Role assignments are a little different compared to Summoner's Rift with 3 laners and 2 junglers compared to the 5 specialized roles in a normal League of Legends match. Additionally, Nexus Blitz only has 2 lanes so 1 player will always be going solo against an opponent. The jungle is split between the 2 lanes, with various camps filled by tougher monsters than those found on Summoner's Rift. The 2 junglers must work together to clear these camps, but will share increased EXP, gold, and buffs by doing
Bardle Royale (Classic): The 2 teams fight for survival as a battle royale circle slowly gets smaller on the map. Anyone outside the circle almost instantly gets burned to death, so champions with knockbacks like Poppy can quickly eject enemies for a
In their game against Excel, after a team fight win in the mid lane, the team split up. Kobbe went to push the wave in the top lane, while Iván "Razork" Martín went for Rift Herald and the rest of the team stayed mid to take the to
Certain items have had their costs increase to reflect their strength and the broad utility that players gain from acquiring them early in the game. By upping their respective costs, players can skill benefit from each but will need to wait longer to afford each. The main price changes
Stixxay is aware of the negative sentiment surrounding his team, even if he's not in agreement with it. "I just don't think it's true," Stixxay said of the public's view. "I don’t think we’re a 10th place team, so last split was really disappointing for us. It just put a sour taste in everyone’s mouth... I think we had a really bad split and we worked a lot in the offseason to fix a lot of those thin
He can still get quite tanky while dealing damage and is great at counter jungling as well. For many teams, Volibear will serve as the only tank while bottom lane picks up a "support" Karma or Pyke and top lane picks up a damage-heavy Wukong or Cami
Counter Logic Gaming's Trevor "Stixxay" Hayes has been through it all. He first joined the League of Legends organization as a substitute back in June of 2015. Nearly a year later, the bot laner won the 2016 North American Spring title in his first ever LCS sp
In a shocking turn of events, many players - both casual and professional - have started taking characters like Graves to the jungle. With his dash, AOE damage, and serious kite and camp clearing abilities, Graves is a powerful answer to your average tanky jungler or even damage-focused champions like Rengar or Nida
If anyone in North America has the experience to help their team gel together, Stixxay is definitely one of them. "I’ve been on the top, I’ve been on the bottom, I’ve been in the middle. The main thing I’ve learned in my journey, I guess, is just to not doubt myself and not to lose confidence in myself," Stixxay said when asked what he's learned from his experie
Since Pokémon Unite won’t contain as much in the way of custom movesets as a typical Pokémon team, having this sort of consistent way to customize stats and give additional abilities adds tons of depth to each character. Trees can’t be too large or daunting for new players, but this feature offers far more tools to play w
That said, a Pokémon MOBA game news isn’t inherently a bad idea for a game, as League of Legends has proved throughout the decade how polished and robust this genre can be. It’s likely these games are going to be fairly similar, and while there are traits Pokémon Unite can learn from League of Legends , some qualities it could do with
The champion who is often associated with "200 years" has been facing some adversity as of late. As one of the most heavily contested champions in the meta currently, Apehlios has gone 2-6 in its last 8 games in the
Consistency is important in a game, and while these changes are small enough not to notice, it could be problematic for Pokémon Unite to have characters rebalanced or reworked way too fast early on. If the game wants to change its poorer qualities, it needs to start on a good foot so that major reworks aren't urg
Patch 7.26a has now been live in Dota 2 for a few days and we can finally discuss how the most recent changes are affecting players in both casual and competitive games. Some the changes were expected by the community in general relating to other changes from a previous patch, and it is best to consider some of these changes as an overall effort to slow down early-game level ga
Having gotten a rework in April/May of 2020, Volibear saw renewed fan fervor and even competitive play in the LCS , LCK , and LEC respectively. Though he no longer has his signature flip, his ultimate is now an AOE slam that does some serious dam
Other heroes have seen reductions in the movement speed of their base kit or of certain abilities, which is in line with the changes made the movement speed items listed above. Batrider’s Firefly speed bonus, Bloodseeker’s Thirst, Broothmother’s Spin Web, and Death Prophet are all heroes or abilities that have seen such movement speed reducti