Haunting Guise on Bloodletter, maybe It's time to pull out the forbidden Haunting Guise build, buy 3 and build them into Liandry > riftmaker > bloodletter.
In regards to the Viktor changes, I think the issues stem from the fact that it's all visual. Old Aatrox had to be changed because his gameplay was problematic but his core visuals and theme were retained. New Viktor didn't have to go through this thematic shift, they just decided to do it. They sacrificed the robotic scientist fantasy (a unique niche) and replaced him with another mage with godlike power and catastrophic intentions, of which there are many (Malz, Xerath, etc).
Aatrox? Retained his theme? Not at all. He went from a poetic yet violent inspirer to a generic "world-ending" villain, without a real purpose other than "imma destroy things". But I agree older Viktor's theme was a LOOOOT better and - just like Aatrox - he feels generic and uninspiring now.
@@gabrielmachia3784aatrox reason to destroy everything is in hopes that he also ceases to exist, id say thats pretty cool and unique (also a bit sad). so nah i wouldnt say hes generic rlly
" visuals and theme were retained" Nope. Old Aatrox was a god of war that would appear to warriors on the battlefield. New Aatrox is an unironic edgelord villain destroyer like most Darkin. Its the exact opposite of good
First thought before watching the video, the new axiom arcanist rune seems pretty good for swain but the issue is it competing with mana flow. I think the fact that swain’s R is both dealing damage and healing, both things affected by the rune, means he more than likely can get a lot of benefit out of it. Maybe in all in R builds with malignancy is when you really want to go this new rune?
Except Swain's ult healing is still abysmal after the nerfs, there's a reason people will literally go Abyssal Mask on Swain that has Unending Despair, cause the MR reduction from mask literally grants more healing to swain(by increasing Unending Despair's damage) than Spirit Visage does to his Ult. His Ult's damage is also very mediocre, the DoT has been gutted to the ground and the recasts are non impressive also. Swain is no longer a champion whose powerbudget is 90% locked on it's ult.
@@luisfreitas3416 you'd take abyssal for the mr pen and AH not just for unending, and new rune does more damage on r2 which is where you do most dmg anyway so that's good Edit: you'd take spirit visage for passive healing not ult healing, all in all you gotta reconsider what you buy and why
i wish this atakhan was a champion ngl, he looks so badass. i can also see those junglers invades lvl2 for 1st blood, so much trolling and griefing for those 1st objectives :(
Can't wait for the new item! I can imagine buying this as either second or third item, but I'll have to wait and see, didn't manage to get my hands on it yesterday.
7:29 when your gameplay is impacted by someone worse than you giving it their best shot and still falling short, and the only thing you can do is smile and move on... life with my cousin in the bot lane xD
I'm really not feeling Bloodletter's Curse, to me it looks like an item that will be only be marginally better than Abyssal Mask in fringe situations and just not worth it otherwise.
Nah the Viktor change is complete ass visually. They completely changed the character meanwhile every other Arcane character was just given a skin to reflect their Arcane version. The cool techno wizard is gone and is now just another boring mage twink like Hwei.
I am not so sure about Bloodletter's Curse tbh. Unless the enemies have no one buying magic resistance and are all squishies, why would I buy it instead of Abyssal Mask where the 30% shred is instanty applied when enemies are in its effect radius and, since it´s a shred, allies benefit from it as well. The 55 AP can´t be that valueable, no?
Hp is good, abyssal shred might be outclassed if you are solo ap or magic resisnt isn't valuable like vs 4 physical enemies, I feel bloodletter into bruisers/tanks will be great with liandry.
Have a nice day! 💙Changes goes out live in January
I wish the new rune didn't compete with Manaflow Band, but it looks quite interesting.
Agreed but at least it replaces the useless rune
Manaflowband is trash and useless
@@Griefex whats it being replaced with?
Haunting Guise on Bloodletter, maybe It's time to pull out the forbidden Haunting Guise build, buy 3 and build them into Liandry > riftmaker > bloodletter.
Can't wait to do this especially into comps without ap
Imagine going blackfire into 3 haunting guise power spike, you'd just overload the server
do they each stack?
@@bragg30 only when upgraded
In regards to the Viktor changes, I think the issues stem from the fact that it's all visual. Old Aatrox had to be changed because his gameplay was problematic but his core visuals and theme were retained. New Viktor didn't have to go through this thematic shift, they just decided to do it. They sacrificed the robotic scientist fantasy (a unique niche) and replaced him with another mage with godlike power and catastrophic intentions, of which there are many (Malz, Xerath, etc).
Aatrox? Retained his theme? Not at all. He went from a poetic yet violent inspirer to a generic "world-ending" villain, without a real purpose other than "imma destroy things". But I agree older Viktor's theme was a LOOOOT better and - just like Aatrox - he feels generic and uninspiring now.
@@gabrielmachia3784aatrox reason to destroy everything is in hopes that he also ceases to exist, id say thats pretty cool and unique (also a bit sad). so nah i wouldnt say hes generic rlly
" visuals and theme were retained"
Nope. Old Aatrox was a god of war that would appear to warriors on the battlefield. New Aatrox is an unironic edgelord villain destroyer like most Darkin. Its the exact opposite of good
@@DraphEnjoyer But his story did improve with the darkin expansion on LOR , God i wish that game wasn't dead.
First thought before watching the video, the new axiom arcanist rune seems pretty good for swain but the issue is it competing with mana flow. I think the fact that swain’s R is both dealing damage and healing, both things affected by the rune, means he more than likely can get a lot of benefit out of it. Maybe in all in R builds with malignancy is when you really want to go this new rune?
Except Swain's ult healing is still abysmal after the nerfs, there's a reason people will literally go Abyssal Mask on Swain that has Unending Despair, cause the MR reduction from mask literally grants more healing to swain(by increasing Unending Despair's damage) than Spirit Visage does to his Ult.
His Ult's damage is also very mediocre, the DoT has been gutted to the ground and the recasts are non impressive also. Swain is no longer a champion whose powerbudget is 90% locked on it's ult.
@@luisfreitas3416 the healing is fine with health heavy build I think. Fıne enough for a strong waveclear mid laner mage anyways.
@@luisfreitas3416 you'd take abyssal for the mr pen and AH not just for unending, and new rune does more damage on r2 which is where you do most dmg anyway so that's good
Edit: you'd take spirit visage for passive healing not ult healing, all in all you gotta reconsider what you buy and why
i wish this atakhan was a champion ngl, he looks so badass. i can also see those junglers invades lvl2 for 1st blood, so much trolling and griefing for those 1st objectives :(
6:27 Courtship ritual of two peacocks demons be like, even a kiss in the end.
20:52 greedy hussum Qing the roses XDD
Can't wait for the new item! I can imagine buying this as either second or third item, but I'll have to wait and see, didn't manage to get my hands on it yesterday.
Based on your gameplay from your streams it seems the new rune only affects the demon flare cooldown while R is active which is unfortunate
youre so funnt bruh my bong broke im smoking out a glass pipe usinf a cup. keep it up !
Just seems like ap mages who are already super strong are just gonna get stronger
Glory to Noxus !!! The swain logo tatoo on all my back for this season comming !!!!
7:29 when your gameplay is impacted by someone worse than you giving it their best shot and still falling short, and the only thing you can do is smile and move on... life with my cousin in the bot lane xD
Wish i could join these games! Bloodletters looks so good!🙌
24:20 drut reference in chat xd
13:00 Cheeky little fart xd
hell yes terraria music bro
Wouldn't Conqueror be optimal with that build?
14:54 - 15:02 If you want to laugh very hard
I'm really not feeling Bloodletter's Curse, to me it looks like an item that will be only be marginally better than Abyssal Mask in fringe situations and just not worth it otherwise.
swain cosplay when ?
Nah the Viktor change is complete ass visually. They completely changed the character meanwhile every other Arcane character was just given a skin to reflect their Arcane version.
The cool techno wizard is gone and is now just another boring mage twink like Hwei.
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gg playing kayle in PBE legit tryhard
"Waaah waaaah, someone played a character in PBE waaaah"
-Quizzzzzzzzzzzzzz
@alegend4evr are you having a seizure? 😂
@@alegend4evr i was the kayle vro
I am not so sure about Bloodletter's Curse tbh. Unless the enemies have no one buying magic resistance and are all squishies, why would I buy it instead of Abyssal Mask where the 30% shred is instanty applied when enemies are in its effect radius and, since it´s a shred, allies benefit from it as well. The 55 AP can´t be that valueable, no?
Hp is good, abyssal shred might be outclassed if you are solo ap or magic resisnt isn't valuable like vs 4 physical enemies, I feel bloodletter into bruisers/tanks will be great with liandry.
that new item looks nice for swain with huge demonflares