Ranting about how Smolder sucks while absolutely popping off on Zoe

[@Zackapo]

please ask the vampire at my door to stop ranting about hwei

[@unyaan1309]

best intro by far #JusticeForAurelionSol

[@714KH]

I was so invested in this intro until I realized it was all just a ploy to get him to invite you in

[@faesreallysad]

will we get this kind of video for every champ release because i'm living for it

[@halfmoon24641]

Luxanna has been in the chat of nearly every video on this channel, but I've never seen Pekin acknowledge her once lol

[@liamdonegan9042]

#JusticeforLuxanna

[@fadisuleiman7197]

JusticeforAsol

[@studymusic5076]

#JusticeForLuxanna

[@Boamere]

Good

[@jordanoharegibson1610]

He does on stream occasionally

[@jannawurthen464]

pekin you are such a dork dude. love it

[@KippySmith1231]

The clips of the vampire game in these videos lately is hilarious. Imagining Pekin going door to door ranting to people about League champs is peak comedy

[@KlickPy]

Wtf was that intro, I fucking love it lol

[@coinlockerbaby8295]

I would watch a 4 hour long video on pekin playing suckup pleaseee

[@MapicLopez]

the minion swapping aggro at 5:00 cause it got stunned and then retargeted to the closest target and stealing pekin ballon is peak peakin content

[@Blusailor]

I love how pekin just vents to the innocent townspeople about riot

[@boilingsoda]

I would love to see a SuckUp! Stream

[@marcoheredia5842]

Lol the intro was funny as hell

[@scrapox217]

I really like the videos on this channel more. Granted I don't play league so I don't have any need for guides, but the unhinged commentary and chat really bring it all together. It's kinda weird seeing professional Pekin in comparison.

[@vladi1054]

#JusticeForAurelionSol Bring it back!

[@St_bane1]

Honestly i think my first impression on smolder is that his stacks do legit nothing if you are ever caught in a 1v1 except give you abysmal damage until you hit 225 which feels awful maybe give you the burn earlier as magic damage around 100 stacks or so and upgrade it to true at 225

[@GrandLufaine]

Great idea.

[@ruanneves8841]

#JusticeForAurelionSol

[@thomasbrewin615]

what was that at the start, AI???

[@pekinwoof2]

Game is called SuckUp! Uses AI conversations. You are a vampire and you need to convince the people to let you into their homes

[@thomasbrewin615]

Incredible, we need more pekinwoof SuckUp content@@pekinwoof2

[@happyzahn8031]

That 2nd game, with Jhin which you crushed - your 'far shots' were so on-point it was amazing, had the teams so balanced *sarcasm*. Every lane crushing the enemy laner. Jungle was closer but your's was still noticeably better than the enemy's.

[@JDavi-nl1rc]

I actually got surprised when Pekin said that fed Smolder was rawdogged by a 0/6 Irelia with a bork as if it was a surprise, like, 95% of the adc cast would be rawdogged by any bruiser duelist champion with a bork no matter how behind they are lmao The intro was also pretty fire i laughed my ass off

[@jobliar937]

Depends how good the adc player is

[@serket6807]

​@@jobliar937And yet challenger pekin gets solod by a behind irelia every now and then. But surely it deoends on how good the adc is

[@jobliar937]

@@serket6807 irelia is balanced but obviosly she can win 1v1 a better player doesnt put themselves in that situation you just got to play toward ur win con and ur win con will never be 1v1ing the irelia or any dualist

[@serket6807]

@@jobliar937 lmao you're literally contradicting yourself but w.e you say mate

[@Boamere]

adcs have no agency and can always get 1v1’d by the 0/10 assassin or bruiser thanks pro play 🌝

[@TheMuffinsama]

The ranting makes him stronger!

[@fujin0x587]

Im all for champs having basic abilities as in not overtuned mobility/dmg/cooldowns and tankiness combines cough cough ksante.... And half of their other champs made after about S5 or earlier... But smoulder is really boring, if they change his ult to something more fun, like an upgraded dragon then i could get on that boat...

[@pereralonso]

I think Pekin really underestimates the amount of people who don't play league that watch him xD I played a little bit in 2022, started watching him, quit the game after getting lvl 30 and never stopped watching the videos lol Idk I'm just here for the chill zigzagoon content

[@danieltaylor3696]

16:21 Sir you know nothing. My full AP Lich Bane abusing Riven is hidden OP and you "challengers" just suck At 17:30 you perfectly explain my strat

[@WyvernKnightBright]

Checked Smolder's ADC winrate because of this video. Funny enough he has a 50.5% Winrate in Diamond and Emerald EUW. In Plat and lower, he sports like a 46% winrate. This means that the champ completely failed to reach it's target audience of low-elo players, but that's honestly not surprising. Botlane just doesn't feel like a very new player friendly role.

[@Bourchnouk]

I swear we need more suckup! VOD !!

[@CycleMantis]

It's so good seeing Pekin use his ranting powers for good #JusticeForASol

[@moti1s]

Smolder is as undercooked as Zeri on release

[@ramen8130]

Sorry to keep asking you about music, but shazam is really inconsistent and wont pick up some songs in your videos. What are the songs at 36:25 and 33:52 if you don't mind me asking?

[@Joseph_Biten]

I'm a simple man. I see Smolder on the enemy team, i feel at ease knowing that even if i fall behind there's still an enemy i can reliably farm.

[@happyzahn8031]

👌😁

[@АлександрБербенев-л9н]

I mean, i played a game in a d1 euw elo with smolder adc, he played it good, we hard won bot and yet he did no dmg until minute 30. In a perfect environment, mind you. Idk how can people think he is good

[@Dwraag_]

I sometimes ban smolder just because i dont want my team to pick him☠️

[@nhuljpm]

That intro was amazing

[@secretkittycommittee]

much love

[@absolute_zero9649]

pekin's so cute when hes yapping and complaining

[@redcolor5542]

Being this obsessed with stats as a player really feels like that one character in HxH's exam

[@Haunting_Hyena]

Lol seeing the title "Ranting about how Smolder sucks" released 13 days ago and seeing "How to build and play Smolder" released 12 days ago in my sidebar is funny.

[@violetortensia3145]

absolute Pekin moment

[@viscousmartincarey7031]

Why play smolder when you can play nasus and be 20x tanker with pretty much the same damage? Kayle too tbh. Even azir.

[@Sean-do1ct]

I haven’t played this game in so long I don’t understand Zoe’s abilities but it’s fun to watch

[@Zsuttey]

#JusticeforAurelionSol

[@sdowncast8871]

I love it when pekin turns into slim shady when explaining how shitty a champion is

[@venusxfly]

#JusticeForSmolder

[@Spammit-ye4vw]

#JusticeForAurelionSol

[@studymusic5076]

#JusticeForAurelionSol

[@siludepresa6359]

#JusticeForAurelionSol

[@imnotnice5186]

#JusticeForAurelionSol

[@brandocalrissian34]

I really wish Pekin would tell us his opinion on Smolder. Pekin please next video tell us.

[@drewpiisawesome6340]

the into was fire

[@zokisvasta]

The way you feel about Smolder is how I felt about Ezreal in the early seasons, before all the item changes bullshit carrying his damage.

[@ametohmau8988]

I think from Nemesis (and Jankos) pov comes from Pro play standpoint

[@amyt.7401]

yayyy new video

[@Toast1811]

One based on the win rate is a bad way to have your argument. Statistics do lie, I hope you do know that

[@liyeh7141]

Hey Pekin. have you thought about uploading Variety games streams? I very much enjoy your outspoken thoughts in commentaries and just in a pop-off chill games on this channel. It would be very interesting to see games you find fun that has a level of entertainment which we can consume and enjoy. And while i'm at it - Outer Wilds is a VERY streamable game entertainment wise, but should be played while ignoring chat (you might get spoiled)

[@pekinwoof2]

I might. I have a tiny rogues playthrough that I was gonna upload here. I know all videos will do poorly because it's not league but have to start somewhere

[@liyeh7141]

​@@pekinwoof2 True, at start it probably get fewer views as you imagine, but who knows - it might be something that a respectable chunk of your audience will enjoy. Cheers

[@rifaiiixiii]

​@@pekinwoof2 i think you should make another channel for this, so you don't mess with the Algorithm

[@LutraLovegood]

​@@pekinwoof2 I think it'd be funny if you played Unpacking on stream Worst case scenario, time for pekinwoof3?

[@witchsamethyst1417]

I love it when Isaac is spitting facts

[@lucaslong2669]

Love this version of pekin.

[@Not3smash3r]

Why's this channel named PekinWoof2 and not PekinWoofWoof...

[@bladeworxgg]

Haven't played league since s3. I still fall asleep to pekin vids. Don't @ me

[@Wildjesta]

I agree with pecking Wolf regarding smolders current winrate right now. Also how he mentioned that Champions should be balanced around challenger gameplay because those players already know every facet of how the game works and can play at such a high level consistently. Therefore, their match history will reflect how good a champion is mechanically. Take Hecarim, Aatrox, or sylas for example. They're fucking strong and have the most one tricks, which is another mectric that can be used to prove how strong a champion is.

[@00J-Tone]

One tricks are built from how cool and fun a champ is to play

[@Wildjesta]

@@00J-Tone I'd argue that in higher elo the stronger champs are most often the ones with the most OTPs because they're so strong they enable diamonds to play on challenger level again, because the champion is so strong.

[@maartenbondt9600]

Fr tho if your lane opponent doesn’t give a shit about smolder and let’s smolder farm, smolder is busted. If smolder is being harassed he’s ass

[@iceshadow625]

Okay time to get some hate, but wouldn’t Zoe be pronounced Zo? When there is an e on the end it becomes silent and the vowel proceeding becomes strong. Like the i in time is not pronounced like Tim but like tie. And tie is pronounced ti and not te. But most importantly, Joe is pronounced Jo and not Joey.

[@Boamere]

Why is time moving so fast pekin?

[@fae567]

ily

[@andresvillanueva5131]

i'm surprised there was a top lane in the first game

[@Banana-rp7hj]

I agree that Smolder is bad, but that doesn't mean it's not fun, I get the point of you can't do anything because you play in high elo, but that's how ranked works, people want to win and it will be impossible for you to play if your champ is bad, I like the Smolder kit and the champ design, it reminds me of Spyro, and I have fun playing him in normals, yet if you can't play him in ranked because it sucks but you also don't wanna play it in normals because you're too good there's a problem.

[@niwnoom]

even AI knows riot doesnt care about balance xD

[@Kidame17]

Kinda funny he was ranting about hwei the same way all the time😂

[@00J-Tone]

I'm a pretty big smolder fan. I play him p1 and i start d ring and with fleet as my keystone and dom second for ingenious. I've won 8 outta 9 bot lane. The game i lost my team ran it down i was 1/1/1. I get pretty bad supps and since i fp most of the time i usually face a lucian who makes laning phase hell cuz i dont beat him pretty much all game. I just focus on farming. I make that pretty clear so i don't get much jg help. I had 3 games where my team was running it and i was farming well so i kept saying no to the vote. Eventually we would group and id be 3 items in. Essence reaver, Navori and ionian boots with 225 stacks. We win the team fights off me. No matter how strong they are as long as they play to peel me i can carry the fights so we at least walk away even if not ahead. By the time i have my pen as 4th item and i'm working on my rfc im destroying them. If they are squishy my q auto does half their hp and if they are tanky im doing a quarter which im doing every other sec. I think his mid to late is very strong and very easy. He does so much damage and he snowballs cuz he executes everything. Last item i usually get some lifesteal. I go full crit. Haven't really tried the other builds but crit seems to be the way. If i was duoing id want a supp that plays defense like janna or something with sustain like alistar and nami. His laning phase sucks. Farm well and if your team is ahead he can secure the win. If your teams behind there's still hope.

[@ufcfightclub4104]

how the F does the lissandra have everfrost 34:02 wasnt it removed??

[@ilyasfarhan1802]

Maybe from season 13 gameplay

[@queenvmushytea1698]

Day 1 of asking for Gwen or Shen Mid

[@codycarroll5866]

Win rates don't show how strong a champion actually is. Especially when people are trying to figure it out.... stats don't mean anything without context. What builds, skill order, and play patterns are they using? Is there something that is op being hidden by all the trash players who have had 2 days to play it? Ardent censor was op for like 4 months when it came out before people began to use it. Does that mean. It was weak the whole time?

[@happyzahn8031]

I play mostly support in bronze and I had a couple of smolder adc's. It's the WORST. Every time 'we' were going in (mostly me), there was no damage follow up. Smolder was hitting them but it was like with a feather pillow or something. We never got a kill but we sure got killed if we tried too much. Hate that guy on my team. Cait, MF, Lucian are pretty strong. Even teemo ADC is much better, in so many ways. At least mid, smolder can just stay under tower where he is meant to be.

[@queenvmushytea1698]

41:25 2 I play the dying card game instead smh

[@neverknowsbest1717]

How long are we going to do this song and dance? New champ gets released, some ppl dont play it right, ppl complain, riot buffs them, "oh so heres what i have to do!," now ppl know how to play it and its overbuffed, then riot nerf it into the ground. Its been years and still ppl havent noticed the cycle.

[@boneless70]

As a ailver player who played in silver with and against smolder many times, even in that elo he sucks ass, i have like an 90% winrate against him and like 10% winrate with him so even the silver dudes that say hes ok are on some shit cuz thats just aint true

[@greenyxd7298]

pekin struggles to use negation in language huh

[@yesman4963]

Yes

[@saia100]

Wth season 13 game

[@llife9736]

I mean, as long as smolder isnt vs like a draven or samira, cant smolder keep poking with abilities rather than stacking on farm and still gain stacks while being actually present in the lane? Edit: with how simple smolder is, its probably a good thing that hes not super amazing

[@melafyre]

idk, i think doublelift said it best: if a champ's damage is conditional, it basically means they don't have damage. yeah he can poke all day, but it doesn't really do much because his range is sad without minions and tickles. i feel most attempts to duel will just end badly if he's not 2v1ing. i basically find that stacking on smolder doesn't do anything. he can get really fed, fully stacked, but it doesn't really change the state of the game - yeah, he exists, his poke is *fine*, but apply any amount of pressure and he's gone. he can't flee like jinx, he can't really duel like jhin, he doesn't have crazy siege like sivir. idk, i feel like a smolder at lv. 1 is the same as a smolder at lv. 18 and that just kind of feels sad. i feel unlike hwei, who honestly needed some buffs on his numbers to really feel satisfying to play, and if you do well on him you can *really* turn a teamfight (because i felt hwei's kit was actually really great), i personally feel doing well on smolder doesn't do anything. i am sure you can pop off once in a while, but his kit feels really clunky, and for how simple it is? that's not great.

[@RanPizza]

Smolder feels terrible because his q is basically his "auto attack", like it doesn't do a lot of damage and sure it gets aoe and he has the execute but so what. Theres better champs with consistent damage right now that dont need to stack, and theres better poke champs that arent 500 range or whatever. Hes not the worst wr adc rn, but hes not great for sure.

[@ChincerDante]

smolder feels like a "late game ezreal" that isnt better than ezreal, ezreal have the advantage of his Q having much better range and the E being a blink, which also helps early on, sure smolder have more potential damage but ehh

[@00J-Tone]

I play a ton of ezreal, smolder and sivir. I got a thing for short range autos but long range poke. Smolder way out damages ezreal in a shorter period of time late. You can literally count the qs of influence on two hands that wins teamfights. Hes a burst mage by late game and still pumps out enough consistent damage to deal with tanks

[@gregrussell1787]

I have gone from disliking the Smolder hate to just reveling in it. One trick Smolder time. The +/- 3% win rates people go crazy over are hilarious. Just like every winner says "I am the diff" and every loser says "Report top/jungle/mid/support/adc". An S+ game into a Sion with one of his best champs in Zoe and Smolder still 2nd in damage with one item on a stacking champ in a 15 minute game.

[@kyledixon1874]

If my adc hovers Smolder, I ban it. It normally turns into that person inting ap Sion. Rough.

[@user-xd7hi4vg2y]

How is smolder bad he’s really decent character hella weak early tho

[@ashon._.fireYT]

Dude! 27:30

[@ashon._.fireYT]

That kill

[@ashon._.fireYT]

Funny commentary

[@glyveozone7303]

pekin should try to actually play smolder in heigh ylo instead of mumbling in bronze smh smh

[@drishya_ro8452]

He doesn’t play in bronze?

[@spencercox9317]

Part of the problem is people arent building him right, if he takes fleet and goes items like RFC and Sojin his winrate will go up a lot

[@00J-Tone]

I really like fleet and rfc. I havent used sojin. I go full crit with navori and er

[@arthurjackyazan]

HEYY

[@Enocia]

You totally hated on Hwei when he first officially released, and I think the same thing is wrong with Smolder as was wrong with Hwei. Brand new champ. People still figuring him out.

[@drinibuzali1289]

You have to consider that new champs are still in the learning process no? Like you expect people to be masters of the builds and the kits in the first two weeks? Idk I don't play anymore but that's sth that sounds pretty normal to me from an outsider perspective Edit: I'm not implying that he is hidden op it's just the wr is probably fine especially in bot. And he is weak early as he should be (except his w lvl 1 wtf) but maybe he should be better later idk maybe his passive is underperforming idk

[@marquisepixley684]

I disagree with you he does not suck

[@pekinwoof2]

Let me in.

[@marquisepixley684]

​@@pekinwoof2😲

[@shiah]

@@pekinwoof2coming from totally not-a-vamprie, huh? Sure, come in, let's talk about that.

[@shiah]

**edgy whisper** I am @shiah.

[@micahhonig1575]

2

[@henriqueprado331]

pekin is cool but he is so annoying in this video (and no idgaf about smolder)

[@francisking5895]

(wdgaf about your opinion)

[@softbread1728]

I'll ALWAYS find it funny how it's the "Win rate determines if the champ is good or bad... unless it's against my point". Feels like every streamer pulls that 😂. Pekin rants about how broken Yone is, but his winrate is 49%, however smolder that at the time had the same winrate, is pure dogshit garbage. Like right.... Imo smolder seems fine, he's more of a "I play for my team" champ, his passive mini elder dragon is really good for team fights.

[@timercolen1586]

I mean its because they look at champions kits to determine how good they are rather than the damage numbers riot has buffed or nerfed them to be. Smolder suffers from low range, his mobility is very slow and champs like this usually have fast autos to encourage kiting but smolder is an ad caster but his ad burst is not strong enough to actually burst anyone like caitlyn or ezreal and his q doesn't relate allow him to kite like ezreal can either. This means numbers aside an optimal smolder will do worst than an optimal adc. Yone on the other hand, has an easy to proc mobility spell which allows for very fast engages and disengaged, double crit chance, mixed damage and he scales very well with many items. This allows him to be considered broken by kit standards. I'm 90% sure that is why pekin things smolder is bad and yone is good.

[@softbread1728]

@@timercolen1586 He has an ability that increases his speed, ghosts him, and can go over walls. And his Q is a mini elder. Anyways, Pekin was talking so much that Hwei was bad and kept talking about his winrate, it's just ironic/hypocrite to now say it's not about the winrate. HWEI -> So bad look at the winrate SMOLDER -> So bad look at the winrate Yone -> So broken but it's not the winrate that matters Also, a champion can have the crazies kit, and if its numbers ain't good, it'll be trash, something we can see through winrate.

[@timercolen1586]

@@softbread1728 his ability that increases his speed also does fuck all damage, it is also way to slow to be an oh shit button. Like compare it to vayne q, ezreal e. It is much closer to caitlyn net which is good but not that great. Also his q being a mini elder isn't as good as you think. Most adcs can do 5% of your health in an auto in 30 min. Also his q being his auto range means he actually has to build rapid fire in order to safely q. He is a poke champ with way to low range to actually poke.