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Caitlyn Nerf

The Dreamwalker·5/23/2017, 8:39:43 PM·5 votes·3,546 views

So, I just read up on the 7.11 patch notes on Caitlyn. Why the heck would Riot remove her special interaction with Hurricane? Like, seriously, why? Other champions have unique aspects with items. For example, Miss Fortune's Q range is expanded if she buys item 3094 . Cho does a crazy ton of damage with item 3193. Why can't Caitlyn have this interaction?

Also, I looked at the, so called, Ahri nerf. She literally got her damage moved from two abilities onto one ability. I read more about Ahri. Someone did the math. At 200 AP, Ahri is doing 10 less damage. You remove Caitlyn's special interaction and as, but make Ahri a tad weaker? 10 less damage? I really don't get Riot sometimes.

Finally, I have no idea why they are focusing Caitlyn at all. I mean, Caitlyn has an average of 52% winrate. Twitch has an average of 54%. If anything, focus that mouse not Caitlyn.

2 Comments

LostFr0st5/23/2017, 8:46:32 PM1 votes

The final patch notes aren't set in stone yet. However, they gave context on the nerfs here:

Caitlyn Headshot no longer stacks multiple times per attack with Hurricane. Caitlyn's lacking in clear enough weaknesses and one she should have is lower single target DPS late game than most marksmen with similar builds. Hurricane's currently making it so her teamfight single target damage is higher than we suspect it should be however, at the same time also constricting her build paths. Testing a change as a result.

https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/developer-corner/lMQyGnlO-quick-gameplay-thoughts-may-16