Dark harvest and why it shouldnt change

ImBuffed·11/22/2018, 1:36:12 AM·13 votes·6,020 views

So im writing this post after seeing some of the champions using dark harvest in youtube. And its absolutely dumb. Im almost certain the rune will be nerfed very soon, but my question is WHY IN THE HELL DID RIOT CHANGE THIS RUNE? Im not going to say that the old dark harvest was fine and it didn't need any changes, but i believe a simple nerf would've been much better than what ever the fock this thing is. The reason riot decided to change dark harvest was "champions should not be able to 1 SHOT" Thus they reduced the damage to only be applied when below 50% health. The thing that riot doesn't realize, and it actually makes me very sad that they cant realize such a simple issue, is that no champion actually one shots. In fact its a fast usage of a champion's combo that kills the opponent which in term is known as "1 shot". What I'm trying to say is the new dark harvest doesn't solve anything, as a champions full combo will still most likely proc the rune with the same rotation they used with the old dark harvest. It has in fact even buffed the so known "one shotting" action. The other thing that i cant comprehend is why would riot even make this a laning rune? Champions who need to go for an all in inside lane such as diana or leblanc or zed already have electrocute as an effective rune for doing so and they were already doing great with it!! Adding dark harvest to another one of their usable runes isn't simply another option they can take in different situation, its basically a " You must take the rune that deals more damage and never use the other one" type of deal. Edit : The video ... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sGUFRcRchUA&t=7s

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Febos11/22/2018, 1:47:16 AM4 votes

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but my question is WHY IN THE HELL DID RIOT CHANGE THIS RUNE?

Because only some junglers picked it? Isn't that hard to understand the reason why they wanted to change a keystone that was barely picked, especially when compared to the other options on the same tree.


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but i believe a simple nerf would've been much better

A nerf? Seriously, who picked that keystone other than assassins like Shaco, Kha'Zix, etc?


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Adding dark harvest to another one of their usable runes isn't simply another option they can take in different situation, its basically a " You must take the rune that deals more damage and never use the other one" type of deal.

They are not even close to being the same thing.

Sunderlords (Electrocute) is reliable and predictable, meaning you know exactly how much damage you do in any stage of a game, regardless of how you play. Dark Harvest promotes a more agressive playstyle, because you want to stack it as much as possible. If you stay in lane and play safe, you won't use it to its full potential. You want to roam and get as many resets as possible. In other words, you want to snowball.

Unlike Eletrocute, you can't rely on it if you are doing poorly during early to mid game. Likewise, if you are stomping your lane and spreading your lead (snowballing), then it becomes a lot more useful than Electrocute.

Dark Harvest is essentially a "win-more" keystone with high variance. Is it "high ris, high reward"? I don't know yet, but that's what it should be.

mack911211/22/2018, 1:59:22 AM4 votes

Old dark harvest honestly broke so many junglers so no it should not exist in this game.

The new dark harvest promotes interaction with the lane opponent . It has received a nerf already and the numbers part will be sorted out. I support the design .

Lord Zeta 131311/22/2018, 1:48:22 AM1 votes

Graves would like to have a word with you https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xdHPxAGBLc

Zedthul11/22/2018, 3:23:22 AM1 votes

??? What? All I see is Dark Harvest in build after build now. It needs to get the bat.

FéliXXX11/23/2018, 12:51:06 AM1 votes

you know that electro is better than dh in lane right? then you know zed cant abuse it cos he does rly low dmg if the enemy gets armor in runes or build def?btw dh got already hotfixed i think is way more op in poke champs they can proc it with scord or item 3151 like zoe or jayce