re: Official League of Legends Thread

Not alot of people start the game saying... Let me sit in lane and watch this guy get cool items and deal damage while I just poke, keep vision, and hope to initiate team fights later.
What makes it even worse is when you have a stupid ADC.
Support just isn't a very exciting role to alot of players. It's what everyone gets stuck with in normals when they don't get their pref role.

ADC is a little surprising.

Braum's kit is sick as frick. If I didn't hate support with a passion I would main him. I might try him in other lanes.

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Passive: Concussive Blows
Braum’s basic attacks apply Concussive Blows. Once the first stack is applied, all basic attacks from Braum and his allies apply further stacks. Targets that sustain four stacks are stunned and suffer bonus magic damage. After being stunned, Braum cannot apply Concussive Blows to his target again for a moderate duration.

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Q: Winter’s Bite
Braum propels freezing ice from his shield in a straight line skillshot, dealing magic damage (based on Braum’s max health), slowing and applying a stack of Concussive Blows to the first target hit.

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W: Stand Behind Me
Braum leaps to the aid of a nearby ally, positioning himself between his target and their nearest enemy champion, and granting both Braum and his target bonus armor and magic resist based on his total armor and magic resist.

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E: Unbreakable
Braum raises his shield in a target direction, negating the damage from the first attack from the shield’s direction and reducing the damage of all subsequent attacks as long as the shield is raised. Braum intercepts projectiles with Unbreakable, causing them to hit him and then be destroyed. He also gains a minor speed boost until he lowers his shield.

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R: Glacial Fissure
Braum slams his shield into the ground, sending out a huge long-range skillshot that knocks up and damages all enemies caught before leaving behind a strong slow field.

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I've known many players, including myself, that constantly receive honor,

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Thus proving my point concerning the lack of intelligence in the LoL community....

Dyrus made that arse quit.

Pussy bitch, crying about the community. Man up, Nien

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Man up, Nien

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Did you watch the video interview?

I can respect what he's doing.

He thinks he's not LCS quality anymore and has lost his confidence. He used to not worry about criticism b/c he was confident that he was one of the best. But now that he's struggling, the negative comments are tougher to deal with.
His performance late in the year was pretty good, and some of the team mistakes get blamed on him b/c he's the least popular player on the team. When doublelift or some of the top laners from other teams make mistakes, they get a pass. I can understand how that can weigh on someone when he's already low on self confidence.

He doesn't seem to be blaming the community and adopting a victim mentality. He's just admitting that everyone has been right about his recent performance and he needs to do something about it.
He doesn't expect to get much better doing the same things he's been doing.
So, he's gonna focus on his individual improvement in order to allocate all of his time on personally getting better.


What's gotta be disappointing for CLG fans is that they are getting what they've asked for (a replacement for Nien), but what they may not realize is that it may result in CLG doing worse.
His teammates and the other pros have been saying that there really aren't any replacements available in EU/NA outside of relegations.

Zion's style isn't a good fit for CLG. They could move Link to top lane and let Shiphtur play mid.
They could try to grab ZZ or Kev1n from EU.....
But that's it!

The truth is, Nien is definitely top 5 in NA.
He is behind Dyrus and Balls, but he does exactly what CLG needs a top laner to do. Hold his own in lane, play a tank, and let Dexter & Doublelift make plays.
I'm thinking that he'll benefit from some time off to improve himself and return to CLG.

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it makes him sound like a pussy.

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Nah. He didn't cite the community intially. He got pressed to answer the question directly.
And he was like, "yeah. Easy to block the BS out when you're playing good. But when you're doubting yourself, it's harder to ignore."

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if hes quitting primarily because he thinks he sucks, I guess thats ok.

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Yeah. He's like. My team deserves better. I think I'm holding them back. They need to get someone better than me.
Meanwhile, I'll spend most of my time getting better individually with the hope of improving and be deserving of joining CLG again... or another team that has a chance to win worlds.

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it just seems like a woe is me thing.

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It kinda seems that way to me, too. Double had an interview saying that Nien would be the last one he would expect to quit. That he's always been the hardest working. Link agreed.
So, peer pressure can get to you I guess.

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Kinda like how balls made dierus quit?

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I wasnt aware dyrus had quit TSM? Link please

Someone on TSM will step down soon, but it won't be Dyrus. OddOne has fallen behind mechanically and it's starting to hurt TSM.

My friends and I think odd one is on the chopping block. Junglers are a dime a dozen in NA and odd one has not been making world class plays lately.