Cait Nerf Idea

SkyblazeHydraX3··2 votes·362 views

Okay, let's just walk right past the usual "Champion is/is not OP" discussion. Riot is nerfing Caitlyn. That is fact, that is happening. They reduced her base attack speed, but so far they think that's not enough, as stated in a Reddit comment. I read through the comments- usually don't use Reddit- and a lot of the posts were about nerfing the bonus damage or increasing the trap priming time. This came to mind during some games last night, specifically against Caitlyn, and I noticed something.

Caitlyn can set her traps really, really far away. Looking it up, the actual casting range for Caitlyn's traps is 800. For point of reference, Caitlyn's auto attack range, the longest base attack range in the game, is 675. So here's my thought; rather than nerfing the damage or the priming time, why not nerf the range? By nerfing the range Caitlyn will actually be forced to put herself in a risky spot in order to set up her traps, giving people an actual opportunity to close in and punish her. Plus, no more setting up a trap in the middle of a teamfight from outside the range of many champions and then getting a damage spike in the confusion, and more actual risk to trying to set up her traps on top of an already CC'ed opponent. Or for a more personal example, no setting a trap in front of the enemy jungler as they try and escape back into their own jungle.

8 Comments

Forescythe2 votes

In my opinion, lets just rework her because she is a toxic and very boring champion.

SkyblazeHydraX31 votes

A rework would be great in my opinion. But there are a lot of champions that need work a lot more. Even if you exclude full VGUs like Evelynn and Urgot- which Riot has said they someday want to give to Caitlyn to improve her style and make her less sexualized- champions like Azir, Kalista, Wukong, etc; they all need kit reworks much like what Rek'Sai has recently gotten.

Could Caitlyn use either of these? Yes, she could. But other champions need work first, and in the interim Caitlyn is just too strong, so Riot has to make due with what they can accomplish here and now, and that's shaving some power off of Caitlyn somewhere. Hence my suggestion.

Forescythe2 votes

They couldve left her in the trashcan they found her in, but they chose to make her an effortless free win champ instead. hurr durr i auto win lane is fun apparently.

SkyblazeHydraX31 votes

Caitlyn is, usually, supposed to be an early game bully. Atypical of most ADCs she's supposed to have a stronger early game, and fall off if she can't get ahead. Right now though she's too strong, and that means she has a much easier time grabbing the kills and gold she needs to run away with a game.

Forescythe2 votes

problem is that she is extremely strong early, and extremely strong late.

DamiDeMa1 votes

I think they should just destroy her in a Kalista/Azir way, waiting for a future rework. I mean, straight up making her completely unplayable would be the only fair solution. Although no one will refund me 10 € of my dear mouse that I destroyed yesterday just because of that joke of an adc that is an assassin too if ahead. I hate caitlyn. That's it.

SkyblazeHydraX31 votes

Honestly, I hate dealing with Caitlyn too. I think she's uninteractive and too safe for the damage and utility she's able to dish out. But she's not like Kalista or Azir. Kalista and Azir's strengths are unfocused, and they have so many tools and options that when they're brought to the level of other champions, they utterly steal the show because of their versatility and lack of clear weaknesses.

Caitlyn, I don't think at least, is at that point. She's just simply too strong, and I think if Riot actually shaves some of the safety and/or power from her kit, she'll be in a better place. Caitlyn doesn't need to be able to set up traps from outside the range of every ADC (herself included) and most mages. Forcing her to put herself into a bit of danger to set up her traps would make it possible to punish her, while also removing a lot of the abuse cases you currently see.

DamiDeMa1 votes

I would like to see something at least as effective as Nidalee nerfs, like when they increased a lot the cd on the W reset. They tried to do something mild with caitlyn and now she has just a different build that is even stronger than before. They know how to obliterate champions out of the game, I think it's time.

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