Cassiopeia shines for one patch and gets nerfed immediately??

EmpressOfBeauty·12/13/2018, 8:00:04 PM·18 votes·7,884 views

I just don't understand like she just got a moment to be towards the top and suddenly gets smacked with a higher Q mana cost as well as less damage with it...it isn't even the easiest skillshot to land which really will hurt her laning if it misses BUT let me not cry. I just want to because if that does keep missing you drain down that mana bar and you also can't do much because spamming twin fang isn't smart without the poison. It's okay though they never dare touch and damage and mana costs. A weaker damage reduction, 5 less ms, and a cdr that becomes redundant when maxed out but let the serpent embrace her power and go ahead and smack her with less damage and more mana.

It isn't realistic to me.

[cass-cry]

24 Comments

Schenix12/13/2018, 8:08:14 PM24 votes

Cass is literally one of the most frightening champions in the game in the hands of great main [unfortunately, so is Irelia]. If base players are achieving good win rates on her, we have problems. Especially 54%.

ankoanko1912/13/2018, 10:47:24 PM6 votes

So losing 10% dmg reduction throughout all the game is not taken seriously? Removing the ability to get achieve 2 stacks with W to be able to duel easier is not taken seriously, or splitpush? LET'S NOT FORGET THE INCREASED CD ON AN ABILITY YOU MAX LAST! Jesus christ, the boards seriously are so mage biased. If Irelia got higher mana costs then it wouldnt hurt her as much as this nerf did. Having 60 mana per cast on Q wouldnt nearly hurt her as much as this stupendous nerf did.

Nevermind how the LB nerf was just a revert of her previous CD, it made her balanced throughout S6.

FullmuteAll play12/13/2018, 11:38:45 PM5 votes

Tbh I am glad the trend was prevented, otherwise my Cassiopeia would be pick/ban.

The thigh guy12/14/2018, 3:57:22 AM3 votes

Because. She is threatening precious assassin meta. So she had to be removed.

Full Brain12/14/2018, 3:54:15 AM3 votes

Because broken mage ruining top lane again and approaching ruining Mid as well with Cass and Kass both being broken there. Cassioppeia and Irelia are no where close to the same levels of broken. Cass has 10% freaking winrate at mid with double the pickrate and about 7% winrate at top on Irelia. The winrate normally goes down when your pickrate is 10+ even on the champs with overloaded kits. You generally have to have some crazy busted kit and scaling to achieve mid 50s winrate with 10+ pickrate.

The Trent12/14/2018, 7:22:59 AM2 votes

The nerf wasn't that bad by any means.

Mana cost increased from 50/55/60/65/70 to 50/60/70/80/90 total damage lowered from 75/125/175/225/275 to 75/120/165/210/255

Cass should have mana items so the mana nerf is literally nothing other than making it a possiblity to run oom late game. Usually it never happens. Damage nerf is barely anything and again, it's only late game. Cass is a champion who shines in the late game, but recently she's become kind of decent early and pretty strong mid game. That means that her late game which out classed a lot people kinda deserved to get nerfed imo.

Gesterr12/14/2018, 3:32:41 AM1 votes

They're more cautious about nerfking Akali and Irelia because despite their strengths when played well, and frustration when playing against them, they statistically perform very badly in both high and low elos (admittedly Irelia less so then Akali) so nerfing a 45% winrate champion should be taken more delicately then Cass who's almost 55% showing she has a lot more room to work with.

Nausicäa 12/14/2018, 7:14:08 AM1 votes

Kassadin -0.4 HP regen. Cass increased mana cost and lower damage.

Makes sense. Good balance team.

Craktite12/14/2018, 4:48:28 PM1 votes

Urgot :)

Tobykachu12/14/2018, 8:42:39 AM1 votes

Meanwhile Kassadin gets a tiny HP regen nerf and still nothing on Lucian. Riot games ladies and gentlemen

Lovelle12/14/2018, 1:58:33 PM1 votes

Cass can be super annoying to deal with, especially as a melee champion. I'm okay wiith not seeing her every other game.

Monstermushmush12/14/2018, 3:53:39 AM1 votes

IKR. While Lucian is having a hay day down in the bot lane...