With the ever changing combat of the Fold, it's hard to stay on top of what the current hero metas are because as soon as one thing is running smoothly, someone discovers a counter. However, one thing that doesn't change is the need for communication. At lower tiers it's possible to ignore allies and still win. At higher tiers it's nay impossible. You can have the best team … [Read more...]
Choosing Wisely: Team Comps and Role Clarification
You’re at the selection screen. You soft-pick Ringo, your mates do the same with Adagio and Ardan. You think to yourself this is a good team comp; you can slow them with Achilles Shot, Ardan can drop his Gauntlet forcing the enemy team into Adagio’s Verse of Judgement. Twenty-five minutes later and you’re staring at a Defeat screen. Your opponents weren’t exceptional, both … [Read more...]
Vainglory on Android – Beta Signups
As the the Vainglory community was excitedly preparing for a weekend of PAX East announcements and the anticipation of seeing new characters, skins, spectator modes...the list goes on and on - SEMC blindsided everyone by announcing the evening before the show started, that Vainglory would be making it's way to Android devices by way of a closed beta test. Signup for the … [Read more...]
Spectator Mode Wish List from a Future Shoutcaster
MOBAs are new and fascinating to me. Having recently picked up VainGlory, I dove right in, quickly climbing the ranks where I plateaued at The Hotness. That isn’t to say I won’t be able to still move up, but for now I’m okay with where I’m at. I’ve always been better at talking about games than playing them anyway. … [Read more...]
Meta: Why Invade Early Game?
Last week in our first meta article we discussed the current trend towards full-team jungle invades in the first 90 seconds. Today we're going to talk about that in more detail. There's a current trend towards full-team jungle invasion that's running rampant in the Halcyon Fold, but is it the best possible early game strategy? Let's look at the benefits. A skirmish early … [Read more...]