Latest PBE shows that it's being nerfed yet again. Healing a whopping 120 health on himself or 60 for allies for 110 mana at max rank! It seems like one of those "not allowed to be good" abilities. And to me, doesn't really make sense that a character with such high CC and tankiness has a heal anyway.
So really, why can't we replace it with something more interesting? Or is there some secret I'm missing?
Quepha1 votesSomething more interesting would also probably be stronger and they're trying to nerf Alistar.
Ant Reformed1 votesYou can't really give any hard nerfs without changing his kit, the only nerfs to hit him hard would be cooldown and that's not going to happen. So yeah I think changing his E wouldn't be too harmful of a change, plus a new E could be more interactive.
The Yetii Rider1 votesThe rework team is busy with Taric, Cassieopeia, Vladimir, Malzahar, Zyra, Vel'Koz, Brand and Yorick. They have a lot on their plates.
A brand new ability requires the art team to design new animations and particles for EVERY ONE of his skins, and he has about eight of them.
Making a new ability takes way more work from multiple departments, while a numbers nerf is just some coding and play testing.
Lugg1 votesAlistar has a heal to help make him harder to kill. He is supposed to be the premiere tank in League.
Profirix1 votesRiot already said that this change was not intended to reach PBE. It was a test to see how far they could push the limit before breaking a champion.
