League of Legends released the new supporter Renata Glasc last week. She can revive an ally for a short time. How powerful this can be is shown in a video clip where the supporter brings Olaf back to life three times in 30 seconds.
What happens in the clip? The video shows a team fight involving all players from both teams. At the start, things look promising for Blue as they manage to take down the opposing AD Carry, a crucial source of damage.
Even Olaf from the red team is about to die when Renata Glasc uses her special ability “W”. The supporter has only been in the game for a few days.
The two manage to turn the team fight around together and are the only ones to survive. The fight impressively demonstrates how strong Renata Glasc can be.
What exactly is happening with Renata and Olaf? With the ability Bailout (W), Renata Glasc can increase an ally’s attack and movement speed for a short time. If this ally dies while under the influence of the buff, they are revived for 3 seconds. If they manage to get a kill within those 3 seconds, they remain alive permanently.
That is exactly what Olaf accomplished in the team fight three times.
You can find all of Renata Glasc’s abilities here:
Cooldown too low for such a strong ability
How are players reacting to the clip? On the League of Legends subreddit, the clip is currently one of the most discussed threads. However, Renata Glasc is not being received well there:
- Antinomy_Magnus finds Renata far too strong: “In the late game, Renata’s ‘W’ has a cooldown of only 6 seconds. That’s absolutely crazy.”
- User DwooMan simply writes: “That’s… that’s not okay!”
- TheWarmog is even really frustrated with overpowered champions: “I would really appreciate it if we could stop creating broken and mega-frustrating champs, at least for a season. Senna, Aphelios, Samira, Yone, all within a year. Please, for heaven’s sake, make cool champions that don’t have frustrating mechanics.”
What’s special is that Renata Glasc can also use the ability on herself. Focusing her in a team fight is a good solution, but it doesn’t guarantee that revival will be absent.
However, many users already expect nerfs in the next patch. A simple adjustment could be, according to user 2legittoquit, to set a cooldown on the revivals of the same champion. Then not much would need to be changed about the ability itself.
Have you encountered Renata Glasc yet? Do you find her too strong or is this video an extreme case? Feel free to write it in the comments.
