Talon Nerfs

Project Sleeky·2/23/2017, 12:32:34 AM·10 votes·4,536 views

Riot are you really planning to nerf Talon's passive damage AND his overall Q damage?

If his power in melee matchups is too high (toplane) then how about only nerf his Q when it hits in MELEE range.

Beyond that, why nerf his early burst damage? His lvl 2 W+Q+Auto+Ignite is how he begins his snowball, and it's so well known and telegraphed now that the opponent should be able to play around it.

Please, don't just nerf Talon's power then later nerf the items that actually made him broken , then leave him in the gutter.

LETHALITY is what made him broken.

Nerf Lethality, don't nerf the longsword.

13 Comments

Meserion2/23/2017, 12:40:02 AM6 votes

God damnit before Lethality, he was perfect, a skill-based Assassin that took a combo to kill you!

NERF LETHALITY NOT THE CHAMPIONS!!

feryvunny2/23/2017, 3:08:37 AM3 votes

I don't get it. They say Talon is weak, buff his items, and now they nerf the champion. The items were the problem. He gets the spotlight in league for 2 seconds and immediately is considered for the nerf hammer.

Meanwhile champs like Jayce, Rengar, and LB have been running amok since even before assassin rework and they beat around the bush so fucking hard when it comes to nerfing these champs. **Look how long it took them to decide to remove the mini-olaf ult off Rengar, as if an unpeelable Assassin that can hop on you from invis 500ft away with a free crit wasn't obviously broken. **

Stop fucking playing favorites with champs like your precious knife-cat, Riot. Literally Talon was competitively viable for barely a patch or two and right away you go to the nerf hammer even with all the mastery/youmuu's/cleaver etc. nerfs. Not saying he isn't in need of nerfs, but I find it stupid they buff Lethality to a point where it will eventually need nerfs, and then go straight to nerfing Talon in the process as well when they caused the problem in the first place by overbuffing lethality. No logic.

Buff Talon indirectly through items to milk skin sales and then put him back down as the "poor-man's zed" right after. Yeah, you're all a bunch of fucking scumbags, Riot.

Joxcab2/23/2017, 12:38:25 AM2 votes

Because nerfing Lethality nerfs the ADCs Riot babies constantly.

RexSaur2/23/2017, 2:16:34 AM2 votes

Talon is overpowered regardless of lethality.

Hell his 100-0 at lvl 2 comes with a long sword, 0 lethality items whic is what is being nerfed (and it is out of line).

Craft Zeppelin2/23/2017, 2:35:24 AM1 votes

Personally I think talon seriously has issues. Unintentionally. his rake has become a gigantic zoning tool compared to his pre-rework simple cone aoe. The damn projectiles just stay there for like 2 seconds and prohibit you from going near him, and he will just back away.

By the way his winrate was like this even before the lethality changes. Damn the NA server is so SLOW in adjusting to the meta. The korean server was abusing the crap out of him even before this patch.