Sivir ult nerf

Bisaknosp·6/2/2015, 8:33:11 PM·2 votes·1,102 views
6/2 PBE Update

Can somebody explain why they nerf the best thing about her? I dont even think she is op or anything so i just dont understand why this is happening. There are more problematic champs so why are they nerfing a champ that is not problematic at all????

5 Comments

Strawberrycocoa6/2/2015, 8:37:29 PM4 votes

Team-wide Mobiity is a really strong skill, they probably want to mitigate having an entire enemy team bull-rushing everything.

Shaded Striker6/2/2015, 8:34:54 PM2 votes

Random caitlyn buffs followed by Random sivir nerfs.

FalconPawwwwnch6/2/2015, 9:03:13 PM2 votes

You don't think she's OP because you're probably bad

She's picked a ton in competitive play because ult + glory is broken as hell

Timesz6/2/2015, 9:41:28 PM2 votes

There is a couple reasons for this change I can think of:

  1. On the Hunt stacking with effects like Righteous Glory or Shurelia's Equivilent and causing teams to run over enemy teams too quickly.
  2. On the Hunt's initiation is viewed as too strong; 6 seconds of 60% movement speed may be overbearing in teamfights later in the game when bruiser assassins like Rengar get access to more mobility to delete a single target with no reaction from the enemy team.

So the nerf isn't completely random. With the new addition of Glory, an item that seems to be fairly popular, it was only a matter of time before Riot looked into toning down the effect of having multiple team-wide speed buffs. Unfortunately this means Sivir loses power for an item she doesn't even build, but has her allies build (supports and junglers primarily.)

It's not an ultimate-destroying nerf, that would be if they touched the movement speed bonus, but it is significant enough to lower Sivir's level 11 and onward chasing potential.

TL:DR Sivir gets along with team wide MS enhancing items. Got her chasing power later in the game dialed back for it.