I know I'm going to be downvoted by Rift Herald mains, but
Towers are still not nearly as strong as they were before season 6. Is it real necessary to add a tower busting monster?
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Well I've been a Herald main for almost two years now and I can definitely say that I'm happy that my champ will get to crush towers instead of sit quietly in the baron pit waiting for somebody to come say hi. Its so lonely up here!
In all seriousness though, outside the stupidity of moving a giant melee void monster into lanes, who else wishes it was possible to play the "bosses" of this game in a game mode? Herald, VIlemaw, Elder Dragon, Baron Nashor - maybe an idea for a rotating game mode some day.
I see this as a tower damage/CC/aggro soaker.
I mean, Golisopod Rift Herald can still be CC'd and its damage scales with its health. That means you will be using this guy not as a split pusher, but as a pseudo tank for seiging. Once the enemy starts pouring CC into it, you frigging hammer them with everything you got. Plus, people will be looking to hit it in the eye, which means they need to get behind it and therefore away from their own turret and closer to you.
Easy pickings.
Rift Herald
That's a weird way to spell Tryndamere.
Rift herald is useles is has no purpose in this current game
All I've got to say is:
Rip Top Lane
it's already been in a poor state for awhile now, the last thing we need is top laners to be punished further for their laner getting a giant rift monster to help push under tower.
Think about it, Rift is always going to be sent top, because it's the furthest from the rest of the map's objectives. Top lane is also one of the most difficult to recover from when behind due to the matchups of the lane + lack of jungle presence, and now the losing side has to deal with an epic split pushing monster as well.
rift herald mains ahhahah :p
No, but hopefully they buff towers a bit to compensate. I hate playing top already because one death can lose you a tower.
I am ready for 
to get dragon and new herald and push down mid like a machine. Maybe he could get 
with 
and 
to make things even worse.
Rift herald actually has a value now, nobody even bothered to get it before unless a team is totally stomping early. Now it can actually be contested like the drakes.
Imagine top laner taking down rift herald, then using the item botlane. THAT tower is not gonna last. Just saying.
Imagine the hype we will get when Rift Herald is so strong LCS teams pick 
to counter it.
Not to mention tanks getting even more resistance. ha.
Bring back the laser ones.
Was expecting memish post, disapointed.
yes?
Yorick + Maiden + Herald = No tower
It will add an interesting mechanic into the game but also add another layer of why you should want to get the Rift Herald. It being a tower buster gives incentive for teams to actually care about the Herald. First Turret gold being a thing while adding this will make for nice early battles rather than neither team doing anything if Dragon isn't up.
Maybe will be meta again with and his ult
There was the same hrumpph when they reworked Mord with the dragon. I don't think I've seen mord since the week he was re-released, and if I have, he rarely has a dragon with him.