In Platinum I see roughly the same 10 champs banned every game.

I memba balance ··4 votes·2,407 views

Kayle Riven Yasuo Vayne Sylas Vladimir Zed Morgana Hecarim Jax . And a lot of the time there are overlapping bans on Riven, Yasuo, Vayne, and even Hecarim now. It's funny how Riven isn't deemed "nerf-worthy" when she has the overall 2nd highest winrate (53.44%) coupled with the 2nd highest pickrate (11.54%) https://na.op.gg/champion/riven/statistics/top . It's funny because this is supposedly a "high skill cap champion" that requires tremendous amounts of skill to be able to pull off and win with yet, for some reason she's able to be played a ton and not have her average winrate suffer from it. I can only imagine the winrate for her one-tricks/hardcore mains.
And next, Vayne. This is a joke at this point. She's rocking a 52.71% winrate in Toplane where she is absolute cancer for any melee to try to deal with and she's rocking a 52.24% winrate in Botlane with a whopping 24.2% pickrate. Her pickrate in Toplane is only 3.85% but that still adds up to Vayne being in your game over 28% of the time while winning over 52% of the time. Once again, a supposed "high skill cap" champion that takes tremendous skill to pull off but it seems her staggering playrate by nearly fucking anyone doesn't seem to have much effect at all on her high winrate. Once again, I can only wonder what winrates her mains are crushing it at when she isn't fucking banned or picked by someone else first. Those are the only two champions I'm going to pinpoint in this post because they have both been long overfuckingdue for nerfs. Going as far back as prior to the release of Firecracker Vayne where she has been buffed the last 5 fucking times she's been touched on patches. What I find the most bullshit is that you REDUCED the cooldown of her Tumble from 6/5/4/3/2 to 4/3.5/3/2.5/2 in Patch 8.18 AND THEN followed that up with the stupid ass buff to her Ultimate where she gains 50% reduced cooldown on Tumble when activated in 9.1. All the while with her ABUSING the completely gamebreaking, bullshit passive on Rageblade that is Phantom-Hit. Riot at this point us players just have to believe you don't fucking care or you're incompetent at balancing your own game. Riven literally has not been nerfed since Patch 5.21. She has either had buffs or bug fixes in any patch she has been touched in since 5.21. Must be nice to live in that safety net of not having your champion ever fucking nerfed or negatively changed over the past nearly 4 Seasons. Yes I'm salty about that. It just adds to the pile of bullshit that is Riven and how every time the community starts complaining about her, Riot makes up some bullshit or ignores her completely hoping the posts about her will quiet down. Yes, Spear of Shojin is stupid toxic on her as well as a few other champions but once again, why should Riven skirt direct nerfs and instead cause multiple other champions to be nerfed because she is disgusting on top of using a disgusting passive on an item. Hit her fucking E cooldown, base shield strength, and the scaling it has. She is so unbelievably god damn tanky with Black Cleaver and Spear giving her 650 HP and then Death's Dance giving her a bleed effect that she just passes off onto her shield to absorb.

BALANCE YOUR FUCKING GAME

15 Comments

AHarmlessTaco1 votes

The only reason I think Riven isn't "nerf worthy" is that we aren't seeing many tanks so it's a beneficial environment for her rather than her being OP. I do think she's a bit overwhelming but I again, I don't really see many front liners.

I memba balance 1 votes

The reason we don't see many tanks is because in any given game you're likely to go up against Vayne (shreds you with % Max HP True damage, self peel and invisibility), Kai'sa (mixed damage but also has % Max HP magic damage, self peel with R, invisibility on E with enough AS), or Ezreal who is so fucking impossible to lock down for an immobile tank.

AHarmlessTaco3 votes

Yes, all three are very frustrating. IMO Vayne and Kai'sa are overtuned right now due to Guinsoos.

Guinsoos OP > Vayne / Kai on-hit overbearing > Tanks UP > Riven has no viable counters

XJ999999999999991 votes

yeah fuck those conqueror abuse champs

Inkling Commando1 votes

nothing to see here folks. just a ranter complaining about how broken champions are.

I memba balance 5 votes

nothing to see here folks. just a level 203 account player that has never been ranked and takes Ignite/Heal toplane on Poppy while building Ravenous Hydra and AS Boots.

Inkling Commando1 votes

that's cute. next time try something that actually works. people see posts all the time about how so and so is broken and needs to be nerfed. all you are doing is beating a dead horse.

I memba balance 5 votes

you should try going Teleport/Flash when you're toplane with Poppy and build tank items since she's a tank. maybe you won't go 1/10....maybe. :)

Inkling Commando1 votes

question. why do you speak to me like i give a fried fuck about ranked? think on it and get back to me. here is some music to help you think. [(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73tGe3JE5IU)]

booNflesruoYnaB4 votes

Why come to the forums, troll other people raising concerns about balance when your 2/12, 1/10, etc games show you know nothing about the game.

Inkling Commando1 votes

cute. you honest to god think my KDA means something to me. (spoilers. it don't). the fun of the game is removed because people care almost too much about the balance. but why do you care what i have to say hmm?

Warpes2 votes

you absolutely do not get to comment about anything even remotely balance related, or tell other player not to, when you clearly have an actually negative grasp on the game

Der Lindwurm1 votes

It is absolutely hilarious that people keep banning Morgana because she got a VGU and a nerf while Vayne and Riven are on the loose under the current circumstances.

Metal Janna1 votes

Shush don't give it away! Everyone banning Morgana is how I get away with banning Zilean every game and only worrying about my super obscure Rakan counter! Orianna

booNflesruoYnaB1 votes

If I was going to make a list of overpowered champions, it would pretty much more or less have the same champions. I'm glad I'm not the only one.

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