The ARAM "balance" changes seem really random
Did Zoe really need a buff???? Jayce should get like a 25% nerf. I don't think the 'balance" team plays summoners rift let alone ARAM.
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Those last 5 who were buffed, were the lowest winrate champions in ARAM. Thats why
The buffs and nerfs are really screwing with things because they add damage to champs, not just protection. A lot of melee's problems in ARAM come down to survive-ability only. They take too much poke at range and then can't engage or are useless just hiding from poke damage trying to heal up.
What Riot did is think their low win rates also needed damage buffs. Akali, Zed, Lee Sin, Trynd all recieved damage buffs, defence for many champs have stayed the same so the ability for these champs to one-shot other champs have flown up. They still lose so in the end it's just a weird now, Trynd is jumping in, doing 10% more damage but still dies super quick (when no ult) as he is always piled on.
I think the poke reduction was fine, up it to 20%, then remove ALL nerfs and buffs to individual champs.
i'm a purist and believe they should not be touching/tinkering with aram at all... if champions in aram are broken its indicative of a greater problem... like ludens echo being mandatory or so many people only taking comet because thats really the only option... oh well, not like my voice matters. Aram was at its finest before they reworked runes, so many close games that boiled down to a mistake or two... Then they wanted to shorten games so they buff creeps etc etc etc.... I can barely bring myself to play anymore honestly.
All League buffs/nerfs are random, so long as they are not breaking the primary edicts of the "balance" team. Riot dislikes logic and just makes random changes to make sure there is change.
Zoe is extremely weak in aram. Yes, her burst is crazy good but imagine the enemy team just killed one or two members of your team. You are now completely useless. That being said, those % balance changes are done by a system that automatically detects performance and where it should be. It then plays with % values that should put them where they are supposed to be.
Jayce is dog on ARAM lol He spends 100+ mana to poke one guy with Q every 16s and the Q is blocked by units, he doesn't do anything other than that, every other long range champs either pokes and/or teamfights better than him.
They balance solely on the winrate in the gamemode. What they sould take into account is that since people get those champions by random, they'll most probably play them like dumbasses, hurting the winrate by an huge amount.
This is why Zoe, Kai'Sa etc previously had atrocious winrates in ARAM: most people just yeeted themselves with their ult into the enemy team without really knowing what to do.
I'm actually kinda surprised they are even taking the time. I'm quite sure there is are several quotes by Rioters saying they will never devote time or energy to making balance changes for the ARAM gamemode, something must have happened for it to suddenly be getting attention. Especially cause they aren't just bugfixes.
Champions got nerfed through the aram Range debuff. (Which is 15% dmg reduction)
This affects jayce and Zoe... I think. And I think they see jayce not over preforming, and zoe Under performing.
Also, I see that Janna got a shield nerf.
Can I get some of that action targeted on Stun?
Like give me, one of these
-Only stuns 2 champions before disappearing.
-Only lasts 0.75 instead of 3 seconds
Make veigar take 8% more damage
why do you love this mode so much if it has huge balance problems?
Yes, zoe should have gotten a buff. Zoe is a burst assassin, similar to leblanc in playstyle. She does not work well, if at all, in teamfights, which is all ARAM is.
There are plenty of opportunities for assassins (or anyone for that matter) to pick people off outside of team fights or just have the sense to hang back in a team fight and clean up weakened opponents afterward. At the end of the day I think some people just aren't very good at ARAM in general and make excuses.
Balance team? Mage/adc Skin promotion team?