Isn't that Kog'Maw nerf a little overkill?

darkdill·Feb 17, 2016·5 votes·899 views

Unofficial PBE Patch Notes for 2/16/2016

Kog'Maw Base Attack Speed lowered to 0.558 (down from 0.665)

I'm amazed that switching his AS bonus from his Q to his W could make him so... devastating. But while a Koggie nerf may be necessary, this one is just freaking overkill.

With this, Kog's NEVER going to reach super-high attack speed in later parts of the game. Seeing him ever hit 4 attacks per second (let alone 5) will be almost impossible unless he goes with a troll build.

Why couldn't you lower his early AD instead and make his weak early game even more pronounced?

EDIT: Looks like there are haters on patrol tonight.

4 Comments

LaughingStaplerFeb 17, 20163 votes

It's the wrong way of nerfing him and it shouldn't be surprising that giving him level 18 power at level 13 would make him scary. Regardless of balance, is isn't where they should nerf him and they could just revert that stupid AS change to begin with. Q is now so unattractive that the highest winrate skill order doesn't put a point in Q until forced.

CherysseFeb 17, 20161 votes

I actually prefer to have the AS buff on his Q rather than having this nerf, I mean his Q deals decent damage when leveled up and the W damage doesn't scale by itself... so.

Very Hard EngageFeb 17, 20161 votes

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It's the wrong way of nerfing him and it shouldn't be surprising that giving him level 18 power at level 13 would make him scary. Regardless of balance, is isn't where they should nerf him and they could just revert that stupid AS change to begin with. Q is now so unattractive that the highest winrate skill order doesn't put a point in Q until forced.

but if riot undid ANY one of their changes, it would mean they are capable of mistakes, and they are in fact not perfect balance masters. and as a result people would question more of riots questionable decisions

which is why riot will never be good at balance, they cant go back or actually improve, they can only keep moving forward on the balance roller coaster.