Riot, about Gragas Nerfs

OnlyGragasOnlyGG·8/10/2016, 12:38:21 PM·3 votes·568 views

Hi all I am diamond level player and best Gragas ever and I'm sad to see him getting nerfed (again after buffs). I have at least certainly 2000 games played with him and I hope you're not gonna kill him like you did at the end of season 5. Although I'm experienced, it doesn't show in my winrate as I don't have any ridiculous 60%+ games won with Gragas. I have only managed to lock my performance (KDA) to a specific level. That said, Gragas is a team based champion and if your team fails you will probably do the same no matter how well you played.

I haven't followed LCS a lot but they seem to level random spells with Gragas at the start, so I assume they suck there. Self I prefer E since it saves most hp/potions for me at least but I don't know if it's worth anymore after this possible nerf.

Currently on PBE :

Body Slam

Cooldown increased to 16 / 15 / 14 / 13 / 12 from 12 seconds at all ranks. 

I get it you want to lower the amount it can be used in fights but this will hit his early jungle clear too. I suggest you could also rise the amount of his reduced cd when he hits E. See below. This will mean he only gets the longer cd when he misses it or uses it to escape. Also this change would separate good Gragases from bad ones, since you now get a heavier punishment if you miss the ability. If it still feels too strong, you could consider putting a increased cooldown reduction when it collides with jungle monsters so he would maintain current clear rates ( I suppose it's not too good when you compare junglers? ).

Option 1: Body Slam

Cooldown increased to 16 / 15 / 14 / 13 / 12 from 12 seconds at all ranks. 

Body Slam's cooldown is reduced by 7 / 6 / 5 / 4 / 3 seconds if Gragas hits an enemy.

Option 2: Body Slam

Cooldown increased to 16 / 15 / 14 / 13 / 12 from 12 seconds at all ranks. 

Body Slam's cooldown is reduced by 3 seconds if Gragas hits an enemy. 4 / 3 / 2 / 1 / 0 bonus cooldown reduction if Gragas hits a jungle monster.

Side note: Do you think Ekko cooldowns are in a good spot?

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