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    A free-to-play competitive MOBA game with a large following in eSports. From the original developers of DotA: Allstars, the game expands the gameplay found in DotA by adding persistent Summoner profiles and a variety of original champions who fight for you on the battlefield against bots or one another.

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    #1  Edited By valrog

    Seeing how there are new Champions coming out quite frequently, I thought it would be a better idea to have one thread for all.
     

    And with this I will start with the new Champion on the horizon. Caitlyn, the Sheriff of Piltover.
     

    Caitlyn, the Sheriff of Piltover

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    A  New Champion Approaches
    League Judgment
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    Art Spotlight
    Price: 6300 IP
     

    Renekton, the Butcher of the Sands

     
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    A New Champion Approaches
    League Judgment
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    Price: 6300 IP
     

    Karma, the Enlightened One

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    A New Champion Approaches
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    Price: 3150 IP
     

    Maokai, the Twisted Treant

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    Price: 6300 IP
     

    Jarvan IV, the Exemplar of Demacia

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    Price: 4800 IP
     

    Nocturne, the Eternal Nightmare

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    Price: 6300 IP
     

    Lee Sin, the Blind Monk

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    #2  Edited By GunslingerPanda

    Didn't they just bring out Cassiopeia? Good lord!
     
    Really like Caitlyn's design though, apart from her face which seems kinda... stern?

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    #3  Edited By valrog
    @Kaimakides said:

    " She should fight MF in a 1v1 classic Good vs. Evil showdown at sunset. "

    Haha yes, that would be so awesome. I wonder if she will be similar to Miss Fortune in playstyle as well.
     
    @GunslingerPanda: Yep, Cassiopeia is still fresh. Hell, Trundle is too. And Irelia.
     
    Edit: Is she holding a sniper? Maybe her ultimate will be something like what Ashe/Ezreal have... And other skills really long skillshots?
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    #4  Edited By valrog
    A New Champion Approaches is out. Looks like she has a stun, slow, something for that annoying little thing Teemo, and a nice passive. She looks like a decent champion. Here's hoping she's 3150 IP... Or even 4800, just no more 6300, please.
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    #5  Edited By JokerSmilez
    @GunslingerPanda said:
    " Didn't they just bring out Cassiopeia? Good lord!  Really like Caitlyn's design though, apart from her face which seems kinda... stern? "
    Yeah, they've pretty much pump out a new Champs every couple of weeks.  
     
    Caitlyn really interests me. The first new champ in a while I've been really interested in.
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    #6  Edited By valrog
    @JokerSmilez:  I know, me too. Cassiopeia is pretty much the worst, Trundle didn't interest me much, and neither did Irelia. So that's quite a few champions after Swain and LeBlanc.
     
    Anyway, seems like Riot guys are working hard even on New Year. League Judgment for Caitlyn has been posted.
     
    Oh, and happy New Year!
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    #7  Edited By valrog

    Caitlyn is out, and she looks amazing. Updating OP. Oh, and I don't know how much she costs yet...

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    #8  Edited By JokerSmilez

    She looks interesting. Certainly seems really powerful early on so it'll be interesting to see how she scales late game (my guess is not great since they specifically mention that she's designed to end the game early in the Spotlight). 
     
    She seems a little tricky to play too. Very reliant on trap placement and using her net. 

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    #9  Edited By valrog

    Played a few games with and against Caitlyn. She looks pretty amazing to be honest, but the 6300 IP is too much for me though, and the fact that I don't really like her voice doesn't help either. I guess I'll finally be able to save up for Swain now....

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    #10  Edited By JokerSmilez
    @valrog: Really? I really wasn't very impressed in the couple games I played against her and my friend who is quite good and plays a hell of a lot more than I do and has nearly every champ unlocked tried her for a few games and thinks she's trash. He says she's too underpowered and doesn't scale well, so she starts off not very good and gets worse.
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    #11  Edited By valrog
    @JokerSmilez: Maybe I just had too much hope to notice her flaws... Oh well, I'm not getting her, but she didn't do too bad when I played.
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    #12  Edited By Juvarial
    @JokerSmilez: Oddly enough she DESTROYS VLAD IN MID LOL.  
    Ive been playing vlad lately and she is the fucking CURSE to him. None of his spells have enough range VS her and she just destroys him. Against my Kog'Maw she died just as fast/faster as any other champ though. Id say its just balancing. 
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    #13  Edited By JokerSmilez
    @Juvarial: Weird. I haven't play with or against her too much to have much to say about her, but in the games I have had against her, as a tank Garen, I never even payed attention to her in team fights. 
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    #14  Edited By valrog

    While Caitlyn is certainly interesting despite her flaws, new Champion is in the works. Renekton, the Eater of Souls appears to be brother of Nasus. It will certainly be interesting to see this crocodile-Ancient-Egpyt-inspired creature.
     
    Updated OP.

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    #15  Edited By ToxicFruit
    Renekton    is coming ! he'll eat your fkn soul.  
    Pretty happy about this, I tend to main Nasus and cant wait to see how his brother turns out 
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    #16  Edited By valrog

    Renekton's skills have been revealed. He will use a new mechanic called "Fury", which basically works the same way as "Rage" in World of Warcraft. His Ultimate is similar to that of Nasus. Also, his name has been changed. He is the Butcher of the Sands now.
     
    Edit: Champion Spotlight is out.

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    #17  Edited By Juvarial
    @valrog: Slice and dice seems OP.  
    Well playing against him will be the only telling thing. 
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    #18  Edited By mazik765

    Might try to buy him, since I'm already a big fan of Nasus

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    #19  Edited By Demyx

    He seems really interesting, and I want to buy him. But I don't have the IP right now...

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    God Caitlyns endgame potential is just depressing though...

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    #21  Edited By valrog
    @Garrett_Hal_Rayburn said:
    " God Caitlyns endgame potential is just depressing though... "
    She got some adjustments in the latest patch.
     
    Also, I can't believe that Renekton is 6300!! It's kind of sad how they introduced 4800 price tag to "narrow the gap between the 3150 and 6300" and then mark everyone 6300 regardless.
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    #22  Edited By ToxicFruit

    A new tank is apperently incoming, I spotted this in Guinsoo's twitter 
    " Trying a future tank champion in design playtest. We'll see if he's good in TT! I think his damage output will be too low - lots of CC tho.   " 
    Could this be the female tank we have been asking for ?

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    #23  Edited By jakob187

    Every Caitlyn that I've played against is thoroughly depressing to watch.  Such a pointless character.  Cassiopeia is much the same way to me, as she seems pretty much like Urgot except worse with her poisons.  My Malzahar raped that bitch last night six times in a row.  Mind you, the player could've been bad...but they agitated well at the beginning of the match.  However, my nuke setup is just far more powerful. 
     
    As for Renekton, I've seen one or two people play him so far.  He's pretty beasty, but there just aren't a lot of GOOD guides out there to help get him to his maximum potential.  I give it another week or two and I'm sure we'll see some insane Renekton players coming out of the woodworks.

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    #24  Edited By shirogane
    @jakob187 said:
    " Every Caitlyn that I've played against is thoroughly depressing to watch.  Such a pointless character.  Cassiopeia is much the same way to me, as she seems pretty much like Urgot except worse with her poisons.  My Malzahar raped that bitch last night six times in a row.  Mind you, the player could've been bad...but they agitated well at the beginning of the match.  However, my nuke setup is just far more powerful.  As for Renekton, I've seen one or two people play him so far.  He's pretty beasty, but there just aren't a lot of GOOD guides out there to help get him to his maximum potential.  I give it another week or two and I'm sure we'll see some insane Renekton players coming out of the woodworks. "
    Caitlyn is a farmer/harasser. And she's only really good early on, where you spam Piltover Peacemaker. Later in the game she gets useless and can't do jack all.
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    #25  Edited By Demyx

    I haven't seen a great Caitlyn yet. I played with a fairly decent renekton just recently. 
     
    @jakob187 said:

    " Every Caitlyn that I've played against is thoroughly depressing to watch.  Such a pointless character.  Cassiopeia is much the same way to me, as she seems pretty much like Urgot except worse with her poisons.  My Malzahar raped that bitch last night six times in a row.  Mind you, the player could've been bad...but they agitated well at the beginning of the match.
    I haven't seen a Cassiopeia since she was first released and even then, it was only like twice.
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    #26  Edited By valrog

    Art Spotlight for Renekton is out. No idea why there isn't one for Caitlyn, though.

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    #27  Edited By valrog

    New Ionian Champion is coming. Hopefully she will NOT be 6300.

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    #28  Edited By CheapPoison

    I hope she won't be either...
    There is a good chance of that though cause i remember someone from riot commenting on that there would be some cheaper champs ip wise to balance it out.
     
    Although i expect that 6300 will become the norm. It's just in their best interest.
    I used to be able to just buy most champs with ip when they came out, now you simply can't if you don't play alot.

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    #29  Edited By Tiwi
    @CheapPoison: actually, you would only have to play on average 21 matches for a 6300 champion. and at the rate they're releasing these champions, one every 2 months. You should be able to get them all fairly easily.
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    #30  Edited By CheapPoison

    I feel like they are releasing every 2 weeks.
     
    Well mabye it isen't an 6300 champ everytime.

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    #31  Edited By Demyx

    I really hope it isn't a 6300 champ. Cause the past couple ones that have been released, I haven't really liked a lot.

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    #32  Edited By valrog
    @tiwi:  They're releasing them on a two week time frame. More or less.
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    #33  Edited By Tiwi
    @valrog: that's not what i recall. they were releasing new chars prior to this once a month if we were lucky. lux for example, after her there was a month break, at least.
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    #34  Edited By valrog
    @tiwi:  http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/Champion
     
    Looks like two weeks to me.
     
    Edit: Karma Art Spotlight is out.
     
    Edit Edit: A New Champion Approaches is out for Karma. Interesting thing to note, she will have her ult from the very beginning and does not require a skill point.
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    #35  Edited By Demyx
    @valrog said:
    " @tiwi:  http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/Champion  Looks like two weeks to me.  Edit: Karma Art Spotlight is out.  Edit Edit: A New Champion Approaches is out for Karma. Interesting thing to note, she will have her ult from the very beginning and does not require a skill point. "
    she seems kinda interesting. For some reason I want to get her as soon as possible, and try to master her. I'm hoping she is 3150 IP
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    #36  Edited By Demyx

    Bought Karma, tried her out, not too bad. Her mantra + q heal is my only complaint. Its really only good to save people from almost dying and i would probably just use the shield if it was off cooldown. I prefer to play her more support like then just pure AP. Or whatever the team comp is.

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    #37  Edited By blackfire83

    Karma looks like she may fill the void that was left when poor Morgana got nerfed into the ground. I dunno. I'm still not sold on 'semi-mages' with the current state of the game, but she seems useful. Also, I can foresee many innocent kill steals with that shield of hers. :P
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    #38  Edited By jakob187

    Played against a Karma last night.  She went 0/10 in the match, but I'm not expecting anything great from her as far as KDR is concerned.  The support she offered, however, was very interesting to watch.  At higher levels, she's great to keep supers off the Nexus, and her tether is a POWERFUL escape/chase mechanic.  Unfortunately, it's going to take a few weeks before we see REALLY good Karmas.  I can see her being a strong viable character in 3s. 
     
    Regardless of all that, it's nice to see a champ for 3150.  = D
     
    In other news, Renekton is free to play this week.  We've been seeing a lot of him online, especially after they buffed Cull of the Meek for early game.  He's a much sicker champ now than he was before, and with his ult blown, he's about as goddamn annoying as a 4.2k Vlad.  Nonetheless, Deathfire Grasp still teaches him not to fuck with ya. 
     
    Last but not least, DJINN MALZAHAR!!!  HUZZAH!!!  He looks so fucking pimp.  Now I just want a legendary.

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    #39  Edited By valrog

    Played a few times against Karma yesterday. Doesn't interest me as much.
     
    So, according to the scans and the timeframe, the Tree Champion is next? 

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    #40  Edited By jakob187

    Here's some details on both of the new champions:  Maokai and Jarvan.  These two champions sound absolutely fucking sick!  Jarvan sounds like the first melee I might check out, just because I really like how hard of an initiator he is.

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    #41  Edited By jakob187

    Man oh man, guys.  MAOKAI IS A BEAST!!!  I don't care for tanky characters, but he's so damn fun to play.  I'm sure that they'll hit his Saplings with the nerf bat in the next patch, but beyond that, I haven't seen a loss happen with a Maokai on a team yet.

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    #42  Edited By JokerSmilez
    @jakob187 said:
    " Man oh man, guys.  MAOKAI IS A BEAST!!!  I don't care for tanky characters, but he's so damn fun to play.  I'm sure that they'll hit his Saplings with the nerf bat in the next patch, but beyond that, I haven't seen a loss happen with a Maokai on a team yet. "
    I've seen several losses with Maokai's on both sides. He won't get nerfed and I don't think he's OP. He's a pretty good support tank who lanes well and scales well but if he's your team's only tank, it can be trouble.
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    #43  Edited By Tobli

    Yeah, he isn't good enough at tanking to be main tank, but he is pretty neat. I purchased the double bundle because i had 3,6 K RP just itching to be spent. 
    Now i just need to figure out a good flexible build for him.

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    #44  Edited By valrog

    So... Jarvan. Thoughts?

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    #45  Edited By Tobli

    I wonder if his standard will face some of the same issues that rally does, and how big the cc effect from standard + q will be.

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    #46  Edited By benpack

    Man his ulti seems like it might be OP.
      

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    #47  Edited By Vision

    It seems to be along the lines of Rattletraps(DoTA) W.
     
    If it is then yes, it's pretty brutal.

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    #48  Edited By Tobli

    I had my doubts about the ult concept, but it seems very nice. I will probably get the 1,2k bundle when is released.

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    #49  Edited By JokerSmilez

    He seems like he had a fairly high skill cap, which means when played well, he will probably seem a tad OP. The rewards of mastering a high skill cap champ.

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    #50  Edited By Demyx

    Wow he seems interesting, definitely not getting him anytime soon.

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