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Why has Rammus received so many nerfs?

OwlMechanic·8/4/2015, 4:09:46 PM·37 votes·2,888 views

Going over his history it seems like the only buffs he ever has gotten were basically QoL (q/w forms crossover a bit now similar to udyr) and mana on ult was reduced to 100 (part of the great ultmanareducining patch)

Other than that ** Q (Roll)** - CD increased, damage decreased, Slow magnitude and duration decreased

**W (Curl) **- Armor/MR granted decreased, Return damage decreased (multiple times), Return damage scaling decreased, Armor removal on enemy attackers decreased to negligible levels (5-25 armor flat... really)

E (Taunt) - Duration Decreased, Cooldown Increased

R (Ult) - Damage per Second decreased (though ratio was raised from 20% - 30%) So nerf to tank rammus buff to ap rammus...

Am I missing something here? I feel like I've only ever seen him in competitive play once, people have laughed at me for picking him for 4+ seasons because he's so unpopular (he's not awful, he's just unheard of at near galio levels)

Armor/MR doesn't even seem to matter as much anymore as everyone tears straight through it, or with later champs has some form of true damage, natural armor pen, or dashes/hops out the a$$...

So why all the hate on Rammus? I feel like he did something to someones family at riot that just was not OK and the vengeance bat has never been let go since.

76 Comments

AbyssionKnight8/4/2015, 7:17:27 PM15 votes

Rammus has received so many nerfs, because whenever Riot asks the champions if they want to be nerfed, Rammus always says 'OK.'

Laughing Fish8/4/2015, 4:14:40 PM8 votes

This is why Rammus was nerfed. It was to get back at him for taunting everyone so much. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8cSYQ9EkOQ

Paress8/4/2015, 6:18:06 PM5 votes

Rammus ganks were utterly unbalanced ... His rotation and pressure were just a pain.

Hellioning8/4/2015, 5:50:52 PM4 votes

People hate point and click CC.

7ha7guy7778/4/2015, 4:12:04 PM4 votes

ADCs don't like being useless. Rammus likes making them useless

Dextix LT8/4/2015, 5:36:07 PM3 votes

Coz LCS MUHPLAY BIGCASH assasin meta needs to come back.

Manwalrus8/5/2015, 3:23:11 AM3 votes

Riot's also indirectly nerfed him with these new armor nerfs and cinderhulk made him obselete because he's not good with health. not ok.Rammus

TotalJerk8/4/2015, 6:34:14 PM2 votes

Because he was broken. The fact that no one realized it and didn't play him doesn't change the fact.

Doctor Dyment8/5/2015, 5:18:14 AM2 votes

Back in the early days, WAAAAAAAAAY back a few seasons ago, Rammus was the ACTUAL bomb digidey. He could basically walk into an entire enemy team, and kill them all by himself, walking away with more than half his health with him. So, Riot nerfed him. Again. And again. And again. Then they just kind of... forgot the poor guy. He's still fun to play but... not like he used to be.

Lugg8/4/2015, 5:54:48 PM1 votes

Rammus definitely needs a little love.

The Q nerfs are ironic considering how many champs now have slows with lower CDs, more magnitude, and longer duration. Plus his Q never did tons of damage anyway. His W definitely got over-nerfed, I don't think anyone can dispute that. I think the range on his E is actually lower than his auto attack range. Plus it affects ONE PERSON, there are plenty of CC abilities in the game that affect entire teams. His R should do a ton of damage. It's a DoT, if you stay in it the whole time, you deserve to die.

Kuya Moko8/5/2015, 2:42:29 PM1 votes

Have you ever played ranked when he was popular?
He's the only reason I actually played jungle. Ganks for free for years.

FistOfSharkiesha8/5/2015, 6:10:47 AM1 votes

As if bork didnt completely invalidate AR tanks anyways. Now thornmail is nerfed, and AR overall is nerfed while sated devourers run around doing true damage and vayne is picked every game.

ModAttysu The Poro8/4/2015, 7:54:45 PM1 votes

Pls you wanna see nerfs just glance at Evelynn for more than 10 seconds. :P