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Rift Herald is.... Pretty... useless.

yoshi2790·12/22/2016, 12:31:38 PM·5 votes·1,020 views

I can't be the only one that thinks Rift Herald is pretty useless.

It takes too long to kill Rift Herald for the buff it gives. Don't get me wrong, the buff is great, it just takes a LOT of sacrifises.

You need to sacrifise:

  • Lane CS
  • Jungle CS
  • Lane pressure
  • A lot of mana and hp
  • Time

You'll lose CS, and it takes ages to kill Rift Herald. Plus, you'll 9/10 need to recall after it, resulting in more time lost.

The purpose of Rift Herald was to get attention removed from botlane and put a bit more on toplane, so it feels less like an island.

But no one actually takes Rift Herald, so toplane feels like an island.

But the worst thing about this is, Botlane.

Botlane? You may ask? yes, botlane.

Everyone would rather go botlane, to get 2 kills and a free tower + dragon. There is little to nothing a support and Marksman can do against so much champions,

How do we fix this?

That's quite easy, Rift Herald should be worth taking, or atleast be easier to take. I recommend reducing it's HP by A LOT, and armor and magic resist by a bit.

Maybe that's enough?

13 Comments

Ralanr12/22/2016, 12:51:12 PM2 votes

Or by killing the rift Herald you get a teamwide buff.

MisterJulia12/22/2016, 1:01:24 PM2 votes

that's why you don't get Rift Herald unless you're ahead.

Dynamiku Entry12/22/2016, 1:27:59 PM2 votes

Rift Herald , like Autofill, are examples of Riot thinking they know how to solve a problem, when all they did was exasperate it. They thought autofill would reduce que times, turns out it made them worse. The purpose of Rift Herald only gave junglers one MORE reason NOT to go top lane.

Brain Errör 40412/23/2016, 3:14:03 AM1 votes

Lol, I solo that shit. I keep telling people this. If you're a strong, independent black woman, you don't need no help. Your man has 2 jobs, and you're your own man with your own 2 jobs. You get that shit yourself.

I have no trouble solo'ing it on Tryndamere Riven Shyvana Yasuo XinZhao Udyr

Notice the importance of Rift herald on all of those champs and why it matters solely on them.

Twitch Chat12/23/2016, 11:39:22 PM1 votes

its k the less junglers in top lane the better go away please

PhDs Nuts12/24/2016, 12:08:41 AM1 votes

Should just reduce the damage it does (the monster, not the buff), and increase both its resistance to normal attacks and the damage it takes when hitting its eye.