Should CertainlyT Be Fired or Reassigned?

RISE Shlack123·10/7/2015, 6:51:01 PM·7 votes·1,732 views

Given CertainlyT's track record of designing conceptually flawed champions with balance nightmares, I vote that Riot fire, or at the very least reassign, CertainlyT. He's made their champion design department a laughing stock to the world with Mordekaiser's broken broken rework, and his previous champion designs have shown that he's getting further and further out of touch with Riot's player base. He ignored our outcries that Morde was going to be broken, and thus, he should pay for failure.

What do you guys think? If you think no, then please describe why you feel so. And this isn't a spam post - I'm simply expressing my dissatisfaction with CertainlyT and would like community input.

Edit: Here is an exact quote from CertainlyT on the PBE forums when people expressed concerns over the health and viability of Morde:

"perhaps Mordekaiser can trilane, 5 man mid, double jungle, shove hard with his jungler and roam, or rush mobis and move lane to lane taking every creep on the map, etc."

He essentially encouraged players to troll, as that's what these actions would be considered in solo queue, when posters expressed concern about his design. It is a smug way to shrug off valid player input - nobody was rude to him, but he was aloof and condescending when replying.

Source: http://boards.pbe.leagueoflegends.com/en/player/PBE/CertainlyT

His attitude toward the player base is very condescending and he has a tendency to ignore feedback. I'm not on the "hate CertainlyT" bandwagon - I have legitimate reason to be displeased with him.

37 Comments

Daen10/7/2015, 7:02:06 PM8 votes

First of all: In no way is CertainlyT the only person participating in any of these designs. Every champion/rework is a team effort, so putting it all on one person is a bit silly.


For all the crap people say about CertainlyT, the champions and reworks he participates on are immensely enjoyable to play. They definitely have some issues with how they feel for the enemy player, but damn are they satisfying.

The Fiora rework is incredible, the Darius rework feels really satisfying and a lot less bullshit than the previous iteration, Thresh is one of the most impactful supports in the game, Kalista (yes, she's obnoxious for the entire enemy team) feels great in the hands of a good player, etc.

BakedLotion10/7/2015, 9:21:52 PM5 votes

If he's bad at his job, he should get fired. Simple as that. Whether or not he's BAD is anyone's opinion. I personally find him terrible, but yeah.

Spaceman5pff10/7/2015, 7:07:08 PM3 votes

If ever I was going to use a PJSalt emote outside of twitch chat, this would be the time.

Horse Grenades10/7/2015, 7:12:18 PM3 votes

The troll post

Icestar118610/7/2015, 9:15:10 PM3 votes

Reported as spam.

If you want to discuss balance of a champion, that's fine. Let's not turn it into an attack on the designer. Also, let me remind you that someone else at Riot had to approve it for it to get to live. CertainlyT has made some effort to actually communicate using the boards, and I would rather not see him driven away yet again by the vocal minority of haters.

Chaotic Sage10/7/2015, 7:04:01 PM3 votes

Pretty sure we should let Riot determine who they hire, fire or reassign. Just my opinion though, cause, you know, it's a business and not even publicly traded so we have no real say in their hiring practices (we wouldn't either way but if it was we'd have slightly more say).

Liquid Dario10/7/2015, 9:07:34 PM3 votes

3 of his champion designs have been broken as hell darius/kalista/yasuo tho darius and morde just rencently.

Kalista and Yasuo have been ridiculous since release even still to this day I still cannot beat a Yasuo in mid lane I use Annie and Lulu and wind wall is just a nightmare to deal with.

I think he overpowers his champions with ability's that are near impossible to interact or deal with that is his design flaw as a designer.

(Darius) early game true dmg on a tank that can pull u to him ... this one is not SOOO bad

(Kalista) super jukes most insane movement option in the game extremely hard to deal with

(Yasuo) wind wall need I say more about how broken this ability is ?

(Mordekaiser) Dragon anybody ?

Like his design philosophy is to give someone some really ridiculous ability that's near impossible to counter.

Poorly Dressed10/7/2015, 7:01:47 PM2 votes

I know this is a troll post to some extent but do you really really think that this is only CertainlyT's fault? I mean there are probably tons of people working on a rework so that it finally leaves the office and goes live. Get real pls :)

Kaxi10/7/2015, 7:48:35 PM2 votes

All of the salt... you have enough for a whole day's worth of McDonald's fries.

Reaper Soraka10/8/2015, 11:28:29 AM1 votes

Get off the hate bandwagon.

BattleOxe10/7/2015, 7:00:54 PM1 votes

I‘m not really fallowing who made which champion, so can you give me some input on which champions he designed?