Riot Phreak breaks down if -5 movement speed is really a nerf or just a LoL meme

Sometimes it feels like Riot Games doesn’t know how to approach balancing a problematic champion like Irelia or Kassadin, and the devs just slap a minus-five movement speed nerf on them and move on. Most players see this as a placebo effect, but developer David “Phreak” Turley finally explained if this has any impact at all, or if is it just a long-standing meme.

After seeing that Zeri, an electrifying AD carry known for her dominant presence in pro play, is getting a minus-five movement speed with the Worlds patch, one Redditor was brave enough to ask if this is actually a nerf. Phreak replied to this, saying it decreases the champion’s win rate by roughly one percent.

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