Was 20 HP really the buff Kha'Zix needed?

Visigoth··2 votes·583 views

Level 1, Kha'Zix get +20 HP Heal on his W, which scales down 5 less each level so at level 5 the ability give no extra heal.

First off, if you're gonna buff his jungle sustain, 20 HP isn't gonna do dick. Just pointing that out, you use your W maybe twice one the same camp, and that's at level 2 doing your second camp.

Secondly, we still have the issue of "Stand near ally negate 90% of damage." I understand you want to make him stronger so he isn't piss weak, but in a tank dominated meta 20 HP will not make him good again. And as long as we're in a tank meta, the only thing that will make him viable against 5k HP 300 armor tanks with hard CC will be giving him the execute back on Q. That or make it so the range for isolation isn't half of Summoner's Rift. It's pretty much impossible to isolate bot lane, and mid lane is too compact, meaning the only time you can reliably isolate someone (assuming you do not have blasting smite/hydra for wave clear and your ally can't clear minions) is top lane, assuming they aren't near tower, which also negates isolation.

It seriously baffles me how champions with almost no counter play cough Leblanc cough get to exist without a single nerf, but Kha'Zix can't damage you if you're within a mile of a teammate, minion, or tower. In fact, there are plenty of champions who are mediocre already but also have a metric fuck ton of counter play Olaf Zilean Bard Evelynn Fiddlesticks. And there are plenty more.

Regardless, at least Riot shows they acknowledge Khazix still exists. Can't say the same about some championsitem 3070 Galio item 3070

5 Comments

Deep Terror Nami2 votes

"50% more healing for your initial clear, the most difficult time a jungler has clearing for the entire match, does nothing"

Ya ok. You're starting to get real salty with your posts.

They obviously weren't giving him a teamfight or assassination buff. It was obviously (for us at least) that the change was so he could do his first clear without trouble.

SpongebobIsLife1 votes

The point of this buff is just to help his first clear, which is the worst in the game and the easiest to take advantage of by the enemy jungler. Although kha does need way more work, this does help somewhat.

Dreadlocks1 votes

I agree with a lot of your points.. but tbh the 20HP on his W with only the 1 point will help his early clears and not have to spend so much on health pots..

Honestly.. he needs more buffs around the Q like you said.. but until then, ill take a +20 on heal over a nerf. lol

AtheosisX1 votes

It helps him survive early in the jungle which is his main issue right now.

Ghostly Dreamer1 votes

They should reduce his isolation range slightly or remove isolation on minions. However +20 hp is pretty significant early, that's a free +40~ hp per camp until level 5 like you said. Plus tank junglers are slowly getting nerfed, hp items in general are getting nerfed, and smite top will eventually be removed from meta as they always do whenever something from the jungle finds its way into lane.

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