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[Gameplay] Akali's dash travels slower

Hexten··29 votes·3,187 views

Akali dashes much more slower since Patch 5.9, players have already noticed this back when the patch was rolled out on the pbe, yet it goes unnoticed by Riot and no fix in sight.

PBE Patch 5.9 - introduction of strikethrough on Akali's dash https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5dK-aEgcEI

Before Patch 5.9 - no strikethrough on Akali's dash https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqj09iPy6JY

The extra distance gained from the strikethrough obviously will extend the travel duration, but it is extending it far longer than it should. The missile speed (source) hasn't changed so the new dash should take the same amount of time to cover the same amount of distance as the old dash but this isn't the case.

Hence why Akali is visually dashing slower than compared to her old dash before Patch 5.9 because she is actually taking longer to reach the end of the dash.

TLDR - Akali's dash speed got nerfed since Patch 5.9 and goes unnoticed ever since for 7 months (and counting).

13 Comments

Ziovi9 votes

Agreed. Now that we have our mark acquired, we should remain focused and do whatever's necessary to correct this, without question, as balance dictates, and as soon as possible. After all, hesitation is the seed of defeat.

You seem to be an akali player, so i guess you will understand.

Hexten1 votes

Yes, I fully understand what you mean. :)

Face The Ban1 votes

{quoted}

Agreed. Now that we have our mark acquired, we should remain focused and do whatever's necessary to correct this, without question, as balance dictates, and as soon as possible. After all, hesitation is the seed of defeat.

You seem to be an akali player, so i guess you will understand.

verrry nice Akali

Puynsi5 votes

Blaze it

Bootica2 votes

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Hexten1 votes

Said no where in the patch notes that the dash speed got nerfed, plus there's the source proving it the missile speed didn't get changed at all.

TheNeemDream1 votes

{quoted}

They nerfed the dash, it was never "unnoticed". Yes, she could use a buff, but don't say this is a bug.

The dash change was actually supposed to be a buff as placing akali behind the target was supposed to help her proc marks as well as perform different jukes and gain more distance when Ring creeps.

Monotachi1 votes

Yup, the dash was so fast before compared to now. How can something like this not get noticed cos getting it fixed is quite easy.

Eeyore1 votes

Went unnoticed for 7 months.

So... why does it need fixing rather than just being documented?

Hexten1 votes

There's the source proving the missile speed didn't get changed, because Riot didn't want to nerf the speed of the dash in the first place.

Strikethroughs work differently than normal dashes, so I'll wager they didn't test it enough to see there were side effects.

Hexten1 votes

If you read the post, you can see that I asked ricklessabandon about it and he said that the missile speed didn't get changed, and never has been changed since release, so that means the dash speed cannot get slower by changes that were done on purpose.

It got slower because they added the strikethrough. Goes to show that strikethroughs work differently than normal dashes.

PyroPls1 votes

Although I feel like things like these should be addressed as soon as possible, i'm almost certain that this is getting fixed in near the near future, as Akali's abilities are getting reworked soon.

Hexten1 votes

The Akali rework is nowhere near finished, they don't even have a timeline for it. Riot mentions that they are starting on an Akali rework but its not a high priority, considering there's Shen, Urgot, Yorick, Taric still in-line first.

But there are still mains that play this champ, and getting bugs fixed helps alot atleast until her rework comes.

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