Electrocute changes are a buff and not a nerf

Reothimene·8/4/2018, 10:02:44 PM·75 votes·19,078 views

i think 50% cdr is a little overkill compensation for -20 damage Already 3 times as powerfull as thunderlords decree Thunderlord's Decreev • e Thunderlord's Decree Effects Hitting an enemy champion with an ability (ability damage) or basic attack (on-hit) marks them with Thunderlord's Decree for 3 seconds. At 3 stacks, the target is dealt 10 - 180 (based on level) + (30% bonus AD) + (10% AP) magic damage in an area around them. Thunderlord's Decree can only be triggered once every 25 - 15 (based on level) seconds.

109 Comments

Ryusaether8/5/2018, 8:17:49 AM15 votes

It's a clear nerf to frontloaded burst (which btw the most addressed kind of dmg by people here) and it compensates buffing its CD. Now you have to get it twice by that burst combo to die, so you can't complain, it's only your fault. Plus the ad and ap scalings are getting reduced as well.

Btw I would make it 30/35s CD lvl 1 tbh.

QmegaSquadVeigar8/4/2018, 10:13:16 PM10 votes

Not really, the frontloaded dmg is reduced but the keystone is gonna be slightly stronger in lane due to the CD reduction but after that it's gonna fall off. I think its a good idea of it being something like reverse dark harvest worse scaling for better landing.

Salson8/5/2018, 7:00:10 AM10 votes

They are nerfs for average jungle Assassins who only care about the burst itself. Might be better for return ganks though.

They are also nerfs for 100-0 mid lane Assassins like Zed and Fizz who usually try to combo it with their ults. Should be a buff for ranged users like LB, Ahri and Zoe.

Smashed Hash8/5/2018, 5:22:42 AM7 votes

Spank the Fox8/5/2018, 6:35:37 AM4 votes

Boards were creaming themselves over how TLD was healthier than Electrocute because of the weaker damage for a lower CD, which these changes push it basically back down to TLD levels of power (factoring in that we don’t have runes still)

Now this piece comes out. It’s like the community can’t actually decide what is balanced for the game and all these threads are a huge waste of time.

And to rebutte your post, it is a nerf. Zed and other asssassins can’t dump one huge burst load all in. In exchange, it means they have to trade/poke more to get the same effect. More interaction = more resources used/greater chance to fuck up. Also less upfront damage means you can react better or at least can’t say “wow that did 30% of my HP alone”

tl;dr you’re wrong.

Shablagoo8/5/2018, 5:44:17 AM4 votes

How is it a buff? You lose 20-40 across the board, because the cd is less? They are still doing 20-40 dmg less.

Rathar Dashing8/5/2018, 11:16:17 AM3 votes

They're a buff overall, yes, but the fact they're making it deal less damage in it's initial burst, combined with the nerfs to sudden impact and cheap shot, it should make the rune more fair to play against.

Leto GT8/6/2018, 1:25:04 AM3 votes

It's going to do less damage late game but more during laning phase. I wouldn't call that a nerf either.

Its just going to make the abusers even stronger in lane. Zed, le blanc, katarina, ekko, akali. It means one easy electrocute for them per minion wave. I'm so pissed of the assassin's dominance right now.

Why they just didn't actually nerf this? I'm pretty sure aery will be straight nerfed, you'll see.

LegitBusinessman8/5/2018, 5:44:02 AM3 votes

The point is after they use it the first time, you are actually still alive to drink a pot / regen up before it's back up.

BestPudgeNA8/6/2018, 2:37:14 AM1 votes

Boards "FUCK U RITO MAKE ELECTROCUTE LIKE OLD THUNDERLORDS" Riot " Rammus " Boards "WTF RITO YOU'RE MAKING ELECTROCUTE MORE LIKE THUNDERLORDS WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT"

Never change lul