Riots please explain what's the point of runes variations now?

Lonesome Wild·10/23/2019, 11:05:11 PM·8 votes·2,827 views

So you created this system to make picks more flexible. To make people adapt their choice depending on enemy's pick. I'm looking at pre-season changes and ask myself: How am I going to negate Riven all in burst as Darius at lvl 6-11 if you make Aftershock look that pathetic? (From 70 + 50% bonus armor/resist to 35 + 80%). Seriously just how? You just push me to the only choice - Conqueror. I don't think you nerfed Aftershock that way to punish players for using it as counter of straightforward all ins but to make squishy players think twice before they take it. Reconsider please. This is just wrong.

Second. item 3512 item 2053 removal was such overkill. May be it doesnt include much interactions with other champions but you make Yorick Darius Udyr weaker as splitpushers (and this is only way they can be useful for their team considering how fd up their toolkits are) meanwhile you add new item for champions like Jax Fiora (huge AS boost one while they're far away from team). So what kind of interaction is that!? Me getting beaten by Jax because he refuse to come with his team? And why can't I have some Pointrunner item passive then? Logic? Reasoning?

4 Comments

Hammermancer10/24/2019, 1:17:54 AM8 votes

Yorick DOES NOT BUILD item 3512 YOU BARBARIAN

myselfandme10/24/2019, 2:39:25 PM2 votes

Who the hell takes Aftershock as Darius? Phase is better, especially against a Riven, with all of her dashes. And you don't negate her burst (even though she's not a burst champion), you counter it with skill and good timing. Even when I play against Rivens who are better than me, I can still consistently counter their last q with e. Then you stick to them and kill them. You don't need Aftershock or Raptor's Clock to succeed as Darius.