We are buffing ignite and nerfing heals because people with heal outclass ignite. Yet at all phases of the game ignite does more dmg than heal heals, and to make it worse heal is cut in half by ignite as well. So literally in an even match up there currently is never a point in the game that heal out classes ignite.
Except Heal can be, and ideally should be used on two targets, as opposed to single-target ignite. If you want a defensive spell for yourself alone, that's what Barrier exists for. The total healing granted by Heal to 2 targets is still more than Ignite, not to mention the movement speed buff.
Except it heals two people and grants a movement speed buff.
You see how silly your point sounds if you actually know the basics of how things work?
Heal is overall stronger. While ignite only deals dmg, heal heals 2 ppl and it gives a hefty movespeed buff.
Hard to take this post seriously when you don't understand basic mechanics about these spells.
Who could ever take the dev team seriously, I could do better balancing by rolling a die to decide who to nerf and by how much. The live balance team has very little concept of how to balance different strengths and weaknesses. Some champions they don't even give any real weaknesses at all to.
Note that Heal is only halved when ignite is applied, If heal is used prior to the ignite then heal is worth full value. As Alti has pinted out its also 2 targetets and MS boosted.
Didn’t they say that Teleport was the real balancing factor between taking Ignite or something else in the mid lane?
Like, Teleport was becoming the go to for most mid laners, so they buffed Ignite.
And Teleport will probably still be popular after they buff Ignite, just because of how useful it is.
