Probably gonna boycott this game if the Kassadin nerfs go through
Don't even play him much. Hell, I main jungle, and find that he can be a pain in the ass to gank pre-6. I honestly couldn't tell you the last time I was in game and thought to myself "Man Kassadin is OP," because it has been that long. There are so many champions right now
who need a nerf way more than him. (
wasn't including because he's getting nerfed next patch).
But really? Taking off nearly half of it's range? To put in perspective, Nidalee courgar W is 375 units, Kassadin's new ult will be 450. 75 less range, however manaless and way more spammable, along with being available at level 3. Not to forget that Nidalee can literally do anything right now. AD works, AP works, Bruiser works, support works, jungle assassin works, ADC works. Kassadin can go full AP or be an AP bruiser.
This where I draw the line for how ridiculous the 'balance' team is right now. I literally think at this point they think "Who should we gut next for no reason, who doesn't make LC$ Big Plays?" Ever since the Kha'Zix & Nidalee reworks back in 4.10 this game's 'balance' has gone downhill. Kha'Zix went from basically one of the top 3 junglers (with
and
) to being absolute shit, especially when compared to his former self. He lost so much in one patch, meanwhile Nidalee went from a bullshit champ to a bullshit champ who is now also tanky. Then later on
gets hit. Then we come to the release of Gnar, who got buffed because people didn't know how to play him. Yep. That's why, because people were't good day one, so they buffed him, and then people learned to play him (although he isn't too bad now). Then jungle gets reworked. Many champions are royally fucked from those without sustain
to those who simply rely too much on mana
, But
is left untouched. Of the 3 jungle gods
only one is left untouched meanwhile the other two are pretty much unplayable. Then we have Kalista. Because why not give someone Vayne Q on an auto attack.
So basically the whole point of this rant is... what the hell has happened to "balance" ever since the middle of Season 4?
I remember starting playing this game around last January. First champion I ever really "mained" was
. Just thought he looked cool. But then I started maining jungle, and found
. And then 4.10 happened. Pretty much my least favorite patch to date. Kha'Zix has never been the same. He does no damage at all right now if you're not isolated, which is pretty much impossible to do since the range got increased and now towers count as allies. Then he lost his Execute on evolved E. Then they took off damage reduction on his evolved ultimate. And in that same patch another champion got buffed hard as hell. I guess that's when I first realized Riot hates junglers who aren't
.
TL;DR: Since the middle of season 4, balance has slowly slipped from this game. Seriously, what the actually fuck is going on?
Never forget
. You had a brief moment towards the beginning of the pre-season, but alas, you aren't allowed to do good apparently.