Join Statikk for a Q&A on Monday, July 21

Riot·Jul 18, 2014·3 votes·6,629 views

A live balance designer, James “Statikk” Bach probably hated having to nerf his namesake shiv. Part of the team responsible for the state of gameplay on live, Statikk is also active during preseason experiments and updates. Whether you’re wondering how champs are picked for balance changes between patches, or looking forward to asking about a lightly-buffed Ahri, Statikk stops in for a Q&A on Monday July 21 from 12:00 PM PST until 2:00 PM PST. While he isn’t answering questions yet, stop by the discussion now and start asking your questions!

459 Comments

CordialChickenJul 18, 2014179 votes

item 3087 HEAHAAHAHAHEH AHEHA AHHA STATIKK FAJDSFJASDK ASDFKDKS FADS DSQAFJ

JunebuckJul 18, 201476 votes

potato

Stage 4Jul 19, 201439 votes

I see your potato and raise you bacon

SkernanJul 19, 20149 votes

Can't have bacon without eggs

YasukunaiJul 19, 201490 votes

This got 24 likes?? Velkoz Velkoz

InsaneSamuraiJul 19, 201457 votes

Yeah of course it did. The vast majority of people on this game are raging 12 year olds.

JTMJul 19, 2014139 votes

For your information I am a mature raging 14 year old

soylent shipmentJul 19, 2014128 votes

My Grandfather smoked his whole life. I was about 10 years old when my mother said to him, "If you ever want to see your grandchildren graduate, you better stop immediately." Tears welled up in his eyes when he realized exactly what was at stake. He gave it up immediately. Three years later he died of lung cancer. It was really sad and destroyed me. My Mother said to me- "Don't smoke. Please don't put your family through what your Grandfather put us through." I agreed and at 21 I have never touched a cigarette. I must say, I feel a very slight sense of regret for never having done it, because your post gave me cancer anyway.

KazuJul 20, 20146 votes

That has to be the saddest, and best comment ever item 3060

stuuder cowJul 20, 20149 votes

Why would make a post like that item 3070

baebiJul 20, 201410 votes

Touching story.

JUB0XJul 19, 201413 votes

Wonder what he was trying to say?

JUB0XJul 19, 201415 votes

but it must of been hilarious!

JUB0XJul 19, 201436 votes

I like replying to my own replies

GorunchunJul 19, 201422 votes

Looking at your likes....i dont think anyone else does

Izzy250Jul 18, 201433 votes

item 3087 Shyvana

MM4Y0Jul 18, 201412 votes

Stattik Shyv

Dylan BiscuitJul 18, 201428 votes

SO YOU'RE THE ONE THAT SQUASHED THE BUG R.I.P Khazix

TreeHentaiJul 19, 20146 votes

hahaha Rengar

BoomImAwesome17Jul 19, 201424 votes

Zed the unseen noob is the deadliest

GorunchunJul 19, 201422 votes

NO, the unseen noob is in his rightful place

RawStealthJul 18, 201417 votes

What are you thinking about items that never get bought( item 3022 item 3085 item 3083 item 3050 item 3005 ? Are you planning to change any of them or just leave them?

DisHarmonicsJul 18, 201457 votes

You sir, (or madam) must not be playing much if you think item 3083 or heaven forbid item 3085 are items that dont get bought. Did you ever play against a Kayle or Braum in the last 3 patches????

AlainAwakensJul 18, 201412 votes

I agree whit the hurricane being bought on Kayle, varus, etc, and the warmog being a great item for tanks or just plain survivality, but its been almos a year since the last time i saw someone building an atmas/mallet, those items are pretty much forgoten

1karusJul 19, 201418 votes

Because they took item 3044 out of the item 3022 ,its not the league of item 3083 anymore so stacking actual resistances is vital so you hardly ever have enough health where item 3005 is useful. I remember when item 3154 used to have a item 1053 and , , , was the core build for every one from LeeSin to Olaf back when oddbro was jungleing Maokai and when Trundle was still a top tier jungler.

SaoquimJul 19, 20144 votes

I remember when Madred's Bloodrazor was the only jungle item.

Divine OriginJul 18, 201413 votes

item 3083 still gets bought, same with item 3085 and item 3022 .
item 3005 item 3050 not as much, but I see still see ZH once and awhile.

F8 TenseiJul 19, 20148 votes

Atma's is decent on tanky AD champs. Gives them armor and a lot of AD, but it's not slot efficient. It needs a buff and a cost increase

BluecardiganmanJul 19, 201412 votes

item 3005 they should get rid of the crit on it and put something more useful for a tank who actually stacks hp don't you think?

RuttablJul 18, 201415 votes

Finally I can get to know if Helmet Bro is coming, hence him stating the next champion is going to be a top laner

Raven RedeemedJul 19, 201425 votes

Helmet Bro died man. Velkoz lasered his face... and most of his pictures. summoner 3 summoner 7 These are all we have left D:

ChickensrawesomeJul 19, 201412 votes

buff this worthless piece of item 3005

DisHarmonicsJul 18, 201411 votes

Not to seem impatient, but rather than seeing this article, i would have been much happier if the daily news had told me that I could finally have my mecha Malphite , but I can wait

NaoisArminiusJul 20, 20141 votes

dude... mecha malphite is out... or at least should be i saw mecha aatrox in the store o -o

insaiyanbaccaJul 20, 20145 votes

you must be on pbe because neither mecha Aatrox nor mecha Malphite are out currently

orangecodeJul 18, 201410 votes

are you thinking about balancing teemo? he relies too much on noob q's and noob shrooms, needs more interactivity

bRu5P3L3kpJul 19, 201412 votes

lol you realise that teemo takes a lot of skill in some matchups? Ever tried lux vs teemo? Lux can annihilate him if he takes 1 step out of line...he has his counters, and he counters some champs...I agree though it'd be more interesting if teemo had to manually detonate shrooms somehow. That'd be really cool and would make for some really interesting shroom use. Like you could place a shroom at a buff but the buff wouldn't set it off so you could just leave it there. also q being a skill shot is debatable..it might be interesing but it could also just make him frustrating to play since it could then be blocked by another champ, and trying to land the blind on master yi as he flies through the enemy team at you would perhaps be almost impossible if it were a skillshot. But there's food for thought there

Riftl0lWalkerJul 19, 20146 votes

Why nerf Kassadin so much? nerfing his E's slow duration means that regardless of his ultimate he won't be able to hit champions as much, and it made a especially fair way of getting away from faster champions or teleporting(jumping too) champions when Kassadin's ultimate is only level one!

prideandrespectJul 19, 20146 votes

imo they should just remove him

Noble FoxJul 19, 201412 votes

Exactly. The idea for his kit will never be balanced. There's just something about the concept of having virtually limitless flashes, and being able to have it on a 4 second cooldown (40% cdr)that screams OP. He doesn't have to win lane, or even come CLOSE to breaking even, because he just does anything and everything you could possibly want, whether that be split pushing with his enhanced auto attacks on turrets and never being caught for it, or being glass cannon and going in and out and destroying enemy carries with little to no risk (zhonyas and ult away), or having a tanky bruiser-ish build with ROA and IBG and being literally a garen with flash every 5 seconds, and way too much AOE damage for the ratios on his spells. In my opinion, ahri filled the niche of extremely mobile mid, and they did it in a very balanced way. She CAN be killed, she CAN be caught, and her ult is a DASH, not a flash. Not to mention the fact that it's cooldown is ACTUALLY A COOLDOWN, and not some 6 second period of "better not tower dive yet".