Why does the community believe they can balance the game better than Riot?

Lost In Time·Feb 28, 2015·3 votes·258 views

It's pitiful reading thread after thread of "your changes" that are even worse than what Riot did to Veigar's E.

5 Comments

IcyPepperFeb 28, 20152 votes

I don't think it's a matter of power balance, but popularity and play. People want Urgot to be viable (who has a .1% pick rate) but are tired of LeeSin 30.95% pick rate. Same with Thresh, who's #1 at 39.22%.

You'll also hear about Jinx, or even Graves, but generally people are tired of the most popular champions that dominate. Notice the difference between the most popular pick and the least popular pick, and that's why people complain about balancing. There's a bit of a difference... it can't be perfect, but until it is people are going to point out the flaws and give their opinions.

sauce: http://champion.gg/statistics/#?sortBy=general.playPercent&order=descend&roleSort=

Irelia BotFeb 28, 20152 votes

Because some things rito does seem to have really bad context for happening.

IF Viegar's stun silenced enemies in the area before the stun hit then it would have likely not been received so badly.

Also things like Urgot getting nerfed because he counters marksmen early game and makes them unable to farm safely. Yes that is basically what caused urgot to get nerfed into the trash tier he has been. For being a lane bully to marksmen even if riot will not admit it.

Then things like the kass ult nerf where a better option would likely have been making the cooldown longer or higher base mana cost of say 100 resulting in it caping off higher. 1600 mana cost for using an ability anyone?

TehNACHOFeb 28, 20151 votes

Oh my god, I'm not alone.

Then again though, I must say I'm rather guilty of doing it to haha. I just wanted to see Darius be healthier for the game ( o 3 o)

ZmuecatFeb 28, 20151 votes

Looking at some of the things Riot has done, I'm sure I'd do fine.

DrMarshSwampFeb 28, 20151 votes

Personally I look at it in a more "individual view".

Whilst a majority of threads are fairly terrible (no explanations, balance decisions that'd make everyone cry) I've seen plenty of threads with proposed changes that are far and above better than what Riot's balance team has thrown out.