Why Courage of the Colossus is Balanced

Leafri·11/30/2016, 1:00:33 PM·16 votes·2,127 views

I've seen a lot of talk about how CoC is not balanced, and it honestly blows my mind. I've been playing this game since Season 3,and i can honestly say that CoC is probably one the most balanced things that Riot has ever come out with. The shield itself makes a lot of champions that are currently dead right now completely viable. For example, Riven. She has been out of meta for as long as i can remember, and with this new mastery she can finally see some play. The best part is, it doesnt even make her broken. It's on a 30 second cooldown, which is enormous in League, as any good player could tell you. It also brings dead champions such as Naut or Malph. These champions have been dead for so long, and to see them back in the meta amazes me. I hope Riot does not change anything about this mastery. I hope you guys can see how silly it is to complain about a 30 second minor shield.

54 Comments

Bunnymap11/30/2016, 1:28:01 PM9 votes

Naut and riven have very much been viable, just maybe not lcs/worlds material. Also, an up to 35% max health shield is apparently minor? It's actually a huge help in a fight.

Poske11/30/2016, 1:34:40 PM7 votes

Riven Out of meta? What drugs are you ON?

With or without collosus she is top tier toplaner

500000000000000011/30/2016, 5:01:29 PM6 votes

People say it's unbalanced because it's overtuned, not because it's broken.

Theorchero11/30/2016, 2:49:40 PM5 votes

No. COC is broken because it's abused on fighters who want to dive the backline and tanks get 1.2k in shields.

L0ve Is Blue11/30/2016, 3:27:56 PM4 votes

Dead champion like Malph or Nautilus??? Those have litteraly not fallen of the meta ever since the tank meta and they are some of the most broken champions out there, people just don't play them much.

InfernoFøx11/30/2016, 1:33:18 PM4 votes

For example, Riven. She has been out of meta for as long as i can remember, and with this new mastery she can finally see some play

Champions have their on and off points due to items and masteries. She was never "In need" of a buff. She was always strong. There were just stronger options out there. Now she has it, she has her shield plus another shield. So you really cant trade with her. A 400+ shield is not fun to trade against. Look at the opponents view. Not just yoursm

It also brings dead champions such as Naut or Malph. These champions have been dead for so long, and to see them back in the meta amazes me

Naut and Malph have been meta for a while now. Maybe not as much Malph, but certainly Naut

It's on a 30 second cooldown, which is enormous in League, as any good player could tell you.

yes 30 seconds is a long cooldown. But it is short and will let you keep winning trades because you get a massive shield for keeping them off of you, which will then snowball. Those 30 seconds go by quick when you're trying to recover from a previous fight that you lost and they only lost half of what you did. Its a wash rinse and repeat cycle. The shield amount is very large too,

minor shield

Gain a shield for 20 - 190 (based on level) (+ 7% maximum health per nearby enemy champion). 7% of max health per enemy champion near by is a lot. At level 3 or 4 you can shield for almost an entire abilities worth. That can completely turn around trades in your favour