What about reworks like Morde and Kayle are "healthier" for the game?

Warpes·8/7/2019, 9:45:04 PM·2 votes·1,444 views

Riot really needs to stop throwing that term around so much.. at the very least grab a dictionary, or else flat out stop using it and tell it like it is..

"we're reworking them because they currently suck and we want them to become popular again because skins or simple play value.. but we honestly don't care if they turn your eyeballs into tumors in their normal or overtuned states, we're giving them this new kit because we can" is a much more accurate and honest description of what they're doing with reworks.

Because honestly, when was the last time a rework aside from maybe Nunu wasn't considered either ridiculously game changingly unfun to play against, nearly infinitely more unhealthy than their previous unhealthy or healthy but outdated state, or literally a different champ?

I dont want to see the word "healthier" used around Akali Mordekaiser Kayle Irelia Swain Urgot XinZhao Yorick ever the fuck again, as I'm quite certain Riot is actually instead going out of their way to push the limits on exactly what is absolutely fucking as unhealthy as possible for league reworks, every time.

This goes back as far as the Juggernaut update, and has been a thing ever since.. with very few reworks that are considered mild to reasonable successes (by some), and everything else being cancerous beyond words.

19 Comments

PandaNator438/7/2019, 9:57:29 PM8 votes

I love all those reworks.

True-stealth Akali was a mistake, but I'm glad Riot tries new things. perhaps they could removed it earlier, or tuned her down to compensate.

Morde was just a stats problem, not sure why it took so long to react to that.

Irelia was overtuned, although that was more than just numbers.

What do you think is "cancerous" about those champs?

Dead Anime Dad8/7/2019, 10:51:44 PM3 votes

The Yorick rework is 100% fine and really doesn't deserve to be on this list tbh.

Barkley8/8/2019, 2:01:25 AM1 votes

They do more damage. Everything is healthier when it does more damage!

Right Riot?

Sirsir8/8/2019, 2:14:12 AM1 votes

Cuz neither of them were healthy in their old forms.

Kayle could ult herself and get the 2 seconds she needed to rip a team to shreds, and was effectively a range champ in lane phase as well.

Morde was OP or useless depending on the recent dev action.

Akali even at her peak annoyance was 1000% healthier than her old version. She was just that bad...

Swain rework was amazing, thematically and mechanically. Old Swain, vampire ult aside, was extremely boring.

Yorick was short term cancer pre rework. Fine now

Urgot was in a horrible place and his passive was an amazing idea and implementation. Range top laner idea aside...

Xin is exactly the same...

DeathBurst8/8/2019, 5:48:19 PM1 votes

I can see why you're angry about Mordekaiser or Kayle or Urgot. I disagree, but I can see where you're coming from.

But if you think that nu'Swain or nu'Yorick are worse than their old versions, you must've never played against them. Old Yorick and Swain were dumb as hell, win lane / lose game champs that were frustrating as hell to face. So yeah, the new versions are definitely healthier.

Irelia is different, not better or worse. She wasn't reworked because she was unhealthy in the first place.

Xin is just a mini-rework, not even a full relaunch, and it's perfectly fine.

And Akali.... Well, I do think the new version is unhealthy and that the rework is not a big success. But the old version was hella unhealthy too.