https://stayclose.social/KelliTozer1394/ Latest updates from Kelli Tozer https://stayclose.social/blog/1655/league-of-legends-5-champions-who-can-beat-kratos-5-who-cant/ The idea changes helped to cull a lot of items that just weren't finding a purpose anymore. Niche items are important to the game, as building items to increase effectiveness against specific strategies is nice. However, Serpent's Fang is a bit too niche and not very gold effici


From my perspective, then, there's only really one decent thing Riot could do in this situation. For over a month, the public has rebuked Seraphine's existence. Her in-canon profiting from genocide, her insincere and creepy Twitter account, and now, the fact that she's very likely based on a former employee's ex. This character has been deemed unacceptable by fans and casual observers alike, so in my opinion, it's time to do away with her entir


Yasuo may be a full melee champion, but newcomers to the game should definitely avoid playing him. This Ionian is a master swordsman who can create a windwall to block any spell or projectile, and he can also create a tornado which knocks up his enemies and leaves them exposed to critical atta


Most players can agree that the 2020 reworks are more successful than previous attempts like Aatrox and Swain who play much differently or barely resemble their original incarnation. Since the next updates will focus on Dr. Mundo and perhaps Shyvana, players can only hope they continue the current trend which retains a champion's most iconic spells and concepts adapted to modern Runete


In Season 11, Riot took a sledgehammer to the entire shop, breaking it down and rebuilding it. The items of the past are gone. With a smarter shop and a whole collection of new items, the game has changed drastically. Unlike in the past, there aren't too many items that are downright awful. Of course, there are still some that are bad, even if they are situationally use


According to lore, Aatrox is one of the strongest champions in Faker League of Legends , and he actually shares a lot in common with Kratos because he is technically Runeterra's God of War. Aatrox is a corrupted Ascended being who was sealed within a massive sword, and he is still the strongest of the Ascended despite his current f


However, looking at the active effect, it pales in comparison to the other items. It's the replacement for Hextech-GLP, giving an extra slow and root to champions that might need it. The damage is nowhere near as good as the other mythic passives, and the root is a bit finicky to land. Champions like Sylas can terrorize with the item, but without an easy way to land the root, there's no reason to build it over the other opti


Despite the unique challenges presented by quarantine and working from home, Riot kept improving the quality of content for releases this year. Looking back at League of Legends ' Season 10 , there are plenty of successes but also lessons to be learned as the game moves forward into Season


During Season 10, Riot added 5 new champions to the extensive roster starting with Sett, a walking JoJo reference , in January. Though the next few months were devoted to reworks, players were also introduced to Lillia, League's unique take on a dryad, in late July. Early in August, everyone witnessed the return of Yone, Yasuo's long dead half-brother, while the Noxian AD carry Samira was leaked ahead of her September release. Finally, Seraphine made her debut at the end of October following months of social media posts exploring her real life/KDA vers


Since the start of summer, shipped updates have included improved AFK detection and the ability to report or mute disruptive players during champ select. These changes have resulted in more penalties and less repeat offenders with League of Legends players feeling their actions are making a noticeable difference. After these successes, Riot is planning further updates for affected teammates such as early surrendering and reducing LP loss in ranked games. While there are still rare issues like players being flagged for actually doing poorly or returning to ranked after several years and being placed in smurf queue, continued work should fix things in the next few months along with further improveme


On the other hand, 2 champions were finally reworked after winning the community vote back in 2019: Fiddlesticks and Volibear. Both characters were chosen by players for a visual update because their concepts didn't fit in the game's ever-evolving lore. To that end, Fiddlesticks was transformed into a primordial demon disguised as a scarecrow while Volibear was redesigned as the Freljord demigod he was always meant to be. Even though details were changed, the thematic is still there and instantly recognizable by veteran play


Second, this isn't the first time Seraphine has been allegedly inspired by a real person. Jeevun Sidhu, a senior designer at Riot, tweeted out that the character is actually based on his partner - something that Stephanie has acknowledged . When that story went around, though, Riot didn't issue some weak tea statement about the character not being based on anybody. It was only when they were called out by very compelling evidence that they said literally anything about it, likely in fear over another Edgar Davids situati
]]> https://stayclose.social/blog/1655/league-of-legends-5-champions-who-can-beat-kratos-5-who-cant/ Thu, 04 Dec 2025 05:22:58 +0000 Kelli Tozer https://stayclose.social/blog/1654/league-of-legends-5-champions-who-can-beat-kratos-5-who-cant/ The idea changes helped to cull a lot of items that just weren't finding a purpose anymore. Niche items are important to the game, as building items to increase effectiveness against specific strategies is nice. However, Serpent's Fang is a bit too niche and not very gold effici


From my perspective, then, there's only really one decent thing Riot could do in this situation. For over a month, the public has rebuked Seraphine's existence. Her in-canon profiting from genocide, her insincere and creepy Twitter account, and now, the fact that she's very likely based on a former employee's ex. This character has been deemed unacceptable by fans and casual observers alike, so in my opinion, it's time to do away with her entir


Yasuo may be a full melee champion, but newcomers to the game should definitely avoid playing him. This Ionian is a master swordsman who can create a windwall to block any spell or projectile, and he can also create a tornado which knocks up his enemies and leaves them exposed to critical atta


Most players can agree that the 2020 reworks are more successful than previous attempts like Aatrox and Swain who play much differently or barely resemble their original incarnation. Since the next updates will focus on Dr. Mundo and perhaps Shyvana, players can only hope they continue the current trend which retains a champion's most iconic spells and concepts adapted to modern Runete

In Season 11, Riot took a sledgehammer to the entire shop, breaking it down and rebuilding it. The items of the past are gone. With a smarter shop and a whole collection of new items, the game has changed drastically. Unlike in the past, there aren't too many items that are downright awful. Of course, there are still some that are bad, even if they are situationally use


According to lore, Aatrox is one of the strongest champions in Faker League of Legends , and he actually shares a lot in common with Kratos because he is technically Runeterra's God of War. Aatrox is a corrupted Ascended being who was sealed within a massive sword, and he is still the strongest of the Ascended despite his current f


However, looking at the active effect, it pales in comparison to the other items. It's the replacement for Hextech-GLP, giving an extra slow and root to champions that might need it. The damage is nowhere near as good as the other mythic passives, and the root is a bit finicky to land. Champions like Sylas can terrorize with the item, but without an easy way to land the root, there's no reason to build it over the other opti


Despite the unique challenges presented by quarantine and working from home, Riot kept improving the quality of content for releases this year. Looking back at League of Legends ' Season 10 , there are plenty of successes but also lessons to be learned as the game moves forward into Season


During Season 10, Riot added 5 new champions to the extensive roster starting with Sett, a walking JoJo reference , in January. Though the next few months were devoted to reworks, players were also introduced to Lillia, League's unique take on a dryad, in late July. Early in August, everyone witnessed the return of Yone, Yasuo's long dead half-brother, while the Noxian AD carry Samira was leaked ahead of her September release. Finally, Seraphine made her debut at the end of October following months of social media posts exploring her real life/KDA vers


Since the start of summer, shipped updates have included improved AFK detection and the ability to report or mute disruptive players during champ select. These changes have resulted in more penalties and less repeat offenders with League of Legends players feeling their actions are making a noticeable difference. After these successes, Riot is planning further updates for affected teammates such as early surrendering and reducing LP loss in ranked games. While there are still rare issues like players being flagged for actually doing poorly or returning to ranked after several years and being placed in smurf queue, continued work should fix things in the next few months along with further improveme


On the other hand, 2 champions were finally reworked after winning the community vote back in 2019: Fiddlesticks and Volibear. Both characters were chosen by players for a visual update because their concepts didn't fit in the game's ever-evolving lore. To that end, Fiddlesticks was transformed into a primordial demon disguised as a scarecrow while Volibear was redesigned as the Freljord demigod he was always meant to be. Even though details were changed, the thematic is still there and instantly recognizable by veteran play


Second, this isn't the first time Seraphine has been allegedly inspired by a real person. Jeevun Sidhu, a senior designer at Riot, tweeted out that the character is actually based on his partner - something that Stephanie has acknowledged . When that story went around, though, Riot didn't issue some weak tea statement about the character not being based on anybody. It was only when they were called out by very compelling evidence that they said literally anything about it, likely in fear over another Edgar Davids situati
]]> https://stayclose.social/blog/1654/league-of-legends-5-champions-who-can-beat-kratos-5-who-cant/ Thu, 04 Dec 2025 05:22:52 +0000 Kelli Tozer https://stayclose.social/KelliTozer1394/ https://stayclose.social/KelliTozer1394/ Thu, 04 Dec 2025 05:22:44 +0000 Kelli Tozer