R0gueFool

Ya far from 39%. We don't have a single champion with that low of a winrate in their primary or secondary role at any elo. For context we have some rules set up that say if a champion's winrate is below 45% or greater than 55% in their intended roles we MUST respond. And really that rule doesn't come into play very often. The VAST majority of champions fall into the 48%-52% range.

MF is a champion who either needs to get a strong lead early or have a team focused around team fights. If we were to change that we would have to drastically change MF's gameplay. Its more likely that as you climbed the ladder you are playing against better players, and part of the reason you were winning so much is because you were much better than your opponents, thus the ability to climb. If you see yourself on a team that can hold people in place MF will always be a great pick.

Ya, personally not my favorite either, and I'll tilt every time he jumps on me. Wav3brake even sent me a clip of Rengar bursting someone when we released Rengar.

But crit builds do go along way to differentiating Rengar's builds from other assassins, and that can be a good thing. Especially when he can choose different styles based on the needs of the game.

MPen boots would be strong for Annie for sure. But we already have 2 MPen items and adding more would give a LOT of power to MPen focused champions, and blow up squishies. Though it wouldn't be terribly strong vs tanks, flat pen tends to be strong vs squishy targets, this is why you see AP and AD assassins building flat pen, while %pen is better vs tanks.

Though the core issue I was bringing up is that Mpen/ARpen is a great stat for champions like Annie, but not so much for many other protobelt users like Alistar. I actually think this would further restrict boot enchants. Right now champions tends to have a few different boot enchant options, but as soon as we put stat binding on them than many players will feel that they need to buy a particular enchant because of the stats, and less for the active that they provide. Maybe that is ok, it really depends on what the design goals, but trade offs need to be into account with any design change.

Annie is also rather s...

I'd save give those a try, crit Rengar does work. As some who would MUCH rather see Arpen for AD assassin, crit is still very strong and shouldn't be disregarded.

Triforce is still a great item on him, and I'm not saying ARpen is weak by any means just that, to my personal sadness, crit is still a powerful stat for him.

The small map helps him a lot.

His nerfs were not based off ER, Rengar was strong over all, and thus needed nerfs (he got new items, and bugfix buffs, and was in a good place before all that happened).

ER brings all the stats that he is looking for, and the effect is still strong when looking to burst.

Even on the current patch he is still slightly strong, and we could have arguably gone a tad harder on his nerfs last patch.

Sorry, not sure what you mean by balance algorithm.

Fair point, both Amumu and Rammus are great, underrated initiators. But ya, not the best supports. I think the rest of your list has some great recommendations.

It does, but it's not as common as BotRK. When the crit items were released (along with some Elite skewed Ashe buffs at the same time) we saw her Elite winrate jump up 2-3%. I personally wouldn't call her OP, but IMO she is the most underrated Marksmen in the game. If you practice curving her arrow you can do some real damage.

As soon as more players pick up ER as a first item we'll see her shoot up. Until then keep curving those arrows.

Both seem to be preforming fine these days. Renek got some buffs after release, the Kitty cat did get some nerfs recently but is far from gutted.

Give them a try and win some nemesis duels.

He isn't so strong that you should feel you MUST ban him, he is on the stronger side for sure. But Yi is still beatable if you account for him. He'll beat a team of carries for sure, but banning tends to be a better indicator of player frustration than champion power (though there is obviously some relation between the two).

Luck is an interesting thing to throw in here, there is some element of luck with any champion, and the game being 5v5. He is a hyper-carry and making a comeback is part of that. Akali/Kat are a bit more snowbally than they are champions with huge comeback potential, though assassins tend to have a bit built in.

A big issue here is that Yi does a great job at "countering" team comps filled with carries/high damage. Carries tend to be very popular, so he is good at countering this behavior. However Yi's strength dramatically fall off if you have 1-2 tanks/forms of lockdown. Many players tend to drastically undervalue tanks, especially outside of the support position, but if you see a Yi, make sure you have a tank and it shouldn't be too big of a problem.

What gutting is that? He is STILL one of the strongest junglers at any elo, the last set of changes were intended to make him feel a bit better in the jungle, but he is still very strong. I have a friend who just climbed into masters almost exclusively with jungle Rammus.

Would each enchant have this same mythic passive with adaptive AP/AD/Armor/MR, protobelt is a great example of something used cross-class, but most enchants are used cross-class. Would Quicksilver also have adapt stats?

What would the trigger condition be AP/AD/Armor/MR? Would it just give you more of whatever you have purchased more of or do something a bit more complex given that you are looking at 4 different stats?

An enchant, enchant could be a solution for sure.

We over did it a bit with his buffs. He is a bit oppressive at all elos and we have some nerfs planned. I'm interested to hear more about what you mean by "it's a pity to spend a ban on him" could you elaborate for me?

:( no Rammus? The guy wreaks in the jungle.

This is an interesting idea. The biggest challenge I see is that it binds, or at least feels like it binds, champions to a particular active. And thus I am no longer buying the active for the active itself but instead for these stats, or I could be losing out on stats when I choose a different active. A good example here is Alistair and Annie who both love protobelt, but care about very different stats.

Do you see this as a ok, or a potential problem to solve if you were in charge of designing this?

How are you defining strongest here?

Ya if you're looking to dive into the juice lore than this is the site for you (https://universe.leagueoflegends.com/en_US/). It's got stories on every champion, lore ...

Generally ya, enchanters are typically played in the support position, with the dragon laner.

Mage builds typically focus on higher damage. Items like Luden's Echo, Void Staff, and Oblivion Orb are typically mage items. Champions like Ziggs, Aurelion Sol, or Annie are some good examples of mages.

Enchanters tend to focus on enhancing their allies. Ability Power is still a useful stat for them, but they "enchant" their allies rather than focusing on damage. Items like Harmonic Echos, Staff of Flowing Waters, and Ardent Censer all do this well. Champions like Janna, Sona, and Soraka, and Nami are some strong go to enchanters.

Seraphine is a champion designed to do both, depending on items and skill order.