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almost 3 years ago - /u/RiotAxes - Direct link

Originally posted by PrivateVasili

Its probably not that simple. His early game passive is significantly nerfed and he also lost CD and early base damage on Q. That will probably have a significant effect on his early clear speed. His early dueling should also be nerfed by that (the armor shred on Q isn't super relevant early), though the lifesteal on passive might offset that somewhat, not sure. I suspect it will be a buff overall, but its not without some potentially impactful tradeoffs.

The bet is that between a meaningfully slower early clear speed and an R reshape that is both worse at diving ADCs and worse at running away when caught out, he has room to be balanced around solo queue first rather than pro play first, and if he's being balanced around solo queue, we have room for large buffs.

But forecasting balance on updates like this is hard and it's fully possible he'll need followup balance, as with any update.