Patch 14.5 Gameplan & Meta

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FIRST IMPRESSION

• S Tier Dynamo Elise & MF. most flexibile line can be played as reroll or fast9 with strong level 8.

• S Tier AMP Annie, Yuumi & Samira even after nerfs still very strong Annie best Void Staff holder. Steraks best defensive Item on Samira

• S Tier Vertical Cypher. some cashouts are just broken and Draven3 with Galio3 is super strong.

• A+ Tier Anima Squad underrated very strong with upgrade Level 8 Board. Rageblade new managenerating Item for Xayah. Rageblade Vanye into Xayah. (Shojin worse after 3 cast.) Steraks also fine on Xayah.

• A Tier Divinecorp/Vexotech strong but needs alot items to work. Divinecorp fast9/Vexotech fast8.

• A Tier Marksman same as last patch. needs alot of items to work. can hold steraks and kraken fury well.

• A Tier MF & Zeri strong but requires alot Items while dynamo version is better. (Flux/Pulse/Hyperfangs)

• A Tier Golden Ox very conditional but can outcap everyone with zac and amp. Annie best holder of Void Staff.

• A Tier Urgot hard to play needs alot of resources but caps super high.

• A Tier Rapidfire Zeri (Renekton) got nerfed twice but new bestinslot hextechgunblade + krakens fury. 2 Bastion 2 Bruiser new Board with Morde + Kobuko over Jax + Galio

• B+ Tier Street Demon Brand solid comp but needs 5 cost to be A Tier. (Steraks Samira)

• B+ Tier Techie Mundo very solid comp to go top 4.

• B+ Tier NItro Dynamo Reroll. Dynamo to strong but other version is just better

• B Tier Artefact Fiddle weaker because redemption got removed. ad comps got better.

• B Tier Morgana Bastion weaker. needs alot of tempo to hit 6 Bastion or Elise3/Galio3.

• C+ Tier Veigar only with Manazane or New High Score with kobuko on 8.

• C+ Tier Rengar & Jinx. Rengar buff not enough. weak against Steraks Backliner. jinx contested by street & marks

• C+ Tier Shaco needs winstreak to snowball. weak against Backliner with Steraks. A Tier with Scoped Weapons

• D Tier Vayne only with Flickers Blade

• D Tier Twisted only with Flickers Blade

• D Tier 7 Exotech just fake buffs. kraken cant safe this comp.

• B? Tier Kog Reroll.

• ? Tier 8 Teches.

Naafiri 3 is just a bait without spectral. play around Yuumi, Annie and Samira in AMP.

Steraks gives 40% AD, HP and a Shield in comparison to Deathblade which gives 55% and 10% dmg amp. Its the best defensive Item for AD Backliners with "Not Today" Edge of Night. Its broken on 5 AMP or 7 Street Demon Samira.

Krakens Fury is very good on Units which like attackspeed (rageblade).

• Morgana best blue buff early itemholder.
• Zyra best Shojin early itemholder
• Kog best ad early itemholder
• Mundo best tank early itemholder but vanguards > bruisers > bastions
• poppy underrated tank early itemholder when cyberboss upgrade
• Vi best vanguards itemholder

dont sleep on galio3 outside of cypher.

Hero Augments: Sylas > Vi > Poppy > Gragas. Jax & Rhaast are fake.

The biggest losers of the 14.5 (a)-patch are Bastion Morgana, Rapidfire Renekton and Quality over Quantity Boards. The nerfs are a bit to much to Bastions imo.

Quality over Quantity gets a big nerf with the removal of old Statikk Shivv and Redemption which is a nerf to Anima Squad, Street Demon and DivineCorp QOQ Boards.

Always flex around Leona, Sylas, Aurora, Jhin. You can play Dynamo Vanguards, Marksman Vanguards, Anima Squad with these Units. Be open to play whatever you hit on your way to level 8 and your rolldown, Marksman and Dynamo hold almost the same Boards. Marksman wants 1 tank, 2 ad carrys, while Dynamo can have 1 tank, 1 ad, 1 ap carry or 2 ap carrys with 1 tank. Anima Squad wants 1 tank 1 ad carry and to winout 1 ap carry in Aurora. Playing Marksman contested is the worst. Elise2 and a 2* 3 Cost Tank alone in dynamo is so strong to be stable at Level 8.

in 14.4 they changed the amount of components you get which means if your to focused on a comp you kinda have to greed your items if you dont get what you need. this will make your placement alot worse. taking 1 item augment helps alot especially in an encounter where you dont get extra items.

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 or think something is wrong, please let me know to improve the guides and as a player, thanks.

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Cypher, Golden Ox, Urgot, Renekton are hard to play comps but very strong

A.M.P Annie & Samira -> Manazane, Goldcollector, Gold/XP Augment, Winstreak Fast9, Losestreak Cypher, Nitro Opener with Elise or Yuumi Nitro, Street Opener, Freestyling Component Tear, BF, Belt. High Resource Encounter or Luckyshop for Samira.

Dynamo Elise & Braum Reroll -> Elise or Morgana start in high resource lobby since comp is expensive with 2 3 Cost 3* needed, Memory Bank, Cloning Facility, Shop Glitch, Rigged Shops at 3-2, Dual Purpose, Tricksters, Zhonyas, Unending Despair Braum, Component Tear, Rod, Belt. Reroll Subscription Encounter or High Resource.

Dynamo Miss Fortune -> Memory Bank, Cloning Facility, XP/Gold to Fast9 for Aurora, Trickster, Zhonyas, Snipers. Component BF, Crit, Bow. pivot out of Marksman. High Resource Encounter.

Anima Squad -> Stong Board with upgraded Anima Units, Support Spire, Quality Over Quantity, Item Augment to streak with, Worth The Wait, Components BF or for Frontline. Encounter Triple Gold for Combat or Lucky Shop.

Marksman -> Flatline, Winstreak stage 2/3, Item Augment, Gold/XP Augment, Kog + Skarner start (+ Marksman Emblem), All That Shimmers, Pumping Up, Fishbones, Components BF, Crit, Bow. Triple Gold for Combat or High Resource for Items & Gold.

Vexotech -> Exotech Items Chassis + Morgana & Bruisers start, Exotech start, Board of Directions, Blue Buff, Buried Treasures, Losestreak Cypher, Component Tear. High Resource Encounter since Exotech scales with Items.

Exotech Zeri & MF -> Exotech Item Flux Capacitor, Chassis. Exotech Opener with Jhin as Itemholder, Item Augment. Tons of Items, High Resource Encounter for Items & Gold (Double Carry)

Golden Ox -> Golden Ox Emblem, Golden Fleece, Alistar2 + Graves Itemslam winstreak. Hedge Fund losestreak, Manazane, Encounter which generate Gold. Gold = DMGAMP or Luckyshop for Viego.

Urgot & Vex* -> Winstreak Fast9, BoomBot Emblem, Hunter Killer Missile Winstreak, Gold/XP Augment, Kog2 + Skarner, pivot out of Marksman when hitting Urgot on 8, Component BF. High Resource Encounter or Luckyshop with Boombot emblem.

Rapidfire Zeri & Renekton -> Rapidfire Emblem, Losestreak Cypher, Component BF, Bow, Belt, Rod. High Resource Encounter or Lucky Shop Encounter.

Bastion Morgana -> Morg Bastion opener, Bastion Emblem, One For All, Starry Night, No Scout No Pivot, Shop Glitch, Pandoras Bench, Memory Bank, Component Tear, Rod. Reroll Subscription or Lucky Shop Encounter.

A.M.P Yumii & Naafiri Reroll -> Exotech Item Pulse Stabilizer or Hyperfang, Artefact, Nitro, Shop Glitch, Starry Night, Not Today, Living Forge, Portable Forge, 3x A.M.P, Caretakers, Worth The Wait. Manazane, Lichbane, Component Crit. Reroll Subscription Encounter or Luckyshop for Samira.

Street Demon Vertical -> Zyra & Mundo, Freestyling, Crown Guarded, Shojin, Quality over Quantity, Void Swarm, Losestreak Cypher, Upward Mobility, Manazane or Snipers, Component Tear & Crit. Encounter High Resource for level 9 Items & Gold or Luckyshop for Samira.

Mundo Techies -> Mundo Techie start, One for All, Starry Night, No Scout No Pivot, Shop Glitch, Pandoras Bench, Buried Treasures, Freestyling, Component Belt, Tear. Reroll Subscription Encounter

Syndicate Twisted -> Shop Glitch, Starry Night, Pandoras Bench, Rageblade, Living Forge, Flickers or Statik Shivv, Syndicate Opener, Component Rod, Bow. Reroll Subscription Encounter

Nitro Reroll -> Starry Night, Shop Glitch, Pandoras Bench, Spare Parts, Polished Chrome, Shyvana start. Component Tear. Reroll Subscription Encounter

Artefact Fiddle -> Artefacts, Living Forge, Portable Forge, Artefact Encounter, Bruiser Emblem, Morgana Itemholding with Bruiser, Component Rod, Tear. Reroll Subscription Encounter or Artefact Anvil.

Cyberboss Veigar -> Manazane, New Highscore, Cower, Weaklings, Button Mash, Component Tear, Rod, Crit. Reroll Subscription Encounter, Component Anvil or Lucky Shops For Kobuko.

Rengar -> Portable Forge, Living Forge, Rengar Orb, Gurguantuan Resolve, Component BF, Crit, Tear. (Tear hard contested by A.M.P, Street Demon, Vex. (Only playable when theres at maximum only 1 Street Demon Brand player) Reroll Subscription Encounter.

Losestreak -> Cypher, Titanic Titan, Calculated loss, Patient Study, Upward Mobility into Vexotech, AMP, Cypher Draven & Galio or Rapidfire Renekton(?14.5). Cypher is better in low resource lobbys since your extra resources from cypher have more value when everyone has low resources.

Reroll ->Morgana Bastions , Mundo Techies, Nitro or Cyberboss Veigar, Poppy Hero Aug, Sylas Hero Aug, Vi Hero Aug.

If you have BoomBot, A.M.P or 6 Rapidfire players in your lobby, hold Urgot, Samira & Renekton.

High Resource = Scuddle Puddle, Crab Rave, Loot Sub, Gold Sub, Prismatic start.

ENCOUNTERS

• Gold Subscription = helpful for Golden Ox since Gold scales into dmgamp. Easier to cap out Bards
• 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 or 3* Reroll. Avoid lowcap Boards.
• 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 or 3* Reroll. Avoid lowcap Boards. Slayers/Samira good vs Big Crab.
• Egg = More resources, can give Spatulas or radiant refactory. Check Enemys for cashout.
• Loot Subscription = More resources, can give Spatula, Items, Artefact Anvil, Radiants, gold. Check Enemys Loot to know urs.
• Treasure Armory = Can give Emblem or Trait Augments. Safe reforger. 10g = spat usually. (10 Anima/10 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. Take Augments which synergize well with each other. Take Gold early.
• 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. Easier to 3*. Delayed Start, BRB, Rigged Shop, Shop Glitch and Subscription Service are disabled in this Encounter. The lucky shop effect does not happen with the Augment AFK in the first 3 rounds. You can Tailor in PVE round for 3-1, 4-1.
• Two Star Shop = good for reroll or flexplay.
• Wandering Trainier = +1 Aug for Prismatic or Spat from early Caroussel prio losestreak for +1 spat
• Group Investing =
• Reroll Subscription = good for rerollcomps or good for fast9 when winstreaking without rolling to use extra rolls on 8 to stablize without losing to much eco.
• Prsmatic Prelude = higher early Tempo
• Prismatic Finale = You want to take Combat at 4-2.

ARTEFACT ENCOUNTER

• Artefact Anvil = can open before 2-1 Augment for direction.

• Manazane = Veigar, Annie, Brand, Yuumi, Elise, Morg.

• Snipers Focus = Fiddle, Jinx, Brand, Shaco, Zyra, Shaco, Xayah, Aphelios, Urgot.

• Gamblers = Vayne, Twisted, Aphelios.

• Prawlers = Rengar, Shaco, Naafiri.

• Silvermere = Rengar, Jarvan, Naafiri.

• Spectral = Rengar, Shaco, Naafiri.

• Unending Despair = J4, Braum, Vi, Skarner.

• Zhonyas = Twisted, Viego, Aurora, Morg, Elise, Yuumi.

• Horizon Focus = Sejuani, Zac.

• Blightning Jewel = Fiddle, Morg.

• Tricksters Glass = Aurora, Kobuko.

• Mittens = Shaco,

• Lichbane = Yuumi with Blue Buff

• Rapidfire Cannon = Shaco

• Fishbones = Jinx, Shaco, Xayah

• Flickerblade = Any Ragebladeholder

• Indomitable Gauntlet = Cho, Mundo

• Statikk Shiv = Twisted

• Titanic Hydra = Senna3, Mundo3

• SUS Trench Coat = Naafiri, Zac, Kobuko.

ITEM CHANGES:

A-PATCH

Bastion Armor & MR: 18/40/75+30 ⇒ 18/36/70+25, Bastion Emblem Armor/MR to AP Conversion: 20% ⇒ 15%

• Guardbreaker REMOVED = Strikers Flail: Crits grant 5% Damage Amp for 5 seconds, stacking up to 3 times.

• Guinsoos Rageblade CHANGED = Guinsoos Rageblade: Grants 6% stacking Attack Speed per second

• Redemption REMOVED = Spirit Visage: Restore 2.5% of missing Health each second. 400 HP, 15 Mana, 15% Durability

• Runaan’s Hurricane REMOVED, Bow + MR = Krakens Fury NEW Attacks grant 3% stacking Attack Damage. 30% AD, 20 MR, 25% AS.

• Statikk Shivv REMOVED, Bow + Tear = Void Staff: Attacks and Magic damage shred 30% of target’s Magic Resist for 3 seconds (non-stacking) 35% AP, 15 Mana, 10% AS.

• Sterags Gage CHANGED = Shield: At 60% Health, gain an 80% max HP Shield that decays over 4 seconds. 300 HP, 40% AD

NEW ARTEFACTS:

• Flickerblade: = Attacks grant 5% stacking Attack Speed. Every 5 attacks also grant 4 Attack Damage and 5 Ability Power. 15% AS, 10 AD and AP

• Indomitable Gauntlet: = The holder's Move Speed is drastically reduced. Gain 10% max Health, stun immunity, and pull the current target into melee range. 450 Health 20 Armor and MR.

• Statikk Shiv: = Every 3rd attack deals 50 + 50% of the holder's Ability Power as bonus magic damage to 4 enemies.

• 25 AP, 20% AS.

• Titanic Hydra: = Deal 3% of the holder's max Health plus 25% of their Attack Damage as bonus physical damage to the target and adjacent enemies. 300 HP, 15 AD, 15 AS.

• ANIMA VISAGE GETS REMOVED AND REPLACED BY SPIRIT VISAGE FOR REDEMPTION

ARTEFACT CHANGES

Lichbane: Proc Damage 200/270/340/410/480 -> 240/320/400/480/540

Moguls Mail: HP per Stack 7 -> 10

Wits End: HP +300, Armor +30

SUPPORT ITEMS

• SPRITE REMOVED

SYSTEM CHANGES

Upgraded Start (2* 2 Cost) DISABLED To Split or Not to Split DISABLED

• Apearence chances

• Fourth Augment (Stage 2) 2.5% -> 3%

• Fourth Augment (Stage 3) 3% -> 4%

• Fourth Augment (Stage 4) 2.5% -> 4%

• Invested 4% -> 5%

• Prismatic Opener 5% -> 6%

• Prismatic Finale 5% -> 6%

• Crab Rave 2% -> 3%

• Golem Encounter

TRAITS

• Anima Visage

3 Piece Weapon power increased 10%

• AMP

5 Piece HP: 600 -> 500

• BoomBot

6 Piece Missile Damage: 275 -> 260

• Exotech

7 Piece AS per Item: 9% to 11% 7 Piece HP per Item: 225 to 240

• Rapidfire

6 Piece AS per Stack: 24% -> 22%

• Techie

AP 20/50/90/130 -> 20/50/95/140

CHAMPION CHANGES

• Kindred

48 AD -> 50 AD. 520% AD Spelldamage -> 520/520/540/560 AD Spelldamage

• Nidalee

200/300/455/610 Spell Damage -> 220/330/500/670 Spell Damage

• Alistar

15/20/30/40 -> 15/20/33/45 Flat Damage Reduction

• Kog'Maw

50% Spell AD Boost -> 50/50/60/75% Spell AD Boost

• Vi

275/350/450/550 Spell Shield -> 275/350/500/650 Spell Shield

• Seraphine

250/375/585/795 Spell damage -> 250/375/600/825 Spell Damage

• Graves

50 AD -> 55 AD

• Vayne

30/90 -> 25/75

• Regnar

63 AD -> 65 AD

• Veigar

320/420/560 -> 320/450/600

• LeBlanc

65/95/145 Spell Damage -> 70/105/160 Spelldamage

• Ch Gath Cho3 nerfs

• Leona

50/110 Mana to 60/120 Mana

• Ziggs

• Aurora

50/90/3333 -> 50/120/3333 Base Spell Damage

AUGMENT CHANGES

• 10,000 IQ

Gold Rewards 8 -> 4

Nerf to AMP

• Board of Directors

Base Stats Increase 75% to 60%

Used to be broken should now be fine

Category Five REMOVED

Anger Issues REMOVED

Shock Treatment REMOVED

• Life Long Learning

AD/AP on Survive 2.5% -> 3%

• Unstable Evolution

HP: 333 -> 360

Stats 33% -> 36%

• Wise Spending

Xp Per 2 Rerolls: 3 -> 4