Formerly OP #15: Old Warwick
He could see you through the fog of war, he couldn't be kited, and his ultimate couldn't be dodged, cleansed or reduced.Old Warwick's healing scaled off the enemy's health bar, which meant the tankier...
View ArticleWhich Champions are Strongest When Mastered? - September 2026
Some of these champions take real work to pick up, and every one of them is worth the hours. Five per role, chosen on what a good pilot does with them. The tier list gets no vote here.Strongest When...
View ArticleLoL Health Guide: Reading the Bar and What Bonus Health Means
Every hatch mark on a champion's health bar is exactly 100 health, gaining maximum health gives you the current health for free, and losing it never takes any back. The free lunch in it is the part...
View ArticleNasus Counters: Best Counter Picks and Tips
Nasus is the only champion who beats you by being ignored for twenty minutes, and Wither [W] makes sure you can't do anything about it once the twenty minutes are up.There's no ability in the game...
View ArticleLoL Cast Time Guide: Lockouts, Channels and Casting Through Flash
Nothing interrupts a cast time except dying, most of them are a quarter of a second, and Flash usually still works during one. That quarter second costs you more than the wait, and the bar tells you...
View ArticleWhat Happened to Leashing? How League's Jungle Starts Changed
Games used to start with three champions stood on the blue buff. Now most start with everyone walking to lane. Leashing was built on a mechanic that's been gone for over a decade, and the word means...
View ArticleRiot Bans 296,416 Accounts for Boosting, Trick2g Asks Drew Levin for Help
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View ArticleLoL Range Guide: How Attack and Ability Reach Are Measured
Your attack range is measured edge to edge, which quietly adds about 130 units to the number in your stat panel. Targeted spells don't get that bonus. It's the reason the two never feel like they...
View ArticleDraven Counters: Best Counter Picks and Tips
Draven isn't hard to beat. He's hard to beat twice, because the first kill buys a lead you spend the rest of the game underneath.The Draven problem is compounding interest. He wins one trade, takes one...
View ArticleLoL Mana Guide: How the Bar Works and When It's a Damage Stat
Running out of mana is part of the design. How the bar is built, which champions turn it into damage, the abilities that get cheaper as you rank them, and why manaless champions feel so...
View ArticleTop 10 Champions That Defined Worlds
Some champions show up at the World Championship. These ten decided what the World Championship looked like, and a few of them got patched for it afterward.Worlds runs on one patch for a month, so a...
View ArticleIs Collector a Trap Item in LoL? When to Rush It and When to Skip
/**/ The Collector is one of the most-bought items in the game, and across 26.17 and 26.18 there isn't a single champion whose numbers get better for buying it.Everyone's got a rule for this item....
View ArticleLoL Damage Types Guide: Physical, Magic, True and the Hidden Tags
Every hit in League is exactly one type, and it also carries a set of hidden tags that decide what it triggers. Here's how physical, magic and true damage really work, and the labels behind every "why...
View ArticleKatarina Counters: Best Counter Picks and Tips
Killing Katarina once isn't a result. Letting her kill anyone once is, because one kill starts the chain.Katarina is fine right up until she isn't. One pick, the cooldowns come back, and the fight that...
View ArticleWeird Pick #168: Top Lane Warwick
He never leaves the jungle. Except he does, and when he shows up in the top lane he's winning almost fifty five percent of his games.Warwick appears in six out of every thousand top lane games in...
View ArticleLoL Shields Guide: Stacking, Colors and Why Resistances Come First
Resistances apply before the shield does, which means the same 300 shield is worth far more on a tank than on a carry. Here's how shields stack, why you can't see your own, and why a spell shield isn't...
View ArticleHEARTSTEEL Is Back: LIVE MY LIFE Release Date, New Lineup and Every...
HEARTSTEEL is back. Their second single is LIVE MY LIFE, and its release date is Friday, September 18 at 9am PT.BAEKHYUN returns as Ezreal, three new artists join him, and Jon Bellion wrote and...
View ArticleEvery LoL Battle Pass Right Now: 5 Passes, Prices and End Dates
League has five passes running at once this September, and three of them want RP from League players. Here's what each one costs and when it closes, plus which kind of player actually gets their...
View ArticleRiot on Simple Champions: Which Ones Hold Up in High Elo
Riot's lead gameplay designer wants some easy champions to stay strong all the way up to pro play. Plenty of players think that's exactly what's wrong with the game right now. We read his full post...
View ArticleRed Post Roundup #6: Lucian Mid Buffs, Bot Nerfs
Lucian mid is on Riot's buff list for 26.19, and Lucian bot is on the nerf list right under it.Riot's balance lead explained the split, defended Nasus being simple on purpose, and Riot's product...
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