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The State of Melee Champions?

Kingquisitor··1 votes·791 views

By melee champions I mean champions that primarily get their damage off in close range. The reason I'm taking the time to define it is because I don't want to include GP in this since he's more functionally a ranged champion with barrels, parrley, and ult.

Anyway, with that aside, does anyone else feel like Riot isn't really leaving a whole lot of room for carry melee champions? Fiora got nerfed (yes, she was overtuned) and now the only melee champions we see are tanks again. But I feel like there's a bigger issue in that Riot has no real clue on how to make a melee champion that carries and doesn't destroy solo queue. They nerfed Udyr before he even saw much competitive play, they nerfed Fiora who is no longer seeing competitive play, they nerfed Jax a while back just for solo queue. Maybe I'm just frustrated, but I can't help but feel Riot has absolutely no clue what to do with melee champions because they're stuck choosing between pro play and solo q.

8 Comments

IWrath1 votes

Udyr, Fiora, Jax.

I think you need to expand your horizons. Udyr is still a pain because his cooldowns are like nonexistent and Jax in the right hands is a solo q monster.

I mean to nerf Jax you'd have to remove quinsoo's from the game entirely.

Kingquisitor1 votes

I was just using recent examples of champions that were nerfed. You can add Pantheon and Zed to that list. Yes, maybe these champions needed to be nerfed in some degree but the fact they're being nerfed for solo queue is killing their competitive viability...

Edit: And I'm specifically talking about melee champions that can "carry."

Mimy1 votes

Rage blade trinity force irelia ia op broken.

IWrath1 votes

Still not seeing your point. I mean I can carry with Cho, Darius, Garen, Talon, Voli, Nocturne, Xin, and Jax.

It's not the nerfs, it's you.

Kingquisitor1 votes

I'm talking about the lack of those champions in competitive play because they invariably have to get nerfed due to how oppressive they would be in solo q.

vinnythetaco1 votes

Most melee carries are bruisers, and bruisers have a very fine line between UP and OP. To tanky or damage and their OP not enough and they're worthless. id say remove bruisers make em tanks or carries with maybe a shield or something then were good. we won't have characters who go 80 percent tank and still do half you hp in one hit while tanking a turret and you.

Kingquisitor1 votes

I don't know about this one, I like bruisers and think they have a unique playstyle. I think split pushing to carry can make melee champs worthwhile throughout a game behind or not, but it seems that any champion that can is getting nerfed due to stomping solo q....

Hayaishi21 votes

Because the ones with clear counterplay (Zed, Yasuo etc) get hated on.

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