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What is balancing team thinking?

Meredith Stout·1/25/2019, 10:38:35 AM·25 votes·9,800 views

For some time now i had doubts about Riot's balancing team, but now i really think they are trolling us. Recent changes that makes me think this;

  1. Super buff on Vayne's R+Q ability!
  2. Buff on Nasus.
  3. Hard nerfs on Irelia.
  4. Hard nerfs on Galio.
  5. Hard nerfs on WHOLE jungle instead of just few champions that were problem.
  6. Armor nerf on Kassadin? Wow you out did yourself, he was mage killer anyway!
  7. Recent changes with Ornn.
  8. Sunfire cape cost is decreased is like you didn't do anything. That item need serious fixing because its total shit!
  9. Baron nerf.

When i say hard nerfs i mean it could be changed better, rather they be like "let's just decrease everything and see what happens".

Who are you talking with about this nerfs/buffs? Why are you putting random numbers and hope nobody will notice? Who is responsible for this kind of shit? When will you start listening to majority of community?

Cya @ rift boys/girls!

31 Comments

The thigh guy1/25/2019, 11:19:59 AM15 votes

They are thinking “hmm. Gotta make this coming lc$ as appealing as possible to the 12 year olds.”

Syrile1/25/2019, 12:14:30 PM9 votes

Thinking.. that implies that they are actually thinking. 1.03 AD nerf...? That sounds like someone spun a wheel an came up with a random low-end number.

Taliyahc1/25/2019, 6:39:38 PM9 votes

You forgot Rakan

Nausicäa 1/25/2019, 11:13:12 PM6 votes

Nerfs on Irelia and Galio make you think Riot is trolling?? LOL??????

Irelia who has been overpowered as fuck since her rework and Galio who was by far the best mid laner after that buff made him literally 3 shot mid laners at lvl 3.

I fail to see how nerfing Galio Q only is 'decreasing everything' but ok.

Seems like you're pretty clueless on the state of the game.

CrazyMonkeyCZ1/25/2019, 11:00:10 AM5 votes

When will you start listening to majority of community?

Doesn't sound like good idea IMO.

Poop Johnson1/26/2019, 4:54:58 AM2 votes

When will you start listening to majority of community?

Considering every single one of those changes was asked for, I think quite recently.

Draconian5651/25/2019, 7:37:40 PM1 votes

Sunfire just needs to be tuned back to be more health heavy, less armor heavy (600 health, 20 armor). There's already too much armor in game and AP items give mages into 2.5-2.6K health, even without RoA, is a problem.

They need to better separate and distinguish classes from each other: Tanks squishy and some damage early, damage falls off mid-late game. Mages should pump out damage and be squishy if you get on them - no game ends well when mages are hard to kill, even at melee range. Assassins should be extreme damage on 1 target only. ADC pump out consistent damage with their range advantage, squishy if you get on them. Bruisers are a hybrid between Assassins and ADCs, not overwhelming assassins in terms of damage late game + tankiness.

Junglers - less impact on lane by increasing jungle camp health instead of the nerfing XP so they take longer to kill the camps, which delays impact in lane.

Anatera1/26/2019, 1:21:44 AM1 votes

They aren't thinking.

Flashes1/26/2019, 1:59:16 AM1 votes

I am a Vayne Main. I don't understand WHY Vayne was buffed aside from potential prestige skin sales. Perhaps this buff would make sense AFTER the crit re-revert/rework was released but as of right now it doesn't make too much sense to me. Nasus also doesn't make sense to me, because this still doesn't help much in high elo, where it's "supposed to help". Hard nerfs on Galio were too hard. Hard nerfs on Irelia actually isn't the end of it. Riot has said that they are planning to further address her problems, and perhaps nerf her again if it's not enough, which doesn't make sense to me compared to Aatrox. The nerf on the entire jungle makes absolutely NO sense to me. The Kassadin nerf is not nearly enough, and I find it funny how Galio was gutted, and Irelia was heavily nerfed, but Kassadin got a tap on the wrist. I don't understand why they're buffing Ornn's base values instead of just giving back his shield. His "overloaded" kit mostly makes sense because all of the things in his kit actually synergize. Baron nerf is deserved. Sunfire Cape needs a rework or an adjustment to the values, and not just the gold.

SirHydro1/25/2019, 10:10:14 PM1 votes

Implying the balance team is capable of actual rational thought

mack91121/26/2019, 2:52:57 AM1 votes

Go watch scarras 9.2 patch review it really helps to understand the bigger picture of many of these nerfs and buffs.

PlsLoLMMO1/26/2019, 4:01:57 AM1 votes

i love the aatrox / irelia buff on pbe :/

TheBrothersGrymm1/26/2019, 2:09:10 AM1 votes

Riot balancing team DOSNT PLAY ON LIVE SERVERS i swear to god, none of the people who work at riot actully play league for fun