Dark_MadMax
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I use smart casting on a per-character and spell basis.
So you have to configure your bindings at the start of each match? That sounds tedious. I'm hoping Dota2 has per character binds so that LoL will add it as well. yeah its kinda pain, but right now I found that q,w,e on smartcast works for most champs (all I played so far in fact). While R is better left alone (breaks rumbles ult for example)
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Strazos
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Someone mind explaining smart casting? I'm at around level 22 now, and I guess I still use manual casting.
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Chimpy
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I use smart casting on a per-character and spell basis.
So you have to configure your bindings at the start of each match? That sounds tedious. I'm hoping Dota2 has per character binds so that LoL will add it as well. Shift+Spell (QWER) is smart cast by default. I use it now for skill-shot stuff like Morgana's Q. Helps a lot.
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Mosesandstick
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Usually when you cast a spell you get an arrow indicator or an AOE indicator, and then you click to cast. Smartcasting skips the first bit, you just cast the spell straight away at the cursor.
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jakonovski
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So I've been comp stomping with Malphite. He's ok, but I long for the coolness that is Pantheon.
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Strazos
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I love Pantheon, but I tend to suck with him in practice.
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Fear the Backstab! "Plato said the virtuous man is at all times ready for a grammar snake attack." - we are lesion "Hell is other people." -Sartre
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jakonovski
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I am now going to play my first pvp game since the beta days. It's going to be epic.
Edit: I went 9-5-8, but the team lost.
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« Last Edit: September 07, 2011, 09:52:33 AM by jakonovski »
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jakonovski
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Oh god, I had to panic pick Corki because some douchebag took Malphite. It was a blessing in disguise however, as I proceeded to kill everything in sight. I think I played him in beta as well, because it all felt very easy.
I'm tired of the fickleness that is free to play chars, so I used all my IP to buy Sion. I think he was pretty nice. I was kind of restricted in my choices as I'm going to buy the Digital Collector's Pack one of these days.
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Vaiti
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Pretty good tank guide in picture format. It's fucking huge, should save it to your computer.
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Merusk
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Goddamn you all I knew I shouldn't have come in here. The pub games made me cry but it was still a fun little game and now I want to play again. I miss my mummy amumu.
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jakonovski
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I bought Teemo, he's the best. Adorable little mushroom satellite farmer.
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« Last Edit: September 09, 2011, 12:47:25 PM by jakonovski »
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Chimpy
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I think I like the EasterBunny Teemo better than the astronaut one.
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ffc
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Nasus and last hitting tips!
Bit the bullet and got Nasus to get better at melee last hits. I still miss plenty of last hits and Q's but if I have an autoattack lane partner I have to hold back not to grab all the last hits. My best Q farm was to have +141 at 20 minutes. In a super aggressive lane or if I'm solo top then I'll level up spirit fire before wither to push / harass. His passive life steal certainly helps. I'm also much better now at baiting and dodging moves. With all the free Ezreals I have had plenty of practice. Pretty good tank guide in picture format. It's fucking huge, should save it to your computer.
This is great.
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Mosesandstick
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That tank guide is roughly good, but it's not correct in places. Good starting point for a conversation though.
If I'm playing with a Nasus, we try and let him solo top so he can farm Q all game long. A fed nasus can really be a nightmare end game.
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jakonovski
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I bought Garen because he was on sale. What a funny character. Totally lacking cc but godlike in creep farming. My first game with him was a total failure because I tried to play him like Sion, but on the second I realized the power of using the spinny thing to slaughter a whole wave of creeps.
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Amaron
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Garens spin thing does half damage vs creeps just to warn you.
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jakonovski
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Garens spin thing does half damage vs creeps just to warn you.
Yeah, I've noticed it's not as killy, but all the same I'm now usually the one with most creep kills.
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Mosesandstick
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Man, I remember what Garen was like when I was first playing. If you think he's awesome now...
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jakonovski
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I have to stop playing at night. All the manchildren crawl out of their holes and make playing a living hell.
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Rokal
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yeah its kinda pain, but right now I found that q,w,e on smartcast works for most champs (all I played so far in fact). While R is better left alone (breaks rumbles ult for example)
I also keep R as a regular cast. I want me q,w,e to be very responsive, but sometimes you need to take your time lining up an ult, and having the targeting indicator helps.
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HaemishM
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I have to stop playing at night. All the manchildren crawl out of their holes and make playing a living hell.
I swear, if I could channel all the puss bitch angst in this game and it's "community" into money, I'd be able to buy entire fucking planets. It's AMAZING how much people will WHINE THEIR TITS OFF at me for sucking.
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Slayerik
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Yeah, it's pretty nuts. I made a new account just to fuck around with at work and people lose their damn mind over just about anything. It was a brand new account.
Next time someone bitches, tell them to use their main account like a real man and leave the new guys alone. :) Or just say fuck you smurf and ignore them.
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HaemishM
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I generally tell them that I know I suck, I'm trying to learn the game and please fuck off. Then put them on ignore.
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Der Helm
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In just /ignore. I just had a game where I noticed 5 minutes in that I had already ignored 3 players from my team before the game even started. Probably in an earlier game, maybe weeks ago. Two names sounded familiar, VagXXFuker and penusjuice. But I can't find them in the roll call thread.
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Typhon
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You don't even have to type to ignore any more! Hit tab, little icon all the way to the right is the ignore button.
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Der Helm
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You don't even have to type to ignore any more! Hit tab, little icon all the way to the right is the ignore button.
Yeah... that was where I noticed I had them ignored in an earlier game.
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HaemishM
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So apparently I don't COMPLETELY suck. I had a game with Kayle tonight, ended up with 12/6/4 or something like that. Was just owning face with Trinity Force and the E/Q combo. Of course, it might have been that the opponents weren't very good and I had decent teammates, but still it was refreshing.
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Slayerik
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Nice :)
Don't use smart casting on zilean.... FYI
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Vaiti
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You don't even have to type to ignore any more! Hit tab, little icon all the way to the right is the ignore button.
And that is the single best feature they have introduced in recent patches, hands down. My games tends to be very quite lately.
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Chimpy
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Don't use smart casting on zilean.... FYI
I thought you liked running around with a bomb on your own head!
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Dark_MadMax
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Picked up gangplank yesterday. God its ridiculously OP. I dont know how I sucked with him when I just started playing LoL. but then again I sucked with everything but garen. Mega speed, mega damage, immune to CC, global ult (one of the few left now). Its like YOHO-HO-HO landlubber bitches!
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HaemishM
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I played Gangplank at lunch today in a 3v3 and owned much face. He really is crazy good. That was after I had gotten owned by him mid-lane in a 5v5 while I was solo laning with Caitlyn. I liked Caitlyn, she does decent damage but fuck me, Gangplank can just seriously lay down some smack if you let him get close. So does his little heal/CC (the W) thing remove slows as well?
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Prospero
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Removes all CC. It's like a free cleanse.
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HaemishM
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That's what it was then. I'd keep hitting him with Caitlyn's net, and it didn't seem to matter one bit.
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Vaiti
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Try not using her net so much to harass, so much as to terrain juke or get away.
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