Killing Nexus gives 50 gold?

Viper017·Aug 22, 2015·2 votes·1,681 views

Why does killing the Nexus award 50 gold? How would this ever be useful. Riot please, I need answers.

12 Comments

5000000000000000Aug 23, 20154 votes

That 50 gold can win you the game.

mtAkFzLsUSAug 22, 20153 votes

Can you even read? There even is a freaking hint to tell you why.

'If you ever are 50 gold away from an item, kill the nexus!'

smh do people read anymore, its obvious.

Viper017May 18, 20161 votes

Yes, I've seen the hint lol. I already know it does it, I was asking why. lol

BeldairMay 18, 20161 votes

So you can get a nice pair of boots XD

redniwediSAug 22, 20153 votes

It adds to your end game gold count.

Viper017Aug 22, 20151 votes

But why does that make a big enough of a difference for it to even be included?

redniwediSAug 23, 20151 votes

Maybe it's a leftover from the days when the game was simpler. Maybe back then it was easier to just have gold amounts tied to all structures than to have two with no gold. Maybe someone accidentally set them to have a gold amount and it stuck as a running joke long enough to just be a fact of League.

In any case it's not really worth worrying about.

Zone of EndlessMay 18, 20161 votes

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But why does that make a big enough of a difference for it to even be included?

But why are you even complaining about it?

Icestar1186Aug 23, 20153 votes

It's an easter egg.

The WhamboozlerAug 22, 20151 votes

It's a joke.

RogueWillAug 23, 20151 votes

Is easier to code that way.... why 50 thou is weird, normally it will be 1 just not to leave the field empty

SwiftKitten88May 18, 20161 votes

it's pretty much just so you can say your the one who got the killing blow on it. it could have been +200000 gold and had the same effect but i think they chose 50 becuase it doesn't skew the endgame stats, and seeing something like +1 would really as exciting as +50