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How will Gragas/Lux/Ziggs being disabled for Worlds impact Worlds/how do you feel about it?

71389310_DEL·10/18/2015, 8:03:01 PM·2 votes·1,881 views
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So it is official; the bug with Gragas that caused the "remake" of Game II between EDG & FNC, was cause enough for him along with Lux & Ziggs to be disabled for the remainder of Worlds ( see the quote below or click on the link to see the article ) come the end of the quarter-finals.

Oct 18, 2015 1:06 PM – BY Hunter ''Riot Hebble'' Leigh

After further investigations following the Gragas bug and remake during Game 2 of the Fnatic vs. EDG series, we have more information about how the bug works and the likelihood of it reoccurring. We know that champion disables are disruptive to team strategies and didn’t want to rush a disable when the exact cause and the likelihood of the bug occurring were unknown.

Having looked into this further and isolated the cause, we now know the bug is more likely to recur than we initially thought. We don’t want to endanger the integrity of the upcoming games or risk additional remakes, so we are are disabling Gragas for the remainder of the tournament. The bug is also reproducible on Lux and Ziggs, and so to be safe, we are disabling them for the remainder of the tournament.

We have chosen to do this at the end of Quarters and with a full week before Semis so that the teams will have time to adjust their strategies. We know that Gragas has been a high priority pick so far in Worlds and we want to make sure all four teams have the chance to adjust as necessary.

I have no clue how Lux and Ziggs being banned will impact Worlds but Gragas is clearly a huge loss. I feel that this will hurt a lot of engage/disengage comps that have been popular in Worlds, believe this could possibly shift the Meta at worlds and I've heard that Reignover, favoring tank junglers, could easily be the target of bans that could, pardon the term, Graggy-ice him. This also eliminates the possibility of Faker surprising us with an AP-Gragas pick; something I was hoping he would do. There are so many things these three disables could change that the landscape of Worlds may just drastically change on us.

I feel that these changes in particular have the potential to make things a lot more interesting to watch. Possible new stratagems/team comps are something I look forward to seeing. I'm most excited by the possibility of some rare and/or uncommon champion selections ( Poppy, is this your time to show off that passive again? ) and the bans that come with them. I will admit though I'm a little saddened by the fact this is only possible thanks to this "bug" which ( I've been told has been known of for at least five months ) has only now been investigated due to the incident in game II of Worlds. I'm also a little more saddened by the fact Riot hasn't announced their intent to deal with said bug and even more saddened by the fact this incident took place.

TL;DR: These disables could potentially be meta-shifting for Worlds and catastrophic for Reignover. I look forward to seeing possible new strategems/rare champion picks and am saddened by this hampering Worlds.

EDIT: 10/19/20, I feel Nunu make make an appearance as a tank-jungler given the disables listed above due to his synergy with hyper-carries ( Jinx, Vayne, Tristana ) and his objective control.

12 Comments

TazeSaber10/18/2015, 8:05:37 PM2 votes

They're professionals, they will play around it. The only champion that really affects anything at all is the removal of Gragas. Ziggs and Lux i don't believe have been played at all in the past 2 worlds (the is an assumption because I do not remember seeing them)

YCitizenSnipsY10/18/2015, 9:04:31 PM2 votes

Well the jungle has been one of the least divers roles in worlds so far. So hopefully this will bring in a few new picks to shake things up . It would be nice to see a jungler being used for something other than just "there the op pick." Even if its just something that isn't completely original like Vi or J4 or even Nid, something else to watch other than Rek'sai, Elsie, and Gragas will be refreshing.

RavenHusky10/18/2015, 8:56:32 PM1 votes

Stupid bugs are stupid... I was hoping that Lux would get played at least once :(

Gragas being out definitely is going to change things, Ziggs hasn't mattered so far this tournament.

Hopefully, knowing how the bug works means that it's possible to fix it now...

PDE5 Inhibitors10/18/2015, 8:58:41 PM1 votes

Or they could...fix the bug lol.

Lugg10/20/2015, 5:13:02 PM1 votes

Ziggs wouldn't have seen play anyway since Viktor does everything better. I was surprised Lux hadn't been played, she is very strong right now and would fit the utility mid like Lulu (whose been pick/ban the entire Worlds).

I am actually happy to see Gragas gone, I want to see more than 4 junglers played.

BattleBoar10/21/2015, 12:55:21 AM1 votes

It will likely not change all that much. Lux and Zigg was not use at all. Gragas will likely be replace with Lee as he was the fourth most pick champ that role. Even with Gragas lose he was only the third most pick jungle champ after Spider girl and the female void monster.