Raindrop Valkyrie

Rein, Emberly, and Lee - Office Area "Of course, I don't mind." Emberly said as she quickly finished whatever it was she just scrawled into her journal. She realized this was kinda all protocol. However, she wasn't sure why she had to be here. She'd rather wait out in the hall. She was mostly worried things might geeet... a bit heated. She had no idea what the two girls had been fighting over. Drake really didn't want to be caught in some crossfire between the two. Though... she definitely didn't do anything wrong. Well, that she knew of. She just hoped this was over with quickly. She sprang back up and walked towards the office or wherever it was that Katherine would be taking them. She of course had to stoop down as to not smack her head on the door frame.

I mean... who knows with the reworks? Like... they ould legit change it to be XD. ((like there's been vaaaaast changes on REcolour skins on reworks in the past lol.))

Armour of the Fifth Age. Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh~

and they are tasty. Keep 'em comin' oh, and have a 12. On me. It's free, on house... no strings attached. Really... you can trust me.~

Because I am now a Cosmic Space Dragon... I no longer have need of shoes.

ANd the pass comes from downtoooooooooooooooooooooooooown. He shoots and he scores! GET DUUUUNKED ON! With love, Dunkmaster Kuna~

And I can;t reveal any of my fav designs I made cause they are all single stage... *squirms*

I'm just an overly defensive player, on... really everything. SO I like to have it. ((Like I still pretty much usually take Feast > Double Edged every time.)) Just my preference really XD.

I honestly keep forgetting about that Mastery cause most things I play would like to have the HP Regen. Or I just don't dip in that tree. ((dunno it feels a bit bleh to just dip into imo. Maybe that's just me...)) But yea Flash is 180 Secs with all 3. Which... is a 2 minute reduction. lolol.

Ashe's passive is like... infinite self peel.... though...? Not to mention your ult while a strong initiation tool, is also a clutch peel for yourself since if they jump on top of you you can snap cast it on them. She does have quite an interesting time now that Swifties are actually worth buying but, she's got a toooon of self peel, she just doesn't have a crazy amount of mobility herself. If you want to play more of a champ... play more of them! XD Part of Ashe is knowing where you should be standing in a fight or who it's safe to be firing at at any given time. Also, every single Marksman is pretty much Weak to assassins, it's just the class's inherent weakness. Of course, some are weaker than others. ((since ones with dashes can reposition easier etc...)) Also, true Jhin is definitely more of a caster, considering I play him mid more than Bot XD ((same with the Corko.)). Dunno, I play a lot more Castery stuff, but he's definitely a champion that it's still worth consdering Greaves on, since they give him stright damage. So, that pooooint still kinda stands lol.

I mean there's plenty of mons that basically have clothes or mock clothes as part of their design. ~((and then you realize that Gardevoir's dress like thing is a bunch of loooooooooong flaps of skin. Have fun with that thought in your head. *shudders* Or Sylveon's MEAT Bows. *Shudders more*))~ so it really just be fur that happens to give off said impression. Also Ceph... you really think it's going to punch a lot huh? Cause reading through your list it's Punching, Punching, Ice stuffs, MOOOORE PUNCHING.

His Ashen Skin is garbage though... like it's disgustingly bad... the Particles are some of the worst FIre Particles in the game. Models nice I suppose. Sorry... I'm jsut a Skin snob so yeeeeea. I don't care for it much. Just ignore me I'm a buuuuutt. That's is some interesting luck though XD> Also, that tfw you pick up a champion and get more S ranks on him in the span of 2 days then you've gotten ever since the mastery system was released. That, and a majority of your games on him are S- or higher. I like me some Star Dragon... I can actually carry on Sol... somehow...

Unless your Jhin.... well actually some may argue due to the AD you get that Zerks might be even better on him. However, I prefer Swifties since if your Jhin and you get slowed even slighty suddenly... it gets very hard to regain that spacing, especially pre-100% crit mode since the AA that boosts your speed... is only the last one and then you are defenseless while reloading and then it takes 3 other shots to get back to the sure Movespeed boosty boost. It's jsut a safer option imo. Anywho, here's how I break it down for boots. Boots of Swiftness- Generally good on everything can be bought by nearly all champions and you won't be having a regret picking them up. More than half the Champ Roster has access to a Slow of some sort so nearly every game you'll get some use out of them. Their increased Movespeed is also very nice for slower Champs though... due to the amount that are being bought right now... this perk is overshadowed juuuuust a teeny bit. ((since half the melee butt heads are buying these too now which means they outspeed you still.)) Berserker's Greaves- most look at the Atk Spd here and scoff, but as Tacos said it is quite the boost in the right places. If you know you can successfully kite the enemy team or that your team will be able to peel easily for you these really help your damage output. They are still reeeeeally cheap and a good pick-up. ONLY... GET... ON... MARKSMEN. Please XD. I see plenty an AA-based melee pick these up and regret it due to the lack of movespeed or... vulnerability to CC Ninja Tabi- On champs that extremely benefit from armour ((Rammus, Malphite etc...)) or in a veeeery heavy AA based match-up. If you want to pick these up it's most effective to start Cloth 5 as the Cloth transitions nicely into this item once you can pick it up. However, these... are highly situational. Mercury Treads- Once probably one of the best boots in the game... they've really fallen from grace. They are just... way to expensive to justify unless the enemy team is CHOCK FUUUUULL of CC or Magic Damage Dealers.. ((which is possible given Corki exists... I've seen full Magic damage comps as a result of him.)) problem is... there's jsut better ways of dealing with CC. Most AD based characters can justify picking up QSS ((and even AP champs as the item is an okay stop gap as it's not overly expensive and doesn't set you bac too much if you need it for that piiiinch cleanse effect.)))) as adding a bit more damage and Lifesteal to it's upgrade Mercurial Scimitar really beefed up that item and made it a viable choice for your Lifesteal item. Also, Elixir of Iron exists for Tanks ((the guys who really love Tenacity, a.k.a the main users of Mercs.)) which... really hampers it's style as it cuts inot it's strategic niche a lot. Mobility Boots- For Supports or suuuuper roamers. If you need to be around the map these guys are a worthwhile pick up. Just remember that in battle... they are easily the worst boot as they are now a tiny bit worse then other tier 2's and don't have an effect otherwise. Choose wisely here. Sorcerer's Shoes- For safe mages, or at least they are the easiest thing to justify it on. Poke Mages really love this item to boost their pokes damage even higher. ((oh and Corki... since he does Magic damage. just as an aside.)) AP assassins also love it for the Mpen that makes it easier to vaporize a dude. Sorc Shoes will probably be the most commonly seen Offense boot you still see today. Ionian Boots of Lucidity- Ever have trouble getting that last 10% of CDR? Well, LOOK NO FURTHER!!! Seriously though Lucid Boots are a great stop gap item from Champs that have trouble picking up CDR in their main item builds. Due to how cheap they are ((same as Swiftes)) THis is most common on AD casters who want CDR as it more beneficial than the Atk Spd of Zerkers Greaves, since they have trouble finding CDR at times since that pool is very shallow for them. Supports that really benefit for CDR like them as well if they just can;t pick up other items with CDR. The 10% reduct on SUmmoner's Cooldowns is a lovely little bonus that does indeed stack with Distortion Enchant. Keep that one in mind, might come in handy sometime lololol. For example, Flash wiothut reduction ((as well as TP.)) are 300 seconds. With both Lucid Boots and Distortion... that becomes 225. that's an 75 second reduction. Nothing to scoff at. So hopefully that helps a bit... of course it'll still take a bit of thought to figure out which boots are best for you, but it's definitely not as cut and dried as "Always get Swifties" even if it seems like it XD.

It's only worth if you know it's going 100% deep late game ((this is a biiiiiiiit strict a call, but yeeea. remember imo.)). Cause then you can possibly afford pushing back that Rylai's spike 750 gold to get Tear stacking ((so Tear sets you back a little over Rylai's combine cost of 515.)) It's a question of whether this is worth it. Personally, I don't think so jsut because it's difficult or... more difficult to get Tear stacking on Sol as he doesn't really have an easily spammable kit. W is good yea, but about the level of Karthus's E... but without Karthus's easily spammable Q. Sol's other abilities are very long down time ((relatively.)) Sol only has issues with mana if your poorly manage W ((like leave it on infinitely in a fight.)) but if you do manage it by toggling it off when out of range and toggling it back when you are closer or if you pull it through or push it through the enemy ((since remember, if you toggle and the star hits the, while moving out or in, it still applies damage and spell effects.)) I'm not saying Tear will always be a bad pick up, but... in the current meta I think it's a bit too slow to get two super scaling items. In a Season 3 or 4... I'd say it'd probably be the correct path for certain just cause games were muuuuuch longer then. Heck it might even be okay still fi your absurdly ahead. ((I almost built it into this Darius I killed top 3 times in the first 7 minutes or something crazy like that, but still didn't lol.)) But yea, Tear is situational. Not a disaster area of a purchase ((it's not like... you picked up Recurve bow or something... XD)) and I honestly say if you feel that it curves out better for you or you like it keep buying it. Straight rushing Rylai's second is mine XD. But not saying your build is wrong etc... I mean I even build different boots lololololol. There's always room to try out and use different things. I'll defintily keep Tear in mind to pick up sometimes.

Same feel anytime someone tells me Jhin is terrible ((okay that only happened once... by a Lee Sin you then afk'ed on our own team... and had he not left... I'd have carried the game.)) or that he's easy to kill cause he's immobile. Because oh yes... I am, if I have 0 clue what I'm doing, but between using traps to cover your rear and get a free snare proc without having to AA ((although you still can AA.)) and the speed you gain from Crits you can really kite pretty effectively on Jhin if you play your cards right. Honestly it's one reason I've been thinking I should probably stop being a butt and play some Jinx. I don't really care for her personality wise, but her kit is in some ways similar to Jhin's. ((in some ways... they aren't close but they have a lot of tones that hit similar ideas.)) who is probably one of my fav champions right now. Also, good job Tacos. The Skarner probably deserved that shiiiiiiiit. XD. Also, that's a really nice looking comp.

Cause everytime you invite me is when I'm writing lolololol. You always catch me at the worst times. It's bad luck really. Also, add another S to the Aurelion Pile. ((also... Batl had a bug where he switched to Smite but the game was just like... "No" and it didn't switch for him. [i saw him select it in Champ Select]))

So Match History wasn't working for me... but now it is... another S- rank game on Sol ((I keep forgetting to screengrab on the victory screen.)) Top Lane Sol by the way.

I really... really don't agree with Tear. It's jsut not worth it. Like... I've never run out of mana to warrent needed a second mana item... or... even a mana regen item. Only having Meditation from the Cunning tree sustained me pretty much through all fights. Keep in mind Sol has 1 ability in his kit he rarely uses, and it doesn't even cost that much ((60 all ranks.)) His Q and W also aren't crazy expensive either as his Q is only 60 at rank 1 and by the time you get RoA the 100 mana cost at rnak 5 isn't very steep. Further his W is the cheapest toggle ability in the game. Even if maxing it, it's pretty cheap compared with all other effects like this are a pretty low cost 40 per second. So... I just don't find Tear to be a worthwhile stopping point. You get MOOOORE than enough mana and should just go into Rylai's IMMEDIATELY after picking up RoA instead of dumping the gold on Tear. imo I just... don't really like tear personally. Not saying it's wrong or anything it just feels like extreme levels of overkill in the mana department. Like imo Seraph's is just a super greedy item choice when there's much saer and more synergistic items that are cheaper and don't take 8 years to ramp up into their full potential. I mean you already got one item that has to do that... why get another unless you are planning on deep late game to occur? I also prefer SWifties. Having more movespeed is good as it allows you to manipulate your Q easier without needing to use E. It also allows you to resist slows pretty effectively which, when Sol is getting hit his Escape Velocity isn't giving you movespeed so it's important to ahve that speed when you need it. It's personal preference entirely here though. I just like the cheaper stopping point of Swifties and that they give Sol Movement speed. Also, he's got pretty high Base damages so I don't think you need Magic Pen unless they are super stacking MR which I prefer to pick up a Void. Everything else is situational. Hourglass is definitely good into very physical teams or say... an AD assassin, but I don't think it's anywhere near a required purchase. it's a pretty luxury item on Sol. Liandry's is best versus Tanks or team with large line-ups. I'd say it's probably the third item you wanna pick up most cases especially if you opt for Deathfire Grasp as your Keystone. ((I tend to use Thunderlord's to add a pinch of more burst to my kit mostly to make the Ult combo do even more damage on a single target. Which is, ult person on you through a star, then turn on W to have the star move through them and damage them again which then triggers Tlords. Add Q in here to stun them and keep them there longer.)) Abyssal Scepter is imo a much better Magic Pen item. It's range is quite long and it's cheap as heck compared to Void Staff ((staff is better for stacking enemies though.)) however this gives you a nice chuck of MR giving you a bit of leverage aginst enemy mages. It a worthwhile pick-up and is worth considering in a lot of match-ups. I tend to pick it up forth, espically if they have a dive happy AP assassin like Leblanc as it protects me and helps me to kill them. ((and they don't have the luxury of building a buttload of MR without sacrificing damage potential.)) Most CD items are a tad meh on him since his main damage source is always active, therefore it's a bit overkill to use it... it only really helps the Ult and Q which... considering their effects are on pretty generous CDs. It's a pretty lacklustre stat on Sol, but Luxury items are really more about effects than stats. So... if you need Grievous Wounds really badly... I guess pick up Nomicon? Same thing goes with other CD items if you want their effect, but you'll rarely touch these items. SOl already is pretty survivable with how well he scale with HP?AP items, and he has better survivability options then these unless he really needs to focus on defense and somehow Zhonya's isn't your go to or won't work in a situation. I don't know what that situation would be though it's never come up for me XD> Keystones... You'll probably only ever run Tlord's/Deathfire in lane. Ages would probably be the Jungle go to as it always is. Other Keystones don't really synergize at all with his kit so they aren't worth considering really. Maybe Undying if you want a suuuper survivable buld but that feels like a lacklustre choice since it doesn't synergize well enough but... who knows? Maybe it's okay jsut since he likes buying health. Just my two cents since I've been playing him. That and I've done pretty dang well thus far. He's definitely a new champion in my pool. ALso... I will say I don't agree with the fact that he has no poke, you can poke with your W pretty easy once you get RoA. I do it all the time. It's jsut not "safe" poke. WHich probably one would say defeats the purpose of poke, buuuut you can really whittle down a foe before a fight ((especially around the bases if you hang around outside the walls and ping them with your W where they can't reach you. I do it to get pressure while sieging a looooot.)) Also, either I jsut naturally get Sol... or he's really not that difficult at all. I got an S- by carrying suuuuper hard the first game I palyed him since the kit felt 100% natural and intuitive to use. Like his Outer Limit didn't confuse me at all personally. But, maybe that's jsut cause my brain really works with positioning based things since I used to have to predict how my enemies would reposition since i was a Cho main, to hit my Q. Really though nice overview. Sol is... probably one of my favourite new champs to some out in a long time. One of the only ones I actually bought. ((Jhin is an exception but like... everyone since Braum was released I've jsut not been interested in really.))

You know. love how we can say something to mess around jsut a little and the people here will like dive into every little minute detail. Like... they start seeing phantom strings that aren't there... etc etc. You don't know how much this makes me want to just mess with you guys all the time, but... I'm a benevolent man. ((and probably post in here the least XD.)) I do love having fans that are super passionate about the work being put in. I really really do. It makes me happy that it means that much to folks XD. However... you'll probably all hate me once Episode 2 is said and done lol.

Rein, Emberly, and Lee - Office Area "I am Emberly. Friends call me Drake. Long story... not got the time for that now." Emberly said giggling. she was still trying to more or less remain calm. She wasn't doing very well at it. Her nerves were threatening to burst. She was at least holding together for now... and she would probably make it through the rest of this. She sighed at how silly she must've looked right now to all of the others. "Anyway, Miss Katherine, I don't know much about the situation that happened. It'll have to be these two that talk it out. I'll stay though. I kinda want to see this through." Emberly wasn't honestly sure what to think of the other two girls. Rein and Lee. She was quite a bit older than the two. At least a couple of years. She also towered over them both by a decent margin. Though she was MUUUCH taller than Rein. It was honestly pretty funny to her that someone so small compared to her and even Lee, did what she did. She was rather strong it seemed. Emberly's mother always said, "Scary things came in small packages." She never been inclined to believe that until now. Lee on the other hand... Emberly wasn't sure what she did to annoy Rein that much, but it must've been something big. One didn't usually punch someone straight in the gut for no reason. Well, unless they were crazy. But that was the reason so still... the point stood. Either way. Emberly was getting more than a little restless since she couldn't really do anything from here on out. So, she just sat back down on the bench. Perhaps... this would sort itself out without her need to intervene anymore than she had. So, she endeavored to wait it out. She picked out a small journal that she proceeded to begin jotting down notes in. It was typically something she used to write about the goings of her day, but also... she used it to jot down inspirations or things that she found interesting. What she was doing now... well no one knew that but Emberly herself.

Heart of the Castle. 1st Day, of the First Month of the Year of Rebirth, ?:?? P.M. "Hmmm... I see. Then, Solomon really is gone." "Yes... you could say he's taking a vacation right now. I sent him to a looooovely place." This, Panic's voice now seemed to come from everywhere... it seemed to be multiple voices and yet one voice at the same time. Azegeor... knew this sensation, but only in the back of his mind. It itched as he didn't know who this... entity was, but felt a recognition. Perhaps, it was in the name said earlier. Theodore. What... what did he mean by calling him that? "What... who are you?" "Oh, so you don't remember then... Well... I'm your best nightmare!!! WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!" Panic replied using the voice of Solomon this time. "Now... you're the one who didn't have time for words earlier... so... why don't we let the game begin?" Quickly and without warning the body that was once Solomon's disappeared seemingly instantly. Azegeor looked around quickly to see what was happening. But he didn't see him anywhere. He then heard a scream... surely there was no one else here... except for Tempest... no... Azegeor tore off running towards the entrance where he had left his friend to guard the entrance. He ran with all his might getting there was quickly as he could. His darkest fear confirmed. The body of Solomon stood there his hands around her neck threatening to harm her somehow. He didn't now how, but he wasn't going to let that happen. "Unhand her!" Azegeor shouted, his words a magical command in actuality. He weaved a spell with them. a Giant Hand made of force rose from the ground it shot forward with a blazing speed. It clenched itself into a fist. As it sped towards the Husk of Solomon threatening to slam into him. Before it reached, he vanished again. Leaving it rocketing towards Tempest instead. She quickly noticed this and herself blinked forward. It... took more energy than she'd have liked. But, she found herself now next to Azegeor. The Hand of fist slammed into the back wall shaking the the very foundation of the Castle. It could faintly be felt throughout. Tempest looked at Azegeor, a strange look of sorrow on her face. "Azegeor,... it's not... that's not Solomon is it?" "No." "What are we going to do?" "You, will run. You're not safe here." "No, I'm not leaving your side Azegeor! I will fight along with you!" Azegeor sighed, he was worried. He planned to remove Solomon himself but... this was proving much more difficult. Further he was convinced that Tempest was in danger and... furthermore endangering himself by staying. He didn't know why, but this scenario... felt too familiar. Déjà vu... had this... had this happened before? Why did this feel all too real? Too familiar...every instinct of his warning him at once. It was telling him to get Tempest away from here. But, even if he could manage it... who knew what that creature inhabiting Solomon would do. He had to decide something, whatever he did was going to damn him to some burden. Either he'd fight alone, or he'd worry from Tempest's safety. He sighed... Tempest... could handle herself. At least, Azegeor so hoped. "Well, now you made a call Theo... Times Up. Now, you die together! How cuuute.~ JUST LIKE LAST TIME!!! WAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! OH THE TASTE OF SWEET TRAGEDY!!! WRIIIIITHE FOR ME PRETTIES!!!" Azegeor didn't know where this...Panic, would come from, but... he knew magic would automatically know. He called out to the hand yelling a command word to make it switch it's form. "Impose!" The hand positioned itself palm out right above Azegeor. As soon as it completed it's movements... a giant fireball struck the hand with great force. Azegeor's knees buckled under the force, but not much else happened to him. Tempest seemed unscathed by it at all, though her body was much less corporeal than Azegeor's therefore force had less effect on her. Either way, the Hand let Azegeor know something important. Panic was above him. Azegeor flashed a look back at Tempest and nodded once. She stepped out and threw out a fan of her wind blades. They circled the room as she felt out through the air for the body of Solomon. Panci was smart though, and moved as little as possible. A loud pop of air was heard as he teleported. The hand quickly adjusted to move between Azegeor and Panic, slamming into the floor with a great force. A fire, could be seen in the eyes of Solomon's old body... dull black flames that looked as if they were the void blazed out of his sockets. They looked unreal, otherworldly. The body of the old king cackled madly against it's will. Wait... was... did his body trying to fight against what it was doing? Was Solomon still in there somewhere? Well... he was going to have to defeat him anyway, but this made it both harder and easier. Solomon was at least fighting him in a mental battle, but... probably losing since Panic was dominating his body. But, they could physically fight him and help to release Panic's control. And to think... he had gone there to kill Solomon now... he was here to save him. "That's all fine and dandy Theodore. But... even if Solomon is still in here... he won't be coming back." This time, Azegeor was worried. The last time Panic spoke... it was off. Like he knew too much. But it was safe to assume that because he had not tried to remove Tempest from the situation that he made that choice. This time however, it was clear that somehow... Panic was reading his mind. That... was going to make this much harder. It was amde even clearer by the next action. Of course, now knowing where he was, Tempest brought down all her blades to bear on him. Panic, couldn't have known where all of them were and yet, he sent a ball of flame to consume each one. He precisely removed each and every one of them. He didn't just push out a great wave of flame... he knew where ever single one was since Azegeor knew where they were. This was bad. "Yeeeees... it is bad. I'm your beeeeest nightmare Theodore... this time... you'll die at my hands. Nothing of you will escape this time. NOTHING!"