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Going to miss Bot lane Darius

Ahristocats·Aug 23, 2017·17 votes·1,173 views

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfwuqCkq9ao

was trully a good time, being able to take a melee lane bully that fell off in late game into marksmen and i was looking forward playing it again, i remember writing a letter to Riot about troll picks and being reported

and then the dream was shattered.

Darius got 6 inderict nerfs

ADCs can now duel an early game champion with one item they can achieve their late game powerspike with 2 items they can draintank your entire damage

Tank itemization got ruined (thanking you again repertoir), lost 20% cost efficiency in exchange of +5% healing(for unknown reasons), you forced everyone into building because none shall hinder how our overlords marksmen, none shall damage them, everyone has to protect them

CC got real, you can't move anymore in teamfight if you're a melee. If you got hit by one skillshot you can't move anymore and you will get hit by every skillshots of the enemy team

marksmen can't die anymore in teamfight, unless their IQ is below 0. They have 4 other champions praising them, with CC, knight's vow, locket(s) redemption, shielding, censor.

Why pick Darius when you can pick Kog, get 3k hp, permaslow with Frozen mallet, facetank everything with draintanking and do his job from 710 range? makes no fcking sense

the design philosophy of this game has become "if you're ranged you're the supreme column of your team" "if you're melee, you're the peasant in this game"

supports are skipping sightstone and everything to rush ardent, and then stick to their fcking ** 24/7 like slaves and everyone does the same in d1, toplaners, junglers they don't pick risky picks anymore, they just pick j4 and buy a fcking knight's vow

and soon midlaners will join the rest of the crew? JOKE LOL THEY'RE PICKING 2ND MARKSMAN, even fcking kog is picked mid in lcs now

i used to believe that riot went in the good direction, but now that people started to abuse the meta it has become clear that the game has never been so imbalanced since lethality meta

Rip bot lane Darius, was fun.

16 Comments

NiyumiAug 23, 20174 votes

Man, it's like I've been saying ADCs are broken for a while now, and continue to become even more so, yet everyone just laughed. Huh.

Gargamel BotAug 23, 20172 votes

even a broken clock is correct twice a day

SohleksAug 23, 20173 votes

I basically feel the same way. Melee are peasants in high level play unless they build full meat shield. Its always been like that but with the tank rework and crit buffs shoving it over Bork the game snapped wayyyyy backwards.

The crit buffs and ardent's power blindsided me and I'm actually surprised how bad it has become.

I don't even like the average melee champ. They aren't even my style! But I'm even less likely to play them in this game the way they are treated. I can't even pretend to ignore the bias anymore.

AhristocatsAug 23, 20172 votes

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Its always been like that

escuse me? when did i ever build support items on renekton? i don't remember a meta in the past where i did it.

melees used to do their own specific job, if they were wardens they protected people, if they were divers they KILLED PEOPLE

PennsAug 23, 20172 votes

compared to this, lethality meta was fun and balanced lul

AhristocatsAug 23, 20172 votes

At least, Darius was playable during lethality meta, and here i thought he was going to be broken during tank meta

but i didn't forsee that "tank meta" meant "you build support items for your adc" lul

SkorchAug 23, 20171 votes

You mean everyone picks a tank except ADC? The one that can kill them... You didnt see tanks protecting the 1 person that deals damage on their team?

EDIT: You thought tank meta meant noodle-slap-fest didnt you?

AhristocatsAug 23, 20172 votes

i thought that tanks were going to buy actual tank items, instead what i got is tanks being worthless and building support items, which means Darius is garbage because his items are garbage and because him building support items makes other picks better than him like trundle and j4

SkorchAug 23, 20171 votes

But... if support items are more efficient than tank items at being tanky. That doesnt make "overlord marksman" make anymore sense. You build tank to tank for squishies not for yourself. The "because none shall hinder how our overlords marksmen, none shall damage them, everyone has to protect them" is redundant because whether you build Tank or Support Tank thats what you are supposed to do.

Sorry your Bot Dar is weak right now. But with all the "Fuck ADC" posts going on right now i doubt that it is eternally gone.

Dr DormidonAug 23, 20172 votes

Things are not gonna change until Worlds over. So we gonna suffer from meta at least 3 months from this moment. They will also add new rune stuff that will make Darius gameplay even more painful. Stormrider thingy that gives the same amount MS and slow reduction as current mastery but only for 3 unique attacks. Super safe trade and retreat. : )

EedatAug 23, 20172 votes

Why pick Darius when you can pick Kog, get 3k hp, permaslow with Frozen mallet, facetank everything with draintanking and do his job from 710 range?

Well didn't you answer your own question with

being able to take a melee lane bully that fell off in late game into marksmen

AhristocatsAug 23, 20172 votes

and then, you read the entire post and realise that Darius is garbage

EschetonAug 23, 20173 votes

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Well didn't you answer your own question with

Because before you could end the game before late game. Now the early game power balance is gone also.

BlackwindyAug 23, 20171 votes

Indirect nerfs? He had direct nerfs ruin him

Passive nerfed, Q handle damage nerfed, Q blade range nerfed. Also, hitting someone at 4 stacks with Q and applying the passive to everyone hit was removed.

Pre-rework Darius had no delay on Q and was smoother because of that. He was really good in all lanes. I played him top, mid, adc, supp, jungle. The thing with the new Darius is if you use your Q, you LOSE damage if you have enough attack speed.

Chembaron YamadaAug 23, 20171 votes

The heal on Q kinda is a compensation for the "damage loss", though.

GayFluffyUnicornAug 23, 20171 votes

yeah because pre rework darius was broken as all hell. Pre nerf kindred was also played top, mid, jungle and adc because they were broken as hell.

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