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cixelsyD · Joined: 09 Oct 2010 Posts: 1298

About 6 moths back i quit playing wow(for probably the 4th time) so naturally i needed a new addiction to take its place. League of Legends was just that. Along with being a better acronym, LoL is also a better game because it FREEEEEE. Its kind of like a nicotine patch for wow nerds. Sure you are developing diabetes and a weight problem from playing video games 23 hours a day but at least you arnt paying for that future heart attack, unless you want to. It is basically like DotA but with this new thing... balance. If you have never played DotA all the games consist of the same 10 heroes, the only ones that are good. This one is releasing their 62nd char next week and i really haven't found a champion that isnt balanced and viable, even the healers are brutal.

Here is a picture of some gameplay.

So yeah, play with me ^_^

Sam · Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 8832

cixelsyD · Joined: 09 Oct 2010 Posts: 1298

Set · Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 7:04 pm Post subject:

wow how convenient, i just started playing this too, yesterday in fact. ive been tinkering around with Nunu while i get a feel for the game. I still havent memorized all the champions names though Laughing

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cixelsyD · Joined: 09 Oct 2010 Posts: 1298

Nice! Nunu is a pretty decent char, though personally i would recommend someone like Miss Fortune or someone who isnt a tank until you get your feet wet a bit. I say that because nunu is a tank and since tanking in that game is pretty important if you fuck up something or stack the wrong kind of defense for your enemy team your team will just blame you and then you are stuck losing a game with 4 whiny bitches talking about how bad you are. If you are just a bad healer or damage char then you wont be on the radar for bitching as much though.

Sam · Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 8832

cixelsyD · Joined: 09 Oct 2010 Posts: 1298

Yeah they change chars around quite a bit, all for the sake of balance, and i have only been playing for 6 months or so, but i have over 1000 games under my belt and i can honestly say ive seen less than 5 sivirs do well. 5! I can see her boomerangeblade catching you off guard in a team fight, even though she should probably be focused down first, but if you let that thing hit you in a one on one setting im of the opinion that you are terribad.

There are certain heroes that your success with them that game is going to be determined mostly by how good your opposition is at dodging your nonsense. Kog'maw, Niddalee, or Ez for example. Most salted 30s will see those kind of chars and know they have to dodge a lot, or just keep a creep between them at all times respectively and they will be fine. Then on the other side you get people who let Nid blast them in the face with full distance spears whilst they are too busy getting last shots. Since I play as niddalee alot I prefer the latter.

All that said i should admit that i have an extremely low opinion of her as a champion.

Sam · Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 8832

Because of the skillshot issue? Or .. probably because you don't see her in a lot of organized league/season play. Possibly a combo of the two. She was definitely a nearly indispensable high-ELO champ, I can only assure you.

Like Twisted Fate, she was massively nerfed due to her ubiquitous presence in tourney play. Both remain adequate heroes (that, and Sivir's range nerf was reversed, so she's a bit crazy again). Either are preferable to, say, Jax.

cixelsyD · Joined: 09 Oct 2010 Posts: 1298

BigBadWolf · Joined: 21 Mar 2010 Posts: 1041 Location: Not Here

hmm...i may have to try this game out for myself...yes another way to waste my time Wink

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Snorri · Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 2:46 pm Post subject:

just completed the tutorial. time for some games.
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Snorri · Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 2:46 pm Post subject:

after I watch Community of course.
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Sam · Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 8832

Here's a fun little thing to do with Sivir, if you are playing on organized teams and you don't mind being support food (not that sivir cares that much anyway, as she is a fragile toon)

As long as your team has its AoE initiation/CC covered (which all teams should do anyway) — you build from your boots/chalice to this:

Stark's Fervor
Frozen Heart
Aegis of the Legion

Now, when the game reaches teamfight status, sivir pops ult and darts around the fight, granting +20% lifesteal, +52% attack speed, +30 hp regen, 25% cooldown reduction, +12 armor, +15 magic resist, +8 damage, and +%25 movement speed to ALL allied teammates, and REDUCES all enemies' attack speed by 20% and all enemies' armor by 20 points.

The effect is immense. Assuming an otherwise level experience/monetary spread: if the enemy team doesn't want to die horribly, they have to focus their assassination on Sivir. If they're good, they'll usually eventually succeed, but the entire time they're trying to do this, they've been stunned/ensnared by the AoE CC (malphite, amumu), delayed by sivir's SS+dodge, and brutalized by the team's hypercharged AP DPS, who had to be deprioritized/ignored with little regard to frailty.

It's like tacking a supercharged support onto a dps pusher and leaving another slot entirely open for support (Intervention via Kayle is tops)

Snorri · Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 7:16 pm Post subject:

This shit is pretty balling.
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nathan · Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 6269

Thank god my windows partition is needing re-windowed at the moment or I would find this activity dangerously enticing.
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