Riot Balancing. Why is Morgana being nerfed and whats the point of it.

r11na·5/6/2015, 4:33:59 PM·2 votes·468 views

Can someone in the know explain to me how Riot balances anything because I'm actually quite confused and it seems the balance team just muck about with things randomly to maybe justify their job.

Champions that almost noone complains about and abilities that noone complains about and have any issues with get nerfed while blatantly overpowered things just get ignored for ages. Jinx

Tormented Soil (W) damage lowered to [16/32/48/64/80 to 24/46/72/96/120] from [24/38/52/66/80 to 36/57/78/99/120]

Why on earth is Morgana's Tormented soil being nerfed and for really small random amounts? How many times have you stood in Tormented soil at level 1 and thought. HOLY SHIT THAT'S BLATANTLY OP, RITO PLZ! Morgana has a 51% winrate and the only thing people really complain about her is the length of her Q which is a slow moving skill shot so it isn't that easy to land.

Hecarim Rampage (Q) mana cost increased to 32/34/36/38/40 from 20/23/25/29/32 Rampage (Q) damage penalty against monsteres removed (was 66%)

Damage vs monsters has been increased b y 50% but mana costs increased at low levels by over 50% are you serious? After you already nerfed his health and mana regen is this even a buff to Hecarim jungle? Or is it a 'Veigar Buff'. Veigar

Bot of these champs have winrates between 50 and 51%, but champs with much more obnoxious kits and ridiculous win rates get ignored, or get meaningless nerfs that have near zero effect on their win rate.

It is nonsense like this that leads to champions being gutted and then having to be rebuffed months down the line, like Akali who was ridiculously overnerfed. This pointless balance and see-saw balancing points to a balance team that has no idea what they are doing, or is the a genius to their methods that I don't yet grasp?

And yes, I'm salty because both of my mains are being nerfed

8 Comments

Deep Terror Nami5/6/2015, 4:42:57 PM1 votes

My assumption is that they want to secure her as a Support only so are nerfing her solo lane potential. But that's really just a guess.

XxxLumberJackxxX5/6/2015, 4:43:43 PM1 votes

THat nerf really screws solo morg desn't it?

ChargeItDownMid5/6/2015, 4:46:41 PM1 votes

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Lugg5/6/2015, 4:56:30 PM1 votes

Riot is really screwing the pooch on this one. Level 1 pool does pitiful damage already. If anything, the damage on pool needs to be increased. If you want to nerf her as a support, lower the snare times by .5 seconds. That would balance her out nicely.

AtheosisX5/6/2015, 6:53:56 PM1 votes

Her snare's duration should be nerfed if anything. I don't get the changes one bit.

SlytherinUmbreon5/6/2015, 6:56:21 PM1 votes

This is how I imagine Riot's balancing works. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1ei5rwO7ZI