Why Akali Getting Nerfed on a Assassins Rework?! Riot pls Answer...

IamHereToTroll·10/24/2016, 9:18:54 AM·11 votes·3,870 views

First of all I am not just a random noob flaming. I am just talking about facts. I was Akali main and stopped playing her after nerfs to his e. Then I started playing Korean (Tanky/ad) akali which was the way of playing akali at its best for awhile. Then I had to chance to try NEW akali on PBE. I mean I played many games with new Akali and here are my thoughts:

First of all Akali getting nerfed big time in an Assassin Rework which is very sad. Almost all of her skills getting nerfed under a big shiny Assassin Rework label. Dunno why but it disappoints me more than a normal regular nerf. Cause I had hopes about a slight Akali buff ( at least to his e skill)

Passive: NERFED BIG TIME. Instead of a constant sustain now all we get is heal for first hit and dmg for second hit and it gives you 8 second cooldown. Which is pretty lame and useless in many ways. Being Assassin requires you to kill your opponent in 5 secs tops and in first engage assassins have full hp %90 of the time. So heal on first hit will be PRETTY USELESS and it will be on 8 secs cooldown when you gotta kill somebody and get out in 5 secs... Good joke Riot. I mean this passive gotta be a joke.

**W: **yes it teleports you short distance and gives you immunity from pink wards BUT riot also nerfed shroud time a lot. And now with new W you cant recharge your skills. So you cant just use 2x combo on your target by using w now. You only use it to either run or engage which limits to usage of W imo.

R: Cooldown change and Damage nerf to already 4 times nerfed ability is a bit too much and doin it on Assassins Rework as I mentioned earlier is just very very very disappointing.

**E: **now since ad bonus nerfed and you guys (Riot) gave her ability to scale with ad/ap Tanky/AD Korean Build will also be useless and also this is a huge nerf too that ppl dont even realize. Back in days e was scaling with ap and it was not problem but back in days you could also pop your q ability with e which was pretty nice kit for an full ap assassin. But now Riot doesnt want us to build ad/tank by changing her E skill and if we build full ap; as a full ap champion you gotta q and AUTO ATTACK your targets on a 5v5 teamfights where all ppl saving cc abilities for akali. HUGe fail. If you wanna change E at least make it as before then I can accept all the nerfs to his ulti and e skill.

In conclusion: I think ppl who rework Akali have no idea about playing Akali or any Assassin. Best thing you can do Riot is not changing Akali at all instead of applying this changes imo. Farewell.

18 Comments

WoonStruck10/24/2016, 9:58:57 AM3 votes

I honestly don't believe that you tried it on the PBE.

You listed the changes on the PBE. You listed scenarios that could happen. None of that is personal experience-related.

You're just spewing off the changes that were made, not how they impacted your gameplay. ** I'm calling your bluff.**


That said, she was nerfed. OP is just whining about it without even experiencing it like he claims.

DoktorKaiser10/24/2016, 9:27:31 AM2 votes

Because she is getting a VGU soon and has cancerous playstyle, so when that combination is up, they usually nerf the hell out of the champ under the excuse of upcoming VGU.

Samflash310/24/2016, 12:31:52 PM2 votes

Doesn't the first paragraph you wrote make you into a Fotm user? I mean you stopped playing her because of a nerf, then only started playing her because of the tanky build?

CerealBoxOfDoom10/24/2016, 8:01:55 PM2 votes

Why is it people can call something a nerf but can't be bothered to provide a link despite all else they type out.

This is a classic sign that someone is trying to make a bullshit argument knowing you can't be bothered to go check the fine details against everything they typed.

I'm just going to downvote

iLLest Wood GP10/25/2016, 3:17:54 AM1 votes

Akali is a lady.

Giant Ent10/6/2017, 9:54:24 PM1 votes

I was also an akali main before her rework. I've taken a number of long breaks in the game since the akali "change" (nerf). I tried to play her after the changes and she felt so clunky and bad. This contributed to me quitting league. I came back for the first time in a while today and thought," I want to play akali, I love that champ and she has probably been fixed by now." She is still horrible. I feel like all of her abilities have been maimed in a huge way with no compensation. I agree completely that her ultimate didnt need a longer cooldown. I feel like she is so clunky with it. I also completely agree that her passive is useless. Honestly riot should just give her the old passive back. :(