My short, early feedback about the Season 6 changes.
Greetings.
It's not going to be a long post. Honestly, I want to emphazise only two things I have noticed so far.
- The new mastery system. Surely Riot has spent a lot of time designing this, but it seems just so... Weird? AD and AP in one mastery? I feel like there were long discussions between designers about that.
For example, 10 AD and some AP at level 18 or 2% lifesteal and spellvamp for 5 points? Really, that makes no sense. Same way you can just pick nothing, and it wont make any really visible difference. The overall idea is cool, but the masteries itself kinda lack "specialization". I just look at them and ask myself: "really? so, what I am supposed to pick?" Everything seems so mixed. One champion may fit well into the new mastery system, while other seems totally out of it.
- Zed "bugfix". Actually it's a HUGE nerf. He's been weak till now. Its hard to kill anybody competent lategame, simply because of QSS/Zhonya. To kill somebody early, you either needed a jungler or be really aggressive (and under that, I mean hitting every Q and WQ when its off cooldown). With this WQ change you cant poke properly anymore. Honestly, look at any other champion's poke, even of those ones who scale really well into lategame are better at bursting and poking than Zed. He is dead now. First the slower W change (which is AMAZINGLY irritating. somehow talon can insta-dodge stuff with his E, while Zed cant do so with his W. If theres a skillshot already flying at you, its probably too late to W it), then the dumb R change (which weaknes his late even more), and now you push him against the wall even more. In my opinion Zed should get a major, smart buff. Obviously not damage, but something to make his play fluent again. Now, instead of a quick, skillful assassin he feels like a squishy, yet heavy truck jumping into the enemy team. WQ is now a laugh to dodge.
