League of Legends XXXIX: Harrowing in the Playground

[TechnOkami]

*walks in*

These Skarner nerfs suck (why the hell is he being nerfed in the first place?).

*walks out*

[NineThePuma]

I'm actually more concerned with the rengar nerfs. I didn't notice that Thrill Of The Hunt was having its duration cut down.

[Forrestfire]

I am a huge fan of the ezreal nerf. They got rid of the main thing that made him so absurdly strong in laning, without killing his core concepts or nerfing his ability to be an AD carry.

[Lix Lorn]

Also, doesn't it still buff allied as? That's a nice touch!

[toasty]

*walks in*

These Skarner nerfs suck (why the hell is he being nerfed in the first place?).

*walks out*

Yeah... that was unexpected and it really stung.

[LordShotGun]

*walks in*

These Skarner nerfs suck (why the hell is he being nerfed in the first place?).

*walks out*

Agreed. Being able to snag back flashing characters was totally the best fun.

Now we can't do that

Edit: WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT!!!

Trundle is actually getting TOUCHED!?!?!

[Ivellius]

Agreed. Being able to snag back flashing characters was totally the best fun.

Now we can't do that

Edit: WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT!!!

Trundle is actually getting TOUCHED!?!?!

Don't tell anyone, but Voli can flip people after they've flashed away.

Shocked at the Trundle changes. Never thought I'd see the day. Jayce needed nerfs, and my brother plays mages quite a bit and thought Syndra was already in a pretty good place.

[McDouggal]

Rengar got smacked into another dimension with the nerfbat.

Thank god, I can actually go top again.

EDIT: That being said: Seriously? Sona now has less health at lvl 1 than a melee minion. I'll try her in a few normals after patch and see exactly how squishy she is. If she's constantly just a liability, I'll refund her and learn Trollcrank.

I honestly think that her lack of escape and her even more lowered toughness is going to make a lot of teams take chances to nail that first blood. Warding will have to be perfect, as will map awareness, or you're going to fail.

[Godskook]

I am a huge fan of the ezreal nerf. They got rid of the main thing that made him so absurdly strong in laning, without killing his core concepts or nerfing his ability to be an AD carry.

Yeah, and honestly, it was the part of his kit that most defied his core concept of being a highly evasive poke champion.

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The part of the rengar nerf I don't like his how harsh they hit his item. I have a hard time believing its worth buying anymore.

[ex cathedra]

Skarner was really, really powerful and his ult was stupid and unintuitive/buggy.

Rengar nerfs... are fine, I think. His ult is still perfectly functional but less forgiving and this might actually give me the chance to play him. Perma-bans are rough. :[

Ezreal nerf is the greatest.

[Math_Mage]

Skarner was really, really powerful and his ult was stupid and unintuitive/buggy.

Rengar nerfs... are fine, I think. His ult is still perfectly functional but less forgiving and this might actually give me the chance to play him. Perma-bans are rough. :[

Ezreal nerf is the greatest.

but if ez nerf is the greatest, how can you be the greatest now D:

(ps do you play tribes because that's all i can think of when i hear you say that)

[LordShotGun]

Skarner was really, really powerful and his ult was stupid and unintuitive/buggy.

Are we playing different champions? Seemed pretty easy for me to pick up. Point and click on champion - low elo
Point and click on squishy champion - mid elo
Flash, Point, Click on ADC and kill.

Will grant you the buggy part. Things like catching a flash or dash did need to be fixed.

[ex cathedra]

but if ez nerf is the greatest, how can you be the greatest now D:

everything is the greatest, math_mage

you're the greatest
lol tribes no

Are we playing different champions?

The fact that flashing away from his ult wouldn't save you was unintuitive. I was using both of those to describe his ult's "feature."

[LordShotGun]

The fact that flashing away from his ult wouldn't save you was unintuitive. I was using both of those to describe his ult's "feature."

Good point

[9mm]

yes trundle was touched... in a very minor way that don't even get to rate at QoL. Passing blue is slightly easier now... unfortunately mobility creep still gives him a real tough time.

[MCerberus]

*walks in*

These Skarner nerfs suck (why the hell is he being nerfed in the first place?).

*walks out*

Skarner nerfs?

edit- I agree to the bug fix on his ult, but just hope it doesn't mean Voli fling is getting the same treatment. But his W nerf hurts both his always fite and his never die

[Godskook]

Skarner nerfs?

They're really not that tragic.

The shield nerf typically won't matter, except for hurting his already less-than-great sustain on first clear. Otherwise in his early game, he wouldn't really have it up twice in the same fight anyway, and late game, it gets down to about 1.4s.

[Joran]

Also, doesn't it still buff allied as? That's a nice touch!

At launch, Essence Flux even healed. That was massively OP.

[Silverraptor]

At launch, Essence Flux even healed. That was massively OP.

And back then, no one maxed it first.

[Eldariel]

Essence Flux is now officially boring. They need to come up with some carrier effect for it or Ezreal has two different skillshot nukes that do nothing (okay, it still buffs allied attack speeds but that's by far the less relevant effect of the two since it's predominantly used against enemies outside object fights).

[ex cathedra]

Essence Flux is now officially boring. They need to come up with some carrier effect for it or Ezreal has two different skillshot nukes that do nothing (okay, it still buffs allied attack speeds but that's by far the less relevant effect of the two since it's predominantly used against enemies outside object fights).

I think that's asking for a bit much. I'd be fine with his W being more interesting if he didn't:

• have a 50% attack speed steroid
• have 550 attack range
• have the ability to apply on-hits at 1100 range
• have a low-cooldown blink with more range than flash
• have a global ultimate nuke

Something had to go, don't you think? Maybe his debuff wasn't the best option. I was hoping that they'd just hit his passive/E pretty significantly, but anything that makes him less dominant is welcome.

[Math_Mage]

Maybe if W stuck to doing negligible damage, it could retain the full utility. But as it was? No.

[Eurus]

Lee Sin frustrates me almost every time I see him. He's so tanky AND does so much damage, with the amount of mobility and debuffing he has. There's something sincerely disturbing about seeing him running around with four thousand health and 300 damage.

On an entirely unrelated note, Jayce.

[NineThePuma]

Skarner so fun

[PersonMan]

So, I tried a full split push to win game with some friends yesterday. I'm AP Nasus, pushing top, killing a turret...uh oh. Here come Nunu and Corki! "You're dead" they say. "You underestimate the power of AP Nasus" I say. It sounded fairly undramatic, since I had spent most of the game getting 5-man ganked and dying horribly so someone could continue split pushing another lane.

Oh, AP Nasus, I love being able to 1v2 at 3/4 HP and get a double.

[Cogwheel]

Skarner so fun

Flashed to a turret-hugging Ryze, Impale, Shurelya's Reverie, drag him towards Viktor, where he gets hit with Gravity Field/Chaos Storm/Death Ray. He was at full health, too.

Poor, poor Ryze.

[TechnOkami]

Skarner is simply the best.

And Riot's nerfing his ult q-q

Oh well, I at least get to say that I was able to drag people out from flash range under my turret and QQ them to death.

[ex cathedra]

What I can say, though, is that Season 3 has a lot of changes in store for assassins. Armor penetration is going to play nice with itself: % pen is going back before flat pen, meaning Brutalizer + Last Whisper just got a lot sexier

gee
gee

:D

Time to build Bruta + LW in every game ever.

[Math_Mage]

gee
gee

:D

Time to build Bruta + LW in every game ever.

sorcs + abyssal + guise + voidstaff adfj;lsdjfoqiepjfeioqfewoqij

[ex cathedra]

sorcs + abyssal + guise + voidstaff adfj;lsdjfoqiepjfeioqfewoqij

no

pls no

only arpen is confirmed