It's fucking incredible that LB can fly all over the screen and burst but Veigar can't have a stun

and that's the sad part. The single target burst mage cannot 1v1. You'd think that'd be one of his strengths!

Only, he can. You wouldn't take a vei in say a Zed match, but take vei against someone like karth, leblanc, heimer.. vei has an advantage. He's a good apc counter with his ult, and fair range. At the same time, his stun nerf (delayed 1sec I believe) was a hard hit to his kit. It allowed him to safely move in and out since his spell range is not the greatest, some which are delayed. I mean, playing against the new Veigar is hilarious to me. You see his cage's outline and know then and there to get out or stay away from the borders. You have time to react. Before this nerf, there was actual risk engaging veigar. Now there's a lot less risk when engaging him, and he's a lot easier to kill. At the same time his burst allows for one burst kills against full APC champions making it risky to go with a full AP build against vei. And even with a defensive build, vei can be scary. Did they get Banshees? Use q then ult to negate the spell block. GA? Once they're dead, time your gate with their revival (though this second time may require a team effort if your ult is down). Veigar isn't in the trash quite yet, but it's pretty ridiculous I agree that his gate was nerfed.

the thing is, ppl are too focused on matchups. The game isn't just the laning phase. If you have a poor matchup, just acknowledge the loss and make plans accordingly.

For example, I had a lvl 28 friend playing maokai top against a lvl 30 kalista. He was doomed from the start. But because he listened to my advice, he turned a guaranteed loss lane into a victory for the team. I told him he will lose his lane. I told him to simply accept that fact and focus on damage control. Focus on farming as much as he could safely acquire and build armor. He lost his tower early (between 8 and 15 min) but once he got a warden's mail and a catalyst, he could actually 1v1 the kalista.

Damage control is an important skill that not a lot of players bother to learn properly. I've seen far too many ppl focus on winning lane to the detriment of the team. Being 20-40 cs below your lane opponent at 20 mins does not mean you insta lose the game. But being 0/5 with 40 less cs is a death sentence to your team.

But with the recent surge of mobility focus riot's been giving us; everyone is focused on "out playing" their lane opponent and trying to "win" lane instead of focusing on farm and securing objectives.

I can't tell you how painful it is for me to be mid lane happily out farming my lane opponent by 12 cs only to hear "an ally has been slain" coming from the bot lane every 1-2 mins or so. Early aggression is fine in moderation, but ppl are just so aggro nowadays that it gets really tiring.

words have 2 forms of meanings to them. They have their default definition, and they have their developed connotation.

While tactic and strategy are extremely similar regarding definition, they have completely different connotations.

Strategy is generally associated with planning and thinking. Being prepared for every eventuality, always trying to out smart your opponent.

Tactics is generally associated with doing things and acting out plans. And is often related to reacting to the opponent and adapting to situations that were unable to be pre-planned.

If you want a good example between the two contrasting ideas, go watch Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion. Lelouch embodies strategy, while his friend Suzaku embodies real time tactics.

Acting superior when being so wrong on your assessment only makes you seem like more a fool.

Strategy is a long term vision, playing for position, space and conditions.

Tactics is the ability to execute short term sequences that turn the outcome of an individual battle.

The two work hand in hand, but are different. Strategy is about the war and tactics are about the battle. Perhaps the best example would be the differences between Chess and Go. Both games are heavily influenced by strategy and tactics, but both have vastly different ratios. Chess--while having a great deal of strategy---is actually much more about tactics. Go, by contrast is much more about long term strategy, but does have tactics when it concerns shapes and life.

English is not nearly so difficult as behaving like an adult.

Right? Silly Leona, why does she use it as her ult when she could use it as her W and have it deal more damage?