Why is kalista Range getting nerfed?

cPXt3JHpf4·Jan 25, 2018·11 votes·4,674 views

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http://www.surrenderat20.net/2018/01/125-pbe-update-swain-in-client-lore-non.html

40 Comments

RexxieeJan 25, 20187 votes

Because shes one of the worst designed champs to date?

She has always been 100 pick or ban in competitive even if remotely viable due to how unbalanced her kit is.

AhristocatsJan 25, 20181 votes

she's a better design than jinx that's a thing

Fisher No ChainsJan 26, 20181 votes

This belong in memes&games bud

Chembaron YamadaJan 26, 20181 votes

Mind to explain? As far as I know, it's really long ago that Jinx was even remotely meaningful in pro play, so clearly she can't be that busted.

So you mean the other side of the spectrum: she is designed weakly and deserves more power?

ModWulf HelhammerJan 25, 20186 votes

Kalista

Attack range lowered from 550 to 500

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Holy crap. Unless that comes with some kind of buffs (like maybe making her autos not gimped anymore), then she is straight up dead.

cPXt3JHpf4Jan 25, 20183 votes

Thanks forgot to post the link

General Esdeath Jan 26, 20182 votes

Because is so OP. She gets 3 items then starts shredding tanks and squishy players alike. She's so hard to chase down because her kiting is OP and she has % max HP in her kit! Not to mention her easy to land CC!

But at least she has that cool project skin [vayne-pose]

ModWulf HelhammerJan 26, 20182 votes

Kalista.

Not Vayne.

General Esdeath Jan 27, 20181 votes

That's the joke.

Every time someone brings up a strength of Kalista, Vayne does it easier. They're both even good at shredding tanks because of 3-hit play styles.

greekvandaLJan 26, 20183 votes

[{quoted}](name=The Wolf King,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=Y2kgU4nF,comment-id=0004,timestamp=2018-01-25T21:47:45.399+0000)

Attack range lowered from 550 to 500

(Source)

Holy crap. Unless that comes with some kind of buffs (like maybe making her autos not gimped anymore), then she is straight up dead.

that's what she deserves.

MohawkBirdJan 25, 20185 votes

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cPXt3JHpf4Jan 25, 20187 votes

Kalista is one of the most skillful adcs to use because of that design. You can easily be screwed over by any slow in the game especially an attack speed slow.

KVbqbFsC8eJan 26, 20183 votes

You can talk about Kalista taking skill all you want, but she is unquestionably one of the worst designed champions in the game. The amount of skill something takes to play does not change that.

GayFluffyUnicornJan 26, 20182 votes

She is the most busted and unhealthy design in the entire game. Gut that stupid thing until she can get reworked.

Mob PiruJan 25, 20185 votes

lucian cant have high range cos of his mobility meanwhile this bitch gets free dashes in every direction and has a standard range of 550. she should be at 500

ModWulf HelhammerJan 25, 20189 votes

In case you aren't aware of how Kalista works, she actually has to hit someone in order to get that dash. Lucian does not.

vodrio12Jan 26, 20181 votes

That’s not true at all.

Tails9016Jan 26, 20181 votes

I mean it's half true, otherwise she has to use her q

General Esdeath Jan 26, 20181 votes

Please explain.

inb4 "her Q"

Then she loses the unique mechanic of stacking spears on a minion and killing it with Q to apply all the stacks to a champ behind it.

General Esdeath Jan 26, 20184 votes

"free dashes"

You do know her autos do less than 100% of her AD, right? And she has a wind up and is forced to rush tier 2 boots, right? And she can't cancel her autos but they don't do damage or apply a spear if she loses vision, right?

Oh wait, you don't play Kalista =/

Plastic 5 ADCJan 29, 20181 votes

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"free dashes"

You do know her autos do less than 100% of her AD, right? And she has a wind up and is forced to rush tier 2 boots, right? And she can't cancel her autos but they don't do damage or apply a spear if she loses vision, right?

Oh wait, you don't play Kalista =/

lmao these people don't know.

General Esdeath Jan 29, 20183 votes

I bet he's the same person who says Tristana W is on such a low cooldown because she somehow just got it back up when she used it 4 seconds ago to jump on my adc and kill him

DraconusFeb 6, 20182 votes

they have no idea

JbelsJan 25, 20184 votes

Death to all hypercarries! Bloody, gruesome, DEATH!

ModWulf HelhammerJan 25, 20186 votes

Kalista isn't a hypercarry [zombie-brand-facepalm]

JbelsJan 25, 20181 votes

[{quoted}](name=The Wolf King,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=Y2kgU4nF,comment-id=00000000,timestamp=2018-01-25T21:43:43.100+0000)

Kalista isn't a hypercarry [zombie-brand-facepalm]

Kalista is the very definition of a hyper carry?????

ZephyrDrakeJan 25, 20188 votes

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Kalista is the very definition of a hyper carry?????

no she isn't. She is nowhere near a hypercarry. How does she fit the definition of one?

ModWulf HelhammerJan 25, 20187 votes

Do you even know what “hypercarry” means?

Coffee AddictFeb 2, 20183 votes

oh sure kalista deserves to not be good because of her ''terrible'' design.. but we are fine with draven chunking you with 1 q (early, mid and late) [zombie-brand-mindblown]

cPXt3JHpf4Feb 2, 20181 votes

Draven is a lane bully who get punished hard cause they always gank him.

Plastic 5 ADCFeb 7, 20181 votes

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Draven is a lane bully who get punished hard cause they always gank him.

Sure that justifies it. [zombie-brand-clap]

WubbaLubbaDubDabJan 26, 20182 votes

because she jumps a lot

Masala ChaiJan 26, 20185 votes

But she has no burst or steroid like the other short range ADCs.

Chembaron YamadaJan 26, 20182 votes

Since we know delayed burst is a thing, she actually has burst. It is just really really really really heavily delayed by her E stacking.....

Don't like this change, though. They are building so many restrictions into her.... short range, just 90% AD AAs, AA misses if she loses vision.....

I hope she gets that gameplay update after Aatrox.... she needs it to be allowed to be good....

TeémòJan 25, 20181 votes

people comparing casters like ezreal that rely on abilities to a champion that relies on long consecutive attacks and the person she allied with which can always just afk and make her without a w passive or ult. In a game where damage just keeps getting buffed. [sg-kiko]

LordGeovanniJan 26, 20181 votes

They need to revert that STUPID buff where she continues to stack her E while its on cooldown taking away her only down time. Is it not overloaded enough that it refunds mana and cooldown when killing minions.

RocketRelmJan 26, 20181 votes

To be fair, I like this change a lot, game health wise. They need to balance her around this, but once they do, then her design'll be way healthier.

paisyJan 26, 20181 votes

They can now probably buff her in another way

Divine 0megaJan 30, 20181 votes

Riot favors some champions. Tristana, vayne, xaya, twitch are all brutal to handle in game, but if there isn't a skin coming out, or its not flashy pro play, its probably on the nerf list. It took a whole season for a Cait nerf. Pros still complain about Zoe. Id rather her be reduced to 80% damage than a range nerf. Long range adc's rule the meta. Look at Jinx. If she had more safety in her kit shed be in every pro game. Also last season all we saw were twitch and trist. Personally i think trist needs her late game range dialed back. She has long range, resets, burst, dps, knock back, and some of the highest dps in the game. Shes my perma ban this season.

Danny5249Jan 31, 2018

i do not agree with this change. What does Kalista competitive against other duelist is her range, because other duelist have burst damage, not like her. If she has the same range, she is not able to stack spears, and she cant duel another adc like lucian, vayne or sivir