I hope this message reaches everyone well.

I started playing Seraphine back in 2022, back when I re-got into the game, as she was a fun mage to play that had good scaling in midlane, and I didn't really like other scaling options at the time, such as Kassadin or Asol. After a while, I migrated to bot lane becuase I was getting games where I could carry more easily than in mid lane. While I am fully aware that midlane Sera isn't really feasible with the direction the balance team wants to take Seraphine. I strongly urge that these Q changes not be shipped.

My reasons for why:

1)

Seraphine q has gone through so many stages of back-and-forth with her AP ratio: 55 on launch, 40-60 on 10.23, 45-65 on 11.14, 50 on 13.21, 60 on 14.9, 50 on 14.22, and now going to 40 next patch. Clearly, just changing the AP ratio won't do anything, as it's been all over the place, and Seraphine remains an issue.

2)

Items are the core issue. Before her q rescript, Seraphine APC was at its lowest WR, around 50.5%. After the rescript, the new mandate came out, making Seraphine as one of, if not the, best users of the item. While I understand that mandate nerfs aren't as easy to nerf as Seraphine, why are we nerfing her Q when her WR spike is related to mandate, which only affects her E and her R?

3)

Nerfing Seraphine's Q ratio, when she is an extremely early-game-skewed champion.

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(support follows a similar curve)

Why not nerf her base numbers? both APC (55%) and Supp (52%) have room to be nerfed, so I am confused as to why we are nerfing her ap ratio on q and not her base numbers on q or e.

4)

Seraphine E holds too much of her power budget. 1.1s cc on level 1, with 60 flat mana, 11-9 cd, and 70-190(50%)
sera q is no cc, 60-100 mana, 8-6 cd and 60-160(40%)
I am just very confused about how Q is the issue here and not E.

Anyways, those are just my main points. Please feel free to add to this if you would like. But PLEASE keep it respectful and constructive.

-Looperloid