Why Did Riot Have To Nerf A 40% Win Rate Champ In League of Legends? 

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Pro play : Your allies are friends and know your weaknesses, your strength, your preferences. Solo queue: Your allies know your mom

Vandirl when he saw viego's passive: buisness is booming

Lillia: okay, I'm putting these 3 to sleep, don't wake them up so we can kill the adc Yasuo: "I'm about to do what's called a pro game move."

"What do you mean those 3 ivern players have +60% winrate? Nerf the tree, 3 times in a row" -Riot boss guy, while thinking about a buff for riven

Blitzcrank in cinematics: huge, an absolute unity. Blitzcrank in game: 0:36

Nerfed ASol, walked a bit too fast at me before I 1 shot him

8:52 "Making the test easier just because you failed doesn't make you smarter or more knowledgeable on that subject. Only studying and learning will. Making the test easier just increases your grade." Profound words.

"We dont have to make skins if nobody plays them"

Hearing about Viego being banned from pro-play is actually blowing my mind right now. I've always wondered what pros thought about this champion, and that the only reason riot won't sit down and take a step back to fix there game is because pros just deal with it. But pros aren't dealing with it.

It seriously angers me sometimes cause while Yone Fizz and Katarina are basically immune to nerfs, champs like Aurelian Sol and Azir get to go to the fuck it bucket and remain irrelevant forever

that part on the ranked incentives keeping players engaged for a full year paying for itself is true as fuck

9:30 We're not going to talk about Camille being picked literally 1 time and still having a 42% presence? That's insane

I always have the impression that Riot nerfs a champion cause some employee just got stomped by a 40% win rate Mono Lulu jungler in Low Bronze that now they need to nerf Lulu.

Riot: let’s nerf kog’maw, he needs it

"Obviously this sucks for our deer friend" hehe I see what you did there...

The fact that League still didnt have in-game mic is really weird right now. I mean even Wild Rift already have it from the start..

the fact that Riot is refusing to nerf Darius to a point where he isnt S or A+ tier is what makes me comfused about the balancing team

"when they ban control wards" ahh the pain of every support player

22:52 "Teamwork was very enjoyable, and it's not even toxic" "Doesn't have ranked matches" Reminds me of overwatch until ranked became a thing.

On the auto-fill thing: if there is a shortage in certain roles though, increasing the number of players doesnt do anything. You will still be short that same percentage of supports, junglers or top-laners (whatever role sucks the most at the moment). More players does not automatically mean you can get rid of auto-fill.

Love how Exil is casually responding to most comments saying things like "pog pog".

As soon as he said Liliah thrives with coordination, I instantly flashed back to TSM at worlds, Splica getting the 9 man sleep.

Maybe instead of two roles, we should be able to put our preferences for all 5 roles, making autofill a lot less prevalent, since a 3rd pick support is better than a person who is a 5th pick.

People be wondering why Lillia has a low winrate when it's clearly because when Lillia lands a 5 men ult, no one follows up

You know who I havent seen in ages? A sona. Why doesnt she get buffed? Oh wait simpaphine exists

I strongly believe that voice comms would literally increase Lillia's win rate by 1-2%. The nature of the champion makes her so much better if your team knows what you're trying to achieve all the time.

When it comes to autofill, i believe that good solution would be making it so you won't ever be given random autofill, but taking it willingly would result in a reward. It could be just straight up +2 LP (for example if you win you get 22 instead of 20 and if you lose -18 instead of -20), or something along the lines "every 4th win in auto fill have +50% LP", or "5 autofill games = hextech chest"

You summed it very well up, good job! Hopefully someone at riot will have time to watch this video.

What struck me as particularly interesting about the mention of Kai'sa was if you ask LS he'd also be baffled why she has an 80% presence, because he is also aware that she has very serious counter match ups and pros just appear to be refusing to play them into her. Sometimes the pro scene is influenced by more than just "what is good/strong", it becomes more about what the players get comfortable with and then they end up being stubborn over it.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. TOWERS 👏SHOULD 👏 HAVE 👏INFINITE 👏RANGE

I really appreciate the fair arguments made for both sides of the discussions on all your videos, especially this one

22:35 The passion in your voice was GG and Squad is so enjoyable easily one of your best videos!

I wonder if Riot watch your vids in like huge meeting rooms and sit there and reflect on their decisions lmao. If not, they should.

Kai’sa is also not getting nerfed cause of that sweet sweet KDA money

*cries in Azir and Kalista main*

Great video ! As usual ^^. Btw, I'm French and at 25:44, you showed a tweet from Sardoche which is a famous french streamer, mostly because he played a lot LoL, peak challenger almost every season. He was a bit like the old Tyler1 also x). Screaming, raging and hitting things. But he has a lot of knowledge about the game and a really good point of view about what Riot should do to improve LoL. So, it's kinda nice to see his tweets in this video ^^

9:36 lmao, camille having a high presence just by being banned

I find hard to judge decisions made by Riot because I cannot discern how much of them are from a develpor point of view and how much of them are from a bussiness point of view.

First of all great video, I'm an old dota 2 player that only plays league with one friend like three times a month, but I managed to understand all the issues you presented. One thing I'd really like league to implement is a tips and tricks system made by pro players! Where they essentially can write about the weaknesses of a seemingly op champion you're facing, or just about some sort of hidden mechanics/combos you can use with your favorite champion. Maybe there's only a short clip on the game itself but they link you to a full youtube video, and this would also help even more their esport scene by getting more eyes onto pros

Just like they did with my Akali, the changes were more focused on soloQ than proplay. Particularly her energy regen being moved from the passive (being that not many soloQ players know how to use her passive effectively) to her W where now to get an extra 80 energy you just have to press W and tadaaa

"Whats the point of removing half of the games content in the name of balance" Smash bros players sweating

15:00 "Deer friend" lmao pherrek would be proud

Ive had many ads about Opera GX and I was always kinda tempted but you mentioning animated wallpapers got me hooked now

Seeing well reasoned, noncombative, informative videos like this makes me happy

I still feel like the nexus turrets should do true damage, when the enemy even gets there, they're strong enough to not even need minions. Like the inting Sion strategy where he wins by ulting your turrets nonstop.

Perfectly timed with riot stabbing ammumu to the grave and buffing Darius to the moon in wild rift

add voice coms, everytime i send a discord link and someone joins they are never toxic. even if i do bad, they are not toxic.

Riot: we are finally giving gwen to you guys... Also we are nerfing ivern barrier because yes

Skooch vid really sums up what's wrong about lilia : your teammates don't know that they don't need to pop the sleep as soon as they could

I swear I can see a video titled "Watching Paint Dry" and it be an hour long. But as soon as I see its by Exil god damn am I clicking

Awsome video with good information and smart ideas for ranked improvments

Riot is too busy farting in each other’s mouths to add voice chat

It feels like the general playerbase is being punished BECAUSE of the decisioning in the roster of Pro team Champions.

Exil “this sucks for our dear friend lilia” Ahhhh I see what you did there 😉

Man it’s a relief when you release vids

Been playing league for like 3 years now, my first time doing clash with a 5 man was such a good experience! I felt like it was a completely different experience and so much more enjoyable to have a team of people who all want to win and will not feed or troll or anything like that.

*I play toplane. I play either Darius or Lillia. The difference is fucking night and day.* I love Lillia, I play good with Lillia. I always win lane, I always roam, I always farm well. With Lillia I have to consistently land my Qs while consistently keeping out of enemy range and consistently dodge skillshots while managing my mana and CDs (yes, you can run out of mana on Lillia if you're playing aggro). One mistake and I'll lose 40% of my healthbar at best and flatout die at worst, and if I don't die I stay with my lost health because I don't usually have healing. I also rotate to most if not all lanes every game and help on dragons before TPing back. If I'm fed these conditions don't change, only the numbers. Now if I make a mistake I'll lose 30% of my health and I can kill in a couple less Qs, some squishies may die after one Q-Q-R-W. If I'm behind I'm an R button hoping for my team to carry me. I can push waves but have to be present in most if not all teamfights because I can't reliably take towers nor epic monsters and I can't fight more than 3 people at any given time. It's very easy for the enemy to fuck up against Lillia, but if they do they only take 20% extra damage, the trick is to make sure that's exactlly what you need to kill. I have a 47% winrate on Lillia. I like Darius, I am decent with Darius. I usually win lane by managing the wave and running people down with ghost. After that I push, take tower and rotate. With Darius I have to dodge or tank enough to get 5 stacks and after that I've already won, I also have to land my E against ranged until I get stridebreaker. If I'm fed you either outrange me or you just flatout die. If I'm behind I can still pull an outplay on a 1v1, but it's difficult. I can splitpush and 1v2 reliably and if I play well enough I can literally 1v5 because I've done it before, allowing my team to take other objectives. It's really easy to fuck up against Darius, fucking up against Darius is suicide. I have a 63% winrate on Darius. With Lillia I need to outplay constantly and consistently to win, with Darius I need to reach and either land Q or dodge. Fun fact, I think playing Lillia has actually made me better at Darius, but when I play Lillia pulling off the 1v1 at lvl 4 feels like Darius feels when you're 1v2ing and suddenly the enemy midlaner appears and you need to pull off that outplay to survive. And I play him like I play Lillia when that happens. I consistently land my Q and go in and out while keeping my passive stacked and dodging everything I can. I've been against a Lillia as Darius only once, btw, and I absolutely demolished her. Thanks for coming to my TED talk. Grab a tissue while you leave.

The fact that they’re spam nerfing udyr just for the sake of him being strong after YEARS of being non viable, all the while Kaisa is stomping pro play REALLY shows their bias.

My school has an esports team and after joining and playing some matches with the team I realized how different communication makes a game. Our school is realy big so we had alot of options for players so in the league we have some of if not the most mechanical players but what we have found is that we either crush a team during the laning phase or we slowly get drained by a team that is communicating way better than us. Currently we have 3 wins 2 draws and 0 losses but those 2 draws are games against people that, as far as mechanics, are worse than us. PlayVS (the system used for esports) does a best of 2 for some awful reason so that's how you get draws. Voice coms and team chemistry make such a huge difference in the game. Playing on an esports team vs other teams is a completely different experience compared to solo queue.

you mentioning team builder brought back memories i didn’t realize i had

Assassins already aren't viable in pro play, so why not nerf them for solo q because some of these assassins are just straight up unfair

My best experiences with league is when random teammates post discord and we all actually communicate. So much less toxic, and a lot more fun.

14:53 "This sucks for our DEER friend" see what you did there : p

having 2 different patches for soloq and pro seems like the best idea for me, if they can balance aram, they can balance soloq compared to pro as well

playing lillia like shaco is the key : baiting ennemies into killing you while kiting them, then CCing everyone with a good ult and one shot the carry with a full combo

As someone who came from Counterstrike, I wanted a Voice Chat in Game since the beginning I played League.

Thanks for the video Exil, interesting as always!

As always very good and insightful video. Thank you

Crazy how what dunkey said in his quitting video still applies today

I think people will be less toxic with mics. People are often perfectly comfortable calling people unspeakable things in text, but man it’s way harder to actually say them.

I like your solution suggestions and love your videos. Keep it up!

I've played Lilia only after her nerfs and it really doesn't feel weak. I understand the bad win rate is more relevant than my experience, but she is definitely viable to play. But obviously people don't want to play as a team, they want to be able to power farm faster than everyone, while also being able to 1v1 the enemy jungler, win mid 2v2, be fast, an assassin killing carries and a beast in team fights. If you want to 1v9 play against bots

So glad that you made a pretty strong statement coming out in favour of voice comms. Idk how this isn't a number 1 priority for Riot at this point, they've had the software to do it for years with League Voice, and it would be unacceptable in any other competitive game.

I'm actually kinda shocked that Lillia has such a low winrate in solo, since whenever I had to face one, she always seemed like an unstoppable dmg nightmare. Makes me feel pretty disconnected in a way, even though I put much more time into climbing lately. Weird.

The music makes me feel like I'm watching something that matters

I think one of the best parts of solo queue, honestly, is when you do find new friends! I’ve been playing with a friend for nearly a year that I ran into in a bot game and he decided to play more games with me, and now we have a whole group that plays nightly.

I just want voicechat on solo q )))))): pls literally almost every single ccompetitive game has voice comunication P l s

Taking editing to the next level. Good work once again bro.❤️🙂

Man, I love these videos. Thank you!

it be nice to see one of your documentary on mordikaiser. i really like your style and he was one of my favorite champions untill the rework

>"Why Does Riot Nerf The WORST Champions In The Game?" >shows Lillia >not Azir ?????

great vid, ive been enjoying your vids for the last months, congrats!! excellent videos i love them

100% agree with voice chat, I pretty much only play when my school club has tournaments cause I just hate playing without being able to communicate strategy and shotcall which is my favourite part of the game

19:45 you know that a champ shouldn't be in the game if Vandril makes more than 5 videos about him

PvE is generally more casual *Laughs in Monster Hunter*

Really like the way you talk about certain subjects in league

Always good to see a fellow squad player

I did not expect to see a Squad cameo here o: RWR server is a really good new player server for anyone that decides to try it.

Again amazing video! I love this type of RU-vidrs that make viedos with no ad's (maybe some sponsorship but understandable) long videos with lots of work in it, amazing montage and everything. Just passion with sponsorship to keep living and being able to continue it.

This is actually a really good and enjoyable video! Keep up the great work you just earned a sub!

U make great videos keep it up!

Amazing video as always

Remember when Yorick was garbage at all levels, and Riot nerfed him anyways, so that he wouldn't "pubstomp" low elo games?

Riot be like : yeah lets nerf aurelion sol

Nice video man

another AMAZING video thank you so much!!!

finally someone who recognizes voice chat as a real deal, there vast scientific studies out there that prove that listening to actual voice would decrease toxicity and increase empathy levels

I haven't even played league in over a year but I still eagerly wait for your videos lol great work

That's exactly what I thought of! Your work is just awesome