Thoughts on the 4.9 patch
Karthus: Oh...thought they were actually gonna give him a remake. Aw well, new graphics can't hurt.
Braum: *sigh* This brings me back to champions like Shen and Mundo who are, or were, considered really strong for a very long time. Braum is a purely defensive champion; he is only as strong as the players and champions fighting alongside him, and has little to no capability to do anything by himself. Going by that, Braum was not op or broken; he may have caught a lot of people by surprise in game with his utility, but Braum himself is not as powerful as everyone thinks he is. Maybe since he's getting nerfed, people will actually trying fighting against him (rather than banning him) so that they'll learn Braum's actually not broken, and then maybe this nerf'll be undone. But I'm not sure...with the way this seems to be going, I don't have high hopes that'll actually happen. Other than that, I think the nerf is (mostly) targetting the wrong part of his kit anyways; his damage was low to …
Braum: *sigh* This brings me back to champions like Shen and Mundo who are, or were, considered really strong for a very long time. Braum is a purely defensive champion; he is only as strong as the players and champions fighting alongside him, and has little to no capability to do anything by himself. Going by that, Braum was not op or broken; he may have caught a lot of people by surprise in game with his utility, but Braum himself is not as powerful as everyone thinks he is. Maybe since he's getting nerfed, people will actually trying fighting against him (rather than banning him) so that they'll learn Braum's actually not broken, and then maybe this nerf'll be undone. But I'm not sure...with the way this seems to be going, I don't have high hopes that'll actually happen. Other than that, I think the nerf is (mostly) targetting the wrong part of his kit anyways; his damage was low to …


