@Meddler why is balance so bad right now?

Best princess EU··33 votes·2,245 views

by bad i mean why aren't you fixing problems? why are you fainting that some champions aren't problems? Zyra she continues to break the game, but no nerfs in sight, no responses to anything, and now Malzahar joined her in the rank of "bully the shit out of the adc while being safe, and provide utility"

so why? why no zyra nerfs on pbe right now? why is your balance team so convinced that she's not a problem?

33 Comments

THE RlVER KlNG19 votes

Balance is fucked up in a lot more ways than mages going botlane as support.

We've got a holy trio of junglers again (Lee, Vi, Heca) that crowd out nearly everyone else thanks to the fact that they're the only ones who can clear the jungle efficiently, busted crit ADCs left and right, a whole roster of oppressive mid lane picks like LB and Syndra, a stale top lane meta of Jayce/Riven/Poppy/Maokai, Yasuo and Camille are still fun-killers, and Redemption is the power of an ultimate on a cheap support item.

EDIT: Oh, and keystones have consistently been warping the meta for over a year now. Fuck keystones.

a special one1 votes

riven is not in the meta, poppy just got nerfed... lee just got nerfed aswell and so did syndra.. and crit adcs are not even meta its ap ziggs..

Anags3 votes

Riven is one of the stronger top laners if you know what you are doing. There is a reason she gets banned away from one tricks in challenger.

The lee nerf isn't really going to hurt him much and from what i have seen he is still top tier. Syndra's damage is still busted.

Adc's are still meta with Ziggs in the mix. All of them get popped quickly if anyone gets on them or they get out of position

Stephenizgod5 votes

I thought Riven was super strong at highest elos?

Poppy nerfs are only a slight tap at what is the true problem with her. Same with Lee, his ults damage was not why he is so oppressive, it was merely another tick on the list of things that make him a superior champion. There are a multitude of other issues with Lee Sin, Hecarim and Vi also have a ton of balance issues.

Syndra still does an immense amount of damage if you are skilled with her, or so I've been told.

People say ADC's are weak, but then Cait E+AA's me for 80% of my life while lifestealing any amount of damage I can do. I mean maybe the other ADC's are weak but it seems like Cait, Ez, Jhin, and Vayne are all doing just fine. Maybe we will be seeing Draven up there too?

Ap Ziggs is a menace at low elos... people are so bad with him I am banning him to keep him off my team. But in all seriousness he is just another issue that needs looking at in bot lane.

Darth StepVader19 votes

Ever since keystones arrived, the game got fucked up hard balance wise..

ReZisT Lust2 votes

that did help

Darth Sidiouss14 votes

Zyra has been a nuisance LITERALLY since the fkin mid year mage update in season 6! Yet another nuisance champion solemnly brought upon the boards.

YoungFarmer9 votes

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Zyra has been a nuisance LITERALLY since the fkin mid year mage update in season 6! Yet another nuisance champion solemnly brought upon the boards.

The only problem I have with zyra is that shes brain dead easy to play now. You can miss your fucking abilities and your plants will still spawn and slow the enemy champion and do damage.

Cosmic Warper1 votes

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The only problem I have with zyra is that shes brain dead easy to play now. You can miss your fucking abilities and your plants will still spawn and slow the enemy champion and do damage.

Agreed. I like the concept of her passive, but the fact that it makes her laning in bot lane so oppressive is really frustrating.

B00B008 votes

Why do they break the game? Please be constructive and give examples with how you propose to fix said issues you believe they have

Rockm Sockm6 votes

They hired ghostcrawler. The bane of balance and reason.

ZT Xperimentor4 votes

Oh no marksmen are getting bullied, try playing a tank without engage as a support and see just how much you're ignored.

ReZisT Lust3 votes

why bring that botlane?

ZT Xperimentor1 votes

Oh I don't know, because they can have other utility. Such as braum, tahm & chogath.

ReZisT Lust1 votes

i just thought u meant top tanks

ZT Xperimentor1 votes

Tanks played top still can be setup against ranged enemies . . . AurelionSol Gnar Jayce Kennen Lissandra Quinn Ryze Swain Vayne Vladimir Zyra

ReZisT Lust1 votes

i wouldnt count sol and zyra as toppers, and anyways they arent top tanks brought into the support lane

ZT Xperimentor1 votes

Not traditionally, but not unseen either.

ReZisT Lust1 votes

well yea theres even teemo mid like i do or syndra adcs even

Skias2 votes

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Oh no marksmen are getting bullied, try playing a tank without engage as a support and see just how much you're ignored.

I can barely play Taric at all in the current season. I've been having less and less success regardless of what builds I use. I'm a mastery 7 Taric with 300k, there is no way for him to effectively fight off Zyra and Malz.

ZT Xperimentor2 votes

That's what I'm getting at, melees have it worse than marksmen when it comes to being poked to death.

ReZisT Lust1 votes

have u tried ms quints

Cowseed4 votes

Zyra a problem?

Pffft! Pick MissFortune and get free gold.

SnugglePuggle944 votes

Zyra is not that big of a problem. Use someone else that is actually a nuisance like Cait for instance in your example.

The Yetii Rider3 votes

The preseason just ended. They're still working on the jungle.

MrBuffington3 votes

Why'd this get downvoted? Riot dropped massive preseason changes then took a vacation for a month to let things fester, of course they're going to have a ton of work when they get back

SnugglePuggle941 votes

That "vacation" was because of the holidays bro. Not because they were slacking.

MrBuffington1 votes

Yea, that's what I meant, I should have phrased that differently.

Prestige Eve3 votes

Balance is messed up because Riot only balances champions around specific situations and specific lanes. These days when they rework or create a champion they only take into account the situations they will have to deal with in those lanes. For example, Yasuo was designed around being a botlane champion and has balance revolved around having to deal with an ADC constantly poking him (hence his passive sheild and windwall), and a support defending them. With these factors taken into account, Yasuo would have to think more before rushing into fights. Then came everyone's realization that Yasuo doesn't have to deal with all these drawbacks if he's moved mid lane. The enemy mages wouldn't be able to poke him as much due to mana restraints and windwall becoming much stronger in this case... nerfs happen, blah blah blah, Yasuo is constantly complained about on the forums. This is basically the same case with champions like Malz. Riot used tunnel vision when they balanced him and didn't check how strong he would be in other lanes.

Stephenizgod1 votes

This is basically the same case with champions like Malz. Riot used tunnel vision when they balanced him and didn't check how strong he would be in other lanes.

This ^ they tunnel visioned on nearly every aspect of his kit into specific situations without realizing how powerful/broken they were outside of those situations where they would normally be kept in check. The W changes were the final nail in the coffin, but he has been an oppressive Support even before they changed it (i know because thats where I use to play him since I didn't like his new playstyle in mid lane).

Blåbæret2 votes

Because Ghostcrawler happened.

He ruined WoW; he'll ruin League.

Skorch1 votes

The reason they arent fixing things very fast RIGHT NOW is they just got back from break and through together the current patch based on first impressions that they saw.

And zyra isnt getting nerfed because honestly STATISTICALLY she looks balanced. (although this appears to be one of the first times since the mage update where her statistics have been a little bit strong, nothing that is TOO terrible.

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