Honestly Pekin what you're doing with this account is really impressive. You're obviously a good player but I wouldn't have expected that you could go this far with such a large variety of completely off-meta picks. Massive respect
Not trying to downplay anything that he's doing here but if you've been playing league for like 10 years you're probably at least decent on most champs, he even points out the fact that with weird off-meta builds your early game is the same as always and with champs that aren't usually played mid you just have to get through laning phase. Again tho, really impressive that he's consistently climbing with this
I think the coolest kinds of vids from you are where you theorycraft from scratch, like reasoning through possible build paths, it’s the best insight into seeing how a great player like you looks at the game and makes things work
Pekin watching you do these borderline meme builds that other big content creators would only attempt while smurfing in Silver, but actually going up against and beating Challenger players is a huge inspiration. I absolutely love this series, you're impressive as hell. Keep up the great work.
I remember talking to some guys back then about Pekin and they just say he's another one champ that abuses the champ to get good. And now he's GM playing the absolutely weirdest shit imaginable lol love the content
I was watching Gemi (their poppy player) atm live and then I realise that kirby with hair was at the same loby cooking! At the momment he pressed TAB, I was like "ok, thats gonna be the video for today". Keep up what u doin
Imo you should go Abyssal Mask as 3rd/4th item, not only does it give you mr against Zilean and Ivern (the only time you died more than half of the damage was magic), but also just straight up buffs your damage and gives you ability haste.
Hey Pekin! I love this series and you've just "stumbled" onto my favorite build! I discovered this form a high elo Gwen player but he was running iceborn, horizon focus as a core, all her e autos would slow, proccing the horizon 10% true damage (which is also proved by her ult if cast at long enough range or when you auto before). I love this niche synergy and have made it my mission to try it on as many champs as I can! I also love abyssal mask and manamune so usually I get those too. That leaves very little champs who can actually make use of the stats. I've found success with Cho gath, shyvanna, Gwen obviously (not sure about manamune though), kassadin was on my list of things to try! I also tried it on ranged champs but the iceborn slow is negligiblem honorable ranged champs that worked fine with it were ezreal, corki, Kayle (3 of my favorite champs). Would love to see you try iceborn horizon focus Gwen. Keep up the amazing stuff!
Hey Pekin, if you want to learn to properly show defensive stats at the end, show both damage taken and damage mitigated at the same time. Both numbers added together = true amount of damage taken.
Did Pekin get First Blood? Nope. Honestly it was kinda impossible given it's Kassadin mid lol First Blood was by ally Ashe around 1:16 Win Streak: 0 Cold Streak: 13 - New record! Highest Win Streak: 3 Highest Cold Streak: 13 Total games registered: 44
@@Dyanosis This is a separate counter that I started way after I began counting his First Bloods, and was added as a suggestion from another user, meaning that is not synced to the original counter, hence why Pekin only has 1 FB here despite his highest winstreak being 3. Also I thought the comment was already very long as it is, with most info hidden under the "Show More" button, and I deemed it less relevant, which is why it's added in the replies instead.
Now it's time for CTE. Cancer tank ekko. Ton of hp + ton of resists + good mobility + decent dmg + ult to give you back the HP that you barely lose anyway, to make enemy team hate the game even more. It's a fantastic time playing tank ekko, trust.
brand mid was just in a happychimenoises video and it has the rare trait of not being terrible so seems like a good choice for the last leg of your challenger climb. these videos are a blast and i've been liking the second channel content quite a bit too recently. (even though perma roam blitzcrank has an 100% win rate and 100% S+ tier content rate I'm not sure i'd recommend it for your off meta climb though)
may I ask, Why were you building Muramana on Kassadin over Archangel's? Archangel's gives you ap and mana, which all your abilities scale off AP, while Muramana just buffs your attacks?
@klynt5392 fimbulwinter? Yeah that's why I started thinking about it in the first place. I was thinking that if it stacks with item effects, then efrost/rylais/fimbul would be interesting
Heimerdinger adc (apc, not as a support) sounds fun, I'm not sure if it would work. There's already a Heimerdinger jungle player and he can solo baron really fast, you could probably do the same with dragon from bot side.
Hey Pekin! If you say you optimize runes for safe early then why not go Second Wind + Revitalize? Both of them should synergize with both the Doran's shield and the Fleet Fw healing and you can just sustain infinitely. Baloori did the same with his tank garen top, worked like a charm. Also conditioning kicks in after 12 mins only which should matter less if you had a stronger early game no? Thanks for the answer, love the content!
second wind revitalize is good vs poke because u will get hit multiple times per wave with which gives second wind a lot of chances to proc and be useful.. vs renekton hes gunna do 1 burst trade per wave max, second wind would get proc only once per wave (perhaps less if renekton doesn't trade that wave) and if second wind is not being constantly proc then revitalize does nothing.. in a situation like this bone plating would be much better, but even then he doesn't really need bone plating because kassa has decent ability to farm from distance using Q or E into renekton.. i think if the jgler was a ganker like rek sai or something he might would have went bone plating, but probably still not second wind
Sorry for late comment but: I dont really understand why you built muramana instead of seraph's? seraph's embrace is also built from tear, gives hp and a shield
I wonder if building jaksho or radiant would have been better in the teamfights, I mean it probably would be better against a team with more mixed damage.
I'd hardly call this "clickbaity". At least he tells you what he's doing and what to expect. They put up titles, and thumbnails, that force you to have to watch part of the video to realize you didn't care in the first place.
How do you not have more followers, incredibly informative no matter what champ, it's like a little personal challenger coach. Hopefully this climb has been as much fun for you as it has been to watch. Keep up the good work my hairfull Kirby 😭🥲
Honestly Pekin what you're doing with this account is really impressive. You're obviously a good player but I wouldn't have expected that you could go this far with such a large variety of completely off-meta picks. Massive respect
He was a pro at one point even if you don't go that far the champion pool and ability to pick up new chaos and okay them at a high level Always is
@@andrewknowlton8958 for some reason this comment gave me massive dyslexia and I nearly spun out of my chair haha but rereading made sense
Not trying to downplay anything that he's doing here but if you've been playing league for like 10 years you're probably at least decent on most champs, he even points out the fact that with weird off-meta builds your early game is the same as always and with champs that aren't usually played mid you just have to get through laning phase. Again tho, really impressive that he's consistently climbing with this
it's interesting how it's 300 lp higher than controlmageegirl
@@sorgair did he consistently play on controlmageegirl during the off meta climb ?
22:40 the Ivern giving Rengar a bush to jump the wall and kill him was hilarious
Yeah, I bet he felt silly on that one.
Hoisted by his own petard
I think the coolest kinds of vids from you are where you theorycraft from scratch, like reasoning through possible build paths, it’s the best insight into seeing how a great player like you looks at the game and makes things work
Pekin watching you do these borderline meme builds that other big content creators would only attempt while smurfing in Silver, but actually going up against and beating Challenger players is a huge inspiration. I absolutely love this series, you're impressive as hell. Keep up the great work.
That fight vs Poppy wasn't a damage test it was a patience test
Poppy got outtickled
That must've been tilting - knowing you're gonna die, but you can neither run away nor outplay it.
@@lolersthe4th880 how i feel vs an illaoi as a melee champ (thats not mordekaiser)
I love how Pekin is always pleasantly surprised when he plays tank builds and doesn't die.
I remember talking to some guys back then about Pekin and they just say he's another one champ that abuses the champ to get good. And now he's GM playing the absolutely weirdest shit imaginable lol love the content
I was watching Gemi (their poppy player) atm live and then I realise that kirby with hair was at the same loby cooking! At the momment he pressed TAB, I was like "ok, thats gonna be the video for today". Keep up what u doin
Imo you should go Abyssal Mask as 3rd/4th item, not only does it give you mr against Zilean and Ivern (the only time you died more than half of the damage was magic), but also just straight up buffs your damage and gives you ability haste.
^This. I was screaming this in my heart.
22:44 Ivern's own bush killed him lol😂 He gave Rengar a jump out of baron pit
Honestly it’s crazy how far you’ve take the off meta videos. Absolutely love it!
Haha that 1v1 poppy fight made me chuckle! It almost seemed like poppy also wanted to see how your build would work lol!
You should really try sunderer kassadin. The heals, and physical/magical pen makes it really fun
I saw this thumbnail, tried iceborn gauntlet/manamune and got absolutely crushed. Love the content and what you are doing is insane!
So u the guy in my plat games that doesn’t gaf
Hey Pekin! I love this series and you've just "stumbled" onto my favorite build! I discovered this form a high elo Gwen player but he was running iceborn, horizon focus as a core, all her e autos would slow, proccing the horizon 10% true damage (which is also proved by her ult if cast at long enough range or when you auto before). I love this niche synergy and have made it my mission to try it on as many champs as I can! I also love abyssal mask and manamune so usually I get those too. That leaves very little champs who can actually make use of the stats. I've found success with Cho gath, shyvanna, Gwen obviously (not sure about manamune though), kassadin was on my list of things to try! I also tried it on ranged champs but the iceborn slow is negligiblem honorable ranged champs that worked fine with it were ezreal, corki, Kayle (3 of my favorite champs). Would love to see you try iceborn horizon focus Gwen. Keep up the amazing stuff!
Really cool stuff! Would you mind sharing the Gwens opgg / twitch?
@@robbeacast I can't remember who it was :/
Hey man, can you do a tierlist of all these off meta picks you are playing? I think a lot of people will appreciate!!
Hey Pekin, if you want to learn to properly show defensive stats at the end, show both damage taken and damage mitigated at the same time. Both numbers added together = true amount of damage taken.
what happens after Challenger? Going pro with off meta only???
Rank 1. Just because you're Challenger doesn't mean you're the best.
I've played tank kass in ARAM, where it's definitely less viable, but I still saw the potential. This proves it can work!
Even played AP kass is so bad in aram it is crazy
Great content as always. Keep up the inspiring work Pekinwoof.
Did Pekin get First Blood?
Nope. Honestly it was kinda impossible given it's Kassadin mid lol
First Blood was by ally Ashe around 1:16
Win Streak: 0
Cold Streak: 13 - New record!
Highest Win Streak: 3
Highest Cold Streak: 13
Total games registered: 44
Pekin's First Bloods: 1
Allies' First Bloods: 6
Enemies' First Bloods: 10
@@jhonedwardmoramora4672 Why would you put this as a separate comment? Just edit your original.
@@Dyanosis This is a separate counter that I started way after I began counting his First Bloods, and was added as a suggestion from another user, meaning that is not synced to the original counter, hence why Pekin only has 1 FB here despite his highest winstreak being 3.
Also I thought the comment was already very long as it is, with most info hidden under the "Show More" button, and I deemed it less relevant, which is why it's added in the replies instead.
Now it's time for CTE. Cancer tank ekko. Ton of hp + ton of resists + good mobility + decent dmg + ult to give you back the HP that you barely lose anyway, to make enemy team hate the game even more. It's a fantastic time playing tank ekko, trust.
brand mid was just in a happychimenoises video and it has the rare trait of not being terrible so seems like a good choice for the last leg of your challenger climb. these videos are a blast and i've been liking the second channel content quite a bit too recently. (even though perma roam blitzcrank has an 100% win rate and 100% S+ tier content rate I'm not sure i'd recommend it for your off meta climb though)
We used to run sunfire atmogs Kass wayyyy back. Super fun and happy to see this
damn no heimerdinger yet? 😢
may I ask, Why were you building Muramana on Kassadin over Archangel's? Archangel's gives you ap and mana, which all your abilities scale off AP, while Muramana just buffs your attacks?
would really love to see u playing Camille also hats off to u for playing with this creativity in picks as kirby with hair
I thought about tank kass last season, my friend told me it was probably grief. Let's see if he was right.
It's hidden OP in ARAM. Late game you really can 1v5 with the tank tear item
@klynt5392 fimbulwinter? Yeah that's why I started thinking about it in the first place. I was thinking that if it stacks with item effects, then efrost/rylais/fimbul would be interesting
tank kass has been meta multiple times over the years
Your support is Biofrost btw
NinjAChurchs Tankadin is back in action? Boy that brings me back
Heimerdinger adc (apc, not as a support) sounds fun, I'm not sure if it would work. There's already a Heimerdinger jungle player and he can solo baron really fast, you could probably do the same with dragon from bot side.
That was a thing for awhile - with Ziggs (didn't really matter if it was you or Ziggs who would go supp).
my life would be blank w/o ur videos daily
Poppy fight was hilarious. I'm gonna try this on ARAM now
I am pretty sure Pekin was around, but this was a build for a short time back in season maybe 3-5 somewhere in there
Hey Pekin! If you say you optimize runes for safe early then why not go Second Wind + Revitalize? Both of them should synergize with both the Doran's shield and the Fleet Fw healing and you can just sustain infinitely. Baloori did the same with his tank garen top, worked like a charm. Also conditioning kicks in after 12 mins only which should matter less if you had a stronger early game no?
Thanks for the answer, love the content!
second wind revitalize is good vs poke because u will get hit multiple times per wave with which gives second wind a lot of chances to proc and be useful.. vs renekton hes gunna do 1 burst trade per wave max, second wind would get proc only once per wave (perhaps less if renekton doesn't trade that wave) and if second wind is not being constantly proc then revitalize does nothing.. in a situation like this bone plating would be much better, but even then he doesn't really need bone plating because kassa has decent ability to farm from distance using Q or E into renekton.. i think if the jgler was a ganker like rek sai or something he might would have went bone plating, but probably still not second wind
@@StoneDeceiver Thank you very much sir 🤙
little bit of poke damage
I was expecting RoA Zhonya Rylais not sure what I just watched lmao
That's not tank, that's bruiser, if anything.
That game was super fun to watch!
Sorry for late comment but: I dont really understand why you built muramana instead of seraph's? seraph's embrace is also built from tear, gives hp and a shield
Makes the build too meta. Trying to make it even different than normal
Fire vid tbh
27:33 Stream Pekin slipping in.
Lol this dude is so raw. Most casual challenger climb
I wonder if building jaksho or radiant would have been better in the teamfights, I mean it probably would be better against a team with more mixed damage.
wait... but when did kassawin E got changed? i missed that patch note i guess... :\
like a year ago lol
Pelkin out of meta builds to test, creates new metas ^^
I'd finish the build with demonic embrace and force of nature. Add damage and magic damage invincibility too.
Nice vid :D
its the cat goes meow rengar again !!
More tank kassadin! Tank veigar would be fun too
If only it was old frostfire that gave mana
ima miss this series :( can we maybe get a renekton mid game tho
I think I missed something, why did he go muramana instead of seraph again?
Because of the extra AD from the mana stacking.
@@Dyanosis does that actually make sense or ???
yayy new video
Shoulda gone Zhonya's so you can yolo in and survive when they all 5 man you and clean up after imo
That's assuming your team survives.
So they gave that skin the phantom of the opera's music huh lol
Day 62 of asking Pekin to play full attack speed ahri for the off-meta climb!!
Are we gonna hit 100 days, who knows...
You forgot about dark seal, now do it again with it please!
Rushing the frozen heart 1000 component auto wins a renekton lane! Should consider that next time
You mean Warden's Mail? You should know your items if you're going to say something.
@@Dyanosis yes, I mean warden's. It was 3am I didn't have the capacity to think
This build has some potential vs ad
All hail the algorithm!
Heartsteel would have been funny, a lot of Damage on your auto, your W
Day 6 of asking for Seraphine mid, and to make it more off-meta play Ludens-Lich Bane-Rabadons-Statikk for slapping GIGANOTES
Isn't full AP Sera already a thing mid? Pretty sure this is nothing new.
@@DyanosisIt's a thing like Nasus or Sion mid is a thing
What you mean kassadin isnt off meta? I havnt seen that champ since asol rework not even memeing
Kassadin's labeled as a mid laner. So, therefore, not off-meta.
S tier mid laner, 50.73% WR rank 24/59, 2.4% pick rate... apparently you don't know what off-meta means
Full lethality wukong mid with elec. Very broken
how tf do u know ur damage vs minions so well to get cs on weird hp minions under tower on champs u rarely play
the champs are designed to be able to do this
Even though you went tanky, you still should have bought a dark seal
Ooooh Tankadin, I prefer going Grasp.... 😎
to get a grasp proc he has to take a full combo from renekton lol
@@StoneDeceiver In that matchup it would be shiiii.....but I'm talking in general.
@@iorransilva8596 oh i thought you were talking in english... no wonder it wasn't making any sense
@@StoneDeceiver Really? No, I wasn't....
A p h e l i o s
Maybe your team popped of but only because you enabled them with going in and tanking anggro
Tankadin is so fun 😊
Noiceeee
Ad Kass with no roa o.o
AD Blitz crank, turret mawer
Please play Cassio bot!
For algorithm ✌🏽
Day 1 of asking for nilah mid
Another day asking for ZOE support day 14
im first, so go nunu mid
Hey
Either peckin is an extremely good player being able to climb with a giant character pool or NA really is a dog server
Elise Mid
Comment 4 algorithm
Looks so tiny in that skin 😂
Day 26 of asking for veigar jungle
Comment
Day 19 of asking Pekin to play Seraphine Mid
I see ur on the clickbaity titles like zwag and pants and them lol
I'd hardly call this "clickbaity". At least he tells you what he's doing and what to expect. They put up titles, and thumbnails, that force you to have to watch part of the video to realize you didn't care in the first place.
When content creation is your job, you can't afford to fuck around by not conforming to what TH-cam requires you to do.
graves mid
1st ❤
first
I'm THE FIRST VIEW LETS FUCKING GOOO
lowkey L Game
looks bad
How do you not have more followers, incredibly informative no matter what champ, it's like a little personal challenger coach. Hopefully this climb has been as much fun for you as it has been to watch. Keep up the good work my hairfull Kirby 😭🥲