OldManSanns

I didn't see anywhere explicitly stating they didn't consider buffing Malphite. However given that he just received a buff last balance patch and Taliyah is now receiving back-to-back buffs, there's a solid chance they want to see how he plays out in a post TLC/AzIrelia/ThreshNasus meta before committing anything else.

(Spoiler: I think he still needs Overwhelm at least …

LOL that Pyke animation...

In general, any 6+ mana spell is bad unless it either drastically changes the board state (Harsh Winter, The Ruination, Vengeance, Feel The Rush), creates additional lethal possibilities (Atrocity, Battle Fury), or provides overwhelming value (Warmother's Call, Cosmic Inspiration). I don't think Glorious Evolution will have any of those possibilities -- the closest would be the value proposition, and at …

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I wouldn't put Tresh/Nasus in the same boat as Lissandra/Trundle control and Azir/Irelia. Don't get me wrong the deck is top tier but not oppressive (A nerf to [runecard]merciless hunter[/runecard] would do the trick).

In a vacuum I could see leaving Thresh+Nasus alone. My problems with it in the current state of …

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I like hearthstone a lot more. LoR is more generous with it's rewards, but that is about where the appeal ends. I don't like the UI or setup for the menu, collection manager etc. I don't like how many keywords and regions there are. I don't like how fast Riot makes new cards. I don't …

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Essentially, it's a nerf.

Technically true -- on play is strictly worse than on summon -- but I can't think of any non-meme decks that are affected by this. The change would only be relevant if you had a way to either cheat out or resurrect a boat, and I've never encountered …

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If they can do all that Riot can release one substantial balance patch once a month...yeesh

So Riot's tentative plan is to release a meta-changing patch every 4 weeks -- all the odd-numbered patches. The problems recently have been:

1. They've actually mostly liked the recent meta, which is the reason …

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As for Kench, it's probably harder to fit him into any other region than Targon. Demacia and Freljord is an option but there's simply no enough option in it other than buffing him up so he would die less, they don't have any other things to offer such as a proper consistent win condition like …

So I watched Zack Snyder's zombie movie "Army of the Dead" on Netflix this weekend. It's...fine. Using the significantly low bar of "we already have Netflix so it's free", I don't feel like I wasted my 2 hours 28 minutes watching this movie. And there was some cool world building and assorted nice touches like the tiger and the "time …

The price for the entire bundle is high, but at the same time that's getting everything. It's a bit like looking at the sticker price to craft a golden deck in HS or prismatic deck in LoR: that's not really a practical expense unless part of your income is from streaming and/or you're just a total whale. I suspect …

Imagine spending 3 hours researching & writing this article, and forgetting that they provided that in-game calendar already confirming the event for the 19th. (ー_ー﹡; )

I do think it's significant that neither the Skins or Lab update/rotation went out last week, though. The only reason I can think for them to not deploy alongside the expansion release is …

UPDATE: Unfortunately, it looks like powder keg + time bomb does not (currently) work like we expected it would. You do get the plunder which can be nice, but without the 2 damage AoE we're not sure that particular decklist is viable.

My understanding is that the blades just appear in-combat and attacking; you don't spend or gain an attack token. Think like how [runecard]Cataclysm[/runecard] works. I would expect it does proc [runecard]Azir[/runecard] / [runecard]Greenglade Duo[/runecard] / etc. The blades self-oblit when combat ends, so they would only proc [runecard]Thresh[/runecard] / [runecard]They Who Endure[/runecard] / [runecard]Phantom Prankster[/runecard] / etc if they are …

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I understand wanting each class to be truly unique I don't think that is healthy for the game. If Warriors were THE weapon class and mages where THE spell class that takes away from other classes not enhances them. If you look at all the classes they overlap with another in every aspect. That's actually …

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What I don't like most is how they changed experience reward firstly. Rewards for 7 win was giving champion card and they moved it to weekly chests which is fair and ok for me but Free runs now gives almost no experience which is a big con for me. I'm mostly a draft player in …

Obviously Shurima is the only region with direct landmark synergies, but I could see Spiral Stairs / Seed of Strength getting some experimentation in other regions -- e.g., Zoe / Viktor / Vi, possibly Swain, maybe Lee Sin. It's comparable to Zenith Blade: you get more stats, but you spend 3 unit mana instead of 3 spell mana and there …

I feel like I am the only person in the world who didn't realize that reference when I first saw it. :*-(

I'm hoping that if you play/splinter a 2nd sumpworker, THAT is the copy that gets "obliterate me" and the original is the copy that gets transformed. If it's the original copy that gets obliterated AND they don't do a special exception to remove the ephemeral keyword (which I agree would be consistent with other things currently in the game), it's …

Random first impressions:

• Nasus Thresh is looking disgusting -- it's already a strong deck, and I think [runecard]The Wings and The Wave[/runecard] can only make it stronger.
• [runecard]Buried in Ice[/runecard] looks fun; I just don't know how to use it. Will it be a control tool for TLC decks? A combo piece for [runecard]It That Stares[/runecard]? Something …

In general, the deck lists don't seem to be publicly available. I know Hexenwitch and TheBlackBoss were 2 of the Shyvana decks; I was able to find their lists (below) and they are nearly identical. I wasn't able to find the other 2 but I would be surprised if they were significantly different.

[runedeck]13333[/runedeck]

[runedeck]13334[/runedeck]

Good luck!