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A change done to blitzcrank W that was not said in patch 5.7 (feedback for Riot)

future is here·4/12/2015, 11:09:11 PM·6 votes·1,669 views
Blitzcrank

There is one more change in what W gives to blitzcrank: Atack speed buff has been reduced in duration, from 8 seconds to 5 seconds... but there is no words in patch 5.7 about this, the pach notes only talk about the atack movement change.

This is what patch said:

W - Overdrive REMOVED: MOVEMENT SPEED 16/20/24/28/32% movement speed over 8 seconds NEW: MOVEMENT SPEED Now gains a burst of 70/75/80/85/90% movement speed, rapidly decaying over 5 seconds YOUR STEAM IS ESCAPING When Overdrive ends, Blitzcrank is slowed by 30% for 1.5 seconds

And this is what is not said:

W - Overdrive REMOVED: ATACK SPEED 30/38/46/54/62% movement speed for 8 seconds NEW: ATACK SPEED Now gains a burst of 30/38/46/54/62% atack speed for 5 seconds

The information can be checked in the champion profile:

http://gameinfo.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/game-info/champions/blitzcrank/

Overdrive (W) Cost: 75 Mana Range: Self Blitzcrank super charges himself to get dramatically increased Movement and Attack Speed. Blitzcrank supercharges himself to increase Movement Speed by 16/20/24/28/32% and Attack Speed by 30/38/46/54/62% for 8 seconds.

I think this change also deserve to be added to patch notes.

P.D. English is not my first language... sorry about spelling mistakes.

Path 5.7 notes: http://euw.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/game-updates/patch/patch-57-notes

Its not a translation problem, i checked the NA patch notes has the same missed info.

11 Comments

Raptamei4/12/2015, 11:28:09 PM6 votes

You mean the nerf ended up nerfing him?

Angry Monster4/12/2015, 11:25:40 PM2 votes

I am not sure i understand what the problem is. The skill already had AS before and from what you posted it loss 3 seconds but beyond that did not change.

The thing you need to realize this was not a rework, only a balance change. In these changes they do not restated the whole skill only what is changed in the skill.

Enkidusmurf4/13/2015, 5:46:53 PM2 votes

Eh. Probably not that big of a deal. If the duration of the MS is reduced, and that's tied to the AS, probably it's safe to infer that the AS boost duration is shorter.

Still, it probably should have been in the patch notes and tool tip. Good find.

Also, I never would have known English wasn't your first language. If I could get the native speakers up to your level, I would consider my life meaningful and embrace death as soon as it wished to come.

IcyPepper4/13/2015, 8:09:18 PM2 votes

Guess it's going to be harder to jungle with him. :/