RIOT'S GUIDE TO BALANCE.

h5LYF41Lam·Feb 23, 2017·24 votes·1,250 views

Is your champion broken? trim away a small portion of their strengh over the course of months Is your champion doing slightly good or average? NERF THEM BACK TO THE 7th DIMENSION.

24 Comments

CatastroclysmFeb 23, 20179 votes

You forgot about when they buff already OP champs, like when they actually buffed Jayce a few patches back.

That's part of their process too. :^)

LankPantsFeb 24, 20175 votes

"Lee Sin's not the number 1 jungler on this patch by a wide enough margin, better buff him"

deadlychuckFeb 23, 20179 votes

https://www.chinainternetwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/tencent_penguin.jpg

The real riot guide to balancing

ShonjlFeb 23, 20178 votes

You forgot the part where if someone is OP due to an item, they will nerf the champ, then the item and still feel its fair. Ala Sejuani

ShaydroxFeb 24, 20171 votes

Talon item 3071 Preseason 3 never forget

PiVoRxFeb 24, 20171 votes

MasterYi

MaeDoSanFeb 23, 20172 votes

Alex Jones always knew there was something wrong with riot

NodirjonSattarovFeb 23, 20172 votes

KogMaw

Unlucky47Feb 23, 20172 votes

Riot has gutted every champion I've ever mained from vladimir to kindred to azir to nidalee to akali and I feel like this corki nerf is the start of a long chain that's going to put him in the lowest tier of champions. feels good man.

ZettoFeb 24, 20176 votes

Vladimir Kindred Azir Nidalee Akali Corki

I'm starting to notice a pattern.

Unlucky47Feb 24, 20171 votes

do you mean how I alternated from mid to jungle? I used to enjoy jungling a lot but the current one is so shit and only supports a handful of champions so it's not entertaining to play.

ZettoFeb 24, 20172 votes

The pattern is that all of those champions that you've mained all have, or at least had, incredibly toxic play patterns. The only exception here would probably be corki, and maybe kindred.

Unlucky47Feb 24, 20171 votes

I get that those champions aren't fun to play against but I wouldn't call those two and nidalees play pattern toxic. I realize that vladimir, azir, and akali are cancer to fight but even they had glaring weaknesses at one point or another.

ZettoFeb 24, 20171 votes

I mean like I said, those two might be exceptions here, although tbh kindred is kinda iffy in that remark. And like, nidalee? really? she fits right in with vlad, azir, and akali. And true, technically they have had weaknesses at points, but that doesn't absolve them of being cancer.

Unlucky47Feb 24, 20171 votes

well a majority of nidalees damage relies on her landing a spear and the enemy having no mr. Buying a maw negates a shit ton of her damage and dodging the spear makes you almost invincible as long as you don't walk over traps.

ZettoFeb 24, 20171 votes

you don't remember old nidalee do you? Or at least, never played her.

IE: emphasis on "had"

Unlucky47Feb 24, 20171 votes

I think I played her mid season six like a couple of patches after the heal on her trap was removed so anything before that I don't know

ZettoFeb 24, 20173 votes

yeah ok you missed the worst on nidalee. She used to be a lot worse.

Sexy Jack RabbitFeb 24, 20171 votes

After Tree Trunk Nidalee was removed she's generally a balanced and fair champion. Besides Tree Trunk I don't think she's ever been toxic, just over-tuned.