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Can we go back to having more reworks than new champions?

Heckin Support·12/29/2019, 3:08:27 AM·6 votes·2,316 views

Honestly, I thought this was one of the best things Riot has ever done. There's still a plethora of old champions in dire need of some form of an update. This game doesn't need more cracked out champions, it just needs a better balance between older/newer champions. When is the last time any of you saw Kalista, Corki, Udyr, Shyvana (the way she's meant to be played, not her abusive AP build)? Or how about if Riot fixed their mistakes and worked on champions they missed the mark on: Karma, Kindred, Skarner, Zyra, Taliyah Or even retry failed attempts: LeBlanc, Kog Maw, and Rengar. Or how about older champions that could use the Morgana Treatment (Visual Update & Minor Kit Tweaks): Sona, Anivia, Jax, Singed, Malzahar, Twisted Fate, Lulu, Or how about fixing toxic kits you've released into your game that most of the player base can not stand or fixing champions you've intentionally put on the back burner: Pyke, Yasuo, Tahm, Akali, Galio, Kai Sa, Senna, Kalista.

It just feels like Riot keeps coming out with new shiny toys for people to play with until the new hot thing comes out. Then they just drop the toy they were just playing with never giving it the love and dedication it deserves.

13 Comments

Emperor Talquin12/29/2019, 3:48:52 AM6 votes

Or instead, we slow down both and balance the game. Time for some real mage item nerfs..

SilverSquid12/29/2019, 6:06:23 PM2 votes

I don't think the process and/or teams that work on reworking champions and creating new ones are necessarily contradictory. We just recently had a Diana, Yuumi and Sylas update, Fiddle and Voli will soon get huge VGUS and they still brought us Senna, Aphelios and Sett. I too prefer updating older champions, but they also prove more risky and can more likely alienate people, compared to just adding new and shiny things.

So I think there's an argument for having both at a decent but constant pace.

chipndip112/29/2019, 7:04:18 PM2 votes

People bitch too much about reworks and game play overhauls for this to hold any merit.

Just pump out more new champions, honestly. It'll keep people from complaining about "removing the 'spirit of my old main'" or some shit.

citlalli575512/29/2019, 7:07:34 PM2 votes

HELL NO TO THIS. HELL NO. DAMN NO!!

i much rather have old school champs than reworks ANY day. look what happened.

kogmaw? whos that? nobody even plays him. rengar?? nerf, got super gutted and left in the streets to die. kayle??? u gotta hit the 0/15 power spike nunu?? his old version wasy WAY better. ryze??? old school ryze was broken. then they reworked him, and nobody ever heard from him since.

Pika31012/29/2019, 3:38:45 AM1 votes

Sona doen't need a "minor kit tweak," she needs a full revert. Both "rework" iterations of her (4.13 & 6.14) are massive design failures that only served to create new problems (both in terms of balance & practical usage) whilst failing to answer existing issues. This is evidenced in her abysmal nonexistent pickrate (6th least-picked character out of 147.)