Maokai was nerfed for the sake of LCS...

Squidsmastah··14 votes·1,600 views

Meanwhile...

MasterYi Jax XinZhao Udyr Zed Talon Graves

EDIT: OK, people don't understand that this list is not champions that are problems in the LCS. These are champions that have yet to be nerfed because they are unhealthy, cancerous opponents to deal with in normal games. And not to many normal players know how to deal with them. I'm saying these champions are problems IN GENERAL.

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Dasdi968 votes

Where is Fiora?

YCitizenSnipsY3 votes

Well if we are going off of the Maokai example, Fiora is going to need the entire rest of the year of being pick ban in competitive to be nerfed. Don't forget that Maokai started seeing play routinely in competitive back in season 4.

67chrome1 votes

Season 2.

Maokai saw routine competitive play since season 2.

He was the undisputed S-tier jungler of season 2, doing shenanigans like turret-diving /at level 2/, then walking out without falling to the tower with 2 assists and his team up 2 kills. Reto felt bad for the itemization changes making him not S-tier in season 3, so they reworked him and he shot up in competitive play /again/.

YCitizenSnipsY1 votes

I started playing in season 3 and remember him being a jungler then, guess I just didn't pay attention to how strong it was competitively.

WoonStruck1 votes

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Well if we are going off of the Maokai example, Fiora is going to need the entire rest of the year of being pick ban in competitive to be nerfed. Don't forget that Maokai started seeing play routinely in competitive back in season 4.

Mao has ALWAYS been a jungle staple, with the exception of Season 3, where he did see some use, but more limited than his past.

Only Play Darius4 votes

Aside from Graves and the rare Zed (who BTW does awful in the games he is picked) all of the champions you listed have seen literally zero playtime in the LCS.

Baseless QQ is all I see here

Squidsmastah1 votes

check the edit

Slamurai Jack4 votes

Did you know Udyr wasn't picked or banned a single time in NA LCS this weekend? Why is he on your list? Hell, why are Talon, Xin and Yi on your list either?

Squidsmastah1 votes

check the edit

manliestdino3 votes

Maokai was nerfed for LCS but I'm going to list a bunch of champs rarely played in LCS except one.

Squidsmastah1 votes

I'm going to jump to conclusions without reading the edit that states that these listed champions are problems in general and not in the LCS.

APrinnyDood1 votes

It still wasn't a good choice of title. Very strongly implies that you're complaining about one champion getting nerfed for the LCS while other champions weren't nerfed for the LCS. Really misleading off the bat. I get that you edited it, but for the future, going with a more appropriate title would be a good start.

Slamurai Jack2 votes

Your title is fucking garbage then.

NsEternal1 votes

you are complaining about a champion that has almost everything going for him besides the free ability to jump over walls. he has hard cc, loads of damage, a point and click stun that deals 10% + of a persons hp no questions asked, an extremely strong aoe ult burst, free vision from saplings, and sustain in lane. the champion also has the ability to knock someone up so paired with Yasuo chaining cc and killing targets all the time is easy. on the twisted treeline hes even stronger because of his easy cc and vision control. plus most of the champs you listed barely have ever seen lcs play besides zed and now more recently graves. CC wins competitive games and those champs win solo que games where no one knows how to play as a team. so no maokai doesnt need to be buffed and besides xin and udyr most of the champs there are easy kills if you know what youre doing.

Squidsmastah4 votes

Dude you misread this thread so hard. What I'm talking about is that a champion was nerfed to balance things out around 0.03% of the entire playerbase. While the other 97% (the rest is supposed to be the pros) still has to deal with cancerous champions like Zed, Xin, Udyr, etc. I'm not talking about these champions being played in the LCS, I'm talking about the fact that a champion who sees almost no time in normal games was nerfed.

In conclusion: The champions I listed have nothing to do with their time in the LCS, I'm saying these champions I listed need nerfs (I'm aware of the Xin and Jax nerfs) because they are retarded problems in normal games, and they need more counterplay for normal game players.

Kanzaki Ranko1 votes

you mean Gangplank Ahri TahmKench Lulu TwistedFate RekSai Ezreal ?

Squidsmastah1 votes

check the edit

Edge of Daybreak1 votes

How did Talon make this list exactly? What bullshit are you spouting about this yet to be nerfed when Talon has received nothing but nerfs since his release.

Praise the Son1 votes

Kite udyr, dodge graves skill shots. The rest are pretty fair though. Would add fiora and vanye (just hate %max health true damage, pretty toxic mechanic). Maybe fizz, as far as being annoying goes. Annie is the definition of no counter play. Lots of champions worth complaining about really.

sandloaf1 votes

MasterYi needs too chill its getting way out of hand.......

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