Original League of Legends (LoL) Thread

If anyone was wondering why Cass suddenly showed up, replace Brand's Pillar of Flame with her two poisoning spells.

[video=youtube;tHuyqOaZpz4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHuyqOaZpz4[/video]

This MLG tournament is absolutely horrible. The commentators are bad, the quality is terrible, the ads are really annoying and frequent, and there have been lots of delays. I'm not sure if it's Riot's or MLG's fault, but I'm disappointed.

I could've gone to this in person since I only live about an hour away from Raleigh but I'm kind of glad I didn't now. Seems like an epic fail.

It's Riot's fault. The "Spectator Mode" keeps crashing / DCing the commentators so they can't really do anything other than spam ads all day. I ended up watching the SC2 matches for the rest of the day.

I you're getting BD'ed you need more wards -,,-

If anyone was wondering why Cass suddenly showed up, replace Brand's Pillar of Flame with her two poisoning spells.

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THAT'S why im weirdly pwning with cass!

If anyone was wondering why Cass suddenly showed up, replace Brand's Pillar of Flame with her two poisoning spells

I don't see it? If it was Teemo, then I'd call h4x.

Cass has great harass in laning phase, and since sustain took a big hit, hello harass meta!

Wait so Cass's little Q is now size of brand's pillar? 0_o

Wait so Cass's little Q is now size of brand's pillar? 0_o

Apparently all AoE spells that originate from the ground have a larger AoE than they should. Yordle Snap Trap, both of Cass's poisons, shrooms, Pillar of Flame, Living Artillery, etc.

Apparently all AoE spells that originate from the ground have a larger AoE than they should. Yordle Snap Trap, both of Cass's poisons, shrooms, Pillar of Flame, Living Artillery, etc.

I saw a red post that stated that they had seen trouble with cait's traps and teemo's shrooms, but the rest of the AoEs (Nunu's ult, galio's, Brand's pillar, Lux's light, Cass's miasma) were designed to work out of the graphical attack, because they had to choose either that or the opposite (hits a little less than what graphics show).

The same bug is on lee's tempest.

I bought soraka when I heard she was nice and after a couple of normals, she's awesome.

On the topic of BDing: Yes it's a cheap and dirt low tactic, but when desperate times come in, anything's possible. And plus you need to watch your lanes to prevent this from happening anyways.

Though I've done this a few times myself. Like for example, I was on Twitch where the enemy Nexus was exposed, yet the enemy was putting up a good fight in defense of their base. Stealth + fast autoattacks ended that game.

Off-Topic: Just got to Hartford. So much rain from Hurricane Irene. It was a rough trip coming in. Staying at a local hotel because its too unsafe to make the drive to Boston now. ><

P.S Who here has bought Riot Squad Singed and/or Riot K-9 Nasus skin(s)?

So my friends and I owned a normal. (3 of us + 2 randoms)

I was playing as tanky ryze. Our tryn didn't get fed as much as we'd have liked, but he still ended up at 18ish kills, me at 14. My god their soraka was BRUTAL. I had so much defense and mres yet that infuse of hers hurt sooooo much D:

I died once only. The other times I had to retreat and barely made it out with 2 bars (end game) cause of that soraka. It's sad that soraka was the ONLY one that gave me trouble.

Anyways, at first they were focusing me... so our tryn killed them while I ran back. Afterwards, once I got tanky... they tried diving me multiple times only to fail damage wise.... lols. I got a quadra kill off of it 0.o Gotta love that ult (sorta). Then they stopped focusing me (which was stupid) cause then during team fights I just free stood in the middle tossing off spell cycles and getting more free kills

Gotta love these people in ranked.

"So... I'm thinking Cho or Kog, which one?"

No one says anything, so I pick Cho.

"Omfg why didn't you pick Kog?"
"You pineappleing dumbass we already had two solo lanes [GP and Akali]"

Well geez, thanks a lot captain jackass. You had a friggin whole 15 seconds to tell me that, yet you didn't. The first guy was doing his masteries after selecting his champ (oops?), the second guy just flat out failed to say anything. At least my selection isn't completely unsound, because they had a Mordekaiser and a Talon. The previous ranked game I was in had insufficient CCs, so I wasn't about to trust the last guy on our team to pick up that slack. Final composition was GP, Akali, Zilean, Cho'Gath, Caitlyn.

Then later in the game, GP rages at everyone and anything that doesn't completely dominate the opposition, while their Talon keeps on calling Mordekaiser and Kog'Maw baddies. The other champ select rager Zilean decided not to talk to any of us all game (probably had us all on ignore) and failed to be of much use. And to top off the sillyness in the game, someone kept on calling for us to do Baron while one or two enemies were spotted bottom lane. We were three strong at Baron, while our Caitlyn and Akali were shopping. Sure enough, the rest of the team would fly in and we'd fight. Then they'd complain that we were being stupid. Hurrrr???

It's gonna be a fun ride up to 1520 elo. If I can get that far.

P.S Who here has bought Riot Squad Singed and/or Riot K-9 Nasus skin(s)?

I was debating getting the Singed one just because of it being unavailable soon, but i don't play Singed at all, and don't really like him so i didn't bother and got Piltover Customs Heimer instead lol.

P.S Who here has bought Riot Squad Singed and/or Riot K-9 Nasus skin(s)?

Gettin' that Riot Singed today, son!

Also I just HAD to do this
MLG is Over 9000!

Gotta love these people in ranked.

"So... I'm thinking Cho or Kog, which one?"

No one says anything, so I pick Cho.

"Omfg why didn't you pick Kog?"
"You pineappleing dumbass we already had two solo lanes [GP and Akali]"

Well geez, thanks a lot captain jackass. You had a friggin whole 15 seconds to tell me that, yet you didn't. The first guy was doing his masteries after selecting his champ (oops?), the second guy just flat out failed to say anything. At least my selection isn't completely unsound, because they had a Mordekaiser and a Talon. The previous ranked game I was in had insufficient CCs, so I wasn't about to trust the last guy on our team to pick up that slack. Final composition was GP, Akali, Zilean, Cho'Gath, Caitlyn.

Then later in the game, GP rages at everyone and anything that doesn't completely dominate the opposition, while their Talon keeps on calling Mordekaiser and Kog'Maw baddies. The other champ select rager Zilean decided not to talk to any of us all game (probably had us all on ignore) and failed to be of much use. And to top off the sillyness in the game, someone kept on calling for us to do Baron while one or two enemies were spotted bottom lane. We were three strong at Baron, while our Caitlyn and Akali were shopping. Sure enough, the rest of the team would fly in and we'd fight. Then they'd complain that we were being stupid. Hurrrr???

It's gonna be a fun ride up to 1520 elo. If I can get that far.

Sadly the "bad" trolls and ragers will continue to bug you until past 1600 ELO at least, from what I've heard. =\

But...you haven't finished your story yet. What happened at the end? XD -doesn't have access to LoL atm-

I was debating getting the Singed one just because of it being unavailable soon, but i don't play Singed at all, and don't really like him so i didn't bother and got Piltover Customs Heimer instead lol.

But...but....Singed is too good! Once you learn to play him you'll never regret it!

CLG sweep'd EG 4-0 to win MLG!

But...but....Singed is too good! Once you learn to play him you'll never regret it!

You'll have to give me some pointers for Singed next time, since he's my 2nd pick if my team is AD heavy without a tank.

You'll have to give me some pointers for Singed next time, since he's my 2nd pick if my team is AD heavy without a tank.

Oh sure no problem, I won't mind doing so next time I get on LoL. He's not that difficult to pick up and he is extremely fun to play. Though one thing I can say for certain right now is that if you overextend a lot, will hamper Singed's effectiveness by a lot. But doing that a bit won't hurt too much. xD

I forgot to mention this on my last game report, but I Skype'd with Josh early Thursday morning while we were playing our matches just for the sh'its and giggles. All I gotta say is...Josh is just too funny. Epically funny. Makes any bad situations in-game melt away. xD

Also...I nearly shat bricks when I heard Kaj's voice for the first time (in a serious way). Boy the tone reeks of srsness. xD

I forgot to mention this on my last game report, but I Skype'd with Josh early Thursday morning while we were playing our matches just for the sh'its and giggles. All I gotta say is...Josh is just too funny. Epically funny. Makes any bad situations in-game melt away. xD

And people say I take stuff too seriously
Also, I had to chalk up another one for "Number of People surprised by my voice." when Will heard my voice for the first time.

And people say I take stuff too seriously

Anyways....since I'm not sure when I will get on LoL...I'll give you some pointers right now:

 Singed tips/tricks/pointers

Lets start off with items.....and I'll outline each of their purposes.

- RoA: This is the first item you'll need to rush as Singed. In the beginning of the game, you'll need to get a Mana Crystal, which will alleviate some of the mana problems that Singed is plagued with during early game. It will also give you some HP because of his passive, Empowered Bulwark. Once you build Catalyst, you will have much more sustain in lane because of the HP/MP regeneration provided once you level up. Do note that RoA requires time to reach its maximum stats, which is why rushing it is the best thing to do. Ideally, this item should be completed by 20 minutes or less.

tl;dr - RoA will turn you into a tanky menance and give you lots of sustain in lane.

- Mercury Treads: This item is a huge no-brainer; it is the second item you build. Its a must for Singed. The CC reduction + MR it provides will be extremely helpful, especially since the 35% CC reduction the Treads provide stack with your Insanity Potion ultimate (though the CC reduction stack is addictive).

The items you will build after this point purely becomes situational. Here are the items I commonly used for Singed:

- Frozen Heart: This is a great anti-AD/AS (autoattacker) item. It provides +99 armor, +500 MP, and 20% CDR; the mana FH gives will proc your passive, which means FH will also give you a +125 HP gain. Also its debuff aura will reduce any enemy's physical attack speed (ASPD) by 20%, which will slow down the damage output of any AS-based AD damage dealers.

- Banshee Veil: This is a great item as its unique passive offers you protection against an enemy ability targeted at you. Also, it gives a bit of damage mitigation against magic damage-based abilities. Not only to mention, you gain +375 HP, +375 MP, and +50 MR, which translates to more survivability for you (you proc Empowered Bulwark with this item). If enemy abilities are giving you problems, get this first after you get RoA and Treads

- Thornmail: This is somewhat self-explanatory, but in case auto attackers become a huge problem for you, rush this.

- FoN: This is a great item on Singed. Besides giving you a great boost in your mitigation against magic damage, it also gives a LOT of HP regeneration. In fact, by this time you build this item, you should have lots and lots of HP. This means you'll add on over 50 HP5 onto your current HP regeneration, which means you can heal up faster.

- Guardian Angel: This item is mainly a "cherry on the top" item, and is usually the last item that I would get after getting my essential items. But anyways, this item is great in case you're getting intensely focused by the enemy. You basically get a second life out of this because of its unique passive. The armor and MR boost it gives is also helpful too.

- Rylai's Crystal Scepter: This is somewhat of a "controversial" item for Singed because while it does great things for Singed (more HP and AP for him), some argue that it defeats the purpose of "chasing a Singed" because of the slow this item provides. But again, it can be argued that offensively, you can slow your enemies by kiting poison onto them and catch up to them if they ever try to run away (and Fling them back to your teammates). If you do plan to get this item, get it as your 4th/5th item because your main focus as Singed is to be as tanky as possible.

tl;dr - this build emphasizes on survivability as well as building up lots of mana (and a bit of HP) to become very tanky as possible.

Build:

- Rush your poison first, reaching max rank by level 9.
- Level up your Mega Adhesive whenever you can (1 rank at level 2 or 3, another rank at level 7/8, then max it out level 10 and beyond). The increased slow with every increasing point onto Mega Adhesive will prove extremely helpful in catching up to enemies.
- Leave Fling at rank 1 because leveling it more only increases damage dealt and mana cost. Level 1 Fling will be more than enough for your trolling teamfight needs
- Level ultimate whenever it becomes available.

Strategy:

- Since Singed is a great solo top champion, be prepared to solo at top in a 1v1 or a 1v2 situation (if your team has a jungler). If done right, this is highly beneficial to Singed as he'll level up faster as well as get tons of farm.
- Singed will have mana problems early game; use your abilities wisely. Once you get RoA, you can pretty much free-farm all you want.
- Singed is not as tanky during early game, which means you'll have to be a bit careful in terms of being aggressive in lane.
- While your poison is at low ranks (levels 1-3), you won't be able to kill off an entire minion wave with one round of poison kiting, which means you'll have to have poison on for a longer duration, or last hit with your auto attack. After level (rank) 4 in poison, though, you will be able to demolish minion creeps from full to 0 with one application of your poison. Once Singed has max poison, he can pretty much free-farm all he wants, and is very hard to deny him farm unless you catch him out of position/overextending.
- Do not forget to get wards while you're farming. While you want to free-farm like crazy, you do not also want to overextend and get ganked. By getting wards, you'll know ahead of time when you're taking things a bit too far.
- During teamfights, your role is to kite the enemy with poison, dump your Mega Adhesive on targets of priority (carries/squishies), and Fling them back to your teammatees to be picked apart.
- In contrast, Mega Adhesive can be used defensively by slowing chasing enemies, which allows you to gain more distance between them. Fling can also be used defensively by throwing chasing enemies back.
- When getting chased, have your poison on and go in a zigzag motion so there'll be a better chance the enemy might run into your poison cloud. You can either deter your enemy from chasing you further or you can turn it around in your favor if they overextend.
- Try not to overextend, especially during teamfights. Your effectiveness will be severely limited if you do so.
- Use your ultimate at the right time. Offensively, you use it to charge headlong into enemy lines and do your stuff. Since you have tons of CC reduction (~60% CC reduction with Mercury Treads and ultimate on), enemies who try to CC you will basically waste it since the CC will only last 40% of its full effect. Also, it gives a boost to your defensive stats (armor, MR), which will make you tankier while you're on your ultimate. Defensively, it can be used to jack up your HP5 and MP5 to astronomical levels and allow you to regenerate HP and MP faster. It will also allow you to run faster, have tons of CC reduction, as well as have more damage mitigation than usual, which will ensure you can survive from enemies chasing your ass.

Preferred Rune setup:

- x9 Magic Pen red (+9 magic pen)
- x9 Armor Yellow (+13 Armor)
- x9 MR Blue (+13 MR)
- x3 MS Quints (+4.5% MS total)

Preferred Mastery setup:

0/21/9 (no points into dodge-associated masteries)

Summoner spells:

These combination of summoner spells will work for Singed

- Ignite/Flash
- Ignite/Ghost (what I use)
- Flash/Ghost

Another useful item for Singed is Sunfire Cape, it adds nicely to your AoE Damage and makes you even more annoying, not to mention the HP and armor boost. Other thing you didn't mention is in my opinion the most important reason to pick a Force of Nature, the fact that it gives movement speed, which is VERY important on Singed, I take FoN over Banshee's anytime on Singed since with his high CC reduction while his ult is on blocking 1 spell isn't that important, and if I were having trouble with long cc like suppress I'd take a QSS.

Also on summoner spells, I personally take Ghost and Fortify, with the fort mastery it will help you take down annoying minion waves or backdoorers when no one is near the towers, and it will let you get kills too, activate it when people dive and they'll take a lot of extra damage. People say it's not so good because of the long cooldown but I think that if you use it well it should be available in most of the important occations.