So Deathfire Touch was bugged.
That explains quite a few things.
And it means that with these hotfixes; Vlad, Cass, and Swain's winrates are going to absolutely skyrocket.
Well, not just them. Panth, Rumble, Jhin...
We're going to need another round of nerfs, basically.
I honestly expect that with this news pretty much every...body that builds straight damage items is going to switch away from Thunderlord's in favor of DFT.
Big Lincoln1 votesmost people took thunderlords on vlad and swain
approve of jhin nerfs tho
SaltyKracka1 votesSwain and Vlad definitely have styles and spells that play far better with DFT than Thunderlord's.
Most people probably felt that they weren't doing enough damage with DFT. Which, frankly, they weren't.
Now that it's been fixed, though...I'm scared.
Big Lincoln1 votesfor vlad it was more that thunderlord's made early trading less fuck-awful
and swain would rather snowball more than he likes farming and scaling
speaking from pre-rework mindset so it may have changed
TheThundersRoar1 votesIf I understand correctly, the bug was an issue with single-target and AoE abilities (not DoTs). Even if Cassiopeia and Swain used it, they were minimally impacted. In fact, Jhin was getting unfairly dumped on these past few days.
The rest of the champions you mentioned are TD users.
Quepha2 votesIf I understand correctly, the bug was an issue with single-target and AoE abilities (not DoTs). Even if Cassiopeia and Swain used it, they were minimally impacted. In fact, Jhin was getting unfairly dumped on these past few days.
The rest of the champions you mentioned are TD users.
I think the 4 second DoT on Cass's E was fairly important, she can very easily fire off one last E on a target before they back off. Although the other buffs are definitely more important for her.
TheThundersRoar1 votesTouche.
I highly doubt nerfs will be needed, though. I still feel like more buffs are coming her way in 6.10.
MilfHuntUnitXJ91 votesWhat Deathfire touch bug are you talking about? Can you link it to me?
MilfHuntUnitXJ91 votesAfter a thorough search, there was no bug listing for deathfire touch. Not since 6.1
Quepha2 votesAfter a thorough search, there was no bug listing for deathfire touch. Not since 6.1
There's a note about the DFT bug being hotfixed towards the top under "mid-patch updates"
You can easily reproduce the bug in a custom game with someone like annie. just cast q on a bot and notice that deathfire is only sticking on them for 1 second instead of 4. Obviously 25% the proper duration is pretty sad for champions like Vlad and Cass that really like their single target spells.
MilfHuntUnitXJ91 votesSo it's fixed now, right? I used to use DFT a lot and always found the damage it does underwhelming
Quepha1 votesSo it's fixed now, right? I used to use DFT a lot and always found the damage it does underwhelming
I don't think the hotfix is live quite yet, but like i said earlier, it is really easy to test it yourself in a bot game with annie or any other champion with a single target spell.
MilfHuntUnitXJ92 votes{quoted} but like i said earlier, it is really easy to test it yourself in a bot game with annie or any other champion with a single target spell.
Quepha1 votesSkyrocket is a strong word, but it's definitely important for some of those champions.
