Military Tactics
Why does a competent commander concentrate their forces upon a single foe rather than wound many?
Because eliminating a target reduces total enemy action economy immediately. Splitting damage preserves full turn output.
What quality of a spell caster's mind determines the potency of a learned spellwork?
While wisdom and fortitude are great qualities to have, a caster's intellect is their strongest tool.
An enemy formation advances in tight ranks. You possess a single third-tier incantation. What quality makes this particular spell favored in mass warfare?
Wide area coverage
High damage relative to cost
Forces discipline checks (concentration loss)
Ends engagements quickly
If a dragon commands the sky, what must you take from it first?
Dragons dominate aerial combat
Flight negates melee pressure
Grounding (Earthbind, grapples, terrain ceilings) restricts mobility
Removing flight reduces tactical superiority
What truth lies at the heart of Noxian philosophy?
Might Makes Right
You face superior numbers in a long stone corridor. How do you turn this to your advantage?
Choke point + reach + forced movement (Repelling Blast, Shove, Sentinel) creates overlapping threat zones.
When a mage maintains a spell under assault, what inner strength must hold firm?
Higher-level slots increase impact, but losing concentration wastes greater resource investment.
You do not seek to kill. You seek to remove half the enemy from the battle without shedding blood. Which school of magic serves you best, and why?
Enchantment or Illusion
Control over minds or senses
Area incapacitation
Preserves resources
Before blades are drawn, which forms of resistance must you prepare against when hunting a dragon?
Protection from its elemental fury.
Resistance to flame, frost, lightning, or acid.
Preparedness against its overwhelming presence.
What is the Trifarian Principle?
Vision, Might, Guile
In a battle line of five against five, why does slaying the healer shatter a force more surely than killing its fiercest warrior?
Healers increase effective HP pool of entire team. Removing them reduces exponential sustain.
Why is fortune’s favor—true advantage—more decisive than small increments of precision?
Advantage is roughly +5 average; more impactful than many flat bonuses.
A commander stands surrounded by loyal guards. You cannot reach him by steel. How do you separate the head from the body without crossing the line?
Battlefield division spells
Barriers
Teleportation control
Isolation tactics
A dragon’s will resists sorcery. How do you exhaust that resistance?
Force it to expend its will resisting lesser spells.
Bait its defenses.
Strike when its resistance falters.
The name of Jericho Swain's pet bird.
Beatrice
How does a master tactician bend the rhythm of battle before blades ever cross?
Ready actions shift trigger timing; controlling reactions denies enemy spellcasting or movement.
Why does the hardiness of the body so often determine survival in high sorcery?
Many deadly spells require Con saves (disintegrate, concentration checks, poison, etc.).
An enemy mage has fortified themselves behind layers of abjuration. You have one opportunity to act before they unleash devastation. What is your priority?
Interrupt casting
Strip concentration
Deny action
Prevent escalation
When terror rolls off a dragon like heat from a forge, how do you prevent your ranks from breaking?
Inspire courage.
Spread ranks.
Harden minds before engagement.
Prevent cascading panic.
Name three champions who continue to fight after death. This is referred to as 'Zombie State'
Karthus - Death Defied
Kog'Maw - Icathian Surprise
Sion - Glory in Death
You are outnumbered. The enemy commands spellcasters and aerial superiority. You have limited reserves. Speak your strategy.
Must include terrain control, anti-air solution, caster disruption, morale targeting, and resource pacing.
Explain why some warriors endure through many engagements while others burn brightly and fade.
Short-rest classes spike repeatedly; long-rest classes dominate nova but weaken in attrition wars.
You face a foe who cannot be felled in a single strike. Its body endures. Its will endures. Its magic endures. Explain why preventing its action is superior to attempting its destruction.
Action denial is king
Stun, banishment, paralysis
Removing turns outweighs damage
Control wins wars
You will hunt an adult dragon in its own domain. Account for its flight, its fury, its lair, and its cunning. How do you ensure it dies
Forcing ground engagement.
Managing its devastating breath.
Accounting for its unnatural resilience.
Countering its lair’s advantages.
Preserving strength for the killing blow.
Preventing escape.
Which champion is the only one with two different Critical Strike animations?
Draven, one for each arm's attack.