Mages falling?

Subtl3··3 votes·713 views

After so many updates, League became harder for mage mains, such as myselfKarthus , to play. Tanks are now super-hard to kill, assassins kill you near-instantly and receive little to no retaliation due to mobility, and anything else is just not played often. It seems to be that every champion anymore is build to destroy mages-- my suggestion: buff mages so that they can compete with assassins and tanks in the current meta. We have seen the buffs to assassins and burst champions that prominently use basic attacks (Lux ) with Runeglaive and scattered buffs, while tanks got buffed with Cinderhulk, but what is there to a mage? Of course, you would hear many people say "Build magic resist," or "Build armor," while the definition of a mage is a champion who gives up defense for more powerful abilities. But, what happens when your abilities don't deal enough damage? What happens when assassins blink away, become invisible, or summon a wind-wall? Nothing. Nothing happens because Mages are what every champ builds to deal with--even if unknowingly. What I suggest for this is either to nerf many things so that anything can possibly deal with them, or buff mages to give them enough of an edge to compete. While buffs are complicated, nerfs aren't any easier, and thus what I suggest is to find the mages that aren't played often for lacking anything(Karthus ,Lissandra ,Veigar ,Yorick Velkoz ,Karma ,) and buff them so that they're able to face something like a fighter or tank in a fight, or find the most overpowered champions that can destroy mages without being strictly anti-mage like Kassadin(Akali ,Diana,Fizz ,Evelynn ,Ezreal ,Katarina ,Shaco ,Zed ,Yasuo ,Talon ,XinZhao ,MonkeyKing ,Warwick ,Teemo ,Riven ,Rengar ,Renekton ,Nidalee ,) and nerf them into the ground so mages can be played. If you have any ideas, feel free to comment with them.

8 Comments

Matezoide2 votes

Mages are getting buffs with the item changes.

xJLx MCHammer1 votes

It's just like you said, mobility

It's those Mages with no mobility and bad kit that aren't played anymore

RogueWill1 votes

Lux still works if you rush tear and you still have annie she wrecks any assasin you throw at her

7ha7guy7771 votes

Mages who can deal with tanks are actually doing really well right now and are getting a decent amount of ap added to their normal build with the 5.13 ap item changes

OverpoweredSoap1 votes

I'm honestly surprised Karma isn't played more, she has a real easy time with tanks, she kites them for eeeeevvvveeer.

xJLx MCHammer2 votes

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I'm honestly surprised Karma isn't played more, she has a real easy time with tanks, she kites them for eeeeevvvveeer.

She lacks the dmg She can kite but a good tank barely flinches

I like to suck D1 votes

Can someone please buff Lissandra? It's time. Lissandra item 3070

ModWulf Helhammer1 votes

Mages aren't exactly supposed to go after tanks. Technically, that's the ADCs job. Mages handle wave clear, sieges, and taking out squishies with large AoE spells and abilities. They give up mobility for AoE, CC, and high burst damage.

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