Kalista buffs incoming

Mira Arya Enthe·Jan 7, 2017·4 votes·860 views

Did Riot forget why they nerfed Kalista to begin with? When she was viable she was considered old Yorick, Release Azir, Urgot with buffs, Aatrox pre-gutting levels of toxic and unfun to play against. Her design is toxic to begin with, and cannot be balanced. Whenever she is even mildly viable she gets more complaints than Yasuo and Riven combined. And then becomes pick/ban in pro-play.

I beg Riot. Rethink buffing this champion. She won't see play, instead you will make another necessary perma-ban champion to compete with several others at being banned to prevent auto-win and player misery.

Leave her be until she gets a rework.

And before anybody says "You just hate Kalista" I suggested a ghost, shadows isle marksman with a spear and was the first to jump at the chance to play Kalista. I also love Azir, another champion sharing her problem. Far too 'anti-fun' when viable.

10 Comments

jmp231Jan 7, 20173 votes

Don't forget the draven buff as well..... his Q axe damage is getting a huge dmg increase. A flat dmg increase and a 105% bonus ad at rank 5 from the old 85% total ad. The new rank 3 Q is the same as the old rank 5 Q

Big LincolnJan 7, 20171 votes

bonus AD, not total

jmp231Jan 7, 20171 votes

well even if it is bonus ad its still more than before. will edit in op

doodlebob666Jan 7, 20172 votes

i think she may be worst than any of those champs you said since, at least in my opinion, riot has no easy way of nerfing her. They literally made her auto's deal less than her full ad value, but it still took a plethora of other nerfs before she finally fell out of the meta. If any other adc, toplaner, or ad champ in general got a nerf like that they would crash harder than the stock market in 1929, but kalista was still a viable champ, and a dominant pick in pro play, hell the lcs is still picking her while she is gutted. She provides so much power baked into her kit that there is very little that can be done to completely shut her out, and while she is viable, there is literally no point in picking, juggernauts or skill shot reliant mages, because she literally invalidates their ability to do damage. I get where riot is coming from with this buff, its relatively small and its not really ideal to have a champ be literally useless, but i hope their careful and if she comes back to the meta champion, revert the changes