Is it time for a Baron Nerf?

Soybean16·5/16/2015, 5:38:20 PM·2 votes·749 views

Earlier today I was in a game playing as Syndra mid. Everything was going very well for us. I was 6/2/3 at about 20 minutes in, and decided that Yasuo was not imposing much of a challenge to me, so I looked to see what I could do to step my game up a notch. Around me I noticed a few purple caster minions. I decided they would be too easy and not worth the effort. With their top lane dead, I looked to bot lane. Unfortunately, the circumstances were not ideal, as our team was pushed too far forwards for a gank. I was also not able to take dragon because of the sub par warding in the area. I then remembered that baron had just spawned. I realized that now would be the perfect time because I needed only 150 more gold for my rabadon's deathcap. I quickly made it to baron while the rest of my team was distracting the enemies in bot lane and started attacking him. Somehow baron was able to have over 3 times as much health as our Olaf, which kept him alive and made my magic damage seemingly disappear. Baron also had multiple poisons and knock-ups. Baron was able to kill me, which was weird because of how far ahead I was. I think that baron should be nerfed, because of how he is so tanky and powerful compared to me (which I was fed) at the 20 minute marker.

7 Comments

Raja Chachki5/16/2015, 5:44:28 PM3 votes

Um....buddy.....Baron Nashor is supposed to be difficult to get, and almost completely impossible to 1v1. ESPECIALLY as a mana-reliant mage, you should never be able to solo Baron. It is an objective where you should go with your team, and you kill 1-3 opponents in a team fight, and then your team rotates to baron TOGETHER. Also the fact that you're Syndra, and (I'm assuming) you didn't have Smite, the enemy jungler could have easily killed you, and if the baron had actually been low enough, s/he could have easily stolen baron as well for their team.....

Basically, you went to solo baron the second it spawned, which no one should ever do....if any champion was able to do that this game would be crazy, everyone just waits it out then has continual blood baths at Baron.

Lugg5/16/2015, 5:44:22 PM1 votes

I actually think he needs buffing. He is pretty easy to kill at 20 minutes when he spawns.

Wickedfates5/16/2015, 5:44:25 PM1 votes

im sry, i disagree, i think the problem you had was you tried to fight baron without enough people too soon in the game, with the wrong champ for it

ModAcademy Kayn5/16/2015, 5:41:07 PM1 votes

I remember reading something like this before, but I cannot quote the source.

Marthian5/16/2015, 5:46:31 PM1 votes

Sounds like user error. Even if you are ahead, you should not be able to solo Baron until way late game. Mages can't really solo baron due to the lack of sustain or tankiness anyways, you just made a mistake.

kagepaladin5/16/2015, 6:53:00 PM1 votes

i have been able to kill baron once and it was roughly 30-40 mins in as mordekaiser with a fresh jinx ghost even then i only managed with around 1k hp left and a dead ghost.

Lauricella35/17/2015, 4:13:29 AM1 votes

+1 i thought this was pretty funny, so i must have a really bad sense of humor lol.