As an Ornn main I just kind of wonder if Riot is just regretting making this champion because they don’t know how else to balance him. Did Ornn need nerfs in the past? Yes. Does he need ANYmore from here on out lest he becomes a practical joke as an option to play in this game? Let’s see
Patch 7.22
Did he need nerfs back during preseason 8? Yes, he was supremely overpowered with his W trading and the numbers it had at the time. Health ratio reduced and more cooldown on W is absolutely a healthy balance change
Patch 8.2
Did they absolutely need to take away unstoppable and inherently take away something that made his kit a little more in depth than most tanks? Uh, no not really. Just tone down the numbers, don’t start stripping away things from his kit to make him less interesting.
Nerf the ult by adding more cooldown time? Oh, okay. I mean I his ult is very strong in team fights and 1 v 1 scenarios. These nerfs hurt pretty bad but I can deal with them.
Patch 8.4
W cooldown increased, Again, okay. More shield duration on W is nice. Scaling on w tweaked, okay not bad.
Brittle time cut in half...um. Jesus, okay this really sucks. This gives MORE counters to Ornn that didn’t exist before, such as Shen, Jax or anyone who can chain cc me so I can’t proc brittle auto, guess I’ll have to play around that now.
Recent patch. Okay, really now? Reduction of Cone width, length, and hp regen...what next? What WONT they touch at this point? I’m not saying I have the perfect answer to how to balance Ornn, but this? Anymore nerfs after this is just getting to be a joke at this point