Win or lose, Nexus Blitz is unsatisfying

KFCeytron··3 votes·1,500 views

It's like a super extreme version of Mario Party, but without the careful design and balance. It's just a pile of crap thrown in so you can have a clown fiesta, but having a clown fiesta in a pile of crap isn't actually fun. The more I play this mode (to grind an "event" currency that'll get me a skin shard at most, after a month of daily chores... oh God I hope it's limited to a month), the more I see that it's not "gaming" in the way people who play computer and video games think of gaming, but rather the way the Nevada Gaming Commission thinks of gaming: a roll of the dice. I mean, there aren't even any mode-specific balance changes; it's just more stuff. More random Blitz grabs, more gold, more damage, more environmental damage (so fun getting executed right after winning the URF arena after getting several kills without dying, just because you have no sustain to counter the constant DoT... seriously, why does that need to be a thing; isn't there enough damage flying around? are people really playing hide and seek in the URF arena to the point that timed deaths are necessary?), more damage, less damage resistance, more mana regen, MORE DAMAGE, a shrinking ring of damage, a damaging sled, a damaging catapult... If a mode like this is going to be the focus of LoL from this point on, with extra rewards in missions and such, then in a few years LoL matches will comprise a bunch of explosions followed by an RNG "mechanic" that gives one team a win.

I feel bad for the actual Brand/Veigar/Yi mains, too, because they can basically never play their favorite champion in this mode.

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Dynikus4 votes

So don't play nexus blitz? As far as I'm aware, every mission can be completed in summoners rift (or ARAM for a few).

KFCeytron1 votes

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So don't play nexus blitz? As far as I'm aware, every mission can be completed in summoners rift (or ARAM for a few).

If you do that, you don't get both tokens.

[slayer-jinx-wink]

Dynikus3 votes

Why do you care about nexus tokens if you don't like playing nexus blitz? They just unlock things to use while playing nexus blitz.

Infernape2 votes

The poro is for ARAM as well.

Critmaster Garen2 votes

i dont know why there are defensive items in that mode. they feel like a trap.

tried to build tanky and get atmas.

4k health with garen w active, i died to 2 people in 1 second. not a joke.

juggers in general feel like shit, and ranged champions and assassins are broken in nexus blitz.

KFCeytron1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Critmaster Garen,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=grR69WRF,comment-id=0002,timestamp=2018-12-31T12:47:30.212+0000)

i dont know why there are defensive items in that mode. they feel like a trap.

tried to build tanky and get atmas.

4k health with garen w active, i died to 2 people in 1 second. not a joke.

juggers in general feel like shit, and ranged champions and assassins are broken in nexus blitz.

If there was only one opponent, you'd have lived for two seconds. That's enough time to maybe press a button, which makes quite a difference. Before you die anyway. But still.

Bears Dont Care1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Critmaster Garen,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=grR69WRF,comment-id=0002,timestamp=2018-12-31T12:47:30.212+0000)

i dont know why there are defensive items in that mode. they feel like a trap.

tried to build tanky and get atmas.

4k health with garen w active, i died to 2 people in 1 second. not a joke.

juggers in general feel like shit, and ranged champions and assassins are broken in nexus blitz.

What champs? I know eve can RIP apart mr and has a max hp hit on her E

Critmaster Garen1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Bears Dont Care,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=grR69WRF,comment-id=00020001,timestamp=2018-12-31T20:46:41.828+0000)

What champs? I know eve can RIP apart mr and has a max hp hit on her E

most assassins with resets like pyke, and mages. a lot of the events in nexus blitz are fights in tight spaces, so all they have to do is layer their aoe on top of each other.

even the prize fight event puts them at an advantage, because they can often kite you around until the passive burn wins for them until you reach them, while they themselves are considered in combat off their aoe poke abilities and dont take the burn.

Cats Are Food1 votes

The nexus tokens are only good for things INSIDE Nexus. You don't have to play it.

That said, it also depends on the time of day. I find Nexus fun as hell early mornings (USA), but the evening becomes a competiton to see who can build the snowballiest team and "dominate" people. So, I swap accounts and play something else instead in the evening.

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