Riot is giving us a great opportunity with the mage update.

THESuperStuntMan·1/22/2016, 7:40:23 PM·3 votes·368 views

They are ASKING for input to try to make them more interesting and unique. Instead of whining that "This mage they decided to change is perfect and shouldn't be changed," why don't you seize this opportunity to try to make them even better? Tell Riot what parts of their kits that you love and maybe even suggest some changes for the less-interesting abilities.

Vel'Koz for example: are his W and E really the best they could be? I for one think they are much less interesting than his Q and R (which he will likely keep through the mage update since they are so unique).

They are NOT completely reworking the mages they listed. They are simply trying to make them more unique/interesting than they are right now.

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WalkingInACircle1/22/2016, 7:46:09 PM2 votes

What they want is a gimmick. A good ole minigame for the champs. I doubt a minor tweaking is what riot means - they want something you can point to and say "no other champ does this".

Stephenizgod1/22/2016, 10:46:22 PM2 votes

I dont understand why you are getting down voted... Its a fact they are asking for our opinion, whether they listen or not has nothing to do with this post...

Also when they say "Mage Update" i believe they are thinking along the lines of "tweaks and changes" rather than "reworks". Something like "Vel'koz's W can now proc 3 times but with increased cooldowns" or "Malz Q will only silence one person who is closest to the center but will deal bonus damage to others." These changes are being done to push their identities or playstyle into a more defined and healthy position. Its not so much a rework since the champions kit and general identity is being preserved or improved.

DISCLAIMER: THESE ARE NOT ACTUAL CHANGES NOR ARE THESE MY IDEAS FOR HOW TO CHANGE THOSE CHAMPIONS, THESE ARE MERELY IDEAS I THREW OUT PURELY FOR THE SAKE OF MY POINT. Have to do this or i will get people raging at me about how stupid those changes are or something...

Woook3r1/22/2016, 7:58:52 PM1 votes

Make immobile mages more mobile. Solved.

Vesarixx1/22/2016, 10:35:31 PM1 votes

They don't exactly have a history of listening to player input for reworks though.

Stevev451/22/2016, 10:43:17 PM1 votes

Xerath rework got truck loads of feed back, and it still ruined him. My opinion ofcourse.

Some of the worst ideas came from that feed back. Like "he doesn't have anything to do after he lands his stun" which led to them removing his unique root siege spell, so they could give him another damage spell.

If they want to make changes to perfectly good champions, let them be their changes. Don't provided the justification that the idea came from players.