No changes to Runes and Masteries in the Pre-Season! - Meddler

My favorite part of that build is how much gold you have left over.

I also liked how he had the damn charm all game long.  I mean, if you are going to do a dead end mana item, at least get a Ring (which wouldn't be absolutely terrible on Ezreal).

I would assume it was going to be manamune eventually but he was dying too fast to make it worthwhile to finish.

Looks like the LoL server migration is taking place early this morning (wed morn).  They didn't announce that is what they are doing, but I'm pretty sure.  Downtime is somewhat extensive (12 hours... prob a little more).  If I understand things correctly, PBE is already in this new data center and I get about 10 lower ping on a regular basis. 

I'm scaling back my streaming a bit.  Will always stream ranked and will stream if I think its interesting.  Won't be daily streaming going forward though - at least until the season starts up. 

also end of game gifting faq - https://support.riotgames.com/hc/en-us/articles/202863314

Kalista champ spotlight

well.. the urf code reveals a kalista login screen - still down

going to stream some on pbe methinks

10-15 min wait real - on now

also kalista is live... deese guise...

Jungle is brutal on champs that aren't kitted for it now.

1st.. You can throw Fiddlesticks in the middle of channeling his ult as Kalista

oh my... pink ward + ult. 

Also, I think I already know the answer to this question, but I'll ask.  So peter has a fairly extreme tunneling problem.  Probably the worst I've seen of anyone I know that plays League.  For example, if his mid lane is going awful he will spend a very large amount of time apologizing over and over and COMPLETELY lose any awareness of anything else that is happening in the game.

An example from last night - Pete's mid lane gets pushed and he's up against a hyper aggressive akali (but with fairly low kill potential), so I camp mid to setup for a gank.  We know akali is aggressive and it pete moves into a risky position, she will take the bait and dbl buff pacov will hop on her as xin with my flash up (eg she's dead).  Well, peter decided that instead of securing that kill against a highly predictable opponent, he would rather I just help him reset his lane so he can farm (he started tunneling on farming).  A few minutes later, our team takes dragon - pete's standing at mid with his ult up farming creeps having about 35 seconds to rotate to drag - he's still tunneled on creep farm.  The game continues like this where he just tunnels on w/e he gets interested in, but he's generally not interested in team fighting and we eventually lose a game even after 4 of us took out an inhib, both inner turrets at the base around 18 minutes in. 

Anyway, I try to talk to pete about this, but he gets offended, but seems completely incapable of understanding that his tunneling is kind of a major problem for him and his team.  He says he wants to get better, but I don't see how he can is its super easy for him to get thrown out of balance and tunnel.  Any thoughts on how to help pete with tunneling or is something that simply can't be helped (and therefore a liability any time he's needed). 

Next - big copy paste from reddit on jungle strats with some explanations.

Camp Buffs

Razerbeak’s Smite Buff is OP

• Gives blue side early advantage over bot lane and dragon. Smite the big minion then go looking for wards to clear around dragon mid or bottom. If none are spotted you are in the clear to gank. Be aware of enemy jungler or laners coming to protect wards. Op because of the vision control it gives you around that side of the map.

• Alternatively, Razerbeak gives Red side a late game advantage with Baron control.

• Good camp to counter jungle with Smite. Denies the enemy jungler a chance to clear wards and gives you knowledge of their wards.

• Gives level 2 from level 1.

Grump’s Smite Buff is Good for Farming

• Grump gives you a mini-magic damage thornmail. It allows you to farm the jungle with a little bit more speed. Good start lvl 1 as it gives lvl 2. See Jungle Starts below.

Wolves are kinda dumb

• Not much to say about the wolves. Smiting them gives you a little vision wolf that can spot jungle invades. Guess it would be good to smite if you’re just farming or scared of invades.

• Good to smite if your bot or top towers go down early.

Golems are also dumb

• Smiting Golems give you a Skarner-esc passive where you stun and do a bit extra damage to minions and jungle monsters.
• Not worth saving smite for these unless you’re just trying to clear as fast as possible.

Jungle Starts Most paths require you to back after second buff depending on if you're Warwick or not.

Grump: Most Efficient. (Best for Red side)

Grump, use Smite right away > Get Grump buff then solo blue > Red Buff use Smite.

Pros:

• Fastest way to level 3 while securing both buffs.
• Very efficient, essentially no Smite down time. -Red side gets the advantage of a strong leash.
• Red side can gank top without fear of a counter gank if Blue jungler also started Grump.

Cons:

• Vulnerable to invades if enemy Jungler also started Grump > Blue> Your Red. Ask a laner to ward the entrance to your jungler around 1:55.
• Potential to get Blue stolen by Smite or other abilities.
• Blue side can gank bottom without fear of a counter gank if Red jungler also started Grump.

EDITED Thanks too NaughtyGaymers suggestion(Best for Blue side)

Doubles use Smite > Red > Small camp either Razerbeaks or wolves > Blue Buff use smite.

Pros:

• Fast and safe way to secure both Buffs.
• Red side has the opportunity to counter jungle and gank a Blue side Grump start.

Cons:

• No early buffs from other jungle camps.

Red: Smiteless (Best for Blue side) NOT TESTED

Red, save smite > Blue use smite > Wherever you’re little heart desires.

Pros:

• Secures both buffs right away

Cons:

Not level 3?

May take a lot of damage

Invades

As always invades are risky, but I'm not sure yet just how much the risk they are worth it. Because of the strength of the new jungle camps, it opens up some opportunity for counter jungling like we saw in seasons past. Some of the main counter jungling routes are still plausible, and maybe even stronger now. Such as:

• Red > Enemy Red.
• Gump > Blue > Enemy Red

Keep in mind both of these routes depend on what jungler you're playing and what side the enemy jungle starts.

Hope you enjoyed. Let me know what you guys think!

EDIT: Blue actually gives lvl 2 now. In pbe in was only lvl 1.

Probably right - just same old crap.  You really notice what he's up to when you are jungling (just can't really wrap my head around things).  I don't like winning games in spite of teammates.  Ah well, guess I'll just get used to it and/or not play w/ as often.  I really like Pete too... just don't get his freaking brain...

Guessing we just disagree re: the call.  The lane thing I did wasn't cool though.  But with everything I had and even with a qss on akali, I really don't see her getting away or getting a kill.  QSS is nice to escape from malz.  Dmg items are nice for killing people... unless you are saying she had some crazy damage item that I didn't see....  I'm really not sure how you can kill pete let alone get away from xin with flash/ult + dbl buff.  The key I was trying to communicate is that she will, without a doubt, overextend and that he will,without a doubt, survive her doing that due to my gank.  The one thing that was needed was for pete to move just close enough to her so she could ult to him.  Anyway, sounds like one of those no you are wrong no you are wrong exciting discussions we have from time to time.