Shamitako Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Only one immediately comes to mind, that being Steel Legion Lux and her extremely deceptive hitboxes. Her skills look a lot smaller than normal but don't change functionally. Not sure if anything's been done about that but it used to be a big deal. There was a TF skin with nearly invisible cards but IIRC they fixed that In general it's stuff with skillshot visibility, there might be some animation changes as well. I know some people have complained about the aforementioned Lux skin being harder to CS with due to the animation feeling different (personally I actually find it easier to CS with) I've also heard complaints about Pulsefire Ezreal being unfair (followed by people whining about League being pay-to-win of course), but IDR what they were Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanco Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 There are a lot of skins that are banned from the LCS as a result of issues regarding ability visibility. Here are a list of skins (that I know of) that are or have formerly been banned from use in professional play: Steel Legion Lux iBlitzcrank Justicar Syndra Underworld Twisted Fate Frostfire Annie Arclight Varus Blackthorn Morgana (has since received visual update) Headhunter Nidalee Overlord Malzahar...? (Malz hasn't seen LCS use in almost three years but I heard it was #banned anyway) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talkla Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 (edited) In all honesty, the argument regarding needing to own a ton of champs and rune pages to play competitively is kinda false. Tons of low IP costing champs are and for the forseeable future still strong and reliable picks, and you really only need to be able to competently play 3 or so champs per role to do well. Plus, with the new changes coming to matchmaking in season 6, you can get away with only maining one or two roles, further allowing you to do well with a small handful of champs. This can also tie in with less of a need for many runepages, as you'll only ever need one or two runepages for differing matchups. Edited January 2, 2016 by Talkla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Ikaru Posted January 3, 2016 Administrators Share Posted January 3, 2016 It's free to play for the patient or the dedicated then? Whether or not it's easier to pay doesn't detract from the fact that you pay nothing to jump in and play the game. Yes, don't worry about paying for it. Riot has made sure the only thing that ACTUALLY can give you an edge over other people (that is, runes) are not buyable with RP. The most you can do with that is, like, buy an IP boost to make it faster lol. Everything you need to play the game is completely free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avatar of Grima Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 There are a lot of skins that are banned from the LCS as a result of issues regarding ability visibility. Here are a list of skins (that I know of) that are or have formerly been banned from use in professional play: Steel Legion Lux iBlitzcrank Justicar Syndra Underworld Twisted Fate Frostfire Annie Arclight Varus Blackthorn Morgana (has since received visual update) Headhunter Nidalee Overlord Malzahar...? (Malz hasn't seen LCS use in almost three years but I heard it was #banned anyway) when was Frostfire Annie banned? Mithy was using it last split I believe Blackfrost Anivia is banned. Any skins with sunglasses on, this is because of Leona passive. So if you play Vayne, you kind of have to use a skin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanco Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Skins with sunglasses aren't always banned - stances on them change depending on the region, and are sometimes affected by Leona's presence in the game. I don't know of a region that bans them outright though. Frostfire Annie was banned until Spring 2015 when a Rioter confirmed it had been taken off the ol ban list. EDIT: looked up NA and KR. Neither has any rulings on sunglass skins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamitako Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Her stun up ring used to be nearly invisible and also possibly her skills being really hard to see on the old map Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foovy10 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 K4B00M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamitako Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Skins with sunglasses aren't always banned - stances on them change depending on the region, and are sometimes affected by Leona's presence in the game. I don't know of a region that bans them outright though. Frostfire Annie was banned until Spring 2015 when a Rioter confirmed it had been taken off the ol ban list. EDIT: looked up NA and KR. Neither has any rulings on sunglass skins. In places where sunglasses are banned, is Lee banned as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanco Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 In places where sunglasses are banned, is Lee banned as well? Not that I know of. Only Dragon Fist and Pool Party Lee should be affected. And if all skins get that benefit, it's not like it's going to make a world of difference noting how Lee is generally built in competitive play, so chances are they'll just allow him anyway. Side note about that new champ: the mask, affiliation with roses, and appreciation for beauty is very reminiscent of Vega, the Spanish claw-wielding ninja from the Street Fighter series. EDIT: It was pointed out to me that the new champion's name, Jhin, is derived from the Japanese word for "God". According to Shinto, there is a suijin (water god), kajin (a fire god), Fūjin (wind god), and dojin (earth god), among others. In the teasers, there are instances of fire, water, air, and earth appearing (fire = Vi, water = Garen, wind = Sona, and earth = Zed). This implies that the new champion, despite appearing to use guns, will draw heavily from Shinto, a Japanese religion, in possible addition to other sources of Japanese mythology. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avatar of Grima Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Not that I know of. Only Dragon Fist and Pool Party Lee should be affected. And if all skins get that benefit, it's not like it's going to make a world of difference noting how Lee is generally built in competitive play, so chances are they'll just allow him anyway. Side note, I get some major Vega vibes from this new champ. He's masked, is affiliated with nature/roses/etc, and and has a thing for perfection and beauty. EDIT: It was pointed out to me that the new champion's name, Jhin, is derived from the Japanese word for "God". According to Shinto, there is a suijin (water god), kajin (a fire god), Fūjin (wind god), and dojin (earth god), among others. In the teasers, there are instances of fire, water, air, and earth appearing (fire = Vi, water = Garen, wind = Sona, and earth = Zed). This implies that the new champion, despite appearing to use guns, will draw heavily from Japanese mythology. I find it interesting that Garen is water... I would think that Zed would be water mainly because of how fluid Zed moves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamitako Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Tru, but Garen did sorta get shot with water whilst Zed has a tree growing out of his face Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Felix Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 This new champ has the power of Heart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Desire Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 after looking at the teaser a bit more, i'm more inclined to think that the gun is more of a rifle of some sort rather then a pistol; once you see the champion's mask, you can see his shoulder to the right arching back like he's going to stand up and the clinking of his gun, it seemed like he was in some sort of sniper position before getting up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamitako Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 ...I thought it was obvious that it was some kind of rifle. He comes off as being very sniper-y after all I'm mostly just curious as to whether he;s going to be more of a caster or an assassin ADC (or if they're gonna go trololol and not make him an ADC at all?) Loohcs tneve emag noitamina cisum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talkla Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Riot confirmed on Reddit that this champ is gonna be a total psycho. Hopefully his kit is awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avatar of Grima Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 We shall see, we shall see. Time to ask for yet another PBE spot :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanco Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 A new League of Legends server has been announced. Enter the JP server! http://boards.pbe.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/general-pbe-feedback/bGhLqG5A-japanese-content-on-pbe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamitako Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Ahh, I see what they did there... Loohcs tneve emag noitamina cisum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Desire Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 sigh i can't wait till jp server comes out,, i'll totally be dominating in challenger there kappa and i'll probably get less ping there too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avatar of Grima Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 sigh i can't wait till jp server comes out,, i'll totally be dominating in challenger there kappa and i'll probably get less ping there too we get there together Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanco Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 And then those guys figure out the game and start dominating even the Koreans, right? Riiight? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avatar of Grima Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 And then those guys figure out the game and start dominating even the Koreans, right? Riiight? shhh you'll jinx it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talkla Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 It'll be interesting to see how Japan receives LoL. The country's never been big on PC gaming, but maybe things might change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanco Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Japan's already got their own professional league (they've been playing on KR since its inception), so my money's on LoL being welcomed with open arms as a nice change of pace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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