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Riot Scarizard: Veigar will get more buffs in 5.6 (magnitude/type TBD)

CupcakeTrap··2 votes·1,570 views
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Riot Scarizard just tweeted confirmation that Veigar would be receiving more buffs in Patch 5.6, though it's not clear what their magnitude might be.

Here are some excerpts:

  • (Scarizard) Bad news time: Veigar's Event Horizon interrupting dashes was pulled last minute due to some late-stage bug issues. It'll be back in 5.6.

  • (CupcakeTrap) Can you do something else for him? The enemy still has .75s to move slightly in any direction to not get stunned.

  • (Scarizard) Veigar will be receiving more changes in 5.6 alongside the inclusion of his wall-stopping.

  • (CupcakeTrap) Thank you! But know that if the tables were turned, he would show you no mercy.("We've upped all of Scarizard's mana costs…")

  • (CupcakeTrap) Is that confirmed? In other words, can I share this on Boards/Reddit?

  • (Scarizard) Yes. I can't speak to the details of Veigar's 5.6 work beyond the inclusion of dash-stunning, however.

  • (Scarizard) (basically: based on datas/stuff it could be a minor buff + wallstopping or many buffs + wallstopping)

Link: https://twitter.com/RiotScarizard/status/575840714723983360

6 Comments

MrBuffington2 votes

Meddler commented previously that they were looking at improving his W, so that might be one of the changes we see.

CupcakeTrap1 votes

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Meddler commented previously that they were looking at improving his W, so that might be one of the changes we see.

I think there's a lot of room to make his W more exciting. It's already an iconic ability, but it's historically been sort of flat, in that it's very hard to land without his stun, and had almost become simply a "you get to hit the enemy extra hard if you stun them" spell. Now that Veigar's not going to be stunning people anywhere near as often, I think there would be room to do some quirky stuff with his W.

I mean, it's a freaking meteor of dark matter that falls from space. I think there's thematic room for it to have a more interesting effect than "deals damage in a small area".

MrBuffington1 votes

Yea I'd like to see some larger rework-style changes to him; don't know if they're going to do too much more than tuning and tweaking the existing kit. Although, the E stopping dashes is a new mechanic (albeit it feels like something that should have been in place from the start; apparently it's going in Ryze's new kit too, so I kind of have my hopes up that his rework is going to launch next patch, especially since his texture rebalance just went up. Might just be getting my hopes up though; last I heard he still had a fair bit of work to go :/), so they could be working on some other new mechanics as well. I guess we'll wait and see

BuCkeT SeiZureS2 votes

honestly. i would love if they made it somewhat like a heimer E to make people think twice about diving him. As in, people hit in the center are stunned, slowed on the outskirts. it would give him the "back off me" spell he needs and be great for punishing overconfident divers. that combined with his e could actually be cool. if he lands his w, he would have time to set up his cage as well, sufficiently locking them in.

Very Hard Engage3 votes

{quoted}

Meddler commented previously that they were looking at improving his W, so that might be one of the changes we see.

still wont be enough because every other mid lane champ has hard cc or an escape, veigar has a "zoning" tool which is highly unreliable and anyone with an escape.... escapes it altogether and veigar is forced to duel with the diver.

Ser Safir2 votes

Expecting:

  • We've decided to buff veigar by reducing the mana cost from his ult by 10 and reducing its burst by another 20%.

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