Note: Before you say neon is not busted or its dambi or whatever, it doesnt matter. Neon pick rate among all regions is 70%+. She is getting nerfed soon inevitably
Knowing riot, they will likely kill this agent so drop your predictions
Neon nerf predictions
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Getting a kill won't refill the bar fully maybe 50%
Makes the stun worse and the wall either shorter in time or length
This is a geniunely good change. Neon is the only agent to get her E ability completely recharged after getting a kill. That shit is broken af. But of course that alone wont be enough
Not really. The main problem according to pros are:
- Neon + Judge
- Neon able to entry even without her signature ability (slide) because it is very difficult to shoot a jumping neon.
- The gun pullout time after slide is instant is pretty accurate,
I know the problems overlap with each other but ya Neon is not broken because of that one reason alone
Entrying without slide can be countered very easily, since she cant pull off her gun as fast as during a slide, so you can just peek while she is still sprinting and kill her you have the advantage
Neon + Judge is very situational and in those same situations a lot of agents can do the same, Initiators and sentinels can counter neon judge too
The Stun is already weak in my opinion, you can still get one tapped while the enemy is stunned (even while sliding! happened a lot), and only 1 stun ball instead of 2 will make it very easy to escape and an extremely situational skill which will make it useless in most situations.
I think getting a kill only regenning 50% of her bar is the most valid nerf right now, the others will kill the agent
The agent is not OP, just her counters are not in a good state
2024 neon was a better agent yet far more balanced so it's not entirely neon plus there's been too much nerfing lately tbh
With the route riot are going I highly doubt they will be buffing any agents soon. Its just nerf after nerfs
Yeah and I don't think it's a very good direction tbh it just makes the game feel worse to play and especially since the nerfs have just been taking stuff away which is more often than not the worst way to go about nerfing something especially when there were definitely more options still
Gun pull up delay after sprinting so it’s not always an instant kill when you get slided on. And/or no sprint and zap while ulting so there’s counterplay against Neon, maybe implementing being able to zap only when not sprinting
Riot will take years to undo what they did in patch 11.08. We are not getting buffs soon maybe except harbor, who is riots golden boy
just buff sentis, it will automatically decline her pickrate and improve pickrates of jett and raze
Riot will take years to undo what they did in patch 11.08. We are not getting buffs soon maybe except harbor, who is riots golden boy
i mean if they decide to buff other duelists, then it might as well just enter a double or maybe even a triple duelist meta with skye, so basically a 3.5 duelist meta
pls nerf neon to the ground. make this agent unplayable so something can play smth else
Ya dont worry about this. Neon will definitely get obliterated soon. Riots track record is known for making high pick rate agents unplayable
idk i just pray they destroy this piece of shit. but watch these incompetents just increase her ult 1 point and call it a day
Maybe stun ability will throw 1 instead of 2. (optionally) Bring back her walls damaging teammates. Also run meter does not refill by default (only on kills).
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