Devourer is a problem

MechanicalPirate·11/17/2015, 1:48:03 AM·2 votes·711 views

When Devourer was released, it quickly became a problem. Most (>80%) of my games will have an attack speed jungler. Devourer is a problem because the players that pick champions to build it have no consideration for what the team comp needs. They exist only to "get sated." There is no diversity in junglers. There's a Yi in 90% of my games and, most of the time, he's a toxic player that blames his team for him not doing well.

This enchantment is toxic. It promotes a playstyle that focuses on individual play rather than team play. I've had more than enough games to come to this conclusion because junglers will say something to the effect of "Wait, I'm almost sated." And more often than not, if a fight breaks out, the jungler just continues to farm and has the attitude of "shouldn't have fought, I'm not sated yet." It doesn't even matter because the junglers that are building around Devourer will just get deleted in a teamfight and they're of no use anyways. Another reason that Devourer is toxic is because players think the enchantment makes them good. They may go 12/8, but when they're not ganking lanes (because they "want to get sated") and focusing carries, it doesn't mean anything when the game is lost. My last reason as to why Devourer is toxic is because it makes dueling impossible. If you're the jungler that didn't build Devourer, 90% of the time you will lose that fight. Good thing it got buffed in 5.22. (sarcasm, fyi).

As you can see, I have a strong dislike for this toxic enchant. I probably just wasted my reasoning effort and time writing this post because I know I'm apart of the minority, which is sad, because the reality is so clear to me. Something needs to be done.

3 Comments

colesy11/17/2015, 1:48:57 AM3 votes

if it makes you feel better, devourer is kind of shit now since you can't just brain afk stack since the first 20 minutes are so crucial now.

Icestar118611/17/2015, 1:51:31 AM1 votes

You're a few months late on this one.