How does Riot balance the game?

Smegma123·8/20/2015, 3:04:02 PM·2 votes·658 views

I was wondering how Riot balances the game since there are different servers in different regions. Right now I think a lot of players consider devourer op. Correct me if I am wrong. I am in Silver 3. I believe that different regions have different metas which lead to different things being considered overpowered. Suppose in Korea they don't consider devourer op? Suppose in China the Skarner changes are celebrated while in EU they are hated?

If so far I am correct in my assumptions, then I would like to ask how Riot manages to accommodate all the different requirements and player demands across all the servers in their patches. Does Riot sometimes struggle with this and are there instances where compromises are made? Of course I understand that a perfectly balanced game is impossible and that the game is in a good state.

5 Comments

Jamaree8/20/2015, 3:06:03 PM1 votes

shrug

B00B008/20/2015, 3:36:10 PM1 votes

they do a general balance sweep trying to keep everything in line, they will look at all the regions to see the picks and power picks etc in the challenger/master tiers as they balance around the top end, and rightly so if they balanced around silver/bronze/gold etc then everything would be classed as OP haha.

so thats how by looking at and analyizing data, they have databases which tell them how many times a champs picked in a given day/week with search tools, what the popular builds are etc etc.

all the info is at there fingertips.

Arcane Azmadi8/20/2015, 4:40:02 PM1 votes

By throwing darts at a wall with a hundred different buffs and nerfs written on it, lad.

Legendary Albert8/20/2015, 4:53:22 PM1 votes

Riot balance in the order they want to see champions played in the lcs, that's about it

Elise just came back and nerfed again, why? because they prefer to see Lee sin in pro gaming. (he was buffed btw, his Ultimate got hardcore buff)

siilentdeath8/20/2015, 5:09:40 PM1 votes

they balance champions by wearing a blindfold and throwing darts at pictures on a wall. most times thats how i see it. some times they do it for obvious reasons like fioras re work needed to happen. next they need to take vaynes true damage out her skills. vayne can have true damage from her passive but it should not be on any of her skills. its on her W i think.