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DecemberInterview: A Chat With Valorant's Max Grossman On Killjoy, And Riot's Design Philosophy For New Agents
Some of the best trailers are of comical and whimsical nature, and the Bugsnax announcement trailer took the internet by storm when it dropped. The premise of the game is explained very quickly, and it just seems too wonky to even be true. Bugs are made up of food, said bugs can be eaten, and those who eat the Bugsnax bugs start to transform into the food itself. All of this is shown with a few hotdog jokes and funny remarks, but more importantly, the theme song that plays over the trailer is extremely catchy. If there is a reward for most unique trailer of the year, Bugsnax likely runs away with
The active is really what makes Goredrinker so strong. The active creates a cleave in a sizeable radius around the user, dealing decent damage and healing. The healing scales hard based on missing health, meaning juggernauts and bruisers will love to use it in clutch moments. Aatrox especially can get absurd healing from the item in the right situation. No amount of pitiful healing reduction stops the Goredrinker from going cr
A woman named Stephanie, who previously dated a Riot Games employee, presented compelling evidence that Seraphine was modeled after her . While Riot Games denied the claims, it's hard to deny the similarities between Stephanie and the character - especially considering this is the third time Riot has been accused of t
I say this because not only did Riot put the character in the game, but they've since brushed off Stephanie's claims as mere coincidence. They've denied that Seraphine is based on anyone , in fact, in a statement given to PC Ga
This might sound harsh, but it's practically the only option that doesn't feel gross here. The lack of empathy it would take to read Stephanie's account, then try and sweep it under the rug through plausible deniability would be downright inhumane. On top of that, Riot can't just continue to ignore the mounting criticisms that Seraphine's Diet Rite brand of mental illness is exploitative on multiple levels, nor can they truly wash away the proverbial stank from her original l
** TheGamer: ** A problem that hero shooters struggle with is balancing abilities. Often, meta and competitive play come strictly down to how practical special skills are. Upon reveal, many people thought Killjoy's ultimate looked unfair, but the truth is all you have to do is shoot her and her bot. Do you believe that Valorant's emphasis on skill-based gunplay ultimately frees you from the "ability balancing" problems that similar games f
The collection of mage mythics are pretty good in most cases. Assassin mages might have won big, but control mages also got a couple of decent options. Unfortunately, there's also Everfrost. Everfrost isn't much worse statwise than the other mage mythics, and it even provides a bit of extra
While Ahri did not see any direct nerfs or buffs to her skills and attributes , two items in particular saw buffs that directly help her kit throughout the game. The first of the buffs was to Luden's Tempest, which saw a significant increase to the Ability Haste stat. Luden's was already a good item for most Ahri builds. However, this buff allows her to spam her abilities more frequently. The other item that saw a change was Imperial Mandate, which saw a buff to its ally damage. These changes allow her to be built a little differently this pre-sea
Sunfire Aegis is pretty much the best tank item in the whole game. All the other tank mythics are situational, providing utility that is, of course, for babies. True connoisseurs of League of Legends know that death is the best CC, and Funfire provides the best damage. Even after the nerfs, it's just that g
By doing away with the character entirely, Riot could come down on the right side of this. Instead of sticking their fingers in their ears and pretending there isn't a problem, this is an opportunity for the company to show it actually cares about its players. It's an opportunity for them to forgo a few million on top of their billions, and to actually help soothe harm done to a real person. It's also an opportunity for them to retire their abhorrent marketing strategy for Seraphine, which would do a lot to garner goodwill and help win back people they might have alienated. Sure, it's the path of least profit, meaning that they likely won't do any of this. However, from the perspective of moral imperative, Hexcore transformation it's the only right course of action to t
Archangel's on its own is a pretty terrible item, offering an underwhelming amount of AP for the high cost. When upgraded into Seraph's Embrace, the item gives some of the highest AP in the game that a single item can provide. However, that AP doesn't mean a whole lot without the ability haste to back it up. Considering Manamune (the AD-counterpart) gives ability haste, it makes no sense why Archangel's does
During the first patch of the preseason, the marksman mythic items were a bit sad. They were bad enough that many marksmen opted into going lethality to synergize with The Collector. After some adjustments, however, they've started to gain some serious power. It's arguable which one is the best, but Galeforce is the most well-rounded opt