Why almost every new champion seems OP at first

Partholonian·5/28/2015, 10:36:12 PM·3 votes·557 views

For the first few weeks of a champion's existence, people who are playing as him have, on average, more experience and knowledge of his kit and combos than people who are playing against him.

It happened for and even , so it's not that surprising that it is happening again with (no pun intended).

Except , because he really was released that badly underpowered, that even knowing how to play him, you were still useless against people who didn't have a clue what you could do.

Even was considered OP at first, until people figured out how to deal with him, and now he's on the trash heap.

7 Comments

AyRe CoNteMpT5/28/2015, 10:46:40 PM2 votes

well you see, rexai is still op, gnar is still op, azir was nerfed into the ground but still op, jinx still op, kalista still at least fucking annoying, yasuo designed in a way that hes either too good or too bad with an impossible in between, and currently hes just the latter.

so, well, you see, ekko doesnt seem op. he is op. what he seems to be is fucking ridiculously designed by the same dull frog who designed rexai and kalista. whoever that was.

SexyTaylorSwift5/28/2015, 10:48:32 PM2 votes

Na, most these champs are either too op or too weak, since their kits are what is broken about them. Champs like Yasuo are too strong on release, until nerfed to the ground. It isn't people learning to play against them, it is rito releasing OP shit so that people buy it, and then nerfing it later.

Sir Yamazuki5/28/2015, 10:54:47 PM2 votes

Or... because those champions were nerfed? Even multiple times since 1 nerf wasn't enough. Even your example of Aatrox, he was nerfed a couple or so patches after release.