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Wtf is this Renekton buff

reusablemeat·7/19/2019, 1:19:54 PM·141 votes·21,040 views

Literally not a single person who plays the game thought Renekton had too difficult time winning lane vs champions like Shen Urgot and Sion. Was Renekton too weak against Poppy Ekko and Diana?? Wtf was the point of this change except to make an already hated champion even more hated? Why couldn't you just fucking nerf Riven instead like we've been asking for the past 2 years. Literally none of the playerbase would have ever thought of this change because it's just that stupid only the balance team could have come up with it.

What kind of logic is it, instead of nerfing annoying crap like Karma top, Viktor top and Riven, you just buff one already oppressive champion. That's not balance, that's just making 1 champ overpowered, aka the opposite of balance. This game isn't TFT you don't nerf an overpowered champ by buffing a single counter champ.

Remember when Jarvan was a top laner? Riven is still too much for him and now Renekton screws him up even harder.

Nerfing Riven doesn't mean I should be able to beat her with Renekton even easier, it means I should be able to not auto lose playing anything that isn't Renekton. Wtf, I seriously can't believe how stupid this change is. I though the balance team couldn't hit a new low after Zoe, then they proved me wrong with new Mordekaiser, and they've already proved me wrong again with this change. I'm pretty sure someone who's never played the game could do a better job than them at this point.

106 Comments

Xavanic7/19/2019, 1:38:15 PM48 votes

gonna be honest here, this change felt more like they wanted him to played against morde

Daddy Ants7/19/2019, 3:48:32 PM36 votes

I also strongly believe that Katarina did not need that Grievous Wounds on steroids buff.

It should have gone to a champion who is actually underwhelming such as Varus.

DeathBurst7/19/2019, 1:38:31 PM16 votes

The point was to make him viable in team-fight when diving the ADC even if the enemy team has a janna/lulu.

Now, don't ask me if they hit the mark, but you're asking what was the point, well, that's it.

nm10107/19/2019, 1:44:05 PM10 votes

Read the patch notes. They wanted to introduce counter picks for specific mechanics to improve game health. The point is to create a counter to shield heavy teams. Yes that is a buff into certain match ups, but the effect is gated by fury and cool downs so most people can attempt to play around it in lane.

Daddy Ants7/19/2019, 2:12:02 PM8 votes

Personally I feel this game needs MORE shield breaking mechanics not less.

https://streamable.com/nzzlt

Sure I was 2 levels down but thats a stupid amount of shielding for a 1/6 Orianna...

Renekton and Blitzcrank may not have been the best candidates for such a mechanic but the mechanic overall is a healthy addition to the game.

CyanSolution2477/20/2019, 12:56:30 AM6 votes

The big problem is he was buffed from an already decent state, without a nerf to compensate.

InsaneSky7/20/2019, 1:17:07 AM4 votes

This is really weird in my opinion because not only was Renekton fine in his old state, he was already super annoying to play against. This is going to make him absolutely unbearable.

Radiant Wukong7/20/2019, 1:48:17 AM3 votes

This

hhaavviikk7/20/2019, 7:49:14 AM2 votes

so we get shield duration nerfed with no compensation to shield strength and now we get a mechanic which just removes shields altogether, does riot just have a hate boner for shield supports?

SirHydro7/21/2019, 2:25:16 AM2 votes

Riot keeps trolling you guys.

You guys keep buying event passes/skins/prestige

You guys keep complaining.

You guys get trolled more.

Then you guys spend more c a $ h while crying about Riot in the same breath.

It's hillarious. I love this community.

DUDE BRO7/21/2019, 7:36:28 AM2 votes

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Literally not a single person who plays the game thought Renekton had too difficult time winning lane vs champions like Shen Urgot and Sion. Was Renekton too weak against Poppy Ekko and Diana??

Here's the real question: Even if he was too weak against them, is Renekton not allowed to have counters?

Edit: I would have liked to see it on the dash if anything, the one ability that has a useless fury buff. Why put it on his already strongest fury ability? It doesn't add gameplay or counterplay, it just makes him automatically win against more champions without changing anything.

Mrs Qtpie7/20/2019, 5:07:42 AM2 votes

Everything in this post, was just like... wow.... you took the words and thoughts directly from out of my mouth.

Razelth7/19/2019, 5:54:08 PM2 votes

12.2% pickrate and 50.17% winrate so far. He's an early game champion in an early game oriented meta and yet his winrate still isn't that high. I don't see how he's overpowered with stats like that lmfao.

He was at 9% pickrate and 49.33% winrate last patch. Everyone on the boards crying about the W breaking shields is just over exaggerating the effect it really has.