@Riot when will you address Bruisers such as Darius, Garen, and Olaf and properly buff them?

IsIsGankedParis·Aug 13, 2014·4 votes·489 views

Seriously, they are probably in one of the worst spots right now more than ever.

Are they going to get changes to help them pre season 5?

Are they going to get SOME FORM of compensation for the Randuins nerf?

Do you guys have anything in store for champions like these guys? Even Gangplank needs some love but he has a rework coming up(unless that got tossed out alongside Darius's and Fiora's rework).

Can we at least get a response? I'm tired of trying to raise attention for mainly Darius and Olaf because they are in some of the worst spots ever. Garen is arguably worse than Darius and Gangplank is just god awful.

Anything?

@Morello @Meddler

A response please?

4 Comments

Willahelm FulberAug 13, 20143 votes

I'm sorry but the champions you listed are actually pretty strong compared to a lot of others in solo queue, I'm not sure what sort of buffs they need.

Serpents EmbraceAug 13, 20143 votes

I'm going to assume (might be wrong) that he's talking about the bruiser rework that was talked about but still hasn't arrived.

Bruisers as a whole are pretty feast or famine. They're other way strong or way weak - and unlike some of the other classes there isn't a middle ground for it. A lot of them also suffer from identity crises, where they do everything but not really too well and there's no defined "this is X champion's unique style".

How strong they are in the current meta is kind of irrelevant when looking at the class at such a base level.

IAmNeverViableAug 13, 20143 votes

It's not buff I think he's mentioning but more in QOL(quality of life) change. EIther, they become so useless due to counterpick/camped/feeds causing them to be useless in teamfights or their kit is so problematic that it has to be nerfed consistently to the point of not viable . All the champion he mention has those problems. Even a small buff in stat/skills can be problematic. That why bruiser need a reworked because they can tank and do damage with next to no counterplays.