@League YouTubers
Please stop hyping things up to be more OP than they are... It just further upsets the community, dumbs it down even more, and makes it even more toxic through lack of knowledge...
- Zed/Fizz/etc. will be just as strong as they always were...
- Zhonya's is BETTER. It has a significantly better build path, costs less, and gives CDR. Only downside is longer CD on Statis, which just means y'all need to git gud.
- VelKoz isn't "OP as fuck," and while he is OP, it's not bad if you learn to dodge skillshots (which he has an entire kit of!!)
- Veigar isn't OP either... His ult is 75-150% AP Ratio based off enemy missing health (that's TOTAL. He doesn't have his 100% + 80% of enemy!!! This is a NERF!!!) and his new passive is honestly worse than his old stacking mechanic. All I can see him being is a support at this point.
- On paper, Vlad got nerfed. I haven't had the chance to play against him yet, but I'm sure that he's just as strong as he's always been.
- You guys basically ignored Zyra (from the YouTubers I watched, at least) even though she's been buffed into being slightly OP (from being Balanced beforehand.)
- Annie was buffed and is OP but she's not broken OP. She needs toned down a bit but her counterplay is a lot better now (3-stacking passive then using E-R is no longer a thing).
- You also basically ignored Cass, who got buffed (ish?). Her play style completely changed (used to Miasma to hit Q then spam E) but the new form of CC and the fact that she can completely close off flank/escape routes is REALLY strong...
- Malz is SO FAR from OP right now. His minions are annoying, so is his space aids, but he's always been an annoying DoT mage. His ult is worse than it was before, and if you wanna play him in the way he works best right now (objective taking whore) you have to go jungle and get warrior->ap, which isn't a good build path...
- Brand got NERFED... He's a DoT %HP Mage, like he was initially supposed to be... His Q, E, AND R got lower damages (base and ratio) AND his passive requires stacking (was 8% max HP over 4 seconds, now is 2% max HP per stack over 4 seconds). Yes, he did get the explosion part on his ult for 12-16% Max HP, but with the new mage items giving HP back upon using mana among other things, you can deal with it...
- The Protobelt isn't OP at all... It's 300 unit dash (compared to Flash at 450 units) that does damage (35% AP Ratio, Magic Damage) and gives decent stats. It's definitely good, but not OP... Far from it...
- Mountain Drake isn't useless or underpowered... It helps get objectives better, ESPECIALLY Elder Dragon, which is a really important buff.
- Ocean Drake isn't OP as shit... The sustain is less than the mage items have and it's only every 18 seconds at the first one, going down by 6 seconds per. It's not really that great, and yeah, it can save your ass in sticky situations, so can Dangerous Game...