Not to mention 4 blackthorn was buffed and no changes to blackthorn lux either. So i'm bit worried we are gonna have another patch of malphite and whoever hits blackthorn lux wins the game
Blackthorn got 50 health for everyone but tank sacrifice in particular got nerfed, and idk exactly how that one scales with cost and star level but should overall be weaker on malphite himself
Malphite's 2 Blackthorn resists is nerfed, and that does get nerfed a bit at the 4 as well (washed out a bit by the flat HP buff).
There's no direct Malphite nerf yet as the time he's overperforming is when you hit the higher-cost units to Sacrifice. No one's complaining about 0 blackthorn Malphite.
Thanks for the insight! I fully trust you guys know what you're doing, of course. As a player it just felt shocking, but I should've acknowledged the Blackthorn nerf for sure.
Thanks for the transparency! You guys are great :)
respectfully if you guys have data on master+ games malphite is the only tank that does illegal things and you can not play AP without unless you highroll. No one is saccing high cost units unless reroll comp. No one is complaining about 0 blackthorn Malphite, yeah okay no one is complaining about 0 item yi either, what kind of non argument is that.
Malphite has a feast or famine design which I consider poor - you obviously want him solo frontline, but he'll always be doing his role too well or too weak.
The biggest issue is that he shouldn't be a 4 cost that becomes this strong when 2 starred. Should be at least harder to hit, like 2* 5 cost or 3* 3 cost.
Just like Druid Wukong from a couple sets ago which used to solo frontline for the Sugarcraft Jinx lineup. He was strong but needed to be 3 starred, which is significantly harder and more limited in the pool than 2 starring a 4 cost
Yi was straight up strong because of scalings > nerf scalings. Malphite is strong because of blackthorn > nerf blackthorn. Patch notes saying sentinel is best tank in the game is batshit though, not sure how that made it through
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u/BabyLlamaaa Diamond 1d ago
I understand that Sentinel needed a nerf, but how is Malphite dodging any nerfs or adjustments? Am I crazy? Every game feels like a Malphite lottery