I think skirmishers need to be addressed

chipndip1··2 votes·644 views

Their kits, regardless of how balanced they are, tend to be extremely annoying to most players. Also, it's very difficult to balance melee carries into the game in a way that they're strong, but not too strong, seeing how they don't replace ranged carries, but it's not like they do anything else except carry, meaning they have to be strategically viable options against things like front liners and assassins, rather than just being a different type of carry. If it were as easy as shoving them in the bot lane, I don't think it'd be an issue, but it's not, so it is.

And if you don't believe me, these champions are considered skirmishers: Fiora Ekko Yasuo MasterYi Tryndamere Riven Jax and partially Gangplank Jayce and Graves

Once we get supports fixed, I volunteer skirmishers for "major look through time".

13 Comments

GULAG 4 U1 votes

Jayce isn't a skirmisher to what I know.

DwarvenGiant1 votes

Last time, he was classified as Artillery mainly and Skirmisher secondary. But, yeah, he's not mainly a Skirmisher, anyways.

GULAG 4 U1 votes

Okay thanks.

chipndip11 votes

Oh yeah, he's secondary. Will fix.

GULAG 4 U1 votes

Jax and fiora are skirmishers too btw.

chipndip11 votes

I just edited them in before seeing this. xD

Purple Death1 votes

I thought you mean Skirmishers Sabre lmao that shits broken. You're just whining about melee carries when they are all fine except Graves Yasuo

GULAG 4 U1 votes

What? Yi is fine? Trynd is fine? Those 2 are borderline useless shit lol

Graves need some number tuning, he's fine otherwise

Yasuo's W and E could use some changes, otherwise he's also fine

You clearly have no idea of how skirmishers work, those 2 along with riven and fiora are the only ones that are good because of their kit

Tryndamere is a fucking rng machine, how is he not broken?

chipndip11 votes

Yi: Useless

Trynd: Useless

Yasuo: Everyone hates him

GP: Weak, but if he isn't, everyone hates him

Riven: Everyone hates her (even me)

Ekko: Constantly finds himself running tank builds

Jayce: Guess there's this guy

Regardless, you're missing the point. The point is that skirmishers tend to be very polarizing in the community. There's not a single one that everyone's just happy with unless they're bottom of the barrel weak.

GULAG 4 U1 votes

Being hated doesn't justify anything at all to be fair. But yes, most of them need changes or reworks.

chipndip11 votes

Yeah, but it's almost a class-wide issue at this point.

Big Lincoln1 votes

make skirmishers viable replacements for ranged ADCs

the only correct choice

chipndip11 votes

If they ever figured it out, this IS the best choice. Then they wouldn't have to compete with tanks and jugs more than they'd compete with other carries.

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