My thoughts about the current 5.5 PBE changes

BeatzBoyFTW·2/28/2015, 12:35:01 AM·1 votes·1,667 views

Azir Solider's attack range increased to 375 from 325

I guess there's some good buffs there, but why so scared to put it at 400 range?

Gragas Base mana increased to 400 from 299.96 Drunken Rage ( W) % of targets max health damage cap vs monsters increased to 300 from 250

Yep, he deserves some love. Never seen one Gragas in-game for more than a month, even when he was free last week.

Lissandra Ice Shard (Q) damage lowered to 70/100/130/160/190 from 75/110/145/180/215

It's a good nerf to lower her "bully melee champs" potential, but I wish you give her the same treatment as Ryze does. Do remember she can still cast her Q for free cz passive.

Nautilus Titan's Wrath (W) damage while shielded decreased to 15/30/45/60/75 from 40/55/70/85/100 Riptide (E): Cooldown lowered to 6/5.5/5/4.5/4 from 10 at all ranks Mana cost lowered to 40/50/60/70/80 from 60/70/80/90/100 AP ratio lowered to .3 from .5 Slow duration lowered to 1.25 from 2 seconds

Ok, so just because we got the new tank jungle item to help maintain the clear speed & sustain, you're watering down tank jungler champs again? Feels like back to square 1 if you ask me.

Nidalee Bushwack (Human W) damage increased to 40/80/120/160/200 (.2 AP) from 20/40/60/80/100 + 10/12/14/16/18 (.02 AP) % of target's current health [no longer deals 10/12/14/16/18% of target's current health] Pounce (Cougar W) [damage lowered to 40/80/120/160 from 50/100/150/200] Swipe (Cougar E) AP ratio increased to .55 from .45

I'm not good with the math on her human W, so I dunno what to say about it. Is it a nerf or buff, I dunno :p

W is good, but her E also deserves a nerf too, why does it only balance Nidalee back to square 1 after W nerf? Like you said, her clear speed is already insane, now you're improving it even more instead -_-

Skarner Crystal Slash (Q) damage increased to 20/30/40/50/60 from 18/28/38/48/58 Crystal Slash (Q) while charged bonus damage increased to 20/30/40/50/60 from 18/28/38/48/58 Fracture (E) damage increased to 40/75/110/145/180 from 40/60/80/100/120

Similar to Gragas's concept, I'm happy the unpopular jungler gets to see some love. Good work! ;)

Tristana Rapid Fire (Q) New Effect: Rapid Fire's cooldown is reduced by 1 second each time Tristana basic attacks an enemy marked with Explosive charge

You better increase her Q cooldown too if you're gonna do that......

Urgot Terror Capacitor (W) shield now increased by 5% of Urgot's maximum mana.

Yes! Crabgot got dat mana-ratio shield like we asked for! Thank you Rito!! xD

Volibear Frenzy (W) - New Effect: If Volibear bites a monster, Frenzy's cooldown is reduced by 50%

Just faster clear time, but I'm no Voli main, so all I can say is good job on the tank camp clearing speed.

XinZhao Battle Cry (W) heal increased to 30/35/40/45/50 from 26/32/38/44/50 Audacious Charge (E) damage increased to 70/115/160/205/250 from 70/105/140/175/210

Don't do the W buff, it's already horrifying if he gets to 1v1 lots against non-sustaining champs, but the E is good.

Vi Movement speed lowered to 345 from 350 Assault and Battery (R) damage lowered to 150/300/450 from 200/325/450

This is well done. Not much, but she deserves some of it.

Zac Elastic Slingshot (E) now knocks back for 1 second up from .5 seconds

Same as Gragas's & Skarner's, good love you got going there.

Here's the link for it if you wanna read the whole changes http://www.surrenderat20.net/2015/02/227-pbe-update.html

5 Comments

SS Enforcer2/28/2015, 12:42:20 AM3 votes

About Nida and Naut:

The damage change on bushwack is a significant nerf, so that's nice, but the main problem is the vision it gives to you, not the damage it deals.

While Nautilus received a couple of nerfs in terms of damage, but the cooldown and mana buff on his E is ridiculous. You get a 4-6 second discount on your E, that is insane! And it's good that naut is finally not entirely reliant on his W, i like that.

cZair2/28/2015, 1:58:09 AM1 votes

This is really good for voli for him in the jungle. now I just need him to have 45 MS all across.

Juggernaut6283/3/2015, 10:08:36 PM1 votes

Do you guys not realize that Nautilus is a tank? Who cares if they lower his damage? As someone who has played Nautilus quite a lot, you need the wave clear from your E, not the midget damage from your W. Having that much of a lower cooldown may even unfortunately lead to a nerf or too.

I was looking up 5.5 patch notes after watching a recent video by Brofresco, and I laughed so hard seeing the Urgot buffs. I like Urgot, and he is actually a very strong champion. The problem I have is that whenever I play Urgot the enemy camps me and then never goes mid or bot. Once you get muramana you can 1v1 everyone. As you should build decently tanky on Urgot, the shield buff lets Frozen Heart work even better on him. We all know Urgot isn't going to get nerfed anytime soon, so I think people should take advantage of this instead of sticking with the meta champions.