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People aren't annoyed because Riot isn't fixing issues RIGHT NOW

Nishant·11/5/2017, 8:57:15 AM·125 votes·3,933 views

I get that Runes Reforged is going to shake up the meta and everything's going to be crazy for a long while. But that isn't why people are annoyed at the balance department.

It's the fact that the meta was left in this state for a very long time.

Runes Reforged can't be used as an excuse for Riot ignoring this ridiculous bot-lane centric meta that makes the other roles just seem worthless sometimes. Or for the fact that a whole team can use all their burst on the enemy ADC but they'll be left at half health and lifesteal up to full anyways.

It's not acceptable for the game to be left in a stupidly unbalanced state for so long.

A prime example is our favourite rat, Twitch. The guy's been a powerhouse for the majority of this season, and do you know the last time he was nerfed?

Patch 6.24. Ironically, almost a year ago, before season 7 even really began.

Just a gentle reminder.

97 Comments

Death by Glamour11/5/2017, 1:14:25 PM43 votes

So true.

Used to be weekly twitch posts from a certain diamond darius main, nothing was done. A lot of what they have done balance wise however seems to been knee-jerk reactions that actually didn't solve the issues.

Thormail changes because of adc lifesteal

Ardent censor changes, when the bulk of the problem was with adc itemisation being so cheap. Just to clarify it should have been nerfed but to hit that item and not the adcs themselves.

One other thing we see alot of are the buff tower threads, instead riot are making them easier to take with the new runes...

If this patch goes badly I'm away, I've had enough of riot pulling in this direction.

NakedGranny11/5/2017, 11:58:37 PM10 votes

If spellvamp was toxic for mages to have, I can't understand why it isn't infinitely worse for AD to have lifesteal. It doesn't even cost them mana to recover 200hp per shot (which means roughly 380 hp per second!).

Have never given Riot money. Never will.

I don't care if the game becomes perfect in some theoretical future.

I won't reward this.

deadlychuck11/5/2017, 6:43:23 PM9 votes

Well i think they've deadlocked themselves.

Their whole design over the past ~1.5-2 years now has been Assassins > Marksmen > Tanks > Assassins

Yet this model cuts out substantial portions of the roster from ever being the meta, and forcing them only into supporting roles. If they were to shift the meta, with how things are currently designed, it'd be impossible for it to be anything other than an assassin or tank meta again.

Sleepcoma11/5/2017, 10:53:53 PM8 votes

adcs are only getting stronger aswell, with the introduction of lethal tempo they will burst you for massive crits while ALSO having a shit ton of attack speed

Sraeg201311/5/2017, 2:28:56 PM7 votes

When a 200HP Lulu not only survives WQ from a 7/2/0 Shadow Assassin Kayn, but also ends up with more HP than before, you know your balance is fucked up.