Spirit Blossom 2020 centers around the Ionian Spirit Blossom skins which are canon in League of Legends’ lore. After a brief tease during this year’s Anime Expo Lite stream, the skins were slowly revealed and culminated with a teaser video last week previewing Spirit Blossom’s themes. While veteran players should be familiar with the reward structure, there are several different elements compared to past eve
Force of Nature was an essential item for tanks, due to the amount of self-sustaining healing it gives. This item regenerates 1.5% of your max HP every second, which provides an insane regeneration on top of an additional 200% base regen it also gives. Building Force of Nature with items like Warmog’s Armor and Spirit Visage makes tanks nearly unkillable without anti-healing items. Later, Force of Nature’s passive transfers to Warmog’s Armor , and then removed. These items brought about the first tank meta in League of Legen
When you begin the game, the Relic Shield and Health Potion will suffice for the first couple minutes of the laning phase, but for your early moba Game Dlc items you want to get Boots of Speed and a Kindlegem. For your upgraded set of boots, it is common to go with Boots of Mobility if you want to be aggressive in lane and get early kills, but Leona may benefit more from the resistances given by Mercury Treads. During the early game it would also be wise to invest in either a Chain Vest or Stopwatch as both will help Leona tank up and build into a Gargoyle Stoneplate. Stopwatch’s unique active, Stasis, can be used when in the middle of a fight to dodge incoming attacks by making her unable to attack or be attacked for 2.5 seconds, but it can only be used o
While the complexity of Spirit Blossom 2020 may be initially confusing, Spirit Bonds are just slightly renamed missions with a similar progression system. And there seems to be more to this Ionian festival and summer event than described so far, as several Spirit Blossom skins are releasing at a later date along with Yone, the presumed masked man from the teas
The most prominent is Doran’s Shield, a defensive starter item that’s been an outstanding part of early builds lately, even on certain ADC champions in the bottom lane. With some extra regeneration through abilities like Garen’s passive, it can make for an invincible champion at an unusually early point in the g
Perhaps the most realistic interpretation of the top lane goes to this comic by The Game Room. The artist does spectacular work showcasing the hecticness of the other lanes as they engage in the fantastical battles of the trailers, putting players in dire situations to dig themselves out
There is a lot to take apart from this meme, as it showcases a lot of the confusing mechanics of the top lane. The first is Mordekaiser, who’s hit a new height of popularity thanks to a full rework of his abilities. For those that haven’t played the game lately, his new ultimate will suck an opponent into a void for a one-on-one duel, making for an intimidating unique challe
However, as this meme from Reddit showcases using an edited comic from Owlturd , failure can make it much easier to just leave the lane to those who know it. You should never let one failure determine your entire future, but sometimes it’s more relaxing to just go back to your usual r
The next League of Legends event is finally arriving after Pulsefire 2020 previously ended over a month ago. From July 22nd to August 24th, Spirit Blossom 2020 is a summer celebration that brings back missions, prizes, and the Nexus Blitz game mode for participating play
Leona’s first active ability, Shield of Daybreak, has Leona use her shield to perform her next auto-attack. This next attack deals bonus magic damage to an enemy and stuns them for 1 second. This ability works best when it can be followed up with more crowd control from Leona’s teammates. Essentially, Leona’s Shield of Daybreak is meant to be the first ability used on an enemy that gives her teammates time and opportunity to land their abilities on the target as w
Adding to the problem of more aggressive top lane champions, the decision on what aggressive item is best is becoming less and less of a question. This meme proves just how powerful some weapons are regardless of the user, as the Blade of the Ruined King can be weirdly effective for nearly any aggressive physical champ
Leona’s second active, Eclipse, casts a solar eclipse around Leona that protects her for 3 seconds. Eclipse provides a flat damage reduction while also providing bonus armor and magic resistance. If enemies are within the AOE radius of Eclipse when it runs out, magic damage based on Leona’s level is dealt to them and Leona receives damage reduction and bonus resistances for another 3 seconds. This ability is best used after flashing into the middle of a fight or after using Zenith Blade to jump onto an enemy. Leona’ will want to be as close to the enemy champs as she can when activating the ability because it is ideal to deal the magic damage from the detonation and also prolong her protection. However, 3 seconds is more than enough time for an opponent to flash away to safety so make sure you’re right in the thick of the battle when you activate this abil