Nexus Towers in 8.11

Stacona·May 31, 2018·46 votes·14,465 views

Melted butter has more durability.

Nexus towers were already super weak before, now they are a complete joke, they needed massive durability BUFFS not nerfs... I don't understand the logic to it at all. If you lose one team fight then you lose the game from it because the towers just collapse from a very, very, very, very gentle breeze that no one can feel, but the towers just crumble. Apparently in Runeterra they do no believe in engineers or making anything structuring sound, you are better off living in a natural cave than a house in that world then...

31 Comments

DameshiMay 31, 201811 votes

To be fair, melted butter has great durability. Have you tried stabbing or slashing melted butter? It shrugs off your blows!

Warlord RhinarkJun 1, 20181 votes

iNhuMAn ReAcTiOnS

King BraumJun 1, 20184 votes

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To be fair, melted butter has great durability. Have you tried stabbing or slashing melted butter? It shrugs off your blows!

alrigh, alright. but now imagine instead of using a knife, you used a sledgehammer, on a melting brick of butter. because that's basically the demolish rune right now

5050BSMay 31, 20187 votes

Riot wants games to end before the 15 FF timer. More games = ?? more toxic teams?

Riots plans

Buff AD Items
Nurf Turrets
??
LC$ $$$

FurriesAreHotJun 1, 20181 votes

How were AD items buffed? 50% of the ADC roster are sub 50 winrate.

Ariel the CruelJun 1, 20181 votes

Considering There's an ADC in every game, isn't this about normal?

SaiannaJun 1, 20184 votes

Riot tries to shorten the game lenght, so asian players who play in internet cafees would be happier.

I think they try to go for 15-20min games, so they have to make games as snowbally and easy to finish as possible.

Welcome to the games bought by 1-cent or other asian game publishers.

YaosuoJun 1, 20181 votes

Yet those asains playing in those internet cafe's are like 99% of decent player base

420 gramsMay 31, 20183 votes

I'm fine with them being able to be taken faster, but I'm surprised they still kept their damage so low. Even a little bit of armor let's anyone take way more shots than they should from towers. I've literally seen people take 50, yes 50, literally 50 tower shots and not die.

StaconaMay 31, 20185 votes

Turret damage could be increased, especially nexus turrets, but a cool way to do it is if there is only one turret standing between the two turrets, then it deals triple its normal damage since there is only one nexus turret left.

YaosuoJun 1, 20181 votes

After like 3 items and boots, ornn and literally every other tank can just tank turret for ages and not take damage.

Giga BaboonMay 31, 20183 votes

riot wants to compete with fortnite

so they have to dumb the game down to that level, where games end at 10 mins or just randomly from a 50/50 baron smite

rip league

eaglei3May 31, 20183 votes

I maybe could have understood this change if it happened seasons back when poke comps and siege comps actually existed. You never see these comps anymore though. (The total hp drop of Nexus turrets is too extreme though)

Now with how much waveclear there is, the game essentially requires baron buff or for a team to be wiped and a bulldozing down of towers to happen. Now that the towers have even less hp, that bulldozing goes by quicker and the wiped team has even less chance to possibly spawn back.

MLDzXnRRRJun 1, 20183 votes

I guess you haven't seen the 1500 farm Sivir game. They will even add self-destruction to buildings in e-sports to prevent stallled games. Game really suffers from e-sports balancing.

webstar1108May 31, 20182 votes

You want the games to always go to 40 mins?

StaconaMay 31, 201827 votes

I don't want the towers to melt like they do not exist, it is the last line of defense, they should be significantly stronger. Remember the ultimate win condition is 3 inhibitors, once all three inhibs are dead, you basically win, should not win because tower durability is non-existent.

Other win conditions is Baron Buff and Elder Dragon Buff.

webstar1108May 31, 20181 votes

they are not a win condition until 40 mis

Starcraft243verJun 1, 20182 votes

I actually managed to come back from the 3 inib down :D

MalfectiousMay 31, 201820 votes

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You want the games to always go to 40 mins?

ZackTheWaffleManMay 31, 20189 votes

<=40 is better than <30

Neptunia xoxoJun 1, 20184 votes

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<=40 is better than <30

Yeah because 40min games in the current state are soooo much fun especially when your team is having to just sit in base and the enemy team doesn't have much push power but yet they are ahead. I'd rather lose or win at 30 than 40 or 50 lmao

Beacon AcademyJun 1, 20184 votes

Veigar Yes. Or maybe even longer...

ManiacalCoyoteJun 1, 20181 votes

Yes. Nasus

AirKingNeoMay 31, 20181 votes

try explaining why it is a bad idea rather than saying it is one and claiming that's proven

My Waifu VanillaJun 1, 201813 votes

A single Super Minion in a wave can and will take half of 1 nexus tower's healthbar if left unattended. It used to take 2 supers. Now if you get 2 supers you straight up lose both towers to just minions. ONE singular super minion should not have more AD, Armor, AND health than the "strongest" tower in the game. It wins in all 3 categories. If there weren't TWO towers there a single super minion COULD 1v1 the nexus tower and win and then still take the nexus afterwards if left unattended enough.

You were already USUALLY unable to contest baron after losing an inhib especially the bot one, but if you DID win the fight at the pit there was at least a CHANCE you didn't lose a nexus towers by leaving the minions there. Now you are basically GUARENTEED to lose at least one tower if you go to contest baron. That isn't good game design since it does inevitably turn the game into destroying bot inhib should just automatically blow up the nexus since that is what is going to happen the second baron respawns anyway.

3 TearsJun 1, 20181 votes

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Melted butter has more durability.

Nexus towers were already super weak before, now they are a complete joke, they needed massive durability BUFFS not nerfs... I don't understand the logic to it at all. If you lose one team fight then you lose the game from it because the towers just collapse from a very, very, very, very gentle breeze that no one can feel, but the towers just crumble. Apparently in Runeterra they do no believe in engineers or making anything structuring sound, you are better off living in a natural cave than a house in that world then...

I was just playing a game, the enemy was sieging and melted my nexus turrets so fast, I had to do a double take.

StaconaJun 1, 20183 votes

Why pick Ziggs to destroy turrets when they instantly die anyways... makes champions who are meant to take towers completely useless with the current lack-of durability.

Emerald FangJun 1, 20181 votes

Riot is just adding more and more snowball to the game. There's no way to come back from defecits after this shit... if Riot wanted to make games less snowbally they would make nexus/inhib towers stronger so that players could farm up and the fight would be more even.

Wild GeeseJun 1, 20181 votes

I know I might be flamed but--

I've always wanted to see nexus turrets have a respawn time. Sort of like the inhibs. It's just, when that last line of defense is down, it's so hard to come back from and you can successfully defend the nexus over and over (which is very hard) and still lose.

Comebacks are exciting, I agree it should be rare- but it's exceeding rare now since some champs can delete the nexus in a second.

Ariel the CruelJun 1, 20181 votes

Riot wants to make sure successfully defending a tower instills a sense of pride an accomplishment! or Riot wanted to balance the ADC nerfs to ensure they still kill towers quickly. or LCS finals are expensive. More snowballing means shorter tournaments means larger profit margin! or As part of making marksman less mandatory, Riot is weakening towers enough that marksman have no practical advantage over others when killing them. or Riot is assuming the meta will shift to besieging towers, which will be balanced by the increased health regen. or Yasuo.

Pick your favorite!