INB4 Rift Herald is removed from the game.

dangopee·3/3/2016, 12:57:58 AM·4 votes·746 views
3/2 PBE Update

Devourer nerfs reverted and now Rift Herald only gives two stacks. Mostly only devourer junglers were serious about killing it. Now it's barely worth and we will see even more games where everyone just ignores it.

12 Comments

WadeWilson13373/3/2016, 1:44:00 AM2 votes

Thank god. Putting devourer at 35 was the most moronic idea ive seen in ages. Lets be real here, no one gave a shit about Rift Herald anyways and if a devourer jungler is going to be able to secure dragon and herald both, hes prob going to win that game no matter what.

xl Kirito lx3/3/2016, 1:02:13 AM1 votes

Basically. It hits hard, incredibly obvious when you're going for it, and the buff it provides is detrimental. Devourer jungles were the only reason it was killed, or for the minor gold.

CrazedPorcupine3/3/2016, 1:02:42 AM1 votes

Except, in top tier play, they don't ever build Devourer, sooo this is seriously only a solo queue change.

Daxanater3/3/2016, 1:39:33 AM1 votes

But, like champions XinZhao who have great jg clear they can get sated in minutes.

Drehirth3/3/2016, 1:52:34 AM1 votes

meh the stacks are one reason to get it but when playing jungle my goal is always get the next safest objective. So i'll kill herald once the first dragon is killed (or instead of dragon if we have no chance of contesting it, it's a better option than going to farm my own camps anyway)

I can usually get my team or at least one laner to get a turret quickly with my help and the buff. or depending on the health of us/when we back I basically give my laner a giant sign saying "Come on, kill me i'm here kill meeeee" which gives the perfect opportunity to counter gank, get kills, and THEN get a turret. So I'm still going to go for it. It's very underrated and as long as you watch the laner's back from ganks they usually get some advantage in their lane because of the stats it gives (especially the movement speed allows your midlane to roam better)