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Shapeshifters: A Balance Issue

ShwiggleShwaggle·9/13/2019, 4:17:01 PM·2 votes·2,485 views

Balancing isn't easy especially in a game like League of Legends wherein the main game there are almost 150 champions (144 upon my research). There is just way too many different styles and synergies to consider. Team Fight Tactics currently does not face these issues of course (currently) and yet there are a few balancing issues.

Now Riot, I am sure you are aware of the overall issue of most builds being ineffective particularly in the late game. This is all apart of the game still being in developmental stages, kinks to work out and issues to prioritize. I imagine you do not truly want to see this fun and addicting (albeit sometimes frustrating lol) strategy game turn into a race to achieve one or 2 specific builds. In regular league this is inevitable but in TFT you have a chance to be able to mix it up more. Now this is challenging but the fact of the matter is the last 10 or so games I have played it has been the same thing, a race to build shapeshifters and buff up Shyvanna.

Now admittedly, I do not like to do the same thing over and over again so I am not on this bandwagon. In fact when I did try it I did not have as much success as others. I am by no means the best or probably even good. That is not the issue, the issue is it is boring to see the same thing every game. To watch whatever build I assemble do well in the early to mid and then hit the wall of shapeshifters led by the almighty Shyvanna. Perhaps a damage reduction on Shyvanna's ability could help, maybe a slight reduction to shapeshifters health.

Now I do realize there are potential counters to the shapeshifters but I do not feel they are significant or reliable enough. Again perhaps I am clearly not good enough and that is why I am currently sitting in Gold IV for TFT. I can only go by my own observations. If anyone from Riot reads this and finds some stock in it then thank you. If you do not find stock in but read it then thank you. If you did read it and think I am a scrub...rude but thank you.

6 Comments

Divin1ty9/13/2019, 5:34:16 PM2 votes

Honestly, Shapeshifter is fine before Swain. Just like Nobles, most comps beat them without their Key Point. However, they absolutly escalate when they reach the desired champ.

Just slap Morello and a few other funny Items on Swain and watch him 1v9, maybe with a cute Gnar that shoves them into his R, also a Panth that resets his aggro, so he can just nuke the Map for free.

Smyrage9/13/2019, 5:05:24 PM1 votes

I feel like they are getting overbuffed.

Xhandel9/13/2019, 5:56:04 PM1 votes

They are trying to make counters for those type of comps that doesnt rely on nerfing the comp, like increasing hush and swordbreaker proc chance, but with that, they are screwing the rest of comps, except, maybe, for the ones that use it (gunnies, rangers).

I agree, right now, if you want a real chance to get podium, or to win the game, you need to force shifters, even assasins falls short to take down a full shifters comp, the buff they did to them to make them transform faster is the main issue, they transform too quickly, specially if Darkin is on them.

Shifters is fine before Gnar, not before swain, after the comp gets gnar, it gets almost imposible to take down the comp, swain is just the cherry on the top.

Heroboy109/16/2019, 11:43:17 AM1 votes

I didn't try 6 shapeshifters to know how OP they are.

But I tried Shyvana in wilds + 3 shapeshifters comp and I can say she is very weak against CC. She must be very carefully positioned.

Aurelion/Ashe is much better than Shivana. Any other carry has the same power as Shyvana if they have the right items.

6 blademasters beat my team because my shapeshifters didn't have time to transform. So blademasters are OP. 2 glaciars froze my 3 stars shyvana and she couldn't kill even one enemy unit. So glaciars are OP. 6 assasins with full items Evelyn wiped out my entire team in 10 seconds. So assassins are OP. Somebody wrote on this forum that he got platinum only as yordles. So yordles are OP.

So can I say that any carry who beat me is OP and must be nerf ?