Auerelion sol getting nerfed ahead of irelia, akali, Jax, kassadin, LeBlanc

Jar Jar binks l·Oct 18, 2018·13 votes·2,401 views

I am done with this balance team. The worst thing is y they don't even explain it and communicate with us.

Balance team Out!

12 Comments

saltranOct 18, 20185 votes

Irelia is literally being nerfed in the same patch, even more, in the same PBE cycle.

D357R0Y3ROct 18, 20183 votes

ikr?

instantly downvoted this thread made to farm upvotes

5050BSOct 18, 20184 votes

Because of the 0.0001% player base that PWN on him.

SEKAIOct 18, 20184 votes

https://lolalytics.com/ranked/worldwide/platinum/plus/champion/AurelionSol/graphs/

Few things to notice:

ASol's play rate goes HIGHER the higher elo he's in; virtually never played in low elo, and gets about 2% play rate in Diamond where he's most played.
The uprising trend of the pick rate is the same for the win rate. At his peak in Diamond, his win rate approaches 60%.
Though <2% play rate in Diamond is small and may skew the stats as mentioned by another, but it isn't valid enough of a defence.
Because going to the "Overview" tab, we can see his top players have a consistent win rate of 60%. Hence indeed the mains are skewing the stats, BUT It should also be noted that other champs' top players do NOT have a 60% win rate on them; it is too high.

This means the champ is a broken champ that no one knows how to play, and is abused extremely so by those who do know how. It still doesn't excuse the champ as being any less broken.

Stars ShaperOct 18, 20183 votes

It’s more that ppl don’t know how to fight him instead of assuming that ppl who don’t know how to use it magically get boosted by a champion that can’t do shizzle to anything with a gap closer.

Any Irelia, Akali, Talon, Zed or even Galio with a grain of common sense is easily able to destroy him. And those are just few picks that can work.

LeBlanc RoseOct 18, 20183 votes

You do know... Above the Gameplay section, there happens to be an area called "Dev Corner" Maybe LOOK STUFF UP BEFORE COMPLAINING

Stars ShaperOct 18, 20183 votes

The only reason I see behind it is that Aurelion Sol mains are still able to win a lot (like this isn't the case with most mains) and this is boosting his winrate to the top (53.somthing %) because of his abysmal play rate.

I'm really appalled by how they forced Aurelion Sol into building item 3027 as must core item just to nerf his HP which is his only defense from anyone that can click inside his safety circle.

MakamiOct 18, 20182 votes

I honestly believe that riot just throws darts at a dart board to determine balance.

VG CrowsOct 18, 20182 votes

[Assassin cancer dominates soloq, remain top picks] Riot: I shleep [0.0001% of people use an underplayed mage well] Riot: REAL SHIT?!

OtterlyLostOct 18, 20182 votes

Why is it suddenly okay to say that a champion with a sub 2% play rate deserves a nerf because he has a high winrate but if you bring up similar issues with other champions, in other roles, its suddenly not an issue. An example being Yasuo bot. Similar play rate and similar winrate but everyone says it's fine even though it's not. This double standard is honestly hot garbage, especially since Aurelion Sol actually takes real skill and is one of the only mages doing really well.

By the logic that the boards are using to quantify these nerfs as being okay, there are multiple other champs at diamond plus who need similar treatment. Kayle(her OTPs, according to League of Graphs, get up to 70% winrates on her), Shaco, Heimer... all of these niche champs that are only ever played by mains at high elos should equally get nerfs.

Stars ShaperOct 18, 20182 votes

Because it's the community hive mind that dictates what's cool and what's wrong. No logic, constructive arguments or discussion can change that. Maybe memes can.