@Axes or Meddler on a status update for Sol's revision?

Yadid·1/2/2017, 6:02:32 AM·19 votes·28,072 views

Hello,

It's been just under half a year since the comment on potential changes to Sol's spells. It had been mentioned in Axes's comment that despite Sol's still higher-than-average skill floor, there was focus on making him more accessible and/or satisfying. In light of seeing Sol's handful (none-the-less great) of showings at Worlds, I had begun to wonder if this still held true. In the Lessons from Preseason, Meddler spoke to the idea changes to items rather than champions with regard to kits and balance. Hearing this, I thought of the Rylai's changes and Sol's being 'under the microscope' may rekindle the conversation with the community, if there was some to be had. All-in-all, is there any further consideration of changing Sol (similar to Shyv's mini-rework)?

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RiotRiot Axes1/2/2017, 6:46:07 PM12 votes

We had to delay it quite a bit for resourcing reasons, but yes, we're still planning something at around the Shyvana-ish scope for Sol. We're ramping up on it now, so it'll be at least a few more patches before we have anything to show.

Korax Ravenclaw1/2/2017, 6:16:28 PM5 votes

I actually think that at the moment Sol is in a perfect balanced spot. He's a niche champion that has CLEAR weakness, it's own particular playstyle and it's not overpowered at all. I think that it would be really stupid try to touch him in his current state risking to make him OP/useless, just let him be as he is atm, there are way more urgent champs to consider a rework imho.

SwiftKitten881/2/2017, 10:05:22 PM4 votes

what about RekSai ?

as a person who used to play her as my main jungler.. is literally CAN'T STAND to play her now...

her ENTIRE kit is based around dealing damage with her auto, and to be even remotely relevant with her in a game the only option is to use her as a boring knock-up bot... she is NO FUN to play anymore.. i mean that's worse than nidalee's 41% win rate, even with a 41% win rate she is still FUN to play.. and because i have 1000 games on Nidalee i have enough skill to bring that up to say a 51% win rate. which is still not enough to let me play ranked with her. but at least i can play her in normal and have fun.. a 47% win rate RekSai means NOTHING if i cant even stand to play her anymore. if a champ isn't any fun to play.. there is no point in playing them, regardless of win rate.