Why 6.22 Champion Updates Are Terrible (In-Depth)

After the release of the most recent patch to League of Legends, 'The Assassins' Update,' I decided that I have to point out why it is simply a terrible idea and should almost completely be reverted, not that Riot would ever do something like that, it would be admitting that they were wrong. So before I get a ton of downvotes and hate comments, I will tell you that I am going in-depth with my reasoning and will be using clips from the Patch Notes to back-up my statements (sorry that they only show up as links, for some reason I have never been able to add attachments), I want the facts on my side. So let's go ahead and start, we'll go straight from top-to-bottom.

Talon There isn't a lot I can say about this rework, I really like the idea and I think it makes Talon a much more unique champion to play, but some of his skill are seriously overpowered. https://snag.gy/xTKahL.png No one needs to tell you that 150% crit is just broken, especially with that ridiculously high melee damage, really Riot. https://snag.gy/mM4eyH.png Sure they reduced the slow duration to one second, but a 60% slow is completely crazy, if you're that slow for one second late game you're finished, no one should have that kind of power, to win because of one shot, that's like Morgana's Q.

Katarina Now this is where things start going to hell, before we talk about why Kat's updates were terrible let's go over her state pre-6.22. Katarina is- at this current time- the single most broken champion in the game, I kid you not, she has the capability to two-shot an entire enemy team with a simple Q-R combo, not to mention both those skills practically don't have a cooldown or mana cost, and before you Kat mains start screaming at me that I have no I have 'No idea what I'm talking about!' I've heard it all, I have experience facing Kats, so don't. https://snag.gy/QxFE3r.png Here's my first problem with the Katarina update and it's- lets face it- Riot being liars. "Kat’s truly the embodiment of the phrase ‘feast or famine’; crushing entire fights in a second of button mashing, or throwing limp daggers in a poor attempt to contribute from behind. This has led to a pretty tight leash for Kat’s balance - while you can succeed on her, we’ve had to fine tune every part of her laning to ensure she can’t reliably hit her penta-killing critical mass every game. " Kat has no leash on her balance! She is insanely broken, even the most fail Kat players can penta with her, even when she has lost her lane, cs, and is behind on kda. https://snag.gy/mO0Y2L.png Here is my second problem with the Kat update, Riot is literally buffing all her defense base stats, this is Assassin Update Riot! The number one promise was that you would be embodying the essence of Assassins! They are supposed to be squishy, why on earth are you buffing her defense- not to mention when she can one-shot a team? Otherwise I am very happy with the Katarina updates, they nerfed her damage and cooldowns and stopped her from ward jumping, thank god, Riot!

LeBlanc Must I even say how stupid this update is? LeBlanc could easily two-shot any enemy with her Q-W combo (and she had her R combo just in case), and with her W-R combo she was practically impossible to catch or kill and had no counterplay. So how does Riot 'fix' this? https://snag.gy/K0oieR.png Now she can just do a Q-W or W-Q combo, proc her passive, and the whole team is dead... where's the fix in that? Not only that but her R can now mimic any of her abilities, and her Q is instaclear, as if she didn't have enough wave clear with her Q-W and/or R combo. Lesson to be learned? Always ban LeBlanc.

Fizz Now here is another record-breaking-stupid update, I can't even say. I could put screenshots, but decided that I would end up showing every skill, so there's no point. For his Q: The mana cost is way down, and the cooldown is way down. For his W: The cooldown is down, the passive damage is way up, and the passive duration is huge. For his E (one of the most broken, stupid, and frustrating skills in the game): The mana cost is down... Really, Riot? And for his R... https://snag.gy/O3yrYJ.png This has got to be one of the most insane things Riot has ever done! I swear right now, they're brainless!

I could go over the other updates as well, but I'll just say right here; I think that Akali, Rengar, and Kha'Zix's ideas were great and execution horrible, Zed and Ekko's small updates were fine, and Shaco's was about as dumb as he looks.