still very keen on winning and we eventually got the win. 

My point from that is that some people may actually play better when they're in a bad mood and taking things extremely seriously - it may not be therapy for them and it may not be fun for the rest of the team but some people perform better in different circumstances, and i think you have to be prepared in ranked to deal with that. Just because someones in a bad mood doesn't mean they will perform badly, wait before you tell them to go fuck off.