Did you not learn from Warwick?

TomA3X·7/9/2015, 8:47:55 PM·124 votes·7,890 views

Mystic Shot (Q) AP ratio increased to .5 from .4 Trueshot Barrage ( R) AP ratio lowered to .6 from .9

So AP ezreal is getting nerfed, because Runeglaive is a stupidly niche item which removes almost every weakness in AP ezreal. Not only that, but it looks like Runeglaive is also getting a nerf, with the wording sounding like the AOE only applies on monsters.

In fact, what is so stupid is you are buffing the part of his kit which is most of the problem at the moment with runeglaive, and nerfing the part of his kit which is massively telegraphed, easy to avoid and has been considered balanced for ages.

NOT ONLY THAT, but runeglaive now doesn't convert the attack into magic damage, meaning Ezreal's Q's now won't benefit from magic penetration. This pretty much counteracts the .1 bonus scaling they added onto his Q, probably nerfing it some more.

Congratulations, AP Ezreal now pretty much depends on Runeglaive in order to be effective. You have simply removed the power from his non runeglaiving kit, and pumped it into the part of the kit that uses runeglaive.

Edit: Obviously I posted this before they pulled the Ezreal PBE changes, we did it..uh.. boards.

115 Comments

BeerOfRoot48437/9/2015, 9:08:02 PM70 votes

Junglers can't get anything nice without assholes exploiting it.

LoLKiru7/9/2015, 9:03:33 PM24 votes

Whats the point in even hitting Ezreal at this point, Runeglaive being turned into something that ONLY works on jungle camps (in terms of waveclear) is pretty much enough of a nerf.

Since it would put AP ezreal (relatively) right back where he started, with Runeglaive being a weaker lichbane for him, since he can no longer benefit from the waveclear in lane.

My suggestion would be to just leave AP ezreal untouched, and just hit runeglaive.

Saianna7/9/2015, 11:34:02 PM14 votes

Simple fact:

Balannce team enjoys going full retard.

They do not learn from their f*ck ups one bit.

But I'll tell you why Ezreals R was nerfed: Because in LCS (but ofc) AP Ez almost 1shot glass-cannon Azir (fnatic).

If I ever lost any hopes for Riot balance team, then it'd be: a) when they nerfed WW and THEN nerfed devourer b) right now c) When they'll nerf champions using new sated devourer just to nerf said item 1-2 patches later.

Meh with this. Meh with Riot. As long as Blizzard won't hire anyone from Riot balance team, then we'll have new successor & leader of MOBAs.

EDIT: Ok, I'm sorry for bursting like that. But I remember how game looked long time ago. We had some silly meta problems. Some champions were OP, some were UP. But it never felt so pathetic-bad as now. For me it's almost the greatest truth, that Riot plays favourites here. They nerf anyone or anything that might threaten their LCS dream.

Sooner or later one of fnatic gonna die from minions and I'M TELLING YOU, MINIONS WILL BE NERFED.

AngelSpite7/9/2015, 8:48:59 PM7 votes

Evelynn too and runeglaive no longer changes the attack into magic. So, why are they nerfing them?

BRBGTGBOWFLEX7/10/2015, 12:48:14 AM6 votes

Good, AP Ezreals are huge tools. I don't want the build to be viable. They are even more douchey than ADC ezreal, which is an accomplishment

Dengeden7/10/2015, 12:52:13 AM4 votes

Theyre pulling the changes, don't worry. Runeglaive is the target.

TotalJerk7/9/2015, 11:41:54 PM3 votes

I just saw a note right below the change on S@20 saying those changes were going to be reverted soon. I thought to myself "I bet there's a thread complaining about it on the front page, anyway". I come to this board, and what do you know? I was right.

TheXtractor7/10/2015, 9:03:35 AM3 votes

Riot never really learns from its design and balance mistakes sadly. Just look at how the new jungle items are treated, just like the old spirit items. and how they treat champs like kalista etc.

LaceUp237/9/2015, 11:35:51 PM2 votes

Just another example of the rito balance team. I am convinced they are all business majors. If they got some science majors in there to help the people that actually code and shit, these stupid fuck ideas wouldn't go through. In fact, I told this to the support ticket thingy.

Silents4297/9/2015, 10:00:46 PM1 votes

Could just play him as an adc..

Even if AP Ez works out we have better mages anyway.