Ryan Masterson
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Ryan Masterson
@RealzDev
|| Personal Account || Lifelong gamer. Senior Game Designer.
शामिल हुए Aralık 2011
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@Minishcap1LoL @RiotPhroxzon Bet it'll be small. But... we take those.
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Hi everyone and welcome to Patch 14.11!
Overall, the patch has landed reasonably balance wise for things that changed.
Lane Swaps
- They've been a hot topic of conversation over the course of MSI
- While we think some of this was teams adapting to player matchup diffs over time, in some cases, it's more optimal than we'd like (eg. double ranged bot lanes)
- While a few lane swaps every now and then is favorable for the viewer experience, every game is too far
- We'll be adjusting the fortification and first turret gold values as a result
K'Sante
- K'Sante has also been a hot topic from MSI
- While there have been some favorable matchups into him, he was generally not exploitable enough
- In the short term, we're making some targeted changes to reduce just how much damage he can soak with W. We also intend to take a larger stab at some of his kit shape to give him sharper strengths and weaknesses, but that will take some time
- Given that he has optionality between tanking and fighting, he probably also shouldn't be so generally durable
Marksmen Generally
- Marksmen after the changes to snowballing, experience are now at similar levels of durability to the durability patch
- They also seem very strong, but we're waiting on more information before acting in a significant way
- We intend to tune around this rough level of durability and nerf other things like damage, etc. if they are too strong
Marksman First Items
- Overall, Marksmen first items seems close
- Kraken/Collector/ER/IE are all viable options of varying strength
- We believe Collector and IE are a bit on the strong side and ER a little on the weak side
- Shiv has struggled to find an audience, we're looking to move it further into the on-hit space and it is also pretty underpowered
Post Hotfix
- Our hotfix has overall put Blackfire Torch and Ashes in a reasonable spot
- It is intended that Ashes is a strong item for AP junglers, hence why it was generically nerfed, rather than nerfing the jungle specifically
- Draven was slightly overnerfed, but we expect him to recoup some of this power once players fully swap over to Bloodthirster
Smolder
- Smolder has landed in a bit of a weird spot; Tri Force overall is offering a bit of a better package than Essence Reaver overall
- We would like Sheen items to be viable on him, and also to have some Crit builds and some non Crit builds
Arena
- Post 14.10 changes, we're mainly focused on taking larger swings at nerfing healing, buffing weak champions, nerfing fighters further
- We're also taking a further swing at outlier legendary and prismatic items
- Buffs targeted at Ekko, Fizz, LB, Corki [he had a bunch of Arena specific nerfs that no longer make sense], Viktor, Ziggs, Akshan
- Nerfs targeted at Darius, Vi, Rhaast, Gragas, Garen, Trundle, Vlad, Aatrox, Briar
ARAM
- Main strategy is to remove buff/nerf modifiers that no longer make sense and followups to the 14.10 changes landing
- Buffs to Corki, Ezreal, Yasuo, Yone, MF
- Nerfs to Shen, Veigar, Akshan, Morgana, Nautrilus, Hwei, Skarner

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@RocketLeague Really good! B+
But human brains short circuit estimating circular areas, so I recommend a rectangle if you want to level this up.
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Starting tomorrow, nameplates over your teammates will show how much boost they have left! Remaining boost will be displayed in a small circle next to their display name 👀
Read more about nameplates, plus changes to item rarity names in the update: rl.gg/NameplateBoost
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@AzaelOfficial Ahh, I see the problem.
As a Canadian, you might expect that milk should be in a bag. Well rest assured that for others, a cup is a perfectly normal container for milk.
Hope that clears things up for you!
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What the fk is this name though???
Jake Lucky@JakeSucky
The largest women's Fortnite event in history has been announced this week With $250,000 on the line, The Milk Cup
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@ctide You would risk ruining a new player's experience by throwing them gear they can't understand or appreciate, instead of letting them learn how to earn it for themselves?! SMH
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There have been thousands of fantastic tornado photographs and videos but none quite like this one.
The story of the 1989 "tornado girl", one of the most iconic weather pictures ever taken
Marilee Thomas of Beaver City, Nebraska took this photograph of her daughter Audra about two miles from a Furnas County tornado on April 26, 1989. The tornado did cut across her farm and destroyed a barn structure on the property but no lives were lost, thankfully.
The picture entered into a Kodak contest and won the second place in the National contest, and it quickly became an iconic photo, not only for the Midwest culture.

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@LSXYZ9 Best chance to win is rarely at the top of a player's (or coach's) priority list.
'Best' strats still have a chance of failure, and that risk (when doing something unconventional) can hurt their reputation and future prospects.
See also: NBA 'granny shot' free throw technique
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@cdew_wow Solo trib is dope but there’s a learning curve. Do u have a non-hc hunter u can practice on first?
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@JohnEvMcIntyre @hadidjahb This... this is it. This is EXACTLY it.
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Merdmom and I are off to Seattle to see a @SeattleKraken game! GO SPORTSBALL!! 🥳
Cherish every moment.

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