[Patch 1.0.0.140: Darius] General Discussion - Page 10

On May 24 2012 05:46 Perplex wrote:
What can lane against Darius top right now? He's rolling all the games i've played in today

On May 24 2012 05:59 Seuss wrote:
Olaf + Cho'gath + Darius #1 TT team. 1670 unmitigatable burst damage with no items. Good luck playing 2v3 all the time.

On May 24 2012 06:02 Eppa! wrote:

Except its a terrible team...

unless Darius is some sort of unstoppable jungle beast.

On May 24 2012 05:53 gtrsrs wrote:
juuuuuuuuust gonna repost this because it was hilarious and i got no love, and now that i've seen darius in action it seems more relevant

i agree 100%
it's things like this (and vayne, %-health-based TRUE DAMAGE with no mana cost LOL) and some of the other absurdly OP skills in the game (riven shield, rumble entire kit, kennen entire kit) that make me wonder like who pushed for that final touch

i bet their discussions were like this:

reasonable designer: "... okay guys i think that wraps it up. vayne's autos will apply magic damage every couple of hits. it'll make her very strong when built with AS intead of pure AD like all the other ranged carries. you like?"
the conference room: "yeah that sounds good man, she's slightly different because of her mobility and this adds a nice touch! let's go for dri-"
deranged maniac: "WAIT. WAIT. HOLD ON. instead of just applying magic damage, let's do magic damage that scales with the enemy health! this way you can't stack health against her, only MR!"
reasonable designer: "ehhhh i don't know, i think that's a bit much. kogmaw already has a similar concept but he's balanced by lack of mobility, on vayne i don't think that'll wo-"
deranged maniac: "you're right, that won't do at all. if enemies can build MR against her, she'll still be stoppable... it'll be TRUE DAMAGE. %-HEALTH-BASED TRUE DAMAGE" *draws a gun, locks the door* "...write this down. WRITE IT DOWN"


then a year and change later:

reasonable designer: "alright guys we're building another melee champ, we need to give him something to stick to his enemies. i've proposed a short hook and a weak slow. this should let him single out ranged carries to do his job without being too silly. any objections?"
satan, disguised as a designer: "HOW ABOUT A GAP CLOSER"
reasonable designer: "hmmm i guess that wouldn't be terrible. okay we'll make his ult a gap closer. he's starting to look pretty strong at this point, let's not go overbo-"
satan, disguised as a designer: "HOW ABOUT IT REFRESHES ON KILL"
reasonable designer: "uhhh... well i mean okay that should only come into play in lower level games, i guess that's not entirely dumb. he's definitely a strong champ now though. maybe we should take a look at adding some of these ideas to karma or katar-"
satan, disguised as a designer: "IT WILL DO TRUE DAMAGE"
reasonable designer: "wow! okay! i think that's enough man! this skill is starting to get a bit silly" *titters nervously*
satan, disguised as a designer: "ONE LAST THING" *reveals himself to be the devil*
reasonable designer: "please no! please! we already made that mistake with riveennnnnn!!!"
satan: "THE TRUE DAMAGE WILL SCALE OFF AD" *laughs maniacally*
the conference room: "jesus have mercy"

On May 24 2012 05:46 Perplex wrote:
What can lane against Darius top right now? He's rolling all the games i've played in today

On May 24 2012 06:30 Seuss wrote:
It's fairly obvious that, at the very least, either the true damage or the refresh has got to go.

On May 24 2012 05:59 PH wrote:
"The Free to Play rotation has been removed from Ranked Solo/Duo Queue"

Wat.

On May 24 2012 06:43 beefhamburger wrote:
I think just heal-baiting him and making him burn his ult is a good way to stop him. Once his ult is down, he becomes pretty mediocre in team fights and has no innate survivability. He pretty much has to build tanky items going into late game which will make his ult a lot weaker and harder to pull off with 5 stacks.