What a catastrophy the latest champion reworks have been

kargish·2/7/2019, 11:58:32 AM·4 votes·1,129 views

I'm scared of the upcoming Mordekaiser VGU.

What was the point in giving Aatrox Akali Irelia a VGU, if they became such a disease to the point that having them in their old state would be better for the game. None of these champions are even remotely viable for soloQ now, they always start out by being classified as "fine" or "successful" by Riot themselves, and they say they'll monitor them. Often times they receive a small buff shortly after release, but the instantaneous moment people discover their actual potential, Riot makes them far worse than when they were released, and even goes ahead and removes mechanics that these champions rely on. An example is Irelia, whom since release have lost:

  • Bonus damage to shields
  • Magic damage reduction
  • Disarm

Those are 3 core mechanics. Irelia was too strong and needed to be toned down, but she's near unplayable atm. Imagine if they removed Ezreal on-hit Q, CD refund on Q and W attachment to towers and then compensated with a little higher damage.

I don't get why we're running in circles with this, we've seen it before through Galio Poppy already, yet pro play is just a constant obstacle for mains to enjoy their champion.

9 Comments

DuskDaUmbreon2/7/2019, 12:24:47 PM3 votes

"Leaving old, bland statchecks that were ultimately unhealthy for the game would have been better than making them into something you can actually play against" - OP.

Moonscourge2/7/2019, 12:31:52 PM3 votes

The reworks have been widely successful in modernizing the playstyles. They were extremely binary before, int eh case of aatrox he was downright trash and impossible to balance.

Kai Guy2/7/2019, 3:39:02 PM3 votes

Complains about recent reworks. Completely ignores Nunu.

GreenKnight2/7/2019, 12:11:10 PM2 votes

Apparently the gameplay would get "too old" according to some sheeple.

In their minds, deleting something major in games is beneficial.

Febos2/7/2019, 12:29:58 PM2 votes

Things I personally miss about those 3 champions - Aatrox, Irelia and Akali - in particular:

  • Aatrox W

Hmm. That's not a big list.

Lord Malpercio2/7/2019, 12:35:59 PM1 votes

Irelia and Akali were far more blatantly overloaded than Aatrox.

Aatrox is -just- strong. Particularly in lane. He doesn't 1v5 your team dashing around at lightspeed however.