Sure the rift herald is annoying, but it can be killed in lane easily enough, especially if you just CC the thing. The only major problem I can see right now w/ the rift herald is that it is WAAAYYY to easy to solo. Anybody in the game can solo it. Maybe make it so you need 2, possibly even 3, people to take it. Also buffs to turrets wouldn't hurt.
Hethalean2 votesAlso, do not back since they have empowered recall and will beat you, or they'll just use it and solo the tower and maybe the second one.
Honestly, I think either the jungler needs to take it and just use it when they gank and kill a lane, or the top laner just TP, double kill, use it, take tower.
Kâtie1 votesAlso, do not back since they have empowered recall and will beat you, or they'll just use it and solo the tower and maybe the second one.
Honestly, I think either the jungler needs to take it and just use it when they gank and kill a lane, or the top laner just TP, double kill, use it, take tower.
Exactly, I do not understand why people back after someone takes rift and then don't expect their tower to die because of them going back.
meowwow72 votesand if you know how to use a champ in the role you're in with a displacement spell keep that on hand for when it decides to do it's leeroy charge
awesomer1111 votesLEEEEEROOOOOOOYYYYYY JENKINS
DeathBurst1 votesNo, this is a bad idea. Herald is unstoppable (think Malph's R) when it charges. Don't waste your CC when it charges, keep it for just after.
meowwow71 votesyeah one of it's attacks make it to where you can easily hit the eye even when soloing it
StoryDuck1 votesYeah sure, CC the rift herald and watch it not matter this new rift herald is ridiculous in terms of snowballing. The game is decided by who wins top lane now. My last three games were complete insanity in that the enemy team won one game pre-20 minutes one we lost NEXUS towers pre-20 minutes. and another where we lost inhib at 15. You are forgetting that the pressure of this damn rift herald is so insane that it takes THE ENTIRE TEAM to defend against it. If bot lane leaves lane at 15 minutes guess how many turrets you lose bot? Meanwhile they only need 2-3 to guard the insanely over powered rift herald. Snowballing has reached a new level of insanity with this item. IF the top lane loses you might as well just go AFK because there is nothing you can do once they plop that unbalanced POS down.
EmperorPengu1 votesYeah sure, CC the rift herald and watch it not matter this new rift herald is ridiculous in terms of snowballing. The game is decided by who wins top lane now. My last three games were complete insanity in that the enemy team won one game pre-20 minutes one we lost NEXUS towers pre-20 minutes. and another where we lost inhib at 15. You are forgetting that the pressure of this damn rift herald is so insane that it takes THE ENTIRE TEAM to defend against it. If bot lane leaves lane at 15 minutes guess how many turrets you lose bot? Meanwhile they only need 2-3 to guard the insanely over powered rift herald. Snowballing has reached a new level of insanity with this item. IF the top lane loses you might as well just go AFK because there is nothing you can do once they plop that unbalanced POS down.
& here we see stupidity & un dudeness. Dude bro calm your tits & get your dudes together. Think about this logically. If you can cc the the thing why shouldn't you, especially right after it did its ramming thing. It can keep it from killing tower while tower kills it. & if you got to the point where you were so behind that you lost a fight even though you knew they had rift then you are just bad. The one time I had happen what you said happened to you (inhib at 15) the other team was so behind & had pulled a bad fight. We only won because they were bad. And if you don't like rift ramming down your towers actually ward the pit that it's in. Dragons aren't the only focus on the rift anymore & you have to remember both sides now. Plus this keeps some focus off the bot lane(rember that 4 man ganks down bot were a thing for a long time now) & pulls it up top. You know how many 4 man bot sht I've seen pulled recently with this change (Let's just say it's definitely less). You know how many 3 man top things I've seen (finally seeing this more often)
Tl:dr rift is strong and they need to fix how easy it is to solo but as long as you pay attention to it & use all of your power to keep the enemies from getting it then you should be fine.