I feel like Sivir was balanced and still got huge nerfs to her kit.

JamesTheMage17··2 votes·557 views

A champion with a low-damage poke, a W that doesn't change how much damage she does AT ALL, an ability that blocks a single enemy poke with an absolutely horrible duration, and a small team-boost as well as a small attack-speed boost that lasts such a short time you hardly notice it, yet the two main things in her kit (attack speed boost, spell shield) got these gigantic nerfs for absolutely no justified reason. Increased the spell shields cooldown by 8 seconds, probably the biggest nerf any ability has ever had before, completely ridiculous. And then her attack speed boost didn't last for a set time, oh no, it lasts for THREE ATTACKS. Jayce has the same thing in his kit for except the boost is three times as effective and it literally amplifies the damage his autos do at later ranks. And then sivirs, which was balanced if not underpowered, gets -20%. These nerfs were ridiculously large and unjustified and I hope are reverted soon.

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Astôlfo4 votes

Sivir wasn't balanced in professional 5-man play due to a lot of reasons. Therefore she got nerfed. But then Riot decided to nerf her again. And nerfed her overexcessively.

MunchCrunchLunch1 votes

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Sivir wasn't balanced in professional 5-man play due to a lot of reasons. Therefore she got nerfed. But then Riot decided to nerf her again. And nerfed her overexcessively.

sivir wasn't balanced in soloqueue either. i haven't played an adc ever autoed one person and somehow gotten a qudara kill. happened twice.

Agam1 votes

You must be new to league. Riot does this so people don't see the same champions over and over and over again. Part of what keeps the game fresh are the changes. This forces people to look for new champions and it sometimes shifts the META. It's part of the game, so you might as well try and get use to it.

exigentomic1 votes

Remember the Sivir buff that allowed W to crit? This is why I fear buffs to champions I play. A month or two later they're worse than in their pre-buff state. I'm not sure if it's true for Sivir but I've seen it happen too many times.

DREADN0UGHT1 votes

The reason she got those nerfs is because they are preparing the game for LCS finals and worlds. Sivir has always and most likely always will be a meta champion in very high/professional elo simply because her kit naturally synergises with team focused strategies used in that level of play.

**She received a nerf so that other adcs get a better shot at being picked in these pro games. **

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