[Patch 1.0.0.126: Xerath] General Discussion - Page 124

On October 15 2011 21:05 shinarit wrote:
Btw, dont you think its a bit too fast to add champions like this? I mean we already have 80+ champs, if we get much more, balancing will be a hard issue, and getting familiar with all of them is harder still. I played 2-300 games and there are still champs i dont really know (their skills, capabilities). I never met Yorick before this free rotation for example. Also rarely see Trundle, still dont know what his skills doing (read once on the wiki page, but dont really remember). I feel we dont really need a champion every 2 weeks.

On October 15 2011 21:38 epoc wrote:


I agree with this. It'll be hard to make the champions unique and balanced when there are over 100 of them. Dota has around 103 champions and they release like 4 champions a year. Imo one champion per month would be good for lol

On October 15 2011 21:27 KinosJourney2 wrote:
This gunblade nerf enrages me, hybrid characters are shit without it and Akali was probably hit the hardest by this. Jax mainly uses the AD and Life Steal from a gunblade so he can just build a Bloodthirster instead in the future and be a bit weaker than before while Akali has no replacement item unless you want to build Will of the Ancients. (I do agree that Jax needed some toning down late game but hitting the gunblade was just dumb since it affects other characters aswell, especially Akali who Riot said they didn't want to nerf since her damage is the only thing that makes her viable)

This will be another nerf to Mordekaiser aswell since the gunblade was his first item unless you were building full AP

On October 15 2011 21:56 TheYango wrote:

Akali will be fine. Rylais->DCap/Lichbane was a totally playable build before the huge Gunblade craze started and thrust her into perma-ban status in both solo queue and arranged games.

On October 15 2011 22:32 clickrush wrote:
But dont rush into thinking that gunblade is suddenly useless. It is one of the items that was buffed several times in over the last half year. I believe it will still be a very good option for hybrid characters anyways. Atm it is just too costeffective if you can afford to get it.

On October 15 2011 21:27 KinosJourney2 wrote:
This gunblade nerf enrages me, hybrid characters are shit without it and Akali was probably hit the hardest by this. Jax mainly uses the AD and Life Steal from a gunblade so he can just build a Bloodthirster instead in the future and be a bit weaker than before while Akali has no replacement item unless you want to build Will of the Ancients. (I do agree that Jax needed some toning down late game but hitting the gunblade was just dumb since it affects other characters aswell, especially Akali who Riot said they didn't want to nerf since her damage is the only thing that makes her viable)

This will be another nerf to Mordekaiser aswell since the gunblade was his first item unless you were building full AP

On October 15 2011 22:32 clickrush wrote:


Those two builds where discussed heavily in the akali thread. Basicly it came down to gunblade rushing being the better option if you position her at the top lane and rilay's rushing for the midlane for several reasons. The recent tournament has shown the same, akali was played top with gunblade everytime i saw her. The oldschool "akali-mid-rilay-rush-westrice-build" is almost completely untouched as you say correctly, because gunblade is situational in this build anyways.

But dont rush into thinking that gunblade is suddenly useless. It is one of the items that was buffed several times in over the last half year. I believe it will still be a very good option for hybrid characters anyways. Atm it is just too costeffective if you can afford to get it.

On October 15 2011 22:43 Alaric wrote:


You do realize that GB's problem with Akali is not as much the damage than the sustain, don't you? She's an assassin, so hitting hard is normal. Being burst down and regenerating more than half your health from insta-gibbing a squishy, with the "on kill get one mark" making her ready to do it again the following second is not.

On October 15 2011 21:05 shinarit wrote:
Btw, dont you think its a bit too fast to add champions like this? I mean we already have 80+ champs, if we get much more, balancing will be a hard issue, and getting familiar with all of them is harder still. I played 2-300 games and there are still champs i dont really know (their skills, capabilities). I never met Yorick before this free rotation for example. Also rarely see Trundle, still dont know what his skills doing (read once on the wiki page, but dont really remember). I feel we dont really need a champion every 2 weeks.

On October 15 2011 23:16 Qualm wrote:
I can't believe they are nerfing Gunblade but not Wota, and that they are leaving Kog/Cait as is.

Hopefully the patch includes more changes than what they have shown in the preview.

On October 15 2011 21:38 epoc wrote:


I agree with this. It'll be hard to make the champions unique and balanced when there are over 100 of them. Dota has around 103 champions and they release like 4 champions a year. Imo one champion per month would be good for lol

On October 15 2011 23:43 rigwarl wrote:


LoLis pretty much very homogenized already, DotA has so many unique champions it's not even funny. In LoL like 80%+ of the champs have 4/5 of the following:

-AoE nuke
-offensive steroid
-defensive move
-mobility move
-snare/stun