These fake Zoe nerfs aren't going to stop her from being permabanned.

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I dont know why they would create a champ, built on premises PREVIOUS champs have been nerfed for. Like Nidalee. She was reworked because of spear spam being annoying. Throw 100 spears at an objective, land 1, win teamfight or force enemy off objective becuase someone died or was chunked 70% from that. So why create a champ based around the same principle you have reworked champs for?

Couple that with just added junk. Like, is there really any real reason she should leave an AoE bubble on the ground after missing her CC? Why even add that to an already good ability? Should Morg Q leave a puddle after it misses? These fail-safe design decisions are terrible. You should not be rewarded for missing things.

I don't mind the AoE bubble IF it lasted like maybe tops of 2 seconds at max rank. She has Yasuo syndrome where the AoE lasts 4 seconds at rank 1, where she gains full benefit of zoning for fucking up to cover her ass.

Because CT is an absolute moron who wants to be the guy who makes that super unique champ nobody will ever forget, even at the cost of balance.

Between the balance team and his champ designs still getting the green light, I'm not feeling this season at all.

News flash: Nidalee still does that, and with great success. Except Nidalee's Q doesn't take a complex setup. It just takes geometry on one skill (don't aim from the side.... aim from behind or in front, so the path opponents take is linear).

Zoe almost never even hits anymore due to the major E nerf, unless she's getting in deep where she can die. I really don't understand crying about sleep when it's now dispellable, and also gives you time to run away. She might hit her E, but by the time she needs to Paddle star, you're about 100 units out of her Q's R range.

In the meantime...... just dominates you 3 times as often and pulls 25 kill games without some tough skill setup.

Yea, they stated that they are against RNG, yet they failed to do anything about crit, even in the adc-update which would have been the by far best opportunity, and instead they managed to add new RNG with dragons, Klepto and Zoe...Riot states alot of things just to go the other way soon after.

And they stated that if possible they wanted to remove RNG from the game completely

But then they decided not all RNG is bad and when you get fucked or elevated purely based on RNG, it is good RNG as long as there is huge icon pronouncing whether you got fucked or elevated purely based on RNG.

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BRUH do you really think she's going to get real nerfs before she can pull off some sick #LC$BIGPLAYZZZZZ? This is your reality check

faker is already player her a ton on stream... lcs big money incoming

She's not gonna leave banning phase in competitive.

Not at all, these changes don't cover her real problem. It's only a nerf in the sense of numbers being lowered. If we recude Ahri's Q damage by 1, it's a nerf. But is it really going to make an impact?

She's decent in skilled hands, mediocre in average hands. Try to play her instead of acting like a victim.

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You keep banning the champ with the lowest damage, win rate, and easiest counterplay. You keep doing that. While Nasus steamrolls your top, or Yasuo begins 1v4ing you, or Katarina or Akali or Zed go 20+ kills. That's okay. Ban someone who literally doesn't get her power spike until TWENTY FIVE MINUTES..... (You can claim she's annoying all you want, but stats don't lie: At 20 minutes, Zoe's win rate falls off a cliff until about 28-29 minutes, because that's the point in the game where team play absolutely destroys her).

she spikes at one ap component just like every mage.

I ban her because she's miserable as fucking shit to play against. The RNG spell drops, the Q doing ridiculous amounts of damage with barely any items, the fucking sleep bubble.

Never once have I enjoyed playing vs a Zoe. Not once. Even when the enemy Zoe is shit it's still miserable because she hits you with ONE spell and you're done, doesn't matter how many she's missed in game already.

The balance team themselves doesn't dictate everything the design team does.

They absolutely went into the game.

E is prone to Cleanse, Spell shields, and QSS, and shortened by Mercurials.

E's windup to Sleep from Drowsy was increased from 2 secs to 2.2 seconds (I miss so damn much because of it)

E has a shorter distance after walls.

W orbs last half as long.

I don't know where you get off saying they weren't put in. Maybe you ban her every game and are blind.

7.24 Notes:

Paddle Star Paddle Star Cooldown now begins after Q cast completes, not when it begins. BUG FIX: Fixed a bug where the recast indicator would sometimes disappear when Sleepy Trouble Bubble Sleepy Trouble Bubble was cast immediately after Paddle Star. BUG FIX: Fixed a bug where the recast indicator would linger when it was recast quickly. BUG FIX: Fixed a bug where the recast indicator would sometimes experience graphical bugs as the missile reached its max lifetime. BUG FIX: Fixed a bug where Portal Jump Portal Jump occasionally failed to properly extend the range of Paddle Star. Spell Thief Spell Thief Duration of spell pick-ups from minions reduced to 20 seconds from 40. Sleepy Trouble Bubble Sleepy Trouble Bubble Cooldown refunds on champion hit, rather than against all targets. Drowsy duration increased to 2.2 seconds from 2. Drowsy maximum slow duration reduced by 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 / 50% from 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 / 70%. Maximum travel distance after passing over a wall reduced to 650 from 800. Trap radius reduced to 250 from 290. Mikael's Crucible item Mikael's Crucible can now properly remove Sleep. BUG FIX: Fixed a bug where it occasionally stopped short when cast directly next to a wall.

Actual link: https://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/game-updates/patch/patch-724-notes

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Azir reigned nearly a full season in proplay and high elo, same with the GP rework...Riot often takes their time then it comes to adressing real issues.

They are leaving her in this state on purpose because they want to see her in LC$.

Ezreal.