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Riot:Should we nerf tanks? No. Should we nerf ADCs? Never. Should we nerf Zed and Talon? SAY NO MORE

341123545652·3/7/2018, 1:29:41 AM·20 votes·2,133 views

I dont care how much you hate Zed and Talon. I dont care if you think, for whatever spontaneous reason, that they are the most unfun to play against.

If you think, in the current state of the game, that THEY were the ones who needed the nerfing. There is something seriously wrong with you.

For those unaware, both lost around 100+ dmg from duskblade nerfs (talon potentially lost 200+ if you factor in the 2nd duskblade proc from his ult). Both gained around 5 to 30 (depending on whether they have 50 bonus ad or 300 bonus ad) dmg to one ability. Frankly, if that doesnt seem like a nerf then you might want to get your brain checked.

Hyper shielding supports with minimum skill input req? Na fine. Tanks doing more damage than Zed or Talon? Ya thats fine. ADCs abusing static shiv to 3 hit you? Love it, give me more. Camille/Jarvan double gap closer assassination DURING hard CC with the former also doing 1000 true dmg? BUT HOW DARE ZED AND TALON KILL ANYTHING, UNFUN UNFUN UNFUN.

39 Comments

LankPants3/7/2018, 2:34:25 AM15 votes

Riot:Should we nerf tanks? No.

Cinderhulk: Bonus HP increase reduced from 20% to 15% Aftershock: Cooldown increased from 20 seconds to 35 seconds Warmogs: HP to activate increased from 2750 to 3000

I'm sorry, what world are you living in?

Shåwn3/7/2018, 1:31:40 AM7 votes

But hey, miss fortune is getting her AD per level doubled in prep for her new skin. Thats pretty neat-o. I always did like getting 2 hit by miss fortune buttons if i do say so myself.

Meep Man3/7/2018, 1:48:58 AM5 votes

The really champion that suffered here is Kha'Zix. About a good 33% of his current damage is Duskblade procs from going into brush and using his R.

taleofsonata3/7/2018, 2:51:18 AM3 votes

Explain to me why zed has the highest banrate in history and still has the highest banrate in Korea? Korean doesn't care if adc or tanks are op they are still going to ban Zed.

Dope Solo3/7/2018, 5:55:34 AM2 votes

Riot just gave Zed a buff to his ult that he never needed in the fucking first place.

Pierce The Veal3/7/2018, 2:47:03 AM2 votes

Honestly Riot just keeps screwing over assassins and making them less and less fun to play. Freaking Akali rework has made most of her original playerbase quit playing her cause it feels so clunky. Similar shit with a lot of assassins not named Kha’zix or Evelynn.

JackMcSnipeyz3/7/2018, 5:51:39 AM2 votes

Duskblade was a shitty design and it needed to be nerfed, it holds back assassin's kits by being their main source of damage, if this shows anything, it's that this will now open a gateway to assassin individual buffs instead of holding them back to avoid breaking them when they get duskblade.

And before you get triggered and RRRREEEEEE, yes statik and RFC needs to be nerfed aswell, but that doesnt change the fact duskblade was a bad design by itself, also Riot mentioned working on AD itemiziation in mid season patch.

vgamedude3/7/2018, 12:17:05 PM2 votes

Nothing besides adcs need nerfs. People love qqing about tanks but there is no indication statistically that they're over performing.

GayFluffyUnicorn3/7/2018, 10:37:26 AM1 votes

I know Camille is currently fotm to cry about but you wanna know what the difference between camille and your mentioned assassins is? She does NOT burst you in 0,5 seconds OUT OF STEALTH like eve, shaco, talon, kha zix can do. She is ALWAYS locked into her delay and when she goes in she needs to commit.

xSightlessx3/7/2018, 5:43:36 PM1 votes

Lol relying on duskblade with talon. They are the anti armor boys. Use blackcleaver.

MysticDreams123/7/2018, 12:24:57 PM1 votes

Sheesh. I mean imo the guys needed nerfs but maybe Riot thought they were giving an appropriate buff since they are nerfing the core item of theirs- Duskblade.

Anyhow, this isn't uncommon, people. Riot takes forever to nerf/"balance" the issues that are out of proportion. Take Ardent censor and Twitch from last season as example.

Just keep patient and they will get to them, **eventually. **

ShiniXII3/7/2018, 12:44:45 PM1 votes

stop it adolf, duskblade deserves to be nerfed

PopcornBunni3/7/2018, 12:53:20 PM1 votes

Those damage buffs are on their poke tools so it's more than a little disingenuous to say they're getting nerfed when their play patter is to poke, poke, poke, all-in.

Shablagoo3/7/2018, 5:22:01 PM1 votes

I love assassins but I cant take this, if you look at the notes you will see that they are both recieving buffs in the same patch, riot just said that they would buff them to compensate, plz stop spreading fake news.

Kitsunes Lust3/7/2018, 1:37:03 AM1 votes

dont forget about the new rageblade too! nobody ever uses that. oh wait kayle, varus and kog'maw? yeah you can throw them in the trash. Yi, Jax,Tryndamere,Udyr? rageblade. yeah they DEFINATLY need this for sure. they are very weak and they need a steroid... Kai'sa out! Rageblade can actually make all 3 of her spells evolvable! yeah we should instantly nerf kai'sa...we dont need another champ that can evolve 3 spells like kha'zix. that'd be too much....