Blitzcrank, Zed, Talon, Leblanc

LifeCyclesTWA··3 votes·646 views

Its weird how a champion who stayed relatively unchanged for the duration of 5-6 years suddenly got that huge nerf on his W. I blame the growing player base. More noobs = more whiners = more nerfs on any champion that can punish you for being out of position/not knowing how to play. Its not as if the pros woke up one day and said, "WOW!!! S5 was MASSIVE for Blitzcrank! We must either ban or pick him every tournament!" and Riot had to nerf him due to his recent success in tournaments. This is a total "FOR THE NOOBS" move.

Every champion that has the potential to execute extreme punishment upon someone out of position has seen pretty huge changes recently, with the exception of Zed. Talon recently had his silence taken away. Blitzcrank has his movement speed taken away, pretty much. Leblanc is always under fire. Zed?

" v5.1 "Ah, Zed. With your amazing plays topping many a competitive player's highlight reel, how could we not love you? All in all, Zed is one of the best examples of what we call a "healthy assassin" in League of Legends.

That doesn't mean there aren't problems - while Zed's ability to delete squishies with a button press and some smooth moves is going to remain intact, he has so many other additional strengths that seem to push him over the edge. Given his amazing AD stats and his waveclear, should Zed be a top-tier tower-taker? Should he have amazing clean-up when his resources are depleted? While Zed's not receiving changes in this patch, we're committed to keeping LoL's favorite playmaking ninja fun to play as, and to play against."

BALANCE IS WEAKNESS: NOT FOR LONG "

For the love of god, if people suck at League of Legends, let them suck. If you are not standing behind your creeps when there is a Blitzcrank on their team, you damn well deserve to get grabbed. Talon counters your champion? You can't handle the silence? NERF! No reason to adjust your team comp or call in for ganks, right? Is there a champion that counters the meta of AP mid? NERF EM!!! Then say you won't balance champions around the meta... thats totally true!!! Can't wait to see Riot take away Zed's shadows (not) What a load of crap.

2 Comments

Toastey1 votes

article article counterplay rito buhLANCE

blitz w was nerfed because it was an unfair (almost permanent) advantage that he had on almost every other champ. pretty hard to run from a guy who's constantly near 600ms. the blitz speed nerf was fine. he can still catch people, he can still be blitz and fulfill his duties in a pick comp.

turning talon's silence into an ankle-breaker was a very welcome change. a point-and-click, undodgeable silence AND a gap closer isn't something that exactly has counterplay. that's not to say that talon isn't a shitty champion (because he is), but that's a different story for a different time (read: rito doesn't know how2game design).

leblanc has a billion damage almost all throughout the game, unparalleled mobility, and a decent amount of cc if she can land chains. having the silence on her sigil in seasons past was just overwhelming. it was pretty much impossible to play against a decent leblanc.

Demented Lemur1 votes

I'd still argue Leblanc is still ridiculous

Talon I believe they didn't really give him much compensation the slow feels practically non existent if they gave hime something a bit more meaning ful it be good

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