Jungle Ezreal shows how terrible the current balance is.

Salson··8 votes·868 views

Jungle was busted in early S7, and yes, it needed nerfs. But champs like Graves, Lee, Elise were never really actually viable in other roles, which is the prime attribute of broken champs. Trust me, I tried. Now Marksman like Ez and Twitch, members of a supposedly late game focused class, can outjungle Lee Sin?

Players: Lee is op, he ward hops to you with lvl advantage, applies Red buff, them chains spells and AAs while slowing you down and being unduelable because of Red's damage. Random Rioter*: Ok, we listen to our community, we will nerf his lategame. P: Well f***.

P: Graves is broken, he clears too fast and takes over the game, he just runs you down with Red Smite and Buff. Can you like nerf Red buff this time, it makes junglers too oppressive in the early game, but it eats into their power budget so they fall off like a truck. RR: Sure, we will nerf....his MR. That way AP champs can kill him in the Mid game. P: And Elise, what you wanna nerf her damage without without realizing the fact that ranged junglers abuse Red buff to kingdom come? RR: That's a great idea.

P: Fine, I don't like this practice, but can we nerf Twitch now? He appears out of nowhere with, to our great surprise, Red buff, while being unduelable due to damage and slow. RR: Marksman aren't OP though, the game is supposed to revolve around them, because this is a team game. P: Is that supposed to make sense, a team revolving around one person? RR: Of course, we couldn't think of better way to increase teamplay other that carry based comps every team needs a main character. But worry not we will also buff supports.

P: I'm guessing toplane can root in Hell? RR: Nah, we will just buff tanks with support items. P: And Red buff being twice as strong as Blue is getting ignored. RR: Marksman aren't that reliant of Blue in mid/lame game. Except Ez.....hmmmmmmm you just game me an idea.

*Yup, he's a strawman, no need to call names or scapegoat Medler.

3 Comments

RuFiot1 votes

Riven is a to planer who isn't a tank what about her?

Imo the best way to fix ez is to rework him to be a midlaner

Salson1 votes

That could actually be a good idea, assuming he's AP.

Riven has a high winrate because she's usually played by toplane mains. She's balanced in top mains matchup, but gets really hard do deal with for people who play top secondary or are autofilled.

Queš1 votes

I ve told this million times and I ll say it again: REd buff and REd smite is op,esp when abused by ranged champs,they just come and autoattack u till u die(Top suffers from it the most),thats why Graves Kindred Nidalee etc were op and nerfed hard

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