Poppy Q and Quinn R could have been better, Riot: "we chose balance over gameplay"

AdanYEva·Dec 3, 2015·1 votes·406 views

So i asked a Riot employee about Poppy Q that it felt lackluster, and he said that Originally they wanted poppy Q to swing/move targets to combo with E but they scrapped it because they felt i'd bee too op, then with Quinn, R get's interrupted by fkn minions, and channeling R makes u immobile, basically choosing balance over smooth gameplay which i think is fkn bad, i rather go the gameplay route than balance, i'd rather have fun playing my champ rather than to have a lackluster pos all due to balance whining

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137434Dec 3, 20152 votes

Correction: You want gameplay over balance as long as it is a champion you enjoy playing.

The minute that philosophy is applied to someone you don't like, or someone who counters the person you like you would be here on the boards calling for nerfs.

In other words, you just want your favorite champion to be OP.

Möral SupportDec 3, 20151 votes

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Correction: You want gameplay over balance as long as it is a champion you enjoy playing.

The minute that philosophy is applied to someone you don't like, or someone who counters the person you like you would be here on the boards calling for nerfs.

In other words, you just want your favorite champion to be OP.

Basically he wants to have fun playing the underplayed champs. (Not quinn now but she used to be.) IMO I find Quinn broken right now... a blind that applies to your screen like a smokescreen and a hyper mobile ult?

137434Dec 3, 20151 votes

While there are issues with Quinn (I don't think minions should stop her ult movespeed, at least at higher rankings, but I think the immobilization is fine as long as minions don't stop it) I'm not sure how someone can complain about the new Poppy's Q being lackluster. Current Poppy's Q literally just makes her next autoattack hurt more. New Poppy's Q is a guaranteed double hit that does just as much damage if you stun them with e. Which is fine because E->Q has always been a standard Poppy combo.

Möral SupportDec 3, 20151 votes

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While there are issues with Quinn (I don't think minions should stop her ult movespeed, at least at higher rankings, but I think the immobilization is fine as long as minions don't stop it) I'm not sure how someone can complain about the new Poppy's Q being lackluster. Current Poppy's Q literally just makes her next autoattack hurt more. New Poppy's Q is a guaranteed double hit that does just as much damage if you stun them with e. Which is fine because E->Q has always been a standard Poppy combo.

I wasnt disagreeing with you.

I mean like I LOVE playing sion, even if he isnt in meta. I love his ultimate and his gameplay. In this situation item buffs nerfed him so now he's all about the gameplay and not the balance. If they would nerf quinn's damage down a little bit and make her ult un-cancelable i'd be okay with it. I'd rather have fun playing then angry at broken champions.