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We Can't Nerf Ashe Just Yet

NinjaGuy69··3 votes·1,179 views

Riot has to have at least one patch cycle as a buffer to ensure as many people as possible buy PROJECT: Ashe before they implement the nerfs. According to Meddler:

"Looks like 6.17 rather than 6.16. We want to adjust a few champs at once, but won't have changes for them all ready for 6.16."

So you're telling me that Ashe has been broken for the majority of this season and you're just now getting along to nerfing her? Why did it take so long for Riot to implement nerfs for a champion who has been CLEARLY DOMINANT for such a long period of time? Why not just release the nerfs individually instead of grouping them together with other ADC balance changes?

Sure, there's nothing wrong with wanting to make a profit, but pushing back (or holding off on) these nerfs without providing an acceptable reason for the decision blatantly proves that Riot cares more about profiting off meta trends instead of providing a fair and balanced game for its players. I don't even know why I even bother anymore.

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420 grams2 votes

When I first started, I thought ashe was the most garbage champion in the game. Now that adcs aren't building crit, she's pretty strong because of her utility. I don't think she needs a Nerf, but I do think they need to find a way to guide adcs into buying crit again

NinjaGuy691 votes

I don't think she needs a Nerf, but I do think they need to find a way to guide adcs into buying crit again

Of course she needs a nerf. That's obvious when you look at her win rate combined with her insane play rate. Most ADCs that are even with her or behind can't 1v1 her because of her ult. You're pretty much forced to buy mercurial scimitar or at least a QSS on an ADC if you're in a game against Ashe.

As for ADC itemization, they won't ever stop buying those items because of how well many of the ADCs synergize with the flat armor penetration that those items provide. The only way to stop them is to do what should have been done a long time ago, which is to make the assassin/fighter items like the black cleaver, Yomuu's ghostblade and duskblade melee only. They even talked about making duskblade melee only if ranged champs started abusing it. Well guess what? They've been abusing that item for a while now and Riot still hasn't made it or any of the other assassin/fighter items melee only yet. But hey, that's the balance team for you.

Dominick Destine1 votes

It's Twitch skin all over again.

Ravenhale1 votes

I won't buy Project Ashe until her early sale in December/January. ^_^

Snowdrift2 votes

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I won't buy Project Ashe until her early sale in December/January. ^_^

They typically don't do sales on legendary skins... Dragon trainer tristana is the only exception I've seen

Ravenhale2 votes

It's the new standard. All skins used to go on sale on release (1350 would be 975 and 1820 would be 1350). I believe late November this changed, so Dragon Trainer Tristana didn't have her one (and only) sale until May. Project Ashe should follow the same standard. She'll be marked down at 1350 late December at that earliest (four - six months for early sales). After that, she will never go on sale again.

Snowdrift2 votes

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It's the new standard. All skins used to go on sale on release (1350 would be 975 and 1820 would be 1350). I believe late November this changed,

IIRC previously legendairies didn't even go on a release sale. I remember buying omega Teemo the day he came out and he was full price at 1820 and this was long before they started doing these new sales post release. Assuming she does go on sale that's all entirely new

Ravenhale2 votes

I'd hardly consider something documented in November "new", but here it is.

http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/store/sales/were-changing-discounts

Ravenhale1 votes

Oh, and you are correct about them not going on sale prior to November. I would have sworn Project Yi had a week sale, but I confirmed that it was only the other four that were bumped down to 975 for a week. The linked article agrees that 1820 Legendaries used to never go on sale.

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