Quick Gameplay Thoughts: April 14

What a shame riot ignored my comment. Meddler created a topic one year ago and was apologizing us for being quite. And now he is still silent.
I have 1.5kk on skarner, so i am really curious about he is current state, because at the moment he is one of the worst champion in the whole game. Im sad, because before the rework he was really funny to play and now he is just a garbage... 335MS is a joke if you compare to his SUPER low damage and high manacosts. And you can say he needs high manacosts, because he has spires. So what's the point of mana in skarner, since he has the spires gives him unlimited mana? I dont get it, mana just makes difficult to play him toplane. I reached D3 or D4 EUW by playing skarner only top and that's annoying when other juggernauts like Darius or Morde, even diver like Riven can oneshot you lvl 6... Skarner is not a junggernaut, at the moment he reminds a vanguard with a syndrome of down, because he is weaker than malphite 1v1. Of course im talking about early game, because after tri he is playable, but what's the point playing him when u have his 2 or 3 better versiors- Hecarim, Vi, Udyr. I soloed as a warwick lee with double buff + gragas, but as a fed skarner i coudln't solo lee without double buff+ blitzcrank in the spire...

Aren't there junglers who benefit more from late game rather than early? Wouldn't less xp hurt them?

I hope you understand that you're solidifying a meta where only early game junglers (like and ) and supportive junglers (like and ) can thrive.

Jungle diversity is going to be a thing of the past: mages went into extinction long ago, so I guess that now it's the turn of farming-oriented carries like .

The current jungle has obliterated tank viability. Rammus and zac are the only tanks who can complete a clear with enough health to gank without hitting scuttle crab for hp.

Last season EVERYONE COULD JUNGLE!!! This season if you're not a diver, skirmisher or assassin. Then you're not welcome in the jungle, at least that's how it feels.

So allow me to lend you some advice concerning only leaving the jungle alone for "a while". Stop changing the jungle evey year. Pros figure out the optimal jungle route within a week and then we simply copy them. The so called "stale" jungle was only "stale" to you, because people had figured out your system and you were sick of seeing little variance in clears. The changes you implimented to insert depth on clear paths, haven't changed anything for better, only worse. No one cares if magic damage is better against blue. If they want mana, cdr and not to be half hp after a buff camp then they'll start blue every time.

The end of season 5 and most of season 6 was paradise for us. We could pick anything and make it work. We weren't gated by our cleer speeds, whether we ganked or farmed nor were our champs forced out of the meta.

The jungle is anything but being "around the right level". It's a hell hole optimised for champions with the best clears.

Scaling as in adding crit into her kit?

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is pretty silly, but that doesn't mean gunblade itself isn't overtuned since (according to the cost analysis) the item is apparently 121.03% gold efficient without its active and the rest of its passive.

It has to be that way though because hybrid champions don't have the same ratios for a single type of scaling and also don't have the same efficiency from multipliers (Rabadon's).

I always thought it was justified for 3400 gold. These big ticket items always feel good to build though.

Anyways, if the changes to Rylais taught me anything it's not to jump the gun here.

I think that the this goes to show that some AP items and now are a tad too homogeneous in their capabilities. When characters like and , who have no AA modifiers, still make use of Lich Bane, or when Luden's Echo, which should primarily be a siege based item, was being used universally, maybe it goes to show that AP item passives should be made into more situational cases overall

If you will end up nerfing Gunblade, i hope you give Akali compensation buffs again. She is already weak, if you nerf her core item then..

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Not sure yet, that's why it's on our list of things we need to assess now so later we can make better changes if needed. Its effectiveness certainly varies a lot champ to champ, it does also just have a lot of raw stats for its cost though.

You mentioned before the LeBlanc Nerfs that you want to investigate her kit again for changes that would make her more playable (and without abusing of unusual items). What's the state about that?

I hope you guys do not plan on nerfing Gunblade without some heavy compensation to It has been her core item for years and hasnt been a problem until recently with Ahri and Leblanc abusing it. It would be a travesty to butcher her by nerfing her core item when shes not in the best of spots as is. Gunblade is the only thing thats even making her playable at this point.

its not that auto attackers should just lose, its that they can lifesteal away any effect it has...

Could you test Thornmail applying Greavous wounds for X seconds, with a doubled effect when attacking you? This would make it feel like a tank anti-lifesteal item.

is support but he is played jungle.Why would you assume that karma is support only?

Are all class updated champions receiving a splash update?