"You undid the Kog rework, but why wont you undo these ones?"

Eedat··11 votes·798 views

The answer simply is that Kog was single-handedly making it impossible to balance every single on-hit item in the game. item 3153 item 3091 item 3124 etc became absolutely impossible to balance properly because they interacted too well with his W. So Riot had to keep these items weak or Kog would be completely out of control. An entire subset of items had to be balanced around a single champion which made them weak on every other champion but Kog for the most part.

The result of this is that Kog's existence was affecting the ability to balance a shit ton of other champions because their build paths were nerfed. Other reworks are more champion specific. Kog's, however, was affecting more than just himself.

So Riot undid it. It was the only option they had. That's why Kog was a special case.

11 Comments

Rebonack3 votes

Now I can just hope that Riot buffs Wit's End.

Rito plz.

Eedat2 votes

well they already got item 3153 item 3124, so maybe thats next

LaughingStapler2 votes

After Riot gutted AP Kog completely out of viability last patch, I do not trust anything from them.

Big Lincoln1 votes

why not just make his W apply on-hits at a reduced rate like how it did with every other source of damage

Jalkan5 votes

Because that would ruin the point of double attack speed.

Big Lincoln2 votes

on-hits aren't a well executed concept anyway

and 60% effectiveness would still give him a net bonus to his DPS, it just wouldn't be him murdering you in the span of 2 seconds

dunder kill3 votes

Absolute coding nightmare. Easier to do when Kog is the source of the damage. When the source is elsewhere, it becomes very tricky. Trying to code all those items to interact with a specific skill on a specific champion

If they could have they would have

AMYS GRAVE1 votes

For once it wasn't ezreal breaking the items.

DunkinNoobs1 votes

Plus, pre-rework Kog wasn't that bad of a design to begint with. No reason to go back to old Morde, by comparison.

khorney1 votes

Here is the simple thing kog w is a active with a high cdr. Tfs e which I like building on hit with him because of the split push team fight power and wave clear . E double striking is op

NodirjonSattarov1 votes

they were too lazy to figure out a different way to balance his W. it wasn't the only option. they are so meticulous and careful when balancing popular champions but make sudden HUGE changes to unpopular champions KNOWING it wont affect anyone but that small community.

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