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Revert the latest Graves changes!

JackMcSnipeyz·9/23/2016, 9:26:48 PM·2 votes·614 views
9/23 PBE Update

Earlier this patch cycle, Riot nerfed Graves - E : they dramaticlly reduced his armor gain from E's passive - true grit. This is a good thinhc Graves is a Tanky ADC - not a Tank with long range DPS.

However, in the latest patch, Riot went 180 degrees and reverted that change, making him tanky again - but instead they nerfed his AD scaling on his Q.

Now look, im a Graves main, way before the rework, and i will always play him in his intended role - marksman, top and jungle are just abusing his tankiness. Marksman Graves, is not a problem because in botlane - range and constabt DPS is important, so his trading range and DPS for burst and somewhat tanky - in ADC terms.

Nerfing his damage wont stop his top lane reign, he's thriving up there because of his tankiness and survivability against bruisers. But what you're doing now is keeping his main problem - which is tankiness and survivability - and hurting his BOTLANE! - You know? His intended role?

Please riot, nerf his tankiness, Graves burst us all he brings and he sacrifices a lot for it, his tank stats ARE a problem and deserve a nerf - NOT HIS AD SCALING!

Tl;dr : The E revert and Q AD scaling is hurting botlane Graves, while still allowing him to abuse free tank stats in toplane where he values tank stats more than AD scaling Revert the Q nerf and Go back to nerfing E

4 Comments

Oleandervine9/23/2016, 9:30:58 PM2 votes

What this typically means, when so many changes get reverted to live status, is that that cycle of experimentation is over and the next one will begin soon. They may eventually return to some of these kit changes, but for now, they reverted it to clean slate so they can do other experiments.

JackMcSnipeyz9/23/2016, 9:27:29 PM1 votes

I typed this on my phone so sorry for any Typos ^^

Swiftstrike49/23/2016, 9:33:26 PM1 votes

The true grit from his E is the biggest current problem with Graves kit. I have been shocked it hasn't been addressed for so long. They may still make adjustments to it at a later point.