@riot Kayle compensation for devourer nerf?

Zorae42·9/29/2015, 8:20:15 PM·2 votes·840 views

So the devourer nerf to ranged champions is going out in patch 1.9. I seem to remember someone at riot saying their intention wasn't to nerf Kayle. But I don't see any buffs to Kayle in 1.9 to compensate for the nerf.

Kayle was just made viable by the new devourer, don't tell me she's going to be useless again please.

6 Comments

Serevas9/29/2015, 8:33:37 PM2 votes

Well if you look at the patch notes, it states directly that the intention was to nerf devourer for ranged junglers.

Here's the direct quote

Though popularly known as the go-to item for Xin Zhao’s and Shyvana’s looking to melt faces, Devourer (and its Sated evolution) systematically skew harder towards ranged champions like Vayne and Kayle when it comes to raw power, safety, and availability of on-hits. While ‘Ranged Sated Junglers’ might be an outlier at present, but we’re taking action towards actively balancing the item for ranged users while we evaluate how best to support them on an champion-specific level if necessary.

GastonBarnacles9/29/2015, 9:02:41 PM1 votes

NOTHING. Kayle is freelo garbage.