"lets rework mao to be a better tank!" -Riot games

lolipopevelynn·May 16, 2017·8 votes·354 views

literally functions better going full ap, and thus makes his team suffer without a real tank because of it.

im still of the high impression the current balance team needs to be replaced.

12 Comments

KuroCaliberMay 16, 20177 votes

They never claimed to make him better, they wanted to make sure he had downsides to picking him. It was never a bad idea to pick Maokai because a point and click root and team wide 20% damage reduction is always useful. That's similar to why old Sion got reworked.

lolipopevelynnMay 16, 20171 votes

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They never claimed to make him better, they wanted to make sure he had downsides to picking him. It was never a bad idea to pick Maokai because a point and click root and team wide 20% damage reduction is always useful. That's similar to why old Sion got reworked.

you are missing the point entirely. nothing you even said was relevant.

RalanrMay 16, 20172 votes

No he got the point, just wanted to ruin the basics of your joke.

dunder killMay 16, 20173 votes

Wow what an insightful post. It seems random internet stranger is under the impression that he could balance the game without making a single mistake.

That's it. Rito, we've found our Keanu Reeves.

GULAG 4 UMay 17, 20171 votes

Why Keanu Reeves? Is he a douche?

dunder killMay 17, 20171 votes

South Park reference

meowwow7May 16, 20171 votes

the worst part is the only skill that has an ap scaling of more than 50% is his ult so idk why people are going full ap with him

HalcyonDwellerMay 16, 20171 votes

It wasn't the balance team that changed him. They are actually the ones doing tuning this patch to tone down his problems.

Also, salty posts like this don't really promote discussion on how to fix problems. If you want Maokai changed why not analyze his current problems and suggest ways to fix them?

lolipopevelynnMay 16, 20171 votes

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It wasn't the balance team that changed him. They are actually the ones doing tuning this patch to tone down his problems.

Also, salty posts like this don't really promote discussion on how to fix problems. If you want Maokai changed why not analyze his current problems and suggest ways to fix them?

riot only fixes things that want the community wants changed, they never go anywhere close to as far as actually implementing specific changes the community suggests, othwerwise blast plants, at the very leasts, would be gone.

HalcyonDwellerMay 16, 20174 votes

To garner community support and spread your ideas you have to post in a respectable manner. No offense.

oSEXYPLATYPUSoMay 16, 20171 votes

and i have advocated and bitched about how rito shit the bed on this rework

and i have even purpose a change that would be a compromise

and here it is:

i still maintain a 57% win rate with him top/jungle when his win rate in those roles are on average 46% since the season started (so before rework and after rework) 39-27 on him in the last month for a 59% win rate with a kda average of 3.39

they took the impact damage from his E cuz it was too strong in lane and he couldnt be shut out vs a bad match up and then they take the %hp damage on W to E now and people build him full ap go support and he has a win rate over 52% at support...

but if they simply give him lower CDR on W and make the duration of the root worth leveling (it goes 1.0 to 1.4 at max rank ) and lower the CDR on his ult by 15 seconds at each rank 120/110/100 currently so down to 105/95/85 seconds and make it move slighty faster , they can nerf the E damage and he would be fine and able to function as the protective type of counter engage tank they want him to be...

maybe just give him a lil higher flat ad base and a lil better attack speed at lvl 1 ( even nerf the scaling on it later is fine to compensate)

and a pet peeve is the clunky slow animation of his heal proc on passive , it use to be the fasted auto attack in the game now its weird

im not asking for higher ratios or damage or tank stats. just some cdr and a lil better duration on the root on W scaling