What makes Twitch strong at the same time weak?

AsReelAsItGets·8/2/2015, 7:51:50 AM·3 votes·922 views

It's has almost been 3 years sense Twitch's rework and even though for the last 1.5 years of feeling Twitch is strong and weak. I still find it hard on weather or not of Twitch needs a rework. I would have good games with him and think to myself "Hey he is still pretty good." then on bad days my mind tell me "He need a rework or a tweak in his weaker stage cause there's a huge flaw there" Personally I can't make up my mind. I have been playing him from the day when he was reworked and Yet no matter what I think I still enjoy playing him cause I am most comfortable playing him as my Main ADC.

I still feel that Twitch should be given something to spice him up. I mean 3 years now doesn't he count as an old champ especially after so much changes?

14 Comments

MLDzXnRRR8/2/2015, 9:15:36 AM5 votes

He has good kit, but his numbers are awful, so he can't be abused in the pro play. I still don't understand why Kalista is allowed to have a better version of his E ...

HadesBlades8/2/2015, 8:07:52 AM3 votes

He was nerfed in S4 because of his Assassination potential to sneak up and kill people, after they nerfed him they thought he was in a "good place" but his laning overall sucks and while he may have a better late game, he is out-classed by other ADCs. He won't be touched with all the rework they are doing with Skarner, Garen, Taric, Poppy, Darius, etc but he may see it in the next season, or some buffs towards the end of this one if Riot starts to notice he is in a dismal spot. Honestly bring back his stealth, give back his R, and bring more true damage to the passive and he will be overall in a healthy state.

Troy2426218/2/2015, 10:59:10 PM2 votes

Because they castrated what makes him Twitch; poison. They gutted the passive damage then castrated Expunge. It's bad enough his AS steroid is tied into a heavily delayed Q and his AD steroid is tied into his long CD ultimate.

He won't win trades and poking because of this. The Q changes were fine but that was enough,...

Crett8/2/2015, 8:05:29 AM1 votes

I feel the same way. It's because he's completely item dependent, and when he loses lane (which is often) he simply cannot function from behind.

When he's ahead, he is situationally really powerful (especially when opponents don't know to be careful) but takes either really good positioning or some team coordination in team fights

He needs something. There's nothing like blowing away the entire enemy team with his R within a couple seconds, but he just can't make it there often enough for him to be a good pick

Chuck Charles8/2/2015, 11:08:04 AM1 votes

he has to have some glaring weaknesses if he is going to have times in the game where he is a monster. Twitch is basically a really well designed kit in my opinion. he has a strong identity, and come late game might be the best ADC in the game if you factor in his massive range and piercing bolts. when it comes to a late game team fight theres probably not another ADC you'd want. But if you made him strong early he'd be the only ADC chosen. Keep in mind, Twitch has some of the best attack speed scaling in the game and a massive attack speed steroid in addition to a range and AD steroid. He feels weak because until he levels up he truly is. Until he gets his bork he is pretty underpowered, but I feel if he never had a time in the game where he was weak then he'd be one of the more obvious choices for ADC. Hell even WITH These weaknesses he is still good if built around. He also can feel weak because twitch really relies on his support to make plays due to his low range without ult and lack of play making ability outside of his stealth which is usually suicide if you initiate early game with it. Twitch's sacrifices raw flat AD burst crits for massive attack speed scaling and team fight power unrivaled by any other adc. I'd say the only ADCs in his league for team fights are probably Jinx and maybe MF if you get a perfect Ulti. He isn't quite the single target burst of say a vayne or kog maw come late game, but if the enemy team is clumped or locked down in a line by CC, twitch can singlehandedly win a team fight. Hell even without the CC he can win the fight. Twitch is STILL very good. he just relies on a good support thus making him not good for solo Q, and I feel he's not playing LCS solely because the meta doesnt favor his mid game spike from before. Where last season you get bork, roam around and blow up squishies, he can't really do that now because of how tanky teams are. sure, he could still make a play mid, but if enemy jungler shows up he isn't going to be able to melt through them like before when squishy was the meta. twitch also benefited from being able to melt the entire team with his ult. with tanks being very meta right now, even with his ult, he isn't going to be able to do what he once did with his ult and shred the entire team. He is still a great ADC in my opinion and the best team fighter, but there's just some reasons why he's not being played right now. I dont feel he needs buffs or nerfs. the ONLY thing that bugs me is that twitch's main damage mechanic is his E capping at 6 stacks with Kalista having infinite stacking on basically the same type of ability. However raising the cap(can't have it be capless) isn't viable because of his passive. if you could endlessly stack his passive, he would be op as his passive deals a ton of true damage over time once he gets later in the game. possibly giving his E a slow or something else would be nice, but I'm not sure he really needs much of anything else. He's in a pretty good spot imo

CasterGilgamesh8/3/2015, 2:21:17 AM1 votes

i used to love twitch then like riot does all the time they nerf the champions i love to the ground lol Twitch Soraka Kassadin Evelynn at least Soraka is still usable she is my main they reworked Cassiopeia and forced her to spam e they nerfed Graves but then he's still playable the removed Talon silence but he can still win against mages unlike Kassadin who dies to everyone EVEN mages the only champion hes strong to is Katarina but she roams better then him since she has no mana cost and her ult is not her source of mobility