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Patch 26.16 Tier List Analysis:
We're a week into Patch 26.16 and the forecast is mostly holding up. Nasus is taking top lane exactly as called, the mages are coming out of bot lane exactly as called, and support hasn't moved an inch. This is where 26.16 stands right now, how our day one predictions are scoring, and the duos winning and losing games underneath the rankings.
Formerly OP #10: Old Udyr
He had no ultimate, no dash, no ranged ability and no crowd control worth the name, and he still ran the entire early map. ...
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He had no ultimate, no dash, no ranged ability and no crowd control worth the name, and he still ran the entire early map.
Old Udyr never needed to go home. That sentence sounds small until you remember that going home was the only window most junglers of this era ever gave you.
Akali Counters: Best Counter Picks and Tips
The worst part of an Akali game isn't the damage. It's the two seconds where she's standing right in front of you an...
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The worst part of an Akali game isn't the damage. It's the two seconds where she's standing right in front of you and your abilities refuse to target her.
Everybody has lost a fight they were winning because an Akali dropped a smoke cloud in the middle of it. The shroud is the ability that makes her feel unfair, and the frustration is completely legitimate, because being unable to click on the champion killing you isn't a skill issue. It's also the ability her counters are built around.
Check out our top Akali counters below for more information on how to beat her!
Best First Pick Champions in LoL: The Safest Picks by Role
First pick is the worst seat in champion select. You lock in blind, they get to answer you, and if your champion has a long list...
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First pick is the worst seat in champion select. You lock in blind, they get to answer you, and if your champion has a long list of bad lanes you're behind before minions spawn.
Some champions barely care. We went through every God Tier and Tier 1 pick on the solo queue tier list, counted the lanes each one actually loses, and took the three per role with the shortest list.
Role Quests Explained: What Every Lane Gets in Season 16
Every lane now has a job that only that lane can finish, and finishing it changes what your champion is capable of. Role Quests replaced F...
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Every lane now has a job that only that lane can finish, and finishing it changes what your champion is capable of. Role Quests replaced Feats of Strength this season, and they're the reason your bot laner has a seventh item slot and your mid laner has boots nobody else can buy.
Site Update: Dark Mode, New Menus, and the Dev Tracker
NerfPlz has a new layout, and it comes with a dark mode. Here's where everything lives now: the theme switch, the ...
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NerfPlz has a new layout, and it comes with a dark mode.
Here's where everything lives now: the theme switch, the four header menus, the search box, and the Riot Dev Tracker.
Red Post Roundup #2: Losers Queue, Smurfs, Bug Bans
One Rioter did almost all of the talking this week, and he spent it telling players that losers queue isn't real. ...
Read moreOne Rioter did almost all of the talking this week, and he spent it telling players that losers queue isn't real.
Fifty red posts in five days. Matchmaking got explained, a gold bug got patched, and the people abusing it got suspended.
Malphite Counters: Best Counter Picks and Tips
Malphite doesn't really beat you in lane. He makes lane pointless, and then he presses R once and your team fight is over be...
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Malphite doesn't really beat you in lane. He makes lane pointless, and then he presses R once and your team fight is over before it started.
There's a specific feeling to a Malphite game where you win every trade for ten minutes, nothing sticks, and then one engage from fog ends the match. He's a rock that gets harder to hurt the more armor he buys, and his damage gets bigger at the same time. That combination is real, and it's also the exact place his answers live.
Check out our top Malphite counters below for more information on how to beat him!
FOTM Report: Nunu Mid | Patch 26.16 Build and Runes
Riot pushed mage power back into mid lane this patch. The best user of it might be a jungler. Patch 26.16 doesn't ...
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Riot pushed mage power back into mid lane this patch. The best user of it might be a jungler.
Patch 26.16 doesn't mention Nunu once. It still gave him what he wanted and taxed the role that used to compete with him for the map.
Check out the details on runes and builds below!
