League of Legends’ latest champion, Ornn, launched to quite a low winrate, and the champ’s designer has attributed it to a variety of reasons including player skill and new mechanics.
Ornn’s designer, Blake “Squad5” Smith, addressed Ornn’s low winrate during a recent Ask Riot session and spoke a bit about other champions’ releases. He brought up three different examples – Ornn, Camille, and Kled – as champions that were either too weak, too strong, or just right at release. Ornn had a pretty weak release as players practiced their Vanguard play, but his winrate still sits at just 43.8 percent, the second-lowest in the game above only Ryze.
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