Sivir nerfs are way heavy handed.

Rock MD·Aug 24, 2016·2 votes·732 views

The issue is that Riot is tearing down the champion by doing two things at once.

Upping her spellshield CD considerably. I understand this as she's got long ranged waveclear and a MS bonus and she's deceptively safe in fights. But at least she isn't too dependent on the spellshield for ma...
Lowered her mana regen. The issue is that by doing both concurrently, you put her in an awkward spot where you nerf her safety because of her waveclear, and you nerf her waveclear because of her safety.

It ultimately hurts the champion far more than just the spellshield CD and the AD nerf, which I do support because with 30% CDR on it holy shit that champion is safe. That or the AD nerf + mana regen nerf, but all three at once, again, are overkill.

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VallalanAug 24, 20161 votes

the spell shield cooldown doesnt affect her until after late game.

her spell shield has around a 6 second cooldown post reaver/zeal item. that is way too short. they are just nerfing it back to where it was before new reaver was a thing which is how it was intended.

as for her mana regen its necessary. right now in lane she can just push you in all day without much counterplay and doesn't bother to fight you. if you do try to fight her you are going to be taking free ricochet damage poke and maybe a full no damage reduced boomerang as well.

sivir was always a decent laner, but right now she is a decent laner who scales super hard AND has super good utility. you have to nerf one of those.

they are choosing to nerf her lane phase in exchange for how well she will scale. her utility/damage is still going to be good but now she won't get to just ricochet her way through an easy lane.