Is Senna really broken?

Lord Ligma·11/29/2019, 3:31:32 PM·2 votes·2,237 views

I'm B1(I don't care for ranked but I'm sure I could get to Silver atleast if I tried but that's beside the point) and so far every game I get into she's banned. I wanna know from other players what makes her "broken"

20 Comments

DuskDaUmbreon11/29/2019, 3:34:11 PM2 votes

She's banned because she's a new champion and people refuse to learn new things.

She's kinda broken as an ADC, but most people aren't playing her there, so...

Baby Ghoul11/29/2019, 3:43:45 PM2 votes

She's not broken as an ADC, and that's why she's not being played as much there.

Her AA animation is far too slow to compete with most marksmen or replace one on a team. The reason she's a problem is because she does a lot of damage during team fights and skirmishes, but is allowed to heal an absurd amount like an enchanter. Obviously those two things can't exist at the same ratio because it's not fair

I wouldn't say she's broken. She dies to a broken Nautilus hitbox just like the rest of us. If they toned down her damage, I think she'd be a healthy champion, but that's what makes her powerful right now, especially because support itemization is so terrible.

Previously I probably would have said she was broken, but I've been permabanning Pyke throughout season 9, and the only time I stopped doing that was when Yuumi was released and allowed to have no weaknesses. So keep in mind I'm judging it by the absurd meta we're in today and I've got about 3 other supports I'm picking to ban before her. Nautilus Pyke Leona

Thingamajig11/29/2019, 3:45:28 PM2 votes

her passive value is way too high for how easy it is to stack it it's similar to nasus Q value except she isn't put in danger when stacking it and doesn't have to wait a cd the rest of the kit is fine

Illabethe11/29/2019, 4:38:31 PM2 votes

She's not broken. It's just that the learning curve facing her is harder than the learning curve playing her, and she might be getting a little too much gold as an adc.

As Support, she's generally in line with other supports for performance. As adc, she's capitalizing on a little extra gold to early buy item 3147 item 3031 , which negates some of the impact of her Crit damage/attack speed self nerfs, giving a noteable mid game power spike before she is really stacking. If she capitalizes on those spikes, the result is mist stacks and kills she wouldn't have gotten as a support, which leads to a faster escalation of her late game.

That's REALLY the only thing wrong with her range: When she gets an unexpected power spike, it leads to earlier range gains, easier crit gains an earlier damage gains.

HeeroTX11/29/2019, 6:59:50 PM2 votes

She's not necessarily "broken" but she's like Yasuo in that she's annoying as shit. Hence why she replaced Yasuo at the top of my ban list.

Sirsir11/29/2019, 3:58:56 PM1 votes

I don't think so. Then again shes either banned, first picked, or counterpicked in every game. Hard to say a champ is OP when shes getting sat on by Nautilus every game.