Does Riot even test their shit in PBE before putting it live?

Covert Ops Gnar··3 votes·648 views

For some reason, I'd imagine them catching lethality being broken as fuck if they actually tested it in PBE.

Or they just dont listen to feedback.

This shit happens with every single thing updated.

Remember item 3078 update with release of item 3053 and item 3812 ??

remember the newly updated Fiora ? or updated Graves ?

Not to mention these assassin reworks with Khazix Rengar

Camille all champ releases

Is this shit actually tested? Seriously.

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Variks the Loyal3 votes

Yes, they do. But the PBE is nothing like the live servers. Wacky shit happens all the time because there's no consequences to your actual account. Some people properly test, but not a large amount.

The live servers is the ultimate test, and it's why Riot releases a patch approx. every two weeks. The live servers give them the actual data that they need to determine whether or not a champion is OP, or an item is weak, or anything.

Geauxx2 votes

All this and you never mentioned Camille

Covert Ops Gnar1 votes

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All this and you never mentioned Camille

All champ releases too

PrinceOfStorms1 votes

Ivern and Bard were garbage on release, which led to them being overbuffed because Riot didn't know what was bad about them.

Geauxx1 votes

The fact that no one learned how to play them until one person whose good at the game put them in light... like most champions.

PrinceOfStorms1 votes

No, because people realized that champions like release Ekko or Rek'sai were extremely broken and thus had a high playrate to abuse that. It gave Riot the data they needed to see what should get nerfed.

Bard, on the other hand, had such an abysmal playrate because he sucked on release that Riot just kinda buffed everything until he was a god.

ScissorsNstuff1 votes

I didn't have much issue with any of this actually

4631 votes

Remember Feral Flare?

My friend abused this shit to Diamond 5 before the end of the season.

Ryze Leblanc Katarina Rengar Jayce Khazix item 3107 Syndra

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