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Akali PBE changes. Shroud resistances removal/ MS buff

Belisarius09·10/1/2014, 3:41:54 PM·4 votes·1,099 views

Ok so shroud now gives a short MS buff that decays after approximately 1 second to compensate for the removal of the defensive stats. It decays even while in shroud. However it resets each time she re-enters shroud, not just upon the first cast.

My question Riot is,

Why not just have it stay on during shroud and take out the decay while you're in shroud?

OR

My original suggestion, why not just increase the slow of the shroud on opponents?

Seems much simpler. I don't see the current set up as having any upside or being a way to effectively weed out bad alkali players from strong alkali players.

ALSO, and MOST IMPORTANTLY

The first time the ms buff is applied (when shroud is casted) is arguably the most critical. However the cast animation forces alkali to pause and she loses a good .25 of her 1 second of ms buff just to cast shroud. If the 1 second decay is going to stay in place, then casting shroud should be made seamless w/o interrupting Akali's movement. Otherwise we're defeating the purpose of the ms buff. Either that or increase the duration before he decay takes full effect to 1.25 seconds.

Same concept with crescent slash. If Zed gets to use his E w/o having to stop then Akali should be able to as well.

PS. Why reduce the MS buff? I think it would have been good where you originally had it. Your most recent nerf to it (from 60% to 20% at lvl 1 iirc) makes it almost completely negligible.

10 Comments

Belisarius0910/1/2014, 3:55:02 PM2 votes

Only Akali from what I can tell. I can't say for sure though.

Treize0910/1/2014, 4:03:18 PM2 votes

Not sure how I feel about the shroud changes. I do agree Akali shouldn't be forced to stand still to use her E when zed doesn't have to.

Pyrokineticmage10/9/2014, 11:53:01 AM2 votes

They need to relook at this change. Losing 50 mr and armor is huge for only 1 sec speed buff on only Akali. And the cast animation actually slows you down.

Deep Terror Nami10/1/2014, 3:51:23 PM1 votes

Is it giving only Akali a MS buff, or her team?

DocRedgrave10/1/2014, 4:03:57 PM1 votes

Honestly I think a better change would be to eliminate the slow that Akali's shroud has. That damned slow can be used offensively and I hate that fact to death.

Belisarius0910/1/2014, 4:04:55 PM1 votes

So you'd argue for eliminating the slow but keeping the defensive stats?

I think "using it offensively" is exactly what Riot had in mind when they added the ms buff on top of the slow.

Losing the resistances might be rough, but I can see the slow+ms buff really helping Akali out in the pre-6 laning phase. She might be able to actually proc her q's on her landing opponent.