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Riot and their "Worlds Buffs" are getting tiresome

SunriseSkaterKid·8/21/2015, 5:39:44 PM·10 votes·1,327 views

Riots World buffs are beginning to become a nuisance to all players besides Pro's.

On PBE: Zed buffed, a pick that hasnt been seen in a while, he was still pretty strong but now they are overhauling his E Damage. Just in time for all the pro mid laners to pick him so we can see some #LCSbigplays!

Syndra: Dark sphere now does 15% bonus true damage instead of just regular 15% damage. Just in time for more mids to learn how to play Syndra! Can't wait for these LCS big plays in worlds!

Juggernaut: Tanks have been nerfed pretty hard. Some additions to tank items are cool as hell but now all these tank items are getting nerfed so we get to see bruiser Triforce/BOTRK tops like Jax, Irelia ETC and we get to see our favorite ADC's Vayne and Corki. Once again, just in time for worlds!

What Im getting at is why does Riot always have to buff certain champions before Worlds begin? Last season was the only year that i remember where they didn't buff Jax/Triforce before worlds began. Why do worlds always consist of the same champions year after year? Its really getting annoying riot. Figure it out please.

18 Comments

CrazedPorcupine8/21/2015, 5:52:59 PM8 votes

Zed's E numbers are a bug, that wasn't intended,

Syndra hasn't been meta for almsot 2 years now, and people have been asking for buffs. This gives her Early game a huge advantage that falls off later. Don't forget that Ahri's Q's entire second half is True damage, no one ever really complains about that.

Riot has said they'll probably buff the armor items if it's found they're too weak by buffing their unique uses. The damage return on Thornmail, the AS slow aura on FH, the Crit Strike reduction on Randuins etc.

Odds are, that they'll likely nerf vayne before worlds too.

Best Darius KR8/21/2015, 5:49:54 PM2 votes

They are even nerfing SHEN ffs

Lugg8/21/2015, 5:52:27 PM2 votes

I really hate to say it, but it looks like "the fix is in" for the Korean teams to win again.

TurquoiseYoshi8/21/2015, 8:01:51 PM2 votes

Zed is a bug. It was known to be a bug a while before your post.

Syndra is an LCSBIGPLAYS champion? Really? What will she do, knock somebody away from her? Do a lot of point-and-click ult damage? She's an immobile mage.

I like how people complain about bruiser tops now being hailed by Riot, but Bruiser Fizz is getting nerfed.

Last patch, some of these "ZOMG LCSBIGPLAYZ TOO STRONG RITO PLZ OMG Y RITO NO LISTEN" had some credibility, but this patch, people are trying waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too hard. I've seen exactly one post that pointed out the Kalista nerfs, and that was mine. Same with the Bard buffs. And the Azir nerfs. But I've seen several about Syndra's true damage and Zed's bug. And don't even get me started on the people who are upset about Shen's nerf. Some people are way too committed to proving that Riot just cares about making pro play interesting to watch.

LycopolisKing8/21/2015, 5:45:56 PM1 votes

You forgot about Kassadin, LeBlanc, and Lee Sin buffs just for being 'pro-play faithfuls.' What a title.