Balance Team Q&A 10/16

Riot·10/14/2015, 2:17:17 AM·3 votes·11,135 views

If you’re the type that loves design discussions about LoL, we’ve got you covered. For the month of October, the Balance Team’s hosting weekly Q+A’s starting at 12:30 PM PDT on 10/16! The folks behind the tweaking and tuning of League of Legends will be on hand to answer your questions, swap stories and share insights on the state of the game!

236 Comments

PantsGuy77710/14/2015, 7:34:02 PM44 votes

Graves needs his cigar back Graves

pjthemadgamer10/14/2015, 7:37:35 PM41 votes

Can you guys please add a little gadget where we could check our ping before we get in game so we know whether or not we have to reset our routers? Thanks!

ExportSodas10/14/2015, 10:25:53 PM32 votes

Can we just all agree we need URF as a permanent mode in League of Legends.

Urf god, we miss you item 3070 item 3070

big arms10/14/2015, 10:27:53 PM16 votes

why do all new/reworked champs have some weird minigame?

bard chimes kindred things garen justice dominion skarner pillars morde dragon

are minigames really becoming valid ways to balance champions?

SentientSword10/14/2015, 10:19:54 PM14 votes

WHO THOUGHT THE JUGGERNAUTS WERE A GOOD IDEA?!

Ralanr10/14/2015, 7:30:32 PM12 votes

A message to the balance team: Bring an umbrella and an air freshener. You will need it.

CrustyShockSock10/14/2015, 7:22:52 PM12 votes

More like a taric or yorick rework.

Desponded10/14/2015, 8:10:14 PM8 votes

I'm sure there are 1,000's of people complaining about the Dunkmaster, but my question is, and not a complaint, just a balance question; Is it possible for him to do Darius things without being able to deal 34% health in true damage at level 6? With his bleed stacks already causing a harass issue with melee laners, as soon as he hits 6, there becomes a huge lack in counter play. Ranged champions become vulnerable to his pull if landed properly, killing them quite efficiently, and there seems to be no true "counter" to Darius because of his ability to become a Duelist, Tank, or "Assassin" (mobility and dunk low health targets). Thoughts???

Smooth Zeek10/14/2015, 9:56:21 PM7 votes

Why was Janna's Howling Gale Base range reduced to 850 from 1100? Was this intended so that it couldn't be used offensively as easily? I understand at 1100 you could stop nearly anything coming your way, but at 850 it's more complicated W-Q when in pursuit of an enemy.

Just Spaghetti10/14/2015, 10:53:41 PM6 votes

Do you believe Twitch is a balanced champion? He's been my favorite champ since I've started playing but he feels very weak and is very difficult compared to other ADCs. Will there be a drastic change in all marksmen coming soon?

guildragon110/14/2015, 10:05:32 PM6 votes

Graves needs his cigar back Graves

get flayed lol10/14/2015, 8:04:54 PM5 votes

support item buffs for gold?

viator45710/15/2015, 12:47:46 AM5 votes

QUIT MESSING WITH Janna !!!!! and don't you dare touch Amumu either!! your taking Janna and ruining her, yet Darius and Garen remain op as @#$%... And Ashe is unbalanced too..

SneakyLeeky10/14/2015, 10:27:53 PM5 votes

Darius Nudge Nudge

ModKagenoOu10/15/2015, 1:18:13 AM5 votes

。。。wait... theres a balance team?!

Yuta Katsu10/14/2015, 11:15:24 PM5 votes

Darius and Morde are unbalanced, period. Group Stage Day 8, Fnatic Vs AHQ, Morde has been banned 89.6% and GP has been banned 91.7% during Worlds. And we see Darius getting Pentas.

Instead of nerfing Darius, Morde, and GP, Riot decides to nerf Janna multiple times. Riot even uses a picture of Janna for the upcoming Q+A. What a joke!

nnamreiL10/14/2015, 7:42:00 PM5 votes

Rework Mordekaiser so the dragon doesnt deal full damage cause that is op as hell

hiddenghost5510/14/2015, 7:18:23 PM4 votes

shaco rework pls ;-;

Thyroidblender10/14/2015, 7:43:52 PM4 votes

How do you all feel about Sion ? I am fairly new at the game so take what I say with a grain of salt, but I think he could use a slight base melee attack boost. Or possibly reduce the charge time of his Q? Thoughts?

BarbieRitz10/14/2015, 7:52:42 PM4 votes

where is the poppy rework! im really excited for it. pls Riot give it to me Poppy

Eggplantosphere10/14/2015, 7:54:18 PM4 votes

Any Opinions on Kennen ? He's a very good flex pick, but I feel like his only role on a team is stuns, with no lane to call home. This may be good, but I guess it just feels like he has place to call his.

Gÿato10/14/2015, 7:55:03 PM4 votes

How about Lowering the 1,000 base damage you already have on Garen and Darius to about 10 considering Darius has a 90% slow and insane heal ability and Garen has an infinite silence and the spins

Eyezick10/14/2015, 8:55:06 PM4 votes

Why does no one play yorick even though he is such a fucking god

MyTeamIsAwsome10/14/2015, 8:59:14 PM4 votes

I think the real problem with garen is the health regen he got with his passive. I played alot of garen and since the passive switch to 1% hp regen to#3 % hp regen. He have to much substain in lane and when he reach 3000 health with warmog and sprit visage he can regen up to 115 health per second while out of combat. This shouldnt be allowed because he dont even need to recall after a fight since he just regen all is 5k health back in 10 seconds. Moral of the story... You should bring back the garen passive to 1% so he could be balanced.

Axxlon10/14/2015, 11:16:43 PM4 votes

Let's talk about how Garen and Darius can't truly be reliably stopped (hint: item 3742) without this cancerous little nancy

item 3025 Ezreal

FireMario410/15/2015, 1:51:38 AM3 votes

make garen and darius weaker please Bard

Forsaken Phantom10/14/2015, 7:57:12 PM2 votes

What in your opinion is the most overpowered champion and what is the most under rated "hidden op" champion.

Queol10/15/2015, 9:02:44 PM2 votes

"Garen may do a lot of damage, but he is immobile." item 3742 item 1306 item 3071 Kappa.

ßubl10/15/2015, 10:39:23 PM2 votes

Imma speak my mind, since that's what this is for and I played all the juggernauts (yeah, even Skarner) way before they were cool.

Alright, so let's do this.

Darius - In my opinion, he was a little weak before. Sure early game and squishies got smashed, but then he really couldn't do that much. The only thing I like that they did to Darius was his new passive, since getting all 5 stacks off every champion was kind of a pain, and the ult-minion-fear-thing because I think it's hilarious. However, his hook getting a slow was unneeded, his Q healing was okay (but I think it heals way too much AND it now has a cast time so his old combo no longer works) and his passive giving him so much bonus AD is ridiculous.

Garen - I think his fine, actually. He needed something, anything to boost him in game, and now he targets people who last got the kill, who might be really fed, so he can do true damage. However, I do think he does a little too much and maybe instead could do, like, less or bonus AD or some random magic damage (idfk).

Morde - Eh, his Q does a metric shit-ton of damage on third proq, but other than that I think he's fine. He's back in the meta with a brand new kit (ish) and has a Dragon. He just builds weird and goes bot or whatever now...

Skarner (And this rework is actually my least favorite) - So, the new passive is kind of stupid. Not in the broken way, in the bad way. His old passive made much more sense (and not his old OLD passive or his old old OLD passive, cause Bard knows how many passives he went through) hitting them with damaging abilities to then stun em for a time. Now, his E proqs his old passive alone, slows more, and his Q is basically just for some little bit more damage. His W is, well, there, and his Ult is the only thing I liked that they changed, since now he gets move-speed and can run away with someone (which is why everyone had something to give them move-speed before, like Talisman or Yomuu's or something random). But his Dominion is silly. It's very situational, so unless you fight in that space AND the enemy team hasn't captured it, you basically run out of mana and can't really anything. Sure it's a unique passive they gives him a unique play-style or whatever, but really, he already is unique, considering he's a Scorpion from an extinct race that can move a champion at his will with one button.

That's my two cents, fam.

And Graves cigar joke, blablabla.

~Bubbles