Talk:VPBE/@comment-5577499-20150503095412/@comment-1330314-20150503120727

They're nerfing his laning while maintaining his jungling strength intact. Top lane 's pretty powerful, mainly because his enormous sustain allows him to remain in lane for very long while harassing his opponent at little cost, and Riot wants to tone down some of that staying power. Since a mana cost increase would harm jungle Hec, who doesn't need nerfs, they removed the damage reduction against monsters, which should speed up his clear overall.