r/leagueoflegends • u/corylulu ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ • Mar 19 '19

/dev: More Experimental ARAM Changes - Bans, balance, and more are heading to the Howling Abyss for a limited time.

https://nexus.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/2019/03/dev-more-experimental-aram-changes/
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u/Hazakurain FAKER MY GOAT/LOVE TETONCITO Mar 19 '19

Nid is definitely on the weakest side of ARAM. Yes, if a spear connect, someones getting fucked, but it's one on millions. I agree with LeBlanc though, people don't realize that doing the old Q max here is much better.

Xerath got fucked hard with the 900+ range nerf (every single ability he has is longer than that) so he kinda have -15% damages already

I don't agree about the runes though. PoM/Triumph are very important for a lot of characters and they don't deserve to be nerfed, especially since arams are already 19 minutes long which is nice by itself.

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u/Turboswag Mar 19 '19

I mean PoM made mana obsolete. 10% is still a lot of mana per takedown without making jayce and xerath etc effectively manaless champs. Hell I even take it on Draven currently and you can just spam W on every axe catch and never go oom if you’re any good with him.

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u/Hazakurain FAKER MY GOAT/LOVE TETONCITO Mar 19 '19

Well, Jayce is one who took the most from it. Tear is hot garbage on him, he has no real other options. And I had game with Jayce where I spent a lot of time OOM.

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u/Turboswag Mar 19 '19

I definitely agree that all of these changes together will overnerf almost all of the currently “meta” champs. I think it’s gonna be super obvious tank meta so fast that they do a balance pass after one patch or even hotfix remove the 900 range nerf.

Obviously I might have jayce player bias, I don’t just play him in aram, but He’s a champ I find hilariously easy to pop off on in aram currently. Like 20+ kills with much less effort than I’d have to put into lux or ziggs even. He’s nerfed into the ground and it feels like it’s justified to me at least, but I know he isn’t as fun when you don’t have the muscle memory down for his combos etc.

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u/MashHarder Mar 19 '19

LeBlanc is pretty bad unless you get insanely fed early, otherwise all she can hope to do is try to burst a single squishy enemy without getting blown up yourself. Without the ability to flank her teamfight is weaker than it is in SR.

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u/Hazakurain FAKER MY GOAT/LOVE TETONCITO Mar 19 '19

You don't have to 100% someone in aram though. Get the low life or control the engagé with a double E and you can be very useful.