Okay, skarner nerfs.... WTF?

[{quoted}](name=Dominick Destine,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=pLGh5pEM,comment-id=0002,timestamp=2015-11-24T03:49:01.862+0000)

Because Skarner is obviously overpowered and Riven/Zed need buffs so bad.

This is literally what Riot thinks. This is their balance team.

If they buff riven i'm suing.

[{quoted}](name=Cloud Potato,realm=OCE,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=pLGh5pEM,comment-id=0004,timestamp=2015-11-24T08:34:18.317+0000)

A minor nerf to correct a minor win rate imbalance is nothing to get up in arms about.

That said, I can think of a few champions in the past who haven't had this treatment while being in very high win rates for very long periods of time.

it's not a minor nerf, because skarner's Q is a spamable ability, nerfing lee sin Q by 0.04 AD is a minor nerf

nerfing hecarim's Q or skarner's Q by 0.04 AD isn't minor

and skarner has 53% win rate because he is easy to play, has a poor play rate, and riot said that the ideal win rate for those champions is 52%

lossing 10% damage on the abillity that provides ~40% of your overall damage isn't really minor.

I canunderstand that they nerf scarner, above 60% winrate for 125+ games is kinda concering, but i don't think the way they nerf him is right. Scarner is already the jungler with the least damage to champions in the game after nunu, so why hit the bit of remaining damage? That will push him even more into the kidnapping onetrick-pony, a moveing R-button with a objectivecontroll sidekick. i could understand some further nerfs to E, like reduceing the cd-reduce upon stuns to 0.75sec, or any nerf to his ult, especially damage nerfs to his ult, or nerfs to his new passive. There is a certainly is a reason for his low popularity, and big part of that is his onedimensional one-trick-pony playstyle, so why further push that way?

This isn't going to affect crap. Skarner normally builds juggernaut anyway. This will take away maybe 5 damage from his q.