I swear League players have some of the worst memories in history.

Joescrab·Jul 18, 2015·6 votes·662 views

When discussing champions such as or or I die a little on the inside when people go "these champs fkin op since day 1 I h8 them remove pls".

Do people remember how TERRIBLE all three of these champs were considered at release? All 3 got a multitude of buffs before they started seeing play, and Lucian in particular was considered absolute shit tier for the longest time. I'm tired of people saying that champs were OP at release when they hardly saw play (yes, Yasuo saw play but his winrate was absolute trash around 42%, and Azir was BELOW 40%). Lucian was buffed many, MANY times before he saw play, and even then he was seen as inferior to Draven for a while.

So next time you're about to go off about how Riot releases only op af champs and how every single one has been overpowered, remember to do your research.

Thank you

6 Comments

SkiasJul 19, 20154 votes

Azir especially was considered unplayable at launch, despite what a cool champion he is.

AutoreactiveCD4Jul 19, 20153 votes

Azir didn't really need buffs he needed bug fixes. I played a lot of Azir at his launch and when he worked correctly you could tell he was going to be broken.

Very Hard EngageJul 18, 20153 votes

lucian was amazing before his double tap nerf. then he became mediocre, and now outclassed by jinx corki sivir and ashe.

KONO RUBICK DAJul 19, 20152 votes

his passive needed a nerf, but riot nerfed all his kit before

AbyssphereJul 19, 20151 votes

I could have swore Azir was only considered unplayable because he basically did not function due to the amount of bugs he had. It wasn't even possible to hold an opinion on his balance because you couldn't go a single game without his bugs screwing him over one way or the other.