@Meddler Context on Deathfire Nerf?

MudintheWater·11/24/2015, 7:38:13 PM·2 votes·777 views

I was wondering why nerf deathfire when it seems to be all right on most champions but abusive on three champions (brand/anivia/swain).

Why not just balance those three champions to take into account deathfire's damage? By nerfing the mastery you're nerfing all the champions that use it, not just the abusers, and the abusers will still have an unfair advantage with the nerfed mastery compared to the other champions.

Why should I be nerfed because brand exists?

23 Comments

Stellafreyja11/24/2015, 7:44:08 PM2 votes

It was only nerfed for DoT spells. Everything else was buffed.

[Damage changed] Base Damage changed to [8 + 50% bonus AD & 20% AP over 4 seconds] from [6 + 50% bonus AD & 20% AP over 3 seconds]

[Duration changed] Burn Duration for Single target increased to 4 seconds from 3 seconds. Burn Duration for AoE increased to 2 seconds from 1.5 seconds Burn Duration for damage over time decreased to 1 second from 1.5 seconds.

3TWarrior11/24/2015, 9:08:06 PM1 votes

personally, i dont' see why riot is changing it at all...we finally get to see some DoT mages and other champs become viable instead of roaming in the "no pick" zone

most people would consider it crazy to pick swain because he's not as tanky as a tank if he takes top lane...but if he takes middle lane, he will lose every engage that isn't galio/yasuo/katarina (and potentially zed but zed can farm from a distance for free, something swain can't afford ) because they outrange and outdamage him for 1 on 1 scenarios, leaving him to fall off late game