Original League of Legends (LoL) Thread

Edit: Holy crap my roommate just walked into my room and said "wtp I'm going to call the police you perverts."

LOL

Well, they just removed the Leona delay announcement.

Shame I can't play with her until this evening .

Edit: Holy crap my roommate just walked into my room and said "wtp I'm going to call the police you perverts."

Hm, she's not in the store yet =(

Also, lol at your edit. What were you doing? :o pervert.

Just read Will's and my posts in a different light.

Just read Will's and my posts in a different light.

WOW I C WUT U DID THAR. LOL

Thanks man you just made me look at your post in a different light.

Crit damage rune pages are insane. My friend has a full one for gp. He crits for so much more...

Alright since Leona will be unlocked either today or within the range of few days...I'm going to pretty much offer my insight on what I would do with her, item-wise and ability wise.

 Abilities: How I intend to level her abilities and use it

As I said earlier in my Leona posts a few pages back, she has an Amumu-type initiation skillshot ability and a Rammus-type defensive ability, minus the "Thornmail effect". How I would build her is like this:

1 Q > 1 W > 1 Q > 1 E > 1 W > 1 R

Leave her E at level 1, because that'll be enough for any teamfight initation needs (similar to Amumu's Bandage Toss, where most Amumu players will only get level 1 BT and level that ability at the very end). After level 6, depending on yours (and your team's needs), distribute points between your Q and W whichever is needed. Though in my opinion, I would try to max her W up first ASAP after level 6 because it'll give her a lot of survivability during teamfights and ganks. And deal some nice AoE damage too (which will prolong her shield effect for another 3 seconds if the AoE burst hits any enemies).

Initating a teamfight:

Line up your E, and try to aim it where you will bring yourself to a squishy champion at the very end of your skillshot. Initiate, then quickly pop your W (shield), then quickly follow it up with your stun (Q). At this moment, you should be heavily focused. Now use your R and drop it where there is a lot of enemy champs clustered correctly. If used right, this will stun a few enemy champs and slow the others, depending on where they are when the ultimate is casted

 Items

These are the list of items I would definitely use on Leona. The items I'm listing are almost strictly tank items, with certain exceptions

- Frozen Mallet

While she is not a DPSer or anything like that, she is considered a melee tank champion. Therefore, any of her attacks - with Frozen Mallet equipped - will slow targeted enemies down. Great for chasing stragglers after a teamfight. Also, the +700 HP it gives will definitely give her some survivability.

- Randuins Omen

Self-explanatory; this items is almost a MUST for tanky champs. Once you use your E and initiate a teamfight, you can pop its active effect and give your team a slight advantage at the beginning. Its passive will pretty much debuff AD/AD DPS a bit. Also, the armor it provides is sufficient enough to counter any AD/AD DPS champs. The HP it provides will also contribute to her survivability too.

- Thornmail

Again, self-explanatory. Just get this if you need to hard-counter enemy AD DPS champions - or just AD-based champs - anytime.

- Mercury Treads

I don't need to explain much about why you need to get this on Leona because she's a tank and needs to soak up lots of CC.......

- Banshee Veil

This is a MUST get on Leona. Since you're the tank and is the first one to initiate teamfights, its best for the enemies to blow a couple of critical debuffs they have on you instead of your teammates. You'll at least block one of the debuffs, and that'll help a bit with your survivability. The HP/MP it provides will help greatly with survivability.

- Force of Nature (FoN)

No matter when you build this, you'll heal a lot due to its unique passive effect because you have a lot of HP. Plus since it gives a lot of MR, this item - along with BV and Merc Treads - is great for countering mages/caster champs through magic damage mitigation.

(+1425 HP, +375 MP, +175 armor, +151 MR)

Other items I would consider:

-Quicksilver Sash (QSS)

Still an underrated item in a lot of games despite the fact it has a 90 second - not a 120 second - cooldown. In case the enemy team has tons of CC, pick this up. From personal experience, its a great way to get out of a situation where you are being debuffed very heavily.

- Guardian Angel (GA)

In case things get very hairy where your survivability is crucial to your team, pick this up.

- Frozen Heart

If AD DPS champs become a huge issue, get this item and get in their faces so their damage output is substantially reduced.

Since shes a tank i dunno why you'd list items cos if i remember correctly you were the first person to tell me all items on a tank are situational for the opponents you face.

So pretty much I can't do ranked unless it's a 5 man premade. Even when my friend and I queue together the other 3 are absolute garbage, almost every single time. They also always leave me to tank and I can't tank for shitty players who don't know how to play. Latest game they didn't ban TF so I took him and our Morgana afked for a while, our Morde was "lagging really bad" and couldn't do anything and the enemy team ended up with two of their teammates at legendary status. Eventually I just said pineapple it and backdoored and actually got through almost 2 turrets while they raided our base, lol. So fucking terrible.

Since shes a tank i dunno why you'd list items cos if i remember correctly you were the first person to tell me all items on a tank are situational for the opponents you face.

I'm listing possible items to use. Of course, its situational, but if I had to pick items to counter certain champs, I just pick and choose from the list of desired items I made.

Oh and this is f'ucking epic: http://www.leagueoflegends.com/board/sho...p?t=755025

You prioritize Q over W? (I mean, after the initial point) W actually does more damage, while soaking up more damage. Even though it has a longer cooldown, you shouldn't be spamming skills anyways, plus, Q still has the same stun at all levels.

I agree with your items, but I'd prioritize Frozen Heart over Thornmail because the cooldown and mana seems really helpful for Leona.

You plan on getting a Philo on her? I do it on Amumu.

You plan on getting a Philo on her? I do it on Amumu.

Tbh, I don't use that item, lol. But in the Champion Spotlight, that item was brought up by Phreak as a possible item to use on Leona.

Tbh, I don't use that item, lol. But in the Champion Spotlight, that item was brought up by Phreak as a possible item to use on Leona.

The extra gold is really useful. It's the first item I get on Amumu.

@Will: Maybe it is just be, but i think you overvalue thornmail. Other than shen and maybe rammus, i wouldn't take thornmail over frozen heart ever. I dont know the cost difference off hand, but i do know they both give 100 armor(+/- a few). But the mana/cdr/atk speed debuff is just so freaking good. Most people are not going to attack you once they see you with the item. But then again, maybe i am giving low elo people too much credit to not attack a tank with thornmail. And when i say low elo, i mean the people 90% of southperry people are playing against. (oh didnt see corn said something about this just a few post up, but yeah)

@nalek, yeah i see philo being pretty much a must have on her unless mana cost are super low. Talking about leona, the biggest issue i see with her is what are you going to do in lane. I dont think she will be taking a solo lane and she doesnt offer much support to a duo lane partner. Like ashe/janna seems way way better than ashe/leona. And as far as i can tell she cant jungle, so yea just having a hard time figuring out how she will farm without gimping her team.


and one last thing, no one on SP has talked about yorick that ive seen, HOLY pineappleING MOTHER OF GOD he is good after the buff. So strong in lane, real hard to kill and makes team fights a huge mess for the other team with so many ghouls running around hard to see what you are attacking. His Ult is really strong in team fights, throw it on the AD carry and get a nice 50% damage boost lulz.

2nd edit is the best!


As for Yorick, he's Lanedyr 2.0 / Lanewick 3.0

@Will: Maybe it is just be, but i think you overvalue thornmail. Other than shen and maybe rammus, i wouldn't take thornmail over frozen heart ever. I dont know the cost difference off hand, but i do know they both give 100 armor(+/- a few). But the mana/cdr/atk speed debuff is just so freaking good. Most people are not going to attack you once they see you with the item. But then again, maybe i am giving low elo people too much credit to not attack a tank with thornmail. And when i say low elo, i mean the people 90% of southperry people are playing against. (oh didnt see corn said something about this just a few post up, but yeah)

Still havent done ranked due to being summoner level 1x, but I occasionally get Thornmail on Amumu when I play him. AD VS Amumu with Thornmail adn Sunfire Cape? They melt like craaazy. After Thornmail I'd get frozen heart, then something for AP.

Just had a scary close game with some Southperryans. We were doing really well (like 10+ kills and 3+ turret advantage). Then they aced us. That ace wasn't THAT big of a deal, but everyone started yelling at each other for making mistakes and stuff. Then they aced us again, and took down an inhibitor and two nexus towers. Luckily I respawned and scored a triple kill (Caitlyn ftw). Still, it was scary. At least we won in the end.

I loled at my parrrleys taking out 60% of vayne/ashe's hp

Just had a scary close game with some Southperryans. We were doing really well (like 10+ kills and 3+ turret advantage). Then they aced us. That ace wasn't THAT big of a deal, but everyone started yelling at each other for making mistakes and stuff. Then they aced us again, and took down an inhibitor and two nexus towers. Luckily I respawned and scored a triple kill (Caitlyn ftw). Still, it was scary. At least we won in the end.

We were 4 SPers and a Fiddle that started bitching at me for not ulting right (as Galio). Then after he started bitching, I got 4 of them in an ult and we killed almost everyone, then we just took over their base and didn't go back until we won.