ALL ABOARD THE JUGGERNAUT UPDATE!

DonutChan·Aug 6, 2015·107 votes·4,155 views

ALL THESE SWEET CHANGES, WHAT COULD GO WRONG!?

38 Comments

BastionKrossAug 6, 201521 votes

Soraka Sir, the ship takes on water. We're sinking. Draven Nonsense, that's just the ocean trying to say "hello"! Soraka The crew is evacuating. Darius Later bro. I'll tell mom you died doing something stupid. Draven Cowards! You're still with me, right Soraka? My little banana of the sea? Draven Hello? Draven Heh! Looks like it's time for Draaa-gurglegurglegurgle

ModAcademy KaynAug 6, 20153 votes

That feel when you remember Darius and Draven were orphans.

junglerboy16Aug 6, 20151 votes

crickets chirping

Mistress MadokaAug 6, 20151 votes

"Momma said you were adopted!"

RozzetaAug 6, 201519 votes

Skarner's new passive was a nice touch in that image.

ShénzhìAug 6, 20154 votes

Yea I also like it. Could be more thoroughly thought-through, though.

(them words tho)

MagnificenTryndAug 6, 201510 votes

lol

its funny because Mordekaiser won't be a juggernaut anymore, he'll just be a support

AtheosisXAug 6, 201538 votes

He won't be a support. He'll be a troll bot pick in place of an adc.

Ser GarlandAug 6, 20155 votes

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He won't be a support. He'll be a troll bot pick in place of an adc.

People will pick him support.

ZephyrDrakeAug 6, 20157 votes

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People will pick him support.

and those people will fail, horribly since he does nothing as a support. Might as well pick Renekton or Xin support, at least they do something

AtheosisXAug 6, 201520 votes

Idiots will. His xp passive doesn't work as a support and he has no cc, so...

Chaotic ReksAug 6, 201520 votes

http://40.media.tumblr.com/fcbe6fa088c7e3f6f7ba80f1d7ee4138/tumblr_minpv9GaQG1re04pso1_500.jpg

Hatless CasualAug 6, 20157 votes

As a good friend of mine puts it (laughing like a maniac) "death is a CC"

Robert SmithAug 6, 20158 votes

Gangplank oranges don't work on death so no

Count BuffonAug 7, 20153 votes

That would be a really cool GP buff. X-D

XietninAug 7, 20152 votes

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http://40.media.tumblr.com/fcbe6fa088c7e3f6f7ba80f1d7ee4138/tumblr_minpv9GaQG1re04pso1_500.jpg

A thousand times yes.

ElJanitorFrankAug 6, 20157 votes

Most people agree Darius got stronger, Garen definitely got stronger (shut the fuck up about the nerfs, they were almost all completely reverted), Mordekaiser is WEIRD right now. Nobody should presume to know how the changes will affect him, they'll just have to wait and see. Skarner also got changed in a weird way.

Champion SkinAug 6, 20154 votes

Darius might have gotten stronger... if he activates his passive... if not... then no He loses attack speed like 0.4 attack speed at level 18 and his W is a lot weaker (no longer slows attack speed) and his Q is less reliable and deals less damage unless he gets 250 bonus AD (it has 0.3 higher AD scaling so the higher the AD the better the new one is) keep in mind that that is without his passive active as you use it in lane to trade without having 5 stacks on someone

Also his DoT deals physical damage and it also deals less damage which means armor will counter Darius better

Confron7a7ion7Aug 6, 20151 votes

But that last bit also means that he'll work VERY well with item 3071 . Every tick off his passive will shred armor making each consecutive tick stronger along with the other obvious benefits of free stacks

Calibretto9Aug 6, 20151 votes

But if you get that passive rolling, he is so much stronger than old Darius it isn't even funny. So, crazy thought: Build attack speed on him or rune for it. Also, if you're on the PBE and you dunk a whole team, it's pretty awesome.

Champion SkinAug 6, 20151 votes

Well they nerfed that...

Base Attack Speed reduced to 0.625 from 0.679 Attack Speed per level reduced to 1% from 4% http://boards.pbe.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/champions-gameplay-feedback/Grx91k8I-darius-pbe-changelist-and-feedback

Attack speed at level 18

Current/Old Darius 4% AS/level X 17 = 68% bonus attack speed at level 18 0.679 X 1.68 = 1.14 attacks per second

New/reworked Darius 1% AS/level X 17 = 17% 0.625 X 1.17 = 0.73 attacks per second

For the New Darius to have as high attack speed as the old one 1.14/0.625 = 1.824 82% - 17% = 65% **You would need to get +65% attack speed to simply get where current Darius is at level 18 **

Oh and keep in mind that this rework will potentially make Darius weaker against ranged champions as his Q will be worse at trading with them and he is less likely to be able to get 5 stacks on them and even if Darius does get 5 stacks on them they are probably outside of his range before long and before he gets to do much with the buff However Melee champions might have a harder time avoiding getting hit up to 5 stacks... given that well they have to get in melee range to do much which almost guarantees that Darius will be able to get off 5 stacks if they try to go all in

MatezoideAug 6, 20153 votes

Darius is definetly not stronger. Gonna have to try out the new Garen when the next cycle goes live, so it is possible his new changes will fix the Tenacity removal/Silence nerf. Same thing for Skarner.

Mordekaiser has no changes listed for him atm and he is on a terrible spot right now. You know a champion is bad when you see him in ten different games, building different items and still losing every single match while falling to contribute at all.

Du Ma MiAug 7, 20151 votes

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Darius is definetly not stronger.

I just played him on PBE. I had 5100 (and something) health, but my auto's did almost 400 damage. With his W, plus the active of the new Titanic Hydra, I can almost 1 shot an adc, and I deal tons of damage (Like, close to 1000, more if you [with crit runes] critically strike). With the new items, I'm glad he got nerfed (and this is coming from a Darius main) - otherwise, he'd just be a pick or ban.

TL;DR : He got stronger, he's now a tank that works amazingly in teamfights, and deals a ton of damage.

Celeste BenalAug 6, 20155 votes

The Skarner changes will kill him. He will be unusable in jungle.

Sky the CatAug 6, 20152 votes

I main Darius, and I'm pumped for the rework. Sure the new Q will take time to get used to, but in the long run it does give him more sustain in lane.

Blue Moon WolfAug 6, 20152 votes

this patch is unsinkable :p

Calibretto9Aug 6, 20151 votes

I laughed.

Emperor TimeAug 6, 20151 votes

I can't upvote you any harder than I already am.

Ungrateful ThugAug 6, 20151 votes

Darius isn't stronger at all lol, this whole patch is an overall nerf to an already shit champion. His lane phase is significantly weaker and he can't duel anyone anymore. Champions like Jax, Riven, and Irelia can just afk in front of him and still win lane. And good luck at getting 5 bleed stacks on anyone in a team fight since it rarely ever happens as is, because he can't stick to any champion long enough before he gets cc'd and bursted down.

woobeeAug 7, 20151 votes

THE PURPLE DILDO BOAT HAS NO BRAKES

ArkenStormAug 7, 20151 votes

Morde should be on the first/closest exhaust pipe? :P

CalabokAug 7, 20151 votes

Mord who??

Solidair3Aug 7, 20151 votes

lots of stuff, which is why they're doing it now instead of right before worlds.

IonChamberAug 7, 20151 votes

It's pretty simple on darius.

Build black cleaver, build bork, and build boots and 3 tank items (deadman's plate anyone?). You are now a godlike juggernaut. You get attack speed, you get sustain, you get sticking power, you're hard to kill, you get armor shred (a lot), youre tanky as hell, and if you get an execute (which you should easily do so like this) then you get 4 free BF swords. I can't wait until people just cry and cry about him.

Garen will be equally strong from the current PBE buffs and he will finally have something interesting and unique about him.

I know nothing about skarner but it seems kind of neat, and yeah morde looks weird.

KatCraftAug 7, 20151 votes

Bork won't even bring you back to current Darius attack speed late game. And you vastly overrate how hard it is to kill a champion with only 3 tank items full build that has no defensive buffs or mobility. In a real game you will be dead long before you get to do anything meaningful after applying 5 stacks of bleed, that is if you ever get lucky to even get that far in a team fight.

DonutChanAug 7, 20151 votes