is anyone else tired of reworks?

shyv··3 votes·802 views

i can see that some reworks are necessary because the champ in question has both a terrible winrate and playrate.

poppy, for example, was considered a troll pick because of how old and outdated she was as a champ. despite the fact that good poppy players were pretty terrifying, i would say her rework was overall a success. her kit is interesting and fun and she's actually one of the best top laners now.

but then there have been champions that were both balanced AND fun to play, and they were reworked for no reason

my best friend mained old morde and has now quit league because his rework is so awful, and shen used to be my favourite top laner until the rework. i find him incredibly boring to play now, and he has no sustain built into his kit anymore. they took champs that were balanced, champs we genuinely enjoyed playing, and changed their whole kits because.. they wanted to? i don't even know why.

and now mages are being "updated" for no reason too. although some mains of these mages might be happy with it, i've seen nothing but overwhelming negativity from viktor and syndra mains. but i'm pretty sure nothing is going to change, and these updates will still go live.

i know these are small updates that don't change much of the champions' kit, but it's still sad to see people that quit playing their favourite champs because of a bad rework. players should be excited for new content and changes to champs that they enjoy, not fearing them. i should not be worried that my main will get reworked.

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DeadlyStalker2 votes

Why would anybody be tired of reworks? The game needs to go forward. When a champion feels old and his kit outdated is time to rework him.

Athenes Lulu2 votes

Or do you want to go back to Riot "going the lazy way" and just do the good ol' buffs and nerfs to numbers, and getting the same OP champs back into rotation?

shyv1 votes

yes, actually. i would rather my mains be hard nerfed than reworked. but that's just my onion.

Faryá1 votes

I litterally dont know who to play anymore, i mained old Fiora, and i thin the new update is good and all, but honestly could have just been made into a new champ...

shyv1 votes

i feel you, i liked playing pre-rework fiora, but now she's so broken and unfun to play against that i feel like a scumbag for playing her.

Marshbouy1 votes

the mages are getting updated becasue a lot of them had the same playstyle and were basically the same thing with little difference in their kits. morde was a failed rework to try and get melees bot lane

TehNACHO1 votes

Problem with new Shen being boring. Missing the old Shen's sustain.

Weird.

I mean I get where you're coming from, but it's your opinion vs certain and oftentimes massive facts. For example, yes there were people who enjoyed old Mordekaiser, but old Mordekaiser's primary niche was outfighting people, which feels bad to the enemy team if he does too well and in general is hyper toxic to much of the player base (look at kill based champions like Yi or Katarina when complaining about them is popular). You can argue the rework didn't go well but the fact of the matter is something about Mordekaiser needed to change or else he'd permanently be stuck in his one niche and making some population of the players in the games he's in feel terrible.

shyv1 votes

i'm not saying riot is wrong to rework champs. obviously there are some people that really love reworks like shen and morde. i'm saying that i, personally, am tired of reworks.

i've been playing this game for too long and i enjoy the champs the way they are.

and you can't deny that some reworks have been complete failures

i mean seriously, what does skarner even do?

TehNACHO2 votes

Create zones of control where he will outfight you, while also having the tools to drag you somewhere that he'd be in a total advantage in.

LostFr0st1 votes

Skarner is a constant zone control threat. Even outside of his spires a proper E--->Ult--->auto will chunk and lock down anybody for a significant amount of time.

shyv1 votes

item 3140

LostFr0st1 votes

Doesn't fix his E-->auto stun. It'll just change the order he'll use to lock you down next fight.

TehNACHO2 votes

That or run down the enemy AP.

He is bulky after all, his kit naturally counters an AP Burst champ more than it does an ADC, so it's not like he's particularly wasting his effort to switch targets like that.

LostFr0st1 votes

Exactly. Gotta love that W once you get HP and cdr. The new E changes were beautiful too.

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