If riot had to nerf renekton why did they give darius the same traits?

HongChongDong··3 votes·741 views

I don't get it. Riot nerfed Renekton hard for being an oppressive lane bully who's sustain ability in fights was just too high but why did they turn around and give darius all the things that warranted a nerf on renekton in the first place? Outplay darius by sitting inside of his Q? Even if he doesn't heal any non ranged champion will still be zoned completely out of lane and won't even be safe under turret and his mana costs are still low enough to the point where the removal of mana pots won't change a damn thing even if he spams his abilities whenever he can.Darius is a champion perfectly capable of making sure any non ranged champion doesn't get any more than a couple CS per wave because even under tower he can still clip you with his Q or even pull you and heal any tower damage he takes, yes i know this game is based around high elo play but I doubt they're having any easier of a time and LoL's player base isn't based around high elo it's held up by low elo people attempting to enjoy the game not have salt poor out of their eyes every time they're forced to face someone who's playing darius to be that 1 a-hole.

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BattleOxe4 votes

Renekton has stun and two gapclosers. Darius has 0 mobility, and only CC he has is slow and pull (which is quite easy to dodge now, as it's effective range is ~350 - 400 units) In lane he will still be pain in the ass, but late game, ADCs will destroy him with all those GW flying around. Also, he needs 5 stacks to be effective in teamfight, and hopefuly, people learned to not stay in his face for too long by this time. But I that heal can be frustrating when he's below 20-30% HP Atleast he can't farm with Q anymore.

masterdragon4811 votes

My guess is that Darius has a few weaknesses that Renekton doesn't have, and these weaknesses are why Darius is allowed the bully role that got nerfed (though not really) on Renekton.

First, Darius has mana which means he can't continually harass and bully. Sure, he can do it for a while and sure, he can build items to help with this, but eventually he will run low on mana and need to back. Renekton obviously doesn't have that problem.

Second, Darius has no hard CC. He has his pull, and a big slow, but he doesn't have a 2 second stun.

Third, Darius doesn't have a true gap closer. Yes, he has pull, but he doesn't have something like slice and dice to avoid ganks, engage and disengage, and deal damage.

Personally, I don't like Darius's design; I haven't like him since release and I think his rework made him even harder to deal with. But you asked what made these two champs different. Thats what makes these two champs different.

Hayaishi21 votes

Darius is harder to use, even their qs which have similar functions darius' harder tobuse

Slamurai Jack1 votes

Because not only was Renekton an extremely oppressive laner, he was also near impossible to gank. Darius is at least gankable.

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