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AD and AP play a really interesting role in League of Legends. AD corresponds heavily to physical damage and AP corresponds with magic damage; however, this rule is not hard-and-fast ( Corki deals a lot of magic damage scaling off AD, for example, and Ezreal's Mystic Shot deals physical damage scaling with 40% AP). Also, while physical damage usually comes from physical sources-- hacking blades, crushing blows, etc.-- sometimes these sources deal magic damage ( Malphite is a rock-man who punches people with his fists, and deals mostly magic... Read More

Stormraider's Surge is the assassin mastery, for people with enormous burst like Zed and Akali. Warlord's Bloodlust is for fighters like Irelia, Olaf and even Riven who like surviving on the brink of death and outplaying their opponents 1v3. Fervor of Battle is for ADC's who auto-attack quickly and can make maximum use of the stacks and on-hit damage. Deathfire Touch is versatile, but primarily built on DPS casters like Cassiopeia and poke casters like Varus and Xerath.

Thunderlord's Decree is the mastery every champion takes instead of... Read More

Kog'Maw is certainly one of my favorite champions. I 'mained' him back when he was OP (Patch 6.13, I think?) but I still love pulling him out now and then: that delicious machine-gun attack speed, that item synergy with on-hits really not present on many other champions. And, of course, his late-game damage is absolutely insane: Level 18 Kog'maw with 6 items has without a doubt the highest DPS in the game, able to 100-0 3 champions simultaneously in seconds with his Bio-Arcane Barrage and Runaan's Hurricane; of course, he abuses the stacking mechanics on Fervor of Battle ,... Read More