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Toaster will be the new ADC and Zhergoth new sub
As you all know, xPeke was training hard to try to reach the best possible level as ADC but, with our results and, being yesterday the last day we had left according to RIOT rules, we have been forced to enroll new players in our team roster.
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NA LCS Viewership did not Decline — Comparing Bo3 to Bo1
Doublelift’s video on “why NA LCS viewership is decaying” quickly triggered a storm of theories and speculations. A little bit of research quickly shows that views for NA LCS are actually still increasing, compared to previous splits.
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7/13 PBE Update: Balance changes & new project icons
After starting the 6.15 cycle with three new PROJECT skins, today's PBE update includes eleven new PROJECT themed summoner icons and several tentative balance changes!
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[Spanish] Valencia CF eSports team roster.Link
How to get your 2016 World Championship Tickets
Cheer on the best teams in the world as they meet on the premier stage during the 2016 League of Legends World Championship. If you want to join us during Worlds 2016, read on for important information on how to buy your tickets for San Francisco, Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles.
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Statistical Analysis: Gamsu Out, Kikis In: Fnatic strengthens their weakest link
Fnatic’s acquisition of Mateusz “Kikis” Szkudlarek as a top lane replacement for Noh “Gamsu” Yeong-jin has the potential to be one of those moves. If Kikis adapts well to his new environment, his more stable play should prove to be an upgrade in a role that has been a weak point for Fnatic all year.
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League of Legends global power rankings through July 13
Welcome back to our League of Legends global power rankings. Every week, we look at each team in the five major regions and rank them according to how they are currently performing.
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Origen staff leaving - by kamekazekk
A lot of the staff, that runs the site and social media, just left Origen. It doesn't look like they left on good terms. The tweets indicate that Origen is struggling with alot of internal problems
Tweets: https://gyazo.com/6a623245b759582845d849e47aa5b556https://gyazo.com/9a3db2d2cb637c1d6c1102e12e4eb841 https://gyazo.com/8d1b23c388354e18c5f475dd9fc48559https://gyazo.com/9339e1867b50f7821ee127760bffd665
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Looks like the general manager also left: https://gyazo.com/34a2c1ed9a05cc66b426809a0e1e81d7
Is it possible to bring back champion quotes in Daft Pick by any chance? - by Bainshee
I´d just love to hear their quote it is picked everytime. It was one of the most epic things Riot implemented into the Draft Pick. Actually IMO if people do notpay attention to the pick/ban phase it´s their fault, so there´s no reason to not bring them back.
Undocumented renekton W changes in 6.14 patch - still bugged - by Arnelon
W now does it's multiple ticks of damage separated instead of does all the damage at the same time. It looks stupid, feels clunky and doesn't add anything to the gameplay except missed CS.
However, the bug that sometimes makes your W disappear (still losing cooldown) if you use it quickly after another spell is still there, it's been over a year now.
Damnit riot, noone asked for this stupid change, yet you ignore the renekton mains who've been asking for a bugfix forever.
inb4 "but now tiamat make lots of circles it's so cool!!!11one"
edit: Using w at 50 fury doesn't generate more from the last two hits btw
Akali: hey
Akali: report ashe plz
Ashe: Lul,akali calling me a scripter
Akali: shes using 3rd party programs
Akali: her champ is automatically writing when baron spawns etc.
Akali: hell no :p
Sivir: how do you know
Akali: and dragons
Akali: when we dont have vision
Sivir: dude
Akali:its automatically typing in chat in yellow font
Ryze is still Pickable in the SR Tutorial! Why is that? - by ComanderRO
Ryze is a very complicate champion right now but you can still pick him as a new player, the draw-backs are obivious! It's preaty hard for new players to understand the game as it is, but with this hard of a champion...https://gyazo.com/cd0e7c18127b21749857a0310444dbea Photo of the tutorial champ select
Despite our recent loss of wards, mana potions, and Zed mains, team builder is what brings back the most joyful memories.
Those were the times--long talks in the lobby rooms, playing your role without the annoying pick/ban phase of draft, securing a role with no conflicts. I recall getting icons and using them immediately, hi-fiving my adc in game because we were both practicing new champs and understood that team builder was a place for growth...
Thank you team builder.
Review of OGN/LCK Studios in Seoul - by Adornus
Hello, my name is Adornus, and I want to share my experience going to the OGN Studios in Seoul to watch some LCK. When my wife and I found out we could swing a weekend in Seoul on a layover, we decided we’d try and check out some games.
Get tickets: The first thing you need to do is try and get tickets, which can generally be the most painful part. There is really two ways you can get tickets.
Ticketlink (http://www.ticketlink.co.kr/global/en) – this is the site that OGN links on their Facebook page. It sucks, really really hard. Every time I got to the final payment stage, it would bomb out and not progress after I hit Visa. If you can get this site to work, awesome, I couldn’t on two different computers.
OGN Employee – this is the route I ended up going. Luckily, being a Minnesota guy, a certain employee was generous enough to hook me up with some tickets.
One thing I wanted to share with tickets that you may want to think about beforehand. The studio is setup much like a high school sports game where you sit on the side of your team. For example, let’s use the image below for SKT vs SSG. With this, the Samsung fans would sit on the left side of the auditorium, while the SKT fans would sit on the right side of the auditorium. Obviously this is just a general way of doing this, but if you want to sit by your team’s fans, try and do this.
http://imgur.com/V4vrMJW
Day of the matches: I can say I was pretty damn excited for the day of the matches. I hadn’t been to any LCS/LCK/MSI/IEM/Worlds event, so this was going to be a new experience. First thing we had to do was get there. If you’re only in Seoul for a little while, figure out the subway system, as it’s a piece of cake and super cheap. Cabs are also cheap as they’re based on distance, not time, like here in the USA, but sometimes there can be a language barrier with the driver.
To get here by train, take the AREX line to the Digital Media City stop. Take the #9 exit out of the station, and it’s just a 10 minute walk. Just follow the red route (http://imgur.com/KDcbChs)
Taxi, you just tell them to go to Sangamdong Church. You may have to look that up in Korean. I didn’t use this method so not sure how tough it would be.
I also recommend getting any meals you want before you come to this area, if you’re staying in an area that speaks some English, as you will have a lot of trouble here if you don’t have a good translation app or speak Korean. In all of the restaurants between the station and the stadium, none of them speak a lick of English. Getting beer beforehand was a bit of a struggle, but that was definitely doable.
Here’s a picture of the outside of the building, it’s gorgeous (http://imgur.com/jjlUrkO). Once you get inside, there should be a ticket counter directly ahead of you on floor 1F (the ground floor). Try to arrive one hour before the matches start as it gives you some more time to get your tickets (before a lot of people) and plenty of time to poke around. The studio is up on floor 15, which takes up floors 14-16 I believe. OGN offices are on floor 13. One of the perks about getting in early as chances are you’ll see the English casters and get a chance to chat with them quick. On the day I was there, Achilios and Papasmithy were casting. Both guys were really nice to talk with.
There is a CVS4U, or whatever it’s called, right outside the studio on level 15. This has really cheap bottled water (like 800 Wan or less $0.75 USD) and other snacks. If you’re there for 2 best of 3s, and it goes the distance on both like it did for us, by the end it will picked over, so get your stuff early.
The games are exactly like you see on Twitch, same music, same everything plays over the loudspeaker. They play the Korean cast over the speakers, so if you want to listen to the English cast, bring some headphones for your phone. There is the Seoul@PublicWifi wifi connection there, and it works pretty well. I was able to watch Sneaky’s stream beforehand on high and medium settings just fine.
You can also make signs before the games if you want to try and get on the broadcast. There is a stack of signs, with markers, outside of the studio next to the CVS4U. More on this later.
So, to get to the actual games: We were lucky to see SKT vs. KT and ROX vs Jin Air on July 9th. The games themselves were sloppy at times, but it was still awesome to see in person. The fan girls LOVE Faker, and line up beforehand to take pictures of him setting up. We were seated on the KT and Jin Air sides of the matches we say, so there was a little less cheering around us, but still everyone cheered big plays regardless of who made them.
In game two, the wife and I were on the broadcast. My wife saw the signs and really wanted to make one. She thought she was so clever (although her sign is entirely a true statement).
http://imgur.com/MvH3zN6
My wife, took a picture of the SKT post game winner up on the board:
http://imgur.com/mkYqLin
After both matches were complete, we were able to hang around a bit and get some pictures. We got a picture with Achilios and Papa. Those guys were extremely nice, especially Achilios (one of the truly genuine guys in esports) who ended up showing us a fantastic Korean BBQ spot in Itaewon.
http://imgur.com/a/7lcFk
And that was our experience at the OGN studios. I would do it again in a heartbeat, and if would go back to Seoul again whenever I could.
Ask questions you have, feel free to ask, would love to share any other info I may have.
TLDR; went to OGN studios in Seoul, watched some matches, had a lot of fun.
I saw the Renekton bug post on front page and decided to share all of the Renekton bugs that I'm aware of as well as my thoughts on the Renekton changes on the PBE - by SA_panther410
Here is a Youtube video I posted on the subject about 2 months ago and Recieved confirmation from a management level rioter that they had seen it and that they had submitted tickets for the bugs to be fixed. This was 2 months ago and I haven't received any updates since.
Some of the interactions I claim are bugs in the video I learned are intended, Like the shop interaction, after I posted it.
The first bug showcased is the displacement bug, but I've learned it applies with a lot of skillshot CC to (ie. Thresh hook, Blitsz hook, Morg binding) It will apply the cc from the starting point of Renekton's dash, not where he currently is in the dash.
Fast combos with Renekton will often lead to your W just disappearing, which is very frustrating, as it is the majority of your dmg right now and your only source of cc
It is impossible to cancel Renekton's W auto attack animation, So when trying to use your W on someone like fizz, who can go untargetable your W will automatically target the next closest thing when they go untargetable. This can work with any champion that uses zhonyas as well.
Renektons dmg on his W applies well after the animation starts, Which can lead to the W going on cd, even after the target has died, due to the animation starting. This also leads to strage interactions with Block/Dodge/Blind as the animation will start before the Dodge is applied, however they will still dodge due to the delay on The dmg and CC aplication.
The quinn interaction seems to finally be fixed
W doesn't apply spell effects but does proc spellshields. I don't know if this is intended or not.
Your first autoattack after entering combat will only grant 3 fury, instead of 5, due to 2 fury decaying after the autoattack.
As for the Renekton changes on the PBE, I think they're just adding to the list of random Renekton buffs, random in the sense that it wont do anything. Renekton has 3 major issues right now:
His Bugs
His ultimate CD does not scale with level, making it one of the longest CDs in the game late game
His E cd is very long early.
If you want to buff Renekton, he doesn't need more dmg or fury generation put into his kit, he already has plenty of that in his kit, and he doesn't need more.
Edit: Formatting is hard.
Edit 2: Added the fury Decay bug to the list.
Edit 3: Wow just had a chance to play Renekton with his new W. It feels absolutely awful. I hope it gets reverted or its gonna take a while to get used to.
Ashe deals increased damage on inhibitors (proof inside) - by cenzala
With Ashe becoming meta, I started playing her again, and felt that something was wrong when hitting inhibitors. After dealing about ~700 damage when having only 326 AD, I went in a custom game and tried to figure out what was giving the bonus damage:Critical chance
Pics http://imgur.com/a/OmPI1
IMG 1: 135 AD, 0% critical chance deals 123 damage.
IMG 2 : 138 AD, 100% critical chance deals 240 damage
I went into ARAM map just because its quicker, but it happens in summoners rift too.
Yasuo AA bug after ult is gone but for some reason he still cant auto right away after ult - by Bubnik2
Before there was a weird animation that basically looked like you are going to auto but it actually blocked you from doing one, however it used to proc statikk shiv damage without aa damage. Now with this gone you just have to wait like half a second after ult before you can start auto attacking again. Feels pretty much the same tbh, but at least previous bug could be cancelled by animation cancel and repeat auto, however it could happen the next auto after your ult no matter how much time has passed. I still feel like doing auto after ult isn't fully fixed yet.
Is there Any Chance for the Project Ashe, to get A Toggle? - by Memoryy
To be Honest, i Love the New Project Skins. And as An ADC Main, i'm thinking about getting the Ashe One, but one thing that bothers me, is ... that her Helmet/Mask isn't toggle-able. I mean, when rengar can have it, why can't a Legendary Skin?
Rito pls
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[LCK Faker's 1000 Kills] Let's look back on some of his best kills!
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The Blame Game S6 Summer W6: CLG Darshan's Greed and FOX Keith's Positioning
Lazerbeams: Memes are Dreams
C9 Sneaky | Not Good In Lane
Mic Check - Episode 19 (2016)
How to tilt 103
Life of Legends S03E06 - LIFESTYLE
Origen's Chasing Glory S2 EP1 - "A new begining"
RIP LoneSomeRanger
Fanart
Yorick fanart by me :>