The League of Legends PBE server is a vast and varied arena of experimentation, and what happens soon to Pyke could change the way the champion plays forever. Captain Gameplay, one of the designers of Riot Games, has indeed announced on Twitter that the Abyssal Ripper will receive an “experimental” update to test the servers.
Goodbye support, hello killer?
The next change is more than radical. This applies to Pyke’s ultimate ability: Abyssal Execution. Remember that this ultimatum allows you to execute champions who are below a certain level of health. With the change, every kill (including any minion) with this ability will increase this threshold and allow Pyke to quickly kill opponents. This means that if Pyke can execute an opponent when they have only 10% of their life left, he can kill them the next time they have 12% of their life (trace values, hard values not exceeded*) . However, enemies killed by this ultimatum will no longer receive bonus gold. Such a change will be very significant and can completely change the game of the champion. At the support level, Pyke does not bring much more and could very well leave Bottlen in the mid lane or even the jungle (even if this last theory is less obvious).
This will not be the only change adopted by the champion. His spear (A) would see an increase in mana value (from 55-70 to 78-90), but if it hits an enemy, the amount of mana to regenerate will also increase (from 50% to 75%). In addition, it will now be possible to activate Q with the click of a button to slow down enemies. This will allow him to use it in close combat, so as not to miss a car attack when channeling. These changes seem good for a profound change in your game.
mixed reactions
Obviously, society has a very different reaction. Some believe that the bonus gold, which leaves one of the champion’s strengths, is his ability to turn a snowball and a snowboard into an ADC. Others feel that infinite scaling isn’t exactly boring, but will allow the champion to be less depressing in the early/mid game, while adding more late-game interest. The most important, of course, are already dreaming of future structures with the Pyke killer, but others are also talking about the Pyke tank. While the former is obvious, only time will tell if the idea of creating Pyke was a genius or a troll. The other side is also raising their voices, with some not shy about pointing out that other champions deserve help and that the Abyssal Ripper shouldn’t be a developer priority.
However, after this announcement, there was a small scandal where the Riot Games developer was accused of insulting the champion for his own benefit and often played in the middle. The studio, less likely to have ideas, is always very attentive to this kind of work. Სul is a These changes remain an experiment, so there is a significant possibility that they will never reach the LIVE servers.
Source : Millenium
