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[Errol]

Female Yordles are blue skinned and pretty much thats it.

'cause they used to be Meglings, which is an entirely different race - that got retconned out because two different midget size races apparently would be too confusing for your average LoL player.

Also,

Gentlemen; is there any Bay12 chatroom on EUW?

[Jelle]

If there isn't one there is now. Took the liberty to name it B12. If there is one under a different name let me know!

[IronyOwl]

Female Yordles are blue skinned and pretty much thats it.

'cause they used to be Meglings, which is an entirely different race - that got retconned out because two different midget size races apparently would be too confusing for your average LoL player.

Man, this totally could have been a defining feature of the LoLverse- most races are actually really small, with humans being pretty massive, relatively speaking.

Would also explain the size of the minions neatly. They're not small, you're big!

[baruk]

 Whoa there guys, you're going off topic, remember this is the Poppy thread!

AD Poppy is the build I've had the most success with, and that AP Poppy is the one that's had the least amount of success historically, in pretty much every single category. AD has been good on SR and hybrid good on Dominion, AP nowhere.
I think one thing that's happening is people are underestimating the power of autoattacks without Q. Yeah, you can get 14 damage on Q or whatever for the price of 10 AD, but that 10 AD gets you 40 damage from normal autoattacks in the time you're dealing the 14 extra.

There are two basic types of fight - slugfests and kite fests. AD is always going to be more useful when you go toe to toe with other melee bruisers. If you're getting kited a lot, you just aren't going to land as many autoattacks, so your Q will form a greater proportion of your damage output. The question of whether AD, Hybrid or AP is better for you is going to vary a lot from game to game based on the team compositions.

And Poppy's ability to run through the enemy team as an assassin shouldn't be considered completely as a strength, because it's also a crutch. Yes, it's her greatest strength but the reason she has it is because she needs it. Veigar can't rush through the enemy team because he never needs to. You're like Tryndamere - if you seriously need your ult to be doing your job, then you're probably doing it wrong.

The potential of Poppy's ultimate is unmatched, and lets her do things to the enemy back line Veigar could only dream of.. other than the ult, she has quite a lot of built in survivability, that passive and the W giving her a respectable amount of tankiness. When the ult is on cooldown, she could fill a more defensive team fight role, using her E to displace anyone who jumps on the carry.

[RedKing]

Annie is not a yordle. However, Ziggs, Hiemerdinger, and Veigar definitely are Yordle mids.
Total list: Amumu, Corki, Heimerdinger, Kennen, Lulu, Poppy, Rumble, Teemo, Tristana, Veigar, Ziggs.

Yeppers. My alt summoner on the NorthAm server is yordles-only. (xYordleKombatx).
So far I've got Amumu, Veigar and Poppy (and maybe Teemo?) in my stable. I've found that it's actually pretty easy to build a well-balanced batch of champions using only yordles. Just need Lulu and maybe Heimerdinger and I could play any role on a random 5-man. Plus, it's forced me to rediscover Amumu's inner badass.

At some point I need to practice with Kennen...not sure I've ever played him. All the rest of them I feel pretty confident with, although Corki can be tricky to play.

[Dariush]

I want to gut with a rusty saw those who buy/select champions based on their lore/race/alignment/color of shit as opposed to champions they are actually good with.

On that note, is there any lore explanation of how the same champion can simultaneously be on opposing teams?

[frostshotgg]

For whatever reason, I never do well on kennen. I just always wind up feeding my ass off.
Ninjaedit: Normals/blind pick are just practice matches, not the real deal.

[Knirisk]

I want to gut with a rusty saw those who buy/select champions based on their lore/race/alignment/color of shit as opposed to champions they are actually good with.

On that note, is there any lore explanation of how the same champion can simultaneously be on opposing teams?

That's just blind pick. In draft mode, it is not possible.

[Dariush]

That's just blind pick. In draft mode, it is not possible.

Well, I know. I just hoped Riot would fit in at least a handwave to explain this.

[Simmura McCrea]

Magic.

[Bluerobin]

We also want more players for ARAM, because it's hilariously fun.

I recently uninstalled because even playing with people I know wasn't fun anymore, but I still like ARAM so I'd jump on and play with you guys. I'll reinstall and pop onto chat more often.

Magic.

It's quite literally this. I know items you buy are magical copies of the real thing kept somewhere else (either a vault or Doran's workshop or something, I don't remember), so you can have multiples easily. Repeat champions aren't explained in lore as far as I know, which is why you can't have multiples in games that "matter." The champions present in the games are the champions, not some magical copy, but they're protected from death while they're being summoned. I need to find the actual lore... it's probably on the LoL wiki somewhere.

[penguinofhonor]

From an untested standpoint, Malady actually sounds like it synergizes well with Poppy. More attack speed means you're be hitting more often with your Paragon buff, and you'll probably hit three or so times between Devastating Blows, which are now stronger because Malady gives AP, to boot, and then there's the rest of your team that can benefit from the MR shredding if Poppy can't finish a target...

Note that the active on your W makes getting stacks for it by attacking less necessary than other champions with similar abilities.

I just think it's not worth an item slot compared to other stuff. I think it needs an upgrade. 25 AP is how much Sheen gives, and Sheen's passive is pretty much always better. And Sheen has two upgrades for when you need to have more than 25 AP and an early/midgame passive on an item.

That all being said, I'm really looking forward to the Cho'Gath quality-of-life buffs. I can't count how many times I've died because of his long windups on everything.

The Cho buffs are going to be great, but I'm really excited for the Hecarim buffs.

It's surprising how much of a difference these little tweaks tend to make.

[RedKing]

I want to gut with a rusty saw those who buy/select champions based on their lore/race/alignment/color of shit as opposed to champions they are actually good with.

Unless, of course, you're proficient enough with the game that you can play competently with most anybody. I tire of playing the same small handful of champs all day long. Imposing self-restrictions is a good way to force myself outside that comfort zone and improve.

[Errol]

I want to gut with a rusty saw those who buy/select champions based on their lore/race/alignment/color of shit as opposed to champions they are actually good with.

For the most part I only play what I like, which is mainly female characters and mainly support/AP caster - and mainly high execution level champs. It doesn't impact my performance much, LoL is a really really easy game from the technical perspective. I like to be challenged in some way by execution, though, so I don't like faceroll champs all that much (if they aren't really fun to play)

[frostshotgg]

http://na.leagueoflegends.com/news/early-august-patch-notes
Patch notes out.
Diana MIA
Amumu, Janna, Rumble, Xin, Yorick nerfed.
Brand, Cho'Gath, Evelynn, Twitch, Hecarim, Rammus, Urgot buffed.

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League of Legends v1.0.0.144

Diana, Scorn of the Moon

Pending the completion of some further testing on PBE, Diana will be released at a future date

Amumu
Cursed Touch (Passive)
Duration reduced to 3 seconds from 4
Tantrum
Mana cost reduced to 35 from 50
Bandage Toss
Ability Power ratio reduced to 0.7 from 1.0
Curse of the Sad Mummy
Ability Power ratio reduced to 0.8 from 1.0

Brand
Pyroclasm
Missile Speed increased to 1000 from 800
Missile Speed no longer increases when hitting ablaze targets
If Pyroclasm strikes an ablaze target, the next bounce will now prioritize champions

Cho'gath
General
Magic Resist per level increased to 1.25
Attack Range normalized to 125 from 130
Rupture
Cast time reduced to 0.5 seconds from 0.672
Delay normalized to 0.625 seconds from 0.5 - 0.75
Feral Scream
Cast time reduced to 0.5 seconds from 0.6417
Vorpal Spikes
Width now increases based on Cho'gath's size
Feast
Now grants Cho'gath up to 50 additional Attack Range, based on Feast rank and amount of stacks
Cast time normalized to 0.5 seconds from 0.43
Range increased to 150 from 100

Evelynn
General
Recommended items on Summoner's Rift now include Boots of Mobility
Shadow Walk (Passive)
Restealth duration reduced to 6 seconds from 8
Dealing periodic damage (ie: Ignite) no longer prevents her from restealthing
Agony's Embrace
Cooldown reduced to 120/100/80 seconds from 150/120/90

Hecarim
Devastating Charge
Now more responsive when colliding with opponents
Initial Movement Speed bonus increased to 25% from 0% (still reaches max speed at the same time)
Onslaught of Shadows
Enemy flee speed is now higher based on how close the enemy is to Hecarim

Janna
Zephyr
Ability Power ratio reduced to 0.6 from 0.8
Fixed: Janna will no longer sometimes retain the passive bonuses while Zephyr is on cooldown

Lulu
Wild Growth
Fixed: Now completes its effects even if the allied target was about to take lethal damage at the time of casting

Rammus
General
Now gains 1.25 Magic Resist per level

Rumble
Junkyard Titan (Passive)
Danger Zone damage bonus reduced to 25% from 30%
Flamespitter
Damage reduced to 90/160/230/300/370 from 90/180/270/360/450
Fixed: Flamespitter no longer lasts slightly longer than intended

Twitch
General
Base Attack Damage increased to 52 from 50
Venom Cask
Missile Speed increased to 1400 from 1300

Urgot
Acid Hunter
Damage adjusted back to 10/40/70/100/130 (+0.85 total Attack Damage) from 50/80/110/140/170 (+1.2 bonus Attack Damage)

Xin Zhao
General
Base Attack Damage reduced to 55.3 from 59
Attack Damage per level increased to 3.3 from 3
Audacious Charge
Damage reduced to 70/110/150/190/230 from 70/115/160/205/250

Yorick
Omen of Famine
Ravenous Ghoul will only heal Yorick for 50% the damage it deals to minions
Omen of Death
Fixed: The Revenant no longer instantly dies upon casting Omen of Death on an allied Evelynn

Proving Grounds
Repositioned Health Relics so players are less likely to unintentionally walk through them
Adjusted Nexus turrets
Nexus turrets reduced from two to one
Nexus turrets now have an additional 20 Armor, 800 Health, and 30 base Attack Damage
Experience curve adjusted so that levels 14-18 take slightly longer to reach

General
You can now reset the current audio configuration back to defaults from the audio options menu
Battle Training
The "Buy Boots" quest will now properly fire
The "Defeat the Lizard Elder" and "Defeat the Ancient Golem" quests will now properly fire when playing as Ashe
The tip regarding Champion Ultimate Abilities will now show up properly when playing as Ashe
Soraka Bot and Nasus Bot will no longer get stuck
Updated several Champion art assets including splash art and icons for various Mordekaiser, Cassiopeia, Kassadin, Ezreal, and Ashe skins
Fixed: Summoner's Insight now correctly works with Promote (now correctly grants bonus defensive stats)
Fixed: Custom game bots now lane properly when allied players are jungling
Updated tooltips for Ahri, Annie, Jarvan IV, Leona, Lux and Morgana

New Tribunal Feature
Players punished by the Tribunal will now be e-mailed a "Reform Card" which gives additional details about their case

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I like this patch. No sweeping gameplay changes.