Dear Riot Meddler

Zoni Skylark··3 votes·1,287 views

Regarding upcoming Akali Nerfs

1: Why are you gutting a champion with 43% winrate in soloQ? If she is overpowered shouldn't that be above 50? 2: Why do you not just revert her if you admit she is too hard to maintain who she is without making her unplayable in the gamemode that most people play(and most old Akali mains preferred it too it seems if you look at the Akali mains reddit)? 3: Why don't you give her her old passive back instead? 4: Why did you tell us previously that you intend to keep her roots as a champion when right now she lacks almost all that made me main her in the first place (obscurity, Resets, sustain, Reliable mobility, Not relying on her ult to kill someone quickly) 5: why will her W do less than old Akali shroud? (old one was a blink as well.) 6: after the upcoming nerf. What makes Akali a good pick? as in why should I pick her over other champions? 7: why do you claim that sustain is for champions with weak all in yet master yi, xin zhao, warwick, all are fine. 8: Are we going to ignore the fact that you said she has strong wave clear and has no weakness's in the same sentence? you are aware that that waveclear is most of her damage and any competent laner will take advantage of the fact that you cannot heal in the entire trade after you use that waveclear. 9: why have I never lost lane to Akali in midlane if she has no weakness. or is there a problem with matchmaking too? 10: what are your thoughts about moving the healing to her auto attacks?

I have provided all my questions in list format to make it easier for you or any other member of the balance team to read. I would appreciate it if I got a list format with the answers in return.

I have mained akali for a very long time and I don't see myself playing her anymore after the nerfs as it doesnt seem like she is the same champion that i used to main as you can imagine this saddens me deeply. Anyone is welcome to reply as I want this to be a discussion about how we can make the situation better than "we are intentionally making her not worth playing and we will see what happens" as a consumer that doesnt exactly inspire confidence and makes me not want to play your game. Thank you for reading.

10 Comments

PH455 votes

Why are you gutting a champion with 43% winrate in soloQ? If she is overpowered shouldn't that be above 50?

Winrate isn't everything. Bad players influence her winrate quite a bit, while in higher elos, good Akali's make it extremely hard to play against her with little to no counterplay, especially as a melee laner.

Zoni Skylark1 votes

so what you are saying is, because i have practiced how to beat you more, I should suffer. interesting.

PH451 votes

No. The fact is the reworked Akali is a very unhealthy character by design. She can sustain a lane with no running out resource, poke melee's by outranging them with both Q and the empowered auto, stealthing and also having a lot of disengage, and at very high elo there is very little to no counterplay to that.

TheWillPower33091 votes

Most stat websites only take plat+ players into account for win rates

Shiroe Okazaki3 votes

Win rate has never mattered in league. Look at high elo then low elo. Everyone high with m6 and above will win every game on her. every low elo with m6 and above may not win every game. But they'll hardly ever feed. I do agree she should be reverted or maybe change her passive back. And her w shroud may not have a blink. But its so much bigger than it was. her q if i know right may not heal. BUT whats her first item. what does taste of blood do. Im not saying your wrong. I agree with some of your points but i still think she's a pain in the bad word hard to win against and just all around dumb to play against.

usul12022 votes

Hey there. I would recommend checking out the Dev corner, Meddler has discussed why they're nerfing her when she's not good, how they plan to buff her after, why they take stuff out of kits, and how they're working on strengths vs weaknesses. Meddler also actually comments on those posts.

xAcidik2 votes

As much as I agree with you, she's busted in pro play, and that's all they care about, really. Unfortunate that you are downvoted because you're upset that the champ is going to be 100% useless in solo queue.

SavageSole2 votes

I applaud your faith in this shit company

Zoni Skylark1 votes

losing it by the second.

Blood on hands1 votes

Then u should look at Aatrox another champion ruined by them. I feel u. They kept none of old Aatrox’s characteristics

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