"Buff them for normal play while dropping their power in professional play"

Penta Penguin·Apr 11, 2019·8 votes·2,144 views

How many times do you think this has been said in the last couple years?

10 Comments

Blu 1Apr 11, 20196 votes

Aatrox Akali Ashe Azir Braum Camille Cassiopeia Elise Ezreal Galio Gangplank Gnar Gragas Graves Irelia Ivern Janna JarvanIV Jhin Kaisa Kalista Karma Kennen Khazix KogMaw Lissandra Lucian Lulu Malzahar Maokai Nautilus Nidalee Nocturne Olaf Orianna Ornn Poppy Rakan RekSai Rumble Ryze Sejuani Shen Sion Sivir Skarner Soraka Swain Sylas Syndra TahmKench Taliyah Taric Thresh Tristana Trundle TwistedFate Twitch Urgot Varus Vayne Viktor Vladimir Xayah XinZhao Yasuo Yorick Zac Zed Zoe Zyra Ryze Ryze Ryze Ryze Ryze Ryze Ryze Ryze Ryze Ryze Ryze Ryze Ryze Ryze Ryze Ryze Ryze Ryze Ryze Ryze Ryze Ryze Ryze Ryze Ryze Ryze Ryze Ryze Ryze Ryze Ryze Ryze Ryze Ryze

Edit: Forgot Caitlyn Ekko

AFilthyCaitMainApr 12, 20192 votes

+f Caitlyn

Emo TwinkApr 12, 20192 votes

Rakan god my poor husband got hit like a truck

DemolisherkzApr 12, 20191 votes

At this point, Ryze is going to get a new ultimate that makes him get another rework.

D357R0Y3RApr 11, 20193 votes

how many times did it success?

boricCentaur1Apr 11, 20193 votes

The only champions I can think of being nerfed only for pro play is like Azir , Kalista , TahmKench and Shen (maybe I forget how he was doing in soloq) and that's like 4 out of 143 so not that many like I can think of more champions nerfed because of low elo then I can for pro play.

DarkTree1Apr 12, 20193 votes

it's almost as though having two entirely seperate games that you balance the same way might cause severe balancing issues later

JamareeApr 11, 20192 votes

Too many

TennousuApr 12, 20191 votes

Don't know about other champs, but as a Shen main, I can say that phrase actually worked out for him back in patch 7.8.

Riot nerfed the CD and scaling on his Ultimate in exchange for flat damage on his Q in order to stop pro players from using the shield as a pro-active tool for ganking and diving, rather than a reactive tool to save people.

I distinctively remember people on the boards and other so-called Shen "mains" actually whining that this would only make Shen even worse. Surprise, his win rate went up by a solid 1.5%.

Ironically, the only reason we got nerfed later was because pre-season 8 hit and people on the boards started complaining that Shen (and Maokai) were doing too much damage in the early game.