League of Legends General Discussion Thread

[Krill]

Stonewall gives a good intro to jungling (with the remade season 3 jungle): http://www.youtube.com/user/stonewall008?gl=GB&hl=en-GB

I generally read Reddit daily now to stay up to date with whatever is happening in the LoL world: http://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends

Beyond that...try watching the pro and high ELO streamers. below are links to a few of them, not necessarily the best or even streams I like to watch:

Scarra: http://www.twitch.tv/scarra (with VoDs, mid lane)
Dyrus: http://www.own3d.tv/live/37905/TSM_Dyrus (but beware you might not appreciate him, top lane)
Wings: http://www.twitch.tv/wingsofdeath (Not watched myself, top lane)
Aphromoo: http://www.twitch.tv/aphromoo (bot lane)

Alternatively, you could just spectate PlasmaPuffball whenever he's playing a game.

[spellman]

For guides I usually visit the Solomid guide site. It's not up-to-date (typically at least a month lag time for current meta), but does give solid overall looks at how a champion is played.

[VoiceOfUnreason]

Where does everyone go for discussion about LoL?

http://na.leagueoflegends.com/board/foru...y.php?f=16
http://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends

http://www.solomid.net/guides.php

[Cull]

Alternatively, you could just spectate PlasmaPuffball whenever he's playing a game.

Plasma's a great player and all, but half the time we/him play versus subpar silver and below players in normal, with the occasional higher gold/plat players, are not the kind of play you want to expose yourself to with so many amazing streams, especially diamond+ pro players with commentary, like wings and scarra.

I personally use LoL Stream Browser to do my streaming needs. It covers twitch+owned, and arranges the streamers from most viewers down. The LoL subreddit is probably your best bet for your fast league news. Combing through clg redtracker or the LoL general forums can find some insights from Riot, but since all of those end up on Reddit...

[ssmagus]

Nami feels kind off, everything is so slow about her, ult is far too slow to do anything, Q is also too slow, her cast animations are so slow... (If you cast a spell on yourself, you lose half of the movespeed buff just from the animation.) Needs QOL buffs so bad.

Well, my thoughts anyway.

[Gold Ergo Sum]

Thanks guys. I'm not interested at all in the pro scene and the tournaments, other than what might be gleaned strategy wise. The streamers that give running commentary sound great, although I might be in need of more basic help than they discuss.

[Dantski]

Thanks guys. I'm not interested at all in the pro scene and the tournaments, other than what might be gleaned strategy wise. The streamers that give running commentary sound great, although I might be in need of more basic help than they discuss.

It was part of the ELOhell article on the gaming table forum.

http://solomid.net/guides.php?g=12314

[spellman]

Basics I always tell new players:
* ABOVE ALL DON'T DIE
* Learn to last hit. Figuring out how much damage your attacks do and then timing the attacks to properly kill minions is a huge step up from new players.
* Wards are awesome.

[Gold Ergo Sum]

It was part of the ELOhell article on the gaming table forum.

http://solomid.net/guides.php?g=12314

Thanks. That article is the kind of stuff I am interested in. I already noticed the ideas it put in my head helping me in solo queue games.

[Tyrmith]

Crystalline Flask value calculation:

The crystalline flask restores 100 HP and 40 Mana per charge, and can be used 3 times before going back. Health potions restore 150 HP and mana potions restore 100 Mana, both for 35g. This makes HP regen worth roughly 4.29/gold and Mana regen worth 2.86/gold.

By dividing the regen effects from one use of the Crystalline Flask by these factors, we get that each charge is worth roughly 23.31g in HP and 13.99g in Mana, equating to a total cost of 37.3 gold. This means that each charge is actually worth more than a regen-specific potion. It also means that each restocking at base is worth 111.9 gold. By dividing the original cost by this number, we get that it takes barely over two stocks worth of uses (6.03 uses to be exact, but it’s not like you can use .03 of a potion) for it to fully pay for itself.

“But Pointy,” you might say, “What if I’m playing a champion like Mordekaiser who doesn’t use mana?! What a conundrum!” you exclaim. Assuming that the mana regeneration on the crystalline flask use is completely wasted gold, that means that each charge is only worth 23.31g. This equates to a full stock being worth only 69.93g. However, this still means that you only have to fill it 3.21 times (or, to be more precise, use 9.65 potions) for it to have completely paid for itself. Again, assuming that you’re using each charge in lane and going back only after you’ve used all your charges, that’s four backs. On a champion like Mordekaiser or Katarina that can push a lane to the enemy turret and then back for items, it will take roughly the same amount of time to actually make full use of your money.
EDIT: TL;DR: It pays for itself in two backs on mana champs, and four on manaless
EDIT 2: I neglected to mention that it has a sell price of 90g, which actually makes it even more efficient. Go upvote this guy for his math. For manaless champs, it actually pays for itself in 3 backs. On mana champs, you'll need to use it less, but you'll still have to back twice for it to be worth your while.