I honestly feel like Rift Herald needs to be removed from the game
I just had a game where we were only ahead by 4 kills. Certainly we had a strong mid-laner in Veigar, but the opposing Diana and Riven were also incredibly strong, too. Prior to the RH push, we only had a 3 tower lead. I admit that is significant, but still - 3 tower leads should not equal instant win. What happened next was silly. I was shoving down top inhib tower while my team shoved down mid tier-2. I was able to draw pressure top as Nasus, and my team took mid in response and summoned rift herald. At this point, I go for the dive on Riven fully knowing I will kill her because I am a farmed Nasus and the my team in exchange at least will get mid inhib tower and open it up, maybe even inhib. What happened next blew my damn mind: we actually just straight up won the game at 20 minutes. That is fucking bonkers. In no way, shape, or form should any iteration of what the hell just happened ever be possible. At the very least, RH should probably just die once it has taken inhib towers: the fact that it can push in to the FUCKING NEXUS is unreal.
Listen, I understand my game was unusual. This does not typically happen. But this was a game where the enemy team had a real chance. Ashe engage with Riven/Diana/Lee dive is terrifying, and I believe they had a better 5v5 than we did (we had a Nasus and Shaco). But they never got a chance to even attempt that because RH deleted their base. Again, I'm emphasizing that this was an unusual win. However, I have to insist that something like this should really never be possible. It honestly begs the question on whether or not Rift Herald should even exist. Does it really accomplish what it was made to accomplish: that is, make top lane relevant? Not really. It is usually just a luxury for the team that is already ahead. And in most cases, it is taken in response to a dragon being taken on the otherside, where the top laner that has priority does not matter because he does not have a team to back him up should he try to prevent RH from being taken.
I am honestly at the point where I think RH needs to be removed from the game, and something else should possibly be put in place. I do not begin to even have the slightest clue, but that doesn't mean you can't remove it and leave the pit empty for the first 20 minutes - League was plenty fine for years with this interaction. Maybe it is best we return to that now.
