Never Gonna Give You Up

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Prepare for EU West and EU East/Nordic!

Summoners!

Over the last couple of months we’ve been working on an action plan to drastically reduce the amount of service impacting issues affecting our European platform. We’re finally at a point that we can share our plans to bring more stability to Europe.

Presently, the PvP.net service in Europe is supporting hundreds of thousands summoners playing League of Legends at any given time – orders of magnitude bigger than what a typical massively multiplayer environment supports! And while we’re extremely excited by the enthusiasm and passion that you have all shown for the game, it has presented complications that we have been trying to resolve. Specifically, we want to reduce lengthy login queues at peak hours, eliminate our reliance on New York based overflow servers, and drastically reduce the number of unexpected server outages.

For these reasons, we have been making preparations to split our European service onto two new platforms: EU West and EU Nordic & East. Once this split is complete, your summoner will only be accessible on the platform that you’ve landed on. Each of these platforms will be able to support the same number of players as the current European environment, dramatically increasing our service quality and paving the way for future growth.

That being said, switching over to our new, dual platform setup will be quite the logistical feat. In the coming weeks we will be assigning players to their new platform. We did our best to avoid separating groups of friends, but if you should find yourself unsatisfied with your destination platform, we will be facilitating one free transfer between the two platforms following shortly after the split. In the meantime, we’re putting restrictions in place to improve stability for those already in-game.

If you have a specific question about the split that hasn’t been answered here, please visit our European Platform Split FAQ. After a visit there, if you still find that your question wasn’t answered, please ask us in this thread.

It’s been quite a journey, summoners of Europe, and we’re excited to be able to bring you a service upgrade that should bring about a lasting resolution to your concerns! Thanks for your patience, and thank you for playing League of Legends.

Hell yeah!! Finally no more lag and busy server!

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2 New Skins Available - Baron von Veigar & Buccaneer Tristana

A new week has arrived here in Runeterra, which means that it is time for another two brand new skins! Whether you fancy yourself a pirate or an aristocrat, we’ve got something for you to help you scratch that itch.

If you’re always fancied yourself master and commander of your domain, Baron von Veigar is sure to stroke the old ego just the way you like it. The Tiny Master of Evil has never looked more dignified, so polish your cane, don your most regal attire, and head on down to the League of Legends store to claim a barony of your very own.

On the other hand, if you’re more of a mariner at heart, you might find that Buccaneer Tristana is more your speed. Try and catch this cannon-wielding rendition of your favorite Megling Gunner as she rocket jumps straight from the rigging of her vessel into the League of Legends store.

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Champion Spotlight: Yorick, the Gravedigger

Here we go. Yorick's out. I played it a couple of time, the perfect build is not clear yet. Anyway you must surely go ad/offtank to play him well. Otherwise if you go full tank you won't do any damage and you will suck without any croud control ( except the slow ), and other spells will be useless. If you go full ad i think you will explode without any escape spell, but i did't tried this yet.

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Yorick Skins and Bundles

Undertaker Yorick Bundle

Take 50% off the Undertaker Yorick skin when you purchase the skin and champion together in our Undertaker Yorick Bundle!

- Yorick champion + Undertaker skin (normally 1950 RP) will be only 1462 RP

Yorick Double Bundle

Get both Undertaker Yorick and Pentakill Yorick for 50% off when you purchase the champion and skins together in this bundle.

- Yorick champion + Undertaker Yorick skin + Pentakill Yorick skin (normally 2925 RP) will be only 1949 RP

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Release Note - League of Legends Patch v1.0.0.120

Well, some changes doesn't matter ... the only big NERF ss to EVE that's USELESS NOW! NO stun, ulti restores half hp ... omg
And seems like Riot is going to buff Gangplank every single patch ... now autoattacks slows 7% and stacks 5 times! SRSLY WHAT?

League of Legends will be updated during scheduled maintenance on 6/22 from 1:30AM until 8AM

League of Legends v1.0.0.120

Yorick, the Gravedigger

Omen of War: Yorick’s next attack will deal bonus physical damage and summon a Spectral Ghoul that deals additional damage and moves faster than Yorick’s other ghouls. While the Spectral Ghoul is alive, Yorick moves faster as well.

Omen of Pestilence: Yorick summons a Decaying Ghoul that arrives with a violent explosion, dealing damage and slowing nearby enemies. While the Decaying Ghoul remains alive, nearby enemies continue to be slowed.

Omen of Famine: Yorick steals life from his target and summons a Ravenous Ghoul that heals Yorick for the damage it deals.

Omen of Death (Ultimate): Yorick conjures a revenant in the image of one of his allies. If his ally dies while its revenant is alive, the revenant sacrifices itself to reanimate them and give them time to enact vengeance.

Unholy Covenant (Passive): Yorick’s attacks deal more damage for each summon that is active. Meanwhile, Yorick’s ghouls deal some percent of Yorick’s Attack Damage and have some percent of his total health.


Annie

Fixed a bug where Molten Shield wouldn't trigger if the damage was shielded


Blitzcrank

When Blitzcrank grabs a champion with Rocket Grab, he will now attempt to attack them as well


Cho'Gath

Feast will now correctly show a particle on an enemy target when they can be killed by it


Evelynn

Hate Spike missile speed increased

Shadow Walk now applies a 3 second 30/35/40/45/50% slow instead of a stun

Malice and Spite

Passive heal reduced to 150/225/300 from 350/500/650

Attack speed bonus reduced to 25/50/75% from 50/75/100%


Fiddlesticks

Drain

Range increased to 475 to 450

Heal is no longer reduced if the damage is shielded

Dark Wind damage increased to 65/90/115/140/165 from 65/85/105/125/145

Crowstorm

Ability power ratio increased to .45 from .4

Channel duration reduced to 1.5 seconds from 2


Galio

Idol of Durand will now correctly increase its damage when the damage taken is shielded


Gangplank

Grog-Soaked Blade

No longer reduces healing and regeneration, but now slows movement speed by 7%

Now stacks up to 5 times, but duration reduced to 3 seconds from 10

Damage changed to 4-21 from 5-19

Parrrley

Fixed a bug where Parrrley could sometimes restore gold to other players

Now applies Grog-Soaked Blade

Raise Morale duration increased to 7 from 6

Cannon Barrage damage increased to 75/120/165 from 65/110/155


Garen

Recuperate

Fixed a bug where Recuperate could sometimes activate immediately after taking damage

Now marks Garen as being in combat even if the damage is shielded

Now shows the particle on Garen even if at 100% health


Heimerdinger

Fixed a bug where his turrets would not assist him if damage from an enemy champion was shielded

H-28G Evolution Turret mana cost reduced to 70/80/90/100/110 from 120/125/130/135/140


Irelia

Transcendent Blades

Now heals Irelia based on the actual damage dealt (instead of a % of the raw damage dealt), but the heal is not reduced if the damage is shielded

Heal versus Champions increased to 25% from 20%


Janna

Tailwind now deactivates while dead


Jarvan IV

Demacian Standard

Armor reduced to 10/13/16/19/22 from 10/14/18/22/26

Attack speed reduced to 10/13/16/19/22% from 10/14/18/22/26%

Martial Cadence damage reduced to 8% from 10%


Jax

Leap Strike attack damage ratio reduced to 0.7 from 1


LeBlanc

Fixed a bug where Leblanc's clone would be permanently disabled if disabled when it spawns


Kassadin

Nether Blade

Passive mana restore increased at earlier ranks to 8/11/14/17/20 from 4/8/12/16/20

Active changed to 20/30/40/50/60 (+0.15 ability power) bonus magic damage dealt on hit instead of 7/15/25/38/50 armor penetration


Malzahar

Null Zone

Damage reduced to 4/5/6/7/8% from 5/6/7/8/9%

Ability power ratio reduced to 1% per 100 ability power from 1% per 80 ability power

Cooldown reduced to 14 seconds from 16

Nether Grasp's ability power ratio reduced to 1.3 from 1.5


Miss Fortune

Damage that is absorbed by a shield now properly removes Strut


Mordekaiser

Iron Man's shield generation is no longer reduced if the damage done is shielded

Fixed a bug where Children of the Grave could steal enemy passive abilities permanently


Morgana

Black Shield magic damage absorbed adjusted to 95/160/225/290/355 from 100/150/200/250/300


Nidalee

Javelin Toss and Bushwhack will no longer target the wrong location when cast immediately after transforming back to human form


Nunu

Consume damage reduced at earlier ranks to 400/525/650/775/900 from 500/600/700/800/900

Ice Blast slow reduced at earlier ranks to 20/30/40/50/60% from 40/45/50/55/60%


Orianna

Clockwork Windup

Fixed a display error on the tooltip.

Fixed a bug which was causing Clockwork Windup to add less damage than intended

Fixed a bug with Command: Protect that was causing the shield particle to not display

Fixed several interactions with clones or unusual movement types


Poppy

When Poppy Heroic charges a champion, she will now attempt to attack the target immediately afterward


Rammus

Fixed a bug where Defensive Ball Curl had an ability power ratio


Renekton

Cull the Meek's heal is no longer reduced if the damage is shielded

Fixed a bug where damage absorbed by a shield wouldn't mark Renekton as in combat


Rumble

The Equalizer

Burning damage reduced to 100/140/180 from 120/160/200

Burning damage ability power ratio reduced to .2 from .25

Cooldown increased to 105/90/75 from 90/75/60


Shaco

Hallucinate clone now correctly benefits from critical strikes

Fixed the dance animation to loop properly


Sion

Cannibalism is no longer reduced if the damage is shielded


Sona

Fixed a bug where shields and Ignite could sometimes cause her spell sounds to get cut off early


Swain

Ravenous Flock now heals Swain for 50% of the actual damage he deals (instead of 50% of the raw damage he deals), but the heal is not reduced if the damage is shielded


Teemo

Move Quick is now removed even if the damage is shielded


Tristana

Fixed a bug where Rocket Jump's cooldown reset could fail if Tristana's damage output was fully absorbed by a shield


Tryndamere

Fixed a bug where Undying Rage improperly showed "Endless Rage!" to represent damage being prevented


Twisted Fate

Blue Card mana restore is no longer reduced if the damage is shielded

Loaded Dice now deactivates while Twisted Fate is dead

Fixed a bug with Gate where activating Zhonya's Hourglass during the channel time would not interrupt it


Udyr

Mana cost of shifting decreased to 55/50/45/40/35 from 75/65/55/45/35

Turtle Stance now heals Udyr based upon the actual damage dealt (instead of the raw damage dealt), but the heal is not reduced if the damage is shielded

Phoenix stance's activation damage increased to 15/25/35/45/55 from 10/18/26/34/42


Urgot

Fixed a bug with Terror Capacitor where when attacking a champion, it was slowing for less than the tooltip stated

Fixed a bug with Terror Capacitor where when using Acid Hunter with Terror Capacitor, it was slowing based upon Acid Hunter's rank rather than Terror Capacitor (but for the correct 20/25/30/35/40%)


Vayne

Silver-Tipped Bolts will no longer interact with spell shields

Tumble bonus damage reduced to 40/45/50/55/60% from 55/60/65/70/75%

Final Hour

Movement speed bonus now triples instead of quadruples

Attack damage reduced to 25/40/55 from 35/55/75

Condemn damage reduced to 45/80/115/150/185 from 50/90/130/170/210


Vladimir

Transfusion

Cooldown adjusted to 12/10/8/6/4 from 12/10/8/6/3

Damage adjusted to 90/125/160/195/230 from 70/115/160/205/250


Warwick

Hungering Strike's heal is no longer reduced if the damage is shielded


Xin'Zhao

Crescent Sweep

Percent health damage reduced to 15% from 20%

Bonus armor and magic resist per champion hit reduced to 5/8/11 from 7/10/13


Items

Boots of Mobility will now mark you in combat for receiving/dealing any damage, even if it is shielded

Fixed a bug where Spirit Visage was granting too much bonus regeneration

Philosopher's Stone health regen per 5 reduced to 18 from 22.5 and mana regen per 5 reduced to 8 from 10

Eleisa's Miracle cost increased to 500 from 400

Quicksilver Sash cooldown decreased to 90 from 105

Hextech Revolver spell vamp reduced to 15% from 20%

The gold per 10 component of Philosopher's Stone, Heart of Gold, Kage's Lucky Pick, and Avarice Blade is now unique to itself


General

Fixed a bug where minions were playing their particles multiple times when attacking

Updated tooltips for many Champions

Lifesteal and spell vamp are no longer reduced if the damage done is shielded

Healing reductions now reduce lifesteal and spell vamp

Spirit Visage now increases your lifesteal and spell vamp

Maximum gold for killing a player on a long kill streak reduced to 500 gold from 1000

Minimum gold for killing a player on a long death streak reduced to 15 gold from 90 gold

Gold rewards for kills where the target is on a 3 kill or 3 death streak or less should give comparable amounts or even more gold than before

Experience granted for kills is now determined by the dying champion's level. Killing champions higher level than you will now grant more experience while killing champions lower level than you will now grant less experience. Killing equal level champions is unaffected

Wards and spawned minions that don't attack are no longer targetable/manipulated by spells (except Summoner Teleport). This means, for example, that wards will no longer be able to block Rammus' Powerball, Mushrooms will not block skillshots, and Jax is no longer able to Leapstrike onto a ward.

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Wii U

Discover an exciting new way to enjoy home entertainment with Wii U, Nintendo's next home console. With a revolutionary new touch screen controller, precision motion controls, and full HD graphics, a whole new world of play styles and gaming possibilities is on the horizon. The time is coming to truly expand your idea about what a game console is—and can be.

Launches: 2012

Size: Approximately 1.8 inches tall, 6.8 inches wide and 10.5 inches long.

New Controller: The new controller incorporates a 6.2-inch, 16:9 touch screen and traditional button controls, including two analog Circle Pads. This combination removes the traditional barriers between games, players and the TV by creating a second window into the video game world. The rechargeable controller includes a Power button, Home button, +Control Pad, A/B/X/Y buttons, L/R buttons and ZL/ZR buttons. It includes a built-in accelerometer and gyroscope, rumble feature, camera, a microphone, stereo speakers, a sensor strip and a stylus.
Other Controls: Up to four Wii Remote™ (or Wii Remote Plus) controllers can be connected at once. The new console supports all Wii™ controllers and input devices, including the Nunchuk™ controller, Classic Controller™, Classic Controller Pro™ and Wii Balance Board™.

Media: A single self-loading media bay will play 12-centimeter proprietary high-density optical discs for the new console, as well as 12-centimeter Wii optical discs.

Video Output: Supports 1080p, 1080i, 720p, 480p and 480i. Compatible cables include HDMI, component, S-video and composite.

Audio Output: Uses AV Multi Out connector. Six-channel PCM linear output through HDMI.

Storage: The console will have internal flash memory, as well as the option to expand its memory using either an SD memory card or an external USB hard disk drive.

CPU: IBM Power®-based multi-core microprocessor.

GPU: AMD Radeon™-based High Definition GPU.

Other: Four USB 2.0 connector slots are included. The new console is backward compatible with Wii games and Wii accessories.

More info and videos: http://e3.nintendo.com/hw/#/introduction

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Shivaree - Goodnight Moon

There's a nail in the door
And there's glass on the lawn
Tacks on the floor
And the TV is on
And I always sleep with my guns when you're gone

There's a blade by the bed
And a phone in my hand
A dog on the floor
And some cash on the nightstand
When I'm all alone the dreaming stops
And I just can't stand

What should I do I'm just a little baby
What if the lights go out
And maybe and then the wind just starts to moan
Outside the door he followed me home

So goodnight moon
I want the sun
If it's not here soon
I might be done
No it won't be too soon 'til I say goodnight moon

There's a shark in the pool
And a witch in the tree
A crazy old neighbor and he's been watching me
And there's footsteps loud and strong coming down the hall
Something's under the bed
Now it's out in the hedge
There's a big black crow sitting on my window ledge
And I hear something scratching through the wall

What should I do I'm just a little baby
What if the lights go out
And maybe I just hate to be all alone
Outside the door he followed me home
So goodnight moon
I want the sun
If it's not here soon
I might be done
No it won't be too soon 'til I say goodnight moon

A bit old but always very very nice :) enjoy it in loop ^^

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Diablo III

I just put this here for mad people who haven't seen it yet :P
Still waiting for this masterpiece to be out. We don't have a release date, maybe 2011 ... maybe not ç_ç
After that nothing will matter, only this. Social Life bye bye :)

The game takes place in Sanctuary, the dark fantasy world of the Diablo series. This world was saved twenty years prior by a handful of unnamed heroes in Diablo II. Warriors that survived the onslaught of the armies of the Burning Hells have gone mad from their ordeals and it is up to a new generation of heroes to face the forces of evil threatening the world of Sanctuary.

Official Site: http://us.blizzard.com/diablo3/

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Transformers - Dark of the Moon

Saying EPIC is enough? :)
No more Megan Fox :(

When the war on Cybertron between the Autobots and Decepticons appears lost to the Autobots, their leader, Sentinel Prime, attempts to launch the Ark from their planet, containing technology that could have saved his kind. Attacked by Starscream, it crashes on Earth's moon in 1961. President John F. Kennedy makes his famous promise to the nation to put a man on the moon. The 1969 NASA moon landing is actually an investigation of the wrecked spacecraft.

As Sam Witwicky goes into adulthood and tries to move on from Mikaela, the Autobots are busy as they learn of a Cybertronian spacecraft on the Moon and must race against the Decepticons to find it and learn its secrets, which could turn the tide in the Transformers' final battle.

Release Date: June 29, 2011
Official Site: http://www.transformersmovie.com/

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Posted in: Movies

Shark fishing in Japan

Sharks are fished on an industrial scale at the port of Kesennuma, 250 miles north of Tokyo, which accounts for 90% of Japan's shark-fin trade.

This is very bad, usually the most important part are finn, the rest is scrap :(
The conservation of these animal must be taken in count to avoid the risk to lose most of shark species.

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Posted in: Natural Science

2 New Skins Available - Executioner Mundo & Commando Lux

Summoners!

A new week has come here in Runeterra, and with it another two brand new skins. If you’re a fan of our functional yet fashionable line of military gear, you’ll be happy to know that Lux has finally taken some fashion advice from her Demacian comrades, and will now be sporting her own take on the commando look. Whether you’re a commando collector or just a laser beam enthusiast, Commando Lux is sure to dazzle you.

On the other hand, if you’re someone who prefers to tread on the darker side of things, we’ve got a very special Mundo skin coming your way. Executioner Mundo is here, straight from the chopping block and into the League of Legends store. If headsman axes are more your speed than meat cleavers, the Executioner Mundo will make a lovely addition to your arsenal.

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Posted in: League of Legends,Videogames

A New Champion Approaches: Yorick, the Gravedigger

Lore:

The work of gravediggers is essential amongst the living, but invaluable in the Shadow Isles. There are many shades of death there, and each is embraced rather than feared or reviled. One can only ascend from one state to the next with the magical aid of a skilled professional. At the end of the first Rune War, Yorick Mori made his living as a gravedigger. His family owned and maintained the Final Rest Memorial, one of the oldest cemeteries in Valoran. The shovel he employed for his work had been passed down for generations. Each gravedigger taught his son that this shovel was imbued with the spirit of every forefather, and that those spirits would protect him during the long lonely nights amongst the tombstones. To his eternal regret, Yorick died without an heir, bringing the proud Mori line to a close. His body was interred with his shovel in the family mausoleum, and the Final Rest Memorial soon fell to ruin. Death, however, was not the end Yorick had expected.

Yorick emerged on the haunted shores of the Shadow Isles – not quite dead, definitely not alive – still clutching his beloved shovel. He soon learned that with it he could act as a ferryman for the Isles’ undead denizens, helping them climb death’s many-tiered ladder. This proved a curse, as a gravedigger must “bury his quota” before he too can ascend, or so the legend goes. No one knows what “his quota” is. Yorick dug tirelessly, waiting in vain for the day when he would be freed of his burden. As decades turned to centuries, the shame of his failures came to a head. He returned to Valoran to find his corpse, convinced that salvation might be buried with it. When he arrived, no trace remained of either the mausoleum or the memorial. Hope nearly lost, he discovered the League of Legends, and there saw an opportunity to immortalize the family name he allowed to be forgotten ages ago.

“Die first, then we’ll talk.” -Yorick

Abilities:

Omen of War: Yorick’s next attack will deal bonus physical damage and summon a Spectral Ghoul that deals additional damage and moves faster than Yorick’s other ghouls. While the Spectral Ghoul is alive, Yorick moves faster as well.

Omen of Pestilence: Yorick summons a Decaying Ghoul that arrives with a violent explosion, dealing damage and slowing nearby enemies. While the Decaying Ghoul remains alive, nearby enemies continue to be slowed.

Omen of Famine: Yorick steals life from his target and summons a Ravenous Ghoul that heals Yorick for the damage it deals.

Omen of Death (Ultimate): Yorick conjures a revenant in the image of one of his allies. If his ally dies while its revenant is alive, the revenant sacrifices itself to reanimate them and give them time to enact vengeance.

Unholy Covenant (Passive): Yorick’s attacks deal more damage for each summon that is active. Meanwhile, Yorick’s ghouls deal some percent of Yorick’s Attack Damage and have some percent of his total health.

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X-Men: First Class

 

I saw it last Monday at the cinema. Not bad. I recommend this movie to the x-men series fans.
Kevin Bacon acted well. I liked the links to the original series.
The only thing i disliked is Beast (Nicholas Hoult), that had a very bad design. Instead the one in X-Men 3 was really nice interpreted by Kelsey Grammer.

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The Rise of the Planet of the Apes

I'm really looking forward to see this out :P

Will Rodman (James Franco) is working on a cure for Alzheimer's by performing tests on apes. The first test subject is Caesar; it genetically modifies his way of thinking to create a new breed of ape with human-like intelligence. Caesar learns well, but human authority continues to test him and contain him. He eventually proves smart enough to break free from his cage and release the cure among other apes. Millions of apes begin to rally up a revolution. War breaks out between humans and apes. Rodman may be the only one able to stop them before the ape revolution succeeds.

Release date: August 5, 2011
Official Site: http://www.riseoftheplanetoftheapes.com/caesar.html

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Audio Bullys - Only Man

Just watch and listen to it. The idea to make the video using shoes is epic, and the song is nice as well.

The text is short:

I wanna be your only man
Don't wanna see you with no other man
Now, just me! Only me... ooh
I wanna be your only man

Don't wanna see you with no other man
Now, just me! Only me

I see a sunbeam comin down
I know it's you by your footsteps on the ground
(Repeat)

I wanna be your only man
Don't wanna see you with no other man
Now, just me! Only me

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Placoderms are Fuckin Epic

Only wanted to share this epicness.

I really think that if placoderm fishes survived until now, well, it would have been fucking epic :P

Take a look at Dunkleosteus. Epic, isn't it?

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Posted in: Natural Science

Order Crocodylia

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: Crocodylomorpha
Order: Crocodylia

What i'm studying today for the exam of Vertebrate Zoology.

Family Alligatoridae

Family Crocodylidae

Family Gavialidae

Next step is the Superorder Lepidosauria. Stay tuned for update ;)

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Yorick, The Gravedigger - Mechanics Preview

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Greeting Summoners!

We wanted to give a sneak-peak into Yorick’s gameplay in a quick mini-update.

Yorick isn’t some frail, weak Necromancer that just commands minions though – he’s a burly fighter who can dish out punishment on his own. This was done primarily to make his play more consistent (as frail summoners typically have really binary PvP gameplay on if their minions are up or not). Yorick can get into a fight and go toe-to-toe with enemies while commanding an ever-changing army of undead Ghouls.

Omen of Death is his trademark ultimate that brings players back from the dead to exact Vengeance. Yorick can use this Omen on an ally, which creates a revenant of that champion. If that champion is killed while the revenant exists, then the target gains temporary undeath, coming back from the dead at full life which drains on its own rapidly. After the risen ally runs out of health again, they collapse once more.

We really hope you enjoy our new master of undeath in the upcoming patch!

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so we will see a tank zilean?

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