Kind of curious as they sort of came out of left field. I've generally seen little to no complaints about her, and seemed fine in her current state. I know the changes aren't AS bad as they first look when you account for the change in how the ability is calculated, but it just seems kind of unnecessary. Maybe I have this all wrong, but I'd like some input if at all possible.
Elise has been the most picked competitive champion for three patches running now. It's difficult to understate how absurdly dominant she is in high level play.
I'm not thrilled by the changes (Elise is my best champion), but I'm hardly surprised.
They 'nerfed' Lee Sin so they nerfed his competition so that he can still be a strong pick. Think about it, nerfing a strong champion does nothing if his competition is nerfed as well.
It truly doesn't make sense to NERF elise since she already had a huge nerf prior to this upcoming one. Some can say "Oh well LEE is getting nerf so it's fair". NO, it's not fair. Lee has always been due a nerf after all this time. in fact, his nerf right now is very minor. Elise isn't even in the same room as Lee Sin right now with his UNGODLY mobility - which is ironic since Riot is targeting Elise for being "TOO MOBILE" but nothing about Lee Sin except his "SHIELD". smh
I think you can find the context if you surf surrender@20 long enough. They said they were gonna nerf early aggression junglers (lee, Elise, Evelynn) but i can't really remember the details...
On the context of the range nerfs: http://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/2bbjsb/721_pbe_update/cj3sbiy
tl;dr While still a nerf, they aren't 1 for 1 as bad as they're listed, as they are now calculated hitbox boundary <-> hitbox boundary and not center <-> center.
