Riot delayed the Ornn changes for work for 2 patches and then put it back on PBE unchanged

Moody P··4 votes·1,564 views

Awesome. So we're committed to the idea of giving him ridiculous % damage that will probably only be theoretically broken, because in reality a tank with mobility barely above Mordekaiser who has no form of self defense beyond delayed CC, while only love-tapping any of the stuff that actually made him a problem - the same thing that makes Sejuani a problem, and just like Ornn, the thing you decided you should nerf everything else in order to keep;

2K RANGE RISK-FREE ENGAGE IS CANCER

Nerf the ultimate. Like, actually nerf it. Make it not even apply hard CC if you have to hit it that hard. Make it just double or triple-stack Brittle procs or some shit, so Ornn or a teammate of Ornn's has to go in after the fact and apply some hard CC to get a stronger benefit from it. Removing a tank's only real means of defense in an era of League where defense through stats like armor and health are largely ignorable by every relevant fighter and carry is laughable. I'm gonna call it now with 90% certainty. With these changes, Ornn will not change at all; still ass in solo, still great for pro. Worst case scenario is that pros locking Ornn will force a teammate to pick another tank.

I'm disappointed.

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Hotarµ2 votes

I got Mastery 5 on Ornn a week after his release. I picked him up again about a month ago and hit 7 through very infrequent play. Now I'd say he's one of my top 6/7 champs? Maybe.


He will never be balanced if his ultimate isn't changed.


It's the same situation as Shen. His basic abilities all range from average to slightly above average, his ultimate completely turns the tides of teamfights and unless it's changed the rest of his kit will keep taking hits, and hits, and hits, and hits until he's brought back to the same dumpster-fire tier he's sitting in now.

If they leave Ornn's kit like this (the new, proposed one) I'll be so surprised. It'll be the first time a tank other than Sejuani will be pick/ban for the entirety of their existence. Ornn has such a badass concept and they're going to just make him broken as all hell to the point where nobody wants to fight him and pros will ban him every game.

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