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Has 5.22 broken League?

Kosty23·11/15/2015, 3:29:03 AM·166 votes·8,203 views

I get preseason experiments. But this patch has broken this game so badly.

The towers are GROSSLY weak. I just took a tower at 12:21 within 30 seconds as an APC with half a wave. Really? I roamed to bottom to help fend off the grossly overpowered ADC and Ahri was able to take both my towers with a single wave.

Really? The towers needed BUFFED LAST SEASON. Not NERFED AGAIN.

ADCs are grossly overpowered. Basically MF and Graves. The rest aren't so bad and it is well deserved.

Minion blocking? I couldn't save my nexus because I got pinned inside a circle of spawning minions and enemy minions that were pushing.

Edit I actually realized after posting this about the snowballing effect. I thought I removed it with an edit but I guess I didn't save it properly.

There are a lot of things that could be positive, but so much was released at once that this game is now broken in my eyes. I will probably stick to ARAM or just not play until a few more patches come out.

I think these things should have been released one by one. In science experiments, there is usually a variable being tested versus everything controlled. In statistics, single variables are tested for significance against the rest. If you change the entire equation and it no longer works, how do you know which part is broken?

This is just my lowly opinion, but I feel this is the worst patch I've ever been a part of.

So much so, that I needed to voice my frustration.

I may get downvoted to oblivion, but I feel better.

105 Comments

Sir Hammerlock11/15/2015, 4:12:21 AM40 votes

I agree with the Preseason Update basically hurting League of Legends a lot.

They've essentially removed two of the classes in-game from being viable picks in competitive play (ranked), which are Assassins and AP Junglers. They've over-buffed Critical Strike, and the Warlord's Bloodlust passive is so incredibly powerful that it makes Tryndamere/Yasuo a must-ban.

The "Ward Debris" destroys traps such as Caitlyn's, Nidalee's, Jinx's and Teemo's Shrooms.

AP Casters mid are at a massive disadvantage, considering most of their power spikes don't happen until mid/late game, and are item-dependent, yet Riot has drastically increased the cost of nearly all AP itemization.

Riot, as you mentioned, nerfed Turrets again. Turrets are so incredibly weak at this stage, that most champions can tank (and get away) from ~4-6 turret shots, or more, depending on the champion. It's incredibly easy to take turrets down as well, since they have horrible resistances now and take way too much damage from Champions.

I didn't like the way Season 5's meta game was, where tanky/dps was king - but this Snowball is King meta is extremely bad for the game...

Sadly, I don't think this will kill League of Legends. Why? Because all Riot cares about is LCS and their eSports teams and LC$ BiGPLAY$. They've made it so that matches are 20-30m long and rely on champions that can easily out-maneuver and out-play opponents, while making quick and efficient moves to end games early.

t0ad511/15/2015, 3:34:23 AM26 votes

Time to move on. The company has gone down hill and hasn't bothered to address basic issues slthat have existed since day one (one ex: 4vs5 shouldn't start)

ArchSilverX11/15/2015, 8:13:56 AM17 votes

I remember the days in early season 5 when Riot considered removing Critical Strikes from the game in general and reworking the Damage items... and now they decided to Super Buff Criticals... look what it did to your game. #Truth ... No Op you are just gonna get upvoted... Sad but true

Mon0mega11/15/2015, 4:49:30 AM11 votes

hate to say it but if riot can get a solid plan here I might have to migrate to . . . . . dota [slayer-pantheon-rainbows]

MilfHuntUnitXJ911/15/2015, 3:33:16 AM10 votes

Yes, yes it has

AeolusDewshining11/15/2015, 4:55:56 AM10 votes

People invest time and money into a class or champion due to they love or enjoy them, when you nerf their favorite champions, it's a problem you have to consider. That's when WoW started going down hill, people started getting upset and leaving.

KONO RUBICK DA11/15/2015, 8:19:20 AM7 votes

lmfao "only graves and mf are broken" you for sure didnt play against Lucian having 40% cdr, 70-100% crit and 300 AD somehow with infinity mana.

Nearly ALL adc are broken right now, and solo top ADC got retarded with Vayne Graves Quinn

4ManVotedAgainst11/15/2015, 9:09:27 AM7 votes

Minion-collision should just be removed or disabled. It's terri-bad rght now. I don't mind the rest of the changes since I regard them has having been sorely needed.

Lhostalis11/16/2015, 6:35:51 AM7 votes

I don't even play anymore, the juggernaut patch really hurt my urge to play. Patch 5.22 has killed it. League sucks now in my opinion, DOTA 2 confirmed new LoL.

imNick11/15/2015, 7:17:03 AM6 votes

Yeah... With this patch I usually get a turret destroyed in under 10 minutes... Disgusting.

AATTRROOXX11/15/2015, 5:09:02 AM6 votes

Minion snowballing isn't enabled yet... Not saying everything else isn't valid, just that one part.

RC ColaH11/21/2015, 5:32:10 PM4 votes

Impossible to make comebacks with minions being buffed for the winning team. Even if the losing team starts to get some kills and gets a comeback going, it is too hard with the minions constantly pushing to the turrets. The part of the update I hate the most.

Aikki11/16/2015, 3:52:56 PM4 votes

Not to mention the players got REALLY toxic with this patch. I figure everyone's just pissed off with games pretty much being decided 5 minutes into the game and ended at 15. I don't even know why I bother playing anymore.

Kitten of Evil11/15/2015, 8:04:08 AM4 votes

I'm inclined to say "Yes, it has, but preseason is a time for great changes. I (tentatively) hope that Riot will ensure that, once Season 6 starts, things will be in a state of greater balance."

Limitanei11/15/2015, 1:53:29 PM3 votes

I guarantee you next patch will consist of -minor- tweaks for some champs, and new skins introduced to the shop.

Gots to make that dosh, son.

InchZer011/15/2015, 7:03:41 PM3 votes

I think the crit system, overall, is way too powerful, but I like the new ADC items and updates. If crit was scrapped, then it would have been really interesting, but as-is, it's just a rush to 70%-100% crit-chance.

diviku11/16/2015, 6:27:00 AM3 votes

this game has become very one sided now. the min you start falling behind there no way to come back now. reason being this

turrets have 0 armor and magic resist until 15 mins into the game.
the power spikes the adc can get from just 2 crit items. (roughly around 40 to 60%)
you cant protected anything when you start falling behind.

these are my reason that this games has become super broken. how do you expect anyone to play this when all they have to do is just 5 man push one lane. the lane is gone. i am sorry to see a game i knew and played since season 1 turn out like this. i personally wont be playing the game until this preseason is either fixed or removed.

Triplestars11/25/2015, 8:36:32 PM3 votes

Lose bot lane, lose game. Feed broken ass tryndamere or master yi one kill, lose game. Try to roam to help out your teammates, lose your tower in 10 seconds. Lame new champion takes your soul and plays a mini game where you die without being fucking directly attacked. Fiora lands one parry, wins lane and has enough lifesteal to tank your fountain lazer... no mana pots, free fucking wards and a rework for every single champion. DO YOU TEST ANYTHING OVER THERE? I'VE SEEN MORE TOXIC PLAYERS IN THE PAST TWO DAYS PLAYING RANKED THAN I HAVE IN MY ENTIRE AFFILIATION WITH LEAGUE. FIX THIS GARBAGE.

paperbIade11/25/2015, 8:47:34 PM3 votes

this game is dying

The Derpenstein11/15/2015, 8:45:44 AM2 votes

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I get preseason experiments. But this patch has broken this game so badly.

The towers are GROSSLY weak. I just took a tower at 12:21 within 30 seconds as an APC with half a wave. Really? I roamed to bottom to help fend off the grossly overpowered ADC and Ahri was able to take both my towers with a single wave.

Really? The towers needed BUFFED LAST SEASON. Not NERFED AGAIN.

ADCs are grossly overpowered. Basically MF and Graves. The rest aren't so bad and it is well deserved.

Minion blocking? I couldn't save my nexus because I got pinned inside a circle of spawning minions and enemy minions that were pushing. Oh and they were pushing at 25 minutes to our nexus because of the new minion snowballing effect.

There are a lot of things that could be positive, but so much was released at once that this game is now broken in my eyes. I will probably stick to ARAM or just not play until a few more patches come out.

I think these things should have been released one by one. In science experiments, there is usually a variable being tested versus everything controlled. In statistics, single variables are tested for significance against the rest. If you change the entire equation and it no longer works, how do you know which part is broken?

This is just my lowly opinion, but I feel this is the worst patch I've ever been a part of.

So much so, that I needed to voice my frustration.

I may get downvoted to oblivion, but I feel better.

I have ranted enough today so, simply put, Yes.

Misfitmask11/18/2015, 4:38:00 AM2 votes

I agree wholeheartedly, I've just completely stopped playing summoners, and have exclusively only been playing ARAM's since this launch.

nicole151111/15/2015, 11:59:36 PM2 votes

i quit after 5.22

Robbit Mang11/15/2015, 9:34:04 PM2 votes

things i hate about this patch

Yasuo and Tryndamere with warriors bloodlust, what the fuck
towers can be taken with one or two waves if the enemy leaves the lane
towers can be taken almost instantly by any adc lategame
Since towers die so quickly lategame, your nexus turrets are basically little pieces of cardboard in the way of your nexus past 30 minutes

ULTRA RAMOOSE11/16/2015, 10:25:30 PM1 votes

YES, BUT RIOT WILL PAY FOR THIS BY LOSING PEOPLE AND MONEY WILL BE LOST.

Iqqi1/4/2016, 2:48:12 AM1 votes

5.22 is by far the worst league of legends patch in the history of this game. All the money, all the staff and they are too stupid to even balance the game. Hell Look at their newest champion Illaoi. She is so fucking broken. Tentacles can not even be targeted by turrets. I mean the sheer oversite, lack of through, and execution is just pathetic. All the money, all the staff and they are too stupid to do anything. Fucking idiots.

2DunksFromHell11/15/2015, 12:05:11 PM1 votes

they wanted to patch up juggernauts mistakes... but they went to far with adcs and masteries