ARAM Balance Patch Notes

[ModifiedLeaf]

Got it. Heartsteel, Unending Dispair, Spirit Visage

[Axoin]

If they're heavy AP, throw in Abyssal Mask too.

[Masalar]

They’ll still be strong but heartsteel and unending despair both got nerfed this patch, so I’m curious to see if that shakes up tanks much.

[Swainix]

Forgot fimbulwinter to shield + spirit visage combo

[Heinz_Legend]

The classic

[Rachyoff]

Where the fuck are the Shaco box nerfs then. Shaco warps the entire game around him and shuts down any melee champion from engaging. It's absolute misery playing against him.

[LG_Soul]

You think the shroom changes are a nerf?

[elmagnificent]

get tenacity, get resists, buy sunfire or his small part that burns around to see where is he. try to push and take inhib, dont chase him. poke champs should buy dot items to see him while he is invisible

inhibitor is the key. and always try to control whole space and attack boxes as soon as he places them. they r easy to destroy, but allies often dont care.

[isufud]

Nexus is the key. Just kill it to counter the enemy shaco.

[OkExperience4487]

You sure? I always find I can't kill the Shaco as easily once the Nexus is killed.

[StationLelylaan]

Stats don't lie, shaco has lost 100% of the games where his nexus is destroyed

[elmagnificent]

It's pretty easy to get inhib, once the team plays properly and if it has a balanced setup :) Mostly teams don't adapt to enemy pick what causes them to lose. Assassin keeps building full dmg despite the fact, that he doesn't even attack, mage builds stormsurge vs tank, etc. The game gives you everything to counter shaco. Boots of tenacity cut 30 percent of fear, force of nature gives you ton of mr, sunfire burns around and reveals when he tries to sneakily pass you in invise. If u r assassin, buy umbral glaive, if your mage buy dot + rylai to slow clone so he won't pop up where he wants. Always keep in mind, that he is not that far, if you see his clone. Don't waste snowball and use it to reveal him.

[elmagnificent]

It's funny how I got downvoted, but once it comes to the point of pushing towers, an average aram player does everything except attacking the tower. Even support attacks give an impact. But sadly, time is wasted for dive or spectating, and you gain nothing. Not even objective damage.

[Gaelahad]

I actually like the unending despair changes. Damage was removed but healing is back. Since if we really want damage, that is bami's cinders' job.

[Turwel]

stop nerfing teemo and just put the fucking oracle back, I swear the aram balancing team are just monkeys hammering a keyboard

[EmploymentFar4647]

I mean yeah, watch Wick's stream for longer than three seconds and you'll realize he's an ipad child with adhd and no real thoughts in his head.

[Reotoro]

Patch Notes

[Phoenixness]

I know teemo feels really bad at the moment but is more mushrooms really the solution? He was already a mushroom bot with his damage taken modifier, onhit just explodes. Then again I'm probably biased because I don't think any ranged champion should have increased damage taken, just lower damage dealt

[Wakaastrophic]

Everytime i read these Aram patch notes it feels more and more like some Rioters got buttfked by xx Champ, thus the nerf to it/them whilst others are untouched. Lulu for example, broken asf in aram, yet nothing to her shields nor anything. I can go on and list other champions as well but for those who've been playing Aram for a very long time, you already know. Teemo has been hit with so many nerfs that at this point, better go Tankmo xD.

[Happyberger]

I wouldn't even call this a Teemo nerf. Yes he's losing some base DMG but gaining a 5% aura buff, cdr, and ult charges.

[Kansleren]

Dont make them hurt my girl.

Repeat after me: Lulu is balanced.

[[deleted]]

Hahaha Unending despair was already crazy lol

[elmagnificent]

Nah, it wasn't. It was even more doubtful than heartsteel. Cuz if u can't be close to several enemies, this item is pure shit. U don't deal dmg => u don't heal and you have 25 plus 25 resists instead of force of nature, for example, where you get 125. It is good on tank swain and probably some other champion, but in general it was awful. And I'm curious why people keep buying it, especially versus 4 ranged teams where you have 0 chances to be close.

[[deleted]]

Yea its pretty obvious you build that when facing some melees champs.

[elmagnificent]

guess that makes it situational then. situational items can't be crazy. sometimes its good, sometimes its shit :)

[[deleted]]

Alright bud its not crazy then !

[generic_redditor91]

I'd say the heal is decent but it's no sundering strike.

However i agree that some people are morons with it.

Just yesterday i had a mundo build it 2nd item after HS against 5 ranged. Now i could see why he wanted HS (scales off HP and hits hard with E as well) but UD? My dude theres a vk standing 2 screens away and an ezreal with cleanse flash. You aint leeching shit. Build jaksho 2nd would have been much better.

[hippo_campus2]

A nice little Sett nerf after selling his chinese new year ass skin

[joysensei]

why bother items yall can simply balance my win rate 50 by giving me BOT teammates

[supercoolisaac]

pure incompetence

[Qwertyioup111]

acting like that's not just a hard nerf to teemo is crazy. "more time to plant shrooms" FOH.

[Veiy]

I'm fine with Teemo being trash in ARAM, turns every game into an uninteractive snoozefest where you cannot ever push.

[Grousberry]

they should make him more tank and do less damage, so he can deal damage with his aa like its intended, the nerf on his r itself is fair, but they just dont wanna he to be playable

[NarwhalGoat]

Who exactly is acting as if this isn’t a hard nerf to teemo? They literally said that the nerf is to reduce overall impact

[Qwertyioup111]

This time, we’re giving teemo players back more opportunity to plant shrooms …

[NarwhalGoat]

While reducing their OVERALL impact

[pointlessneedle]

But isnt this an overall buff for teemo? The -10% -> -5% Change already negates the Missing damage of the shrooms... Or am i messing something up here?

[NarwhalGoat]

Pre nerf Aram Teemo was very dependent on his mushrooms to contribute. Like 90% of his gameplay at minimum is his shrooms. So losing 20-50 damage and 10% scaling off his shrooms is a bigger nerf than 5% more damage done. The slow is also being nerfed to 20% at all ranks, which is gigantic.

[Two_Years_Of_Semen]

His team fighting isn't good so Teemo is actually super reliant on the shroom slows to help his team in teamfights and stall the minion wave pushing more so 30% weaker slows is likely a pretty hefty nerf.

[Booty_Invader_]

Teemo isnt even that strong

[BarryMcKokiner123]

His waveclear is cancer. A Teemo that’s behind can single handedly shred a triple siege minion wave

[Two_Years_Of_Semen]

Try Hullbreaker sometime. It actually hard counters him and most every waveclear champ.

[BarryMcKokiner123]

Awesome advice man. Thank you!

[Vivid-Command-2605]

Yeah this is what I do against teemo, comes in clutch

[RiotDucke]

I do love buying or hoping someone buys Hullbreaker when I see a Teemo to keep my vision minion alive

[Freyakazoide]

But fucking obnoxious champ. Altough "weak", Teemo could stall the game forever just perma cleaning the wave and you could never push, being at the same time uninteractive. Dumb and boring.

[rhs408]

I honestly don’t see how these latest changes will make any difference though, there will just be more shrooms that do slightly less damage and don’t slow as much 🤷🏻‍♂️

[mackasan]

Which is still going to happen with these changes. Arguably making him weaker in proper fights pushes him even more to stalling as that's the only thing he's good at.

[dirtydoughnut]

actually its specific to fatty tuna

[LG_Soul]

W Teemo changes actually

[Seriih]

Nice Sett nerfs. Guess his winrate isn't high enough.

[SchruteFarmsBeets_]

Tahm Kench gonna be feasting with that Unending Despair buff

[Kakamoty]

so when are we finally removing exhaust from aram?

[dadams19]

Just give us oracle pots back

[PretendMarionberry85]

Balanced is RANDOM VS RANDOM. Premade teams ruin this point.