why are you nerfing lissandras burst!

JarodDempsey··4 votes·905 views

omg the entire reason she needed a passive rework is because she has the weakest burst of all the burst mages and lacks either the survivability or the burst to be successful.

So then after months of delays you give us the backloaded damage passive which doesnt fix any of her initial problems.

And now you nerf her w over 20% and lower her ult ap ratio by almost 15%!

[zombie-brand-facepalm]

It's honestly like youre doing all of this just to fuck with people who like lissandra. I'm just so fed up with the whole thing. We waited so long and were strung along with so much bs about "waiting on the art department" and such and now to not only get a passive that fails to address the root of the problem with the shit cherry on top of these nerfs is just way over the line. Lissandra is not an assasin, she shouldnt be 1 and done but even that would be an improvement over her current like .8 and done playstyle because her burst is too weak to get kills (which is why this passive will do little to change her failings since it relies on getting a kill to even activate not to mention it is hugely delayed and dodgeable) and her survivability is too low to disengage and regroup. She shouldve gotten a slight frontloaded damage buff for her initial rotation in addition to some type of shield or even incorporate frost armor for survivability with the possibility of an e reset and that wouldve addressed all of her issues and required little to no delays waiting on the art department to make significant new graphics. But no instead we get this passive that fails to address her issues which will now be compunded by a nerf to her primary burst and then she'll be left to rot for another 3 years until she finally gets another small meaningful change like has been the case since her ult got the heal in 2015.

4 Comments

Ballzyyy2 votes

The other problem with the passive is you need to kill someone and proc it. So nerfing her w and R basically means she isnt suppose to be a mage, instead a supp like zyra...

JarodDempsey2 votes

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The other problem with the passive is you need to kill someone and proc it. So nerfing her w and R basically means she isnt suppose to be a mage, instead a supp like zyra...

thats exactly it too, gating a damage passive behind getting kills ignores the whole problem in the first place and thats that as a burst mages she has the weakest burst and so is least likely to get a kill in a short window which is her purpose as a member of that class.

Also I mained lissandra for years as a support and unfortunately due to her lack of damage despite general damage creep, she has fallen off even as a support. With this new passive she'll be even less viable as support because theyre not improving her ability to assist kills while also giving her poorer mana economy which is uber important as an ap poke support.

DerMangoJoghurt2 votes

She is primarily a battlemage, not a burst mage.

Of course It'd be optimal if both playstyles would be supported equally, but in this case I definitely prefer a cool new passive with increased teamfight potential in exchange for less burst.

JarodDempsey1 votes

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She is primarily a battlemage, not a burst mage.

Of course It'd be optimal if both playstyles would be supported equally, but in this case I definitely prefer a cool new passive with increased teamfight potential in exchange for less burst.

wroooooong lol srry to burst your bubble but she has been firmly classed as burst mage for a long time by riot. Unfortunately for her she has the weakest kit of all burst mages. TBH i wish theyd just reclass her as a battle mage and give her a survivability mechanic, she'd be way more fun imo bc as a burst mage shes woefully lacking rn.

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