I think I figured out why Towers feel so weak now despite being stronger than ever.

Duke Anax·3/8/2016, 2:26:07 PM·23 votes·1,957 views

They stand alone!

In seasons past Towers felt more threatening because they usually had more defenders. It was often an even fight + 1.

Now the long death timers make it so that towers are less defended or not at all and on their own they don't put up much of a resistance. That's mostly due to their targetting priorities I guess.

Heck in this Season if you get one tower and a teamfight, you can win, because you meat no resistance untill defenders respawn. But death timers are so long that you can destroy all the structures before they do.

22 Comments

Iqqi3/8/2016, 3:08:21 PM14 votes

Towers feel weaker, because they are. Their stats compared with the stats and dps of players is much further off than it has been in my memory. If you are looking at the simple raw stats of the towers and not comparing them with anything else than your analysis is pointless.

Towers mean much less today than ever before because of the huge increase in damage and defensive stats, coupled with recent baron minion buff changes, as well as the recent adoption of the banner of command and ZZ portal.

The turrets after 20 min are essentially pointless. They offer a very minor deterrent.

The Deckowner3/8/2016, 2:54:38 PM7 votes

it is sad how around 20 minute mark one team gets aced it means insant inhib or even maybe nexus falling.

axel vazquez3/8/2016, 2:27:14 PM5 votes

It's as if teleport is necessary. [zombie-nunu-bummed]

DropFill3/8/2016, 3:06:48 PM4 votes

Or because riot nerfed the hell of out its armor/mr?

Tohob3/8/2016, 3:54:18 PM3 votes

but then why is towerdiving in lane so much more likely to work out, instead of resulting in you getting rekt by a tower like it used to? towerdiving used to work maybe half the time, and was determined by which player plays it out smarter.

now when you get towerdived you can chain-stun them under tower and after the tower is finished tickling them they'll blow you up and walk back out of tower range.

XerShade3/8/2016, 2:33:52 PM1 votes

Also, no I don't max shield on Skarner and drag the defenders out, kill them, and leave the tower helpless. No clue what your talking about.

Randomonium3/8/2016, 3:50:44 PM1 votes

I think the big reason why towers feel weaker is teams are so AD heavy right now that they can shred through towers like butter.

LegitBusinessman3/9/2016, 4:09:31 AM1 votes

The title is wrong, towers are statistically weaker than ever.