I seriously meant "Tell people to upgrade their trinket"...

chipndip1··144 votes·4,987 views

I posted a thread where I said something along the lines of "Riot's tips should remind people to upgrade their trinket" and it got deleted cause it was apparently better in the memes section...I guess. The thing is...I really meant that.

Vision is the number one important factor in the game that people carelessly overlook like it's not gonna bight them in the ass later. Supports can't cover the whole map with only 3 wards max. That's literally enough for Baron, Dragon, and one spot in one of four possible jungle locations (top/bot, red/blue). Even if only mid and top got upgraded stealth wards, this boosts 3 to 9, which covers much more ground and gives your team much more control over the jungle and objectives. Adc gets a Farsight Orb (if you're Ashe you get another upgraded stealth ward), and jungler gets an extra sweeper, and you got one long-ranged ward (2 if you have Ashe), 9 stealth wards (12 if you have Ashe), and two sweepers with durations long enough to take out 2 wards each.

So when I made a low-effort post of "tell people to upgrade their trinket", I literally meant "It'd be a good idea to tell people to upgrade their trinkets in a tip while the game loads", which is at least apart of the "game play" part of "game play and balance". If you have space to tell us that Nautilus swims in the air out of nowhere, or that you can put Vi's shades on, or some giant spider does The Carlton, or J4's name is something-something Lightshield The Fourth, you can tell/remind players about something that's actually vital to becoming better at the game.

50 Comments

TurquoiseYoshi42 votes

That, or put them in the recommended build section.

FistOfSharkiesha2 votes

Yeah I don't see why not. It should be your around your 3rd back where you're level 9 so I would put it right after boots for recommended items.

General Murica2 votes

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Yeah I don't see why not. It should be your around your** 3rd back where you're level 9** so I would put it right after boots for recommended items.

Thats quite optimistic

maikokk12 votes

recommended builds for most champs are so bad that level 15s are smart enough not to listen to it.

Xilixer1 votes

actually recommended build is probably only really right for malzahar. other than him I haven't seen any builds not using the recommended items.

maikokk7 votes

i cant even read the intent of this comment! plz reread yourself and edit :P

Aheadatime4 votes

I don't know why you got downvoted. I agree with your post. Xilixer basically said

"Malzahar has the only correct recommended build.

I've never seen anybody ignore the recommended build besides Malzahar."

Like what the hell? I think he meant to say "I've never seen anybody use a recommended build besides Malzahar"

Xilixer1 votes

yeah that's what I meant. sorry I sorta scrambled it.

I urgot about it1 votes

Idk ahri's is fairly accurate with morell in there and echo

A Miss Fortune16 votes

Oh wait what? I thought item 3711 was the best on Elise!

idoki17 votes

Actually Ohmwrecker is what really makes or breaks Elise's balance.

Davy Crockett1 votes

Until it gets build in competitive as second item

Troll for Trump7 votes

item 3085 on Lissandra seems like a good idea.

kappa.

I urgot about it1 votes

The ice will give them chills with that attack speed :)

KrizalidKof992 votes

item 3060 on katarina is the best thing ever. and i'm serious.

HighH12 votes

Why use Devour Yi when I can use Warrior Yi.Thanks recommended items that really helped me.20 minutes later DEFEAT

Dealth1 votes

Warrior Yi into infinity edge and phantom dancer is actually a very strong build

HighH12 votes

Any enchantment on Yi into IE and Phantom is good just saying Devour Yi is much better if you're not super behind and have control of your jungle

maikokk1 votes

a better build is skipping enchantment.

gg git diff2 votes

I saw a 1st time Elise buy that because it’s recommended and sell it with 2 minutes.

A Miss Fortune1 votes

It's okay, I remember playing with apparently an Elise "main" who rushed item 3721 anditem 3001 and then I realized she also had an Attack Speed rune page, when I asked her why, she said "because Elise is bad at clearing".

junglerboy161 votes

Apparently it's the best on 80% of junglers...

TurquoiseYoshi1 votes

It depends. Most jungle champions have terrible recommended builds, but normally on laners it gives you a normal core build and then gives you a lot of options for a continuation on that build. I personally keep it there, partly because my build ideas are terrible, and partly because I agree with most of the build options. If I don't, I can just find items in the shop.

Searingspear1 votes

I still operate off the recommended builds menu just out of habit. Not necessarily buying the items but ya know, clicking bloodthirster, to click the longsword, to click last whisper.

B2B The Coach2 votes

I did my item pages based on roles :D IT's a lot more confortable!

Uiru21 votes

"Upgrade your God damn trinkets you God damn morons" is a better tip than every tip currently in the game (with the possible exception of killing the nexus if you need 50g).

Catastrop1 votes

Yeah but if I try to say that I get reported for flaming.

T RexHasTinyArms1 votes

I know right?! It's like when I have to afk bc someone with a higher pick took the role I wanted. There is clearly no reason this behavior is an issue, even riot agrees bc they made team builder so obviously you should afk if you don't get your role. *wink

Kingopants1 votes

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"Upgrade your God damn trinkets you God damn morons" is a better tip than every tip currently in the game (with the possible exception of killing the nexus if you need 50g).

A better tip would be use your goddamit trinket you goddamn morons. I have had a lot of games where Literally I am the only one using the dang thing. I don't care (too much) that you're not gonna buy a pink or get sightstone for support but If you're not gonna use a sweeper at least place the one ward you have.

Ace Access 16 votes

just spend 250 gold on a damn item 3361 and you get free wards for the rest of the game

when 5 players get item 3361 you will be able to ward the entire map especially if your support gets a item 2045 this is the closest thing to having NO fog-of-war

I urgot about it1 votes

My favorite trinket on ahri by far, I rarely use the red sweeper because my support never wards in ranked so I'm kind of stuck with the job

brad7 votes

the moderation here is fucking stupid and im honestly suprised that this thread didnt get deleted too

usually if you make a thread about how another thread got deleted it gets deleted as well

inb4 this comment gets deleted for saying a meanie to the mods

BastionKross5 votes

Perhaps the trinket could flash or light up when it's ready to be upgraded? Something to catch your eye and remind you that you qualify for an upgrade.

DrNova4 votes

Bite*

Wolfeur3 votes

I remember a game where there was an Akali when I was playing Braum . I upgraded item 3364 and less than a minute later, she shrouded herself with three concussive blow stacks on her. She didn't escape...

Davy Crockett1 votes

Its funny to do that with Akali mains XD

redniwediS2 votes

Low effort posts are slowly being eradicated from G&B. It doesn't really matter if your intent was good, or if the reason it was deleted was incorrect, a low effort post should receive low effort, "close enough" moderation.

chipndip120 votes

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Low effort posts are slowly being eradicated from G&B. It doesn't really matter if your intent was good, or if the reason it was deleted was incorrect, a low effort post should receive low effort, "close enough" moderation.

Fair enough, but this is me putting the initial idea back on G&B.

If Riot can listen to players that say "Yi's dance should scale with movement speed" (I remember a thread inspired the buff from a bit ago), then I would hope a thread with a functional purpose would influence the game for the "slightly" better.

500 Minions2 votes

I always upgrade my tinket before level 11. Except if I'm fed af then I just kill whoever I see. If I'm behind, I will upgrade at level 9, because I'm useless anyway.

Rose Horror2 votes

Please Rito, a level 9 reminder that says "Hey, did you know its time to upgrade your trinket" would be great.

as a Sona and Soraka main this is needed <3

ihaveapotion1 votes

i always forget the trinkets ;l srry im a S1/2/3 player heh..

TireIronTickles1 votes

As a support main: THIS! THIS ALL THE TIME FOREVER!!

BioticBrony1 votes

I really want that to happen since occasionally when I play support people yell at me for not having enough vision in the jungle and I am just like "How bout you ward as well"

ThatToxicTroll1 votes

stop with the memes OP Trundle

Zavern1 votes

After every match I go into the match report on the league site and look at how many wards everyone placed. A few matches ago, the enemy gangplank only put down one, my mid 2, top 4, and my adc 7. It was a 35 minute match.

I urgot about it1 votes

Haha well in my 32 minute match I did 42 ;)

I urgot about it1 votes

My friends call me the ward goddess because they were in the game where I warded 72 in 45 minutes :D

the Anarchit3cht1 votes

Which highlights a way more important problem with the boards: the moderation is utterly crappy. They delete threads that are in a proper location, and give no explanation as to their actions other than a generic "It was in the wrong spot." They delete it, as opposed to say, simply moving it(which don't say is difficult, it's not) it to the proper section. A thread should only be deleted if it violates one of the guidelines for the board as a whole(hate, porn, spam etc) not if it is simply in the wrong(according the mod) place.

Malix Farwin1 votes

If it told people that, it would actually give useful information. Mind blowing i know...

Captain Aishi1 votes

that tip would probably be better than the one I got at the start of my last soloQ game "Did you know:" and that was it... nothing :/

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