Pyke nerf

SilentxClaw·Jun 28, 2019·2 votes·1,321 views

i just want to know exactly why Pyke was nerfed to this extreme. Ok his wave clear was pretty good, but to decrease his wave clear did you really have to nerf both his Q and E ability? If the E would'nt hit Minions and Monsters anymore, already pretty extreme, but nerfing Q and the E ability? Did you really think that was necessary? Pyke was pretty balanced, high damage, low HP. I can understand if someone wants him to be a bit weaker, but now he really is too weak. I would like to know other people think about that.

6 Comments

Death by GlamourJun 28, 20195 votes

a champ with assassin level damage and CC comparable to a tank is unhealthy.

thefatlazycatJun 29, 20192 votes

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a champ with assassin level damage and CC comparable to a tank is unhealthy.

pyke has lower average damage than most enchanters, to be fair

iiGazeiiJun 28, 20193 votes

They said why. They said it in the patch notes, they said it during the PBE, they've been saying it over and over for a while now. People just don't want to hear it.

**Lane Pyke was too strong. They don't want Pyke in a solo lane. Period. **

They buffed his Q and his W to compensate support Pyke. His stab damage went down by 15%, but look at that, they lowered the cooldown by, golly gee, 16%.

His overall damage output is about the same, he has more opportunities to pull enemies in, and more opportunities to roam with the increased W movement speed. Support Pyke was not nerfed, he was given a weakness. Lane control is Pyke's weakness. The things he's good at got buffed.

5kcheesesticksJun 28, 20191 votes

The nerfs were excessive, dude...

All they had to do was lower the damage to minions on both his e and q so that it didnt take 1 combo to clear an entire wave. Instead, somehow miraculously they figured that removing any damage to mobs and nerfing the q damage is the perfect balance. Like wtf went wrong here? Were they drinking on the job while trying to balance him? I'm actually very serious... How on earth did they come to this conclusion, i just don't believe they thought this one through. If they did... jesus christ, you guys really need to reconsider the team who came up with these balance changes, honestly...

Literally every other support champ has some sort of aoe to help clear wave, but for some reason you thought removing all of pykes aoe damage made sense.

This nerf makes no sense. I used to like playing him JG in 3v3 for fun, now i can't... And then the cherry on top... you deleted his 15% Q damage? What the actual F?

WorstAllAroundAug 17, 20191 votes

this is so true. RITO PLS! ive actually enjoyed playing pyke. in solo lanes and supp. but after his nerf, even playing supp seems useless now. he was strong before, yes, but now hes just weak af. This needs to be fixed...

WorstAllAroundAug 17, 20191 votes

and who gives a s**** if he can solo lane? should we nerf yas so he cant go adc?! and all the other champs playing out of their role...?