@Riot - Can we talk about the IE nerf?

Heiðrún·12/18/2014, 3:20:42 AM·1 votes·1,322 views
12/15 PBE Update

The other day (12/15) I opened up Surrender at 20 to see one of my favorite PBE updates ever. Eve, Hecarim, Skarner, Elise buffs; a Phantom Dancer buff and an IE nerf. Fantastic all around. But the more I thought about the IE nerf (which was 5% crit chance nerf), the more I realized the problems it came with. While the nerf certainly hurts ADC's (which was it's intention), there is a significant amount of collateral damage (no pun intended) dealt to mADC's and other non marksmen that it is core on (Tryndamere, Gangplank, and Yasuo; to name a few). Tryndamere and Yasuo, for example, have much of their kit based around crit chance. Tryn would have less mobility thanks to fewer "E-reductions", and Yasuo loses a whopping 10% crit chance, bringing him from 90% to 80% with his standard core (Shiv and IE). Both champions would suffer quite a bit, and neither need a nerf in their current state.

So, as you can tell, I'm a bit worried about the change. But, I do have a proposed solution. Instead of reducing the crit chance on IE, give it's passive the Rylai's treatment........

Unique Passive: Melee critical strikes deal 250% damage instead of 200%. Ranged critical strikes only deal 250 - n% damage.

This change would allow crits to be less of a deciding factor in early game fights, by making them less impactful. And it would leave the champions who don't need nerf alone. Thoughts on this solution and the situation in general?

9 Comments

Darth Pixy Misa12/18/2014, 3:40:46 AM2 votes

More should be done to guide people away from IE and to other items like BT and BC

Epilogue of Life12/18/2014, 4:22:22 AM1 votes

The thing we all don't like is that everyone rushes it. However, the problem is, everyone is going to rush something. It is absolutely impossible for items to be on the same cost efficiency while giving them different strengths. Some will always be a bit stronger than others in a meta, and because that item is a bit stronger, everyone gets it. What we need is more DIVERSITY among champions---maybe more ADCs like Vayne whose damage increases just as much with attack speed, or more champions like Ezreal, who has good synergy with triforce?