[2022] Nilah: Designing League's First Melee Bot Laner

Originally posted by andyoulostme

Hmmm, I'm not seeing that implication at all.

Morde's issue was "prioritizing dragons or playing around a slow juggernaut", not which supports he can work with.

Yasuo's issue was that "his primary, and most popular, role has always been mid which has meant his balance adjustments always prioritize his health in that role". Also not related to which support champs he works with.

Nilah has this additional piece of prospective feedback (she might only work with some types of supports) that they're addressing. That's not meant to double as feedback on Morde or Yasuo.

Jumping in here to respond, the "can only lane with specific supports" concern came from Samira in that she requires supports with hard cc to be able to fully capitalize on her passive. Her win rate difference between engage and enchanters supports is sizeable, so we wanted to make sure Nilah wouldn't make players feel like they have to pick specific supports to succeed. Unfortunately I could only fit in paragraphs on Yasuo and Morde (as the 2 more interesting parallels) and not Samira due to word count constraints. Hope this helps :)

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