Keegun,a famous panth one trick known for playing panth at a godlike level,posted a video spectating every single otp panth that are in top 10 on EACH server.Guess what,only 1 guy still plays the champ with under 50% wr.
As a katarina otp i always destroy panth when i vs him,it was not like that before,now champion is too weak and if they overbuff him then his E would be the most annoying spell in the game,causing even more of an outrage.
RIP
The reason he isn't played in high elo is because:
Old Pantheon had a high impact early game, whether top, mid or jungle. Not many could withstand the Q spam or go for trades with him (melees i mean).
Jungle Pantheon specifically had a scary early since at any point he could walk into lane with his really high base MS and click target stun you.
New Pantheon doesn't really seem to have a strong point. I'd say his level 1 is his strongest due to Mortal Will with his Q. After that his other spells just have way too long of cooldowns while not outputting burst appropriate for those long cooldowns or having the means to survive the wait.
Not only does he not have his crazy early anymore, but he also doesn't scale that well either. Don't get me wrong, he scales decently, but even compared to "early game lane bullies" such as Renekton or Rengar he just gets hard outscaled.
Q spam is considerably less efficient in the early game. This is better for game health imo, but for Pantheon's viability it's a killer since he didn't really get anything to replace that early power.
Pantheon is a scaling champ now IMO. Maybe people haven't learned how to play him yet...I'm trying him top lane
Successful rework, make otp quit the game.
It seems the problem is for these challenger players, that pantheon, whatever the build, or runes, falls wayyyy too hard of a cliff past level 13 at their elo. Laning phase is ok. But after that; he is litterally useless even with a big leads on kills because he scales so poorly. They feel he has no lategame whatsoever. E is invincible but it does no damage. Any mobile champ, or semi decent team will just chest tank e, wait it out or outmanoeuver him. (Personnally, i like e not doing damage and being a real shield)
Q tap crit is a good change, there is no incentive to throw charged q with the increased cooldown. Now make R display for allies as well plz, like before, so panth can setup ganks in solo queue. Spam pinging on my way is a bit unclear at times.
The good thing is that adjusting him is more in the numbers, the kit itself is neat. He need a slightly better scaling, not to be overpowered. There is hope.
I just got my last 2 S's in a row playing panth last night and I got the first S like 2 days ago. I think he has a weak transition into the mid game but it's not horrible for anyone under diamond (the majority of players). He's getting buffed as well.
They put all their works on the his useless interactions, which made him a pre god who dishonors battles, sad.
