league-of-legends
I'm just getting into the LoL scene, and I have really been enjoying myself. However, I'm noticing people are quick to call you a "ks'er" or "kill stealer" whenever you get a final blow on a champion.
My question is, where is the line drawn in such a team oriented game, when good teamwork is considered kill stealing? I don't want to be called a noob or a ks'er just because I decided to lend my damage to a champion's death.
From the League of Legends Wiki:
"Carry" is a term that is typically used to refer to the primary damage dealer / killer on a team. So you will usually see a carry have the highest number of kills on that team, by the end of the game. Carrys may often start with low effectiveness at early game and rise to power through the mid / late game. The carry is usually a character that your team wants to feed, you want him to farm and get the best gear possible so he can own.
Basically, a carry starts out slow but becomes the most powerful member of the team if played effectively. If you feed a carry, his eventual power is designed to be greater than it would have been if you'd fed a fighter instead.
Fighters are champions that have constant damage output and good survivability. They tend to last a little longer in team fights as opposed to an assassin, deal more damage than a support class, and has more consistent damage than a champions who nuke (usually AP champs). They'll become powerful if you feed them, but not as powerful as a carry.
If someone says they are playing a fighter as a carry, I would guess that they're basically wanting the team to feed him/her. It can be a viable strategy, but feeding a legitimate carry is usually an easier path to victory.
Pulsefire got its own category because of the features associated with it.
Most legendary skins change how the champion acts (voice, spell, etc), while Pulsefire changes not only Ezreal's appearance, but other champion's animations as well. Enemy champions and minions killed by Pulsefire Ezreal have a unique death animation.
In addition to this, the skin itself evolves and changes its appearance further as you level up Ezreal's ultimate.
There is actually a very interesting post on the League of Legends forum explaining some of the design choices, including a developer commentary on the creation of Pulsefire Ezreal.
In addition to this, it adds a new Profile scheme as mentioned by Patrick Stadler.
Also, in lieu of more text, have this cropped photo of Ezreal's crotch along with a description of all of the features involved in his theme:
As for whether or not the Themes will periodically be placed on sale, there is currently no answer. My best guess would be that they are going to be similar to Legendary skins in that they do not go into a usual sale cycle like regular skins. Only time (and a few additional Theme releases) will tell.
Best Answer
Whether a kill is a "kill steal" or not is very subjective. The main time this really matters is if it is a support player who might get the kill or if a carry is currently behind, then you want to try as hard as possible to not get the kill as the support player and to allow your AD carry to have the kill.
However, the game is fast paced and many champions have tricky escape mechanisms with cooldowns you can't always keep track of. For this reason "ks-ing" is sometimes referred to as Kill Securing where everyone focuses on killing the enemy champion before they can escape without concern for who gets the kill credit.
In a solo/duo queue game it's usually quite obvious when people are trying to actively Kill Steal as they will save some skill with Burst damage to make the last hit with. This is generally not considered good teamwork or polite.