Game is in free fall. Morello and his team need to be evaluated
I don't even know where to start because I believe this game is getting worse every patch. So many things that have been broken for ages and are not being adressed and at the same time they release new champ, items, and failed reworks.
Things that have been broken for ages now but will never get fixed
- Riven's shield cdr/scaling and her mobility
- Rengar. Getting OS without any meaningfull counterplay.
- Irelia. The stun+true damage+heal will make sure you will lose every trade
- Katarina. Simply toxic design. Yesterday I had a Kata in my team who got a penta and quadra just by facerolling over the keyboard.
- Vladimir. Champ with no resources or meaningfull choices to make. Just spam and heal.
- Viktor. Sure his laser is a skillshot but does that mean that it is proportional to be rewarded with abundant amount of damage. Seriously it deals more damage than most ults in the game.
Things that have become broken due to Runeglaive/Sated Devourer. These ietms have made the game less fun just by design
- Nidalee
- Ezreal
- Diana
- Eve
- Master Yi
- Shaco
- Shyvana
- Vayne
Overloaded champ designs most people hate, have been reworked or nerfed a couple of times. Just badly designed champs due to their utility and mobility combined with damage
- Kalista
- Yasuo
- Ekko
- Azir
- Rek'sai Special mention to Tahm Kench. Was fun getting trolled by my teammate last game eating me up and spitting me out under enemy turret or towards enemies. Seriously worst design ever.
Failed reworks
- Ryze. Too much fail. He will probably get urgotted.
- Nidalee. She can play every role and succeed, even adc if you really wanted to.
- Karma. What is she? Top or midlaner or support? Why is her kit so obnoxious? Damage from Q is insane. Hidden OP. Only a matter of time before people will realize.
- Zilean. He died
- Veigar. He died
I have been playing since season 3 and I don't remember the game ever being is such a pitiful state in terms of balance. If mistakes are being made I am fine with that. But on a scale of mistakes I am definitely not fine with extreme cases like Ryze's rework or WoA on Vladimir for instance. You can't be that far off. What are you testing for? Do Riot members give eachother feedback? To me this game is in free fall mode and getting worse every patch because it seems they lack checks and balances and completely lost touch with the game. The decisions being made are unexplainable.
TL;DR: The past 6 months the game has not become better, instead a lot worse. Decisions being made are inexplicable to the community. Mistake after mistake. The new champs have not made the game more fun because their kits are overloaded and broken compared to the other champs. Items and gameplay changes follow eachother up so fast its like season 5 is a big experiment. Almost every decision made by the balancing team is wrong. After 6 months of bad decisionmaking and pitiful champreleases it is time for Morello to take responsibility and leave or get sacked. You can't get away with this slappy work for 6 months full of fails and just stay on your post and keep going on in the same direction like nothing happened. Time for Morello and his team to evaluate the work they have done for the past 6 months and make conclusions and consequences.
