"Those darius nerfs are targeted to low elo"

SquashCannon··2 votes·468 views

Except the one that matters the most isn't.

The passive nerf hits experienced players the hardest. The darius mains that have the AA > W > Q in their mind like the back of their hand where they can do it so fast that you almost don't even see the W animation (and they don't accidentally press W so fast it cancels the AA) are the ones that get hit. The Darius players that stutter step and minimize the time before noxian might and maximize the time during Noxian might are the ones that get hit. Those darius mains that have the base damage of the ultimate memorized like the back of their hand so that they know exactly when their ult will or will not execute to minimize time trying to stack an opponent that may already be low enough for a dunk are the ones that get hurt.

The Darius players that go up to you and press W > Q don't get hurt a lot. The darius players that a move and don't stutter don't get hurt. The darius players that wait for someone to have 100 hp even though the base ult damage is 300-400 and the 100 HP enemy already has 4 stacks doesn't get hurt.

If we're going to continue discussing these nerfs, that is one thing we need to get straight right away. Noxian might nerfs affect high elo players the most.

3 Comments

dunder kill1 votes

AA > W > Q isnt hard. It doesnt take good mechanics to pull off consistantly lol

Slythion1 votes

the key part of that sentence was the second part...the part you cut out

where they can do it so fast that you almost don't even see the W animation are the ones that get hit

that stuff is actually pretty hard to do, especially in a teamfight when you have 3 champions stacked ontop of each other

SquashCannon1 votes

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AA > W > Q isnt hard. It doesnt take good mechanics to pull off consistantly lol

A lot of people who aren't experienced dont even use W as an AA reset, or many times press W so fast they cancel their AA and the combo becomes moot. There's also the typical low elo "wait until the enemy is at 1 hp before you try and dunk" which wastes so much time and damage in teamfights/skirmishes. You can tell darius noobs from darius players even with a champion as simple as him.

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