27.1.11
25.1.11
SK.Araneae presents - LoL frenzy! (1)
First movie of Araneae, captain of the SK Gaming League of Legends team.
http://www.sk-gaming.com/video/309010-SKAraneae_presents__LoL_frenzy_1
New map coming!!
Deep within the obsidian mountain from which the Institute of War is sculpted lies the League’s most intense Field of Justice to date – the Magma Chamber. Before the time of the League, the Chamber was the heart of a powerful, but now dormant, volcano. Ancient magma flows cut out a gigantic cavernous room that the League has reshaped for its own purposes. This battle arena was built specifically to address the increasing number of disputes between Demacia and Noxus. It is one of the the largest Fields of Justice found anywhere on Valoran. To that end, teleporting platforms provide champions with the ability to rapidly relocate to strategic points in the arena. The magic-infused stone and cooled magma that dominates the structure of the arena will force champions to work together more closely in pushing toward the enemy’s nexus. It will be harder for a champion to rely on their summoner to traverse hazards and obstacles. The League is preparing this Field of Justice to be the premier arena for its use; as such, a slew of new monsters and minions await champions in what will surely be their greatest challenge yet
Gameplay
The map will be optimized for 5v5 play, similar to the original Summoner's Rift map, but is intended to have a different feel and strategic approach. Unlike Summoner’s Rift, which focuses on larger team fights in the mid and late game, Magma Chamber emphasizes smaller, more tactical fights, map awareness and victory in specific lanes. This is accomplished via a richer jungle and more isolated lanes that are difficult to switch between. Magma Chamber will also feature all new neutral minions that grant powerful buffs when defeated, new brush configurations and some other surprises that will help you traverse the rocky terrain. The map will include portals with which champions can teleport themselves through the area to other portals.
23.1.11
Draft Mode Tier List
This is MY opinion solely and does not reflect my team’s or any other high level player opinion on high level play. It’s for you to read and discuss for your enjoyment and nothing else.
This is my tier list according to Season 1 Draft Mode / Tournament Play (NOT blind pick MM) I’ve put all the champions I feel are viable on SR and will be picked in competitive play. List goes from left to right, best to worst in each tier.
* Tier 1: Anivia, Sivir, Ashe, Corki, Annie, Warwick, Shen, Janna, Taric, Rammus
* Tier 2: Miss Fortune, Amumu, Kennen, Morgana, Kassadin, Zilean, Tristana, Vladimir, Sion, Kog’Maw, Udyr, Xin Zhao, Sona, Shaco, Olaf
* Tier 3: Cho’Gath, Malphite, Nunu, Pantheon, Twisted Fate, Poppy, Ezreal, Kayle, Karthus, Mal’zahar, Eve, Akali, Swain, Leblanc, Gragas, Irelia, Singed, Blitzcrank.
* Tier 4: Nasus, Urgot, Teemo, Mordekaiser, Lux, Veigar, Yi, Trundle, Soraka, Gangplank, Garen, Nidalee, Jax, Fiddlesticks.
* Hard to place on a team: Alistar, Twitch, Ryze, Tryndamere, Caitlyn, Mundo, Galio, Heimerdinger, Katarina, Cassiopeia.
Tier 1 – These champions have proved time and time again that they deserve to be here. These champions are game changing if you can get them most of the time. Player skill combined with knowing how to use these champions correctly will ultimately result in success.
Tier 2 – These champions are barely under tier 1. They all again do their roles incredibly well and are should be considered highly valuable picks. They all synergize very well into the vast majority of viable line ups. Players should be playing these champions if they are looking to improve their game and step into the competitive scene. Master all of the tier 1 and tier 2 champions and you will be a serious force to be reckoned with.
Tier 3 – These champions are still very viable on SR but are simply out done by tier 1 and tier 2 champions. They can still compete with all of them but as far as viable line ups go these won’t be the champions you’re going to ban or first pick in any draft mode. These are your 4th 5th picks in your line up to complement your line up or effectively counter the other teams picks. These champions are still very viable overall but just aren’t champions you will strive to pick or have in your line up all the time.
Tier 4 – These champions don’t fill the roles of the champions above them as good as they do. They really aren’t thought of other than your last pick to add a special extra something to your line up. Extra burst, extra utility, or that 1 more support champ you think you will make your line up that much better. Generally they really aren’t sought after picks in a competitive line up but they can still be played viably but are the bottom of the barrel in terms of competitive picks.
Hard to place on a team – These champions I find aren’t as good as others in terms of competitive picks. They don’t really help or add anything game changing to you line up or anything you would really want on a competitive team imo. They are all fine champions for solo queue for the most part but in terms of a 5v5 tournament draft mode I wouldn’t expect to see any of these champions there. They are simply out done by other champions who do their roles better than they do.
Feel free to ask questions about my list and I will do my best to reason why X champion is in X tier. I also encourage you to convince me I am wrong and move a champion up or down a tier accordingly. I will post the changes if or when I make them in edits in this post.
*—–* CHANGE LOG *—–*
Udyr moved up in tier 2 – Due to the buffs he recieved to his DPS he’s being moved up a bit. He can put out a lot more DPS now which is just awesome and he clears the jungle a bit faster.
Nunu moved up in tier 3 - Nunu’s jungle control is actually very impressive. He can clear the whole thing and start to gank before a lot of other junglers can while doing it at almost full HP. He’s very safe, and very fast, and an excellent early game ganker. Because of this he’s being moved up a bit. He’s become a little more viable since all those nerfs went out and started to get noticed a bit. He’s also one of the few champions who can do Dragon early now as well which is a massive advantage having him on your team for that.
Vladimir moved up in tier 2 – The new items boosted his damage output and survivability so naturally he’s going to move up a bit.
Kennen moved down to tier 2 – The new items DIDN’T boost his damage output but did increase his survivability a bit but I really feel like the Zhonya’s change really hurt Kennen. I feel he’s not as viable and not a tier 1 pick anymore because of this. Still good, just not tier 1 worthy anymore.
Sion moved up in tier 2 – The new items boosted his damage output and survivability just like it did with Vlad so naturally he’s going to move up a bit.
Veigar moved down to tier 4 - I’ve tried playing a few games with Veigar and I’ve watched a few people try and play him successfully but he just has too many issue’s in his design that make him not a sought after caster imo. He takes too much farm, he’s too squishy, and he needs level’s because ALL of his skills need to be leveled to play him successfully which means he needs levels. Having him take away a solo lane vs other casters you could pick that have much better early and mid games isn’t worth it. He’s a late game caster basically when other casters can do almost as much as he can late game while being much more viable early and mid.
Trundle moved down to tier 4 - He’s a pretty good jungler but I just don’t see him being picked over other junglers. They all just offer more utility and control. Because of this he will be moving down.
Swain moved to tier 3 - Swain is AMAZING! .. IF he gets the right team to play against. Because of all the nerfs that went out to these amazing laning champions he’s more viable now. He’s amazing vs Melee champions and a few other champions as well. If you give him the right match up he will do very well. Problem is with other match up’s in lanes he’s not going to win in is that he’s very farm dependent is all. He really needs to get some good farm going if he’s going to be viable. So as long as you make sure you have the correct match up with him he’s viable. If you don’t do this, you’re screwed!
LeBlanc moved to tier 3 - Her burst is extremely high on single targets and if played vs the right setup she can be devastating. Just like Swain though it needs to be right. She’s a champ that really needs to snowball in order to wtfpwn. It’s possible just as long you set it up right and burst the right targets. I was most likely too harsh after her nerfing but at the same time there were a lot of OP champions at that time so that’s probably why she got overlooked. Lot’s of champions are seeming more viable since that last patch.
Blitzcrank moved up to tier 3 – He’s actually a pretty dang good counter jungler and can do some pretty clutch moves and combos. Again with all the tanky DPS nerfs that went out and his little W buff that doesn’t slow him down anymore he became quite a bit more viable to fill those roles now.
Yi moved down to tier 4 – I feel Yi is just a pub stomper TBH. I don’t think he’s a viable choice for competitive play. He just doesn’t offer enough it seems. I feel he’s a champion that HAS TO GET KILLS EARLY or some sort of massive lead to be viable. If you don’t get some good snowball kills to get your farm ahead of the others I feel he just doesn’t cut it in team fights. I may be wrong but for the last 3-4 months this is how I’ve experienced Yi. He’s a glass cannon that seems to not do enough cannoning and be little too glassy. AP Yi seems to be the only way to play him where you can survive long enough while being focused.
Caitlyn put into hard to place – It’s not because she’s really that bad, it’s just that she’s not that good compared to the other 40 DPS carries we have. I feel she requires some love before she will become viable. Her Q is lacking mid and late game which is her main DPS tool, and her ultimate is very poor as well. Until she gets some stuff tweaked she won’t be a strong pick in competitive play imo. She’s almost viable, just came shy of it, needs a little love is all.
This is my tier list according to Season 1 Draft Mode / Tournament Play (NOT blind pick MM) I’ve put all the champions I feel are viable on SR and will be picked in competitive play. List goes from left to right, best to worst in each tier.
* Tier 1: Anivia, Sivir, Ashe, Corki, Annie, Warwick, Shen, Janna, Taric, Rammus
* Tier 2: Miss Fortune, Amumu, Kennen, Morgana, Kassadin, Zilean, Tristana, Vladimir, Sion, Kog’Maw, Udyr, Xin Zhao, Sona, Shaco, Olaf
* Tier 3: Cho’Gath, Malphite, Nunu, Pantheon, Twisted Fate, Poppy, Ezreal, Kayle, Karthus, Mal’zahar, Eve, Akali, Swain, Leblanc, Gragas, Irelia, Singed, Blitzcrank.
* Tier 4: Nasus, Urgot, Teemo, Mordekaiser, Lux, Veigar, Yi, Trundle, Soraka, Gangplank, Garen, Nidalee, Jax, Fiddlesticks.
* Hard to place on a team: Alistar, Twitch, Ryze, Tryndamere, Caitlyn, Mundo, Galio, Heimerdinger, Katarina, Cassiopeia.
Tier 1 – These champions have proved time and time again that they deserve to be here. These champions are game changing if you can get them most of the time. Player skill combined with knowing how to use these champions correctly will ultimately result in success.
Tier 2 – These champions are barely under tier 1. They all again do their roles incredibly well and are should be considered highly valuable picks. They all synergize very well into the vast majority of viable line ups. Players should be playing these champions if they are looking to improve their game and step into the competitive scene. Master all of the tier 1 and tier 2 champions and you will be a serious force to be reckoned with.
Tier 3 – These champions are still very viable on SR but are simply out done by tier 1 and tier 2 champions. They can still compete with all of them but as far as viable line ups go these won’t be the champions you’re going to ban or first pick in any draft mode. These are your 4th 5th picks in your line up to complement your line up or effectively counter the other teams picks. These champions are still very viable overall but just aren’t champions you will strive to pick or have in your line up all the time.
Tier 4 – These champions don’t fill the roles of the champions above them as good as they do. They really aren’t thought of other than your last pick to add a special extra something to your line up. Extra burst, extra utility, or that 1 more support champ you think you will make your line up that much better. Generally they really aren’t sought after picks in a competitive line up but they can still be played viably but are the bottom of the barrel in terms of competitive picks.
Hard to place on a team – These champions I find aren’t as good as others in terms of competitive picks. They don’t really help or add anything game changing to you line up or anything you would really want on a competitive team imo. They are all fine champions for solo queue for the most part but in terms of a 5v5 tournament draft mode I wouldn’t expect to see any of these champions there. They are simply out done by other champions who do their roles better than they do.
Feel free to ask questions about my list and I will do my best to reason why X champion is in X tier. I also encourage you to convince me I am wrong and move a champion up or down a tier accordingly. I will post the changes if or when I make them in edits in this post.
*—–* CHANGE LOG *—–*
Udyr moved up in tier 2 – Due to the buffs he recieved to his DPS he’s being moved up a bit. He can put out a lot more DPS now which is just awesome and he clears the jungle a bit faster.
Nunu moved up in tier 3 - Nunu’s jungle control is actually very impressive. He can clear the whole thing and start to gank before a lot of other junglers can while doing it at almost full HP. He’s very safe, and very fast, and an excellent early game ganker. Because of this he’s being moved up a bit. He’s become a little more viable since all those nerfs went out and started to get noticed a bit. He’s also one of the few champions who can do Dragon early now as well which is a massive advantage having him on your team for that.
Vladimir moved up in tier 2 – The new items boosted his damage output and survivability so naturally he’s going to move up a bit.
Kennen moved down to tier 2 – The new items DIDN’T boost his damage output but did increase his survivability a bit but I really feel like the Zhonya’s change really hurt Kennen. I feel he’s not as viable and not a tier 1 pick anymore because of this. Still good, just not tier 1 worthy anymore.
Sion moved up in tier 2 – The new items boosted his damage output and survivability just like it did with Vlad so naturally he’s going to move up a bit.
Veigar moved down to tier 4 - I’ve tried playing a few games with Veigar and I’ve watched a few people try and play him successfully but he just has too many issue’s in his design that make him not a sought after caster imo. He takes too much farm, he’s too squishy, and he needs level’s because ALL of his skills need to be leveled to play him successfully which means he needs levels. Having him take away a solo lane vs other casters you could pick that have much better early and mid games isn’t worth it. He’s a late game caster basically when other casters can do almost as much as he can late game while being much more viable early and mid.
Trundle moved down to tier 4 - He’s a pretty good jungler but I just don’t see him being picked over other junglers. They all just offer more utility and control. Because of this he will be moving down.
Swain moved to tier 3 - Swain is AMAZING! .. IF he gets the right team to play against. Because of all the nerfs that went out to these amazing laning champions he’s more viable now. He’s amazing vs Melee champions and a few other champions as well. If you give him the right match up he will do very well. Problem is with other match up’s in lanes he’s not going to win in is that he’s very farm dependent is all. He really needs to get some good farm going if he’s going to be viable. So as long as you make sure you have the correct match up with him he’s viable. If you don’t do this, you’re screwed!
LeBlanc moved to tier 3 - Her burst is extremely high on single targets and if played vs the right setup she can be devastating. Just like Swain though it needs to be right. She’s a champ that really needs to snowball in order to wtfpwn. It’s possible just as long you set it up right and burst the right targets. I was most likely too harsh after her nerfing but at the same time there were a lot of OP champions at that time so that’s probably why she got overlooked. Lot’s of champions are seeming more viable since that last patch.
Blitzcrank moved up to tier 3 – He’s actually a pretty dang good counter jungler and can do some pretty clutch moves and combos. Again with all the tanky DPS nerfs that went out and his little W buff that doesn’t slow him down anymore he became quite a bit more viable to fill those roles now.
Yi moved down to tier 4 – I feel Yi is just a pub stomper TBH. I don’t think he’s a viable choice for competitive play. He just doesn’t offer enough it seems. I feel he’s a champion that HAS TO GET KILLS EARLY or some sort of massive lead to be viable. If you don’t get some good snowball kills to get your farm ahead of the others I feel he just doesn’t cut it in team fights. I may be wrong but for the last 3-4 months this is how I’ve experienced Yi. He’s a glass cannon that seems to not do enough cannoning and be little too glassy. AP Yi seems to be the only way to play him where you can survive long enough while being focused.
Caitlyn put into hard to place – It’s not because she’s really that bad, it’s just that she’s not that good compared to the other 40 DPS carries we have. I feel she requires some love before she will become viable. Her Q is lacking mid and late game which is her main DPS tool, and her ultimate is very poor as well. Until she gets some stuff tweaked she won’t be a strong pick in competitive play imo. She’s almost viable, just came shy of it, needs a little love is all.
22.1.11
How to be a pro jungler
Today I will give you some tips of how to be a top player in jungle.
First I want to say, why you send someone to jungle?
1-You have 1 more solo lane. So 1 guy higher level then a dual lane.
2-Jungler can gank everylane and give you an early advantage.
3-Some heros can't farm right on a lane so jungle is a good way to let him farm.
Then lets see what heros can jungle. With smite and the proper runes, almost everyhero can jungle. But, who are the best junglers?
Akali: Nice Spell Vamp to heal, and good gank at level 6.
Amumu: Not viable on lane, but nice ganks since level 3 and easy jungler with W.
Evelyn: Really fast jungler and one of the best gankers in jungle.
Master Yi: Good ganks with lizard and really fast jungle.
Nunu: Fast jungler and good hero to make fast drake. Also he good a powerfull slow for ganks.
Olaf: Nice life steal for jungle and good ganks with axe.
Rammus: W is too strong to jungle, and 1 of the best gankers.
Shaco: Fast jungler and very good movility to gank and steal jungler of the enemie.
Shen: Slow jungle but not a bad gank. Only viable if you got better solo laners.
Warwick: Amazing life steal, you never lose HP, and also, nice ganks with lizard, and at level 6.
Other junglers: Cho'Gath, Mundo, FiddleSticks, Gragas, Malphite, Nasus, Trundle, Tryndamere, Udyr, XinZhao.
What runes are the best? Every jungle should take different runes, for example, the Tank junglers should go with Red and Yellow Armor flat, and blue Mana Reg/lvl or CD reduction or MR flat. Heros like Shaco and Olaf and Warwick, Red runes of Attack speed are good on them. Quints almost always HP flat. Armor flat are also good, and some heros can jungle with AP flat too.
What Masteries should I take? It depends on what jungler you are. The Tank junglers should go with something like: 1-16-13, or 1-21-8. The offensive junglers (Shaco, Master Yi, Akali...) should go with 21-0-9.
What should I buy at level 1?A good way to jungle, is to start with Cloth Armor and potions. Also 1 ward and 2 potions are also good, but only viable in good junglers with huge life steal. For some Tank junglers, Doran Shield and potion is also fine, and for some Offensive junglers, Doran Sword is fine.
Where should I start the jungle? It depends, if you are a good jungler but you need your spells for the jungle (Warwick, Rammus, Amumu...) then you should start at Ancient Golem, who gives you a BlueBuff with huge mana regen. Other junglers can start on the 2 little golems. You get level 2 there and now you go to wraiths, and wolves.
How much damange does Smite? Before with some magic resist it was really hard to do it well. Now, neutral minions got 0 MR so it does 420 + 25/level.
How does the jungle work? Small camps of minions (Wraiths, wolves and little golems) spawns at 1:39. Ancient Golem and Lizard Elder spawns at 1.55. Dragon spawns at: 2:30. Baron Nashor at 15:00.
Name Respawn Health Gold Experience
Giant Wolf 100 seconds 550 25 90
Wolf 100 seconds 400 16 50
Golem 100 seconds 800 30 140
Wraith 100 seconds 350 35 120
Lesser Wraith 100 seconds 220 12 20
Ancient Golem 5 minutes 1450 + 175 60 220
Young Lizard 5 minutes 350 10 30
Lizard Elder 5 minutes 1450 + 175 60 200
Dragon 6 minutes 3250 + 220 90 265
Baron Nashor 8 minutes 8852 + 125 every 1 min 250 900
Gold and Experience from killing Baron Nashor is granted to every member of your team. Gold from killing Dragon is granted to every member of your team. Drake gives 190 global gold to the team.
After Baron Nashor is slain, all living players on the team gain a buff that lasts 2.30 with the following attributes:
40 Ability Power
40 Damage
3% of your Max Health in Health Regeneration
1% of your Max Mana in Mana Regeneration
Ancient Golem, gives to the killer a Blue Buff: Mana regen and CD reduction. Elder Lizard gives to the kills Red Buff: slows (10/20/30)% for melee characters and only (5/10/15)% for ranged characters, and does some Damange per second. Killing this champion will transfer the buff to you.
That's all for today.
Made by aranae
21.1.11
My favorite Custom Skins!
Here I wrote my favorite custom skins. How to install em? Easy:
1. Download the skin (it will be called "Champion".dds)
2. Go to \Riot Games\League of Legends\game\DATA\
3. Make a new folder called "Characters"
4. In that folder, make a new folder with the name of the original skin of the champion (you can find the orginal skin names here)
5. In that folder, paste the "Champion.dds" skin
Akali Tomb Raider
Amumu Darth Vader
Anivia Macaw
Annie Drake or Annie Tibbers
Ashe Link
Blitzcrank Ironman
Caitlyn Starcraft
Cho'Gath BalRog
Dr.Mundo Christmas
Ezreal Kingdom Hearts
Fiddlesticks Ketchup
Galio Batman
Gangplank Anchor
Garen Death Knight
Gragas Obelix
Heimerdinger Mars Attack
Janna Shiva
Jax Panda
Karthus Dead
Kassadin Starcraft and Darth Kassadin
Katarina Tomb Raider
Kayle Tyrael and Kayle Paladin
Kennen Toon Link
Kog'Maw Yoshi and Kog'Maw Hextech and Kog'Maw Tropic
Lux SteamPunk
Malzahar Starcraft Protoss
Miss Fortune Corsair
Mordekaiser Dullahan
Morgana Starcraft Kerrigan
Nasus Wolf
Nidalee Snow
Nunu Cait Sith FF7
Olaf Brolaf
Pantheon Batman
Poppy White Knight
Rammus Ninja Turtle
Ryze Kratos
Shaco Harlequin
Shen Sonic Hedgehog
Singed SteamPunk
Sivir WOW
Soraka Robot Unicorn
Swan Commissar
Taric TRON
Teemo Astronaut and Teemo Sidekick Robin
Tryndamere Cloud FF7 and Tryndamere Burger King
Twisted Fate Gentleman
Udyr Force of Nature
Twitch Smooth Criminal
Veigar Vivi FFIX
Vladimir Sephiroth
Warwick Snow
Xin Zhao Chinese
1. Download the skin (it will be called "Champion".dds)
2. Go to \Riot Games\League of Legends\game\DATA\
3. Make a new folder called "Characters"
4. In that folder, make a new folder with the name of the original skin of the champion (you can find the orginal skin names here)
5. In that folder, paste the "Champion.dds" skin
Akali Tomb Raider
Amumu Darth Vader
Anivia Macaw
Annie Drake or Annie Tibbers
Ashe Link
Blitzcrank Ironman
Caitlyn Starcraft
Cho'Gath BalRog
Dr.Mundo Christmas
Ezreal Kingdom Hearts
Fiddlesticks Ketchup
Galio Batman
Gangplank Anchor
Garen Death Knight
Gragas Obelix
Heimerdinger Mars Attack
Janna Shiva
Jax Panda
Karthus Dead
Kassadin Starcraft and Darth Kassadin
Katarina Tomb Raider
Kayle Tyrael and Kayle Paladin
Kennen Toon Link
Kog'Maw Yoshi and Kog'Maw Hextech and Kog'Maw Tropic
Lux SteamPunk
Malzahar Starcraft Protoss
Miss Fortune Corsair
Mordekaiser Dullahan
Morgana Starcraft Kerrigan
Nasus Wolf
Nidalee Snow
Nunu Cait Sith FF7
Olaf Brolaf
Pantheon Batman
Poppy White Knight
Rammus Ninja Turtle
Ryze Kratos
Shaco Harlequin
Shen Sonic Hedgehog
Singed SteamPunk
Sivir WOW
Soraka Robot Unicorn
Swan Commissar
Taric TRON
Teemo Astronaut and Teemo Sidekick Robin
Tryndamere Cloud FF7 and Tryndamere Burger King
Twisted Fate Gentleman
Udyr Force of Nature
Twitch Smooth Criminal
Veigar Vivi FFIX
Vladimir Sephiroth
Warwick Snow
Xin Zhao Chinese
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