Balance/Overloaded skillsets

HelpfulYordle·12/17/2016, 5:30:54 PM·3 votes·375 views

League really should have more skills with counter-play mechanics like Blitzcranks W overdrive (ACTIVE: Blitzcrank puts himself into overdrive, gaining bonus attack speed for 5 seconds and bonus movement speed that decays to 10% over the duration/When Overdrive ends, Blitzcrank is slowed by 30% for 1.5 seconds.) Really help ease balance issues with certain champions skills and kits. Plus with the endless re-works, new champions, kits seem to become more complex and fancy with seemingly no drawbacks leaving older characters in the dust. A champs stats and ratios don't always need to be tweaked. Problems arise from the utility their kits can provide, these issues can be addressed by adding more mechanics like overdrive to other moves.

3 Comments

Mira Arya Enthe12/17/2016, 5:37:09 PM1 votes

No thank you, I stopped playing Blitz because that ability became a real drag to use.

sit kid12/17/2016, 5:37:52 PM1 votes

Hmmmm, don't if the blitzcrank W change made him better at all. He still runs at you just to grab you, the only difference is that he doesn't run fast afterwards, which is when you're getting chased or running into lane.

Blitzcrank is probably not a champion that needs more counterplay as his entire kit is made around his hook. He is such a onesided champion.

That said, Riot has created some overloaded champions (Azir and Kalista comes to my mind), who has been nerfed due to their versatility, and ability to offer so much to a team.

But it also goes the other way around with someone like Karthus. He has a slow that now even decays, some damage and his R. All he does is damage and do slows, and I think there is a lot of champions that suffer through not having power enough in their kits and too much counterplay.

SteelMankind12/17/2016, 10:27:49 PM1 votes

Except that overloaded and complicated kits are the best aspect of League. Ekko, for instance, has almost everything you could want out of a champion: damage, cc, mobility, shield/heal, invulnerability, and waveclear. That's why he's so fun to play. I think the game would become very boring if every champ was simple like WW or Xin.