What's up with the Jayce changes?

HongChongDong·Jan 28, 2017·5 votes·731 views

We have the only assassins who are doing good getting hard nerfs.

Vladimir, a champion who's already struggling, getting a compensation nerf to counter his minor buffs.

And Jayce is getting possibly the most un-impactful nerfs I think I've ever seen. Why? a Whole 10 damage off of his melee form Q, a colossal 10 extra mana costs to his accel gate, and a chunk out of the ratio on his built in sheen proc from his R. Considering how oppressive he is as a champion, how little counterplay his kit actually has, and the fact that the only thing that phases him is either misplay or minor issues late game, this seems like joke.

3 Comments

sit kidJan 28, 20171 votes

they just need to fix his mid game imo

NiyumiJan 28, 20171 votes

Because Riot doesn't want to nerf Jayce out of FOTM status. He's making a lot of money for Riot right now, since very few people played him before, and now everyone is buying skins. So they'll do a bunch of placebo nerfs that really don't do anything to impact the issue (-3 AD on Vayne a while ago?). That's just how an F2P company works -- balance isn't their real priority, money is.