Can we please think about these jayce nerfs, riot?

Old and Alone·Jan 10, 2015·3 votes·675 views

Seriously, just because he had a few good games in competitive play, it does not mean he needs to be nerfed to the ground. Despite his high damage, do you ever even consider his weaknesses? Extremely mana hungry, very squishy, an almost niche pick in this current meta because on how much poke compositions fail in this current patch. He is a terrible tank, and only really does well with a considerable amount of ad, so falling behind on him really is terrible. Do you ever question why nerfing a champion with a 47 percent win rate would be bad? have you considered why he has a 47 percent win rate right now? A champion with an unreliable gap closer, the most useless ultimate in the game, and almost the most useless passive in the game, is getting even more nerfed after that 4.21 "adjustment" riot can we please consider this?

3 Comments

FalconPawwwwnchJan 10, 20152 votes

Jayce is a cancer champion and has no counterplay for melee champions with his instant targetted knockback

Until that mechanic is removed he deserves to be shit tier

ValtreousJan 10, 20151 votes

wow they just won't be happy until they nerf my favorite champion into the dust

ByrnesJan 10, 20151 votes

Right now he is sitting at a 49% winrate in NA. With his average being around 47%, as you have said. Looking at all of these graphs (and their data) it appears he is average about 47% for every ELO, except for Platinum up where he is sitting around 60% - especially over the past two weeks where he has seen a steady increase in winrate.

But regardless of this, who knows what all is going on behind the scenes that we don't quite have access to. Your summary of his weaknesses are essentially that if something goes wrong in lane or if he is unable to get a lead, he falls off. This is definitely true of any champion, more so for him since he relies so heavily on that burst. However, I think the counterpoint here could be made that he has one of the safest laning phases in the game. With the ability to force regen mana, a knock back, a slow, a speed boost, and annoyingly high harass (even if he has a very limited mana pool), he can basically survive anything so long as he is playing to survive anything. At least in my experience the best way to farm manamune builds is to just farm, and that is something he excels at.

Anyway, my two cents. +1