@Riot You are supposed to communicate with your player base to AVOID the state Leage is in now.

3ofGot40ve·Feb 1, 2016·2 votes·636 views

At first I didn't want to believe you were playing favorites. But now that you are ignoring the player bases and throwing absurd updates into PBE and not fixing things on live, it makes me weary. Shall I list some?

Broken af champions who have been discussed but ignored:

Tahm Kench
Xin Zhao (PBE)
Graves
Zed
Kalista
(There are more but these pop in my head first)

Weak af champions that aren't being tuned to fit the constantly changing meta:

Sejuani
Aatrox
Yorick
Fiddlesticks (There are more but these pop in my head first)

Items that are either forced on to champs for certain stats or items that overcrowd everything else in its class:

Not to mention towers are freakin garbage, and will become even worse if that 4th dragon buff goes to live.

Some of these balance choices seem like a joke. Like for real? Its almost like you don't care.

14 Comments

NahuiFeb 1, 20162 votes

What's wrong with Zed, exactly?

3ofGot40veFeb 1, 20161 votes

The fact that he can safely assassinate with almost no cost to him.

Ult allows for 1 second of invulnerability
Already Has a decent range blink escape on his w
Has ult shadow escape
Very high damage for having all of the above

The damage part is understandable considering he is an assassin, but assassins should be HIGH risk HIGH reward. Because of 2 blink escapes and invulnerability ult that allows for repositioning and escapes, He is a very low risk yet very high reward assassin.

NahuiFeb 1, 20161 votes

So .75 second invulnerability on a long cool down that puts you the same place every time (behind target), a blink basically on a good cool down that also has to be used to harass, ult that can escape?

He isn't low risk at all. He's a champion that requires precision and is easily countered. Some assassins (Talon) can blink and delete your health bar, Diana comes to mind too. Zed isn't simply like that. Just get a zhonyas. It's an overused phrase but I do it and fighting zed really isn't difficult with it.

I admit he's strong in this current meta with the items but broken? Nah. Just don't play karthus or xerath vs him and you'll be fine.

3ofGot40veFeb 1, 20161 votes

considering zed is your most played champion rn, this seems a bit biased, like your just defending him because hes your main. Although he can be countered by zhonyas, you cant even get this item until you gather up over 3500 gold. If they put it back to 3000 I think he would be balanced but it just takes too long to get even with decent cs.

NahuiFeb 1, 20161 votes

Now see, here is the so-called counter bias. As a main, it does not make my word any less relevant. If anything, I understand Zed's counterplay more than most because I have to deal with it and face it. Therefore, I'd say I understand more about his pros and cons than people who simply have to fight him here and there.

There is no point in defending him on these forums. Riot doesn't even consider forum posts when it comes to balance, since most on the forums are low ELO and don't understand balance as it is meant to be. So I've got no reason to defend my main because it won't affect whether he gets nerfed or buffed. Now, by no means am I high ELO, simply Gold 4 but I do know what I have trouble with and what I excel at when playing Zed.

So, zhonyas is your clear cut winner item. Once you get it, you being assassinated by Zed is very difficult. Of course it has a high price. But, you do have armguard that gives a lot of armor and a decent amount of AP. It's essentially the equivalent of hex drinker, although hex drinker is more gold efficient with it's passive up, but worse when the passive is on cooldown. Simply rush an armguard and boots, and provided you don't go spread eagle for Zed's Q's, you shouldn't suffer too much damage. The issue with mages is that they think they are unplayable if they don't rush a mana regen item, so people will rush out a Morello's and wonder why they can't have 20% CDR, 80 AP, grievous wounds, Mana regen to spam spells AND be tanky.

Either rush the whole Zhonya's if your farm is amazing or just an armguard and play intelligently. Watch the shadow. Shadow is on cooldown, lane is yours. Take exhaust, kill potential is yours. Of course, doing all this doesn't guarantee you a win. It's all skill. But, when you have 200 health, recall. Don't sit under your turret because he will ult you and he will win. Just outplay him. And remember he excels in single target assassination, he has a kit designed around that.

NoksterzFeb 1, 20162 votes

Theyre turning it into heroes of the storm. Whoever gets a slight advantage, they want you to be able to end the game off of that sliver of an advantage. No room for comebacks. They want a 2 kill lead at the 10 min mark to turn into a victory at the 20 min mark. Faster faster faster games just like HoTS

3ofGot40veFeb 1, 20161 votes

Which is turning league into a less strategic game, which is what the game is primarily about. The only thing strategic about it right now is some of the champions and also more deep mechanics such as trading, team fights, and wave control. All of this though doesn't even need to be executed when you are ahead with just a few kills.

JorenciceFeb 1, 20161 votes

Except games are only ending 30 seconds faster.

So either everyone everywhere sucks at ending. Or it isn't as one sided as you think.

RalanrFeb 1, 20162 votes

You don't want Yorick to be strong with his current kit. He's on the rework page for a reason.

They can't make every champion viable in a meta, especially if it changes too quickly.

item 2303 item 2302 and item 2301 are support items that allow you to have more free space instead of needing space for item 2049 as a support.

Big LincolnFeb 1, 20162 votes

Tahm Kench ( nerfed repeatedly, getting more on PBE)
Xin Zhao ( PBE, already been nerfed every single patch so far (lol))
Graves ( Being nerfed, not hard enough IMO)
Zed ( being nerfed)
Kalista ( nerfed repeatedly, hardly an issue considering the other ADCs that exist right now)

Listing Sejuani as "Weak" is a dead meme

JorenciceFeb 1, 20162 votes

Sightstones....seriously?

Go away support mains like sightstones.

d Kylo Ren bFeb 1, 20161 votes

Pink wards are very seful and hexdrinker is reaaaaaly good rn...

3ofGot40veFeb 1, 20161 votes

Hexdrinker is too good for the cost is what im saying. You can get it for 900 gold if you start long sword, which is too EASILY attainable on your first back for all the stats it gives.

Pink wards are good early, but late game they have no place. They basically arnt even an item. The vision control in 6.2 is very disappointing to say the least.

AxestsFeb 1, 20161 votes

both zed and kalista are considered to be fine right now, and pbe changes shouldn't be taken into consideration, as they're purely for testing purposes. Graves and Kench have also both recieved changes in response to their power, and are being watched in case more are needed. Riot has started that Yorick is being set outside until his full rework comes out. Your list is simply listing too many champions that are either already considered fine as is or are already being fixed.