What was good about the patch?

Atomic Pancake·Jan 29, 2015·1 votes·417 views

So, I'm reading and seeing so much about "screw you rito, why no DFG", and the nerfs to so many champions (Won't be seeing anymore of until you guys decide to break he in an half hearted attempt to bring her back to the meta, thanks. T_T)

I feel like the complete removal of DFG was unnecessary but definitely took some of the bite off of the painful champions like Akali and Fizz, who also received a pretty solid nerf, but appear, at least at my level (Bronze I, which is kind of frustrating given I went 7-3 placements and still got demoted from last season, but that's off topic) to still be pick/ban to some degree.

So now I ask you guys, what do you think actually benefited and helped balance the game? Is there anything that you feel the balance team did right this patch? If so, what and why?

2 Comments

SmokingPuffinJan 29, 20151 votes

DFG was deleted. Good riddance.

Annie's new Tibbers sprint button is awesome.

Jungle Nidalee seems interesting.

Rek'sai got urgently needed nerfs.

Cass and Zed both got justifiable, but minor nerfs. Both probably need more.

Atomic PancakeJan 29, 20151 votes

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DFG was deleted. Good riddance.

Annie's new Tibbers sprint button is awesome.

Jungle Nidalee seems interesting.

Rek'sai got urgently needed nerfs.

Cass and Zed both got justifiable, but minor nerfs. Both probably need more.

I agree re; DFG, but I don't feel that completely deleting the item truly helps individualize item builds.

Oh so that's what the glow does. xD

Jungle Nidalee is a thing? O_o

I definitely agree, Rek'Sai needed the nerfs, but it feels like they were too rough to her, personally. I do still need to try a few more games and see how she truly pans out, but, so far it looks like they took her off the map entirely.

I don't know much about Cass because I never actually see her at my elo, but her mechanics seem retarded and if played by anyone who can smash their head on the keyboard fast enough, dangerous.

As for Zed, I definitely agree the Zed nerfs were sub-par compared to his actual power in game. He's still banned pretty much every game, even though he has such a high skill cap.