A critique and suggestion regarding the recent taliyah nerfs on PBE
Taliyah nerfs on PBE for context = http://www.surrenderat20.net/2018/06/67-pbe-update-even-more-tentative.html?m=1 Taliyah's Jungle statistics for context = http://champion.gg/champion/Taliyah/Jungle Taliyah's Midlane statistics for context = http://champion.gg/champion/Taliyah/Middle
Considering how good of a jungler she is right now and also a decent midlaner, i believe a nerf is warranted. However the nerfs that are on PBE right now will hit both her mid and jungle power although statistics show that she doesnt need as big of a nerf for her midlane as it is for her jungle.
As seen by Riot DanielZKlein's response on reddit: "Spoke to Buike, who is in charge of this balance changelist, and he's very happy to see her in mid/jg/supp. Obviously we don't wanna end up in a place where picking her midlane is straight trolling, bbut for now we're happy to let this sit and observe where all of you are taking it." It can be concluded that they put an emphasis on her midlane above everything else.
With that in mind, and also Taliyah's statistics in midlane which is lower in both winrate and playrate compared to her jungle statistics, i would like to give a few suggestions that would hit her jungle performance more than her mid:
For Q nerfs:
- Keep the current Q nerfs on PBE (From 40% to 50% reduced damage after first Q hit on champions)
- Add a damage reduction (70% - 100% based on level) after first hit for jungle monsters to reduce her current clearing speed
For E nerfs: -Revert the PBE E nerfs
And from this, see where it goes.
