Why would you "buff" Volibear with that ?

option paralysis·Apr 5, 2017·16 votes·3,437 views

R - Thunder Claws - MAXIMUM BOUNCES 4 ⇒ 8.

Like what the hell. There are 5 enemies anyway, not 8. Yeah you can catch someone off if you have a fuckin' minion wave coming AND they're low hp, but that happens rarely. I actually don't understand how can someone put out a "buff" like this one to help a champion you never see anymore. I know buffing his numbers would just make him a stat monster, but then don't make "buffs" like these that actually don't do anything. Put in work for a mini rework or something, because this is laughable.

16 Comments

HethaleanApr 5, 201712 votes

Sometimes there are curiously more enemies than just 5 due to a champions kit and sometimes they're important to that champ they don't insta die Annie Elise Heimerdinger Ivern Malzahar Mordekaiser Shaco Yorick Zyra

TheHappyReaperzApr 5, 20178 votes

Its still a pretty decent buff. It makes him better in teamfights, makes it easier to clear/push waves, and contributes to his theme of "thunder-bear".

SlaktarTaskenApr 5, 20174 votes

It's a shit buff no matter how you look at it.

Riot seems to have decided that Volibear has to stay in the gutter, champs that are considerably better off, some are even fucking balanced, are getting REAL buffs, but Voli stays the same, nothing but shit laner that can't played against anything that he doesn't straight up counter. And an invade voulnerable jungler with shit clear speed untill he can afford a 2625 gold item.

This buff does nothing for him in the areas where he suffers the most and doesn't do much for him where he's already (supposedly) good (skirmishes).

l Joe Rogan lApr 5, 20173 votes

In my opinion, minor changes to a champion are much better than suddenly making a champion super strong just because you wanted to see the champion more. I like the change.

SlaktarTaskenApr 5, 20171 votes

Minor changes to champs that severely underperform in every role and bigger changes to champs that are basicly balanced. I smell skins and politics.

Big LincolnApr 5, 20175 votes

even funnier is that they couldn't even give it a flat buff

the bounces are delayed now

ProfirixApr 5, 20174 votes

I agree it is a 'buff' but I was under the impression that champions were buffed based on them missing something that brings their power level below expected norms. How does upping the number of bounces help to fix a shortcoming of Volibear? Is wave clear really something you see as a shortcoming that needed to be improved? His ult has a pretty long cooldown... I just don't see the logical thought process that determined this was the best way to buff him...

OelykApr 5, 20173 votes

How to buff Volibear actually to make him the real bear that he is.

Number of bounces 8 ⇒ Infinite

Chain can hit the same target multiple times.

Jar Jar binks lApr 5, 20172 votes

Wtf is that shit, riot give him some proper biffs, i mean what is this, its actual a nerf because the chains are delayed now

Baron of BreadApr 5, 20171 votes

The bounces are also delayed. I believe this means that the bounces would work like Fiddle's Dark Wind, allowing it to hit the same target twice.

CrossbowRangerApr 5, 20171 votes

Make it bounce to 100 enemies [slayer-jinx-wink]

SiG DxDApr 5, 20171 votes

item 3124 destruction

AdeBugApr 5, 20171 votes

what if their entire team invades you while you're at birds? You will need more than 8 bounces, my friend!

SalronApr 5, 20171 votes

This means that you'll be able to kill someone low health on the opposite end of a minion wave though

SlaktarTaskenApr 5, 20171 votes

That's so extremely circumstantial it might as well not be counted.

sirwaterflesApr 6, 20171 votes

I think they want to hold off real buffs until the new/changed items of the tankupdate. Otherwise i think they would just revert the last nerfes to his w should do the trick now jugnler is a lot harder to clear. They probably felt oke with shipping this and mumu change because they are systimatical changes and not just numbers that will have to be changed again in 2 patches from now anyway.