Twitch is dead and riot killed him (From the 18th highest mastery twitch player in league)
Hey guys!
Im HipsterCloud one of the highest mastery twitch mains, and a gold one trick pony. I love twitch and he's one of main reasons i play league so avidly. When i first figured i liked taking all the glory and kills and that adc was the role for me at a low level, i found twitch. He allowed me to play hyper aggressive, making up for bad positioning with crazy escapes, he gave me kills that seemed impossible with poison and ultimately changed my experience in league forever. Now he's completely butchered in honestly one of the worst reworks i have ever seen riot make. I love riot as a company, they listen and yet make changes that they think are right. I really hope you will listen to those who really love twitch. Lastly, without a doubt i am okay with a nerf, he has been top tier for way to long and I'm okay with a nerf. I just dont think this a nerf, this is a new champion. Okay lets get into it!
What twitch should be:
Twitch has the always been the ultimate hyper carry, a feast or famine champion who can solo carry or do absolutely nothing. Early game he is extremely weak, and relies on taking kills from his team and assassinating people by himself. He's a sneaky thieving rat at this point that the enemy team needs to shut down. For escapes and engages on his worthless early game we have "Ambush" twitches former Q. Ambush provides an entrance (counterable by pink wards) or an exit. However he can only use it once unless he gets the kill. Late game if twitch is ahead and ready he becomes a glass cannon. It completely changes him from an assassin to an adc and if he is doing well he carries at this point. He uses his stealth to reposition during teamfigts, set up with flanks, chase down targets and finally escape.
What re-worked twitch has become
The big changes that have come to him are his stealth, slow and build path changes. Firstly the nerf to his stealth which is by far the biggest. Stealth as mentioned above can be used as an engage, and escape or a chance to reposition. His stealth does none of those, its literally pointless. At this point twitch doesn't have a Q. This doesn't solve any of twitches problems, and ruins his character of being a sneaky deadly rat. Next his poision slow. Once again, from a twitch main this is another nerf. Twitch excels at high speed engages and extended AA trades, his potion sucks for both these. It was once a quick skillshot that once hit applied affects. Now you have to keep them on it to do anything and nobody in trying will stay. Once again its literally pointless at this point. Finally his entire build has been changed with the removal of attack speed from yommu's his core item. The resulting dusk blade build turns him into a one shot late game, exactly what riot deems unhealthy.
Solutions
Honestly at this point I'm fed up with the fact that my favourite champion is being removed, the result is not twitch, and its unhealthy. Here is my solution. Make is stealth into invisibility and shorten it drastically. Then nerf his movement speed and auto attack speed after invisibility. This will leave him in a worse place then before but his kit won't be completely gone. I will take an azir level nerf just to keep twitches kit.
TLDR:
Twitch is a unique and awesome champ, with a weak, sneaky early assassination game transitioning to a hyper carry late. This rework is three straight nerfs to him, It leaves his stealth pointless and onesided, a weaker kit and a forced build which turns him into a late game one shot champ, exactly what riot doesn't want.