xPetu
@xPetu
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🇫🇮 MSc Mathematics, Challenger Shen 📈 LoL Data & Tools: https://t.co/mgPnifObAk 📩 Business: [email protected] 🤝 Sponsorships: [email protected]
Joined May 2015
I just spent nine months writing a master's thesis on how win probability estimation models—deep neural networks in particular—can be used to optimize strategies in League of Legends (and other games). I was originally not going to publish my thesis as xPetu to preserve my
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It’s 2013 and you just ran home from school to play League of Legends. Life is good.
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If you have a bad day remember you can play W-max full support items Tryndamere in ARAM and make enemies have negative AD while you chill with 40k healing end of game. Trynda ARAM Buffs for reference:.Damage Dealt +10%.Damage Received -10%.Healing +20%
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> fake quit league for 100 days.> go practice on Antartica 314159LP superserver under the guidance of 6pek (rank 1 s*ilver).> come back to euw.> ???.> 🥶🥶🥶
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Arcane community:."Jinx and Vi are so cute together". League of Legends community:
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come on bro at least give some credit 💀💀
pov: It’s 2013 and you just ran home from school to play League of Legends. Life is good.
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MagiFelix can be 20% HP on a 9/0 Syndra with 25 Mejai's stacks and still flash in front of a Caitlyn Ultimate for his Shen. This is not a human. He is a god.
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How do you decide what to build?. Is it years of game knowledge?.Mathematical optimization?.Korean meta scouting?. Me:
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I wrote my Master's thesis on League of Legends. After my thesis presentation, I spent 5 minutes debating with my professor on Deadman's Plate vs Heartsteel as Shen's first item. Just realized today for a second to think about how absurd that is. Obviously you go Deadman's.
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Mejai's Soulstealer is now officially a recommended item on Shen. Thank you Riot Games.
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> wake up at 3 am in cold sweat.> remember dreaming of tank ashe.> try to go back to sleep (unsuccessfully).> give up and load up league at 6 am.> lock in Ashe with Grasp.> .
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> picks Shen mid every game.> climbs 500LP with 90% WR in 4 days.>.> refuses to elaborate further
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This tweet won’t be popular, but I think it’s relevant to the LoL/gaming community:. I think most men would benefit greatly from close friendships with women and nonbinary people. Before I started university, nearly all my close friends were boys (high school, military, sports,.
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xPetu: *starts playing Talon instead of Shen*. Riot: CODE RED! RELEASE THE MYTHIC SHEN SKIN!
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I don't know what spaghetti Riot has written this time but in the newest patch tower will randomly switch aggro to ranged minions. I BET IT'S CAUSED BY THE LANE SWAP CHANGES
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buying Malignance or Luden’s on Ahri = griefing. Blackfire Torch and Seraph’s Embrace are 100x better mana items for her. also Iceborn Gauntlet might be secret tech on Ahri in the right situations. (purely based on data from 15.1-15.3)
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Btw shield bash changes are so OP for Shen. Shield bash does more damage than grasp now. Credit to Shending Help for screenshot
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Reaching Platinum in Season 4 on my Grandma's laptop (30 fps gamer moment) [SQUEAKER WARNING]
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> chilling in G2 LEC finals after-party.> (thanks dumbs for invite).> two guys join our crowd.> guy 1: "wait this guy is the best shen euw".> me: 😊 "you're too kind".> guy 2: "omg, always wanted to meet shending help".>
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✅ D1 to Challenger in 3 Weeks.✅ First Ever Shen Mid in Challenger.✅ 3rd Highest Winrate in EUW Challenger.✅ End-of-Season Fiestas and LP Gains.✅ Will Continue to Push Shen’s Limits
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Global Shen Boycott (Day 1/X). Shen mains all over the world are Standing United and refusing to play the champion in its current state. Lots of people completely missing my point and arguing with ">50% winrate champ why complain". High WR =/= Fun to play. Riot, do you hear us?
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I don't usually respond to obvious hate comments since I prefer to focus my energy towards positivity, but I'll make an exception here. CONTEXT: Arktheos aka Aribo recently embarked on a quest to stop the EVIL "statbros" (:D), leaving numerous not-so-nice comments on my tweets.
So I watched this whole xPetu video and it was suggested that upon reaching the lategame you should sell Guinsoo for GA, or some other items, because it's weak late, even on Kog'Maw?. We are entering an era of statbros causing the devolution of LoL. crazy =)). (vid had 0 value)
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I will keep repeating this until people get it. MEJAI'S IS GOOD WHEN BEHIND!. The item functions as a comeback mechanism. Looking at games where Mejai's is purchased on a losing team (< 30% Win Probability), the item increases the team's probability of winning by up to 5% on
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Ain't no way he actually photoshopped my logo on top of Hitler's speech I can't man
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The true measure of a person's character is revealed in what they do while in queue.
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Most Aatrox players are still building Eclipse & Shojin (bad). Stridebreaker, Sundered Sky, Iceborn Gauntlet = good. Deadman’s Plate and Guardian Angel are his most undervalued items. (data analysis from 15.1-15.3)
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Best change in 25.04:. Targeted ally pings are back. Karthus R - Ready.Karthus R - Ready. (but you need honor 5)
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Hey GiantX!. Love seeing more tools popping up for LoL analytics. Quick tip though: next time you showcase a build, maybe highlight something original, rather than a build invented and popularized by your competitor—using stats your app doesn't track. Best regards,.Coachless
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Average r/lol redditor has IQ 200 and his Master's thesis proved the Riemann hypothesis ofcourse. Guy solves partial differential equations for breakfast prob. Thanks to everyone who is engaging in discussion politely! You're the real heroes <3
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"Wave clear" was invented by the Shopkeeper Boris to sell more tiamats. It is not real. Do not be fooled. Just pick Shen mid lane and enjoy.
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Wave clear is not real. It is a delusion. Can you touch "wave clear"? No. It is a concept created by mid laners to prevent you from picking Shen mid. Don't be fooled by their propaganda.
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REVITALIZE IS SCAM. Here are Revitalize stats from a 27-min game. Seems OK? I watched the replay and wrote down every heal and shield amount. 719 bonus healing from Fountain (no value).917 bonus shielding out of combat (no value). True numbers: 290 | 876. Overgrowth is better.
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Shen will always be good in SoloQ due to his R (most broken ability in the game). However, I feel like his fun aspects, e.g., early damage and mid-game tankiness, are gone. I have still not recovered from Patch 12.2 Empowered Q nerf. Without Shen, League is not fun for me.💜
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I said Swifties are the best boots on Ornn and @MakkroLoL banned me. They hated him because he told the truth.
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Ending the season at 1005 LP thanks to Shen Mid. Guide coming out soon. Looking forward to pre-season.
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Try not to climb in League challenge (impossible).1) Pick a champion to OTP with <5% P&B rate.2) Play 1 ARAM and watch 1 replay before ranked.3) Take at least 5 minute breaks between games.4) Never play more than 5 games in a day.5) Sleep 8-9 hours every night.
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K’Sante is probably one of the best Deadman’s Plate users in the game, yet the item is built 300x less than Iceborn (worse version of DMP). tag K’Sante players so they fix their build
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I invented a new playstyle for Shen. The build utilizes support items like Redemption for fast power spikes, and thus I call it RedempShen. I will upload an in-depth guide next week. - 50 Games played with a 74% winrate (37W 13L).- Gained ~350 LP in 4 days (Master to Challenger)
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Playing Viego as your secondary champ so if the enemies pick Shen you can still play Shen.
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Shen Boycott Day 10/?. Word of our boycott has spread through various YouTube channels. Riot Phroxzon contacted me and together with the Shen community, I sent him an extensive list of Spirit’s Refuge inconsistencies. Gigachad lead dev saves Shen and League?.Find out soon.
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U GG is committing STATISTICAL WAR CRIMES by changing their Win Rate format to a delta, but still using the naive WR difference to imply that purchasing these boots would increase your WR by 12 %. The mean Win Probability Added here is a whopping 0.01 %pt. (sigh)
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LS is about to reach KR Master with a nasty Shen jungle winstreak today. Been watching his stream and he's actually clearing well (pre-Qing camps)! I still think you should go Ultimate hunter over Relentless but he's definitely cooking here with the Redempshen build.
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It's my 5th anniversary of deciding to never consume alcohol. Before, I used to drink an occasional beer (maybe once a month) at parties or dinners. I went through college entirely without drinking. Best health decision I have ever made. Never felt social pressure to drink after.
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I would like file a motion to expel "orangutan" from the clan of Shen mains.
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People keep asking me about Shen runes post-durability era, so here’s my current go-to page. Grasp of the Undying is still the best and I like going 12 points in Ferocity for Battle Trance. Recovery and Feast for sustain. Veteran’s Scars might be better than Runic though?
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For too long has League itemization been ruled by intuition and "what feels good". It's time to change this. For the first time in League of Legends history, we have useful data about item components. Win rate has always been a bad metric for comparing items, but it is
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Screw it. I'm releasing three of my most OP secret builds in this thread. "Secrets kept our weapons wasted.".-Zed. BUILD (1/3).Revival Olaf ⭐⭐⭐.Rav. Hydra -> Guardian Angel -> Immortal Shieldbow.Important runes: Last Stand - Cosmic Insight. GA mana refund was changed from 30%
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SECRET OP VARUS BUILD. Guinsoo’s Rageblade -> Experimental Hexplate. Guinsoo’s is by far the best 1st item for Varus in most games (WPA 1.3% while Kraken is 0.8%, Yun Tal 0.2%, Botrk 0.0%). Hexplate 2nd because AS is converted into AD&AP since the Varus Passive changes + ULT AH
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6 WINS AWAY FROM CHALLENGER - TODAY IS THE DAY SHEN MID TAKES OVER THE WORLD.
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Scientist estimate that Drututt's hatred towards Shen, if efficiently harnessed, could power the entirety of Poland for a year.
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What if Riot spent 10 minutes per champ talking to high elo OTPs and made the game more fun for everyone. Really liking the fact that I have to play Shen like Soraka rushing Radiant Virtue every game, zero interaction with enemy laner and just win because bot better 👍🏻.
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For some reason people think I'm joking when I say these things but I'll double down. GAMING WHILE WALKING > STANDING > SITTING. Here's my optimized League of Legends setup:.1. Nordic pull-up bar (~100e used) + rubber bands/ball for warm-up, mobility and reaction speed
SEASON 15 League of Legends ELO Potion.(100% GUARANTEED RANK-UP). Out-of-game:.- Actively watch (think about what the player is doing) good players, not just on your champs (I watch PZ Zzang Yasuo, Alois Riven, JJKing Fiora, Xiao Lao Ban Ekko, . ).- Learn every ability
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I WILL BUILD WARMOG'S ARMOR FIRST ITEM EVERY GAME AND YOU CAN'T STOP ME
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Oh and btw your explanation on Deadman's passive is wrong: Akali doesn't "stack it quickly due to dashes", since Momentum is based on time traveled and not distance traveled. But you would know that if your analysts actually played the game in high ELO ;).
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I WAS WRONG ABOUT THE RUNES!. I played a lot of Shen jungle these past days and I now think that LS was right about the runes. Relentless > Ultimate Hunter: My intuition said Ultimate hunter is better, but I was clouded by my solo lane experience, ms in jg is op. (Who knew? :D)
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Dec 6th, 2024 (10 Days Ago). Ekko from the hit series Arcane time hack
Chinese Ashe Build.- People love the Hullbreaker Jinx build so I thought I would share a peculiar build from China which is actually the HIGHEST played Ashe build in CN according to the site Riot said to see CN soloq stats. Shiv > Ghostblade > more lethality
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I’ve been a Zeka fan since Play-Ins. It’s very unfortunate that Faker will lock in Shen Mid to obliterate Zeka’s Akali in Finals Game 5.
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SEASON 15 League of Legends ELO Potion.(100% GUARANTEED RANK-UP). Out-of-game:.- Actively watch (think about what the player is doing) good players, not just on your champs (I watch PZ Zzang Yasuo, Alois Riven, JJKing Fiora, Xiao Lao Ban Ekko, . ).- Learn every ability
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"When [external circumstance] ends, I will finally improve my life and find peace.". I lived years under this delusion and still have to constantly remind myself to not fall for it. The external circumstances in question:.high school, puberty, entrance exams, military service,.
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RARE North Pole Superserver Gameplay 🇫🇮. Darius fuming after this one
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I think we just made a breakthrough. Matchup-based item/rune stats have always suffered from low sample sizes. So I had an idea: why not group matchups by class (Fighters/Tanks/Mages/. )?. Everyone understands that you should not build and play Jax the same way into a Vayne top
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"Finding and interviewing OTPs would take too much time and money". An intern can easily do 40 interviews and summarize the feedback in a week. So it would take maybe one month of intern work to cover all champions. "OTPs are biased and they only want buffs for their champion".
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The real answer is that both items have their use cases; Deadman's Plate is good in fight-heavy lanes vs squishier bruisers like Riven, Fiora etc. while Heartsteel is better into tanky comps because easier stacking and no kill pressure.
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Finding the most broken AP item in League of Legends using MATHEMATICS.
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"Stop spamming your garbage stats everywhere."."I only trust champion experience, not numbers."."Stick to Shen, you're clueless about the game.". This is a (biased) selection of the comments I receive daily. These statements stem from a fundamental misunderstanding of data and.
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Stopped playing League to start my music production career. Here's my first music video: "I'm just Shen".
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This is a prime example of what’s wrong with the LoL community’s approach to quantitative analysis (stats, data, modeling). > takes one look at item WPA (Win Probability Added) data without considering filters (ranks, roles, multiple patches).> assumes that naively picking the.
@angiotensai @xPetu i just dont trust "scientifically optimal builds" where ekko should build liandry first
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This is a short in the dark, but the expected value is positive so:. I want to provide a full build optimization service (runes and items) for a pro League team. You (the pro team) provide me your players champion pools and builds (including situational itemization). I use the.
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Reworked Abyssal Mask is currently the best legendary item in the game. It got +50 HP, +5 MR and a passive that is slightly worse in most cases (sometimes better vs very low MR targets), while remaining mega cheap!
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