Devourer/DPS Bruisers are killing the game.

Anisoptera·2/23/2016, 11:55:12 PM·4 votes·986 views

I expect down votes, but I know this is from people abusing the below champions to get their freelo.

Recurring theme with these champions and I would even say just because of her interaction with tank items without having to build a lot of actual damage. Abuse the hell out of Devourer (RE in Udyrs case), have stupid DPS and sustained damage while being almost unkillable thanks to the reworked items and masteries. They are more or less Pick/Ban or lose, which is an incredibly unhealthy state of balance to have. Items such as just work far too well with these champions, and now Steraks is getting ruined for actual tanks because other champions abuse it. Its like Frost Queens Claim all over again, nerfing the item instead of its interaction with certain champions. I'd trade in all my skins to be able to live in early/mid season 5, unlike now where I get one shotted regardless of champion.

13 Comments

TehNACHO2/24/2016, 12:02:17 AM3 votes

I should note that Jax, Irelia, and Fiora are just barely hovering over 50%. Like, literally 50.4% in Fiora's case. Yi, Udyr, and Xin Zhao (Jungle at least) are fair arguments so keep it at them.

Furthermore if you need to make the exception for Udyr, and since Irelia is only barely present in the Jungle, and since Fiora shouldn't even be in the Jungle, I am starting to think that Sated Devourer is less common of a point than you think.

And to trade for them having dumb combat stats, they have pisspoor utility stats. This is why at best we see Bruiser Yi, not Tank Yi. Udyr('s Zz'Rot build) and Xin Zhao are just about the only legitimate tanks in regards to the utility they can carry if they really go full tank.

As for the pick/ban comment, I'll go to my first statement that there's only 3 champs of the 6 you point at that this actually applies to.

If people understood the math in this game, I'd think they'd realize that Sterak's nerf actually hurts Fighters less than squishies abusing it. That and Sterak's is a Fighter item, not a tank item.

Early/mid S5 was also regarded as a shitfest when it started, so please don't kid yourself. Right now is just a phase League of Legends is going through and by the next time we have the next FotM to complain about in S7, there will be people saying that they miss S6, I can guarantee it.

Malhammers2/24/2016, 12:09:47 AM3 votes

You forgot Shyvana

zecastar2/24/2016, 12:02:56 AM1 votes

Apart from Udyr and Xin, which are getting nerfs, none of the Devourer junglers other than Yi are actually top tier and he's also a situational pick. As you said, Sterak's is getting a huge 20% nerf to its HP so Devourer Bruiser builds will suffer from that (less damage on TH as a result too).

I don't think Devourer Bruisers are much of a problem now and they will be weaker next patch anyway. The thing is though, you have to understand that a melee champion can't usually build all damage and expect to be useful. They'll just get CCd and insta-killed so it's pretty necessary, even if going Devourer to have defense. The more you rely on melee AAs, the less safety you have while actually getting your DPS out.

Darth Kancerus2/24/2016, 12:03:09 AM1 votes

I think only Udyr on that list is unbalanced. Unkillable, fast, kills everyone, dives 3 people, kills 2 of them and still gets away. Sustains, shields. It just goes on and on. Stupidly broken and obviously will be nerfed. So just give it time.

Oh and I dont really play any of those. I still dislike them all, but I don't think the others you mentioned are unbalanced. Strong yes, but at least you can still kill them.

Nahui2/24/2016, 12:09:28 AM1 votes

I'd take Irelia off of that list. she doesn't quite synergize with the items you listed besides maybe Sterak's. Her annoyance is that she has incredible sustain with true damage, and the stun. Basically she's hated for easily being able to turn a losing fight around, which people seem to hate as they feel entitled to win a fight if they began the fight with a large amount more of health than her.

Also, in the future, your quality of posts are horribly degraded when you post something along the lines of "Bring in the downvotes" or "Only ones downvoting this are the ones abusing them". Untrue, I mean I downvoted because I disagree with your points and I play none of those champions and hate them with a passion. It's just something many people put in their posts for some reason and the comments are never positive.