Someone explain to me how Nike was ever good?

[SkathiTheJotunn]

Im just curious as ive seen 1 good nike (im being literal) since her release and i dont se eher anymore after she got nerfed which never made sense to me as to her getting nerfed can someone please explain why such a garbage teir god got nerfed?

[SpinningRat360]

lolololol

[SkathiTheJotunn]

Originally posted by Grel:

lolololol

Such trolled. Much offended.

[Dangerous]

well that is not true, she was pretty strong and still is.

[SkathiTheJotunn]

Originally posted by Luna Lovegood:

well that is not true, she was pretty strong and still is.

Explain. Cause i didnt see it then and still dont see it.

[Dangerous]

she is in a better place than most of other guardians, she is very tank and her dmg is good..

[SkathiTheJotunn]

Originally posted by Luna Lovegood:

she is in a better place than most of other guardians, she is very tank and her dmg is good..

I dont see either of those things when i play her or against her.

[Hydrataur]

Nike is actually really powerful, be it her insane waveclear, great poke damage, jump with knockup and a fantastic ult. Maybe the people you played against just weren't good, but I still see many great Nike players

[SkathiTheJotunn]

Originally posted by Hydrataur:

Nike is actually really powerful, be it her insane waveclear, great poke damage, jump with knockup and a fantastic ult. Maybe the people you played against just weren't good, but I still see many great Nike players

Ive tried what feels like every build under the sun. Ill say her waveclear is fairly ok but not insane. Her ult is weak without stacking health, poke damage? lol. andher leap is really slow but the knock up is nice.

[Romu]

Originally posted by Shiren the Siren:

Originally posted by Hydrataur:

Nike is actually really powerful, be it her insane waveclear, great poke damage, jump with knockup and a fantastic ult. Maybe the people you played against just weren't good, but I still see many great Nike players

Ive tried what feels like every build under the sun. Ill say her waveclear is fairly ok but not insane. Her ult is weak without stacking health, poke damage? lol. andher leap is really slow but the knock up is nice.

She has one of the highest scaling amongst warrior with her 2+1 combo (120%) and you should get health on warriors anyway so she synergises well with the current meta.
You don't need to comment if you have no clue what you are talking about.
Nike is good and she was banned a lot during swc, her passive late game is just huge.
Look at pro players tier list she is always considered above average.
People should just stop talking about "garbage god" "why nerf x" when they clearly don't have a good understanding of the game. I don't say that to be pretentious, i just hope you'll learn more about the game this season, but i can definately understand why Hi-rez should never listen to the player base when it comes to balance, otherwise we'd get a Nike with 200% scaling, and broken ult. She's fine, if you see people doing poorly with her, they just need to practice (or play another role)

[Rootin']

I find she's really good if she's paired with a synergy. She can make a mercury go even faster and deal even more damage, leaving more room for crit items instead of speed items. Thats my favorite syngery with nike, and there are plenty others. Her mere presence is a boon to the team, soyou can't look at her in a void or else she will of course look weak.

[SkathiTheJotunn]

Originally posted by Rhod:

Originally posted by Shiren the Siren:

Ive tried what feels like every build under the sun. Ill say her waveclear is fairly ok but not insane. Her ult is weak without stacking health, poke damage? lol. andher leap is really slow but the knock up is nice.

She has one of the highest scaling amongst warrior with her 2+1 combo (120%) and you should get health on warriors anyway so she synergises well with the current meta.
You don't need to comment if you have no clue what you are talking about.
Nike is good and she was banned a lot during swc, her passive late game is just huge.
Look at pro players tier list she is always considered above average.
People should just stop talking about "garbage god" "why nerf x" when they clearly don't have a good understanding of the game. I don't say that to be pretentious, i just hope you'll learn more about the game this season, but i can definately understand why Hi-rez should never listen to the player base when it comes to balance, otherwise we'd get a Nike with 200% scaling, and broken ult. She's fine, if you see people doing poorly with her, they just need to practice (or play another role)

IM commenting because even though ive built how people are telling me she needs to be built, i don tsee her power hat everyone claims she has or had. Im legitly confused, and just searching for an anwser :/

[TheGooeyBeans]

Nike is strong because of her passive, her ultimate, and her late game teamfight ability. Her lane phase can be garbage if facing gods that can interrupt her clear. If you think Nike is bad, you don't understand Smite.

[Hydrataur]

Originally posted by The Gooey Beans:

Nike is strong because of her passive, her ultimate, and her late game teamfight ability. Her lane phase can be garbage if facing gods that can interrupt her clear. If you think Nike is bad, you don't understand Smite.

Where have you been my good Mr. Gooey? I haven't seen you in weeks

[Storm]

Believe it or not, Nike was never particularly good. Solid, probably among the better half of warriors, but with clear weaknesses. On her own, the abilities and stats were perfectly fine... then you killed 200 (now 250) minions, your team got 10 kills, or had two people reach level 20... and the ridiculous passive kicked in. The simple fact is, Nike's passive is a global buff for her team, and not a small one either- on her own, she provided (for mages) the near equivalent of a half a rod of tahuti, not counting the movement speed- before the nerf, of course. Now it's only 40% of rod of tahuti, so much less op! (Note the sarcasm)