League of Legends is a Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) video game developed and published by Riot Games, inspired by the Defense of the Ancients (DotA) map for Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne.
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Is honoring people in a premade group pointless?
Is there any point to honor the friends I play with at the end of every League game? It seems like the system would be totally broken if those 'points' counted just the same as those from multiple, ...
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What abilities can be blocked by sivir's/nocturne's spell shield?
Mainly, im wondering what ultimates would be blocked, and other spells that have long casts. But if you have a list that would be nice.
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Malzahar and Counter-Jungling
I love Malzahar as a champ, as his mix of his AD from Voidlings and AP from spells allows him to be very versatile. I recently starting messing around with him in jungle and he clears surprisingly ...
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Is your League Point loss amount reduced if you have a leaver or disconnect on your team?
As title suggests, when you lose a ranked game because someone either disconnects or quits during the game, will you receive a reduced LP hit from the loss?
I thought I read this somewhere on the ...
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Does a Promotion Series have time constraints?
In other words, how long can you be inactive in ranked before you're kicked out of a promotion series?
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Which skills can reveal enemies?
Leaving out Clairvoyance, wards and other items which reveal enemies like the new Wriggles in twisted treeline,
which champion skills grant vision through the fog of war? (e.g. in bushes?)
I'm not ...
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Force Client Window to be rendered to bigger screen
So i have 2 Screens. one smaller and one larger. i made the smaller one my "primary" screen and started LOL. then i took the patcher to the larger screen. after pressing play, the PVP.NET-Client was ...
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Does Mundo's cleaver really do 25% of the target health vs monsters?
Does Dr. Mundo's Infected Cleaver ability reduce monsters' health by 25%? If it did then I can see Mundo soloing Baron and dragon at level 14 or so. Paired with Soraka, he could do it at level 11.
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How should i use shen's taunt
Mainly, what people should i target with it? I like to hit the ap carry to prevent them fro using abilities, then, if possible, the ad carry to make them hit me, then the support to prevent heals. Is ...
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How can I optimize Teemo's role in a teamfight?
I prefer to play Teemo as an AP with Attack Speed items such as Nashor's Tooth and I was wondering what his role is in a teamfight. He doesn't do a lot of damage with anything but his mushrooms. So ...
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Smart casting better then normal casting? [duplicate]
I'm thinking to switch over to smart casting instead of the normal Q and aim thing. But is smart casting really that better then aim and shoot on your command, or will it just slow you down?
Cause i ...
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Does a hunter's machete increase damage from smite?
Smite deals 460+(lvlx30) damage to minions, pets and monsters. Hunter's Machete causes a champion to do +10% damage to monsters.
Does a Hunter's Machete increase smite damage to monsters by 10%?
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How to counter early-game Ignite?
How do I to defend myself against this? In mid/late game it isn't a problem, but early game is horrible! I don't know what I can do! Potions and healing skills are weak against this too. My main ...
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Which abilities can be cancelled by Lulu's Polymorph?
Lulu's Polymorph changes the enemy into a squirrel for a few seconds, slowing them down, and also preventing them from attacking and using abilities.
It seems to cancel some abilities, like Death ...
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What defines a hyper carry?
In League of Legendes, what defines a hyper carry?
What the champions can fit the role and why it isn't used more frequently?
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Creep Score Ratio Questions
(1) What is a good CS ratio I must get on each meta-function (AD Carry, Jungler, Middle Lane, Support, Top Lane) at 10, 20, 30, 40 mins of game?
I want to improve my CS but I don't know about the ...
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Do you avoid the damage if you kill a turret right before its missile hits you?
This has happened to me various times but its kinda fuzzy as I can't find anything official on it.
Lets say you tank a turret with a teammate so you think you're gonna kill the turret in time before ...
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Most efficient use of Crimson Pact?
All runes/masteries/other factors aside, what combination of items will maximize the benefit from Vlad's passive Crimson Pact?
The only rule I have for this is that I don't want duplicate items.
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Is it viable to buy AP items with Shen?
Since Shen's skills scale with AP and very well for that matter I'm surprised that nearly no one buys AP items for him. What is the reason for that? There are a lot of semi-defensive ap items or ap ...
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How do Damage Calculations account for Damage Buffs and DoT Effects?
On damage modifiers, such as the Kog'Maw's Bio-Arcane Barrage or Kayle's Righteous Fury can the damage given by AP/AD be changed mid-effect? For example:
Say I'm playing Kayle and I have 100 AP. I ...
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League of Legends Health Bar UI Bug
Ever since the last patch, I've had a problem with the health bars. I had PerbUI mod since like last year, and when the new UI was put in everything but the health bars were changed for me. I ...
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Mikael's Crucible stopping effects
Does Mikael's crucible stop suppresses as well, when used? It wasn't in the description of the item, but almost every other debuff is.
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How can i see my ranked 5v5 team's elo even though it is not ranked?
I am in a 5v5 ranked team and I discovered that you can't see the elo of it, after playing 3 games.
But just like in solo queue, there must an estimated elo ranking.
Does anybody know where i can ...
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Whats with the octagon?
From time to time I see a MASSIVE (at least 800 range diameter) blue octagon (or hexagon, it's gone too quick to be sure) on champions. It's gone in about 2-3 seconds everytime, too quickly for me to ...
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Is it possible in practice to reduce someone's magic resist / armor below 0?
I've seen a lot of penetration items but not too much items with reduction. Since you can't penetrate below 0 how often it occurs (and how) that you reduce someone's magic resist / armor below 0? With ...
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Blade of the Ruined King Vs. The Bloodthirster
Blade of the Ruined King
Effects:
+25 attack damage
+15% life steal
+40% attack speed
Passive Unique:
Your attacks deal 5% of the target's current health
in physical damage (60 max vs minions ...
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Single item that offers the most cooldown reduction
Which single item offers the highest amount of cooldown reduction?
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AP twisted fate skill level up order
Wild cards (Q):(Active) Twisted Fate fires 3 cards forward in a cone, passing through targets and dealing magic damage to enemy units in their way.
Pick a card (W):(Active) Cards flash over ...
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Can I use Wukong's passive to detect the presence of enemies?
Wukong's passive is as follows:
(Innate) Wukong's armor and magic resistance are increased by 4 / 6 / 8 for each nearby enemy champion.
Using this passive, are you able to sense the presence of ...
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Is there a way to retreive your hidden stats?
The League client records many statistics about your battles. Some of these include who you played against, how long the game was, and other things like that. Often when I have a game end my client ...
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Does Rylai's Crystal Scepter trigger on Teemo's Toxic Shot?
In League of Legends if I had a Rylai's Crystal Scepter (which has slow on spell hits as its passive) and I autoattack as Teemo, who has a magic DoT poison on hit, would it apply the passive slow from ...
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Are Boots of Mobility viable on Varus?
Are Boots of Mobility viable on Varus? Since he has no escape mechanism other than his ult would having a greater passive speed prove to be most useful out of all the other boots?
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Is Varus any good in ranked games? [closed]
I am considering getting this champion since he looks so awesome and snipes like a boss.
How good is Varus in ranked games?
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How to unlock Christmas-themed summoner Icons
Considering this questions is quite outdated, as well as its answers, I decided to open a new, more targeted one.
As some of you may know in League of Legends has been released a set of ...
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Website where you can find Ordered Lists of Items?
I know there are many libraries for League of Legends Items but I still haven't found one that allows you to sort Items for a particular stat category (ascending or descending).
Lets say for example ...
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When is stack AP better than Magic Penetration
When (or "why") is it better purchasing Void Staff instead of a second Rabadon's Deathcap? Without the passive, Rabadon's Deathcap gives 120 AP! I think It's more than the Magic Resistance of most ...
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Borders league of legends
I have a quick question about borders.
If I was silver this season but bronze last season will my silver border show at all? I'm silver now and it doesn't seem to be showing.
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What runes do you get for Kennen? [closed]
Which Tier 3 Runes work best for each of Kennens possible roles in the current meta?
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Does the Butcher item passive apply to pet and trap damage?
There are a number of champions who can summon pets in League of Legends. When I say pets I mean Malzahar's voidlings, Elise's spiders, Yorick's ghouls, Shaco's clone, etc.
Do these creatures also ...
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When are Teemo's bomb's damage calculated?
This is something I've often wondered when playing Teemo. If I place a bomb, and then an enemy walks over it seven minutes later, how is the damage calculated? Is it based off of how much AP and ...
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Is there a Day9 for league of legends? [closed]
I watch a lot of Day9 StarCraft 2 videos and have learned a lot from his excellent match analysis.
Is there any site like this – a site or video series that offers pro-level match analyses – for the ...
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Besides Death, what else happens when you die?
In League of Legends, your character is in fact a CHAMPION who has been SUMMONED to do battle in the arena of the League by a powerfull magic user dubbed a SUMMONER (who is supposed to be you as a ...
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How can AP Tristana be used viably in Season 3?
I have seen Tristana using an AP build before but with new emerging heroes and all these old champions sometimes get blindsided by their newer peers.
The points I will like to know are
Is she ...
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Does magic resistance reduction of Abyssal Scepter stack with Malady?
Do they stack? The tooltip says one of them is Unique Passive the other one is Unique aura.
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Why do the same bans often occur in ranked play at Bronze and Silver ELO?
I've noticed that in Bronze and Silver ELO (Specifically 1100-1400), certain champions are almost always banned. These include
Amumu [tank]
Malphite [tank]
Shen [tank]
Blitzcrank
and sometimes
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How to pick the best support for your ADC?
Since I have babbled a wall of text I will start with my question, Should a support champ be picked to cover an ADCs weaknesses or strengths? Some examples would do just nicely, I have seen a chart ...
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Pets, On-hit, On-ability and other effects
I would like to know how On-hit and On-ability works with pets, more specifically on Malzahar's Voidlings. I'm testing an hybrid build, and I know that Voidlings will get AD and ArmorPen from ...
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Cost-effective items for mana-hungry AP champions
I think Mana Regen items are good in early-mid game and Max Mana items are good for Mid-Late game (because take time for fill the stacks). Am I correct?
Which kind of items are recommended for ...
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When is the right time to start farming the epic jungle mobs?
When playing a match when is the right time to get some teamates together to go kill the bonus granting mobs in the jungle ?
Are they worth taking the time to kill ?
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Magic Penetration Vs. Magic Resist Reduction
What is the difference between Magic Pen and MR Reduction? In what situations would I want one over the other?
The items I'm debating between are Abyssal Scepter and Void Staff. I know that Void ...
