R0gueFool

It's always a possibility, what about Mortal Reminder doesn't feel like it works for bruisers? The state line is designed to work with AD users (Marksmen, Assassins, Bruisers).

Us too!!! This is gonna be a fun one! What are you most excited about?

We are keeping an eye on her, and expect to make changes around her passive, based on what happens with Elemental Rift. To be clear it won't be a largescale rework or anything, we understand that changing this system has a DIRECT impact on Shyvana.

We are experimenting a lot with Elemental Rift, and iteration will be driven by player feedback so please don't forget to share your thoughts!

I wouldn't worry too much here, if you enjoy her then play her. She is doing fine, remember how this was a list of underrated champions. Just because she isn't as strong as before, doesn't mean she is weak.

Asol, Singed, Rammus, Amumu, Kayle, Jhin, Ashe, Soraka are all champions I see frequently called weak, but are actually fine or even on the strong side, I'd say they are underrated.

People get frustrated from losing, and want to put the blame on something else rather than themselves. If they struggle playing against a champion then that champion must be OP. If they can push you into thinking it's the champion rather than your skill, or their handling of the match up, it means they don't need to adapt either.

This is correct, all damage gets amplified, with the exception of true damage. True Damage is not altered by outside effects (armor/MR/damage reduction/%amp), that is what makes it true damage.

This is correct. True damage is not increased/decreased by other sources, that is what makes it so true.

That could help, it really comes down to what information is valuable to surface. We typically don't want to overload the buff bar with static buffs, because each one we add reduces the visibility of others that could show up there. Even things on the buff bar aren't great for feel ability, but it is a step in that direction.

VFX are similar, in that we don't want to overload the game with extra visuals that detract from what you, as the player, should be paying attention to.

Unfortunately I don't think feel ability is something that can be solved with this current version of the rune. But that isn't always a bad thing, you shouldn't really be thinking about generic stats at the same level as an ability or if an effect is off cool down.

Invisible power isn't always a bad thing, it's when it is brought up as a choice that it becomes tricky. If one option is feel able, and the other isn't, how much more powerful does the unfeelable choice need to be for them...

Sorry, I don't have a great answer for you here, as it's not something that my team handles.

If you are seeing players pull skins then those skins are obviously in the pool. I don't believe they are added until the following major patch (3.1, 3.2, 3.3, etc), if the skin comes out in 3.0B I THINK it is added in 3.1.

Don't quote me on that though, it comes purely from my understanding as a player/someone on this forum, and not from me as someone working on the game.

Ya I think we are saying the same thing, Steraks is a very good general-purpose defense item, and the two have too much overlap right now. Ideally, we fix this by giving them different use cases, and that might be by pushing one more towards offense. Though both are, at their core, defensive items and they need to deliver on that.

So I think the issue is that one is just general-purpose defense, and the other is very narrow. It doesn't help that teams tend to have my physical damage than magic damage. Your suggestion about giving it AD scaling is a fine one for buffing the item and if we feel its identity/role is good, but it needs a buff then I could see us doing that. I think the bigger issue is that Steraks is just an overall good general item.

Sorry I don't have a better answer for you here, Its not something that I personally review, I'm just not on the teams that handle these kinds of things.

That is an option for sure, it really comes down to if we think that these items should even be competing for the same slot in a build. Like you said any magic damage shield would need to be very powerful to compete with a shield that scales with health (Sterak's).

Maw does give some great stats when Lifeline is triggered (30 AD, 10% Physical and Magic Vamp) until out of combat, but those are not as feelable as a massive shield.

Thanks for the kind words, I'm always happy to chime in when I can. It's a bit tricky these days, now that I've moved off balance and onto champions, so I can't really get into the work stuff I'm working on as much as before. Hence why I've been a bit less active here. But don't worry myself, and the rest of the team are still around.

Feel free to tag me for anything in-game related though, no promise I'll be able to respond or have a great answer though. =P

Correct. Slows, even those coming from items, count as impairing enemy movement.

Ya flaming other players in any mode just hurts yourself. If you're getting flamed for learning Lee Sin in normals, just mute and report. It always sucks when people take out their frustration on others.

We agree this is the major issue with the item, but that isn't something we can address right away, particularly in a balance patch, so we felt this would give the item a little nudge in the right direction.

It's definitely not a popular rune, but it has been a powerful one.

This is because it is very difficult to feel (no VFX, stats aren't frequently looked at, let alone where stats are coming from).

Our hope here is that by making it come into play sooner it'll be a bit more tempting for those looking to scale into the late game, but still want something a bit sooner.

Nice breakdown.

Ya the attack speed is a bit funky, flavorful for sure, but not the useful stat for the champion.