This morning I lost my Childhood friend n pet Hollie, she lived a good 16 years n almost saw her 17th, I'm going to miss her dearly but at least she's at peace now
I'M SINGING ENGLAND, ENGLAND, EN-GER-LAND
she's called "Miku English" for a reason 🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴
maybe taking this joke too far now but English Miku awoke something within me
im crying an entire essay to say that mage bot is healthy for the "diversity" of bot lane and then says to play the 3 MOST dog shit adc champion bot lane if you're against MAGES because its effective against them all you have to do is dodge their 20 million unmissable skill shot and wait until you have 2/3 ITEMS WHICH BY THEN URE ALREADY CUCKED OUT OF THE GAME CAUSE CANT WALK UP TO CS OR TRADE bc u lose at every single point in the lane but dw guys we outscale!!
why is riot saying they want mages bot lane and everyone else who PLAYS THE GAME is saying they hate it and it needs to be killed off LMAOAMLAMOAM
if diversity is so important then why did we nerf ranged top laners like varus! we need more of these cancer champs to be picked every game so there can be diversity! why did we nerf vayne top lane we need MORE DIVERSITY??
I beg just make the bot lane quest give attack speed n crit instead of 400 gold on completion, It's not even a high level thinking situation, just make the Bot Lane Quest give rewards to traditional ADC's.
Patch 26.14 Full Preview!
Mages Bot
- we've pulled brand from the patch given the concerns around mages bot
- that said, we know this is a contentious topic, and I'll give some high level thoughts on how we see the situation (and more detailed thoughts in the patch rundown)
- we see mages bot as creating healthy diversity for the bot lane experience overall (roughly 4:1 ratio of traditional marksmen to mages), even though for some traditional marksmen, they can be quite frustrating
- it's important that players experience a mix of games at high intensity (eg. Playing adc against rengar/talon + mages bot) and also games that are more comfortable and low threat (maybe ivern jungle) as it creates the variety and flow state that keeps the game fun
- too much intensity or too little intensity would make the game unfun in the long run as you'd never really feel those spikes of cortisol and triumph (which is one of the reasons assassins need to be strong for example) or be constantly stressed
- marksmen are still the most popular bot carry in both pro and regular play
- mages bot also need to be viable picks to allow teams to undoom themselves in champ select for an ad mid pick like zed/yone/Yasuo
- that said, mages bot have pretty high winrates (often the highest), so aren't they overpowered?
- The winrates don't really tell the full story, but they are definitely strong for several reasons. Mages, especially simple ones like brand, veigar or Swain for example have quite shallow mastery curves (usually only gaining 3-4% after playing ~50 games and also starting very high on game 1) in addition to not being deeply played in bot lane (ie. many mage bot players haven't progressed the mastery curve that far when you encounter them AND the mastery curve is not that steep) -> a similar effect to if you played autofilled malphite top (high skill floor)
- adcs by contrast are typically harder to play but also reward that mastery depth more, meaning their winrates are relatively suppressed compared to mages bot
- I'm not saying that mages at high levels of mastery/skill are weak (see them in pro play or high elo ranked), but mainly saying that winrates don't tell the full story and we see them as relatively similar in power level overall, just often more forgiving and can be more tolerant of matchup
- adcs also have accelerated 3 item spikes in this season (compared to the other roles) due to bot quest, which also presents an interesting strategic balancing point (the mages a bit stronger on early item spikes and weaker on later ones)
- another balancing aspect of mages bot is that they typically represent a composition tradeoff. Eg. ori + yunara/lulu bot lane and win on 2/3 items or AD mid plus ziggs+engage bot and need to end the game fast
- if struggling with mages bot, champs like ezreal/sivir/zeri can be quite effective against them (dodge skills and have strong 2/3 item spikes and out scale)
- anyway, a nuanced conversation that I'll dig into more in a video later
Azir
- players have been complaining about a bunch of bugged functionality for Azir ever since we made the changes to make on hits work on him
- the team has fixed the vast majority of these bugs, eg. Things like jungle monsters not getting shuffled, pta not working, conq stacks, etc.
- thanks to all your bug reports in helping track these down and keep them coming!
Proto Harness
- when looking at our jungle nasus nerfs, we ended up deciding that a better nerf would be to target proto harness
- other users like shen jungle are also pretty strong, so we think pulling the champ nerfs and nerfing the item instead is a better direction and helps retain the power level of top nasus for example
The other changes in this patch are relatively straightforward, but lmk if there's any more detail wanted and I can cover them in the rundown next week
04 Cours airing back-to-back:
"You and I Are Polar Opposites" Season 1: Winter 2026
"The Ramparts of Ice" Season 1: Spring 2026
"You and I Are Polar Opposites" Season 2: Summer 2026
"The Ramparts of Ice" Season 2: Fall 2026
2026 is truly the year of Kocha Agasawa! 😭
Psyger 100 making Sukuna look like a Fraud with how much she can plot armor to not lose a 1 v 4, she plot armor'd twice in 5 pages. Be for fucking real what are we doing? Am I to believe someone like this at this point, someone out there is hyped at P-100's 100th ass pull clutch.
Romcom "Hima-Ten!" by "Full Drive" creator Genki Ono ended today in the latest Weekly Shonen Jump issue 31/2026!
Volume 10 will be out July 3, 2026 and Final Volume 11 will be out September 4, 2026.
Romcom about a high school boy who works part-time as a professional house cleaner. But when his latest job demands him to work in the home of the cute new transfer girl, things get a lot more complicated.
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