Twitch is unbearably weak after the ADC patch.

Fapaliciousness··7 votes·431 views

I've played Twitch since Season 1, back when he had that 50 second stealth. The nerfs to his kit were fully justified and I really enjoyed his new kit as well. However, after those few nerfs to his Q and more importantly the buffs that the other ADCs got he feels completely irrelevant. His e, when fully stacked, isn't incredibly punishing, and even to trade he has to get into close range because the 2 stacks from his w just don't cut it.

Don't get me wrong, I support the idea of rewarding the player to go to the extra mile to deal more damage, but in a case like graves or caitlyn who deal potentially great free big amounts of damage from a distance without any real punishment it just becomes a frustrating experience. Twitch just doesn't have that to his kit, except for his ult which really only becomes a threat with 2 items. To deal damage that rivals that of a caitlyn or even a sivir he is forced to put himself into close range because his auto attack range is tiny, and there isn't much danger from being so close to twitch that really justifies that part of his kit, compared to graves,vayne or corki.

Even if you aren't fully convinced that his kit isn't weak right now, he isn't really fun to play against champions that have free damage exchange tools like sivir,graves,caitlyn, jinx. They all have superior kits that facilitate free poke in some shape or form.

If i'm seeing something wrong, please tell me but don't hate. I really just fail to see exactly how twitch can become a threat in any game before 30 minutes.

8 Comments

Siyther3 votes

Man twitch could be fine ( i love him but he does suck compared to others) if they justchanged his e or mad his pasive stronger

L Psy Kongroo1 votes

I feel like he has a problem of mistaken identity. Riot has always pushed for him to be the assassin-type ADC, but his kit heavily identifies him as a sustained-damage ADC who excels in long fights. What if they made his E do 50% more damage if an enemy has 6 stacks of his passive? This would help push him towards the later, and since you only really use E when you've got max passive stacks anyway, it seems like a solid change to boost his damage output a little.

CasterGilgamesh1 votes

twitch? what about Varus.i understand twitch but why does everyone seem to ignore varus?

IceKingChernobog1 votes

varus is gutter tier too? i thought the new itemization would help him out epecially executioner's

CasterGilgamesh1 votes

the only item i feel works best with him is item 3508 since it gives him the mana and cdr he needs he cant really use the crits on the items because he is more of a spell oriented adc.his whole kit shoves his power budget into his Q which is easy to dodge and his ult which doesnt have much damage.

IceKingChernobog1 votes

ah, i see. I don't play varus as much, sad to see he's getting hurt along with twitch

MealReadytoEat1 votes

Fevor or battle helps a ton, let me tell you.

As a jungle twitch main from s1 to patch 4.10, I think he's in the best spot he's been in since prior to patch 4.10. The fact that he's missing a damage exchange tool with every other ADC is nothing new at all.

YCitizenSnipsY1 votes

Have you not realized the "adc meta" hurt more adc's than it helped? There are only 7 adc's above 50% win rate, 6 if you exclude kindred who is played in the jungle. Meanwhile there are 7 adc's at a 46% and lower. Honestly outside of Graves and Miss Fortune I don't know how you can even consider this an adc meta more than half of them are average to underwhelming and at least 4 are trash tier.

Urgot, Twitch, Ezreal, Caitlyn, Kog'maw, Varus, and Sivir have gotten much worse since the update.

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