Why is it when making balance changes
Where lets say one champ is at a 5/5 and the next is rated at a 4/5
Why do we see that 5/5 get nerfed down to a 4/5 and then the 4/5 buffed to 5/5?
I guess what i'm asking is why does the balance term buff champions that are already getting indirectly buffed when their competition gets nerfed?
Worgslarg4 votesNo game with variety will ever be perfectly balanced. Riot notices that one champion is stronger than the others by a lot, and they adjust to bring the power level more equal, but not perfect. as a result of that change, some other champion becomes more powerful than the first 2, and it repeats.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e31OSVZF77w
This is a youtube video that very well explains the concept of " Perfect Imbalance"
InvalidGuest1 votesInteresting video
Pretty much exactly what you say. In order for the game to be 100% perfectly balanced, we would have to have 100+ champions that have Sona's tankiness, Caitlyn's range, and do 1 damage per auto attack (with no ability to increase damage) and 2 damage per ability, with each ability costing the exact same.
The simple reason behind why we can't achieve balance? Incomparables. Incomparables are a great way to balance a game, but they're also a hard way to balance a game. Incomparables are those skills that would be considered apples to oranges (example being Caitlyn Q (pretty much pure damage) and Sejuani Q (Gap closer/opener + CC)). You can't balance between these two skills, or incomparables, because they are in no way similar. This allows for greater diversity in the game while maintaining the overall balance, pending one of the skills isn't GROSSLY out of balance.
Also, Extra Credits <3
Good Video.
Hoi Im Temmo1 votesLeague is a living game. Part of the problem is the literal impossibility to foresee interactions such as what you describe (this is all conjecture, but it's been the problem for balance in other games.)
Example: if Riot perceives one champion as a 6/5, and another 4/5, and try to tweak it to 5/5 for both, slight changes can change the situation way out of proportion. And there are many ways that a champion CAN be changed. Its not that riot doesn't want a balanced game, its that, unless they flat stop releasing new content and only update the old, they just wont get there. So they do the best they can, and give us a fun game to play.
