The Twitch streamer Tyler1 has criticized the developer of League of Legends, Riot Games, for its patch policy. According to Tyler1, the champion Udyr is so strong in the jungle of LoL that even talentless players can rise high in ELO with him. When the champ is finally nerfed, these players will plummet mercilessly downward and ruin all games on their way down.
Which champion annoys Tyler1? The Twitch streamer is annoyed by the jungler “Udyr”:
- The then 13-year-old champion Udyr received a major overhaul in August 2022 – even before that he had gained some power due to the new item “Chemtank”.
- After the rework, he received further buffs in a patch in August.
- As a result, he has become the most dominant jungler and has a win rate of 55.6% in the current patch with 229,809 matches – that’s extremely high (via mobalytics).
Why is that, according to Tyler1, bad? Tyler1 is particularly annoyed that Udyr has held such a strong role in LoL for so long and has not yet been nerfed.
Also, in the new patch preview, many heroes will face the axe. A total of 8 champs are to be nerfed, but not Udyr.
Udyr catapults “talentless players” upward
Tyler1 says: As Udyr has been so strong for so long, “talentless guys who can’t do anything” have reached high ELO ratings by just playing the “giga-broken champ” Udyr:
What are these disgusting players actually doing with their inflated ELO ranking when Riot nerfs this giga-broken champion?
People who used Udyr to climb high would have “no talent” and be “not good at the game at all”: They would just log in with this character and he would then keep them at a 50% win rate in the ELO ranking.
As an example, Tyler1 mentions someone who had never played Udyr, then started during the pre-season, and achieved a win rate of 70%.
When Riot Games finally nerfs the hero – months too late – they would mercilessly plummet from their undeserved high ELO ranking and ruin all games on the way down because they play at an ELO value where they don’t belong.
Tyler1 repeatedly uses two terms in his rant: “nasty” and “disgusting” for this situation.
Balancing in LoL is often criticized. But with one champ, everything is okay:
