Legit Happy With Some of the Preseason Changes!
Wow everything is so just so amazing, Caitlyn and Graves in particular are my favorite changes. The Corki Package sounds freaking hilarious too, although I'm not too sure on how its going to play out in game haha. I do think the Miss Fortune changes are a bit odd, I believe you guys will need to watch her a bit. I am not a Marksmen player but some of those changes seem like they are counter-productive and honestly I hate Crit and RNG so giving her ult power through crits seems a bit cheap, I did see the AD Ratio you already put in and the more waves but still.
The sightstone upgrades got me all tiddly widdly excited, love me some better upgrades for supports. Warding is super important, it is a struggle every just to get my teammates to ward with my constant "guys there are 3 wards on the map and they are all mine... Support where is your sightstone?" their response "i dont like it"... Your changes are not going to make them ward, but they sure as hell will help me ward and for that i sincerely thank you.
OMG RIFT HERALD!!! What a boss, i love that one-eyed little bastard. Anything to get Top lane some freaking support from the Jungle without having to spam Fiora or Darius so they are more inclined to help me feed (i play neither of those champions anymore so... its been rough man... its been rough...). I am a little worried though, lets say im fighting Riven and i am losing (obviously), my only shot is farming under turret before she breaks it and runs me from my lane (which she will). Now with this buff im screwed, i mean no way in hell can i leave to go help my jg take it and im pushed giving 100% control to their team. So Riven leaves i get 1 wave of farm then the next wave is chunking me and my turret so im forced to leave. Im already behind but now she is a pushing god with her RH Minions. So like what is a Top laner to do against this situation? In team play this isn't a big issue but in SoloQ where the Jungler is either A) AFK Farming Devourer or B) Running around Bot lane doing pretty much nothing (this is from a Top Laners perspective who has just been ganked 4 times with no help and our Bot lane is still not fed even with jg support). Seems like RH is going to make aggressive Top Laners (IE Riven, Fiora, Darius, etc.) EVEN MORE of a problem top lane. Still love the idea so much though!
Some of the Itemization changes i like and some of them i do not like. Infinity Edge being pushed away from a rush must buy item is a good change, i believe giving it less AD is a great start. I do not think Essence Reaver should be core, it actually offers a lot of potential power, the reason it isnt core already is because its weaker than other items, for a reason. Gotta wait and see on that one. PD changes... :D. Rapid Firecannon sounds interesting i suppose. Hurricane is interesting, i do not like it because Teemo will now be even faster with the ability to crit and poison you... Executioners Calling!!!! OMG YAY!!! Last Whisper is getting nerfed so more power can go into its upgrade right? I mean its plenty powerful for its cost, right? Im frightened of what it turns into... Giant Slayer i hate, its not like Tanks are that big of an issue and everyone in their mother deals True Damage or %hp damage so do we really need more? Is there buffs coming to tanks soon? Death's Dance i do not like at all, i am sorry but i dont think i need to even wait to see on this one. Something better than Lifesteal? Lifesteal is a large problem on Marksmen because only Assassins and Burst Mages can kill them now. 20% of all damage is taken instead as bleed? Does this mean Assassins and Burst Mages can no longer burst them? What about champions like Malzahar who relies on killing his enemies with his ult? I mean sure they might still die but now they have 5 seconds to kill him now that he has no mana and all his abilities are on 10 sec CD's (yes im exaggerating sue me...). I'm really hoping there are some bad-ass changes coming for Tanks and some of the Mages to help them against some of these items. Also nerf Teemo lol new Hurricane is going to make him obnoxious as all hell.
Anyways thems is just my opinions on everything feel free to disagree or agree, if any Rioters could come by and answer some of my questions or correct me where i am wrong that would be most appreciated :)
