Showing posts with label League of Legends. Show all posts
Showing posts with label League of Legends. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Review On New League of Legends Content


Yes, Season One is here and the new League of Legends content went online today. As promised, I am here to give you guys my take on it. The first thing you will notice is the new interface, starting with the sign-in screen. Instead of the original sign-in screen, you will now see Ryze and Katrina and a fairly aesthetically pleasing backdrop. After signing in you will notice that everything about the new interface is different. To me, it may take some getting used to. I like it, but I'm not used to seeing it like that. Now when you click the play button, you will have more options than before. You can do a normal game or a ranked game, and then you have the option to enter matchmaking or use an arranged team. This option I like a lot. Now instead of playing with whoever I am matched with, I can choose to play with friends in an arranged game. I think this, plus the increased penalties on leavers and afkers, is a great solution to these uneven and handicapped games that plague LoL. Now, besides those new features, I also decided to try the new character, Xin Zhao. I played two games on Twisted Treeline and here's what I gathered:

1. He has a good attack strength.
2. As he gets up in level his health increases quite a bit (though not nearly as much as a well-fed Cho'gath).
3. His Audacious Charge ability is good for stopping and killing champions that are trying to flee.

I like the way this champion plays and he fits my style fairly well. I would say that he is a great DPS champion with decent skills; one of my only complaints with this champion is that I don't find his ultimate ability to be incredibly useful. It is just a basic AoE attack and may come in handy for killing swarms of minions or in large group battles but will definitely not be a game changer. What I am going to try to do here in the next couple of games is develop a build for him as well as what I think an ideal team for him to play on would be and I may or may not post it to the blog, depending on the amount of requests I have for it. With the release of Xin Zhao they also released two new skins for him. One is the Commando skin which is a more modernized look for him and it really reminds me of how Arnold Schwarzenegger looked in the movie predator. The other is the Imperial skin (which is shown in the above picture and is my favorite so far). This concludes my quick review on LoL's newest content. As I delve more and more into the new content I will continue to update this post and keep my readers informed. Good luck and happy hunting!

Saturday, July 3, 2010

Game Update: New League Of Legends Content Coming Out


Fellow gamers, I've decided to post not only about new games that are coming out but to also include posts for new or improved content that is coming out for some of the great free games out there. So here's the scoop for all my League Of Legends players out there. In the upcoming week they are releasing their Season One update as well as a new champion. You heard right, they are releasing another new champion. One thing's for sure. Riot Games is staying hard at work keeping all of us happy with blazing new content. So let's get into and break down the new stuff that's going to be introduced in the Season One update. This update will definately up the competition level within League of Legends and is sure to keep players interested. First off, with the Season One update they are going to offer ranked games for summoners level 20 or above. With the ranked games, those who choose to play will have their ratings publicly displayed on a ladder so they and everyone else can see how they stack up against the rest of the community. Now tell me this won't give incentive to better your skills and strategies? On top of the addition of a ladder and ranked games, Riot is also giving League of Legends a virtual facelift to make it look smoother and more appealing. Now all of this has me very excited, but what I am most excited about is the new champion they will be releasing, so let me give you some details. From what I've read on the League of Legends site and the PC Gamer article, Xin Zhao, League of Legend's newest champion, is a throwback to the original mixed martial artists. He uses a spear-type weapon and his moves and attacks are focused on causing damage and slowing the enemy down so that he can go in for the kill. Overall I think he will be a strong pure DPS champion that can kill quickly but only take on one enemy at a time. It's an understatement to say I'm very excited about the newest content coming to League of Legends. You guys should be too!