The Riot Special 

Where they nerf the champion, nerf it again, nerf the item and then leave the champion untouched with no compensation buffs.

/u/nghoitong: "Riot nerfed Elise ms by 5 when Runic Echoes were introduced with 10%ms back in 6.2 patch. Now that Runic Echoes doesn't give ms anymore. They are still not buffing her ms back."
/u/Kevin_MK: "The Riot Special."

The Riot Special by Sky7934 June 12, 2018

The Riot Special 

A reference to the video game 'League of Legends' where the game developer Riot Games nerfs the champion, nerf it again, nerf the item and then leave the champion untouched with no compensation buffs

The Riot Special:

X champion is OP because of item

Nerf champion

Nerf Item later on

The Riot Special by abibyama June 1, 2018

The Riot Special 

A certain type of situation where Riot Games™ nerf a champion, nerf it again, nerf the item that caused the previously nerfed champion to become too strong and then leave the champion untouched with no compensation buffs.

Person 1: ''Champion A was nerfed a while ago because of item A, and item A got nerfed today. Why isn't Riot Games giving champion A any compensation buffs?''
Person 2: ''The Riot Special.''

The Riot Special by lereddituser69 June 1, 2018

The Riot special 

Where they nerf a champion, nerf it again, nerf the item & then leave the nerfed champion untouched with no compensation buffs.

Lucian: "Bro, I hope the Riot special won't hit me."
Elise: "Don't worry, you'll be fine."

The Riot special by Féy June 1, 2018

The Riot special 

Where thy nerf the champion, nerf it again, nerf the item and then leave the champion untouched with no compensation buffs

"Dude riot is nerfing my champion and the item that it got him op, what are they even thinking?
-Don't bother dude, that's the Riot special"

The Riot special by ethernal June 1, 2018

The Riot Special 

A phrase used by the community in the video game League of Legends, when the balance team nerf a champion because said champion uses an overpowered item, then nerfs the item without buffing the champion as compensation, leaving the champion to die and become forgotten for about 2 years.

"Dude, my main just got The Riot Special!"
"So who are you going to play for the next 2 years?"

The Riot Special by MegaRandomCake June 12, 2018