Incoming akali nerfs

RyzenLord·2/1/2019, 11:51:04 PM·2 votes·1,682 views

A lot of people asked for and wanted nerfs to the** UNTARGETABLE UNDER TOWERS** part of akali's shroud and they are getting that. But why are we taking away her heal mechanic without compensating her in some meaningful form to let her be able to lane? She has some of the weakest defense stats of any melee. She doesn't scale well into late game. She has the slowest burst of all assassins due to her mini game. You're nerfing both of her defensive capabilities without transferring the power anywhere. Her winrate was never that good in solo queue pre rework or post. She is arguably a liability in her current state. If you take away her ability to survive via sustain, then she needs better base values/scalings on defense or she needs to be much faster in her ability to rotate her combo. All I see is you dumpstering her so she doesn't get any pro play, then in solo queue she'll be sitting around a <40% winrate indefinitely until she is compensated for her nerfs. If i continue to play this game. I'll be banning akali so that she isn't that big of a liability to have on my team.

11 Comments

ZaneShadow2/1/2019, 11:55:34 PM2 votes

Eh, if Riot is to be believed, you should see some follow up buffs in 9.4 or 9.5

Their overnerfing her and said they plan to then add compensation buffs.

I do have to say though, the idea of having your champion gutted for 1-2 months sounds pretty tough. Isn't she at like a 45% winrate at low elo? This might let her join the "bellow 40% winrate" club. No one ever stays there, but its a sign a champion is unquestionably weak. I think Ryze, Ornn, and Azir all took turns in there, but I'm not 100% on that.

xDogMeatx2/1/2019, 11:52:04 PM1 votes

look at it this way at least sylas will have a great ult XD.

Stróc Dúnmharú2/2/2019, 11:38:27 PM1 votes

When Riot made her in her current iteration, they gave her a kit that they aren't good enough at balance to make work fairly. By removing the free healing and the immunity to towers while diving, they can actually think about giving her some better base stats and/or more damage without turning her into an abomination.