Meddler

tentative

Reinboom

Lyte





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Tentative Cinderhulk and Hecarim changes testing soon

Meddler

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I'm already getting frustrated and it hasn't even happened yet. Whenever the support or jungler's get something nice that's going to help out our role the other players come in and abuse the crap out of it until it gets nerfed. It happened with Sightstone, it happened with Spirit of the Elder Lizard, and It's going to happen with Cinderhulk. Last night I had a ranked game where my support and top laner both went smite so they could go challenging smite Cinderhulk. Unfortunately it was amazing and we won.

This is the last thing I need. Can't we do something so only those roles that the item is meant for can use it? I'm just tired of getting to a place where I enjoy Support or Jungle then it gets nerfed to the point I hate the role again



Our current thoughts on Cinderhulk involve changing it so that it deals more damage to jungle monsters than other units to bias its effectiveness in favor of junglers. I believe we'll be testing that next week, see if it hits the mark and whether other or alternative changes would also be appropriate."

Meddler

"We're testing some Hecarim changes at the moment with the goal of reducing his laning power without hitting his jungling. What that currently looks like is an increased mana cost on his Q, so it's not quite as spammable in lane, but with the reduced damage to jungle monsters removed so his jungle clears don't get penalized. Still exploring and discussing options though of course, so those exact changes aren't guaranteed to happen."

PBE Hunter's Machete changes

Riot Reinboom

[1] "We're holding off on the change for now due to the shifts in the Jungle meta recently. It's still on the table though"

Champion Select Problems & Team Builder Draft

Lyte

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I've had two champ selects in row where people have decided to troll, and I was forced to dodge or waste 20 minutes and lose lp. Now I'm down 13 lp, cant play for half an hour, and the people who trolled are completely unaffected. At least let us report people in champ select so we can make an attempt at solving the problem.

We have been working on Team Builder Draft, which should resolve a lot of conflicts in Ranked queues today; however, we haven't mentioned this much yet but players that trigger a lot of queue dodges do get penalties in the game such as game bans or Ranked Restrictions to stop them from playing Ranked.

I suppose we could do a post the next time queue dodge bans occur. After Team Builder Draft is launched, if there are still significant queue dodging issues, we may allow players to report a player and specify a reason if they do choose to queue dodge."

This afternoon's red post collection is shot in sweet, includingdiscussing somechanges they are looking at forandwith a note on the Hunter's Machete changes that have been on and off the PBE recently, anddiscussing where the futurewill factor in for current Champion Select problems.Continue reading for more information!In a thread lamenting the recent surge of ofand smite usage in the top lane, stepped in to comment the team has tentative plans to fiddle withdamage to jungle monsters vs other unites.When asked aboutdominance outside of his traditional role as jungler,also commented on tentative plans forWhen asked about the removal & re-adding of the same set offrom the last three PBE cycles,tweeted:For reference, these now reverted changes decreased the base regen of thepassive but granted greatly increased regen when the owner was below 50% health.In a thread voicing frustration with the current champion select process and trolls encouraging other players to dodge, jumped in to comment on the upcomingfeature the team his team is currently working on.