Talk:Feral Flare/@comment-24741803-20140327122344/@comment-17441215-20140328081233

Yeah, people tend to read this item's tooltip and jump into the conclusion that this item is OP, when it's actually an underwhelming item (though still a huge stepforward from the pre-4.5 patch Wriggles).

Riot probably expects this item to open up the meta of jungling for a large number of junglers that were rendered obselete by the early game carry jungler meta. I predict Riot's goal will succeed in the first few weeks or so due to players trying Feral Flare out on many different junglers in solo queue, but due to Feral Flare being an underwhelming item, solo queue players will go back to the early game carry junglers and spirit items.

I believe that Feral Flare needs to be buffed to become a competitor to the spirit items, and before its eventual buff, its weakness will be reflected by its winrate compared to the spirit items.