Board 8 > League of Legends Topic 40 - "The mighty shark stalks his prey!"

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What is IP again?
IP is the other kind of points you earn when you play matches. You earn both XP and IP and IP are the points that you use to purchase runes and champions. Yes, that’s right, you have to "buy" the champions, but you get the points for free so its not a bad deal. (You can also spend real money on champion packs if you would rather not take the time to earn them) The point is that you get the IP for free so you should figure out which champions you are good with and spend it on those. When you buy a champion you will have it unlocked on your account forever. And if you don't buy ANY champions, you will still have access to 10 of them. Every week there are 10 "free" champions. But they are only free for the week and 10 different champions will be free the next week. And so if you are level 1 you still have 10 champions available to you and so try them out, figure out which one you might like to spend points on and then buy it.

And so IP is good for Champions and Runes. You can also spend *real money* to unlock champions but you can NOT unlock runes with real money, only IP and so runes have to be earned.

To sum up:
You have an account that goes up to level 30 (this is your summoner level)
You earn XP (to level up the account) and IP (to buy champions/runes) every time you play a match
You have rune pages (with up to 30 slots)
You have a mastery page to spec (with up to 30 points) (and you can respec as much as you want)

This is probably a bit over-kill and so if something doesn’t quite make sense just ask and someone will clarify. And if you are going to start playing please post:
(1) Your GameFAQs name
(2) Your Summoner name (this is different than your log-in name)
(3) Your preferred champions. It’s just nice to know which champions people prefer to play or use the most.

And please BOLD THE INFORMATION so we will see it and update the list accordingly. Or, you know, add it yourself.


Player List: http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/League_of_Legends

Remember: If you wish to see your player information updated, please bold the information so we will see it.

The list of titles we have used:

The mighty shark stalks his prey!
They are privileged to die at my feet!
Did you fall down and go boom?
Others try. I succeed.
You are in the deep end now!
This'll be a blast!
Next time, try to leave a dent.
You wanna play too? That'll be fun!
Hm, I suppose you were expecting an unbearable pun?
I love it when a plan comes together!
They have faced nothing like me.
I like my enemies two ways: dead, or about to be.
This is no challenge.
Learn from your mistakes.
Demacia. Now and Forever.
It is never ending.
Never underestimate the power of the Scout's code.
Our rage is beyond your control!
Ahhh... You sure you're not in the wrong league?
Die first, then we'll talk.
Do you wanna play? It'll be fun.
Take a good look. It's the last you're going to get!
If you want me to hit you less, die sooner.
Time To Feast!
Mundo's ABC's of success: Always Be Cleaving
Who wants a piece of the champ?!
C'mon, I'm not even holding the controls!
Only two jokers in the deck and I got dealt you.
Time to Feed!
Guess what's about to hit the fan.
I'm OP? Your MOM is OP!

You may post now!

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What is League of Legends?
League of Legends is a team game very similar to the WarCraft 3 custom map DotA. There are two bases, one on either side of the map and several "lanes" between the bases along which AI controlled units spawn. An overhead view of the 5v5 map looks about like this:


There is a base in the bottom left, and a base in the top right. 3 lanes connect the two bases and every 30 seconds AI controlled "minions" spawn in each lane. Everyone who is in the game controls 1 "champion" unit and your job as a team is to push your lanes and destroy the opposing base. The lanes are protected by turrets and so you need your own minions along side you to be able to kill the turrets without getting targeted by them. 2 bases, 3 lanes, 5 players per team. There is also The Crystal Scar, the map currently used for the Dominion game mode. The Dominion overhead view looks like this:



What are Champions?
Champions are the powerful units that you get to control. You pick 1 before the map loads and that is the champion you will use for that match. Champions start each match at level 1 their max level is 18. The important thing to consider is the stats of the champion you select will be affected by the level of your account.

What do 'account-levels' have to do with anything?
When you create an account you have a level 1 account. That is called your 'Summoner Level'. You are the summoner, and the champion you select for the match is the 'summoned'. You increase your summoner level by playing matches. Every match you play will earn you XP and IP. Earning enough XP will increase your summoner level with the max level being 30. Wins are worth more XP/IP than losses, so try to win. Your summoner level also determines:
(1) How many runes you can slot and
(2) How many mastery points you can allot

If you are low leveled still and playing by yourself then the game will try and pair you against similarly leveled opponents, but if you are playing with higher leveled friends then it will seek higher leveled opponents. Just something to consider when you start learning how to play.

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**** yeah Han bringing out the good quotes

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Has Ermine even posted in the last two topics? :(

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tag

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Does Riot plan to revisit some of the older models? There's such a difference between Lulu and Annie or Fiora and Sivir...

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They say that they will, and we've even seen some updated models for Morde and Gragas and some others, but that kind of stuff is obviously on the backburner because that doesn't get them as much money as pumping out champions and skins every two weeks does

If you ask on the forums you get ignored, but every few months someone comes out to say "hey guys, still working on that, stay tuned!"

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GP remake was pretty amazing

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GP Remake best

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I like how Evelynn was one of the priorities for aesthetic redesign despite them intentionally ignoring her balancewise.

Not complaining. The stride >> crab walk, but yeah.

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I think the next big cosmetic remake is Soraka.

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From: Justin_Crossing | #053
I think the next big cosmetic remake is Soraka.

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Lopen posted...
Not complaining. The stride >> crab walk, but yeah.

I want my crab walk Evelynn back tbh.

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You crab walk fanboyz are weird.

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The only walk animation they reverted was Annie's, IIRC. Skip-hop too cute.

People were pretty bummed about Miss Fortune.

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Gwindor posted...

People were pretty bummed about Miss Fortune.

I was. Now she just holds her guns straight up in the air. It's so unnatural and awkward.

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They didn't revert Warwick's, but iirc they tweaked it a second time because at low movespeed it looked like Annie's skip-hop. Maybe it still does, I don't play Warwick!

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Nunu is a jungler with good durability, right?

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now I want to play with someone

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Nunu ult scales with AP at 250%? Screw it I'll buy him

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Nunu ult scales with AP at 250%? Screw it I'll buy him

That reminds me of a video



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I knew exactly what the video was, but I watched it again because it's so great.

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TRIANGLE

FEET

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i love that vid

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Yeah that vid is awesome

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First Nunu game, our team is 11-0 at 20.

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AD Nunu is OG OP.

Dat blood boil top lane carry.

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Also, if they buff Teemos early game top lane is so screwed.

Riven will still stomp as will renekton with their stupid Abilities, but most tops are boned.

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Yeah, even with his bug, Teemo is deadly. Buffing him will ensure he's in every match.

Nunu is amazing enough that I might need a skin for him. Is there a way to help channel his ult, though? I found out at a bad time that Hourglass interrupts channeling >_<

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From: AfroSquirrel | #031
Nunu is amazing enough that I might need a skin for him. Is there a way to help channel his ult, though? I found out at a bad time that Hourglass interrupts channeling >_<

Veil?

But really just use vision hax to your advantage.

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my Jungle Ève account is level 5, almost 6. 1100 IP. Only 250 IP until Jungle Eve makes her grand debut!

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Teemos buffs they mentioned will not help his laning phase at all. Unless your like rushing Zerker Greaves or Malady or something. Then it will be a slight buff to your laning at the cost of not getting a Phage early which is not what you should be doing anyway.

They're aiming at buffing his late game for good reason. He falls off a little bit. Altho I'm betting the buffs to W and R will be pretty meh and bug fix will be the big change.

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There's also a buff to Move Quick that wasn't specified. It might help his lane a little bit.

Teemo doesn't really have trouble in lane, though. He's a ranged top with some decent to great harass and once he hits six he never has to buy wards, so he doesn't delay his build.

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http://na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=2005941

Riot programming.

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Black Turtle did a pretty good job.

I'm not exactly sure how this happened, but while in a game with a Hecarim, Graves, Me as Wukong, Lulu, and Nautilus on our team, and a Shyvana, Hecarim, Ezreal, Tryndamere, and Teemo, Ezreal was stuck as a cupcake for the entire game. He acted as if he wasn't polymorphed, but his model never was returned to his normal form.

Should be a feature.

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Surfing Cupcake Ezreal

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I would be okay with a floating Ezreal skin that shots cupcakes. Glitched Ezreal hovering around. I miss it.

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Whatever...

OctilIery posted...
And response coming to FD when I can sit down at my computer for a bit.

Joyrock has not had time at his computer in a couple days I guess.

Should I repost my high points from last topic as purge protection?

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The thing with Teemo is that his build has solid variety. For instance, against GP I max out Q and build malady so I can trade with his Q and win the trades.

Buffing his late game will be HUGE. To be honest the bug fix will be a major buff to his late game. With Mallet Wriggles Phantom Dancer you get 500 speed and 1.6 attack speed. The poison procs should be good.

Also, I wonder if theydo something with shrooms.

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They said they were buffing his W and his Ult so they're doing something with the shrooms. Hopefully lowering the mana cost, at least.

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You could repost it to be safe, FFD, but I'm pretty sure Joyrock just pulled the "when the argument isn't going your way, bail out" technique.

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Shroom buff will be the mana cost going down a lot. They are looking at all the old ults like Teemo/Zilean/Etc and lowering the mana cost. As for W I'm betting it's like -1 second cooldown or something.

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Whatever...

New shrooms will be all 'Alice in Wonderland' and either shrink or grow the enemy in the style of Lulu's Wild Growth and Polymorph.

Maybe.

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I'd be more than happy to have a lengthy discussion about DotA and LoL though, so I'd hate to let a purged topic get in the way if that's what he really wants.

From: Lopen | #043
FFD

I'm not sure why I responded though since you clearly weren't talking to me -_-''

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Whoops

Was posting in a SMFFFC topic just before obviously that's why I screwed that up

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I won some RP off of a /v/ giveaway.

Now I have enough RP for Cass, Mafia MF, and Hecarim.

I'm so happy. ;_;

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Tag. Lulu still the best.

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Chris and I had a riveting discussion about DotA and LoL over vent.

should have recorded it as I was stomping top lane with my vlad

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