League of Legends

[Tatzel]

So with the current news, there is going to be a sale on player name changing. That's not really interesting, but it's mentioned in the article that the big Season 3 patch will arrive the earliest at december 11th. So that's still a lot of time left to pound other players into submission with current OP builds and characters guys

Also, if my guess is true and Nami gets released with this patch, that's a lot of waiting for her

bawwww

[Verom]

the big season patch(1.72) is eta'd for next week, the namechange patch(1.73) is the one set for mid december

in other news, dem karma tweets, dat aoe shield stun. I really hope the karma rework gets to the pbe atleast by the end of the year.

[Tatzel]

Ooooh okay, thanks for clearing that up. That's cool, because I'm really excited for the new champ and I just want to be an impatient child and finally get her aaaaah


Also, I just tried out Skarner again, and I think I'm going to buy him after all now.

[Eat_box]

I love Skarner so much. He's my second favorite jungler next to Hecarim. Although, with the frozen fist (or whatever it's called now) in season 3, Hec might as well be Skarner... but a horse.

[Shoolis]

Hecarim isn't a Pokemon though

[Ablu2]

Yeah, skarner is basically my second favorite jungler, but I just wish his E did something. It takes away from his mobility, does negligible damage, and the sustain it gives is on the same level as Shen's Q, which is a small amount. It's just not worth the mana cost until mana isn't an issue anymore.

Edit: Also, the recent nerf to his ult was odd at the very least, IMO. It cant follow people through flashes? Why don't they implement that change for everything else that's a close range point and click ability? Too many times I have flashed away from a darius ult only to still be damaged from it, so why should Skarner's ult be the only thing that doesn't follow through flash? It's such a pitiful range that if you are truly afraid of it, keep track of when he ults and when his ult is up, and flash away before he even gets near you.

[Tatzel]

Gave Skarner a twirl in Dominion, note to self: don't start with Sunfire Cape

[Eat_box]

Edit: Also, the recent nerf to his ult was odd at the very least, IMO. It cant follow people through flashes? Why don't they implement that change for everything else that's a close range point and click ability? Too many times I have flashed away from a darius ult only to still be damaged from it, so why should Skarner's ult be the only thing that doesn't follow through flash? It's such a pitiful range that if you are truly afraid of it, keep track of when he ults and when his ult is up, and flash away before he even gets near you.

People have been saying this since the nerf went through. You're not alone.

[Tatzel]

After playing with Skarner the whole evening, I had to realise that I'm incredibly natural with this guy. I guess that comes hand in hand with my sign being scorpio? Either way, scored a quadra kill all by myself arw yeah

[Eat_box]

Skarner can carry a team SO hard. Darius ain't got SHIT on Skarner. It's like "Oh no. Jungle Skarner is 5 and 0. What's he gonna do? Build a frozen heart at us?" then holy shit that's a Skarner with a triforce. Better get the fuck out of your lanes. This bug is gonna go places where no bug should go.

[Ablu2]

After playing with Skarner the whole evening, I had to realise that I'm incredibly natural with this guy. I guess that comes hand in hand with my sign being scorpio? Either way, scored a quadra kill all by myself arw yeah

In a recent match I got a triple kill as amumu by myself. Was jungling, our bot or top had just died and there were three people pushing that lane, so I went and defended the tower, getting a triple kill out of it. Amumu + tower = win

Also, on skarner, triforce + tankiness = GG

[Tatzel]

I wish I knew that I'd eventually need Spellvamp runes more than Lifesteal runes, I would've bought those first. Oh well, can't change it anymore.
But daisies, Skarner gets so fucking tanky by himself, you don't even need to contribute that much with items. I am actually kind of surprised not more people play Skarner, he is a really good champ. Usually I have a lot of trouble against ranged chars when I'm melee myself, but with Skarner I'm just
running here and there
little bug can't get hit by Xerath no matter how much he tries
run in and pop ult
oops I got a kill


But yeah, Spellvamp runes. Too bad I need so many masteries from the offensive tree, otherwise I'd grab those 3% SV from the support one, get to a nice 29%. Maybe I should consider building a Spirit Visage on Skarner at that point, especially when I feel like getting a Will of the Ancients on top of everything too, aha. Maybe I'll try and build a Rylai's on him, but so far I never got any further than a Triforce, Gunblade and Wit's End (well, and shoes, but that goes without saying).

[Verom]

Get a shurelias
op

[Eat_box]

Shurelya's and ghost. Here comes tow truck Skarner. Also, a tip. If your turn around right before your ult ends, the enemy has to walk through you.

[Tatzel]

Man how could I forget about tow truck Skarner, thanks for the reminder! (and the tip)