Why is Farsight getting nerfed

Lost In Time·12/2/2015, 3:51:54 PM·2 votes·673 views

with no buffs to the standard Yellow trinket or nerfs to the almight Sweeper?

Right now, playing League feels like the dark ages because those who never used to ward still continue to do so, while people like me, who spam the shit out of wards and abuse "muh maphax" are being punished greatly.

5 Comments

dunkeroni12/2/2015, 4:01:22 PM2 votes

Get three-four of your friends together and have everyone but the jungler buy farsight (support has sightstone and jungle takes sweeper). You will be able to see almost the entire map at any time.

I like farsight, but getting it mid lane makes you way too safe from ganks. The change is to make its placement more strategic instead of just "ward one bush in river; never get surprised". Instead it should be used to check specific bushes for pinks/champions from a safer distance, or preemptively when chasing.

EDIT: For those unaware, Riot is increasing the length of the cooldown and decreasing the amount of vision that the ward gives.

Social Justice 112/2/2015, 4:01:34 PM2 votes

Because the game can't be balanced with the idea that only one person will ward, since then when you have a competent team they're going to kill the fog of war entirely.

Sire Hippington12/2/2015, 5:21:53 PM2 votes

because it actually does a good job providing vision. can't have that in S6 apparently...

ImNotTicklsh12/2/2015, 8:56:36 PM1 votes

Agreed. They need to buff the yellow trinket slightly imo OR give top laners a reason to build a sightstone other than vision (which we all know will go neglected). Maybe allowing sightstone to be built into something somewhat offensive/tanky like they do with support items now.