14.4 Gameplan & Meta

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4 Marksman might be strong in 14.4 but since Leona, Aphelios & Xayah might be very contested with Anima Squad, Dynamo and Vanguards getting buffed probably only from winstreak or xp/gold augment spot playable.The buff to Vanguard and Marksman does not compensate beeing 3 way contested.

Fiddle3 with an Artefacts is S Tier.

Vexotech is more a Level 9 comp. The Stats does not include dropping Jax, Jhin and adding Legendarys. Adding Aurora, Renekton and Viego in 3 Exotech with Vex2 + 3 Items is 3.13 avg.

Exotech Zeri & Miss Fortune is a good A Tier comp which you can play when you have Chassis and Flux Capacitor or Pulse Stabilizer for Zeri. Its the same with Vexotech get to 9 drop Jax, Jhin for Aurora, Renekton, Viego or Zac and the comp is alot stronger.

Brand is still strong if your not contested and you hit on 8. Its weaker than A.M.P Yuumi3. Question is if you drop down to 5 Street Demon with legendarys.

Anima Squad is strong only problem is if you dont hit Xayah and Leona on 8 because of Marksman players ur Stage 4 will suck. Quality over Quantity makes this Comp S Tier. You need to start with Upgraded Units early to be strong. An Item Augment which gives Frontline will allow the Anima Weapons to do more Damage. Rush 5 Anima.

Twisted got nerfed but is still an A Tier comp since MF got buffed. Still strong board which gets easy top4 but do not play when contested.

BoomBot +1 Urgot. The earlyline to push to get to Level 9 got better with Kog and Skarner recieving Buffs. Mort noted that he is a little worried about Urgot he might be to strong this patch. Comp is S Tier but you need to hit 9 with upgrades to compete which can be hard in some low econ lobbys.

DivineCorp with Vex and Renekton as Carry got buffed. Comp relies on hitting Vex2, Cho2, Renekton & Urgot. Comp lacks frontline abit A Tier

Cypher is strong when you can hit Draven3 which means there should be no Twisted players in your Lobbys

Shaco is A Tier Comp from good Spots with Zed as 2nd Carry but hard to win lobbys with

Cyberboss Bastion Veigar is a good B Tier comp without Manazane or Cyberboss Augment.

Rengar is only A Tier when played with Artefact or Titans Resolve Augment while not beeing contested by Street Demon players

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AP component Opener (Tear, Rod, Crit) AMP Annie, DivineCorp/Exotech Vex, Street Demon Brand, Cyberboss Veigar RR, Fiddle

*Street Brand & AMP Annie Board hold similiar Units, roll on 8 for both if contested.

Default AD component Opener (BF, Bow, Crit) Marksman Aphelios, Anima Xayah, Dynamo/Exotech MF, Cypher Draven & Zed

Default ATS component (Bow, Rod, X) Exotech Zeri, Syndicate Twisted, Marksman/Golden Ox Aphelios

Nitro Opener A.M.P

Gold Encounter + Winstreak to farm gold + Jarvan Orb Golden Ox Aphelios + Annie

Artefact (Encounter/Portable Forge/Living Forge) Rengar, Fiddle, Naafiri, Twisted, Vayne, Veigar, Annie, Vanguards or any, if Tank artefact.

Reroll Fiddle, Nitro, Shaco, Veigar, Twisted, Naafiri

Vex + Urgot + X (BoomBot/Brusiers/DivineCorp/6 Vanguard) On 8 hold Xayah and Aphelios both can hold most Items of Urgot and Vex well. Urgot1 his strength is underestimated.

Losestreak Cypher but higher cashout is needed to win lobby. Titanic Titan. Cypher into Street Demon Brand, A.M.P Annie or Vexotech. Use Cypher when contested to have more resources.

No Scout No Pivot Nitro, Morgana Bruiser, Zyra & Seraphine.

• Gold Subscription = helpful for Golden Ox since Gold scales into dmgamp. Easier to cap out Boards.

• Scuddle Puddle = More Items & Gold. Easier to cap out Boards. Easier to hit gold interests breakpoints but easier to streak since people sell Units for interest in stage 1. Better with Boards which have 2nd dmgcarry.

• Crab Rave= More Items & Gold. Easier to cap Boards. Easier to hit gold interests breakpoints but easier to streak since people sell Units for interest in stage 1. Better with Boards which have 2nd dmgcarry.

• Egg = More resources, can give Spatulas or radiant refactory.

• Loot Subscription = More resources, can give Spatulas, Artefacts, Radiants, gold. Check Enemys Loot to know urs.

• Treasure Armory = Can give Emblem or Trait Augments. Safe reforger. 10g = spat usually. (Anima/Street Demon)

• Component Anvil = good with reroll comps or Item Augments like Crownguard. Quality Over Quantity.

• Extra Augment Stage 2, 3, 4, 5 = Use Augment Tailering

• Accelerated Augment = Augment Trailering after first Augment. Over Encumbered & Prismatic Pipeline Work.

• Lucky Shop = Good for Reroll comps or Comps who need 5 cost to scale

• Two Star Shop = good for reroll or to get Cypher early.

• Wandering Trainier = Flexible Aug, +1 Aug for Prismatic or Spat from early Caroussel

• To Split or Not Split =

• Group Investing =

• Reroll Subscription = good for rerollcomps or fast 8/9 to roll hard.

• Three Champions (2 Cost 2* Start) = Play around the Unit early.

• Artefact Anvil =

• Manazane = Veigar, Annie, Brand, Yuumi

• Snipers Focus = Fiddle, Jinx, Brand, Shaco

• Gamblers = Vayne, Twisted

• Prawlers = Rengar, Shaco, Naafiri

• Silvermere = Rengar, Jarvan, Naafiri

• Spectral = Rengar, Shaco, Naafiri

• Unending Despair = J4, Braum, Kobuko

• Zhonyas = Twisted, Viego, Aurora

• Horizon Focus = Sejuani, Zac

• Blightning Jewel = Fiddle, Morg

• Anima Visage= any Tank, really good flexibile item

• Tricksters Glass= Aurora, Kobuko.

Ill update my meta/gameplan or guides for comps anytime i learn something new. i watch alot of streams or guides from top challenger players from china, apac, emea or na. I also watch tournaments like tactians cup from all regions. Im gm atm trying to hit challenger. If you know anything useful that i dont, please let me know. thanks

All these changes are from the PBE Server which means they might not come to the liveserver. Ill expect marksman reverts + Nitro 4 damage buff which was talked about in 14.3.

• SYSTEM CHANGES

• UNIT CHANGES

• Generally lowered the amount of loot you get from PVE rounds

• Scuttle Puddle and Crab Rave no longer add two additional components

• Slightly increased odds of Black Market Augment Hack appearing on 2-1

• The Gold Generator Golem has been replaced with the RNGolem. This Golem is equipped with a random Emblem, a random Artifact, and a random Radiant Item.

• Improved the power of the 13 turn egg

• Kog'Maw

• Kog'maw AD: 50 ⇒ 53

• Buff to BoomBot-, Rapidfire-, Vanguard-Opener

• Illaoi

• Illaoi Armor/MR: 45 ⇒ 50

• Buff to Anima Squad Opener, Cyberboss Bastion Veigar, Vertical bastion

• Naafiri

• Naafiri Alpha AD Damage: 175% ⇒ 165%

• Nerf to A.M.P Reroll, Annie & Samira

• Shyvana

• Shyvana Mana: 40/105 ⇒ 50/100

• Shyvana HP Gain: 200/250/300 ⇒ 200/270/340

• Buff to Nitro, Bastion, Bastion Veigar, Anima Squad opener

• Skarner

• Skarner Mana: 25/80 ⇒ 25/70

• Skarner Spell Damage Armor%: 150/225/350 ⇒ 170/255/385

• Buff to Vanguard & BoomBot Opener

• Twisted Fate

• Twisted Fate Empowered Card Damage: 265/400/595 ⇒ 245/365/550

• Nerf to Syndicate Twisted Reroll

• Elise

• Elise Mana: 0/55 ⇒ 0/50

• Buff to Nitro RR & Dynamo MF, Better itemholder for Vex or Annie

• Brand

• Brand Mana: 25/70 ⇒ 10/70

• Brand's ability now always arrives at his target after .75 seconds. This is similar timing to a current throw at 4 hexes, but will be much faster for long-range throws! Brand's Mana Lockout is now a fixed duration of 1.9 seconds. Previously, it was .5 seconds after the missile landed. (Between 1.4 and 2.9 based on distance from target)

• First cast will take 2 autos more but damageoutput gets buffed while Brand also gets a Bugfix where the traveltime of thesplashdamage will be longer or short depending the enemy is standing

• Miss Fortune

• Miss Fortune AD: 50 ⇒ 53

• Buff to Dynamo MF, Syndicate Twisted with MF, Exotech MF

• Neeko

• Neeko Mana 30/85 ⇒ 30/90

• Small nerf to Street Demon Brand & A.M.P Boards

• Vex

• Vex Primary Spell Damage 190/285/1100 ⇒ 180/270/1100

• Nerf to any Vex + Urgotline, Vexotech

• Zeri

• Zeri AS: 0.75 ⇒ 0.8

• Buff to Exotech Zeri, Rapidfire Zeri (PBE 6 Bastion Zeri back?)

• Kobuko

• Three-Star Kobuko's Shield no longer expires.

• ** Buff to Level 3 Kobuko**

• Renekton

• Renekton Mana 70/150 ⇒ 70/140

• Renekton Ability Cast 300% AD + 30/40% AP ⇒ 100% AD + 260/400% AP

• Renekton HP Gain on Cast 400/550/10000 ⇒ 400/650/10000

• Renekton Double Strike AD% 175% ⇒ 180%

• Renekton Triple Strike AD% 270% ⇒ 300%

• Rework

• Trait changes

• A.M.P

• AMP 4 Piece HP: 400 ⇒ 300

• AMP 4 Piece Charge Power: 3 ⇒ 4

• less HP but more firepower when not hitting Samira

• Anima Squad

• (7) Anima Squad 35 Armor & MR -> 40 Armor & MR

• Buff to Vertical Anima Squad

• Bastion

• Bastion 6 Piece Base Armor/MR: 70 ⇒ 75

• Buff to Vertical Bastion

• Cypher

• (4) Cypher 1.5x Intel, 45% -> 1.5x Intel, 50%

• (5) Cypher 2x Intel, 65% -> 2x Intel, 70%

• Buff to Vertical Cypher cashout, 550 cashout

• DivineCorp

• (5) 160% bonus -> (5) 165% bonus

• (6) 180% bonus -> (6) 190% bonus

• (7) 200% bonus -> (7) 210% bonus

• Buff to any Vertical DivineCorp comp for Vex & Urgot

• Dynamo

• Dynamo 4 Piece Mana Regen: 10 ⇒ 11

• Buff to Vertical 4 Dynamo Miss Fortune & Aurora

• Golden Ox

• Golden Ox Base Damage Amp: 12/22/25% ⇒ 12/24/26%

• Buff to Vertical Golden Ox and midgame Golden Ox

• Nitro Chrome: 2/3/6/12 ⇒ 2/3/7/25

• Nitro 4 Piece Laser Damage: 425/450/475/500 ⇒ 460/490/520/550

• Buff to reroll Nitro

• Marksman

• (4) 35% Attack damage. After 8 seconds, gain 20% Attack damage every 6 seconds. ->

• (4) 35% Attack damage. After 8 seconds, gain 25% Attack damage every 6 seconds.

• Buff to Marksman Xayaph lategame even though this Comp got better over the Patch

• Probably reverted in A Patch

• Rapidfire

• (4) 10% Attack speed per stack -> (4) 11% Attack speed per stack

• Buff to 4 Piece Rapidfire

• Street Demon

• (7) +17% Health, 17 AP, 17% AD -> (7) +16% Health, 16 AD, 16% AD

• Nerf to Vertical Street Demon. Should be a 5% Nerf

• Techies

• Techie AP: 20/50/85/125 ⇒ 20/50/90/130

• 6 & 8 Piece Buff to help Techie mid and Lategame

• Vanguard

• Vanguard Durability while shielded: 10% ⇒ 12%

• Vanguard 6 Piece Durability: 16% ⇒ 18%

• Buff to Vanguard overall with the 6 Piece getting 2% Durability. Vanguards are the strongest frontline with Bruisers atm anyways. This Buffs Marksman, Anima Squad, Vayne and Vertical Vanguards.

• Emblems

• Marksman Emblem

• Dealing physical damage to an enemy reduces their Armor by 2. -> Dealing physical damage to an enemy reduces their Armor by 3

• Miss Fortune got buffed, 4 Marksman got Buffed while Vanguard got Buffed. Markman Emblem might be very Strong this Patch

• Dynamo Emblem

• On cast, gain 1% Damage Amp per 10 Mana spent. -> On cast, gain 1.5% Damage Amp per 10 Mana spent.

• Many Dynamo Units got buffed, probably good on Exotech Varus?

• Bastion Emblem

• Gain 10% of Armor and Magic Resistance as Ability Power. -> Gain 20% of Armor and Magic Resistance as Ability Power.

• Bastion Emblem on Zac might be very strong as your 9th Unit in Vertical bastion with 3 Exotech Zeri?

• ITEMS

• Manazane

• +15% Attack Damage -> +10% Attack Damage

• +15% Attack Speed -> +10% Attack Speed

• +15 Mana -> +5 Mana

• Nerf to Manazane Itemholders like Veigar, Annie, Brand

• Flux Capacitor

• +20% Attack Damage -> +25% Attack Damage

• *Zeri Buff

• AUGMENTS

• 10,000 IQ(Strategist Augmet)

• 10,000 IQ Units Granted: Leblanc + Ekko ⇒ Yuumi + Ekko.

• 10,000 IQ Clarified that the Gold Reward is always granted after 5 rounds.

• 10,000 IQ Guaranteed Gold Reward: 2 ⇒ 8.

• 10,000 IQ Reward: Random completed item ⇒ Completed Item Anvil

• 6 Gold Buff to Losestrea Strategist

• Bronze for Life (Gold)

• Bronze for Life I Damage Amp per Trait: 3% ⇒ 3.5%

• 0,5 buff. Used to be very good in Set 13 with these Stats. There is 1 Legendary Level Board with 8 Traits. Also an Nitro Board with Bronze for Life

• Brone for Life 2 (Prismatic)

• Your team gains 3.5% Damage Amp and 1% Durability for each Bronze-tier trait. -> Your team gains 4% Damage Amp and 1% Durability for each Bronze-tier trait.

• 0,5 buff. Used to be broken in Set 13 with these Stats. There is 1 Legendary Level Board with 8 Traits. Also an Nitro Board with Bronze for Life

• Bulky Buddies 3(Prismatic)

• Allies that start combat next to exactly 1 other ally gain 330 Health. -> Allies that start combat next to exactly 1 other ally gain 300 Health

• Still very strong for most comps like Vanguards which got Buffed

• Climb The Ladder

• Climb the Ladder II Stats: 6 ⇒ 5

• Is to be S Tier in 14.3 on Street Demon Brand and might still be good pick in 7 Street Demon

• Flatline

• Flatline Execution Percent: 12% ⇒ 10%

• Broken in 14.3. Still broken in 14.4 since Vanguards and 4 Marksman overall get buffed.

• Golemify

• Golemify HP Percent: 70% ⇒ 60%

• Golemify AD Percent: 60% ⇒ 50%

• Still good from playing a Spot with good amount of money while beeing uncontested. Very Strong in Street Demon hex and with Renekton. Vertical Divinecorp got buffed which helps this Augment aswell

• New High Score

• High Score no longer grants Cyberbosses Attack Speed per High Score

• High Score Rewards are slightly reduced at each High Score.

• Hard Commit

• 0 Gold to 3 Gold

• Fine Augment in Exotech or Wandering Trainer

• High Voltage

• High Voltage Damage Increase: 25% ⇒ 15%

• Used to be hiddenly broken on certain Comps which have Backline access

• No Scout, No Pivot

• No Scout No Pivot HP Per Turn: 12 ⇒ 14

• No Scout No Pivot AD/AP per Turn: 1.5% ⇒ 2%

• Buff to any Level 1 & 2 Cost Boards like Morgana RR, Zyra RR or Nitro RR.

• Preperation(Silver)

• Champions on your bench permanently gain 20 Health, 2% Attack Damage, and 2 Ability Power every round ->

• hampions on your bench permanently gain 30 Health, 2% Attack Damage, and 2 Ability Power every round.

• More Health might be good when playing around on PVE Rounds

• Preperation 2(Gold)

• Preparation II HP Per Stack: 35 ⇒ 45

• More Health might be good when playing around on PVE Rounds

• Shopping Spree

• Gain 4 gold when taking this Augment -> Gain 2 gold when taking this Augment

• Nerf but Augments gets stronger the more Level 8 Comps are playable

• Spirit Link

• Spirit Link Base HP Regen: 6% ⇒ 5%

• S Tier Augment in 14.3. Still very strong on Comps which have high amount of HP

• Adaptive Strikes (Jax) Shield: 250/300/350 AP ⇒ 300/350/400 AP

• Adaptive Strikes (Jax) Base Damage: 120/180/270 AP ⇒ 130/200/300 AP

• Preparation I HP Per Stack: 20 ⇒ 30

• Wolf Unchained (Sylas) Health Gain: 180/210/240 ⇒ 220/250/280

• Wolf Unchained (Sylas) Base Damage: 300/450/675 ⇒ 330/500/750

• Pair of Fours HP: 404 ⇒ 344

• Pair of Fours 4 costs granted: 2 ⇒ 3

• Blue Battery AP: 15 ⇒ 5

• Nerf to Annie

• Cybernetic Implants III No longer appears on 2-1

• Future Sight Disabled

• Gargantuan Resolve (and +) Armor/MR increase: 50% ⇒ 80%

• High End Shopping Gold Granted: 6 ⇒ 12

• Wise Spending XP Gained: 2XP Per Reroll ⇒ 3XP Per 2 Rerolls. Effect only counts for rerolls purchased with gold. Tooltip rephrased.