Tag: League of Legends

  • Broken Liandry’s

    In a recent patch by Riot Games they announced that they were removing the diminished effect of Liandry’s Torment for area-of-effect and damage-over-time spells.  This was an instant buff for champions like Malzahar and Swain who have multiple damage-over-time abilities.  I hadn’t gotten a chance to play since the new patch, so I found some…

  • Crazy Diving in Ranked

    Where better to practice some crazy global strategies than in Ranked Fives?  We ran two globals out of bottom lane with Pantheon and Lux, and then a Twisted Fate in mid lane.  This gave us great potential for catching people out of position in the late game.  The problem was the early game. I was…

  • AHGL: Cursed Again

    The title means that we played Team Curse in the After Hours Gaming League (AHGL), not that we were cursed as a team for the second time.  I was so relieved to win this game that I had forgotten to blog about it until now! I don’t want to steal the spotlight, but I think…

  • Being Fabulous in Solo Queue

    Placement matches were obviously only the beginning.  I am going to see games where I end up as last pick.  The only scary part of this game was that despite being last pick only Zed and myself had gold borders. Despite this game being such a blow-out it was a lot of fun.  It was…

  • Placement Matches

    Just like millions of other gamers out there I have been working on my placement matches for Season Three.  This stage of the game never feels easy.  I always dread losing, but when a loss has such a large impact on where you are placed it can really mean the difference between Gold, Silver, and…