Sion nerf Q

Akalix·4/20/2018, 12:24:47 AM·2 votes·1,329 views

Hi,

I wanted to notice something for riot balancer about the Sion Q nerf,

Quote from the patch 8.8 : "Q damage ratio decreased at earlier ranks. Sion doesn't currently sacrifice much damage in order to max E - Roar of the Slayer instead of Q - Decimating Smash. In return he gains strong ranged poke, which is making him a dominant pick not only in top lane, but also mid in some matchups. There are times when it should make sense to max E first (ranged harass, using the slow to make Q easier to hit), but we want to make this less of a clear-cut choice."

On this reason, they nerfed the Q of Sion because his E is too strong IN LANE, but did they think about JUNGLE? By nerfing the Q damage of Sion, they nerfed the cleaning time in jungle of Sion for no reasons... So, it would be great if Riot employees could read this and think to balance the Q damage of Sion against monsters(maybe also against minions?).

2 Comments

redniwediS4/20/2018, 12:34:16 AM2 votes

Most of the time Riot balances around the most played role, and only balance around niche situations if they become problems. There are some exceptions, but definitely not enough to make a rule around.

Unless Sion Jungle becomes popular it's very unlikely Riot will take it into consideration when they are focusing on his lane strength.