A Patch in the Right Direction!

Catffeine·5/23/2019, 11:00:48 AM·106 votes·20,297 views

Looking at the new PBE changes, I can say nothing more than that I am extremely proud of Riot and I hope they continue to slowly and steadily take this direction.

What I mean is there is not a single damage increase on the PBE; every champion listed has had their damage lowered, and where there is a base damage increase the ratio was subsequently lowered. This is only one patch, but I am hopeful this is a sign of Riot making an attempt to steadily creep their damage down.

Of course, if Riot slowly lowers damage it will push the champions with lower damage out of meta until all damage is lowered, but it's a small price to pay for the game to go back to its former glory.

Or it could just be me getting my hopes up, but we won't know until later.

116 Comments

GigglesO5/23/2019, 11:28:18 AM40 votes

I was confused when I saw the pbe actually having nerfs.

FireDrizzle5/23/2019, 1:00:20 PM24 votes

They nerfed Riven and Vayne last patch! I don't want too get my hopes up, but it is promising.

Sasogwa5/23/2019, 12:45:45 PM9 votes

Don't dream too much, Riot wants their fast paced games

Sir Saltarin5/23/2019, 12:55:47 PM8 votes

This new patch looks amazing

Original Sin5/23/2019, 1:25:13 PM6 votes

Great that they're finally nerfing karthus. Imagine playing the most braindead click r half health 5 champions on a minute cd.

taleofsonata5/23/2019, 12:56:11 PM5 votes

Not a single damage increase? Boy you haven't seen the wukong rework, everything about it, is about damage. Can't wait to die from an invisible champion again, while getting beat up by his clone.

Inscipio5/23/2019, 6:49:33 PM5 votes

Had to log in to upvote this. League was so much more fun when champions did less damage overall, and I honestly had way more fun in lower damage metas because team fights were more than just who deletes who faster. Damage nerfs all around, in my opinion, would let people play more champions and show more diversity in the game. Off meta picks have almost been made completely useless instead of niche, and the win condition of who does the most damage has lead to things like the ardent meta and funneling.

Perma CC5/23/2019, 3:45:19 PM4 votes

This is prob just a coincidence fam.

The Spicy Crit5/24/2019, 7:07:20 PM3 votes

I remember times when Lee was oneshotting people (he kinda still does). We waited 4 patches for his nerf, and Riot was like. Lee Sin: Base Movement Speed 350 -> 345. So yeah, since then i think that balance team is a joke, and i'll think so until this game becomes Season 4 (or 5) again.

JOOTAROOO5/26/2019, 8:14:53 PM2 votes

League of Legends to this day is like Aatrox A MOCKERY of its former glory.

Nameless Drifter5/24/2019, 1:07:03 AM1 votes

What are you talking about....This changes are completely irrelevant or insignificant.

The Akali ones completely disregard the feedback and issues that are in her shroud;

Karthus jungle is still viable with this changes. Literally all they have to do is make it impossible for him to clear the jungle this easily, by making the double damage on single targets on jungle monsters, gone;

Any other changes are just brainless and came out of nowhere;

Still no reverts to Zac ult, Urgot, Tahm Kench;

And so much more.... If you consider it a good patch, then you are only falling on the psychological nerfs/changes that Riot does, just like the -5 movement speed on Irelia before.