League of Legends Dragon Boosts are giving too much? What do players write about it?
Are the dragons in LoL too strong now? Players discuss the buffs from patch 12.14.
In League of Legends gameplay, in a very simplified way, the idea is to gain an advantage over the enemy team and then destroy its base. There are many ways to work out an advantage, but some of them will be easier to implement or simply more profitable.
The best way to get this advantage changes regularly, and the best proof of this is the updates where Riot is working to balance the gameplay.
In addition to the fact that the creators try to correct the advantage of some heroes over others, they work on individual runes, items or systems, such as epic creatures – dragons, Baron, or Herald.
Last patch’s description included buffing buffs provided by dragons. Many fans feel that killing this mob is now too rewarding.
Dragons in LoL
A user with the nickname tuki999 decided to take a look at the new values of buffs and converted their value to gold. It turns out that killing each dragon can be worth up to over 3,000 gold.
Cloud Drake Buff
MS increase: 7 / 14 / 21 / 28
Slow Resistance Increase: 7 / 14 / 21 / 28
1 Stack Value (per person) 560G
Hextech Drake Buff
Increased skill haste: 9 / 18 / 27 / 36
Increased AS: 9 / 18 / 27 / 36
1 Stack Value (per person) 465.03G
Mountain Drake Buff
Increased AR & MR: 9 / 18 / 27 / 36
1 Stack Value (per person) 342G (at 100 ARMR) 684G (at 200 ARMR)
Inferno Drake Buff
AD & AP increase: 6 / 12 / 18 / 24%.
1 Stack Value (per person) 340.5G (at ADAP100) 681G (at ADAP200)
The Dragon buffs are really important, and the changes are making teams more focused on getting them as the buff is worth around 2,500 gold.
It no longer makes sense to give top priority to heralds. The current meta is a meta that emphasizes scaling in the second half of the game, but you can place Lee Sin, Poppy, etc., who are strong early on in the JG, and BOT. Kalista and others can be placed to take advantage.
It would be interesting to see a meta like Mountain Drake in 2019, desperately fighting for dragons. I personally am looking forward to the change in play this will bring.
Dragon buffs will definitely have an impact on how games will be played on the professional stage and in the higher divisions in the ranked queue. At the moment, however, it is difficult to judge how much players will value the dragon in comparison with the Herald, which allows you to quickly destroy the towers, or the Baron, which significantly increases the strength of the team for a certain period of time.
