@Riot: What's being done for Cloud Drakes? Anything at all?

darkdill·May 23, 2016·1 votes·456 views

What if the Cloud Drake also reduced recall times slightly?

The Cloud Drake bonus is presently the least-liked Dragon buff, as it's only useful in very specific scenarios and even then isn't superb. People will take bonus HP/MP regen or bonus AD/AP any day over out-of-combat movement speed.

In regards to this, I have the above topic which seems to be quite the popular idea: Cloud Drake bonus slightly reducing recall times. It'd really help with split-pushing, map-relocation, etc. Only problem is that it might overlap with Baron buff. But let's face it: Baron buff already is a better bonus for split-pushers than Cloud Drake is, even if Cloud Drake's bonus is permanent, and even if you get Cloud level 3.

#TL;DR - Cloud Drake needs to give the player something extra beyond just out-of-combat speed. What do you think would be most appropriate?

1 Comments

Doctor JarvisMay 23, 20161 votes

There's a really good argument in there AGAINST shorter recall times that I'll let you find. I think the problem with Cloud Drake is that it gives a flat number. Like, yay, 15 Movement Speed, that's...let me see...Like 180 gold worth of stats, which can only be used OUT OF COMBAT. How much does Infernal give? If it gives even 10 AD its up to 350 gold in stats, not counting AP given. An Ocean Drake is like a slightly worse Garen passive for everyone, and is freaking INSANE. Mountain Drake doesn't really have a parallel, but that's fucking awesome too, so whatever, let's go with it. Even if you manage to stack 3 Cloud Drakes, that's like a little less than 600 gold in stats. OUT OF COMBAT. Make it a percentage, or at least increase the flat number. Maybe even make it always on. I just refuse to believe that anyone at Riot thinks Cloud is competitive with ANY of the other Drakes