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@RIOT How do you balance around Worlds without bias?

Dr Poro··2 votes·357 views

For the worlds patch or worlds qualifier patch, you buff a bunch of champions that are already viable, but not enough to be played on the big screen. How exactly do you choose which champs to force stimulate here? It seems pretty hard to do this without biasing towards certain players/teams/regions Is there a strict method you use?

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ChompyWulf1 votes

It's pretty simple. They just go on with patching for the game as normal in regards to item and champion balance. They tend to keep class updates to off or mid season. If a major overhaul was put live on servers right before Worlds (such as changes to Herald or Dragon), they simply go with the previous patch to avoid glitches, unbalanced elements that haven't been caught in development, and forcing pros to adapt to new elements on the biggest stage.

DarkRitual1 votes

They are buffing tier 2/3/4 champs to increase the number of tier 1/2 champions. Having a higher pool of top tiers gives a better diversity. It's more effective than just nerfing tier 1 champs down, as the meta will still end up with just one or two above the rest, and just being permabanned. Or people just pick adc's in that role again. Nidalee Graves

Dr Poro1 votes

Yes, but they're buffing some and not others. It can make the difference between making it to worlds or not for some. For example they buff Ekko, they could also have been buffing Nautilus. I mean, it seems likely to me that pro players are asking for certain buffs and they try to give everyone some of there favourite champions in the pool.

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