The thing is, 100T made a lot of changes. EG were the ones struggling to figure out a solution to the top side of the map. So it's maybe not as hopeless as all that. Keeping an eye on today's LCS series for sure.
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I concur. Manifest could easily be replaced with create. Manifest seems like a keyword made just for the sake of it being a keyword.
yeah can't say im a huge fan of manifest. i guess this is there attempted solution to a sideboard.
I can see why they might want to keep Invoke separate. This way they can for example add Manifest synergy without needing to worry about Invoke getting too strong. Invoke is also pretty flavorful with its own animation and sound effects.
But I think it should be a clear separation. That means no Manifesting celestials, thus no Loping Telescope. (That card is a fucking travesty for other reasons too.)
But I think it should be a clear separation. That means no Manifesting celestials, thus no Loping Telescope. (That card is a fucking travesty for other reasons too.)
Loping Telescope is a weird fuckin' card but I think it's mostly just down to really awkward wording.
First thing I thought as well. If a keyword makes me read it more than once, it already failed.
it's just Discover from HS, really, and will take no more than 1-2 games with it to understand.
today's reveals are the most exciting yet for me:
Manifest is Discover but for regular cards and Invoke is just for Celestials. However I do agree that they are basically the same thing. Invoke could have just been "Manifest a Celestial".
Also how the hell have we gone through 5 days without a new Champ reveal? Riot be scamming us with this expansion!
I think its obvious that the Bilgewater + BC synergy will be based on spells + Pranking based around Fizz.
Also how the hell have we gone through 5 days without a new Champ reveal? Riot be scamming us with this expansion!
I think its obvious that the Bilgewater + BC synergy will be based on spells + Pranking based around Fizz.
eh. 4 mana 4/3 champion seems a bit weak. Clearly they're pushing the swarm demacia deck type whether that's MF/Scouts or something else. In a decent number of cases Lulu will be better and give more stats. I don't think the problem with MF/Scouts was having enough stats on board. We will see I guess.
Maybe a Bilgewater/Bandle swarm deck is what will actually happen. Then you can actually get some overtop damage which is what Scouts lack.
also still haven't seen anything that interacts with the yordle or fae tag. Seems more and more likely thats it going to be very minor.
edit: oh poppy buffs herself. thats better.
Maybe a Bilgewater/Bandle swarm deck is what will actually happen. Then you can actually get some overtop damage which is what Scouts lack.
also still haven't seen anything that interacts with the yordle or fae tag. Seems more and more likely thats it going to be very minor.
edit: oh poppy buffs herself. thats better.
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I can see a Poppy + Lulu deck in PnZ where its discard aggro with all the Flamechompers and elusive Poros. I think in general she is good with Elusives because it's easy to send an attack in with Poppy and Elusives want to go wide and gain HP.
Just from the aesthetics of this set alone (All the Yordles and Fae) I'm loving this expansion. Love Teemo, love Lulu and this whole region seems to just be all about what I loved about those characters and making a whole thing of them. Poppy looks cool as hellllllll! Yooooo, I'm excited!
Poppy has a really great design! I think her effect is good, but I'm not sure if the game is in a place right now where she'd be very strong. I think the game's pace would need to be slowed down a touch for her to really see a ton of use. Her level up is also a bit 'win more' since I feel like if you're making 3 successful attack engagements with her, you've probably got control of the board enough that winning is a foregone conclusion. But it's still a great design!
Yeah, I love the look. I'm all in on that board + the puppy guardian
Poppy seems like a strong option for a Weenies deck, yeah. Toss in MF and a lot of Scouts, Rally, and Cataclysm to try and rush her level up. I love her flavor too, all the lines about the Hero. It's an old joke but it still gets me.
Poppy is a lot like Quinn, decent but very rarely leveling, which I think is a design that a lot of people don't love cuz they want that animation lol. You basically can't get her to level without dedicated support like Field Promotion but her base effect is certainly strong enough to get value.
And yeah Stress Defense is super versatile, really good card. Any of the cards that are generating free things or Manifesting are likely to be at least decent.
And yeah Stress Defense is super versatile, really good card. Any of the cards that are generating free things or Manifesting are likely to be at least decent.
i like that the existence of THIS deck makes Predict more viable though
Wow her design is so much more improved than her League counterpart.
I need that commando outfit as a League skin.
NEED
But yeah her cards look excellent. She'll levelup well with puffcaps so you'll probably see some of those cards get added in, if not Teemo himself. Tho since Ava does hugely buff those traps you might as well toss in BC.
NEED
But yeah her cards look excellent. She'll levelup well with puffcaps so you'll probably see some of those cards get added in, if not Teemo himself. Tho since Ava does hugely buff those traps you might as well toss in BC.
check your region roads - there are regular champ wild cards in each region and you should be swapping between them regularly to get there
Yeah, I am. I think I've got all regions at LEAST past the added XP bonuses.
Wow, interesting that they'd change the look of a Champion so much from what they look like in League. I take it they haven't done that for any others thus far?
I guess that makes for an easy skin, though.
I guess that makes for an easy skin, though.
Yeah I was like oh that's a really slick cool design and then I looked up what her LoL model looks like… night and day. And it looks like people are largely pleased with it too.
Corina is another Puffcap finisher which is cool. They're actually reducing the randomness of the archetype with these top end tools and I'm pleased.
Corina is another Puffcap finisher which is cool. They're actually reducing the randomness of the archetype with these top end tools and I'm pleased.
Actually, now that I stop and think about it, Cait and her units are a great way to add longevity to Teemo Puffcap Control... hmmm
If leveled Caitlyn is on board then every Puffcap basically hits twice to the Nexus which is pretty big.
I think the idea is that the Caitlyn package of Flashbang traps is to stabilize and soften the board against aggro while the Puffcap package finishes game against later/slower decks. I don't know if the Flashbang stuff is reliable enough to control the board though.
I think the idea is that the Caitlyn package of Flashbang traps is to stabilize and soften the board against aggro while the Puffcap package finishes game against later/slower decks. I don't know if the Flashbang stuff is reliable enough to control the board though.
Have they ever said anything at all about a possible Mac release? I would love this game on the MacBook…League's on Mac so I thought this would be there as well :(
Man you and me both but I don't think it's ever happening. Best we can hope for is someone brings up native M1 iPad OS app to the devs.
Man, I went from feeling pretty burnt out on this game a week ago to being insanely hyped and wanting to play again just from these previews!
Power level wise, I think Veigar is gonna fall a bit short since it looks like it'll be difficult to generate the darkness spell as you can only get it once from summoning Veigar or the 2/2 follower.
Thematically though? He's pretty damn up there and I can't wait to play him. I hope one of the yet to be revealed champs will be able to mesh well with his playstyle.
Thematically though? He's pretty damn up there and I can't wait to play him. I hope one of the yet to be revealed champs will be able to mesh well with his playstyle.
veigar seems way to slow. All the cards they've shown this expansion have been on the faster end of things so he's probably going to be too bad. Can't imagine the game slowing down that much.
Viego seems pretty underwhelming not going to lie, at least lvl1. Lvl2 is going to win the game though.
Event Horizon is pretty good and Minimize is good too (but not OP as some people seem to think it is).
Also is Event Horizon dual region or just Bandle City? I have seen art with both of the region combinations.
Event Horizon is pretty good and Minimize is good too (but not OP as some people seem to think it is).
Also is Event Horizon dual region or just Bandle City? I have seen art with both of the region combinations.
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Veigar looks like he sucks not gonna lie. Requires you to basically put in the full package which (so far) only has two sources of Darkness which you can't even stack in your hand. Ironically he screams a Lab of Legends champ, low cost strike units, throw on a spell mana refill perk and it might actually be a not terrible control deck in the format. But constructed... nah
Event Horizon and Bass & Tenor could be decent. Wizened Wizard is just on the cusp of being good, the stat line just makes it too removable.
Also Minimorph's text is weird, it transforms first and then silences it? Is that to remove any buffs that stick around after a transform? Regardless I'd say 6 mana burst "removal" is probably just straight up great.
Event Horizon and Bass & Tenor could be decent. Wizened Wizard is just on the cusp of being good, the stat line just makes it too removable.
Also Minimorph's text is weird, it transforms first and then silences it? Is that to remove any buffs that stick around after a transform? Regardless I'd say 6 mana burst "removal" is probably just straight up great.
Seeing people freak out about Minimorph is pretty funny, especially because the current meta is so obviously bad for it. What does this card do vs all the various Sivir Ionia decks going around? All their units that are bigger than 3/3 have spell shield and a 3/3 still accepts buffs like Shaped Stone and Twin Disciplines for burst damage just fine. Draven Ez often has draws where it uses all of its efficient 3 drops and Tri-Beam or Sentry to remove blockers for tons of damage, again all of their units already were around 3/3 size this doesn't help at all vs that. This card strait up upgrades most the units in Discard and Pirates. People act like transforming Dreadway is good but you still have to deal with the likely flipped GP that it fetched. It isn't even all that good vs some of the old school control decks like FTR and TLC.
Not saying the card is bad and won't see play, but these sorts of effects are always colossally overrated by card game communities. (I remember people losing their shit over Ravenform in MTG when it was first spoiled and how it was going to break Blue, card wasn't even all that good in limited) It's easy to imagine the obvious best-case scenario for it like transforming a Lee or Anivia, but a ton of decks don't have good targets like this and people act like spending 6 whole mana to still leave behind a fairly sizable creature is something that you're allowed to get away with vs most decks in Runeterra.
Not saying the card is bad and won't see play, but these sorts of effects are always colossally overrated by card game communities. (I remember people losing their shit over Ravenform in MTG when it was first spoiled and how it was going to break Blue, card wasn't even all that good in limited) It's easy to imagine the obvious best-case scenario for it like transforming a Lee or Anivia, but a ton of decks don't have good targets like this and people act like spending 6 whole mana to still leave behind a fairly sizable creature is something that you're allowed to get away with vs most decks in Runeterra.
Yeah Minimorph ain't doing anything against like 80% of decks. Not current decks in the meta, but just most in general. The 3/3 it leaves behind is relevant.
Playing Maokai has taught me that Veigar is gonna suck. Same tempo, but no free saplings. The Darknesses aren't tempo either, they're value. Also the mana curve on the units is really weird. The cost reduction one clashes with Veigar himself. The 2/2 is awkward to play on 2 since you have to play the spell on 3 to play Veigar on 4. I like the concept, but as it stands, it's too slow and clunky. I do appreciate how few pieces there are. It's not as all or nothing as a lot of other champs of this type.
Playing Maokai has taught me that Veigar is gonna suck. Same tempo, but no free saplings. The Darknesses aren't tempo either, they're value. Also the mana curve on the units is really weird. The cost reduction one clashes with Veigar himself. The 2/2 is awkward to play on 2 since you have to play the spell on 3 to play Veigar on 4. I like the concept, but as it stands, it's too slow and clunky. I do appreciate how few pieces there are. It's not as all or nothing as a lot of other champs of this type.
Veigar seems like a card that was busted in testing. I think you just need to print Darkness as a main deckable card and suddenly Veigar becomes scary. Without cloning effects its difficult to get enough Darkness to level him.
I can very much see that in testing that it creating Darkness every round start is too strong (on lvl1 version), like basically pre-nerf Aphelios being able to control board and being a one card win condition.
I can very much see that in testing that it creating Darkness every round start is too strong (on lvl1 version), like basically pre-nerf Aphelios being able to control board and being a one card win condition.