Patch 7.18 Tristana nerf

Lohrr·9/13/2017, 3:50:58 PM·1 votes·876 views

Can someone explain to me why the explanation of this nerf is, "Tristana’s power is coming online a tad too early," yet they nerf her late game stats? If an adc gets fed early, aren't they SUPPOSED to be a threat? Isn't that the definition of carry? It just seems like her late game usefulness was reduced because she was too strong early.. Wouldn't it make much more sense to nerf her early game stats so she has a harder time snowballing (since she's a carry)?

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Chembaron Yamada9/13/2017, 8:14:36 PM1 votes

Scaling down her hyper carry status by a bit seems fair for me though. Look at other hyper carries: KogMaw Jinx Twitch Their ability to escape jungle ganks is pretty limited. Kog'Maw just has a slow, Jinx a snare which the enemy can walk around and Twitch has a slow and camouflage (but that isn't helping much in a well executed gank). (I know, Twitch is too strong right now, but I am just talking about escape mechanisms here)

Now look at Tristana. She has her jump and an AoE knockback on her ult. Her ability to escape is way better than for these other hyper carries.