In the State of the Season blog post, it said this patch would mainly be focusing around working with Supports, whether to buff/nerf/change some. THeir items are also getting looked at and how much XP they get, but can we get into some details on what champions exactly are being looked at for changes? We see Blitzcrank and Sona plus some hints at Leona, is there anyone else?
Akerasi4 votesApparantly, as I suspected, the objective appears to be nerfing supports into the ground so the class is even less popular to play. Rito, why do you hate support mains so much?
Meep Man1 votesStop jumping the gun
Akerasi4 votesHow is responding to the two changes we've seen so far, which are nerf-into-unplayable for two of my main played champs, jumping the gun?
KitsuneKrash1 votesIf Sona effectively having 78% cdr on her skills make her unplayable, I'm guessing an actual nerf would give you a heart attack?
I hoped onto pbe to test it. At lvl 16 with 45% cdr her Q,W and E were in a 2.2 sec cd. While true that her base numbers were reduced to compensate for spammability, I wouldn't say it makes her unplayable.
The Swain nerfs are a different matter. His only reliable wave clear tends to be his ult & it's cd was tripled, with nothing to compensate for it. So we get to pray our lane opponent is kind enough to bring lube if they have wave clear & a decent jungler.
SnugglePuggle944 votesSona deals less damage now, and her heal was already weak as shit and they nerfed it again. Sure she can spam more but these changes are just pushing Sona to even more of a high AP build now more than ever. She will need mana and regen to be able to spam, and more AP to deal more damage. I don't like these changes at all.
OurLestrade1 votesSona deals less damage now, and her heal was already weak as shit and they nerfed it again. Sure she can spam more but these changes are just pushing Sona to even more of a high AP build now more than ever. She will need mana and regen to be able to spam, and more AP to deal more damage. I don't like these changes at all.
Never gotten why people speak so well about heals and shields. Maybe Soraka with her absurd spam yes, but generally a tiny little shield isn't going to save your squishies when everything bursts them. They're not even worth Shen ults when they'll explode regardless :/
SnugglePuggle941 votesI know :/ they buffed her shield but that won't matter in a teamfight when they need the heals but your heal is so shitty its basically nothing.
Oleandervine2 votesApparantly, as I suspected, the objective appears to be nerfing supports into the ground so the class is even less popular to play. Rito, why do you hate support mains so much?
To be honest, Blitzcrank needs some nerfs. He's one of those ancient things who's kit has way too many design flaws that have been super powerful, and they really can't nerf his biggest, most powerful strength, his grab, because of how integral it is to his character. As for Sona, those changes are not overall nerfs. They buff her auras and the effects they add and by default give her much more emphasis on her passive Power Chord. The only nerfs are cuts to her blunt power of Q and W, but making them more spammable will make up for the loss of potency.
Abyssphere1 votesWell they've shown us the Leona changes on Twitter so that's another one. Not sure who else will get involved if anyone though.