The worst designer at Riot

Poolparty Sauron·3/17/2019, 2:22:15 PM·10 votes·5,119 views

It isnt CertainlyT if thats what yall are thinking. I know the Yasuo and Zoe hate trains are well and alive. But for all those champions flaws and frustration they cause to the ones facing them, one designer has gone above and beyond frustration and originality. Yup its Jag the one the only, the Aatrox Ender, Mister Hookshot, Spandex Void Menace himself. The man has (to my and many others disfortune) 3 champions to his name. Camille,Kaisa and Bbtorx(i will not call this dumpsterfire Aatrox). Camille The Unoriginal Shadow Ah Camille the bruiser with a cool concept wasted on a kit without a single unique bone in its body(this will become a trend). First off the running theme with Jags champions so far has been that they are good vs everything and have answears to near any situation. Camille is a tank buster with true damage rivaling a 5 stack Darius ult on a spammable double auto reset, a champion with a massive shield on demand making her trading extremely safe, 2 extra sources of max hp % dmg cus she didnt melt tanks fast enough, a screen wide gapcloser/stun/attack speed steroid which also doubles as an insane escape again on demand, also her ult because Jagmaister thought she needs more %dmg and a fucking zone you cant leave ANYWAY, talk about counterplay am i right?. Camilles kit is near in total made up of stuff we have seen in previous releases, hell the only unique thing she has is an adaptive shield as a passive(can you have a more boring passive) and a hookshot which is basicly a glorified dash. Kaisa the Void Supermodel/Elite escort Kaisa aka Vayne but does magic dmg instead of true dmg. Tacked on evolutions because reasons i guess you can never have too much in a Jag kit i guess. A kit with no cohesion, just a jumbled mess of stats and abilities put in a skin tight suite and a supermodel body cus sex sells. I cant even continue talking cus there is honestly nothing interesting here to discuss, its a vanilla kit an inter can mock up in a week. And finaly the worst offender, the release that broke a playerbase, the release that destroyed many a players trust in Riots reworks(including my own). Bbtrox the Darkin Hammer This thing has besides being a proplay nightmare which forced Riot to literaly remove him from viablity at any stage of play(even then pros still pick him for reasons i will explain below) sundered the Aatrox main community so badly its remains a toxic landfill of hatred and bitternes 8 months later. Simply put the kit straight sucks. The delays for his Q are increadibly long for an ability that falls off harder than Pantheon vs a 6 item Riven, tickles tanks after not even half an armour item, his healing might as well not exist, the W is a joke wtf is this thing am i playing Thresh or something? The E exists only cus main man Jag coundt work up the brain power to actualy make the Q work without gimping the entire champion. The ult is just a lame mobile GA with fancy animations that just breaks proplay and does little to nothing in normal play except delay your death by 3 seconds. The passive is an a basic enhanced auto seen 50 times before with a passive effect that does something i guess. Nothing of old Aatrox was kept besides the revive which was by far the least interesting or exciting thing about old Aatrox, the thing got you killed more often than not and felt like a massive handicap since people just ran away or circled you and butchered you the second you revived. How anyone thought this was core to Aatrox is beyond my simple commoner mind to comprehend. Now we are stuck with a 44% winrate trashcan with a playrate to rival Mordekaiser, but as long as a few fat Koreans are happy the 99% of us need to be happy too i guess. Of these 3 projects this man created 2 bland messes of balance issues and 1 aborted dumsterfire rework that alienated near every old main and failed completly to bring new people into the champion. Jag please do us all a favor and limit your work to bringing coffe to people who are actualy good at their jobs. Sincearly Every Aatrox Main

26 Comments

Daddy Ants3/17/2019, 3:38:16 PM11 votes

If it's between CertainlyT (Yasuo / Zoe creator / Akali reworker) or Riot Jag (Kai'Sa / Camille creator) sorry but CTT is by far the worst if we go by abominations they've created.

Zoe and Yasuo are miles more unfun to play against than Kai'Sa.

xDogMeatx3/17/2019, 4:07:54 PM9 votes

actually on release kaisa was weak due to her range differences.

Kazekiba3/17/2019, 4:32:46 PM8 votes

Kai'sa as a champion is pretty great, actually. The evolve mechanic is a drastic improvement over Khazix's, and she does her entire job of melting down tanks.

Her as a CHARACTER, however, is a huge mess. Why does she speak so eloquently if she's been trapped in the void since she was 8? She should sound like a wild beast who lost all sense of her humanity in the Void, or at the very most have the vocabulary of an 8 year old. https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/leagueoflegends/images/d/db/Kai%27Sa_0097.ogg/revision/latest?cb=20180222073749 "Some recoil at the sight of me. Underneath the shell would they see I'm just like them." "This skin is fashioned for survival, and honed by instinct."

Stripper outfit aside, Kai'sa should not sound like that. It doesn't make sense with her character. And the best part,

"My appearance may frighten you, but make no mistake: I am on your side, and we fight to the bitter end."

A sexually appealing half-naked woman may frighten me? I get the feeling they were originally going to make her a warped monstrosity that looks more like Kassadin or Rek'sai do, but bailed and made her a sex icon instead.

I just want my monster girls, Riot. WHERE ARE MY MONSTER GIRLS D:

Rogue Bear3/18/2019, 6:04:27 AM8 votes

You litterally made a thread that trys to prove why Jag is a bad designer and then proceeded to throw elementary school like insults at the kits of the champs he has made.

If you are going to call someone a bad designer back it up with some reasoning instead of spewing senseless salt where you make it sound like your talking to someone, or something? to try and sound cool or funny, I guess? but instead just come of as retarted, am I right?

Guzergus3/18/2019, 6:34:59 AM7 votes

The sole fact that you prefer to insult a person behind the design instead of simply pointing out design's flows is astonishing. Learn some manners if you want to be listened to.

Jazib3/18/2019, 12:21:08 PM4 votes

This is the worst thing I've read in a while.

KidnapperMorde3/18/2019, 1:35:21 AM3 votes

The only thing I don't like about Jag is the "Stat check" arguement he introduced to the community. The game is all about stats due to items you buy for stats (P.s bring back bloodthirst/price Aatrox :( )

huhndog3/19/2019, 5:37:56 PM3 votes

nah pretty sure its still certainlyt for making kits that are hard to balance

Vlada Cut3/18/2019, 4:37:18 PM3 votes

SCREW YOU. CAMILLE IS PEEFECTLY BANCED AND WILL ALWAYS BE MORE BALANCED WHEN COMPARED TO YASUO OR ZOE. For Aatrox and Kai'Sa they used to tho, they're gutted so they are not a problen anymore.

HoodedBlade3/18/2019, 6:34:17 PM2 votes

This is how sour I like my grapes! This right here!

MidNightdark833/19/2019, 2:21:35 PM1 votes

Respecting someone's hard work in anything is the least people have in their brains. He is working for Riot on purpose.Just because he somehow made you hate him doesn't mean you have to disrespect him.

Quepha3/18/2019, 3:44:45 PM1 votes

I agree Camille and Kai'sa are pretty bland and wasted potential, but I haven't played Aatrox yet and we don't really know where the decision came from to change him to something that in no way respected people who liked playing the original one (who you have to admit was also a really bad design, more unoriginal than Camille)

CertainlyT really is the worst by a wide margin. Bland designs at least accrue a small fan base and become champions you don't see too often but some enjoy. CertainlyT actively works to ruin the game and makes you want to quit playing altogether.

Troy2426213/22/2019, 1:40:33 PM1 votes

You had me with Camille, but lost me with Kai'sa.