Is Twitch a bit too strong?

Unnamed Feeder·6/12/2017, 2:01:32 PM·5 votes·2,391 views

Hello, Recently I read a lot of threads based on assassin strength, adc strength, and I think this rat Twitch was in a LOT of them. So I just want to add my personal thoughts and ask other players for feedback.

  1. Twitch does seem really strong He has stealth and one of the highest autoattack ranges in the game with his ult. His late game is really darn strong. This wouldn't be a problem if he has counterplay like other adcs (ex. avoiding the traps vs Caitlyn, telegraphed skillshot location vs Draven , mobility vs Varus , abusing the low range vs Vayne ). But with such range, stealth, and scaling, the only counterplay seems to be shutting him down early - this is however very unreliable, and he scales when he gets his BORK or hurricane

  2. Win rates show his strength Twitch has 55.18% win rate across 37430 games in diamond, 54.39% across 111,257 in platinum, and 53.21% win rate across 755280 games in all ranked in Korea this month. He also has 54.22% win rate across 20243 games in diamond, 53.77% across 59065 games in plat, and 52.21% across 444981 games in all ranked in NA this month. Win rates aren't everything, but it is a problem when the champ has both very high win rates AND high play rates. (All credit goes to op.gg and na.op.gg)

Honestly I think Twitch is too strong right now....Kind of mad that riot doesn't plan on nerfing him yet...Am I the only one that thinks that Twitch needs a nerf?

tldr: Twitch get a lot of complaints, he does seem really strong with not much counterplay, and his winrate/playrate is really high. Should he get nerfed?

Final Note: Yes I know I am bad - both my accounts are in wood 5. However, I want to add that

  1. Win rate/Play rate statistics do not lie.
  2. All players have a right to post as long as they use reason, not just emotion.

9 Comments

Gizm06/12/2017, 2:10:36 PM2 votes

Twitch is definitely super strong right now, S tier adc for sure. I believe the nerf to BoRK item 3153 was supposed to be an indirect nerf to twitch; however people merely adopted to build more crit and save BoRK for 4th or 5th item, or simply take BT item 3072 instead. I wouldn't be surprised to see a direct nerf to twitch in the near future.

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YT: GizmoLoL

ScriptBrand6/12/2017, 2:04:32 PM1 votes

yes he's a bit overtuned

zarxus12346/12/2017, 2:12:12 PM1 votes

have you tried attacking him.... he dies in like 2 seconds....

GoronMuncherV6/12/2017, 3:05:41 PM1 votes

Counterplay is lack of mobility and self kiting, along with a terrible laning phase. Most adc's should beat him early. Botrk probably still too strong too.

Douglas Funnie6/12/2017, 3:36:18 PM1 votes

I perma ban Twitch in every game I play.